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Last Night on Late Night: Jason Bateman, Goaded into Blaming Will Arnett for Arrested Development Hold-Up
2 hours ago
Last night on the Late Show, David Letterman made it a mission to figure out the cause for the lag in reuniting the Arrested Development cast. "It was, uh, nothing really exciting," Jason Bateman stuttered. "Money, huh?" Letterman interjected. "Um, yes, uhh, no, ahhh." "Who was the holdout?" "Will Arnett." Oh, Gob. Plus: Gillian Anderson, seated between two bearded gentlemen, Aziz Ansari and Jimmy Fallon, caused a bit of a quibblefest over the manliness of manscaping. Also, Tom Hanks, in his quest for a new theater, disrupted David Letterman's monologues over and over and over. As Hanks sees it, the Ed Sullivan theater will soon go the way of the Tonight Show. And finally, Craig Ferguson's zany comedy left Zach Galifiankis utterly defeated and speechless. Watch our compilation to see what you missed. »
- Caroline Shin
New Man of Steel Trailer: Oh My Zod
6 hours ago
Real quick, just use that Men in Black mind eraser toy on yourself so you don't remember how utterly evil and world-destroying Benedict Cumberbatch seemed in the Star Trek Into Darkness trailers. Alright. So here's Michael Shannon getting his own Man of Steel trailer since Zack Snyder's Superman reboot is less than a month away and maybe you're not quite terrified of General Zod yet. Maybe you're still wishing for your old frenemy Lex Luthor. But does that boring baldie have all these Massive Spaceships And Invincible Space-warriors? Nope. That's all Zod. And while this is the jumpiest of trailers, gems and clues are clearly buried inside. Amy Adams holds Henry Cavill's hand, gets flown off by Supes, and maybe puts on some kind of supersuit of her own. And Superman punches tons of stuff and sinks into a pit of skulls. See you June 14. »
- Zach Dionne
Josh Hutcherson Lines Up Hunger Games Off-Season Work with Ape
6 hours ago
Josh Hutcherson must have seen Silver Linings Playbook and dug Jennifer Lawrence's foray into the mental health realm. The man in the middle of four films as Peeta Mellark is now set to produce and star in Ape, "a dramatic tale of a young man’s struggle with mental illness, love and a deep-rooted family secret." Repo Men helmer Miguel Sapochnik will direct. »
- Zach Dionne
Museum of the Moving Image Adding Jim Henson Gallery
8 hours ago
Astoria's Museum of the Moving Image is adding a Jim Henson gallery set to feature almost 400 pieces of Muppet-abilia. "It’s only fitting that this extraordinary collection of puppets, costumes, props, and more should find a home in New York, where imagination and free expression are part of the fabric of our city, and where anyone who’s watched an episode of Sesame Street sees the inspiration provided by the vibrant neighborhoods and characters that make our city so extraordinary," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. The new gallery will launch in winter 2014-2015. The museum recently hosted the Jim Henson's Fantastic World exhibit. »
- Zach Dionne
Zac Efron to Star in College Crime Film Narc
8 hours ago
Zac Efron has enrolled in Fox's Narc, a true crime story about an "all-American college kid-turned-police informant," or a former High School Musical golden boy ruining everyone's four years of fun. Deadline hears Narc is being pitched as a "college Donnie Brasco." Efron's character is a fraternity president and lacrosse team captain, but the word bro isn't mentioned anywhere in the news, so hold fast to your hope that this will be a thing you can look forward to seeing. »
- Zach Dionne
Cannes: James Franco Shot As I Lay Dying in Split Screen
13 hours ago
William Faulkner’s 1930 novel As I Lay Dying is one of those books that’s routinely called unfilmable, and with good reason: The relentlessly bleak story of a family beset by constant injury and misfortune on a quest to bury their dead matriarch, this less-than-mainstream tale is also narrated by fifteen different characters. Any straightforward adaptation, then, would lose one of the things that’s most distinctive about the book. That hasn’t stopped James Franco, who has directed and stars in a version that debuted yesterday at Cannes.Don’t be fooled by the somewhat conventional-looking trailer that recently bowed online: Franco has made a movie that unspools with almost constant split screen (Brian De Palma and Mike Figgis, you’re here in spirit), suggesting simultaneous points of view from different characters. Franco explained the technique at a student Q&A today thusly: “For instance, they’re digging the grave for the mother, »
- Kyle Buchanan,Jada Yuan
Cannes: Damon, Soderbergh on the Bared Souls and Butts in Behind the Candelabra
13 hours ago
Michael Douglas couldn’t speak. Seated on the dais at a Cannes press conference for Behind the Candelabra, he looked at his creative collaborators — including co-star Matt Damon, director Steven Soderbergh, and producer Jerry Weintraub — and suddenly went silent in the middle of his sentence. When he began speaking again, emotion choked the actor’s voice. “Sorry,” he said tentatively, tears in his eyes. “It was right after my cancer that this beautiful gift [of a movie] was handed to me. I’m eternally grateful.”Behind the Candelabra is a funny picture: funny in some laugh-out-loud ways, but also funny as in unusual. For example, it’s Douglas’s first starring role since he was diagnosed with cancer in 2010, but it’s also Soderbergh’s last movie before his declared retirement. The film earned a gala competition slot at Cannes and will play in theaters all over Europe, yet American movie studios passed »
- Kyle Buchanan
Star Trek: A Gif History of People Getting Tossed Around the Bridge
14 hours ago
No matter the year it was made, the actors it starred, or the size of screen it was filmed for, every era of Star Trek includes a variation of the same scene: The ship is in trouble. Enemy lasers or unfriendly space terrain threatens the exterior. And inside the crew careens around the bridge, smashing into walls, falling over desks, and stumbling to the floor like Jenga blocks. And of course, the camera shakes. In the early days, the Star Trek Shake was dialed to eleven, with the Enterprise crew and creative camera operators doing all the work. Over time a gimbal and special effects came along to make the shake look a little less silly. Still, it's persisted in spirit and remains an indelible part of all Star Treks. (Though the latest entry in the series, Star Trek Into Darkness, features a moment where seat belts appear out of »
- Adam K. Raymond,Lindsey Weber
Fast 6’s Michelle Rodriguez on Coming Back From the Dead and the Women of the Franchise
14 hours ago
With a franchise as long-running as The Fast and the Furious, it’s not unusual to see characters come and go from film to film — unless they’ve been killed off. Michelle Rodriguez’s character, Letty Ortiz, seemingly perished at the end of the series’ fourth installment, but that didn't stop the Fast & Furious 6 team from bringing her back from beyond the veil. Vulture recently got on the phone with the actress, who’s also appeared in Avatar and on Lost, to talk about what it’s like to be resurrected, why she won't sing karaoke with Vin Diesel, and the women of the franchise.When you first took on the role of Letty, did you imagine the series turning into something so huge?Hell, no. Are you kidding me? First one, I just couldn’t believe there was going to be a movie that had this kind of stuff happening. »
- Bryan Hood
Steven Spielberg Is Making a Halo TV Show
15 hours ago
Steven Spielberg will executive produce a live-action TV series based on the video-game franchise Halo, he announced today at an Xbox event. The show, World of Halo, is for Xbox Live — which means Microsoft is getting into the original programming game, too. On the one hand, hey, anyone would kill to get Steven Spielberg onboard with a project! On the other hand, his most recent shows are the nonentity Falling Skies and the short-lived Smash, The River, and Terra Nova. No word yet on when exactly the show will launch or what exactly we'd have to do to get Beyoncé's "Halo" in there somehow. »
- Margaret Lyons
Seitz Asks: What’s Your Favorite ‘Drug Interlude’ Episode?
16 hours ago
Seitz Asks: What’s your favorite Drug Interlude episode? Seitz Answers: “Hash,” Barney Miller The Mad Men episode “The Crash” was the latest in a subgenre of TV episodes that I call the Drug Interlude. The premise is simple: Take characters whose behaviors are well established, put them under the influence of a powerful substance, and watch suppressed parts of their personalities bubble to the surface, sparking hijinks, tearful confessions, declarations of once-secret infatuations, and so forth.“The Crash” had most of the above, including a declaration of love (great fan service, that!); but as weird, surprising, and ultimately controversial as it was, it did not outdo my favorite Drug Interlude episode of all time, the Barney Miller episode with the hash brownies. In case you’re one of those tragically deprived TV viewers who’s never seen an episode of Barney Miller, the ABC comedy from Danny Arnold and Theodor J. »
- Matt Zoller Seitz
Quiz: Can You Name Daft Punk’s Most Iconic Songs in Just Three Notes?
16 hours ago
Daft punk, with their ever-shifting style, were built to instantly stand out within a D.J.'s set. Their robot vocals, bass thumps, bleeps, and bloops are definitive: You just know a Daft Punk song when you hear one. But how quickly do you know it? In honor of Random Access Memories' release, we’ve picked some of their most famous jams from throughout their career and boiled them down to just three notes, Name That Tune style. Click to play twelve very short and stripped-down piano samples below, and when you think you know what song it is, reveal each track's full version to see if you were right. After that, maybe take it one more time. (Nice try — that reference does not guarantee "One More Time" is included.) »
- Jesse David Fox,Justin McCraw,Justin Wright
Find Tobias in an Arrested Development Where’s Waldo
16 hours ago
To commemorate Arrested Development's triumphant return, we’ve come up with a few opportunities for our fine readers (You) to earn yourself some sweet Ad swag. (Sorry, not a Cornballer: too dangerous.) We're calling it Bluth's Clues: Every day from May 21 to May 23 we'll feature a different interactive game on our Facebook page, and today it's Where's Tobias?, a throwback to Where's Waldo? — but with a Never Nude.The picture above is just a small corner of the giant illustration we have over on Facebook. There, see how many Tobiases you can find in the giant turnout for a Blue Man Group open audition: Look for "Dad likes leather" Tobias, 100 Percent Natural Good-Time Family Band Tobias, and more! And while you're there, you can sign up for a chance to win a Tobias iPhone case, a Banana Stand T-shirt, and a complete set of Netflix's Arrested Development character »
- Vulture Editors,Nethery Engblom
Mad Men: How ‘The Crash’ Retells ‘My Old Kentucky Home’
17 hours ago
Mad Men is a claustrophobic show. It's set in Manhattan, which contributes to the boxed-in aesthetic, and mostly takes place in high-rises, an even more constricted environment. And it's about hitting a very small target, trying to give people what they want and what you want at the same time. Episodes like this week's "The Crash," in which people are holed up at the office, tighten that grip a little harder. Throw in some drugs, and all of a sudden panic really starts to set in. "The Crash" is not the only Mad Men episode to follow that formula, though. Sure, this was a whackadoo episode that left a lot of people scratching their heads – or just plain irritated — but it's also a mirror of one of the series' highlights. "The Crash" is a weird reimagining of season three's "My Old Kentucky Home." And in reworking those themes, »
- Margaret Lyons
Zooey Deschanel Has No Respect for M. Ward’s Coffee Time
17 hours ago
Have you ever watched the long version of the New Girl credits and thought, I wish this involved a sixties movie-musical dance sequence, and also maybe Zooey Deschanel talking to a stuffed duck? You are in luck! Because the Deschanel-directed video for "I Could've Been Your Girl" features all of the above, along with a sad, disgruntled M. Ward, who just wants to drink his cup of coffee. Whimsy is fine — this is a She & Him video, it comes with the territory — but really, can't we let M. Ward have his coffee first? Stop spilling the coffee! »
- Amanda Dobbins
From Around the Web: Jennifer Lawrence Blued Herself Again for X-Men
18 hours ago
We are all interconnected here on the World Wide Web, and all of us entertainment sites operate on a friendly basis. So what are Vulture's preferred partners excited about today? Jennifer Lawrence's X-Men: Days of Future Past getup, the real life Bling Ring, and Zahara Jolie-Pitt's thoughts on Pda. Read on: Jennifer Lawrence in 'X-Men': Bryan Singer Tweets 'Days of Future Past' Photo of J.Law As Mystique — Huffington Post"When Jennifer Lawrence isn't being the best, she's co-starring in X-Men: Days of Future Past for director Bryan Singer." The Real Bling Ring: Where Are They Now? — The Daily Beast"Nick Prugo had apparently never watched an episode of Law & Order. If he had, he would know the golden rule of being interviewed by the police: ask for a lawyer and say nothing." Zahara Jolie-Pitt Asks Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie to Stop Making Out — Us Weekly"This is a »
- Vulture Editors
Arrested Development’s 20 Most Meta Meta-Moments
18 hours ago
The unveiling of the fourth season of Arrested Development is less than a week away. It’s easy to picture the first episode starting off with a wink at the show’s long hiatus and cancellation, because that kind of self-knowing joke is what the show always did: Arrested Development was not afraid to acknowledge it was a TV series and its characters were actually just actors. So in anticipation of the upcoming season we looked back at the series’ twenty most meta meta-moments. D’oh!Throughout the SeriesJohn F. Beard plays the local Fox news anchor on the show. In real life, Beard is the Fox evening anchor for the L.A. and Orange County affiliate, Kttv, meaning Arrested Development used the actual anchor the real-life Bluths would've had. Even stranger is during the first season, when the show aired at 9:30 on Sundays, the evening news would follow Arrested Development, »
- Jesse David Fox
Cannes: Justin Timberlake Met a Reporter Who Didn’t Realize He Had a New Album
18 hours ago
Up until last year, journalists, and Vulture in particular, hounded Justin Timberlake for seemingly forsaking music for acting. He finally answered fans’ call this year with The 20/20 Experience, a two-part album whose second half drops on September 30. And now, before heading out on a summer tour, he stopped by Cannes to promote the Coen brothers' highly enjoyable folk-music movie Inside Llewyn Davis, in which he plays a painfully earnest sixties folk singer whose success is inversely proportional to that of the more talented titular wunderkind (played by Oscar Isaac). And there we have it: Proof that he can do both acting and music! And yet, at a press round table, one French reporter who had apparently dozed off in 2012 and not heard of The 20/20 Experience woke up determined to beg J.T. to get back to the music career that he had already resumed. This sycophantic scolding »
- Jada Yuan
An A-to-z Guide to Celine and Jesse’s Conversations in Before Sunrise and Before Sunset
18 hours ago
What do passionate people talk about when they walk around Vienna, then Paris, on two exceptionally romantic dates? So many things! Here's your A-to-z guide to the topics covered in Before Sunrise and Before Sunset, including quotes from Celine and Jesse that you can steal for your next big date. Don't say we never did anything for your love life.A – Aging "I like getting older ... it feels more immediate, like I can appreciate things more." — Jesse B – Breakups “You know what’s the worst thing about somebody breaking up with you? Is when you remember how little you thought about the people you broke up with, and you realize that that is how little they’re thinking about you.” — Jesse C – Childhood “I remember childhood as a magical time.” — Jesse D – Death “I think I’m afraid of death 24 hours a day … I’m »
- Patti Greco
Nymphomaniac Sex Scenes to Feature Digitally Imposed Naughty Parts
19 hours ago
Much of the early talk surrounding Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac focused on the non-simulated sex. We were told there were going to be famous people (Shia Labeouf, Uma Thurman, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgard) having real sex onscreen. In August, we learned the scenes would be helped by the use of "body doubles and visual effects." The Hollywood Reporter has found out what that means exactly, speaking with the film's producer Louise Vesth: “We shot the actors pretending to have sex and then had the body doubles, who really did have sex, and in post we will digital-impose the two.” Adding: “So above the waist it will be the star and the below the waist it will be the doubles.” Sounds like our Friday night. »
- Jesse David Fox
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