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Jon Stewart Casts Gael Garcia Bernal as His Rosewater Star
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Jon Stewart is taking a three-month Daily Show hiatus this summer while he helms Rosewater, his debut feature film. Stewart has now tapped Gael Garcia Bernal (Y Tu Mamá También, The Loneliest Planet, Babel) as his star. The film is based on Maziar Bahari's Then They Came for Me: A Family's Story of Love, Captivity, and Survival, adapted for the screen by Stewart and Aimee Molloy. Bernal will likely play Bahari, a journalist who covered Iran's 2009 election and was imprisoned by the Iranian government for 118 days. »
- Zach Dionne
Amanda Bynes Arrested After Throwing Bong Out Midtown Window
1 hour ago
Amanda Bynes was arrested in her West 47th Street apartment on Thursday night after allegedly smoking pot in the building's lobby. The plot thickens, according to NBC New York: "When officers observed a bong inside the apartment as Bynes opened the door, she allegedly grabbed it and tossed it out of the window, sources said." Bynes is being charged with possession of marijuana, tampering with evidence, and reckless endangerment. She reportedly received a psychiatric evaluation at Roosevelt Hospital before being processed at a Midtown police station. If you're interested in a real rumory rumor, TMZ hears that Bynes Witherspooned out and went "kicking and screaming during the arrest, and yelling ... 'Don't you know who I am?'" »
- Zach Dionne
Neil Labute Series Full Circle Adds Draco Malfoy, Kate Walsh, David Boreanaz
3 hours ago
Maybe you made a semi-sadface when you heard In the Company of Men director Neil Labute's television debut was heading to DirecTV. (Maybe not! Maybe you all you watch is DirecTV!) But here are some reasons, beyond Labute himself, to keep tabs on Full Circle: Harry Potter's Tom Felton, Kate Walsh, David Boreanaz, Minka Kelly, Nip/Tuck's Julian McMahon, True Jackson, VP's Keke Palmer, and Billy Campbell of The Killing. Lots of pros! Ten episodes of the drama have been ordered, with an eye toward an autumn premiere. »
- Zach Dionne
Jennifer Hudson May Already Be Signed on to Judge American Idol Next Year
5 hours ago
Well, that was fast: Barely a day after Vulture broke the news that Fox was mulling an all-alumni panel of judges for American Idol, with Jennifer Hudson among the names being discussed, there may be already be some movement on that front. There's buzz around Hollywood that Hudson and Fox may have already started talks about her joining the show; one source tells us the deal is essentially "done." As always, Fox won't comment. And buzz even from people familiar with the situation does not always lead to deals, as we noted yesterday. But the idea of Idol alumni as judges may not be a dream after all. »
- Josef Adalian
Intervention Is Ending
7 hours ago
Aw, man, Intervention is ending. A&E announced today that the five episodes that will air starting in June will be the show's last. According to the network, of the 243 people who've had interventions on the show, 156 are currently sober — a pretty impressive record, thanks in part to the show's strategy of matching addicts with specific rehab facilities. All shows end eventually, and Intervention had a hell of a run: What could have been an exploitative mess was instead a riveting, intimate drama that helped shape the contemporary understandings of addiction crises and recovery. Intervention, in the words of Jeff VanVonderen, there are people here who love you like crazy and feel like they are losing you. »
- Margaret Lyons
Evan Peters to Play Quicksilver in X-Men: Days of Future Past
7 hours ago
Last month, we excitedly told you that Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch might be appearing in The Avengers 2. Well, Bryan Singer has tweeted that the character of Quicksilver will actually be in X-Men: Days of Future Past, and he will be played by Evan Peters (Kick-Ass). See Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch were Magneto’s children before they went on to join the Avengers, so they are free to be used in both the Fox-owned X-Men and the Disney-owned Avengers movies. Was adding Quicksilver and intentional "fuck you" to Joss Whedon or just some nerd-director gamesmanship? We guess we won’t know for sure until the two battle to the death at Comic-Con 2014. »
- Jesse David Fox
The Ten-Minute Lesbian Sex Scene Everyone Is Talking About at Cannes
8 hours ago
It's only natural that a good portion of the by-now-exhausted Cannes press corps skipped last night's debut screening of the two-part, three-hour French lesbian coming-of-age story La Vie D'Adele Chapitres 1 et 2 (English title: Blue Is the Warmest Color). But by morning, word of mouth had made the film, by director Abdellatif Kechiche — and the performance of newcomer Adèle Exarchopoulos — the must-see of the festival. "A star is born," tweeted Variety's Scott Foundas, calling the film "absolutely astonishing." Finally, it seemed, there was a front-runner for the Palme d'Or.What has everyone talking, though, are the intensely erotic, incredibly realistic, quite lengthy, and almost certainly unsimulated sex scenes between the beautiful, sensual Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux. When we first meet Adèle (also the name of Exarchoploulos’s character), she is a vivacious high-school junior with modest ambitions to be a teacher. A voracious, messy consumer of food and books, »
- Jada Yuan
Express Yourself With Our Custom Arrested Development Emoji Set
8 hours ago
After this weekend, when Arrested Development finally hits Netflix, you might need some new language to properly express yourself, because no amount of creative punctuation or standard emoji can really help you talk to your friends about the Bluths. That's why we've created our own set of Arrested Development emoji that we hope will inspire some Apple engineer to get working on. Then one day we will all be able to express *Lucille Bluth wink* or *Tobias as a Blue Man* without using our words.And how they might be used in real life? To harass your friends. Can you name 'em all? Are we missing any obvious favorites? »
- Lindsey Weber,Linsey Fields
Farewell to Stan From Mad Men’s Beard
8 hours ago
When we talked to Mad Men's Jay R. Ferguson a few weeks ago, he told us he was still sporting Stan's now-signature mega-beard. No more, though! "I shaved it off finally," he tells GQ. "So I got the kids, my three boys, and they all took turns with the beard trimmer and shaved it off. Two of my boys are very young, so I didn't want to come home and freak the shit out of them right when I walked in by not having a beard." Rip, amazing beard. You will live on in our hearts and Tumblrs forever. »
- Margaret Lyons
Watch a Supercut of the Best Musical Moments From Arrested Development
9 hours ago
Among the many wonderful things about Arrested Development is the show's facility with jokes in all manner of forms: dialogue, signage, visual gags, and even music. More than just the hidden musical gags in ringtones or background audio, Arrested Development created hilarious original songs (or bits of songs as it were) like Gob and Franklin's "It Ain't Easy Bein' White," the Fünke's "There's No I in Teamocil," and the de facto banana stand anthem"Big Yellow Joint." But the show also made us think of old tunes in a new way: Will you ever hear Europe's "The Final Countdown" without thinking of Gob dancing around and flicking playing cards? Won't "Solid As a Rock" always be "Solid As Iraq?" Prepare for your season-four viewing with a little afternoon delight and watch our supercut of the best musical moments from the show here. »
- Sarah Frank
See Every Single Outfit Olivia Pope Has Worn on Scandal Season Two
9 hours ago
There's much to love about Scandal, from its fiery romances to its nasty political maneuverings. And at the center of this wonderful craziness is Kerry Washington's Olivia Pope — gutsy, brilliant, and incredibly powerful. Also, she wears suits! Lots of suits, lots of separates, and all within a very limited color palette of white, gray, beige, greige, black, and the very rare glimpses of ultra-pale pastels. We see Olivia in white suits pretty often, but she's more likely to be found in a gray suit or jacket this season, perhaps reflecting that she's in a position of moral ambiguity. (Or maybe it just looks great.) Journey with us through every single thing we've seen Olivia Pope wear in the second season of Scandal, won't you? Update: Now with the rest of the outfits from the end of season two! »
- Margaret Lyons
Steven Soderbergh to Produce and Direct Series for Cinemax
9 hours ago
Should we actually be concerned that Steven Soderbergh doesn’t know what retirement means? Because he is the busiest. Deadline reports that Soderbergh has signed on to produce a series for Cinemax. The Knick will be set in 1900 New York at the Knickerbocker Hospital. The show has been given a ten-episode commitment. Clive Owen is in talks to star and Soderbergh intends to direct every episode. At this rate, we’re super excited for Soderbergh’s retirement, as it looks like it will be the most productive period of his career. »
- Jesse David Fox
Cannes: Robert Redford Goes Practically Wordless in the Lost-at-Sea Drama All Is Lost
10 hours ago
It's shocking that All Is Lost, the harrowing, almost-dialogue-free film in which Robert Redford plays a lone man stranded at sea, isn't in competition for any prizes at this year's Cannes — and doubly disappointing that Redford isn't up for an acting award, either. Because judging from the universally rapturous reviews, and from the ten-minute standing ovation at last night's premiere for Redford and director J.C. Chandor (making a complete 180 from his only other film, the financial-collapse ensemble thriller Margin Call), All Is Lost would be the movie to beat.Why is All Is Lost being shown in special, Hors Competition (out of competition) screenings, ineligible for the Palme d'Or? Several people who've talked to producers say Cannes programmers declared the two-hour, practically wordless, single-actor nautical adventure "too commercial" to compete. (This from a festival that had Lawless and On the Road in competition last year.) My guess is that »
- Jada Yuan
Random Access Accessories: 30 Albums to Listen to If You Love the New Daft Punk
10 hours ago
The initial reaction to Daft Punk’s hugely anticipated Random Access Memories was slightly shocked, as eager fans realized that, far from the set of summer-dance anthems promised by the first single "Get Lucky," it's actually an eccentric reimagining of retro sounds often deemed beyond good taste: yacht rock, Euro-disco, jazz fusion, Broadway-musical piano ballads. But the album has been getting mostly great reviews since then, and looks set to sell big. So, if you find yourself inspired by Daft Punk to spend the summer gazing at the ocean in a pair of pressed white linen pants and Wayfarers while sipping a piña colada and listening to spaced-out soft disco and Christopher Cross, here are 30 albums that probably helped inspire Random Access Memories.1. Chic, C’est Chic (Atlantic, 1978)Random Access Memories would be unthinkable without the presence of Nile Rodgers — as would, come to think of it, much of disco. »
- Andy Battaglia
On the Set of Arrested Development: New Rules, New Dead Doves
11 hours ago
On a late Thursday afternoon in mid-October, Jason Bateman pulled a paper bag out of the freezer on the set of Arrested Development. His character, Michael Bluth, was looking to extract some information from a child and suspected an icy treat would do the trick. “Tell me about George Maharis,” he said with a sly grin. After the kid innocently obliged, a triumphant Michael emptied the bag onto the kitchen counter to reveal the delicious reward within: a dead dove. “Well, that’s not what either of us expected,” he said.The gags — the frozen bird, the nod to the hermano episode — will be all too familiar to the millions of Bluth-family anthropologists who’ve spent the years since Arrested Development’s 2006 cancelation obsessively cataloguing the show’s many recurring bits, visual jokes, and one-liners. If you somehow missed the news that is literally everywhere, the Bluths will run wild »
- Denise Martin
Grimes on Math, Memes, and Breathing Problems
11 hours ago
What was the last thing Grimes Googled as of Tuesday this week? "Why can't I breathe?" she told us at the Webby Awards. "I thought there was maybe mold in my house or something. So I typed in, "Why can't I b —" and then things like be skinny, be pretty all come up. I was like, Oh my god. It really stressed me out." Here's how the rest of the conversation went. (Preview: Things got personal.)How often do you clear your search history? Once every couple months. What makes you clear it? When there's something I don't want to keep going to. Usually it's something to do with Grimes. I want to go to Gmail and it's always Grimes — and that stresses me out too. So I have to tell you, we actually go way back. I'm from Vancouver as well, and my mom tutored you in math. »
- Darla Murray
ABC Family’s Spell-Mageddon Will Not Include Crying Children, Just Humiliated Adults
12 hours ago
Because actual spelling bees aren't quite stressful enough, ABC Family's Spell-Mageddon (every other spelling-related pun was apparently taken) will hit their lineup later this summer. Perhaps inspired by Oh Sit! (CW's musical-chair obstacle course) or Killer Karoke (truTV's karaoke obstacle course), this spelling bee includes "hilarious distractions" while contestants also work at correctly spelling challenging words. How about S-h-a-m-e-l-e-s-s? »
- Lindsey Weber
The 2012–13 TV Season in One Really Depressing Chart
13 hours ago
The 2012–13 television season officially passed into the Nielsen history books last night, bringing to an end what will likely be remembered as one of the worst years ever in the history of network TV (assuming, of course, that anyone still remembers what "television" is in 50 years). There were hardly any new breakout hits (though The Following, Revolution, and Elementary did okay). And, as has been widely reported, the Big Four as a whole bled viewers: They collectively lost about 10 percent of their adults-under-50 audience this season, with none of the major broadcasters growing year to year in the key demo. But as bad as things look on the macro level, the devastation is even more evident — and jaw-dropping — when you dig into the numbers for all the returning shows.The vast majority of the nearly 90 series that had their second or higher season on ABC, »
- Josef Adalian,Marisa Woocher
Don’t Mind Morgan Freeman, He’s Just Taking a Quick Mid-Interview Nap
14 hours ago
Remember in high school, when you'd stayed up too late perfecting your Aim status, and then morning rolled around, and you had math first period, and some old guy (no offense, Michael Caine) was just droning on about sine waves or other mysterious phenomena, and suddenly you got so tired that it became physically impossible to keep your head upright on your shoulders? Morgan Freeman feels you. Respect Morgan Freeman's nap game. »
- Amanda Dobbins
Cannes: Before You Ask, Here’s Why Alexander Payne Shot Nebraska in Black and White
14 hours ago
With Instagram more popular than ever, it should be no surprise that indie movies are embracing the Inkwell filter, too. Newly in theaters is Noah Baumbach’s comedy Frances Ha, which sets Greta Gerwig in contemporary Manhattan but films her in retro black-and-white. And today at Cannes, Alexander Payne premiered his follow-up to The Descendants, another modern-day movie shot in monochrome. Titled Nebraska, it stars Will Forte as a Midwestern man who indulges his elderly father (Bruce Dern) when the latter wants to take a road trip to pick up the sham magazine jackpot he’s positive that he just won. (Think Publisher’s Clearing House.) At the press conference afterward, you’d better believe that the first question to Payne is the one that wary marketing executives must have asked him, too: “Why black and white?” “I wasn’t expecting that question at all,” Payne replied dryly.But the »
- Kyle Buchanan
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