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Fuck Yes: Community will be Back this Spring

Erin Gloria Ryan — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:50:00 EST

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NBC did something non-terrible this afternoon when they announced that beloved but thinly watched sitcom Community will be returning to the network's lineup this spring. While this news is worth celebrating, don't have a paintball orgy yet— they haven't committed to a fourth season, which means the show's future may be hanging on by a thread. More »

Cinemax Quietly Changes Its Soft-Core Reputation

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:36:00 EST

After being known—and ridiculed—for years as "Skinemax," due to its late-night adult programming of soft-core series like Co-ed Confidential and Bikini Frankenstein, HBO has been rehabbing the rep of its sister channel Cinemax in an effort to make it more profitable. The 30-year-old channel will now shift its focus away from what it's best known for (smut sans penetration) and onto creating its first-ever lineup of prime-time series: A shoot-em-up called Strike Back and a serialized-version of The Transporter, with the film's original star Jason Statham. The network is reportedly in talks with several other big-name movie producers to create original action series. More »

Your Freud-Loving Professor Would Have A Field Day With The Boob Tube

Hortense Smith — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:55:00 EDT

According to the manufacturers of the "Boob Tube," this beer bong is "the fastest and sexiest way to drink your beer." And the classiest, right? Disembodied boobs and Oedipal complexes are super hot this year. Spring break! SPRING BREEEAAAK! [RandomGoodStuff] More »

Is The Era Of Implants Over In Hollywood?

Hortense Smith — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 13:30:00 EDT

Though it was once considered fairly standard for actresses to increase her busts via the magic of plastic surgery, Sally Brampton of the Daily Mail notes that studios are now calling for "authenticity," when it comes to women's bodies. More »

Kids Today

Katy Kelleher — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:30:00 EDT

According to new figures, kids aged 2-5 are watching an average of 32 hours of television a week, and although there was a brief leveling off thanks to the internet, adults are watching more TV as well. [NYPost] More »

Star Jones & The Insider Tackle Miss Plastic Pageant

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:20:00 EDT

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On last's night's episode of The Insider, Star Jones joined the panel to debate entertainment news, like Hungary's plastic surgery beauty pageant. While Star doesn't approve of the pageant, she does approve of fake breasts (she has two). More »

Someone On Reality TV Finally Busts An Implant

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:40:00 EDT

Considering all the fake breasts and physical competitions on reality TV, I suppose this was bound to happen. On last night's Real World/Road Rules Challenge, Shauvon belly-flopped into the water and was rushed to the ER for a busted implant. More »

TV Viewing Doesn't Help Or Harm Babies

Margaret Hartmann — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:40:00 EST

Apparently stationing an infant in front of a DVD won't turn them into a baby Einstein. A new study suggests that TV viewing before age two doesn't improve language and visual motor skills. More »

Oprah To Kate Winslet: "God Bless Your Real Breasts"

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:00:00 EST

Kate Winslet was on Oprah today, and Ms. Winfrey made a point of talking about the sexually explicit flick The Reader. "In all the scenes, your breasts do what real breasts do," Oprah mused. More »

The Fashion Targets Breast Cancer Commercials Are A Real Bust

Dodai Stewart — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:30:00 EDT

If you've got a big rack and are sensitive to people staring at your chest, you might not like the new ads for the Fashion Targets Breast Cancer T-shirts. While they're tongue-in-cheek and ultimately for a good cause, both involve a man staring (and/or pointing) at a woman's chest and making comments. In a retro-styled spot called "Office," a guy points at a woman's bust and exclaims, "Say! Are those for sale?" It's a faux-training video, so the guy tries a few different times, saying things like, "Those are swell!" And "Do those come any bigger?" The catch is: He's really asking about her Fashion Targets Breast Cancer T-shirt, not her breasts; the spot ends with the tagline, "Bring breast awareness back to the workplace." Hilarious, right? So why am I so uncomfortable? More »

Real Boobs, Fake Boobs, & Crooked Boobs: The Hooters International Swimsuit Pageant

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:00:00 EDT

Last night I happened to catch The Best Damn Hooters Pageant Period, which was an old broadcast of the 2007 Hooters International Swimsuit Pageant. (Unsurprisingly, there were a lot of Cialis ads during the commercial breaks.) It was everything I wanted it to be and more. Held in an auditorium in Las Vegas, the judges were mostly sports guys I'd never heard of... and Tom Arnold, who was eating a sandwich for much of his on-camera time. Above, get a load of some of the contestants' hobbies and aspirations, and after the jump, get a load of some incredibly lopsided silicone breasts. More »

Actresses Ditch Hollywood For Small Screen

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:30:00 EDT

Male-dominated movies like The Bourne Supremacy and Superbad are doing great at the box office, but where does that leave actresses? Television, apparently! Film is losing its feminine touch, writes Mary McNamara in today's LA Times. "Challenging roles for women over 40 have been few and far between since Joan and Bette faced off at the box office, but now, with blockbusters and male-oriented sex comedies ruling the big screen, women under 40 are having a hard time." The upside? TV is being graced by great actresses like Glenn Close, Holly Hunter, Lili Taylor, Parker Posey and Kyra Sedgwick. And, according to McNamara, TV has never looked so good. She likens the choices (mostly) cable channels are making — in terms of casting and storylines — to that of "good indie films."

And not even indie films. Of good mid-budget films, the kind they used to make in the '70s and '80s when movies didn't have to make a profit on the first weekend, when they didn't open for 3 1/2 seconds on 1,000 screens.

'Rock Of Love' Rodeo's Wild Ride

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 09:30:00 EDT

If you're a Rock of Love fan, you have to read this interview with recently booted-off contestant Rodeo. She begins crying immediately after the first question is asked, stopping only to laugh when she cracks herself up. We hear about her past tribulations, including paralysis, wheelchairs, cancer, and a stillborn baby. But more importantly, we learn about her business ventures: the forthcoming workout DVD Rodeo's Legs of Steel, her signature line of all-natural sausages "to benefit people's health" [Huh? -Ed.], and her line of bottled BBQ sauce. Also: More »