After a day off from the afterhours circuit, the cast of Eclipse returned last night in top form. Kristen Stewart appealed to George Lopez's audience with tales of her Mexican cuisine, Peter Facinelli debuted behind-the-scenes footage of one of his Twilight stunts and elsewhere, totally unrelated to the vampire franchise, Julianne Moore shared a story about "choking the chicken." Really. Click through for those segments as well as the other highlights you missed last night while mourning Party Down.
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· Another day, another E! reality show for the Kardashians. The new untitled venture will reportedly chronicle newlyweds Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom as they try to get pregnant while -- wait for the twist -- furnishing their new house. This will be the network's fourth series involving the family after Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Khloe and Kourtney Take Miami and The Spin Crowd, which Kim produces. [NYP]
VH1 performs reconstructive surgery on Jessica Simpson's Price of Beauty, CNN considers a female Larry King replacement, and more TV Bites after the jump.
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Today and tomorrow mark the midpoint of 2010 -- and thus the midpoint of our year in movies and TV. Join Movieline in both taking stock and looking ahead.
A beloved series shuffled off for good, while a kinda-beloved icon did too; a group of new kids sang to the rafters and forced a smile to your face; a tired soap found new ways to wrap up its tired formula; and the other best drama on AMC continued down the rabbit hole. Join Movieline as we remember the five best season finales from the past half-year.
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Betty White's got a hot date on Hot in Cleveland tonight, and he's a face you'll recognize from, oh, the 60 years he's spent in the industry. He's not Sid Caesar or Dick Van Dyke, but he knows both of those living legends well. And no, it's not Rose Marie. That's a woman, guys. Just click ahead.
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Today and tomorrow mark the midpoint of 2010 -- and thus the midpoint of our year in movies and TV. Join Movieline in both taking stock and looking ahead.
Movieline has already celebrated the midpoint of 2010 by forecasting the dates that will shape the rest of the year, but what about the possible late night bookings that could go down in television history as format game-changers? Here are the guests we hope to see shaking up the after hours landscape (already shaken up itself after this year's late night wars) over the next six months.
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Quick: Have you renewed your gym pass? Upgraded your tan to a rusty sienna? Prepared eight loads of your laundry and re-polished your manly glitter tees? Because there's only one month left to regain GTL cred in time for Jersey Shore's second season premiere. To help, the official trailer for season two is here (after that tease of the premiere's first 13 minutes), and its Miami-tinged escapades see our adventurers pumping the good fist and bringing cheer to the southeast. Also, Ronnie's a wild cheater, JWOWW throttles Sammi, Snooki beds Vinny, and The Situation calls himself "The Situation" when ordering takeout on the phone. We judge after the jump: Hooray or grenade?
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Sad news, Party Down-ers -- Starz is not picking up the beloved but low-rated series for a third season, meaning you'll just have to accept last Friday's finale as the series closer. The network is also expected to announce that it is not picking up Gravity, the dark comedy starring Krysten Ritter, for a second season. At least we know that Party Down refugees are welcome elsewhere -- too bad Lizzy Caplan got screwed for her loyalty. [Deadline]
James Franco, how we've missed you. The months since Franco's General Hospital exit have been awfully barren -- how could daytime soaps fill the Tommy Wiseau-sized hole left by Franco's bizarrely meta television experiment? Fortunately, the actor returns to General Hospital today with both his mom and queer performance artist Kalup Linzy in tow. Let's liveblog it:
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Kathy Griffin's D-List adventures took her "North to the Future" last night to Wasilla, Alaska, the quaint town that still gives Air Force Two pilots night terrors. In addition to signing a few books and helping pick a date for her assistant Tiffany, Kathy tracked down her former "lover" Levi Johnston and joined him on a recreational tour of his homeland. The whole trek was an exercise in meta-reality, but that doesn't mean we can't suss out its most "real" and "fake" moments. Bullsh*t bifocals ready, Griffindorks.
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I wasn't going to tell you this, but some of Movieline's toughest questions for ESPN sideliner/DWTS finalist Erin Andrews went unasked because of time constraints. Thank goodness, then, for Vanity Fair's fearless, slightly crazy George Wayne, who picked up where we left off with all the pertinent stuff about Andrews' convicted stalker, her "faux romance" with DWTS partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy, and the sensitive subject of... well, you know.
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Kalamazoo, Michigan native Debra Romer took the America's Got Talent stage at Chicago's auditions last night, and the results were -- well, passable. Literally. Piers Morgan and Sharon Osbourne praised her vulnerability while Howie Mandel fist-bumped her with a "no." But Debra's reception shows just how different the audition criteria are between America's Got Talent and American Idol, where she might've been championed (or rejected) for qualities not even mentioned by this triumvirate.
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The Hills last night celebrated its 100th episode, which means that the series is now free to explore syndication deals for over 80 markets in hell. Collective sigh. Let's not think about a world where kids come home from school and watch Lo and LC instead of Seinfeld and Simpsons though -- let's just comb through last night's birthday episode, "Welcome to the Jungle," for the most and least authentic moments of the night. First person to click through gets a free surfing lesson and ass-grab from Justin Bobby.
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While the Eclipse stars took the night off from the promotional circuit, last night's afterhours hosts found themselves talking about actual news. On Comedy Central, Stephen Colbert and Knicks Coach Mike D'Antoni discussed this year's draft while Jon Stewart recalled Joe Biden's epic custard gaffe. Meanwhile on CBS, Craig Ferguson mourned Larry King, who just hours before had announced that he would be hanging up his suspenders in the fall. Click through for those segments as well as the other highlights you missed while threatening to quit acting.
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Celebrities will surely think twice about cutting in line for a new generation iPhone after Jason Bateman's week-long ordeal with press and angry Apple users. The Arrested Development star has tweeted an official apology to the people he cut in front of last week: "Correction- If there were boos, I didn't hear them. If some were mad, I didn't see them. I wish I had. If you're out there, I'm sorry." Next time, Jason, just send your assistant. [Us]
· This is a sad day for cable news. Larry King officially announced that he will be leaving CNN in the fall, which leaves you, dear readers, to guess his replacement. The suspendered anchor mentioned that he would like Ryan Seacrest to succeed him on last night's show -- "he's curious, he's interesting, he's likable" -- but America's Got Talent judge Piers Morgan is thought to the be the frontrunner for the job. Meanwhile, Katie Couric reportedly passed on the position earlier this week. So who does this leave? Joy Behar, this could be your future. [Deadline]
CBS will make Jason Biggs a sitcom star, two new actors run away to Camelot, and more TV Bites after the jump.
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