Despite the fact that Idina Menzel is returning to Glee next season, it looks like Vocal Adrenaline is getting a new coach. Broadway vet and 30 Rock co-star Cheyenne Jackson will be appearing in a recurring capacity as VA's head honcho. But why might his casting upset former Newsweek writer Ramin Setoodeh?
The next item up for bids is... Bob Barker's resentment. The 86-year-old legend criticized Drew Carey's hosting chops on The Price is Right with this Plinko chip of despair: "He does the show differently than I did," Barker told TMZ. "I tried to make the show really exciting, and he doesn't do that. He just plays the games." Yikes. No word yet on how spayed or neutered Drew feels -- and if he's over that crazy perfect bid. [TMZ]
Movieline's parade of Emmy judgment calls continues with our investigation of the Best Actress in a Drama Series category. Dynamite vets like Glenn Close and Mariska Hargitay grace the shortlist this year, but they'll be up against undaunted newcomers like Connie Britton and Julianna Margulies (in her second Emmy-nominated role). Monologues ready, ladies! Let's score the odds and dish some hardware.
Ali Fedotowsky's quest to love somebody has been hindered a number of times this season, usually by men who were lying about that whole "I want to get married" thing. But that's what makes the reunion episode a special treat, as it reunites us with some of the studs who remained sincere, even in defeat. Sigh. Let's rank our favorite hot losers!
At least that's what a new Modern Family Emmy ad is claiming. The latest (and most imaginative) promo promises "If Modern Family wins the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy, Sofia Vergara will run naked down Sunset Blvd." A footnote clarifies that the "cast member" streaking Hollywood is subject to change. Glee and 30 Rock, you'd better get creative with your campaign promises. [Variety]
Back in April, American Idol co-creator Nigel Lythgoe declared that the only way to really revive Fox's mega-franchise would be to wipe out the entire judging panel and start over. The problem was that, at the time, Lythgoe had forfeited his executive producer title to focus on his other competition show, So You Think You Can Dance...until yesterday, when Lythgoe inked a new contract with Fox.
Finally, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert returned from summer vacations last night to (respectively) debut new facial hair and investigate polka DVD piracy. Meanwhile, an Emmy nominee confronted Bill O'Reilly about his masturbation habits, Steve Carell explained his decision to leave The Office and a Gossip Girl star found his inner Axl Rose. Enjoy!
More than one reader has stared into his or her empty martini glass, gazing at a forlorn olive and lamenting the vacancy in their hearts since the Mad Men Power Rankings left Movieline. (I'm not making this up! I've seen it!) But like the bracing, blissful slap of a Thanksgiving whore, there they are at Lisanti Quarterly. Rejoice! And via Mark, see also Don Draper's likely eventual rendering by the Wall Street Journal. Click through for full size. [Put This On via LQ]
In this morning's other TV Bites: Julia Roberts and Goldie Hawn help out Oprah... a CSI star announces her retirement... and USA finds its Legal Mind.
Here's a glossy of Jersey Shore's reported new cast member Dina Nicole, with Snooki trailing behind her. Does she look like a half-hearted hybrid of Snooki and JWOWW to you too,? Look at the bright side: She's reportedly replacing the unbearable Angelina. [Radar Online]
Still not over Inception? Please -- not only is it a Swiss cheese skyscraper with holes the size of loading-bay doors, it's not even terribly original, stealing first from Peter Ibbetson (1935), not on cable this week, and then from...
You might have thought that you'd seen everything Comic-Con has to offer -- from Fandango the Walking Paper Bag, to a Harry Potter stabbing, to the reemergence of Pacey Witter -- but it turns out you hadn't, unless you caught White Collar stars Matt Bomer and Tim DeKay dancing to Ke$ha's "Tik Tok" with a boy who appears to be in costume as the main character from Up.
Ali Fedotowsky's lovestruck minions reunite in a Bachelorette special tonight where they rehash all the fun they had visiting Iceland, Istanbul, and other places they'd never heard of until this year.
The Big Brother household is only as strong as it's weakest houseguest... or as vile as its most nauseating rumor. If you consider that the latest conspiracy theory du jour relates to a real-life brother and sister sharing an incestuous relationship within the Big Brother fort, Sunday's episode was easily the most repulsive yet.
Mad Men's third season spoiled popcult junkies everywhere by including Conrad Hilton as a supporting player. Now, for a fourth season that's canted on the verge of a celebrity-fronted cultural revolution, I insist Mad Men include another public figure in its assortment of story arcs. Here are my suggestions.
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