When I was in the tenth grade, my boyfriend Joe was in a band. They called their genre “horror punk” and all their songs were about The Lost Boys. Joe used to wear black Converse sneakers, tight black jeans, a black hoodie and eyeliner. I thought he looked awesome. That was 11 years ago. Now that I’m an adult, seeing Mark Ballas wear the same look doesn’t elicit quite the same feelings of hormonal lust. More »
Cougar Town creator Bill Lawrence is a big fan of cross-promotion: Last season, the Community character Abed (Danny Pudi) popped up in the background of a Cougar episode; and when Scrubs was still on the air, Bill let star Sarah Chalke play a recurring role on How I Met Your Mother.
Now, the entire Cougar Town cast is doing a mass exodus of cross-promotion all over TV this fall. More »
Says the guy who got to write the comic, “She has been very much the real life equivalent of a superhero, and writing about Cher, to a large degree, has been just about letting my imagination go.” Aww… so we can make fun of it only a little. More »
It’s true: Darth Vader spends a lot of time hanging out on the Death Star, killing minions, destroying planets, and generally causing mayhem. But ever so often, even the Sith Lord needs to get out of the house and have a change of scenery. Where is he likely to go? Well, you may not think it, but sometimes, you’ll find him in these places… More »
After impressing everyone with the size of her boobs on the DWTS premiere, Nancy Grace has gone a step further and impressed everyone with the size of her areolas…unintentionally, we assume. Click through for the NSFW-ish screencap. More »
Last night, a tipster told me a wonderful story about Rob Kardashian. Specifically: how pissy he got when she failed to recognize him. Aaaw, widdle Kardashian thinks it’s famous. More »
Pre-gender reassignment surgery and pre-possible nose job… We hardly recognized the Friends sweetheart and Dancing with the Stars contestant. More »
Ever since the producers of Dancing With The Stars announced they’d chosen Chaz Bono to compete on their thirteenth season, the Internet has been ablaze with ridiculously hateful comments. Chaz has remained relatively silent on this issue until today, when he spoke with Good Morning America. More »
Fans of Dancing with the Stars have taken to the message boards to criticize ABC’s casting of transgender contestant Chaz Bono (a move that GLAAD commended). Fans have gone so far as to threaten to skip the show this season on account of Chaz, who will be dancing with Lacey Schwimmer. One comment in particular struck me as especially ridiculous:
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Never underestimate a not-very-famous person’s drive to piggyback on some perceived association with a sort-of-famous person. Thomas Beatie, the trans guy who first made headlines in 2008 for being both legally male and pregnant, is now saying he thinks Chaz Bono beat him out for a spot on Dancing With The Stars. More »
Even at a party announcing the new cast of Dancing with the Stars season 13, newly-minted contestant Kristin Cavallari was training: Why else would she be wearing a pink tutu that looks like something she nabbed from the Black Swan costume closet? More »
Although Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice has made no secret of her goal to get on Dancing with the Stars, it appears that the popular reality show isn’t interested. In response to a fan’s tweet that Teresa should be on DWTS, Teresa responded, “Would ♥ to but they don’t want Housewives this season. But Playmates are OK?” More »
Last week, we brought you the hilarity that is “Trolling Saruman,” a glorious mashup of The Lord of the Rings and the infamous Trololo meme. And you know what? It occurs to us that lots of other pop culture fixtures could benefit from the Trololo treatment. Any readers out there handy with video editing want to get on these? More »
Yesterday we were blown away by how many big-name Hollywood actors had hitched a ride on Michael Bay‘s trigger-happy Transformers: Dark of the Moon. And while it was fun to see Patrick Dempsey as Rosie Huntington-Whitely‘s rich, smarmy boss, the real delight was picking out the lesser-known, or simply unexpected, actors who popped up on both sides of the Autobot/Decepticon fight. More »
It never fails: no matter what you think you know about the contestants on Dancing with the Stars, you can always get proven wrong. Early in the season, I picked Ralph Macchio as someone who had potential to go all the way, but now that he is injured I think he’s starting to show signs of wear. More »
Bristol Palin continues to be America’s most famous teen mom who wasn’t on Teen Mom. The future author has just signed on to do a reality show with Disney star Kyle Massey, a fellow Dancing with the Stars alum (he finished second behind Jennifer Grey on their season, Bristol third). Bristol, Kyle, Kyle’s brother Chris, and Bristol’s son Tripp will live in a Los Angeles house together. More »
Dick Van Dyke has a book out, and the interviews he’s giving in support of it are great. However, as much as I’d like to hang out with the guy, we wouldn’t be able to watch TV together, since he isn’t fond of the reality genre. More »
• Even though How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying got nominated for a Tony, star Daniel Radcliffe got snubbed. Aww! (Uinterview)
• Miranda Cosgrove‘s workout playlist includes the Cher classic “Believe,” but we doubt that Cher’s playlist has any of Cosgrove’s hits. (Seventeen)
• According to the rules of fourth-grade romance, Scarlett Johansson and Sean Penn are official: They were caught holding hands as they left the French Ambassador’s party in Washington, D.C. last weekend. (Celebuzz)
• Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen seeem to have edged out Osama bin Laden‘s death for the cover of Newsweek, in a story about their newest fashion venture, The Row. (Buzznet)
• Here’s your guide to all of the TV season finales — 30 Rock, Glee, Dancing with the Stars — in the next few weeks. (College Candy)
Now we know how the younger Dancing with the Stars contestants blow off steam: By coming up with an impromptu remix of Rebecca Black‘s “Friday.” Check out Chelsea Kane kick things off while dance partner Mark Ballas provides the beat. Then in comes Romeo with his lovely lady Chelsie Hightower for the surprise rap portion. More »
This season on Dancing with the Stars, every single week has been a theme week. I’m okay with occasional theme weeks on the show if they push people outside of their comfort zones – classical week was great because people couldn’t rely on the lyrics to help them keep their timing, and it ended up upping everyone’s game – but when you have one every single week it just starts to look gimmicky. But Dancing with the Stars is nothing if not gimmicky, so here we go. More »