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Best Week Ever
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Friday, 18 July 2008 |
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While you guys are enjoying The Dark Knight this weekend, watching Batman blow sh*t up in pursuit of The Joker, just remember - that sh*t he's blowing up belongs to someone. Someone like Aziz Ansari. See what the Bat's collateral damage can do to someone below:
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Friday, 18 July 2008 |
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If there's any movie I'm anticipating as much as Dark Knight, it's the 2009 release of Watchmen, 300 director Zack Snyder's adaptation of the unanimously agreed-upon greatest novel in American history (eat a d*ck, Gatsby). While I'm trying my hardest not to watch the film with a "now don't f*ck it up" attitude, it's extremely encouraging that everything in this teaser looks to be within the acceptable realm of awesome -- not a lot happens in the two minutes, but you do get a look at all the characters and some cityscapes, and there isn't a part where Rorschach turns to Doc Manhattan and says "I'm gettin' too old for this s--" then gets cut off by an explosion before a montage set to "Here It Goes Again" kicks up.
Who am I kidding, that wouldn't stop this movie from being awesome:
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Friday, 18 July 2008 |
Lindsay Lohan, last night at Sephora's Ten Years Of Gorgeous Party, where girlfriend Sam Ronson DJed. Can someone explain to me, in scientific terms, how you sit down in such a garment? Thanks. |
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Friday, 18 July 2008 |
- Nick Cannon & Mariah Carey finished their long (they're rich!) honeymoon by taking a romp to Disney World. Love makes you feel like a kid again, doesn't it? Oh, and Mariah wants us to know she has a ponytail. (Via Pink Is The New Blog)
- If you thought the headline read "Little girl runs for president," like I did, you were even MORE delighted to find that it was actually "Little girl runs FROM president." Watch the video here. (via Videogum)
- The Britney Spears parenting jokes fall kind of flat when you find out that Britney, for real, just lost custody of her kids to Kevin. Thank God for Denise Richards! (via Mollygood)
- Sarah Jessica Parker got her flesh-colored witch mole removed. It's like she's a WHOLE NEW WOMAN you guys, and I'm pretty sure this will do for her career what that nose job did for Jennifer Grey's career. (via HuffPo)
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Friday, 11 July 2008 |
- Alex leads a revolution against Busted Tees, because they had the brass motherf*cking balls to make a t-shirt bustin' on his beloved Shia Motherf*cking LaBeouf!
- The 5 Things We Discovered On Real World Dailies is a galaxy's worth of filth condensed down into a nice neat package, just for you.
- Drunken boys on the Jersey Shore not only think they can dance, they know they can dance. Watch the amazing spell it casts on the Jersey Shore lady.
- Dan cannot believe how dumb the name of the new Mummy movie is, and offers up more likely places we'd see the title "Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor"
- As many of you are aware, Michelle is our in-house zoologist, and this week educated us on The 8 Longest Gestational Periods In The Animal Kingdom.
- We celebrated being born with 5 Amazing People born on the same day as Michelle, 10 people that made me feel less old on my birthday.
- If Heath Ledger was going to visit anyone from the grave, we're pretty confident it's not this guy. But what do I know? He also saw ghosts around Britney Spears, so he MUST be telling the truth.
- Michelle presents awards for all the bestest things that happened at Wimbledon this year.
- Finally, Alex discovered what will inevitably turn out to be one of the most ground-breaking films of our time: Donkey Punch.
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Friday, 11 July 2008 |
"Oh Goddddd, I've goht ta... I've... My vagoina, I need tah... Oh no, ees aww liquidy in my... I've got to wee.... go to theh bahfroom. Eh, oi! Wherestheh? Looooooo. Hahahaha das a fun one to soi. Leeewwwwwwwww. Heheheheh. Whus dis in moi 'and? God, soooo liquiday.
Oh god wait. Wait... Oh noooo.
I've just gone in me pants. I've wee'd in me pants." -- Amy Winehouse |
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Friday, 11 July 2008 |
Sorry for my lack of posting. But you have to understand: It's been really hard concentrating... what with THIS in the office:
MEET JAMES!!! My officemate Raph's new puppy. You may remember that I wrote about him earlier this week, but today, I finally got to meet my goddog. He basically doesn't have any bones in his body. He's all flop, all the time.
And yes, if you're wondering: I am obviously crushing his chest cavity with my giant hands.
Oh, for the record, I've also had hundreds of meetings and had to sort through thousands of e-mails. Also, those bottles of holiday wine have been sitting in my office for 2 years. They'll either be delicious, or fermented (i.e. really delicious). |
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Friday, 11 July 2008 |
 First, let me begin by saying that on my second day as a 30-year-old, I have officially experienced my first senior moment, when I forgot to bring my pictures from the show with me to work. So (apparently I'm the only one on the internet who loves torture enough to spend the time to get them), instead of all those screen caps I normally provide, I will be using clipart to illustrate last night's event. Carry on.
Things heated up last night, as The Top 10 - and more importantly, the group of dancers going on tour this fall* - were revealed last night on So You Think You Can Dance. Of course this continues the trend of seeing dancers you like in the bottom 3, but the upside is that we got to see better solo numbers in an otherwise relatively boring results show.
 The opening dance number was set to a Ne-Yo song, and incorporated the trend of wearing LED-lit outfits, causing the performers to glow in the dark. Fairly cool, and it totally reminded me of that movie from the 80's called Special People, wherein this woman runs a black light theatre company for...special people. Anyone remember that besides me?
We also learn early on in the show that the popping battle is ON for the finale! Cat hinted at a behind-the-scenes concern about ratings when she said something about it being the only reason people might watch the finale. Nigel seemed a touch irritated by that and said "Well, they'll watch the finale because of what the show IS, to find out who won." YOU IDIOT!
See the results, and more clipart, after the jump!
 The first two couples out for results were Comfort & Thayne, and Katee & Joshua. Obvies, Comfort & Thayne are in the bottom three, as expected. Mia comments that perhaps America is trying to tell you something. Next out on the chopping block were Chelsie & Mark, and Jessica & Will, and the latter are in the bottom three. Mary said her heart was aching to see them standing there, because their contemporary routine was sensational and one of the best dances on the show, period. She said she'd be fighting for the two of them in judges' deliberations.
Now it's down to the last two couples. I thought it might be Courtney & Gev, because they'd been in the bottom several times before. But amazingly, it is Kherington & Twitch, and they must dance for their lives. Nigel once again bestows deep advice upon the dancers, saying "Anything you do in life, it's about consistency." His point was basically that just when you think you're safe, you're totally not. Or something like that.
The special dance performance this evening is from The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, in celebration of their 50th Anniversary. These 3 shirtless, statuesque men come out and perform a dance called "Revelations." They should have called it "PerfectManBody-ations," because these guys were in top form. It's nice to see what the pros can do...their leaps and turns were absolute perfection. RUN TO THE LORD indeed.
 The solo dances were pretty good last night, Comfort definitely stepped it up since I'm sure she knew she was on very thin ice. Thayne's dance had a touch of Mia Michaels weirdness to it, and Jessica's solo was boring as hell. Will did a dance that appeared to be an audition for Alvin Ailey, which ended with a death dive off the stage, nearly into the audience. Kherington was the second person to dance to OneRepublic, which made me question if the producers of the show force them to dance to whatever crappy music by the guest that was on the previous week. Twitch's dance was the highlight of the solos. He actually had a story behind it - the routine was based on a painting he had seen about a crazy conductor. The dance itself was also really really good.
 Then we have our very very SPECIAL musical guest, Katy Perry. I might be old for saying this, but I really can't stand this song. First of all, what in god's name is she wearing? It's like she has a child's dress on, and it makes her legs look weirdly long and disjointed from her body, as if they belong to a mannequin. Also, the song itself is atrocious. It's called "I Kissed A Girl," and perhaps you've heard it on the radio recently. Actually, I heard it 13 years ago, in 1995, when it was called "I Kissed A Girl" by Jill Sobule, when it was actually racy and controversial at the time. Katy's cheese ball facial expressions and backing-track muddled voice made it all sort of unbearable to watch. Hopefully we won't be seeing a solo number next week set to this song. (Though, a GROUP number, wherein all the ladies kiss each other? HOT.)
Finally, the results! Kherington is the first to be called forward, and is, unsurprisingly safe. Nigel says she's not just a pretty face, and has grown a lot. Nigel then reveals that his mind was changed during the course of the judges' conversation. He says that Comfort really brought it during her solo tonight, and that Jessica's was disappointing. But looking across the season, they felt that Jessica was the stronger dancer, so Comfort would be going home. You know, a lot of people have complained about Comfort, but I did like her - and I really liked the speech she gave. She can't fake technique, but at least she has class, Mia, you troll!
 Now for the men. Twitch is called forward. Nigel says that his being in the bottom three has woken everyone up and reminded them that they need to vote. He loved seeing Twitch's unique style during the solo, and they felt that they certainly couldn't lose him at this stage of the game. So it's down to Thayne and Will. Nigel comments that Will would not be out of place with the Alvin Ailey men on the show tonight, and so Thayne, you're done. Nigel comments however, that "This is one of the times we would have liked to keep all the guys and lose two girls." Ouchy for Jessica, but I couldn't agree more.
From this point on, I'm not going to lie, this will start getting really emotional for me. I really like everyone in the Top 10!
*UPDATE: I just found this quote on the L.A. Times website, written by someone who went to the taping of the show:
"After the cameras had stopped rolling, Nigel teamed up with another member of the production to make a shocking announcement: The top 10 dancers aren't the only ones going on tour this year ... four more dancers will be making the trek. And two of them are Comfort and Thayne!" |
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Friday, 11 July 2008 |
 Yesterday I sat down with our old friend Paul Scheer, a longtime BWE panelist and rising comedy superstar, to talk about ALF, iPhones and a few of the bajillion awesome projects he's currently a part of. Cf course you can also see Paul in a brand new episode of Best Week Ever tonight on Vh1 at 9pm and 11pm ET.
BWE: First things first - Human Giant. Where are you guys at with that?
Paul: Well Human Giant has been picked up for its third season, which is awesome, but Aziz (Ansari) has also booked a part on a new spin-off for The Office, so that is causing some problems scheduling-wise. We're trying to figure out how to juggle both things. We would have already been in production for the third season, but we're waiting until we see what Aziz is doing.
BWE: Well fingers crossed. So you've been all over the ALF coverage over on your Tumblr lately. First you revealed that the actors who costarred with the animatronic alien were apparently miserable the whole time they were filming the show, and then you further destroyed my childhood by making me aware of the fact that the actor who played ALF's father, Max Wright, ended up becoming a crackhead with a weakness for male prostitutes.
Paul: Those are the most insane pictures, from the National Enquirer story. It's like worse than the Marion Berry crack cocaine thing, because he's like right there, doing crack with a homeless guy. Like he had fallen so far into crack that he was just, you know, picking up homeless people and doing crack with them. But I have to say I feel its' nice that he's actually sharing the crack with the homeless person. You don't see that kind of generosity in the crack community very often, people just sharing their ALF crack money.
BWE: what do you think ALF would have thought about his nasty little crack habit?
Paul (in a pretty good ALF voice): "Yo Willy, not cool." (in his regular voice) I don't know, ALF could have bonded with him about it, like: "You smoke crack and I eat cats. Everyone has their thing."
Read the rest, after the jump!
 BWE: So this new movie about Eddie Murphy's giant terrifying head, Meet Dave. IMDB says you're in it. What's that about?
Paul: I'm actually not in Meet Dave, but I have an insane Meet Dave story. I was cast as one character, Lieutenant Buttox, who was supposed to be like this huge fat guy, and somehow in my audition tape, the director didn't realize I'm like, not a big guy. So they said I couldn't do the part cause they wanted to open on Buttox's big fat ass crack.
BWE: But you were on an Eddie Murphy movie. They didn't happen to have a spare fat suit lying around somewhere?
Paul: I know you would think, right?
BWE: Did you get to meet Eddie Murphy when you were on set?
Paul: I did do a scene with him, and he's the nicest guy imaginable.
BWE: Does he wear fats suits just to, you know, hang out?
Paul: Maybe, maybe in his trailer. He is extremely nice. The thing about Eddie Murphy, people don't know this but he has two doubles on set. One double that looks like him from the behind, like the back of his head, then he's got another double that's looks like him from the ear to the eye, like in profile. I actually remember eating lunch on day, and I was like, "Oh Eddie Murphy is eating lunch with everybody, big stars never do that", but then I notice he's wearing this odd jacket with these weird NBA logos all around it, and I realize that's not Eddie Murphy, that's fake quarter profile Eddie Murphy".
BWE: I also read that you're filming Harold Ramis comedy called "Year One".
Paul: Yeah I spent about a month filming that. They're being secretive about what the movie is about, so I'm not supposed to say much, but it takes place in biblical times and I play a slave. Michael Cera and I travel together as slaves. It's not a large part, just the first couple minutes of the movie. Jack Black, Hank Azaria, Christopher Mintz-Plasse (who played McLovin in Superbad), and Michael Cera are all in it. And Harold Ramis, comedy genius. The highlight my career thus far, Ghostbusters being an all-time favorite movie of mine, was when we'd be working and Harold Ramis would share these amazing stories like, "Oh yea, back when I was slimed on Ghosbusters", and he tells like the whole story. It was so awesome.
BWE: Now that you're so busy with all this TV and movie stuff, are you still doing any regular shows in LA when you are out there?
 Paul: Yeah, I do a show every week at UCB-LA called MySpace, where we take an audience members' MySpace profile, and then we kinda interview them about it, and its amazing because people put things on their MySpace page they never expect it to be read aloud, you know? It's amazing, some of the pictures and quotes people post. Anyway, I do that with some of the other Human Giant guys and Seth Morris, and sometimes people like Horatio Sanz and Ian Walsh and Adam McKay show up. It's every Wednesday at 9:30
BWE: Even though you're paid to comment on pop culture and TV shows for Best Week Ever, I also really get the sense that you're genuinely a fan of lots of this stuff. What are some TV shows you're really looking forward to coming back?
Paul: Lost, obviously.. I would pay someone to watch all those episodes right now. What else...I always have a show that sounds more nerdy than it is so no one will watch it even though it's great. Right now that's Battlestar Galactica. It has that name, I guess - its like, "Nerd! What a nerd show!". I had that same problem with Buffy the Vampire Slayer. People would be like, "What's a good show, Paul?", and I would say "Buffy the Vampire Slayer.", and they would just go, "No, it isn't." Just because the name. Anyway, I'm also toying will getting into Mad Men. Some people have said that's really good.
BWE: Last month I demolished the whole first season in like a week.
Paul: Yeah, that and Weeds are my future shows that I want to get into.
BWE: What's on the Paul Scheer iPod Playlist right now?
Paul: For now, it's Huey Lewis and the News. Huey Lewis wrote that song for Pineapple Express and I was like, "Oh man, I love Huey Lewis!", but when I checked on my iPod all I had was the Back To The Future soundtrack, so I had to get some more. I also have this band called The Dirtbombs that are this awesome Detroit band. I just downloaded Beck's new record, and I feel like people don't like the new Weezer album, but I like the new Weezer album.
BWE: Today's International iPhone Consumerism Freakout Day. Why aren't you waiting in line somewhere?
Paul: Not down with the iPhone.
BWE: WHAT!?! Heresy...
Paul: I'm content with the blackberry, I won't get an iPhone till it has a physical keyboard.
BWE: I thought everyone in LA was required to own an iPhone, and Apple had like secret underground Celebrity Centres that look like the end of 2001: A Space Odyssey where Steve Jobs personally hands out the phones.
Paul: Yeah know what everyone has them, but yout know what - AT&T, is that good service? No I got Verizon I'm very happy with that service, I feel content with it. But I read that they're developing an iPod keyboard for this year. Its going to be 3G but with a slide out key player like the blackberry... and if that happens... I'm in, but right now, no keyboard and no Verizon, no deal.
This interview was sent from my iPhone. |
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Friday, 11 July 2008 |
I'm telling you, let's take Matt Ryan and Sam Baker, the Atlanta Falcons' top two draft picks this year, and have them stand on stage in the middle of the cast of Oklahoma! while they belt the show's title number!
What will the two players do the whole time? I don't know, stand there and smile through their teeth and focus every fiber of their being on not turning around and killing someone around them? Trust me, it'll be great:
 
(via Kissing Suzy Kolber) |
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