As far as highly entertaining, modern and edgy shows go, FX is a great network. It’s who has brought us The Shield, Nip/Tuck, Damages, Rescue Me, Sons of Anarchy, Justified, American Horror Story, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Louie, and more. But after seeing yet another terrible, terrible interview with Charlie Sheen on the Today show, it’s a big wonder how FX was talked into creating a TV show for him.
It’s pretty simple: you go up there, you crack a few jokes and you introduce the awards presenters, but no… Hosts of awards ceremonies always find a way of making really uncomfortable jokes while they’re in the spotlight, and if you’re an elephant in the room, you will be spotlighted — it’s an old trend that’s become mainstream and dubbed a “Roast”, a (hopefully) good-humored spiting of the guest of honor (or guests). But roasts can go overboard as this one has in some people’s eyes, such as Robert Downy, Jr. as quotes as saying, “it was mean,”.
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Interestingly enough, Gervais is also a devout atheist and can be seen gurgling the sentiments of the holy spirit on Inside the Actor’s Studio.
If you’ve ever kissed the concrete in your hospital gown after a three day stint on the dark side of New York’s urban underground party scene, then this latest Schaffer The Darkord video for The Bender, directed by Burke Heffner will most likely dredge up some unfond memories that you never meant to rehash. We’re sharing the uncensored version (NSFW) along with the censored version from youtube below.
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Applicants submitted video auditions for The Oprah Show and Kohl’s Your OWN Show contest. Austin TX’s Zach Anner was winning by a landslide with his incredibly funny and surprisingly charismatic video. 25 year old Anner has cerebral palsy, and suggested he host a travel show. Sweeping 4chan, reddit and tumblr, Anner ended up being in the lead and was likely to win the
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For an entire week last June, he was winning the contest by more than 300,000 votes. Rumors that the contest winner, Doctor Phyllis, had to cheat to win. This scenario would mean that the source code for the voting mechanism was modified to give more than one vote when clicked. No one from the Oprah Show has commented publicly, and rumors abound on the Internet as to the plausibility of this accusation.
Watch a few of the videos and you can see that Zach Anner deserves a show. Celebrity support form Dennis Quaid and John Mayer might help him out, too. I know I’d watch a show hosted by this oddball guy. So, keep an eye out for Zach Anner.
Here’s the original audition:
Here’s his reaction to the overwhelmingly positive response: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG0_rnkRiM8&feature=related
It was bound to happen. A contestant from NBC’s The Biggest Loser claims she is now anorexic.
“It gave me a really fun eating disorder that I battle every day, and it also messed up my mental body image because the lighter I got during that T.V. show, the more I hated my body. And I tell you what, at 144 and at 262 and at 280, I had never hated my body before that show.” — Hibbard
There is no question that being so grotesquely overweight is a mental disorder, difficult to overcome. Reality tv is entertainment, despite whatever message or intentions the creative effort behind it might have – or pretend to have. That said, 1)I don’t really care if this woman has a mental disorder caused by the show, since she likely had one that lead her to believe it was a good idea to sign on the the show in the first place. 2)If she didn’t have an “eating disorder” before the show, what the hell is weighing over 250 lbs considered?
I have my own issues with my body and health, and I want to be respectful towards the struggles of other people. I can’t shake the feeling that this woman is just another reality show douchebag that I am only hesitant to be flip about because of her unfortunate body issues. I know it sucks being fat, and it sucks to be mentally ill, but it fucking sucks to blame the show, which she signed up for as an adult and which accomplished exactly what it explicitly proposed.
Could the public attention, and spotlighting of her body be the reason she is not happy? Unarguably, it could. But is there a reality show star who walks away without the pressure of having strangers voice opinions on the public parts of their lives? I know I’d rather be 144lbs of muscle and therapist visits than 262lbs. But hey, that’s me. Here’s hoping Kai Hibbard finds a way to be happy.
Who’s psyched for the return of Entourage? This guy! Confirmed rumors of Sasha Grey cast as herself & Vince’s new girlfriend! This developement is sure to make the dude/douchebag factor higher than ever. Judging by the other HBO series latest developments, I am willing to bet we will all enjoy an increase in nudity and soft core sex-scenes.
As long as we are talking dirty, I happen to be a huge fan of Bob Saget, especially in the context of the show, and yes he is returning to the plotline for the 3rd time. Mike Tyson is rumored to be making an appearance as himself – a compliment to his other fratboy-culture appearance in The Hangover.
Speculate now about the accident that will supposedly rock the plotline and change the tone of the show forever. Will Vince be injured? or will e merely witness something horrible. The new film he is supposed to be filming is “an apocalyptic drama”, which doesn’t shed much light on the topic. The dudefest starts up again July 30th! Catch up on past episodes this month and report back!
Some fans weren’t even waiting to say this until the season ended in case something happened to ruin the legacy, but: Breaking Bad is the best show on television right now. Everyone knows it.
The acting on this show is great, the writing is legendary and the direction and camerawork are incredible. Breaking bad doesn’t just tell the story of a cancer-struck man who decided to make a fortune by cooking methamphetamine. It shows how infectious evil acts can be, and how dangerous it is to step lightly through a web of sticky and confusing lies.
The appeal of this show is initially hard to pinpoint, but something about the execution makes the series addictive. One episode can be so different than the next. The use of flashbacks, monologues, and montages threw audiences expectations right back in their faces without ever breaking the pace it created for itself in the first season.
At times painful, heartbreaking and bleak with a shining moment of humor, hope or kindness thrown in there, the end result is a a car crash people just can’t stop watching, talking and writing about. Analyzing this show during the commercials and shushing each other violently when it comes back on is the proper way to watch this with friends.
Breaking Bad is so solid it puts subtlety back into the visuals, with body language or the angle of a gun barrel coming into play in ways I can’t even mention right now. Waiting for the next season is going to be excruciating. The Sopranos had a reign on top, and kind of faltered at the end, The Wire was cut short in its prime. It is obvious: Breaking Bad has not even peaked yet.
So… place your bets, where did that final bullet hit? Who’s the next to die? Which character will have another precious bit of innocence stolen from them? All summer fans will be debating the finer points of the darkest show in TV history.
Vampire mania still ravages the imagination of the American public! The returning episode of HBO’s True Blood is riding the bloody wave of our fair nation’s sexual fantasies with just about as much nudity, homo-eroticism and perverse, blatant sinning as the entire last season.
Judging by the noticeable increase in muscle mass on three of the leading men, I’d say the show is well aware of what the fans want to see. Vampire Eric(played by Alexander Skarsgård) has a butt that is truly inhuman, and.. well… maybe you should just look at the hypnotic, NSFW animated gif. I am not even gay, but I can’t stop watching it. Jeez.
Oh, speaking of gayness – guess which 2 male actors come just about THIS close to kissing? I won’t spoil it for you, but I am not making this dialogue up: “I heard the water in Alabama is hard…”
You know what? I am just take a moment to list some other sexy one liners:
“I’m in no mood for lesbian weirdness tonight, Pam!”
“If we’re gonna be roommates there’s a certain amount of pussy overflow you’ll have to deal with.”
“Spit some in his mouth.”
“Conscience off, dick on! Say it!”
Yeah… if you are just tuning in to watch True Blood last Sunday, you are probably wondering what this show is about, aside from Louisiana being full of the horniest people alive. Based on The Southern Vampire Diaries, by Charlaine Harris, True Blood destroys the laughably safe way vampires have been portrayed in the Twilight universe, and can show more gore( and you know… boobies) than CW network’s The Vampire Diaries.
HBO offers the entire back catalog of episodes, including the mini-episodes it teased audiences with for months, leading up the last Sunday’s. If you haven’t already, get way into it! You have a few days to catch up before next Sunday’s episode. Watch it with someone you lust after!
We are so excited about this movie that, before we’ve even seen it, we’re dubbing it Robert Rodriguez’s best film yet. The production value alone has to say something, including the appearance of Robert DeNiro in a not-so-familiar (aka non-gangster) role that proves he’s totally worth the Kennedy Center life-time achievement he’s been awarded recently.
Anyway, here’s the trailer that was shown between the Grindhouse double-feature movies Planet Terror and Deathproof. Afterwards you can watch the new, 2010 Machete trailer below.
they say sex addiction is a real affliction. and perhaps someone who is screwing up their life due to their addiction to anything has a real problem. but it’s just too peculiar — a well-known actor who’s on the up and starts a brand new season of a show about sex just HAPPENs to have this affliction? c’mon… the ratings for the third season of californication were so high on the season premier episode that they renewed for a 4th season early. i mean, that’s gotta tell you something. smells like a PR stunt to me..
but that’s not so much of what bothers me. i personally find david duchovny to be a good actor, and for him to be grouped in with the (dis)likes of Jesse James and Tiger Woods just sours the taste in my mouth. i want to think of david duchovny as the clever-witted, charming, and eloquent half-bachelor that he is on the show and instead he’s being lumped in with these home-wrecking types that are cheating on their wives.
here’s a what-if scenario — what if he DOES have an addiction to sex, but it’s just that he can’t stop watching porn and is getting to the point where he no longer even attempts to hide it by erasing his browsing history. OR… maybe he’s not cheating on his wife, maybe they have sort of an open marriage. either way, i bet his marriage with tea leoni is not your typical conservative one.. i mean, if he’s doing tons of sex scenes as part of his career, there’s gotta be some leeway there…
but no, i really just don’t buy it. david duchovny most likely does not have an addiction to sex. probably just too his career.
