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The People's Choice Winners Do the Press Room and Portraits

PopSugar — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:45:00 PST

After their fun onstage moments at the People's Choice Awards, the evening's winners headed into the press room to pose with and chat about their newly-won statues. Buzz was there covering the scene, where Mariah Carey opened up about her work in Precious and a possible biopic. Hugh Jackman also shared his advice for Oscar hosts Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin while Sandra Bullock discussed her pre-awards show routine. Jessica Alba and Ashton Kutcher stayed together to celebrate his web celeb win, as Diane Kruger got cozy with her Inglourious Basterds guys BJ Novak and Eli Roth. Taylor Swift kissed the latest statue to add to her rapidly growing collection.

Mariah brought Nick Cannon along to hit the portrait studio, wrapping up another exciting if less champagne-filled night. The casts of House and Glee each crowded together for group shots. The other winners also stopped by to ham it up for the cameras in some of the night's cutest photos. There's more People's Choice Awards coverage coming up, including video of our red carpet interviews, more from the press room, and all of the night's fashion and beauty breakdowns!

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House Rundown: Episode 24, "Both Sides Now"

BuzzSugar — Tue, 12 May 2009 09:30:30 PDT

After last week's episode of House, I wondered how House would cope in a world where he was no longer on drugs. I was also curious to see what would happen to the sexual tension between House and Cuddy now that they've apparently done the deed. How did it all go down in Monday's season finale? If you're ready to talk about it, just

Well, that explains a lot. A few things about last week's resolution seemed too good to be true: Do you really detox from Vicodin in less than 12 hours? And would Cuddy really choose to make out and even have sex with a man she'd been watching sweat and vomit all night? It turns out those things were too good to be true. Instead of coming home with him, Cuddy walked out after House insulted her. Instead of detoxing, House kept right on taking pills. Instead of twirling Cuddy's lipstick all day, House has been playing with a pill bottle. It was all - as the visions of Amber and Kutner tell House - the story he made up about himself. "Too bad it isn't true," Kutner adds. So while the rest of PPH is celebrating Chase and Cameron's wedding, Wilson's driving House to a mental hospital.

I'm not quite sure yet how I feel about this bait-and-switch. I'm not one of the Huddy worshipers who's sad the two of them didn't actually have sex; I figure that'll happen in due time. But I do have some questions about why the House writers used this twist - questions I'll have to wait till at least next season to have answered. These hallucinations are different than the others; why doesn't House just keep seeing Amber? (Is it because he was taking oxycodone instead of Vicodin? That's what I thought, but Fox's official recap says otherwise.) And what does it mean that in House's little fantasy, he is the good guy who detoxes and woos the woman he loves? By being in a mental hospital, it seems like House is serious about getting help and getting clean, and that leaves me wondering the same thing I asked last week: will House without pills still be the same crotchety, brilliant doctor we've come to love?

Meanwhile, Chase and Cameron start out this episode virtually broken up; Chase wants her to destroy her ex's sperm, and she can't do it. I like that it's House who finally convinces her just to take the leap - and that Chase tells her not to. He realizes now that she's not insecure about their relationship; she just can't get rid of the last part of someone she loves. Luckily, Cameron hadn't canceled the wedding plans, and now the two of them are actually (and finally) married. Which probably would have been a lot sweeter if I could have turned off the part of my brain that was thinking about the pair's real-life canceled wedding, but oh well.

Some other thoughts:

Some of my favorite moments in this episode were basically wordless: the patient's wayward hand stroking his girlfriend's cheek; House looking bedraggled and a little bewildered when Cuddy leads him to Wilson's office; Cameron and Chase mouthing "I do." The director of this episode has done some of the coolest House moments (this season's "Locked In" and last year's "House's Head," among others), and I really like his style.
Speaking of the patient, I loved that case. What a fascinating and creepy idea that part of your body could just disobey the rest of it! Not only did it work well as a parallel to House's story, it also included a few great medical moments, including that test with the words popping up on the screens.
Carl Reiner! Man. He's amusing as a pest who won't leave House alone because of his squawking problem (funny that we never actually hear him squawk) and then so, so sad when House realizes he probably has a tumor.
Is that a naked pirate House uses to torment Cuddy?

So: what a rollercoaster! Was this a suitable finale? Are you intrigued to see where the show goes next?

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House Rundown: Episode 21, "Saviors"

BuzzSugar — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:30:42 PDT

This episode of House picks up the aftermath of last week's shocking death, and if you were wondering how Cameron and Chase would react, this is your episode: for the first time in a long, long time, the two of them are the focus. Meanwhile, House appears to be completely unchanged by the death - until a big, fun twist in the final minute. Ready to talk about it? Just

I'm torn about this episode's focus on Chase and Cameron. On the one hand, I'm glad they're getting screen time not just as PPH's only ER doctor and surgeon. And, yes, it was frustrating to see them break up - and very, very sweet to see them get back together, with Chase getting down on one knee right there in the locker room. But on the other hand, it's hard to be as invested in their relationship as I used to be when we were seeing them every week and Chase was describing their hookups as convenience food and the like. Even the debate about whether Cameron is in love with House seems to come out of nowhere, just because it's been absent for so long. Not that bringing it up is unfair - she does cancel a weekend away with her boyfriend to spend time with House and his patient. But that seems like a relatively normal panic that could arise from finding the ring your boyfriend plans to use to propose, right? I did, though, get a kick out of everyone turning the question of being in love with House right back on Cuddy, especially Cameron asserting that Cuddy was just trying to mark her territory. (True? I'd believe it.)

Meanwhile, House is desperately trying to find meaning in Wilson's sudden decision to eat healthier - wheat toast, no bacon, a container full of kale. He even confronts Wilson at home, which leads to a very funny exchange about Wilson's food (Wilson points to containers of junk; House says that showing off food he's not eating isn't proof; Wilson says for that, House needs to check the first door on the right). House is convinced Kutner's death is behind Wilson's change; mortality is mortality, and when a doctor goes down, other doctors get scared. Wilson points out that that's ridiculous, House fears this is another sign he's losing his mojo ("I have no idea why you're eating carrots!"), and then finally he puts his finger on it: Wilson's eating healthier so House won't take his food. And everything is as it should be . . .

Except for that pesky ghost that House is apparently seeing. Amber! I cheered the second I recognized her voice. She's leaning on the piano while House plays "Georgia on My Mind" (on piano and harmonica, kudos Hugh Laurie). From the looks of the promos, she's doing a pretty large amount of lurking. It's interesting that she's become kind of a symbol for mental instability on House. Can you imagine how different the show would have been if House had picked her for his team in the first place? Though honestly, maybe she wouldn't have had the power as a regular than she does as an occasional antagonist. Either way, hooray!

Some other thoughts:

Love House addressing the patient's wife as "Mrs. Environmental Nutbag. Or did you keep your maiden name?"
Has total body irradiation ever worked out well on House? I always cringe when it gets suggested
Is it weird that Thirteen, Foreman, and Taub didn't really talk about Kutner?
For a second, I worried that Chase would actually say no to Cameron's "I'm proposing that you propose to me" line. Whew.

Anyone else doing a happy dance at the return of Amber? Or was this one all about Chase and Cameron for you?

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House Rundown: Episode 10, "Let Them Eat Cake"

BuzzSugar — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:30:41 PST

After last week's big hostage episode, this week's installment of House went for something a little smaller, and you know what? I liked it better. Almost every character got a storyline, and some of them were awfully clever. Cuddy and House become office-mates, Thirteen starts her clinical trial, and Kutner reveals an, uh, interesting strategy for making money on the side. Ready to talk about it? Just

I really liked the patient's story this week, which is rather surprising since I usually treat the cases as kind of an afterthought. As a personal trainer who'd had gastric bypass surgery to do what she's now convincing her clients they can do naturally, she's a perfect representation of a bunch of House's themes: lying, cheating, denial, etc. Taub, in particular, is wildly offended by her lies - honestly, why does he think he's so morally superior? - and she rightly points out that it's not like he's never been a hypocrite. The ending of her story also surprised me: Faced with the choice of being thin and sick or heavier and healthy, she chooses her beauty over a diet of cookies and cake.

Meanwhile, Thirteen starts her clinical trial afraid she doesn't deserve to be there, which Foreman quickly puts to rest by discovering her nerves have already started to decay. You guys, I really didn't think I cared about Thirteen, but I suddenly do. The episode's peppered with soft-focus flashbacks to young Thirteen watching her mom suffer with Huntington's; eventually she admits to Foreman that she's scared to be around other patients not because she knows what will happen to her someday but because it reminds her of how much she hated her mother.

And Kutner! Jeez, the guy goes online and sets up a second opinion clinic under House's name but doesn't think House will find out? I'm sure House is the kind of guy who has all sorts of Google alerts on his name. Anyway, it all turns out to be an elaborate House punking, with Chase and Cameron in on it and the "patient" turning out to be an actress who got paid to sing the "Lime in the Coconut" song. How quickly did you pick up on this being one of House's pranks? It honestly took me until he showed up in the morgue and started doing CPR on the "corpse." Also, how much of Kutner's money will he actually get now? House gets 50 percent, Taub claimed 30, and Chase took a piece of it, too . . .

House ends up with a few extra hours with the actress that leads to flirting (and other things?), which is extraordinarily unfortunate because right when Cuddy's coming to make nice with him after he somehow finds her desk from med school, she sees them being all cozy and walks away. Argh! Thwarted again.

Some other thoughts:

How'd you like that sad "Lime in the Coconut" slow jam at the end?
So did House really have a change of heart about rewrecking Cuddy's office, or is there still a bidet instead of a toilet ("Not in addition to. Instead of.")?
The scene with House asking Cuddy why she dresses like that (seriously, Lisa, we all want to know) feels so tense, with them so close together and Cuddy saying "everybody knows this is going somewhere." Where it's going, though, is to House's hands on her breasts. Nice one, Mr. Smooth.
Apparently Kutner's an oversharer: "You told us when you renewed your subscription to National Geographic."
Best. Taub. Line. Ever: "Sure, but I wouldn't call a meeting of the Lollipop Guild and tell them they can grow if they work real hard at it."

What did you think? Surprised at how much they managed to pack into this one? Feeling any sympathy for Thirteen? And ready for a House-style Christmas?

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House Rundown: Episode Seven, "The Itch"

BuzzSugar — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:30:01 PST

On this week's House, a few of our doctors have some major fears to confront. We finally see Chase and Cameron together again, seemingly at a crossroads in their relationship. Meanwhile, House and Cuddy reach a crossroads of their own after their surprising kiss. This episode wastes no time picking up in the awkward aftermath of that smooch, and it builds to an intriguing ending, so to talk about it,

For an episode that's all about avoidance, in the end we're left with only one coward: House. Every story in this episode has at its heart a major (if irrational) fear - that of leaving the house, of letting someone deeper into your life, of pursuing a long-simmering relationship. And, though the paths to get there are winding, everyone in this episode beats those fears except House. As Cameron's clearing out a drawer for Chase, and the patient is taking his first steps outside, we see House so very nearly ringing Cuddy's doorbell but then turning and slinking away. Why is House so afraid?

It's odd because, as Wilson points out, House's entire worldview is that everything falls apart in the end, anyway. So why should a presumed outcome of "guaranteed breakup, guaranteed ugliness" keep House from exploring something that could bring him temporary pleasure? To be fair, it's not like Cuddy is exactly running to House with open arms; in her conversation with Wilson - after Wilson has tried, hilariously but unsuccessfully, to convince Cuddy he has feelings for her to make House jealous - she essentially plays out the entire future she sees for her and House. "We'd realize the flirty hostility is just hostility," she says, and they wouldn't speak for two months.

Even though I'm not sure I want House and Cuddy to be in a real relationship, their reluctance to do so is particularly interesting against the backdrop of the other stories in this episode, in which people who have been burned before finally suck it up and move on. Cameron lost her husband, but she finally clears a little space for Chase. The patient lost his girlfriend, but he takes his first tentative steps back into the outdoors. And even Taub's wife decides to forgive his infidelity, or at least momentarily take up with him on the couch. House is the only holdout.

Some other thoughts:

Still mulling over all the symbolism of House's maybe-metaphorical mosquito bite. Seems like the sort of thing someone should write a pseudo-scholarly paper about: Was the itch real? Why didn't he just swat the dang bug? Etc.
It's nice to get a status update on Chase and Cameron's relationship, but I'd prefer to see them together a little more frequently. Before Cameron laid out the details in that first call with House, I wasn't even 100 percent sure they were still a couple.
Loved Wilson's childlike reaction to House's "I kinda hit that" - "Like making out? Or full-on sex?" House's awesome response: "I've got a chart laid out with all the bases. I'll take you through it."
Really, Taub is the best surgeon on the team?

So, what's your take? Is House a coward, or is he right that being with Cuddy would just be miserable for everyone? And why isn't Cuddy being more proactive? Were you happy to see Chase and Cameron together, or did it just remind you of how little we still know about the new team?

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TV Tonight: House

BuzzSugar — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:30:08 PST

I know there was important national business to take care of last week, but it's still a shame House had to take the week off, because I've been so eager to see what would happen in the aftermath of a certain long-anticipated kiss. Tonight, we'll finally get our chance, as House returns to find House and Cuddy (and Wilson) sorting through what exactly that kiss does or doesn't mean.

That's not all, though: This episode also brings Cameron and Chase together again, at long last, though we'll have to wait till tonight to find out what exactly this reunion entails. And together, House's teams (old and new) treat a patient who is housebound and won't come to PPH for treatment. There's a lot to look forward to, so to watch a promo for the episode and a clip of House and Cuddy talking about the kiss, just

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House Rundown: Episode 13, "No More Mr. Nice Guy"

BuzzSugar — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:29:53 PDT

Monday's episode of House had everything I could have hoped for in the show's return - and I'm not exaggerating when I say everything. Cameron, Chase, and Foreman were all there - but so was the new team. There were scenes with Wilson and scenes with Cuddy - and a scene with the two of them together. They even threw in a little Hugh Laurie tooling away on the piano. Doesn't it just figure that the episode about a too-happy guy would make me smile for almost an hour straight?

The team's treatment of the happiest man alive ("Is he Canadian?") led them on a quest to figure out why House is the crankiest man alive. Meanwhile, House set about rekindling his bromance with Wilson by proposing joint custody with Amber. Could House survive seeing his best dude on Wednesday nights and every other weekend? To find out, just

How great was it that this episode started with a strike? That's where we met the patient of the week, the overly happy man. In a normal hospital, I'm sure that guy would have been treated and released, but to House, cheerfulness is the sign of a major defect. I loved that instead of a word at the top of House's whiteboard of doom, there was just a cartoonish smiley face.

Kutner, meanwhile, had his own hypothesis: If being overly happy is the sign of a medical problem, then being overly cranky must be a symptom of a disease, too. I don't buy that, but it does fit in with the sort of logic Kutner has been spouting since the first day he arrived. As soon as Kutner "found" a vial of House's blood, though, I knew something was up: House doesn't leave things behind accidentally. (Remember the false scans that made the whole team think he was dying?) Nonetheless, the faux syphilis diagnosis unearthed an age-old House question: Did House and Cameron sleep together?

Naturally, House didn't have syphilis - but he did have issues with Amber continuing to date Wilson. I loved every scene with the three of them together, and all the joint custody references ("you have mommy's phone number, right?") were priceless. True to form, it wasn't enough for House just to spend time with Wilson; he also had to ruin any chance of Amber getting laid. One question: Is Amber employed at PPH, or did Cuddy just make her change beds?

Some other thoughts:

Foreman's performance review subplot was relatively minor, but it led to an interesting point. House acknowledged that Foreman is someone the new team should fear - but he wants to force Foreman into the "good cop" role instead. Great image of the Foreman statue with a "Kick Me" sign on the back.
"Thirty-one." "Thirty-one?" "I thought either way was good for you."
There wasn't a lot of Taub in this episode, but the scene where he played his little trick to get $5 from Kutner was pretty great.
Speaking of Kutner, interesting that his performance review noted that sometimes he gets too involved. Really? I would have gone with "sometimes you set patients on fire."
"A disturbingly large number of your comments are racist or sexist." "That top makes you look like an Afghani prostitute . . . would be an example of that."
It's always interesting when someone besides House has an epiphany. Does this mean Kutner is going to turn out to be a good doctor?
Anyone else squeal out loud at the sight of Chase bowling with House?

Your thoughts? How good was it to see everyone back? And seriously, do you think Cameron and House ever slept together?

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Do You Prefer House's Old Team or His New Team?

BuzzSugar — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:30:04 PDT

House doesn't return for another couple of weeks, but Chicago Tribune writer Maureen Ryan just posted part of an interesting Q&A with creator David Shore, focusing on the subject of whether Cameron and Chase will be getting more screen time in these next few episodes. The short answer: no. The long answer: They might be in the show a little more, but they won't be rejoining House's team. He said:

Cameron and Chase are certainly not on screen as much as they used to be, but the stuff they’re doing, I think, takes on a different weight and a greater weight. . . . I don’t want to change the fundamental nature of the show and there’s only so many pages for us to deal with [character stories].

I loved House's storyline in the Fall where he interviewed for new fellowship candidates, but I'm starting to wonder if the show is going to continue on with Taub, Kutner, and Thirteen acting exactly as Cameron, Chase, and Foreman once did. If that's the case, why shake up the show at all? So, that leads to my question for you: Do you prefer House's new team, or would you rather watch the old dynamic?

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Heroes Race for Epilepsy, Milo Denies Hayden Rumors

PopSugar — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:02:28 PST

Some of our favorite Heroes came out last night to sit in some hot Lamborghinis for the Race to Fight Epilepsy. Milo, Hayden, Kristen, and Jack Coleman were there to support Greg Grunberg, whose son suffers from the condition. Of course, no Heroes event would be complete without a little buzz around Milo and Hayden, but this time Milo denied the rumors all by himself, saying, "She and I are close friends. It's only natural that people are going to couple us together." We have to admit that it's been a while since we've seen these two on one of their dates, so maybe there really isn't more to their relationship after all. That said, we wouldn't be surprised if their "close friendship" turned into something more someday.

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House Rundown: Episode 7, "Ugly"

BuzzSugar — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:27:29 PST

Does anything change when a documentary crew starts following the action at PPH? That was the question this week on House. And the answer: not really. The documentary episode is a bit of a TV stereotype, and frankly, as a window into what the characters really feel, I preferred the Mirror Syndrome guy. But the film crew did prompt some great lines - "I became a doctor because of the movie Patch Adams" - and caught Cameron in one very awkward moment. It also apparently gave Taub the courage to stand up to House for the first time. For more about the episode, just

Whoa, where did Taub come from this week? After weeks of being generally agreeable, he came out swinging with the case of the boy with the facial deformity. Maybe it's because he's a plastic surgeon and considered himself an expert; maybe it's because the cameras were there and he saw a chance to shine. Either way, he pushed back on every single one of House's decisions, even pissing off Cuddy in the process. I'm glad we learned how Taub came to vie for a spot on House's team - though doesn't the revelation that he was fired for not keeping his pants on put an interesting spotlight on his interactions with Amber?

I thought the writers were setting up Taub to leave, but the real person to go was Terzi, after House realized she wasn't smart - just very, very hot. Now, are we really to believe that Terzi has some kind of overwhelming mind-freeze power over House (and other men - remember Wilson trying to see through her shirt)? More than, say, Thirteen or Amber or Cameron? House makes cracks about Cuddy's breasts all day and can still speak intelligently in front of her! I actually thought, briefly, that one of Terzi's idiotic ideas would end up being right; as soon as she suggested autoimmune, though, I knew she was a goner.

Speaking of attractive women: Cameron had one of the most revealing plots of the night. When the documentary crew asked her if House was as much of an ass to her as he'd been to his team all day, she responded that she "loved House." Which she quickly, awkwardly amended to say she loved "working with House." There have been inklings of something between Cameron and House for years, and maybe her feelings for him - whatever they may be - are the reason she can't totally remove herself from House's orbit.

Some other thoughts:

It was fun to watch everyone try to be their best selves for the camera: Chase talking in formal, grave language; Kutner putting on a tie; Amber wearing lipstick; House being even more ridiculous than normal ("I will see you again after I have saved his life. Have a warm bath waiting").
Wilson, after House said Terzi couldn't be dumb because she worked at the CIA: "The Bay of Pigs was a daring triumph."
The actual medical case didn't really grab me - there were almost too many twists - but I thought the actor playing the kid with the facial deformity was fantastic.
Taub finally has a nickname: "mini-stud." Does that mean Kutner's next?
The payoff with House and Cuddy watching the final cut of the documentary was great. "Suddenly, I don't feel like I can trust Michael Moore movies."

Your thoughts? Happy Michael Michele is out of the picture? Ready for House to hurry up and fire someone else already?

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