Last week on The Event, Vicki set the precedent for characters making completely baffling and rash decisions when confronted with Jason Ritter's empty threats. But this week, her Terminator-style romp through the police station may have been trumped. (Looking at you, Simon!) What crazy punches did our alien conspirators pull in the Great Sophia/Antidote Swap of 2010? What does Luke Danes know about our alien conspirators? Where does this leave the Convolution Threat Level?! Click through for the breakdown.
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Conan O'Brien and Andy Richter may have finally found closure over last year's Conangate fiasco, but that doesn't mean that Jay Leno -- the host who actually came out on top of that situation -- has. Just last night, he found a way to knock his employer during a strange segment with Al Roker and Matt Lauer. Meanwhile, Jon Stewart stormed Washington, Stephen Colbert linked sexual orientation and height, Charles Barkley talked LeBron James' fatal career mistake, and Jimmy Fallon played charades with another Saturday Night Live alum.
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Talk about a good marketing strategy. Just mere days after Taylor Momsen flashed her underage breasts at a crowd of presumably nonplussed onlookers, the actress returned to Gossip Girl last night. The grody hair extensions! The slumped shoulders! The sullen sourpuss! It was like the exiled Jenny Humphrey never left.
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Apparently it's all the rage: Teen pop stars are appearing on primetime dramas and hoping to snag an Emmy nomination for Best Guest Actor/Actress away from John Lithgow or Leslie Caron. (Speaking of which, did you know that five of the past six "Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama" wins have gone to Law & Order: Special Victims Unit cameos? Chilling.) First Justin Bieber appeared on CSI as a "troubled teen" who hacked off a prostitute's legs and scrawled the words "HEY, SHORTY" on her face with a hook (or so I assume), and now Disney princess Miranda Cosgrove is set to guest star on The Good Wife as a drunk-driving minor. Let's help concoct storylines for three other teen sensations who could stand to show a dark side.
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In this week's edition of scandalous X-Factor gossip, a rumor has surfaced that Mariah Carey will join Simon Cowell on the U.S. judges panel and supplant his assumed co-panelist Cheryl Cole. Yet another awe-inspiring chapter in Mimi's emancipation, indeed. But is a Mariah-fronted X-Factor a good thing?
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Potentially. Remember that very funny Saturday Night Live commercial parody over the weekend for Brett Favre's "open fly" Wrangler jeans ("I put my pants on just like anyone else: One leg at a time. Then I pull my penis out") that had you in stitches on Sunday morning? Well, it's eerily similar to a Funny or Die video posted last week -- right down to the open fly.
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This week's best TV is filled with time warping (on an abs-tastic Glee), rock n' rolling (on Dancing with the Stars), festive whining (from Cameron on Modern Family), and even some bonus Don Draper action (on SNL). Join us as we preview the week's most watchable fare.
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Yes, Kevin Bacon and Zach Galifianakis did have a conversation about a fictional superhero who uses his penis as a weapon in last night's episode of Bored to Death, "Forty-Two Down." As per Bored to Death's hipster tradition, the odd pair did so while sipping Stella Artois long necks in a Brooklyn bar, wearing carefully appointed second-hand clothing and perusing homemade comics. Continue ahead to see how this indie field day affected this week's Hipster Quotient.
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There may be a negative stigma associated with cancer but when it comes to Showtime's freshman series The Big C -- in which a superb Laura Linney stars as a suburban wife who reevaluates life after being diagnosed with cancer -- critics reviewed it positively and a record-breaking number of viewers secured the series a speedy second season pick-up. As the sure-to-be Emmy nominated series hurtled through its first season, executive producer/writer Jenny Bicks phoned Movieline recently to talk about writing cancer, avoiding the "best girlfriend" trap and a Weeds crossover episode.
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Not surprisingly, with Paul Brittain and Taran Killam scoring so much airtime in the latest Saturday Night Live, there were some notable shakeups in this week's Not-Ready-for-Prime-Time-Player Relevancy Poll. Of course, one break-out sketch doesn't guarantee the top spot for anybody, but it is safe to say that these two are no longer bottom-dwelling newcomers. Honestly? If "Sex Ed Vincent" and "Les Jeunes de Paris" are any indication of what these two have to offer, then please, Lorne Michaels, spare us from having to sit through another Kristen Wiig vanity sketch.
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Now that Mad Men has closed up the home office for the year, Boardwalk Empire stands alone as required Sunday night viewing (apologies to Desperate Housewives and Al Michaels), so it's good that the episodes have gotten into a reliable -- if unspectacular -- groove.
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They should have aired Saturday Night Live in reverse order last night: What started out pretty terribly eventually turned into the second best episode of the season. While host Emma Stone was serviceable, never really taking the lead in any of the sketches in which she appeared, the surprise of the night was the ascent of Paul Brittain (more "Sex" Ed Vincent!) and Taran Killam.
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Forget Sam and Diane or Ross and Rachel, everyone knows that for the past 31 years television's favorite will-they-won't-they couple has been eternal roommates Bert and Ernie. And while the two have always seemed fine hiding their forbidden love from the other residents of Sesame Street, recent events suggest Bert has grown tired of living the lie and is ready to throw open the closet door. Maybe he heard it gets better.
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The cast of Glee continues its quest towards world domination today with yet another racy photo shoot, this time featuring Jane Lynch. Everyone's favorite giantess ditches the Sue Sylvester track suit for a leopard print muumuu, remaining comfortably attired while the trio of tan men surrounding her have been forced to strip to their skivvies. What -- no knee-highs and lollipops?
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Part one of Project Runway's eighth season finale was kind of a stunner: Andy proved he can beat up coconuts, Mondo likes vintage circuses, Gretchen revealed that she can't even afford to leave this room, and Michael C. admitted that his family situation is the stuff of more formally depressing Lifetime fare. So much to rehash. Let's throw darts at all of it.
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