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short ends

ABC Invites You To Sell Out Your Kid Sister For Cash And Prizes

· OK, we think we can officially say we're excited about a new fall show: That would be Opportunity Knocks on ABC, Ashton Kutcher's contribution to the, "Hey—let's throw a block party game show!" genre. So much to love here, from the kid-sister diary hunt, to the whack-a-pottery challenge, to the identify-your -infant-brother's -screams quiz round. And just think how awesome it will be when they pack up the show and move it to the ghetto! [TV Week]
· Why yes, we do think we've seen this halo-effect used to great success on previous comedy one-sheets. [/Film]
· Jessica Alba radiates the unmistakable, bird-flipping glow of a woman nearing childbirth. [celebslam]
· An anonymous bidder paid $15 million for Takashi Murakami's jizz-vortex manga sculpture: someone who sounded a whooooole lot like Kanye West affecting a matronly British accent. [Gawker]
· Want to kill a few hours? Thighs Wide Shut collected the mother of all Indy ephemera link dumps, including a listing of every person ever really named Indiana Jones. (They were all born in the 19th century.) [thighswideshut.org]
· Stumble along with the ANTM finalists as they attempt to plug CoverGirl's new Westshlicksfritzsprtizer! (Congratulations, Whitney.) [B-Side Blog]

6:46 PM on Thu May 15 2008
By Seth
122 views, 2 comments

Latest by KMorgan: "selling -- your kid sister" + ABC (i.e. Walt Disney) and you're really surprised? more »

fear

Fantasia 2: The Fantasianing

On last night's splendiferous, Sayesha-ejecting American Idol results show—like nasty walnut chunks in maple ice cream, she was utterly ruining our pure, David-savoring experience—third season Idol winner Fantasia Barrino stopped by the Karoakedome to perform. And yet "perform" seems not quite the sufficient term in this instance—rather, she seemed literally belched from some fiery, subterranean afterworld miles beneath CBS Television City, accompanied by a chorus of winged backup-demons. The audience—many of whom were still enjoying the pleasant, torpor-inducing effects of David Archuleta singing about "fishes in the ocean"—reacted as though they had just been smacked against the side of the head with a hooker's club foot. More »

1:25 PM on Thu May 15 2008
By Seth
2,651 views, 19 comments

Latest by topsy: Fantasia worked it the fuck out! That performance was every kind of awesome known to man and then some. They should just end the season right now because there is no way that either of the David's can more »

the chosen two

The Chosen Two's Due Date Outed By Dustin Hoffman, Expected Nationality Outed By Angelina Herself

As we noted yesterday, Jack Black took the liberty of announcing that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are expecting twins during a pre-taped interview on The Today Show, which we all got to see for ourselves this morning. One would think Black’s blooper would ruffle Jolie’s feathers, but as this clip shows, Jolie handled the situation with breezy laughter and an amicable Oh Well! shrug. And as it turns out, Black wasn’t the only Kung Fu Panda co-star to fill everyone in on The Chosen Two’s glorious impending arrival. Once again for no apparent reason, fading funny man Dustin Hoffman decided to reveal the twins’ due date during the same segment. When Brangelina is expecting and which nationality Jolie has selected for her next soccer team members, after the jump. More »

11:40 AM on Thu May 15 2008
By Molly Friedman
2,334 views, 4 comments

Latest by blridings: Damn, if I had a dime for every time I misspelled anointed... I would have a single, deeply annoying dime. more »

short ends

New Jay Mohr Sitcom Funnier Than Tourette's Humor

· Here's your first glimpse at Jay Mohr's new CBS sitcom, Project Gary. Did that kid just say, "Tap it?" OMG! He did! LOL! [TV Week]
· People, for crying out loud, it's a picture of Curious George! It's not like he put "OBAMA in '08" underneath a picture of Chim-Chim from Speed Racer. Now that would have been racist. (And just plain mean.) [Boston Herald]
· It's the America's Next Top Model finale liveblog with the Jezebelers! But don't peek yet, 'cause they are three hours ahead. [Jezebel]
· Woody Allen: "Can I ask you what your favorite commandment is?"
Billy Graham: "Right now, it's Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother."
Woody: "Really? That's my least favorite commandment." [BoingBoing]
· Anne Heche is worth $34,840.93, says Anne Heche. [TMZ]

6:14 PM on Wed May 14 2008
By Seth
2,899 views, 14 comments

Latest by Peteski: @Nicholas Carlson: yes - AND the same Hair Club for Men™ toupée more »

feuds

Dolly Parton Threatening To Sue Howard Stern For Tossing Her Lovely Audio Book Into A Filth Salad (NSFW)

We really take no pleasure in informing you that two of our idols—early tickle-machine adopter Howard Stern and top-heavy country legend Dolly Parton—are currently at war, but such is the case. To get you up to date, last week, Stern broadcast edited portions of her self-narrated audio book to form several beyond-filthy phrases. (Like, seriously: NSFW. This is the kind of stuff you imagine hearing at a 4 a.m. "Aristocrats" session around Bob Saget's jacuzzi after a night of Tuaca shots and blow. As such, it's hilarious.) Parton has had a listen, and released this statement in response:
"I have never been so shocked, hurt and humiliated in all my life,"
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5:55 PM on Wed May 14 2008
By Seth
316,917 views, 43 comments

Latest by mothrafairy: Yeah, it's some sort of obvious "parody" (does it really merit even that loose term?) and he's got a right to be that uselessly, pointlessly disgusting and she's got a right to sue him and potentially (pointlessly) win. Dolly is a more »

sex

Everybody Wants Some In 'Sex: The Revolution'


While the Michael Hirschorn era at Vh1 will likely be best remembered for bringing pop culture talking heads (I Love The..., Best Week Ever), washed-up celebs (Surreal Life) and horny musicians (Flavor Of Love, Rock Of Love) into millions of homes, there is one program from his tenure that was just as critically acclaimed as it was popular. Back in the summer of 2006, a four-part documentary called The Drug Years aired to rave reviews — Variety called it a "fascinating insight into the growth of the counterculture and ... its eventual hangover" — and arguably became the first series in the channel's history that was equally appealing to pop culture enthusiasts and intellectuals. Now, after nearly two years worth of research and production, the same creative team that put The Drug Years together has returned with a brand new four-part doc entitled Sex: The Revolution. Defamer recently sat down with series writer Martin Torgoff and executive producer Brad Abramson to talk about the series that, as Torgoff explains, puts its focus on "how the sexual revolution fed into the dynamic of what became the Culture Wars in the United States."

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3:55 PM on Wed May 14 2008
By Mark Graham
11,102 views, 14 comments

Latest by wjcohen: @Mark Graham: There's a swell book review here here in EW. more »

boo ya

David Archuleta Determined To Prove He Has No Business On The Radio

On last night's anything-goes American Idol semi-finale, the remaining contestants—living headshot Syesha Mercado, crowd-pleasing cheese-rocker David Cook, and 400 lb.-black-woman-in-the-body-of-a-Mormon-twink David Archuleta—were to sing three songs: one selected by a judge, one by a star-chamber of Idol producers, and one of their own choosing. Big-hearted, coordination-challenged youngster Archuleta—the Tiny Tim of this year's proceedings—God-blessed-us every one before tossing aside his crutch (that would be his overbearing, rehearsal-banned father) and launching into Chris Brown's "With You." More »

12:00 PM on Wed May 14 2008
By Seth
3,071 views, 9 comments

Latest by Little Mintz Sunshine: @yvonnjanae: So, I'm thinking the Cabana Club is not in Echo Park? more »

cannes film festival

Today in Cannes Hell: Thieves, Bad 'Blindness' and Jack Black Battling Pandas

Some day we'll bite the bullet and experience the magic of the Cannes Film Festival first-hand, but in the meantime, there are advantages to keeping one's distance. For starters, we're insulated from the horrors of marketing rituals like the one foisted on the international press this morning, when Jack Black strolled into Cannes with a few dozen minimum-wage costume slaves panda bears in support of his upcoming Kung Fu Panda. As evidenced by the accompanying video, much hammy ass-kicking and a sort of loin-churning, interspecial sexual chemistry ensues. More »

9:45 AM on Wed May 14 2008
By STV
1,776 views, 9 comments

Latest by raincoaster: DISCO PANDA-FU with JACK BLACK?!?!?!?! I think I just came. more »

words of wisdom

The Finale Of 'The Hills': 'Imagine Everything You've Seen And Then Completely Unimagine It'

Last night, we tearfully watched as the third season of that Adderall-fueled pity party known as The Hills came to a wisdom-filled conclusion. So what did we learn last night? Aside from newly cropped and suddenly hot Justin Bobby teaching Audrina (and us) that living alone means you can “come home and cook something,” and shockingly, “have people over,” Methanie Pratt managed to summarize the entire season’s course on Lives Of The Blonde And Vapid by telling villainous Spencer that one should always “think really hard before you do anything.” Below we bring you three tidbits to carry with you forever, involving drinking on the job, dieting leessons, and when the appropriate time to “shush” someone is: 1) Cheese Is Yum, But May Put Junk In Your Trunk!: As sidekick Lo notes, eating a whole bunch of cheese at once feels good. It tastes good, tends to be difficult to stop eating, and makes you smile. But! After making the decision to eat an entire chunk in one sitting, we learn that the act “is not gonna be good for my behind.” Duly noted. More »

5:35 PM on Tue May 13 2008
By Molly Friedman
10,140 views, 15 comments

Latest by DuckyDoom: @IKnowThings: Yeah, that had me laughing. I also like how he's just become "the Jenner kid." more »

before they were famous

Tracing Shia LaBeouf Back To His Humble Origins As An Echo Park Hot Dog Carnie

Watching Shia LaBeouf recount for David Letterman the amusing circumstances surrounding his arrest last November at a Chicago Walgreens for drunken, public benzoyl-peroxide abuse, we were suddenly left wanting to know how—likable as he is—he so quickly ascended to superstar status. Well, that's the great thing about media-saturation campaigns riding the coattails of massive summer movie releases: Those kinds of wishes are easily granted. According to a profile in the new GQ, it all started when Steven Spielberg saw LaBeouf's Disturbia audition tape, and instantly cast him in Transformers and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. That was easy! But just who is this charismatic, precocious, and ridiculously named young man? And from whence does he come? Not too far, as GQ reports—in fact, as close by as a traveling tubesteak sideshow in Echo Park:
Part of this easygoing showmanship comes from LaBeouf's teenage years in Echo Park, where despite being nearly the only white kid for miles, he blended in. He picked up freestyle rapping. He was, he says, "a major dozens player" at a mostly black school. Just so he could hang out with his friends, he learned how to breakdance. "It was sort of your greeting card," he says. "Like, yeah, I'm white, but I have soul."
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3:25 PM on Tue May 13 2008
By Seth
3,031 views, 25 comments

Latest by Benny: @Calraigh: I feel violated. :( more »

girls on film

Yes, They Kiss: Scarlett Johansson and Penelope Cruz Get Close in New Woody Allen Trailer

First things first: Yes, the accompanying new teaser for Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona, features about two seconds of Penélope Cruz and Scarlett Johansson kissing. Everyone else is kissing as well: Cruz on Javier Bardem, Bardem on Johansson, so on, so forth. It's apparently the only thing happening in the film, as no sound emerges from peoples mouths when they speak, and no discernible plot line emerges in a minute and a half. We won't spoil the ending, but... Actually we will spoil the ending: Cruz fires a gun at you, the viewer. And as you try to position your head in front of the bullet, you've never felt more grateful. Thanks again for nothing, Weinstein Company. [YouTube]

1:10 PM on Tue May 13 2008
By STV
3,113 views, 12 comments

Latest by Lala11_7: Wow... I thought a preview was suppose to entice... Is this another movie about an artist whose painting resemble something my nephew could have done...in utero... Beautiful people living millionaire lifestyles without any idea of how they're able to afford it... Sex being had more »

bad omens

Jimmy Fallon Drops By 'Conan' To Remind You Why You'll Never Tune In To NBC At 12:30 A.M. Again

Jimmy Fallon popped by Late Night to address yesterday's news that he would be taking over for host Conan O'Brien in 2009, an announcement greeted with wide-eyed, Christmas Eve wonder by the three TV executives who hired him, and, "Wait—that annoying dude from those DJ sketches on Saturday Night Live?" from everyone else. In the name of science, we've hooked ourselves up to a series of vital-sign monitors, and, as a team of white coats monitors our progress through this Fallon anecdote about proposing to his wife, we'll update you on our progress: More »

12:10 PM on Tue May 13 2008
By Seth
4,709 views, 24 comments

proposals

Shayne Lamas's Performance Of A Lifetime

Sure, we all endured the Rose Ceremony hoops, but was there really any doubt in our minds who Matt Grant—the most British Bachelor ever!—would choose at the end of his lady-shopping journey? The second he laid eyes on Lamas Family acting dynasty heiress Shayne Lamas, our funny-sounding Casanova was a goner. Sad as that was for first runner-up Chelsea, who was commended for her loveliness and offered her choice of Whirlpool appliances in exchange for her time, it resulted in a jackpot romantic payday for Shayne. More »

10:55 AM on Tue May 13 2008
By Seth
10,525 views, 12 comments

Latest by sylvie: My friend sent me a link. Apparently she just posed for Girls Gone Wild Magazine. Class act that one. They deserve each other. more »

life after charlie

Denise Richards Confides In E! Cameraman That She Has A Bad Boy Problem

From the network that brought you such essential Hollywood lifestyle viewing as Hangin' With the Kardashians As They Talk About Makeup in Their Money-Laundering-Front Dress Shop comes a new reality series that should prove to be no less compelling. In this preview for E!'s Denise Richards: It's Complicated (original title: A Shot at Love with Denise Richards and Her Two Demi-Orphans As a Result of their Sex-Addict Father Running Off to Follow His Cheerleader Orgy Dreams and Falling For the Trampy Love of His Life in the Process), Richards discovers her page on celebrity STD-transmission tracker whosdatedwho.com, and is forced to address some of the questionable life choices she's made. More »

9:48 AM on Tue May 13 2008
By Seth
2,846 views, 6 comments

Latest by fembot: @WGARefugee: you're awesome - I applaud you.. more »

short ends

Swinging With Indy

· There are 27 different movies in this Indy-themed swingstravaganza. (And at least one classic Activision Atari 2600 title.) How many can you name? [Black20]
· Dennis Farina was so preoccupied worrying about gels and liquids, he had a total brainfart about the .22 he was carrying through LAX security. [LAT]
· It seems a certain Chace Crawford is getting invited to George Clooney after-parties and mobbed by the Cruises, and Penn Badgley isn't. XOXO, Defamer Girl [NY Daily News]
· Isaiah Washington filed a complaint with SAG over Grey's Anatomy's use of his photo in a newspaper article about his character on last week's episode. [Reuters]
· Hey—unicorns!

8:50 PM on Mon May 12 2008
By Seth
1,050 views, 9 comments

Latest by cinerama: ROTFL. Whomever made the Indy clip has way too much time on their hands. Must be an effects person who's unemployed because new green lights are delayed pending a SAG agreement. more »

lunchtime announcements

Leaked 'Sex And The City: The Movie' Clip Suggests [Spoiler Alert] Carrie Finds True Happiness

Several scenes from one of the summer's most anticipated releases—Sex and the City: The Movie (can we just shorten that to Sex and the Movie already? We feel like an asshole every time we type it)—have been leaked online. [SPOILERS AHEAD!] In the sequence above, a subdued—oh, but we all know she's doing cartwheels in her head!—Carrie reveals to her best friends that Big has at long last overcome his aversion to her habit of talking with her mouth full, and finally proposed. We know, we know—this plot point is practically common knowledge by now, but it's another thing entirely to actually see Carrie come out and say it! Like Charlotte, the instant we watched it on our iPhones, we too erupted with an involuntarily squeal of delight that echoed across the walls of the brightly lit, Richard Meier-designed contemporary dining space in which we were power-lunching. It was totally embarrassing—but we didn't care. We only want the best for Carrie, and she just looked so happy. [Blackfilm.com]

11:55 AM on Mon May 12 2008
By Seth
9,474 views, 13 comments

Latest by Calraigh: @Trixie from Toronto: Addendum:I'm with you on the Indy front.That just makes me sad to be honest.. more »

comebacks

Alec Baldwin Fights Off '60 Minutes' Offensive With Thoughtful Age Gags

For all the career renaissance we've seen from Alec Baldwin over the last three or four years, not even his Golden Globe for 30 Rock overshadows his legendary turn as "Sociopathic Father" in last year's wildly popular Web-exclusive release Thoughtless Little Pig. Even Morley Safer couldn't stop talking about it last night on 60 Minutes; in the accompanying video, watch the "appalling" Baldwin float like a butterfly and sting like a bee under Safer's withering sallies, punch back with word of his forthcoming book on "divorce and parental alienation" and finally score the knockout with his disarming rejoinder about a potential political career: "There's other things I want to do. I mean, in a matter of weeks I'm going to be 50... By 60 Minutes correspondent terms, I am a young man!" Oh, Alec, you bastard. We just can't stay mad at you. [60 Minutes]

11:15 AM on Mon May 12 2008
By STV
2,168 views, 14 comments

Latest by kylo4: When the media blew that out of proportion I just laughed and said, "They think that's bad? Holy shit, they don't know what my friends, my parents and everybody else I know endured over the years." more »

skanks

David Letterman Still Pretending To Give A Fuck About Whatever It Is Paris Hilton Is Yammering On About

Stopping by the heiress-friendly zone of the Ed Sullivan Theater to plug her latest exciting venture—MTV's So You Want to Be Paris Hilton's New Top Friend or whatever—the Hottie or the Nottie star admitted she had never seen an episode of that network's massively popular realitainment, The Hills. It was a pronouncement so startling—where else do people like Hilton turn to fill the long hours between hair-extension-launch press conferences and the next SLR-hotboxing or pole-rocking opportunity?—that it instantly called to mind her blanket denial of having ever engaged in drug use of any kind during her post-incarceration Larry King Live interview. While both statements seem highly unlikely, King responded by voicing his skepticism on a later broadcast, while Letterman instead chose to hang himself in his office by Brooks Brothers necktie 30 minutes after taping. [Late Show with David Letterman]

4:05 PM on Fri May 9 2008
By Seth
2,587 views, 8 comments

Latest by Sasquatch: I watched about 15 seconds before my brain kicked in and made me punch myself in the face. The only thing I want to read/hear about Paris Hilton from this point on is a fucking obituary. more »