It may take a village to track down Bill Murray for an interview, but when the Get Low star commits, he really commits. Just last night, Murray gave new meaning to the phrase "dumpster diving" on the Late Show. Elsewhere, Steve Carell offered more Anchorman sequel details, Anna Paquin ID'd the True Blood co-stars who scare her and Chelsea Handler confronted her fear of Jay Leno handling snakes.
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In this morning's other TV Bites: A Simple Life star returns to Chuck... CBS detonates its Bridge... and True Blood silences The Sopranos.
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As much as MTV has bludgeoned us with the scripted travails of homogenized cliques (The Hills, Jersey Shore), the network's also done its share of more honest docuseries, like True Life and Made. With If You Really Knew Me, MTV unites members of various crowds in a large high school and gets them to relate. While maudlin moments spring up often, there's plenty of real candor to offset the storyboarded feel we've come to associate with reality TV.
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Three months after a radical Muslim website threatened South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone in response to an episode which portrayed the Prophet Mohammed in a bear costume, FBI officials have made an arrest in the case.
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The contestants on Top Chef attempt a culinary style rarely explored on the show. Judge Gail Simmons will be the least forgiving, as it's a category that comes to closest to infringing upon her Top Chef: Just Desserts gig. I expect full-throttle stuffiness!
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You probably don't need another sign to realize that the apocalypse is near, but have you been following the Lindsay Lohan dramarama and wondering what the stars of the critically acclaimed Mad Men think of her incarceration? Of course you have! Umm...
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Early this afternoon, EW's Michael Ausiello posted a blind item about an actor whose diva-like behavior might cost him the lead of his fall drama on one of the big five networks. Help Movieline identify the primary suspects after the jump.
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After investigating the other comedic races, it's time to ask: Who's running off with the 2010 Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy? This year, the question comes with philosophical underpinnings: Is it more honorable to serve a dependable, under-rewarded actor, a quartet of shiny newcomers, or a past winner? Let's break down all the odds, including the chances of a Glee or Modern Family victory.
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If you'd bet on the Andy Richter-hosted edition of Pyramid replacing As the World Turns on CBS this fall, you lose! The network has reportedly selected a new talk show that will focus on "topical events through the eyes of moms" to succeed the long-running soap. Those moms? Sara Gilbert, Julie Chen, Holly Robinson Peete, Sharon Osbourne, and Leah Remini. But which of these 5 ladies will be the lightning rod Elisabeth Hasselbeck on this new View? Movieline investigates.
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Yes, that's how the 30 Rock actor is describing his new HBO stand-up special, which is actually called Tracy Morgan: Black and Blue. Taped at the Apollo Theatre in September, "the special is going to be all the elements: fire, water, earth, air, the comedy bender, the avatar of comedy experience," Morgan said via press release. "We were hoping for A Blaffair to Rememblack, but we'll settle for Blavatar. [EW]
Kathy Griffin returned to form on this week's D-List, spreading her legs in front of strangers several times and seeming thrilled about it. Her "public pap smear" may have been a dorky stunt, but at least it was less self-important than her mortifying trip to Washington D.C.. Let's forage through the blinding vajazzle of this week's episode and figure out its most real and hacky moments.
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Comedy Central has just named Family Guy creator and talking teddy bear wizard Seth MacFarlane the master of the network's David Hasselhoff Roast, airing August 15. Regular roasters Pamela Anderson, Whitney Cummings, Greg Giraldo, Lisa Lampanelli, and Jeffrey Ross will poke fun at The Hoff, as will Jerry Springer and, for some reason, Hulk Hogan. [LAT]
If you were drinking every time that Zac Efron called Jay Leno "dude" or "man" during last night's Tonight Show segment, then you are probably nursing a heck of a hangover this morning. Among the other late night segments you may have missed while drinking yourself under the table: Susan Sarandon and Chelsea Handler tested out their ping pong innuendo, Nicolas Cage remembered his devastating prom night and Steve Carell recalled his days as a deficient mail carrier.
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Ah, Warehouse 13. After the fairly uninspired density-altering gym sorts of last week, let us hope this week's adventure lends itself to a little more excitement -- a little more of that heavy-handed history tweaking you do so well. So where will it be? To what far off place will your heroes go in search of this week's fugitive artifact? What imponderable circumstances will-- what? They're not going anywhere new this week? They're just staying in Univille and developing what look to be short-lived romances? Well, that's not very fun, now is it? Regardless! Read on for a breakdown of the artifacts unearthed in Beyond Our Control.
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Also in this morning's TV Bites: Brett Ratner's Chaos gets another life... The Office promotes a cast member... Jon Hamm visits Springfield... and Dexter hires a tattoo artist.
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