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Link Time! Rumer Willis to Romance a Major 90210 Character
- Guess who Rumer Willis's character on 90210 is going to have a girl-on-girl relationship with? — Ausiello Files
- Hulu will not start charging for content after all — PopWatch
- Zooey Deschanel will make a guest appearance on Bones — The Futon Critic
- Natalie Portman was the guest judge on Top Chef last night — test your knowledge! — YumSugar
- Dave Eggers's novel Zeitoun is going to be made into an animated film — Vulture
- The new Avatar trailer is a bit more exciting than the first — Cinematical
- Keanu Reeves will star in romantic comedy Henry's Crime with Vera Farmiga — Coming Soon
- Abigal Breslin will star as Helen Keller on Broadway, along with Alison Pill — Hollywood Crush
- Will Twilight's Anna Kendrick get a supporting actress nomination for Up in the Air?
TV Tonight: Top Chef Heads to Vegas
Start sharpening those knives — Top Chef returns tonight! This time we head to Sin City for the first of many grueling quickfires and elimination challenges. If you haven't checked out the contestant list already, get to know your players here.
TV Tonight: The Top Chef New York Finale
So, who will it be? The Top Chef: New York finale airs tonight on Bravo, and once again I've gotten sucked into another season of succulent cooking and "did that just happen?" drama.
Buzz In: What TV Job Would You Want?
It occurred to me while watching the adorable CW show Privileged last night that the main character Megan has a pretty sweet gig. She's a tutor living in the lap of luxury in sunny Palm Beach who is in charge of ultimately getting two rich girls into college. I'm not sure I'd love to be a tutor to heiresses, but lately she's spending less time teaching and more time hanging out with cute guys .
Weekend Reading: How Not to Get Sent Home First
I got a kick this week out of a piece Slate did on the doomed reality show contestants who have been voted or kicked off in the first episode, complete with tips on how to avoid their fate. At first I struggled to remember a single first contestant, but then this piece reminded me of Jerry and Nimma from Bravo's Project Runway and Top Chef.
If you are planning on competing on one of these reality shows, these are some pretty good tips for sticking around for more than one episode.
Do You Watch Reality Show Reunions?
It wasn't till I was reading YumSugar this morning that I realized I'd completely forgotten to watch the Top Chef reunion special! Luckily, she had a great rundown of all the action. Still, I'm a little surprised that the reunion didn't stand out more in my mental TV schedule, since I usually love watching reality contestants come back and dish on what happened behind the scenes while the show was filming.
Link Time! 6/17
- I love this question: FilmExperience wants to know which movie star you first had a crush on. (See my answer, left.)
- The Vulture editors use charts and logic to predict the song of Summer 2008.
- Best Week Ever lists 20 headlines that are funnier if you pretend they're about House, MD.
- Popwatch has a sweet "in memoriam" post for visual effects genius, Stan Winston, who died Sunday at the age of 62.
- TV Squad interviewed the fabulous Jean Smart.
- Cinematical ponders the news that apparently A Fish Called Wanda will be the next movie to be made into a stage musical.
- YumSugar has the scoop on Top Chef's 20-city tour.
- Rolling Stone's Rock & Roll Daily found the toughest tradeoffs on the Lollapalooza schedule (Nine Inch Nails or Kanye?).
Link Time! 6/12
- Check out the new image from the Where the Wild Things Are movie, courtesy of MTV Movies Blog.
- Top Chef fans, be sure to head to YumSugar for a recap of the finale and a test of how well you paid attention.
- Cinematical ponders the news that Hugh Hefner apparently wants Robert Downey Jr. to portray him in Hefner's biopic.
- TV with MeeVee doesn't know that someone will die on Battlestar Galactica, but they're handicapping the odds anyway.
- Speaking of Battlestar, TiFaux found Tricia Helfer rocking out in a video for the Old '97s.
- Stereogum has the new, summery Goldfrapp video for "Caravan Girl."
- TV Squad has a clip of the alternate ending for Jericho if there had been a season three.
- More OC on Chuck! Hollywood Insider has news that Melinda Clarke will appear in the show's second season.
- Popwatch wants to know which acts at Nashville's Bonnaroo you'd like them to cover.
Link Time! 3/13
- Cinematical asks the important questions: Should George Clooney return to ER?
- Check out Jude Law's top ten best performances over on FilmExperience.
- Vulture boldly defends the era of watercooler chat and sets new guidelines for what should and should not be a spoiler.
- Yum is ready to dish about the new Top Chef, if you're up for it.
- David Hernandez, take note: TV Squad figures out what happened to all those other people who finished 12th on American Idol.
- Idolator wonders if anyone actually watches those bonus DVDs that come with some CDs.
- Bella explains how to achieve Natalie Wood's old Hollywood, swoon-worthy looks.
- Popwatch is just getting into Say Yes to the Dress and wants to know what other cable shows have totally not been on our radar.
- Lifeline Live reports that Tim Gunn is taking on a new project: giving makeovers to contestants on The Biggest Loser!
Buzz News Roundup, 1/7
- British actress Gemma Arterton has been chosen as a Bond girl for Bond 22, Reuters reports.
- According to Variety, Marlon Wayans has signed on for the live-action G.I. Joe film.
- A large collection of music from the 1970s — including music by Bob Marley and Peter Tosh — has disappeared from the archives of the former Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation, writes Billboard.
- Tabatha Coffey, one of the most awesome characters from Shear Genius, is getting her own Bravo reality show, says The Hollywood Reporter.
- Bravo also announced two big premieres for March, according to The Futon Critic: Top Chef 4 and The Real Housewives of NYC.
- The AP reports that Jay Leno and Jimmy Kimmel will be guests on each others' shows to fill the gaps left by actors who won't cross picket lines to appear on the shows.
- There Will Be Blood was the favorite film at the National Society of Film Critics Awards recently, writes Zap2It.
- Variety has news about changes to TV schedules in the next few weeks, including the fact that Gossip Girl will move from Wednesday nights to Monday nights.
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