Lost’s Emilie de Ravin Gets Animated.

23Jan09

Posted by ButtonKnows

Dead or alive, Claire Littleton will be once more be found on Lost when the series returns for its sixth season – but in the meantime, actress Emilie de Ravin has kept herself busy, costarring with Cybill Shepherd in Lifetime Networks’ adaptation of Nora Roberts’ High Noon premiering March 21, and with Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and a veritable who’s who of Hollywood talent in the upcoming gangster film Public Enemies.

But she’s most excited about playing a 12-year-old. With a beak.

“I am so excited right now – I just booked my first animated job!” de Ravin exclaims. “It’s this movie called The Guardians of Ga’hoole and Zack Snyder is directing it. It’s a movie about this group of Australian owls and it’s just a wonderful  story. It’s adapted from the  [Kathryn Lasky] books.”

And how does an actress devoted to throwing herself, heart and soul, into embodying her characters  prep to become an adolescent owl?

“That was the thing!” de Ravin laughs. “I was auditioning and I was, like, ‘Huh! What kind of voice?!’ So I just sat at home for a day and created some voices and went in and … yep!”

Watch for the premiere of The Guardians of Ga’Hoole in late 2009 or early 2010. 

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Tags: Claire Littleton, Emilie de Ravin, High Noon, Kathryn Lasky, Lost, Nora Roberts, The Guardians of Ga'Hoole, Zack Snyder

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10 Items Or Less: Dollar Day Afternoon

16Jan08

Posted by Ryan

Leslie and Carl are setting up for tomorrow’s big promotion in which Greens & Grains customers can go into one of those money booths for a minute and grab all the flying cash they can. Amy from Super Value Mart storms into Greens & Grains wondering why there are “Free Money!” banners all over her parking lot. As a gesture of goodwill, Leslie lets Amy into the booth to grab a little cash for herself. (Amy loves money. And Leslie loves Amy loving money.) But the booth is filled with $5,000 in silver dollar coins that Leslie’s father stashed away in the store for years. Amy grabs handfuls and shoefuls of the coins, which, much to Leslie and Carl’s surprise, don’t fly anywhere. But the booth has a sticky lock, and Amy can’t get out. She panics, drops all her coins, and leaves with nothing. Leslie sends Carl and Buck to the bank to change the silver dollars into bills.

Meanwhile, Yolanda is making out with Jim, a produce guy from Super Value Mart. Leslie protests, claiming that Yolanda’s sleeping with the enemy and could divulge company produce secrets — like that Leslie buys the bananas from the weird guy in the van out back.

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American Idol: The Productivity-Sucking Begins

16Jan08

by WindUpDoll

Last week, Simon Cowell told a group of TCA reporters that he’s sure talent has slipped through the American Idol cracks. However, none of those talents have made it big. Well, tonight begins the festival of thousands that will, inevitably, slip through the cracks. Talent or no.

We’re starting off with the required shots of folks in the crowds — some talented, some delusional. This, is American Idol.

And so begins the opening “theme” music that has such a Pavlovian effect on me. It makes me want to sit on my butt and eat Cheetos. I can’t eat Cheetos and blog at the same time, though, as it would mess up the keyboard and leave crumbs all over the couch. We’re beginning in Philadelphia.

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“The Wire”: Unconfirmed Reports

14Jan08

Posted by SH

Oh no he di’int!

Was that our good and faithful Detective Jimmy McNulty rearranging a murder scene to make it look like a serial killer is on the loose in Baltimore? Well, what else can you do when city hall just won’t cough up enough cash to let the police do their job? As Freamon says, if it were 300 white people who were killed every year in the city, the National Guard would be deployed immediately. Don’t count on public outcry to help, either, because apparently the problems in Bodymore pale compared with a blonde girl who went missing in Aruba.

So you see where McNulty’s coming from and where he’s going. This victim was male, but perhaps they will be getting more tow-headed and female as time passes. It was enough to make the usually unflappable Bunk wash his hands of the situation and high-tail it out of there, but McNulty is betting that the media will eat it up. And based on what we’ve seen from the folks at The Sun, he’s probably right. They fell hook, line and sinker for a fishy lead about a 13-year-old kid in a wheelchair who tried to scalp tickets to see the Orioles play baseball on opening day. The objections from our lovable old Gus — the reporter provided no last name, no pictures — weren’t enough for Whiting to give up what promised to be a heart-tugging read.

I gotta say, I’m all on board for beating up on incompetence in authority positions, but Whiting has the be the most clueless editor ever put on film. I get the whole aiming-to-win-a-prize, not-write-a-good-story mentality they’re going after, but he seems a bit of a caricature, like something a spurned lover would portray. David Simon is merely a disgruntled former employee, but I expected a bit more depth than what we’ve gotten so far. It’s also implied that the reporter — the slimy and ambitious Scott Templeton — Stephen Glass-ed his way through the story, having come up empty in his canvassing of the opening-day crowd for a compelling angle. Which leads to the question that if a cop gives a made-up story to a reporter who makes things up, does that make it real on some level, using the two-negatives-make-a-positive theory?

As for those who more routinely break the law and flout ethics, Marlo finally managed to persuade Avon to broker for him a jailhouse meeting with Sergi. Not quite sure what they’re up to yet, only that it involves a power play with the Greeks and Prop Joe’s crowd. And probably a few caps going into a few a****. Speaking of which, Marlo ordered the killings of some of his naysayers, one of whom was only thought to have said something pertaining to Marlo’s oral fixations. This troubled one of the assassins, who let a young boy flee unharmed out the back door. Among Marlo’s hit list was Omar, who has yet to surface this season.

Quite a bit of time was spent on Bubbles struggling with his sobriety. He goes to his group meetings, but can’t quite engage fully, still stinging over his role in the death of Sherrod. Not sure how he’ll end up, but there was a scene at the homeless shelter that consisted of little but Bubs washing dishes and doing a slow burn. Not sure what was going on, but it didn’t feel right.

Not much was revealed on the preview for next week, other than a few clips of the Greeks doing business and Bunk telling McNulty that his serial killer ruse is going to lead to his downfall. Probably, but McNulty seems to be preparing himself for ruination, reverting back to his alcoholic, womanizing ways, and alienating his girlfriend (poor Beatie!) and now his best friend. But seriously, you never thought “The Wire” was going to end with a surprise wedding, didja?

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One Tree Hill: The Slippery Slope Continues …

12Jan08

Posted by: haro1d

“Next week Kevin Federline guest stars on ‘One Tree Hill.’”

Do I even NEED to comment on this? Come on, folks — discuss!!!

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Tags: Brooke, Haley James Scott, Kevin Federline, Lucas Scott, Nathan Scott, One Tree Hill, Peyton, The CW

"Ghost Hunters" Take On The World

11Jan08

Posted By RabbitEars

SCI FI Channel’s Ghost Hunters International debuted Wednesday night as the network’s No. 1 reality telecast in its history, and bested its broadcast time slot competition, including the dreadful, and dreadfully popular, Gossip Girl. The episode found a new team of Ghost Hunters — lead investigators Robb Demarest and Andy Andrews; Brian Harnois, Donna La Croix, Barry Fitzgerald (whom you may recall from the original Ghost Hunters’ frightening exploration of some Irish ruins) and newcomer Shannon Sylvia — traveling to England’s Chillingham Castle and Scotland’s Mary King’s Close to see what kind of spirits Europe can throw at us. As you might expect, the Old World did not disappoint.

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My Name Is Earl: Bad Earl

11Jan08

Posted by Ryan

Nothing stirs up the spirit of the Yule like watching a Christmas-related episode two weeks after Christmas. “Bad Earl” was originally scheduled for Dec. 13, but NBC pushed it way back, probably thinking it was best to not burn a new episode when the ratings probably weren’t going to be good.

Earl is out of prison (prison’s not quite out of him), but he’s finding it hard to celebrate during his release party at the Crab Shack. He has his list back, but he’s doubting the existence of karma. All of his good deeds have brought him nothing but misfortune. The mayor decided to hide the homeless for the holidays in their motel room, and Earl can’t find a job better than a delivery driver for Camden Foreign Foods (now serving gyros!). Making a delivery one day, Ralph (Giovanni Ribisi) answers the door dressed in old-man clothes.

It seems that six months ago, after Ralph escaped from prison in his undies and hitched a ride (and perhaps more) with Gay Kenny, Ralph ended up at the door of an old woman, Doris, who took him in and offered him pants. It seems Doris saved her dead husband’s clothes, and Ralph dressed up in them. Doris confused Ralph for her dead husband Stan, and Ralph realized he’s now on Easy Street. He’s got a sugar grandma!

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The Peebles Choice

10Jan08

Posted By RabbitEars

A quick note for you All My Children fans: ABC has announced that Mario Van Peebles (our second favorite Mario, after Lopez) will be joining the daytime drama’s cast starting January 29. The award-winning director, writer and actor brings more talent and credentials than are often seen on a soap, and will play Samuel Woods, a U.S. District Attorney who is running for the Senate. Erica Kane (Susan Lucci) takes special notice of Woods, primarily as a guest on her talk show. But he will soon become a nightmare — albeit one with romantic possibilities.

Luckily for Van Peebles, he was brought aboard too late to be asked to sing along with the other ABC soap stars on the A Love Affair CD.

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OMG! I Think Project Runway Just Asked Me To The Prom! Squeal!

10Jan08

by WindUpDoll

Again, the models of Project Runway have the week off. How crappy it must be to get ‘eliminated’ for a week when you didn’t actually do anything.

Heidi does her usual “Good morning, designers” spiel and instead of the usual models coming onto the runway, a group of gawky teenagers in uniforms come trudging out. Heidi explains that the designers will be working with these teenagers to create their prom dresses. Christian is justifiably horrified at the idea. The other twist for this week is that the girls have gone through the designer’s portfolios and have selected who they will work with, instead of the other way around.

Ok, so if I were 16 again, and God-willing that bit of time travel will never happen, I would totally LOVE that a Project Runway designer was making my prom dress. How did the girls of St. John Vianney in Jersey rank to get such a sweet deal? Was there some sort of essay contest involved?

Chris wonders what poor girl picked him, given the fact that his portfolio is filled of pictures of him in drag. Let me tell you Chris, my 16-year-old theatre geek self would’ve picked you in a heartbeat. Put viking horns on me — let’s do it!

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