Aaaaaand we're back! This new episode of The Office starts out with Michael running as fast as he can past the new radar gun set up just outside Dunder-Mifflin and ends with Dwight handing over his bow and arrows to the box of weapons Jim is holding. Only Office fans can truly make sense of this. It's a crazy day for Dunder-Mifflin employees: Michael's been summoned by David Wallace (who wants to talk about "big picture stuff") and the truth about Dwight and Angela is finally revealed to Andy, which leads to a duel between the two men.
What did you think of this episode? To see some of my favorite parts, read more
This week's episode of Grey's Anatomy continues along the same path as last week's, and really, there doesn't seem to be a lot of newness, or resolution, to any of the storylines. It feels a little like the second film in a trilogy — but that's not all bad. We do get to meet Derek's mother (played by the delightful Tyne Daly) during her visit to Seattle Grace, which adds some variety, as well as a little comic relief. To talk about it (and about that gift she gave Derek!), read more
Hello, Buzz Book Club readers! How are you enjoying Elizabeth Strout's novel so far? I'm already absorbed in these characters' lives and I like the whole "small town gossip" feel of it. We'll get into a deeper discussion after the jump.
First, here's a recap of how the Book Club goes if you're new: Every week I'll suggest chapters to complete by the next post (which, in this case, will go up every Friday in January). In these weekly Book Club posts, I'll posit a few questions to prompt discussion in the comments section.
Of course, you are always welcome to read beyond the weekly chapters, but please don't spoil anything in the comments! After the jump you'll find some questions that struck me as I read this section.
The next assignment: Read from the start of chapter eight to the end of chapter 18 (stop before chapter 19). We'll chat about this section a week from today, January 23.
To discuss the first section of Amy and Isabelle, in which we read from the start of the book through chapter seven, read more
It's not often that a show can end and start in the same week, but that's exactly what's happening right now with Friday Night Lights. The show wrapped up its outstanding third season on DirecTV on Wednesday, and tonight, the same episodes begin airing on NBC.
If you haven't been able to see the DirecTV episodes, I can assure you it's completely worth the wait. All of the episodes I saw were as good as the first season; some were even better. Jason Street (Scott Porter) and Smash Williams (Gaius Charles) get particularly satisfying story arcs despite only appearing in a handful of episodes each, and — at least up to the point that I watched, about halfway through the season — the show was balancing its football stories and off-the-field plotlines the best I'd ever seen.
And if you have seen the DirecTV episodes, well, can I urge you to turn your TV on to NBC tonight anyway? A decision on whether to pick FNL up for a fourth season likely won't be made till later this Spring (the kind of uncertainty fans are used toby now), but helping drive the ratings up tonight certainly couldn't hurt.
The latest in TV-to-movie rumors is that Pushing Daisies might make it to the big screen — after, of course, the last episode finally airs this Summer. That last episode apparently won't resolve every plotline on the show, but according to Kristin Chenoweth, Bryan Fuller has an idea for a movie that would. Here's more:
"It would wrap up a lot of the unanswered questions that people will have once they finally air our final episodes," the singer-actress told TVGuide.com. . . If the movie goes ahead, Chenoweth says she's in — and she believes her Daisies castmates would be as well. "I'm sure that Bryan Fuller wouldn't do it without the six main characters," she said. "Paul Reubens was a big part of it — we have certain guest stars that are standouts that we'd want back. But he has such a great idea for it. . . We all want to."
Intriguing! What do you think of this? Could the vibrant, whimsical world of Pushing Daisies work on the big screen? Or should everyone just leave it to go off the air gracefully?
Notorious is a biopic based on the life and times of music legend Christopher Wallace, a.k.a Notorious B.I.G., who was tragically killed in his early 20s in a drive-by shooting. It comes extremely close to telling an interesting story about the measure of a man and the price of fame — close, but no cigar.
That said, there is a silver lining and that's the discovery of an artist named Jamal Woolard (also known as Gravy) who plays the title role. This relative unknown (in the acting community, he's a hip hop artist), who had zero acting experience before this production, delivers the kind of charismatic, slam-dunk performance only someone with a natural gift can deliver. His is a nuanced performance that manages to bring to earth the larger-than-life persona of Biggie with eerie accuracy. Physically, we rarely see an actor like this on the big screen and it's refreshing. Woolard uses his sympathetic eyes and giant body to convey the rapper's ability to draw people to him, despite how exasperating he could be.
Unfortunately, Woolard is the bright spot in this cookie-cutter biopic, which too often veers into sentimental and blandly conventional territory. To see the rest of my thoughts on why this is a bit disappointing, read more
Pay attention to the next-to-last episode of Gossip Girl this season. That's when the spinoff characters will be introduced, Schwartz said. "It'll be flashbacks that will sort of illustrate a crisis. It will resonate thematically with something that will be happening inside that episode."
They're seeking the actress to play young Lily. "We're starting now," he said. "We have a couple months."
They didn't necessarily want to do a spinoff at all — until they hit on this idea. "We talked about The It Girl, the book series that is a spinoff, but for me and Stephanie [Savage, also an executive producer], to do another teen drama . . . we needed something that was going to inspire us. We started talking like, 'What if we did this?' and that got us really excited."
Yes, versions of Lily and other characters could be in both shows at once. "We can introduce characters on the spinoff and then they can show up in the present, and vice versa, and the two things can kind of inform each other," Schwartz said.
To hear about the fashion, the music, and why Lily's a character worth exploring, just read more
Singer and actress Selena Gomez posed for pictures at the 2009 American Music Awards with a pretty pink smile on her face. She took advantage of the occasion and went glam; wearing a Talbot Runhof sequin dress with black strappy heels.
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