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‘Dancing With the Stars’: The season 9 winner is….
Greetings, DANCMSTRs. One of these three finalists has won a disco ball. To become fully illuminated, click to read the read of this post. You will shine through the rest of your evening like a wayward strange of sequined fringe. Talk amongst yourselves about the season 9 finale here, then come ...
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Exclusive: We have the rare, alternate opening sequence to the original ‘Star Trek’ series!
‘Tis the season to be a Star Trek fan. JJ Abrams’ blockbuster Star Trek reboot just hit DVD. And on Dec. 15, CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment will release season three of Star Trek: The Original Series on Blu-ray. One of the extras includes a piece of pretty sweet ...
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Tonight’s ‘V’ fall finale: Will you watch?
Like my colleague Michael Ausiello, I am a big fan of the USC Trojans football team. Not that I attended the University of Southern California, but being both a football fan and a resident of NFL-absent Los Angeles, I’ve adopted Pete Carroll’s high flying team as my own. If you follow the ...
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Site of the day: Boozecats
Sometimes the simplest concepts are the best. Like replacing alcohol with cats. Boozecats is a collection of photos in which cups, cans, bottles, kegs, you name it are simply edited out and replaced by adorable kitties. According to the site’s about page, the project was inspired by its ...
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‘New Moon’ director Chris Weitz: ‘This was made for the fans, and if you don’t get it, then you don’t get it’
Chris Weitz just joined the ranks of a very select group of directors such as Chris Nolan and Sam Raimi who have opened their films above the $100 million mark. The news is sweet revenge for a man who had his last film The Golden Compass complete re-cut by his previous studio bosses. Check out
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‘Surviving the Holidays with Lewis Black’: The ‘Daily Show’ regular reveals his not-so-inner Scrooge
Do you approach the so-called “holiday” season with a wary eye and a crate of Pepto Bismol? Then you’ll probably enjoy the History Channel’s Surviving the Holidays with Lewis Black, which debuted yesterday and is being shown again this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Why? ...
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Clip du jour: The Muppets cover ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
There are zillions of “Bohemian Rhapsody” covers out there, but it’s damn near impossible to top the Muppets’ version: The best part is clearly Beaker wailing “meeeeep,” right, PopWatchers?
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Great moments in Nicolas Cage Internet teasing
Oh, Nicolas Cage, the Internet sure does love you. This morning brought us the crazycakes trailer for Season of the Witch, which…is like Kevin Costner’s Robin Hood from back in the day, plus evil stuff and Ron Perlman: How do you not use the Donovan song? How?! But that’s the least ...
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‘New Moon’ polls: Switching teams? Bella really the best role model?
Before the release of New Moon, nearly 8,000 PopWatch readers voted in our “Team Edward or Team Jacob” poll, with 62 percent being emphatically Team Edward. As promised, we’re doing a post-premiere poll to find out if Jacob’s onscreen transformation — and the pain Edward ...
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First Look: Inside (a shirtless) Daniel Radcliffe’s bedroom
Want to see Daniel Radcliffe shirtless? Photographer Tim Hailand’s got you covered! In his photo-driven book, One Day in the Life of Daniel Radcliffe, Hailand features photos of the Harry Potter star rehearsing for his stint in the Broadway show Equus, eating his breakfast, ...
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This Week’s Issue: Celebrity tributes to Patrick Swazye and Michael Jackson
As part of our Late Greats tribute package, EW asked the friends and colleagues to share their memories of the stars we lost in 2009. Patrick Swayze Aug. 18, 1952 – Sept. 14, 2009 By C. Thomas Howell Most of the people who were close to Patrick called him “Buddy.” He was maybe 30 when we did The
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‘House’ recap: Are people still pulling for Huddy?
Last night’s House had a too-on-the-nose “this patient is like me” message (genius with a drug problem), a Chase story line that’s increasingly difficult to care about, and a weird turning point for House and Cuddy. Not for the characters House and Cuddy, really, but for ...
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This Week’s Issue: Tributes to Patrick Swazye and Michael Jackson
As part of our Late Greats tribute package, EW asked the friends and colleagues to share their memories of the stars we lost in 2009. Patrick Swayze Aug. 18, 1952 – Sept. 14, 2009 By C. Thomas Howell Most of the people who were close to Patrick called him “Buddy.” He was maybe 30 when we did The
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‘True Blood’ busts: Bite?
Finally, I can act out my Eric/Sookie scenes with something marginally more than my imagination: True Blood “busts” are in production and should be available over the summer. You can buy Eric, Bill, or Sookie, plus a Merlotte’s sign. The figures cost $69.99 and the sign costs ...
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Christmas wish-list alert: Oscilloscope’s DVD subscription club
No matter how much you love Beastie Boy Adam Yauch you’re going to love him even more now. His ultra-cool film distribution company, Oscilloscope, is starting a new DVD club. In very indie fashion, you have to sign up without knowing exactly which DVDs you’re getting — all that’s revealed ...
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‘Big Bang Theory’ recap: Wolowitz takes a bath with Katee Sackhoff
Barry Kripke, you have made a new enemy. Not only are your bratty antics a permanent thorn in Sheldon Cooper’s side. Not only is your speech impediment transparently designed to make you more annoying, which therefore actually does make you more annoying in a kind of post-modern, meta way. Not ...
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Charlie Bewley of ‘New Moon’ on snowboarding, red contact lenses, and close fan encounters in Italy
After spending two years snowboarding in Whistler, Canada, newcomer Charlie Bewley is launching his acting career in a big way. A British expat—he was raised close to Sherwood Forest in Nottingham—Bewley plays the evil Volturi lieutenant Demetri in New Moon. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Have you been ...
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‘Heroes’ recap: Let’s give thanks
The episode was called “Thanksgiving,” and we had something to be thankful for: an episode that didn’t suck! Nothing really made any sense, and if you think that last night was yet another example of the show’s long spiral down the toilet bowl of badness toward the sewers of TV oblivion, I won’t ...
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‘Dancing With the Stars’: Thoughts on the performance finale?
Tonight, Mya, Kelly, and Donny danced a final standard or Latin, barely kept up during a daunting “Megamix Challenge,” and attempted to wow us with the dreaded/revered freestyle round. Check back here in the morning to read my recap of last night’s performance finale — ...
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This Week’s Issue: ‘New Moon’’s record-breaking opening and where Hollywood goes from here
Call it battle of the abs. Or the teen screams heard round the world. Either way, Summit Entertainment’s The Twilight Saga: New Moon did more business on its opening weekend than any other movie this year. Now that it’s the biggest fall opening ever at $142.8 million and its opening ...
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