It's a whodunit: Which Real World cast member made off with a precious bottle of painkillers? Beyond that, another mystery looms: Do we need any painkillers to deal with the tension of tonight's Big Brother and Top Chef episodes? Potentially.
Sorry, George Lopez. NBC's Today show announced today that it has scheduled Sandra Bullock for her first television interview since divorcing her philandering ex, Jesse James. Matt Lauer will travel to New Orleans Tuesday for the surely uncomfortable sit-down. [Us]
Slllooowwww clap for CBS News, which today capitalized on Sunday's controversial Mad Men episode in a most inspired and... well, godawful fashion. "What Can Mad Men Teach Parents About Childhood Masturbation?" reads an actual headline on a story posted today, followed by nuggets of professional wisdom to help vexed parents who've apparently never masturbated themselves get over the, er, hump. Let's break it down scientifically -- and through the application of Mad Men's own child-rearing practices:
Jesse Bradford has toplined projects ranging from Flags of Our Fathers to Swimfan to Bring It On, and now, in his first consistent TV role since The West Wing, he plays an Ivy League-educated upstart working in a law firm alongside former Supreme Court justice Jimmy Smits on NBC's upcoming drama Outlaw. Movieline recently caught up with Bradford to discuss his new role and grill him about his favorite film scene of all time.
Dunder Mifflin traditionalists can breathe a sigh of relief: Executive producers of The Office are reportedly pushing for a current cast member to take over as Scranton branch manager when Steve Carell retires this spring. Below, Movieline investigates each character's chance of inheriting that World's Best Boss mug.
Do you remember how Alec Baldwin started laying 30 Rock renegotiation groundwork last month by announcing that he would retire in 2012 when his contract expires? Well, Stephen Baldwin is derailing the Emmy winner's strategy by calling his brother's threat "a bunch of rubbish." The sage Baldwin told OK! magazine, "I think he'll continue to do it as long as the show goes... I think that there's ways that [NBC is] going to motivate him to stay around." And the answer is yes, you can still contribute a charitable donation to Stephen Baldwin's restoration here. God bless. [OK!]
On last night's Warehouse 13, Pete and Myka switched bodies while Claudia and Artie derailed the efforts of a Robin Hood-like insurance wangler -- two threads that, though sneakily juxtaposed, had absolutely nothing to do with each other. And! On the heels of the Warehouse 13/Eureka crossover -- just when you thought SyFy had exhausted all its options for interprogram promotions -- WWE's Cody Rhodes guest starred. Truly, it was an odd night. And not just for the gender-flipped Pete and Myka. Read on for the artifact roundup for Merge with Caution!
Drew Barrymore returned to the Late Show last night to advise the host on keeping peace in his household. Elsewhere, Barrymore's Going the Distance co-star Jason Sudeikis told George Lopez about his new girlfriend January Jones, Stephen Colbert talked Facebook privacy and Jon Stewart discovered Isabella Rossellini's freakiest film yet.
Also in this morning's TV Bites: Michael Cera hopes his television producing career can make the Grade... the team behind Party Down has found your next favorite cult series... and more ahead.
Tonight, Rachel Zoe's assistant Brad Goreski must handle one of the most stressful events in his bow-tied-and-overbooked career. Elsewhere on the tube, America's Got Talent starts in on its semifinals, Wipeout gets messy, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt illustrates what becomes of the brokenhearted.
The members of Jersey Shore's outrageous octet are many things, but are they chips off the old block? We've got four photos of guidos who fathered Jersey Shore stars, and it's up to you to ID the gelato-hocking stars who call them "dad."
Just a day after word came out that the U.K. X-Factor had auto-tuned its competitors' voices to "deliver the most entertaining experience possible for viewers," Simon Cowell has banned the performance-enhancing software. Neither the U.K. series nor the U.S. version (which premieres in September 2011) will be permitted to use auto-tune to correct "edited pre-recorded auditions." Now if only Simon had the authority to ban its gratuitous use on Glee... [Deadline]
As a rule, each season of a Housewives franchise comes with a more explosive reunion episode than the last, and you may remember that The Real Housewives of New Jersey ended last season with zoo-like abandon, as Caroline Manzo growled, "You are garbage" to Danielle Staub and Teresa table-flip temper flared up. Still, that was child's play compared to what's coming -- the two-part season two reunion whose preview promises these five incredible, Andy-Cohen-endangering displays:
As Movieline guessed last month, iCarly's Chord Overstreet has been cast as Chris Colfer's first onscreen boyfriend on Glee. It was announced earlier that the blond actor would be playing "Sam, a McKinley high school athlete who starts off as Finn (Cory Monteith)'s protégé but becomes his competition," but Jane Lynch inadvertently confirmed to E! that Sam will also be romancing Kurt this season, adding that Overstreet has "big fat, pouty lips." Duly noted. [E!]
This has been a long, hard season for the Real Housewives of New Jersey. Weaves were ripped. Italian slaughterhouses were visited. One cast member quit. Another cast member was allegedly fired. Botched breast implant surgeries were corrected, and one boy's dream of owning a joint strip club/car wash was delicately nurtured. But last night, Caroline Manzo closed out the second season by taking Danielle Staub to the mattresses one last time. Let's examine the most real and fake moments.
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