On tonight's Modern Family, Nathan Lane guest-stars as a friend of Cameron and Mitchell's who hosts a dreadful fete. Perfect casting, no? Modern Family is a series that could benefit from more of these zippy cameos, and we've got the five actors who should be jumping at the chance to swap quips with the Pritchetts.
He may have lost that Oscar to co-star Timothy Hutton, but Ordinary People vet Judd Hirsch gets his chance for to a snag a third Emmy win tonight with a guest-starring spot on The Whole Truth. Will he succeed? Elsewhere on the tube, Modern Family shakes things up and Hellcats initiates a mutiny. And if you prefer depressing cinema, the Fuse network has one of the better musical biopics of the late '80s.
During last week's Parenthood, Julia Braverman-Graham set the bar for stereotypical career women everywhere by demanding that her house husband provide her a baby, with no concern for his own interest. Well, there were more problems for Joel Braverman, NBC's most emasculated husband, where that came from! Just last night, Joel realized that he had no interests of his own anymore.* Continue on to see how he solved the problem with a phallic symbol that he had to steal from his wife's family.
If you were wondering whether the actor playing "Young Kurt" in last night's Glee flashback was related to his Emmy-nominated doppelgänger, the answer is no. Meet Adam Kolkin, 13, an Orange County high school freshman and commercial actor who auditioned for the part of 8-year-old Kurt Hummel this summer. Coincidentally, Kolkin belongs to his high school's show choir group, Xtreme. [OC Register]
We all selfishly assumed that new American Idol judge Steven Tyler would replace Simon Cowell as the embittered, cruel, and funny member of the panel. (He once introduced Madonna at an award show with the following quip: "Which two fingers does Madonna use to masturbate with? Mine.") But we were wrong: Randy Jackson will step up and take Simon Cowell's seat on the panel, now closing the judges' arguments instead of opening them. Is this sacrilege?
Just a week after Rutgers University freshman Tyler Clementi jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge, a team of celebrities are rallying behind "The Trevor Project," the number one national organization devoted to preventing suicide among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth. The latest personality to join the campaign is author, Project Runway guru and friend to Movieline Tim Gunn, who confesses his own teenage suicide attempt in a shockingly frank video.
Jesus H. Christ. Rather, "Grilled Cheesus" H. Christ. Who would have thought that a show with such a cheery name could bring so much pain? Before Movieline goes off on a tangent about how Ryan Murphy should change the title of his series to "Sadness," let's relive the somber highs and soul-searching lows of last night's Glee episode "The One That Will Probably Win Chris Colfer an Emmy," which also guest-starred Mike O'Malley and, in his show choir TV debut, God.
Leave that pun alone. Some of us have fond memories of Margaret Cho's failed sitcom All-American Girl (1994-'95) and need to bring it up once a month or so. The point is, after facing off in a demoralizing "bottom two" against Bristol Palin and her partner Abstinence, Cho was eliminated from Dancing with the Stars. Let's discuss what the show will be missing without her.
Late Late Show host Craig Ferguson did not have the band, the vocal talent or the Grammy Award-winning artist necessary to stage an epic ode to hip hop last night but he did have the resources to lip sync to an 80s classic. Elsewhere, Bruce Willis warned Jon Stewart (and children everywhere) about shaved heads, Tom Selleck recalled his Emmy nightmare and Jay Leno watched an Oscar nominee get sewn back together.
When it comes to sad, set-related missed connections, Movieline has the hook-up. Mainly, because we have an intern tirelessly scrolling Craiglist for the following keywords: Jay Leno, Tyler Perry and "sad we didnt exchange information" (lack of punctuation intended). Today, our prized Missed Connection P.I. picked up a note from the Dexter set that is so touching, you just might want to become an extra yourself. Where else can you have such once-in-a-lifetime romantic encounters?
Glee taps into the spiritual side of things tonight, which should make all of you Gleebasers burst with stigmata. But how can Ryan Murphy handle this topic when he already wasted "Like A Prayer" on the Madonna episode? Join us for a preview of tonight's viewing options after the jump.
To promote his upcoming TBS talk show, Conan, Conan O'Brien answered his third question today from the thousands that have been submitted on Facebook over the last few weeks. Today's answer was something about the most grievous wound that Conan has ever received (answer: appendectomy scar!). On the link, Conan asks for more questions. And, right now there are about 600 of them sitting out there. Like before, 90 percent of the questions consisted of something along the lines of "Who will be your first guest?" but the other 10 percent contained some of the most ridiculous questions that only the Internet could provide. After scouring through them, we found 20 favorites -- and yes, again, let's hope that Conan decides to answer at least one of these.
I said that Logo's "gay housewives" reality series The A-List: New York would be a hilarious smash! I said it would introduce six eminently watchable New York gay dudes! And be a fancy-free romp of Big Apple proportions! Well, I was wrong! It was a little dull! But a little funny too! Let's review the mockable new show's debut episode, meet the six new gays, and hide from all the exclamation points on this page.
Should you look for important social messages in the same forum that rehashes Britney Spears music videos? Ryan Murphy seems to think so because he is following up last week's "Britney/Brittany" episode with a tribute to religion in tonight's Kurt-centric episode "Grilled Cheesus." The Fox showrunner is also allegedly writing an episode that addresses gay suicide in the wake of Tyler Clementi's tragic death. If Murphy's show choir series continues in this PSA direction, keep your eyes peeled for a cautionary sex trafficking plot that coincides with Regionals this year. [E!]
Dancing with the Stars wowed us with storytelling last night, and some of the celebrity contestants told more tolerable tales than others. Join us as judges Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, and Bruno Tonioli award their own "prizes" to three of the night's contenders. Join us for the insulting rundown.
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