We pretend reality-show judging is an easy job, but it's clearly difficult to condemn a sloppy hemline, herald an amuse bouche, and bemoan "pitchiness" with just the right panache. At Movieline, we appreciate the strife of reality's best magistrates, and we think it's time the best of the bunch were recognized in dignified listicle form. Join us for the definitive list of 2010's top reality judges.
Relations between Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien may still be frosty but that doesn't mean all late night hosts are at war. To prove this, time-slot competitors Jimmy Fallon and Craig Ferguson -- who bonded earlier this year -- exchanged gifts at the same time on their respective shows. Take a look at their heartwarming holiday cheer ahead.
Attention Lorne Michaels: Last night on Lopez Tonight, perennial Saturday Night Live guest star Justin Timberlake admitted that he would love to join the cast for an entire season of the show. This could be the Christmas miracle SNL fans were praying for. Elsewhere, Matt Damon taught David Letterman how to talk funny, Jason Segel fired his 65-year-old dialect coach, Jay Leno and Jimmy Fallon sang Christmas carols, and Amy Sedaris showed Stephen Colbert how to turn dryer lint into art.
There were plenty of milestones that filled 2010's year in late night: Conan O'Brien retired his Tonight Show and premiered his TBS series; Jay Leno returned to NBC's late night perch; President Barack Obama visited The Daily Show; Joan Rivers returned to P.M. programming after being exiled for two decades by Johnny Carson; and Jimmy Kimmel filmed an entire show on a MacBook Pro. But this article is not just for the historically significant moments in late night. It is for the most original, entertaining -- and in some cases -- heart-wrenching after hours segments of the year.
CSI: Miami is about to get a new helping hand in the lab. Movieline has learned that Leven Rambin, whose TV credits include Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Grey's Anatomy, and most recently ABC's Scoundrels, has been cast on the CBS crime drama in the potentially recurring role of Molly Sloan.
Jimmy Fallon hosted a Stiller family reunion on last night's Late Night, when the Little Fockers star and his parents (Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara) played a disastrous game of charades. Elsewhere, Paul Rudd and Jon Stewart watched footage of their first interview and Jay Leno got into the holiday spirit.
Once again, The Fashion Show: Ultimate Collection served up a delicious episode: Housewives from Bravo's Orange County and New Jersey wings wore the contestants' fashions, and some of them looked elegant! Really. Pick your jaw up and join us for our weekly interview with judge Isaac Mizrahi, who thinks the best designers this week infused their work with just the right amount of trash.
Season three of Jersey Shore is less than a month away (January 6! I haven't even ironed my face yet!), but the trailer proves new cast member Deena Nicole Cortese is a gale force. As the FoS reminds us (that's Friend of Snooki, obvs), she considers herself "class in a glass and party in a body," a phrase that rhymes only if you're named Deena. She also uses leopards as clothes. Will Deena fit in with the rogues gallery of Jersey Shore icons? Let's put her through the ranks.
The Saturday Night Live-watching crowd seems to have arrived at a consensus: They are wild for Stefon, the tweaked-out club kid who frequents Weekend Update with his latest take on Trash, Push, Crease or whatever "the hottest" nightspot of the moment happens to be. And that makes us wonder-slash-worry: Could Bill Hader's Stefon be the next SNL character to leap onto the big screen?
When you think of big time television fails of 2009, your first thought is likely The Jay Leno Show. A year later, Movieline reviews ten more small screen failures -- including the most heartbreaking television cancellations and most horrifying cleavage on Sesame Street -- as we approach the end of the calendar year. Enjoy, and feel free to contribute your own suggestions ahead.
Tell the creators of The Good Wife why you think their CBS drama is so great (and now, Golden Globe-nominated), and your choice of words could leave them chagrined. "The word people most often use is 'smart,' which is embarrassing to us," shares Robert King, who created the legal/family/romantic drama with Michelle King, his wife. "The other phrase they use is, 'There's more complexity.'"
Before "making it," Paul Rudd earned money on the Bar Mitzvah circuit by dancing in a yellow half tux. No kidding! And David Letterman produced the video to prove it. Elsewhere, Stephen Colbert officially won Twitter (and told off Matt Damon), Jon Stewart slammed Jay Leno and Jack Black revealed the secret to his rock solid marriage.
We've been sidetracked with Golden Globe news (and blues) today, so let's refresh ourselves with an update from the Lord: Christmas is saved! I knew Mariah Carey's ABC Christmas special "Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to You" would revive yuletide cheer last night, but I didn't know that Mariah Carey's opera diva mother Patricia Carey would summon Jesus himself off a platinum, myrrh-dotted cloud and to his feet in applause. Get ready for the definitive, divalicious version of "O Come All Ye Faithful."
To say Glee's Chris Colfer is basking in the glow of his first Golden Globe nomination for his role as McKinley High's estranged gay pioneer Kurt is a bit of an understatement. "I'm so excited I've been tackling everyone I've seen on set today," he enthuses, before adding with a chuckle, "Whether I know them or not!" Not everyone in the Glee cast shares Colfer's enthusiasm, however. "Ashley Fink [Lauren] sent me a hysterical text message," he recalls. "She said she was excited that I was nominated but she was more excited for Burlesque."
Be gone with your bazingas, because this is the real deal, folks: CBS' The Big Bang Theory has collected its first-ever Golden Globe nomination in the Best Comedy category. (Cast member Jim Parsons also earned a nod, for Best Comedy Actor.) To mark this occasion, Movieline spoke with Big Bang co-creator Chuck Lorre about how the fourth-year comedy endured a very scary real-life drama to serve up one of its best seasons to date.
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