Mar 11th, 2010 by James K
Conan O’Brien announced it with a tweet.
“Hey Internet: I’m headed to your town on a half-assed comedy & music tour. Go to http://TeamCoco.com for tix. I repeat: It’s half-assed.”
The “Legally Prohibited From Being Funny On Television Tour” will kick off April 12 in Eugene, Ore., and will feature Conan and his sidekick, Andy Richter.
The 30-city tour will include a June 11th performance at Bonnaroo, where Conan will perform before 60,000 in Manchester, Tenn. O’Brien will also emcee Bonnaroo’s “What” stage on Friday and Saturday nights.
Here is a full list of the tour stops:
- April 12: Hult Center for the Performing Arts in Eugene, Ore.
- April 13: Orpheum Theater in Vancouver, British Columbia
- April 16: INB Performing Arts Center in Spokane, Wash.
- April 17: River Cree Resort and Casino in Enoch, Alberta
- April 18: Seattle Center, Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, in Seattle
- April 22: Nob Hill Masonic Center in San Francisco
- April 24: Gibson Amphitheater in Universal City, Calif.
- April 29: San Diego Civic Theater in San Diego
- April 30: Dodge Theater in Phoenix
- May 1: Pearl Concert Theater at The Palms in Las Vegas
- May 4: Grand Sierra Resort and Casino in Reno, Nev. Continue Reading »
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Mar 11th, 2010 by James K
Tags: Betty White, SNL
Betty White fans, you’ve got your wish. The great old lady of comedy will host “Saturday Night Live” on May 8. The Mother’s Day episode also will feature a reunion of six former female cast members, most of them moms: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Molly Shannon, Maya Rudolph, Ana Gasteyer and Rachel Dratch. SNL executive producer Lorne Michaels told USA Today that the 88-year-old White can perform “as much as she wants to do” then added that the physical demands of the show led him to plan the cast reunion.
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‘Twas the oh-my-goodness moment of the night…
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Mar 11th, 2010 by James K
Tags: Modern Family
“Modern Family” just keeps getting better and better. Cohesive storylines, top-notch acting, sharp writing. In this week’s LMAO episode, Phil encounters his sexy ex-girlfriend — dynamite guest star Judy Greer — after a Facebook flirtation, Jay owns up to the accidental death of Manny’s pet turtle Shel Turtlestein and Mitchell stands up to his boss, “the suckiest suck of all time.” The ABC comedy is so good you have to watch it twice… just to re- live the barrage of hilarious lines. Our favorites quotes from Wednesday night (thanks EW for writing them down):
- “I’m Columbian, I know a fake crime scene when I see one.” — Gloria to Jay after he lied about accidentally killing Manny’s turtle.
- “Women in their thirties on the Internet, they’re like ninjas. They get in their little black outfits and try to sneak their way into your marriage.” — Claire about Phil’s ex-girlfriend.
- “How did I not know that kid was gay?” — Jay about the name of Mitchell’s childhood bird, Fliesaminnelli.
- “And you really didn’t know he was gay?” — Gloria to Jay about Mitchell’s other dead pet, Zsa Zsa Gaboa
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Mar 10th, 2010 by Joy Hogger
Mattel has purchased the licensing rights to design a collection of Barbie & Ken dolls patterned after series protagonist Don Draper and three characters from the critically-acclaimed cable
series. The featured dolls –- Draper, his wife, Betty, and colleagues Roger Sterling and Joan Holloway – will be priced at $74.95.
Mad Men Barbies are set to go on sale this summer — just in time for the fourth season of the AMC series.
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Mar 9th, 2010 by Joy Hogger
Tags: 2012, Review
I’ll state it right now; I love disaster movies. Many of you out there immediately shrug off the genre as “stupid” and “a waste of money.” Well you know what? Sometimes you just need to watch the world explode and fantasize about the day Los Angeles sinks into an endless abyss.
The premise of 2012 is perfect. The world is going to end. Why? The Mayan’s said so. While that is a good enough explanation for me, they make up some sort of science about the earths core heating up and blah blah blah; the point is everyone is going to die.
John Cusack plays a struggling writer and neglectful father who stumbles upon this news. From there we are treated to an intense limo chase as he rescues his ex-wife (Amanda Peet) and children. It’s all fantastically unbelievable as they dodge thousands of falling cars and exploding highways. Thankfully, Roland Emmerich doesn’t waste his time getting into pesky character arcs and story. For the next two hours we are treated to one impossible (hopefully) scenario after the next as the family tries to reach safety.
There is a secret government conspiracy, Al Gore-ish politics, and an attempt to re-connect with his family but at the end of the day this movie is really only disaster porn at its finest.
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