Archive for May, 2009

What to TiVo: Monday

  • Fox has repeats of House and Bones
  • NBC is new with the series premiere of I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! and the season finale of Medium
  • CBS has repeats of The Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men, Rules of Engagement, and CSI: Miami
  • ABC is new with The Bachelorette and Here Come the Newlyweds
  • The CW has repeats of Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill
  • VH1 is new with Charm School
  • TLC is new with Jon and Kate Plus 8
  • ABC Family is new with Greek
  • Bravo is new with a special Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
  • Late-night highlights include Bill Cosby and Paula Abdul on Late Show With David Letterman on CBS; Will Ferrell and Pearl Jam on the premiere of The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien on NBC; and Anne Hathaway, Will Forte, Jon Favreau, and Mario Batali on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on NBC

Announcing the 2009 MTV Movie Award Winners

Oh, MTV Movie Awards. Not the most prestigious awards of the season but one could argue they’re the most fun. Where else can someone take home an award for “peeing in the sink?” Where else will you see the cast of Twilight sweep many of the categories? Where else can you witness Sacha Baron Cohen place his bare bottom on Eminem’s face?

The night is totally entertaining, and the winners of some categories may even surprise you. To check out which stars won in this unique award show’s categories, read more.

BEST MOVIE
Twilight

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE
Kristen Stewart – Twilight

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE
Zac Efron – High School Musical 3: Senior Year

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE FEMALE
Ashley Tisdale – High School Musical 3: Senior Year

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE MALE
Robert Pattinson – Twilight

BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE
Jim Carrey – Yes Man

BEST VILLAIN
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight

BEST FIGHT
Robert Pattinson vs. Cam Gigandet – Twilight

BEST KISS
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson – Twilight

BEST WTF MOMENT
Amy Poehler – Baby Mama, Peeing in the Sink

BEST SONG FROM A MOVIE
“The Climb” – Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana: The Movie

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Movie Preview: New Moon

After all the anticipation and a 15-second sneak peek, we can check out the real thing: a first trailer for New Moon. In accordance with the book, it looks like Edward takes off and Jacob comes (pouncing and snarling) in to protect Bella. I’m a teensy bit bummed that there are no scary shots of the Volturi, but surely we’ve got several more trailers to go before New Moon hits theaters Nov. 20. To check out the trailer and chat about it, read more.

Photo courtesy of Summit Entertainment

Actress Lori Petty Arrested for DUI!

Do you remember “Kit” from the movie “A League of Their Own“?Lori Petty

Well sources say “Point Break” actress Lori Petty was arrested last night for a possible DUIallegedly hitting a skateboarder with her car?!? Petty and the skateboarder suffered minor injuries and neither were taken to the hospital for assessment…

The 45yr old actress was taken into custody Saturday night and released early Sunday morning after posting a $100,000 bail…

MuchMusic Goes Ga-Ga for Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga

      MuchMusic is going Ga-Ga for Lady Gaga! She’s now set to perform at the 2009 MuchMusic Video Awards on Sunday, June 21 beginning at 9 p.m. ET …

Will Lubsy is the 2009 Canadian Monopoly Champion!

        Congratulations to Will Lubsy!

Canada’s 2009 Monopoly Champion!

       After three exhausting days if intense dice rolling and game strategy, Ottawa’s Will Lubsy took home the title of this years 2009 MONOPOLY Canadian Champion… Lubsy beat out 47 other Monopoly players at the Montréal Science Centre, grabbing the title and a nice chunk of change of $15,000!! plus the chance to conquer world domination!

Will said, “I’m thrilled to represent Canada at the MONOPOLY World Championships and will do everything I can to bring the title home, where it belongs.”…

The 13th annual Monopoly World Championships will be held in LaVegas in October 2009!…   The World Championship invites national champions from over 40 Countires to complete for a prize of  $20,580…

“Trading is critical to success and this philosophy helped me make it to the final,” said Lubsy

… Who doesn’t love playing Monopoly?… I didn’t even know that had a competition! no more paper money!!!

TV Tonight: Breaking Bad

It took a while for me to get into AMC’s drama series Breaking Bad, but once the show got its claws into me, I could hardly do anything but watch. I once spent the better part of a weekend powering through the episodes I hadn’t seen yet, and I get antsy waiting for 10 p.m. to roll around on Sundays so I can see what Walt White (Bryan Cranston) has gotten up to now.

Actually, it’s a lot like how I felt when I watched the very first season of Weeds – which is funny, because the shows have some things in common. Both have a central character who turns to drugs as a way to make money in a time of great distress (in the case of Breaking Bad, Walt’s diagnosed with cancer that’s presumed to be terminal). Both also have a character in law enforcement who’s just a wee bit too close to all the drug action (here it’s Walt’s brother-in-law, who works for the DEA). And in both shows, I find myself rooting for a main character (Walt, Nancy Botwin) whom I’m not even sure I like anymore.

Walt’s done some bad things over the first two seasons of Breaking Bad, but last week’s episode may have shown the darkest side of him yet – right when his son is promoting him as a hero. From AMC’s preview, it looks like a lot of Walt’s secrets will be coming out tonight, and I can’t wait to see how this episode sets us up for season three. Will anybody else be watching? To check out the preview, just read more.

Photo courtesy of AMC

This Week in TV Blogs

I’ve already given you some of my highlights from the week, but today, I wanted to check in with some of the web’s best TV bloggers to see what they were buzzing about. To see what was making headlines this week, just read more.

This week, Sandie interviewed Amy Ryan, who plays the adorable Holly on The Office. (Daemon’s TV)

With the end of the Spring television season recently passed, Scooter hands out the Fifth Annual Scooter Television Awards. (Scooter McGavin’s 9th Green)

This week, Jace reviewed the full pilot episodes of such series as ABC’s Eastwick, Fox’s Human Target, and ABC’s The Deep End. (Televisionary)

Dan came across this bizarre video of Heroes‘ Zachary Quinto getting doused with milk. He wants to know what could be done to make the erstwhile Mr. Sylar less sexy in this video. (TiFaux)

Matt isn’t good at math, but Edie Falco + a drug-addicted, well-intentioned nurse = must-see viewing of Nurse Jackie. (TV Fanatic)