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Link Time! Joseph Gordon-Levitt Hosting SNL This Month

BuzzSugar — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:30:55 PST

Joseph Gordon-Levitt and January Jones have been tapped to host SNL this month - The AV Club
Julia Roberts's production company has acquired the movie rights to unpublished book In the Neighborhood - Moviefone
Morgan Freeman will star in comedy Dirty Old Men - Cinematical
12 facts about the Mayan apocalyptic prediction and new film 2012 - Rotten Tomatoes
Taylor Swift has set a record for longest Billboard chart run this decade - HitFix
Helen Mirren has joined the cast of comic book adaptation Red - Coming Soon
Half of all DVR users don't actually skip commercials - Vulture
Nathan Fillion dishes about the Dr. Horrible sequel - MTV Movies Blog
Would you do, dump, or marry Andy Samberg? - TresSugar
Watch Christopher Walken reading Lady Gaga's "Poker Face" - PopWatch

Fringe, Big Love, The Hills, and More Get Slots at Paley Festival

BuzzSugar — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:30:26 PST

What do The Hills, Fringe, and The Mentalist have in common? They've all been honored with spots at this year's Paley Television Festival in Los Angeles.

This year's lineup for the festival seems like an especially eclectic group of shows - there's reality, there's online (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog), there's drama (Big Love), and there's even something we haven't seen yet: On April 19, the festival will screen the final three as-yet-unaired episodes of Pushing Daisies.

One thing missing from this year's lineup is any tribute to a classic or cult TV show, like last year's Buffy the Vampire Slayer reunion. I suppose it's possible that some of the original Beverly Hills 90210 cast members will show up for the 90210 event, but the focus definitely seems to be on the new class.

The festival runs from April 10-23 in Los Angeles. Would any of these shows get you to go? To see the full lineup, just

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia - Friday, April 10, with Danny DeVito, Glenn Howerton, Rob McElhenney, Kaitlin Olson, and more.

90210 - Saturday, April 11, with panelists to be announced.

True Blood - Monday, April 13, with Alan Ball, Ryan Kwanten, Steven Moyer, Anna Paquin, Sam Trammell, Rutina Wessley, and more.

Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog - Tuesday, April 14, with Felicia Day, Nathan Fillion, Jed Whedon, Joss Whedon, and Zack Whedon.

Dollhouse - Wednesday, April 15, with Joss Whedon, Eliza Dushku, Enver Gjoka, Fran Kranz, Dichen Lachman, Harry Lennix, Tahmoh Penikett, and Olivia Williams.

The Big Bang Theory - Thursday, April 16, with Kaley Cuoco, Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, and more.

The Mentalist - Friday, April 17, with Simon Baker, Bruno Heller, Tim Kang, Chris Long, Amanda Righetti, Robin Tunney, Owain Yeoman, and more.

Desperate Housewives - Saturday, April 18, with panelists to be announced.

Pushing Daisies screening - Sunday, April 19, with Bryan Fuller.

Battlestar Galactica/Caprica - Monday, April 20, with David Eick, Ronald D. Moore, and more.

The Hills - Tuesday, April 21, with Tony DiSanto, Adam DiVello, Liz Gateley, Heidi Montag, Audrina Patridge, Spencer Pratt, and more.

Big Love - Wednesday, April 22, with Ginnifer Goodwin, Bill Paxton, Chloe Sevigny, Harry Dean Stanton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, and more.

Fringe - Thursday, April 23, with Joshua Jackson, John Noble, Lance Reddick, Anna Torv, and more.

Swingtown celebration - Friday, April 24, with Mike Kelley, Alan Poul, and more.

Fringe photo courtesy of Fox, The Hills photo courtesy of MTV, and Big Love photo courtesy of HBO

Link Time! 9/2

BuzzSugar — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:38:23 PDT

Five reasons why Scott Porter should play Ryan on Brothers and Sisters. - The Ausiello Files
Dr. Horrible lives on with comics and a soundtrack. - Give Me My Remote
Have your pop culture tastes ever mortified you on public transportation? - Popwatch
New Neko Case songs? Why yes, my day has been made. - Stereogum
What other Chuck Palahniuk novels are headed for big-screen adaptations? - Cinematical
Wentworth Miller talks about Prison Break's latest reinvention. - The TV Addict
Republican National Convention viewing alternative: TCM's political movie night. - TV Squad
Hey, why weren't Brian Austin Green and Luke Perry talking in the New York Times oral history of 90210? - Vulture

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Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog Is Awesome, and Now Working Just Fine

BuzzSugar — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:32:30 PDT

I would have posted this yesterday when the first act of Joss Whedon's online musical series was available online except for the fact that it wasn't actually available for most of the day. All the fans (like me) who were lured in by the funny preview for the series were trying to view the first webisode, and too many curious eyes caused the site to slow to a halt.

Now it's working fine and it is my pleasure to announce that Act I of this funny, bizarre musical starring Neil Patrick Harris and Nathan Fillion is awesome. It's adorable and sweet and tons of fun to watch. The first few minutes of Dr. Horrible just talking to camera is a little slow, but once you get through that, there's a super-cute little musical number/love song set in a laundromat and the rest flows along nicely from there.

The only thing I'm not getting is why it's called "sing-along" when there's no real way to sing along (unless you watch a few times, I guess!). Tell me your thoughts below after watching the first act here. Enjoy!

Teaser for Joss Whedon's Web Series Starring NPH

BuzzSugar — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:32:07 PDT

Joss Whedon + Neil Patrick Harris + Nathan Fillion = awesome and hilarious. But of course, we already knew Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog would probably be great even back in March when we first heard the news. Now there's a teaser trailer for the musical Internet series, and it's campy, wacky, funny and adorable. As we learned before, the story is about "a low-rent super-villain, the hero who keeps beating him up, and the cute girl from the laundromat he's too shy to talk to."

Still not sure when the actual series will hit the Web, but for now, the teaser is really entertaining. To check it out,

Teaser from Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog on Vimeo.

Joss Whedon's Other New Project Is . . . a Musical With NPH

BuzzSugar — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:29:50 PDT

So we've already heard the news that Joss Whedon, the man responsible for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, is hitting television again this Fall with Dollhouse, a Fox series starring Eliza Dushku. That's all well and good. But what if I told you there was another Whedon project in the works, starring Neil Patrick Harris and Nathan Fillion? And what if I told you they'd be singing?

Well, that nutty news is totally true. The project is a three-part Web musical called Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, and Whedon described its plot like this: "It's the story of a low-rent super-villain, the hero who keeps beating him up, and the cute girl from the laundromat he's too shy to talk to." NPH plays Dr. Horrible, Fillion is Captain Hammer, and Felicia Day (Buffy's Vi) plays the cute girl in question, Penny.

Did I mention they sing?

The project, which will be about 30 minutes long in all, was co-written by two of Whedon's brothers and one soon-to-be sister-in-law and started shooting this past weekend. There's no word yet on when it might actually hit the web, but I'll be keeping an eye out - this one's just too crazy to ignore.

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Geek We Love: Joss Whedon's Geekiest Works

Kelly Schwarze — Fri, 04 May 2012 10:43:13 PDT

As the director of this weekend's highly anticipated superhero supermovie, The Avengers, Joss Whedon is about to become a household name for fans of big-budget Hollywood films, with his interpretation of Marvel's classic team of superheroes. The geek crowd has been in on the secret of Joss's greatness for years, as the force behind sci-fi favorites like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. Before you see his take on a comic book legend, check out his most iconic geek entertainment in the slideshow.

Source: The Avengers Facebook