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So You Think You Can Dance: Lessons Learned From the Top 20 Announcement Episode
4 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
So You Think You Can Dance unveiled its Season 10 Top 20 on Tuesday night — giving each of ‘em three opportunities to dance (relatively pressure-free!) before the public starts voting next week.
And while no one went boom-boom-kaplow with a poorly timed faceplant, there were certainly winners and losers in the mix by the time Cat Deeley finished her enthusiastic oohing and ahhing, and Mary Murphy, Nigel Lythgoe and Adam Shankman had weighed in.
Check out my snappy judgments of the Season 10 crew below, then hit the comments and weigh in on your early season faves, your potential dark horses and those »
- Michael Slezak
So You Think You Can Dance Recap: What Happened in Vegas
12 June 2013 11:20 AM, PDT | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
And then there were…only 33?
Yep, So You Think You Can Dance‘s Season 10 Vegas Week played out Tuesday night like a Vin Diesel summer blockbuster — too fast, too furious — whittling down a crop of 159 hoofers with the ruthlessness of a combine harvester moving across a wheat field.
Call me crazy, but I’d have preferred to see Vegas Week extended over two episodes. I mean, with six separate rounds — solo, hip-hop, jazz, ballroom, groups and contemporary — there was simply too much good (and bad) dancing left on the cutting room floor. And simply too much trumped-up drama — the moping »
- Michael Slezak
“So You Think You Can Dance” Vegas Round: Rad Sonya
12 June 2013 5:18 AM, PDT | The Backlot | See recent The Backlot news »
The dancers try their hardest, but choreographer Sonya Tayeh has some words of encouragement: Try harder or die.
So You Think You Can Dance‘s Vegas rounds give us roughly the same amount of drama as American Idol‘s Hollywood week, but the stakes are actually higher because everyone in Vegas is extraordinary in at least one form of dance. On Idol, there’s always a chance some moron who squawked an Ok version of Jason Mraz’s “I’m Yours” won a ticket to Hollywood, you know? On Sytycd, everyone is an astounding talent — which is why it’s sort of disappointing when unqualified guest judges like Hannah Simone from New Girl and Jason Derulo of “JaSON DeruloooOOooOO” fame get a say in the proceedings. Simone was honestly introduced as “a dance enthusiast.” It would’ve been more bad-ass if she were “an anti-dance curmudgeon” or something more threatening. »
- Louis Virtel
'So You Think You Can Dance' Recap: It Happens in Vegas
11 June 2013 2:05 PM, PDT | buddytv.com | See recent BuddyTV news »
Finally, the So You Think You Can Dance train arrives in Sin City. The dancers have worked hard to make it to the season 10 Las Vegas round. Now, the pressure is on to impress the judges and advance to the top 20. Who will move on, and who will go home? Let's find out!
Our esteemed judges Mary Murphy and Nigel Lythgoe are joined by director and choreographer Adam Shankman, singer and songwriter Jason Derulo and Stephen "tWitch" Boss. Two dancers are unable to compete in Vegas due to injuries: Taylor Ward and Hampton "The Excorcist" Williams. »
- editor@buddytv.com
Fox Film Exec Segues to Network Post
3 June 2013 10:00 AM, PDT | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Fox film exec Lauren Levy Neustadter has moved across the lot to join Fox Broadcasting as veep of current programming.
Neustadter will oversee a range of Fox skeins, including second-year comedy “The Mindy Project” and soph drama “The Following.” She reports to James Oh, Fox’s senior veep of current programming.
Neustadter previously worked for 20th Century Fox on the film side as veep of production. Among the recent pics she helped guide were the Reese Witherspoon comedy “This Means War” and the Billy Crystal-Bette Midler starrer “Parental Guidance.”
The exec’s move to the network came about in part after she became friendly with Fox network execs Shana Waterman and Suzanna Makkos, among others, who introduced her to Oh.
Oh called Neustadter an “outstanding executive with razor-sharp instincts who possesses a deep understanding of the creative process and talent needs.”
Before joining 20th Century Fox, Neustadter worked »
- Cynthia Littleton
“Sytycd” Recap: Ah. My New Boyfriend Has Arrived.
29 May 2013 6:09 AM, PDT | The Backlot | See recent The Backlot news »
Just found my date to prom!
Question about So You Think You Can Dance for the peanut gallery; Will it ever be bad? Because chiiiildren, it’s simply stunning every single week. I’m always overwhelmed by the amount of talent and sheer chutzpah on display, and last night was among the most consistently fantastic nights we’ve seen yet. I know I sound like your great aunt in Arizona right now, but God! The Boston auditions rendered me speechless (seriously, it took me forever to finish this recap), and now I’m supposed to pick the five greatest performances in a night teeming with supernatural, freakish, face-smackingly righteous talent. I quiver.
Though here’s a moment of cynicism we can all enjoy: I thought that returning wannabe E-Knock’s story about his tragically deceased cousin was uncomfortably exploitative — and not on the part of Sytycd. E-Knock was working overtime »
- Louis Virtel
'So You Think You Can Dance' Season 10 welcomes Stephen 'tWitch' Boss to the judges table
14 May 2013 3:00 PM, PDT | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »
The concept hardly sounds like a hit: a dance contest for unknowns often doing unusual dances. Yet Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance," which launches its 10th season Tuesday and Wednesday, May 14 and 15, continues to tap into what eludes other dance shows: the purity of the art.
"There is no question they have not seen it all before," Nigel Lythgoe, executive producer and judge, tells Zap2it. "That is the joy of seeing dance develop. I do believe every season these kids get better and better. The one thing dancers have [over singers] is if you are tone-deaf, you still sound as bad as you did three or four years ago. If you are a dancer and train hard for three or four years, there is improvement."
"Everyone says, 'How are you going to tweak it?' " Lythgoe says. "The only way I would tweak it is possibly moving results to »
- editorial@zap2it.com
5 Reasons “So You Think You Can Dance” Rules
14 May 2013 7:46 AM, PDT | The Backlot | See recent The Backlot news »
So You Think You Can Dance returns tonight, and what can I say? You’d have to be out of your mind to dislike this show. It’s filled with amazing talent that changes wildly from year to year, and the show’s celebration of dance culture is — for a Fox show going into its tenth season — alarmingly cool.
Today let’s psych ourselves for the new season with a quick lesson in the show’s best perks. Here are the five best things about So You Think You Can Dance.
5. The weirdo auditioners aren’t trainwrecks (usually).
Unlike American Idol, So You Think You Can Dance routinely offers up strange auditioners who, while perhaps not versatile enough for the Top 10, are interesting enough that we don’t pity their bizarreness. In fact, it’s the unconventional dancers who make Sytycd something of an educational experience. Take for instance Princess Lockeroo, »
- Louis Virtel
Celebs React To Angelina Jolie's Double Mastectomy
13 May 2013 11:42 PM, PDT | Entertainment Tonight | See recent Entertainment Tonight news »
Angelina Jolie revealed to The New York Times that she underwent a preventive double mastectomy back in April after she learned that she was at high risk for both breast and ovarian cancer. Now, Hollywood is standing behind the 37-year-old mother-of-six, with everyone from Giuliana Rancic to Elizabeth Banks speaking out in support of Jolie.
Having lost her mother, Marcheline Bertrand, to breast cancer and knowing the pain of such a loss, Jolie said she did not want her kids to ever have to suffer like she did. "My mother fought cancer for almost a decade and died at 56. She held out long enough to meet the first of her grandchildren and to hold them in her arms. But my other children will never have the chance to know her and experience how loving and gracious she was," Jolie writes in an op-ed piece.
Related: Kathy Bates Gets Double Mastectomy
"We often speak of mommy's mommy, and I »
Universal Acquires Brandon Camp Romantic Thriller Pitch
6 May 2013 12:42 PM, PDT | Deadline New York | See recent Deadline New York news »
Exclusive: Universal Pictures has acquired an untitled pitch to be written by Steinbeck’s Point Of View scribe Brandon Camp, with Offspring Entertainment partners Adam Shankman and Jennifer Gibgot attached to produce. Pitch is described as a supernatural thriller in the spirit of Ghost. Matt Smith will executive produce and Universal execs Jon Mone and Sara Scott will oversee it. Camp separately is working with Offspring writing the musical The Dance for New Line. Camp recently sold the Nicholas Sparks’ pilot to TNT based on Sparks’ A Bend In The Road. He is also writing to direct Benji, a re-imagining of the ‘70s family classic for Walden Media. UTA reps Camp and Offspring. »
- MIKE FLEMING JR
Reader Spotlight: Troy Hopper
3 May 2013 10:48 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
We're getting to know the Film Experience community with reader spotlights once or twice a week. This may take awhile! Today we're talking to Troy from Maryland.
What's your first movie memory?
My first movie memory is seeing Annie in the theater with my mother, aunt, and cousin. I recall being thoroughly drawn in as everyone's favorite redhead clings to Punjab for dear life toward the climax of the film. I also have a vivid recollection of viewing Pinocchio when it was re-released in the early 1980s. I guess that makes me one of your elder readers.
Aw, we have readers of all ages. It's just the younger readers seem way less shy. When did you start reading Tfe?
Oscar race 2001 after a link from Sasha Stone's site. As someone who was not a fan of A Beautiful Mind, I was impressed by your incisive dissection of the movie's glaring flaws. »
- NATHANIEL R
Kosinski's Sci-Fier to Become Cruise's Biggest Domestic Debut Since 2006?
21 April 2013 12:55 AM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Kosinski's Mind-boggling Sci-Fier to Boast Cruise's Biggest Domestic Box-Office Debut Weekend Since 2006?: Tom Cruise is no longer the superstar he used to be -- well, in case you believe the United States and Canada represent the whole world. (More information on Cruise's international b.o. allure further down.) Since J.J. Abrams' thriller Mission: Impossible III back in '06, only one Cruise movie in wide release has opened with more than $25 million at the North American box office: Brad Bird's fourquel Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, which brought in $29.55 million on its second weekend (and first in wide release) on Christmas weekend 2011. This weekend (April 19-21), Cruise returns to American and Canadian screens with Joseph Kosinski's "original" sci-fier Oblivion; initial (Friday) results have surpassed studio predictions and, for that matter, the predictions of most pundits. (Pictured above: Cruise in the box-office hit sci-fier Oblivion.) As per estimates »
- Zac Gille
'Hell's Kitchen': Susan Drops The Lamb, Everyone Loses
17 April 2013 1:48 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
It was a night of terrible kitchen mishaps for both teams on "Hell's Kitchen." That's not a good way to minimize the Gordon Ramsay yelling. And he certainly had plenty to yell about this week. On the women's side, they were cooking for director Adam Shankman. Susan dropped the ball on that one when she literally dropped the lamb.
I can’t believe you dropped the damn lamb for the VIP table. Bitch, you better get your sh*t together quick, homegirl!" Nedra always says it straight.
Things didn't go much better for the men. As Chef Ramsay put it, they tried to serve a table of "glamorous old ladies" fish with the parchment paper baked on. Buddy TV summed it up by calling the night a total fail for both teams. SheKnows was a little more optimistic, pointing out that at least both teams realized the mistakes before they left the kitchen. »
- Jason Hughes
'Hell's Kitchen' Recap: The Fortune Cookie Crumbles
16 April 2013 12:00 PM, PDT | buddytv.com | See recent BuddyTV news »
Tuesday night brings us a new episode of Hell's Kitchen and the exciting conclusion to Chef Ramsay's possible four-person elimination cliffhanger. Mary, Nedra, Dan and Ray's fates are all on the line. Which one will be leaving, if any?
Asian Cuisine makes its way to Hell's Kitchen tonight after 11 seasons. This fortune cookie tells me that the VIP guests Adam Shankman of "Hairspray" fame and Rex Lee of "Entourage" are in for quite the show. »
- editor@buddytv.com
Adam Shankman to Direct Vin Diesel in The Machine
14 April 2013 8:00 AM, PDT | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »
MGM is in negotiations with Adam Shankman to direct The Machine, the action comedy starring Vin Diesel. The film was scripted by Night at the Museum scribes Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant. Diesel is also producing the project.
It is a re-team for Shankman and Diesel, who previously worked together on The Pacifier.
In The Machine Diesel will star as a human-like machine created in secrecy by the Pentagon as the world’s first true ultimate weapon, before the project was decommissioned and buried. Two decades later, The Machine is discovered by a kid who befriends him. When the government discovers he has been reactivated, The Machine steps up to protect the family harboring him.
I enjoyed The Pacifier for what it was. I also find it very funny that Diesel who voiced The Iron Giant will be basically playing that same character.
Do you think Vin Diesel and comedy are a good mix? »
- Lucas Lowman
Shankman, Diesel Start "The Machine"
14 April 2013 4:10 AM, PDT | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Adam Shankman is in talks to direct the action comedy "The Machine" for MGM and One Race Films.
The project marks a reunion between Shankman and actor Vin Diesel who both worked together on the comedy "The Pacifier".
Diesel will star as a human-like machine created in secrecy by the Pentagon as the world’s first true ultimate weapon, before the project was decommissioned and buried.
Two decades later, The Machine is discovered by a kid who befriends him. When the government discovers he has been reactivated, The Machine steps up to protect the family harboring him.
Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant ("Night At The Museum") penned the original script with Alfred Gough and Miles Millar working on the most recent draft.
Diesel, Marc Platt and Adam Siegel will produce.
Source: Deadline »
- Garth Franklin
Vin Diesel Re-Teams with The Pacifier Director for The Machine Cyborg Comedy
12 April 2013 4:53 PM, PDT | WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news »
Two years ago, Vin Diesel signed on to star in "The Machine," an action comedy written by Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant (Night at the Museum). Now comes word that Adam Shankman has been hired to direct, which means he'll be re-teaming with Diesel after working together on "The Pacifier." In the new movie, Diesel will play a human-like machine created in secrecy by the Pentagon as the world's first true ultimate weapon. Twenty years after the project was buried and decommissioned for reasons unknown, The Machine is discovered by a kid who befriends him. When the government learns it has been reactivated, the Machine must protect the family harboring him. Alfred Gough and Miles Millar (Wanted) were recently brought on to provide a re-write. No word when filming is scheduled to begin. »
Adam Shankman To Reteam With Vin Diesel For The Machine
12 April 2013 3:40 PM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
The last time that Vin Diesel, director Adam Shankman, and writers Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant teamed up the results were not pretty. I am, of course, referring to the 2005 family comedy The Pacifier, which featured the Fast & Furious 6 star playing a disgraced Navy Seal-turned babysitter. The film got crushed by critics, but actually wound up being a big box office hit, making over $100 million domestically on a $56 million budget. Still, you can excuse us from being excited about the group's next collaboration. According to Deadline, Shankman is now in talks with MGM to direct The Machine, a new family comedy that Lennon and Garant originally wrote (it has since been rewritten by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar) and that Diesel has been attached to since May of 2011. The plot description says the film is about a robot (Diesel) that was designed by the Pentagon to be the »
The Machine to Reunite Vin Diesel with Director Adam Shankman
12 April 2013 12:23 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
The Pacifier director Adam Shankman is reuniting with star Vin Diesel by signing on to direct The Machine.
The story centers on a human-like robot (Vin Diesel) which the U.S. government created in hopes it would become the perfect weapon, although the project was ultimately buried. 20 years later, a young boy discovers the machine and reactivates it. When the government comes to shut The Machine down once and for all, the robot protects the family that took him in.
Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant wrote the original screenplay, with Smallville creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar signing on to rewrite the script last July.
Vin Diesel is also producing through his One Race Films company, alongside Marc Platt and Adam Siegel. No production schedule was given.
The Machine is in development and stars Vin Diesel. The film is directed by Adam Shankman. »
- MovieWeb
Vin Diesel Could Reteam With ‘Pacifier’ Director In ‘The Machine’
12 April 2013 12:03 PM, PDT | LatinoReview | See recent LatinoReview news »
Deadline reports that Adam Shankman (Bringing Down The House, The Pacifier) is in talks with MGM to direct the action-comedy The Machine, scripted by Night at the Museum scribes and starring Vin Diesel.
The latest script draft of the film was co-written by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, who also co-wrote I Am Number Four.
Shankman and Diesel previously worked together on the 2005 film, The Pacifier.
The description for The Machine is described by Deadline:
Diesel will star as a human-like machine created in secrecy by the Pentagon as the world’s first true ultimate weapon, before the project was decommissioned and buried. Two decades later, The Machine is discovered by a kid who befriends him. When the government discovers he has been reactivated, The Machine steps up to protect the family harboring him.
So if Diesel reteams with Shankman, it will be in an action-comedy inspired by The Terminator »
- Alex Corey
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