Listen, I am no fashion critic, and Movieline's "9 Most Scathing" feature very rarely extends beyond the realm of terrible new films. I also know our female celebrities face an endlessly difficult challenge of finding a balance between classic red-carpet appeal and envelope-pushing couture. So in that regard, I tip my cap to January Jones, whose Emmy look in Versace represented an eye-popping embrace of risk, presence, glamour and about 80 or 90 discarded blue mylar balloons. True, Jones's de-accessorized, bedheaded, train-for-days style had its fans. But its critics are speaking a little louder today, and, well, they're right. Read on for a noteworthy cross-section.
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While Jimmy Fallon and Jon Hamm found their inner Springsteen on the "Emmys last night
":http://www.movieline.com/2010/08/movieline-liveblogs-the-2010-emmys.php, Big Brother tapped into its inner idiot. Producers outfitted some houseguests in penguin costumes and taped them doing normal everyday stuff (shaving, leg presses), robbed the entire household of its silverware and taped the contestants struggling to eat food with their fingers and then, when all of the low-minded fun was had, producers zoomed in on a few conveniently-placed Coke bottles. Below, Movieline ranks the most repulsive characters in last night's abominable excuse for a reality-show episode.
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You know what would have been really awkward? How about if Mad Men had not earned a 2010 Emmy nomination for Best Dramatic Series (let alone a win), thus making Sunday night's episode about Don's big victory at the Clio Awards -- and the drunken two-day bender that followed -- one big swing and miss at a fat meta fastball over the heart of the plate? Then we would have had an average episode and an embarrassed Matthew Weiner, and heaven knows that just won't do.
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The cast and crew of Lost may have left last night's 62nd Emmy Awards empty-handed but overseas fans of the show are hellbent on winning a different kind of honor for J.J. Abrams's series by watching all 121 episodes in one sitting at London's Prince Charles Cinema in Leicester Square. If they succeed, the dedicated fans will set the world record for longest continuous cinema sitting... at three days. Deep vein thrombosis be damned!
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Also in this morning's TV Bites: Josh Schwartz brings The O.C. to DC... someone from Twilight -- K-Stew? R-Patz? -- is now part of ABC's No Ordinary Family... and slightly more ahead.
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You read Movieline's play-by-play, blow-by-blow, drink-by-drink commentary about Sunday's 62nd Emmy Awards, now take home the souvenir program comprising this year's big winners. Mad Men kept its perfect streak alive over tough competition, while rookie phenom Modern Family hinted at its own dynastic greatness by collecting the first and last award of the evening, capping it all off with Best Comedy. And Temple Grandin, everybody! Let the second-guessing begin after the jump.
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The ballots have been tabulated and the envelopes have been sealed. They've vacuumed the red carpet and pinned every updo. Each cufflink is in place and a hundred Betty White jokes are at the ready. The only business left to attend to at the 2010 Emmys is to give the damn things away -- and, of course, for your loyal Movieline crew to parse the annual ritual and its attendant craziness by the minute. Let the liveblogging begin!
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The once and current American Idol executive producer Nigel Lythgoe has a bee in his bonnet about Elton John becoming the newest judge on Idol and he simply will not take no for an answer. Even though Elton's publicist declared that, "There's more chance of me f*cking you than Elton being on U.S. Idol."
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We're at the final award in our Emmy oddsmaking: Is Mad Men going to win its third Best Drama Series Emmy in a row? Will Breaking Bad take over? What about Lost? The Good Wife? True Blood? Dexter? We count down their chances after the jump.
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That was fast. Just a day after Will Forte confirmed that he would be leaving Saturday Night Live after eight MacGrubular seasons, Lorne Michaels has already reportedly hired a trio of new cast members for the show's 36th season. Check out video from each rumored new cast member (one of whom happens to do a mean Seth Rogen) below.
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Wave your vogueing arms in the air and pray to your Diane von Furstenberg mural over the hearth, because last night's Project Runway was the best episode in at least two seasons. The team challenges always please, but this one gave us meltdowns of high- school proportions. Join us as we mock everyone who deserves it.
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I know it's almost the weekend, but before dashing off to happy hour/out of town/the last 16 hours of your community-service sentence/whatever, know that Movieline will once again be the place for the world's finest real-time Emmycast commentary. Kyle and Louis are even attending this year, and will file their keen-eyed (and hopefully not too Champagne saturated) observations from the press room. The rest of us will be madly tweeting away, and you'll be invited to join in with your comments as well. Movieline: Putting the "mm" in Emmy since 2009. See you Sunday at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT!
We'll get to our full Project Runway recap momentarily, but first, let's chat with last night's losing chatterbox, Mr. AJ Thouvenot. The St. Charles, Missouri native was sent packing after a grueling team challenge that was made no easier by his tyrannical team leader Gretchen. We spoke with Thouvenot about her behavior, Tim Gunn's harsh criticisms, and his Nina Garcia phobia.
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For the past two weeks, Jimmy Fallon has been spending his Late Night vacation days in Los Angeles as he prepares to host this Sunday's 62nd Emmy Awards, an esteemed gig that will put him in the company of legendary entertainers like Lucille Ball, Ed Sullivan, Frank Sinatra, and Johnny Carson. Unlike the hosts before him, the Saturday Night Live alum will be relying on his Twitter network for intros and in turn, NBC will be relying on Fallon to smoothly move the telecast along, skirting any potential grenades that the Outstanding Variety Series winner might bring.
With this in mind, Movieline caught up with the late night host at an NBC party a few weeks ago to discuss his take on award shows, his recent social networking failure, and Will Arnett's greatest Emmy diss.
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Earlier this month, Modern Family co-creator Steve Levitan took to Twitter to discuss the ever-growing rift between showrunners and Hulu: namely, without an adequate ratings system or business model, Hulu and other web streaming outlets (like his own network's ABC.com) are costing him and other producers money. Fair point, indeed, but what does Levitan have in mind to correct this? Hint: Commercials.
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