Just kidding! It’s just that when Terry Richardson photographed the boys of “Jersey Shore” for Interview magazine, he couldn’t resist taking his shirt off for fist-pumping. But really, who amongst us could? [Gawker] Keep reading »
This Guy Totally Could’ve Save Ophelia
“Hamlet” has never been my favorite Shakespeare play—even with Ethan Hawke or Jude Law in the lead—mainly because I really don’t like when Ophelia kills herself. But this video has a creative solution to the problem—give Ophelia a sassy gay friend. Props for the line, “Ophe-lin’ all sorry for yourself.” That’s master punning, right there. [BuzzFeed] Keep reading »
5 Reasons We’re Excited for “First Love, Second Chance”
A first love is a pretty freaking powerful thing. It serves as the opening chapter to the epic novel that is your love life. While most first loves aren’t meant to be forever, they usually leave behind some lingering and pesky “what ifs?” What if I should’ve stuck it out? What if that was the best sex I’ll ever have? What if he became rich and successful? What if he was the one? A new TV Land show, “First Love, Second Chance,” will be answering those questions for a few former couples. Each episode of the show, which will premiere March 10, reunites a single person with their also conveniently single first love, to see if they want to try again. The couple spends two weeks living together—one week at her place and one at his—after which they must tell the other if they are worth a second chance. It’s kind of like “Grease,” except with Dannys and Sandys who can’t sing. To us this sounds like a recipe for drama—in a good way. Here are the five reasons we’ll be watching “First Love, Second Chance.” Keep reading »
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Colorado Springs Nixes “Avenue Q” Puppet Cleavage
There so many churches headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, that the town is sometimes referred to as “The Evangelical Vatican.” So when promoters for the national tour of “Avenue Q”—the Broadway musical in which puppets have hardcore sex and sing a song called “The Internet is for Porn”—tried to advertise for the “60% adult situations and 40% foam rubber” play, they got a nasty surprise. Their ad, which featured puppet Lucy the Slut’s cleavage, was vetoed by a local billboard company. “One of the top execs saw it and said, ‘I don’t think it’s appropriate for the Colorado Springs market,’” said one of the show’s producers. The exec who made that decision was Jeff Moore. His reasoning? “If I have to explain it to my 4-year-old or my grandmother, we don’t put it up,” he said. The theater did a quick switcheroo and offered up a new ad for the play, which was accepted. But while it looks PG, the town would probably not be too happy to hear that it depicts a puppet named Rod the Closeted Republican. What would Ted Haggard say? [LA Times] Keep reading »
Do The Women On “American Idol” Really Have A Chance This Season?
I was so pumped to see the top 12 ladies perform last night on “American Idol,” especially since every other sentence out of the judges’ mouths during Hollywood week was, “The girls are the best ever this year!” After the teasers I saw, I was thinking they were right, that I’d have to hitch a plane to L.A. and stalk the Kodak Theatre. But last night was stank city! Even the girls that I was fantasizing about being great sucked. And the judges seemed like they were going easy on them in a first grade teacher to the slow student kind of way. But I don’t want to watch “American Idol: No Singer Left Behind.” Cut those awful bitches! Was it just opening night jitters, or do the girls this season really blow (in a bad way, not in a Randy Jackson slang kind of way)? I’m hoping for something better … like much better from the guys or else I may be watching this season just for Ellen’s jokes. After the jump, some of the girls I thought I’d be excited about and my review of their performance last night. Keep reading »
Carrie Underwood Gets Pooped On When Filming “How I Met Your Mother”
So when I heard that Carrie Underwood would be the next celebrity to guest star on “How I Met Your Mother,” I had no illusions that she’d be an amazing actress. But I wasn’t quite prepared for how, uh, off her comedic timing is in this sample clip. In the episode, which airs this month, she plays a pharmaceutical sales rep—in a flight attendant’s uniform?—who Ted totally falls for. Only she, of course, has a boyfriend. Granted, the line, “I’ve always been this hot — what’re you gonna do?” is a hard one to deliver without sounding like a dolt, but we still think Rachel Bilson would’ve rocked it. We just hope Carrie doesn’t turn out to be Rachel’s roommate—in other words, the mother. All that said, turns out Carrie was the perfect person to handle that adorable teacup piglet. “I got to hang out with the whole cast, dress up like a flight attendant, play a cavewoman and had a baby pig poop on me … that’s right … jealous?” she wrote on her blog of her experience on set. “I’m just glad I grew up on a farm, because I think I was the only one who knew how to hold and wasn’t afraid of a little piglet!” [People] Keep reading »
Folk Musicians Interpret Old Spice Ad
Emily and Matt are folk singers. They think the Old Spice commercial we’re currently obsessed with — “I’m on a horse!” — is super romantic, so they decided to put it to music (“Annie’s Song” by John Denver, I believe) and sing it. Please, oh please, let this just be the beginning of the hilarious Old Spice spoofs! Keep reading »
“My Little Pony: The Musical” Is, Predictably, An Extremely Creepy Show
This is a kids show?!?! Reason #612, then, not to make babies: the vacant eyeballs of “My Little Pony: The Musical” will never enter your home. Unless you’re a freak. Keep reading »
Album Drop: This Week’s New Releases, From Joanna Newsom To Shout Out Louds
It’s Tuesday, and you know what that means—there are sweet new jams here for your listening pleasure. This week, Joanna Newsom drops not one, not two, but three discs of harp hits. Daniel Merriweather’s got soul, and a new record. The Alkaline Trio mixes drug metaphors with alcohol. The kid, Joey McIntyre, goes to the block on his own. And the Shout Out Louds work it, girl! So, let’s get into the groove after the jump. Keep reading »
