31 posts tagged ‘television’
Nathan Fielder appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live claiming to be out of character for the first time
Boing Boing,
Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone were guests on "Jimmy Kimmel Live," promoting their new show "The Curse," and Fielder was sporting a studiously hipster look. It's revealed during the segment that he was hurt by a New York Times review of his performance as "limited" and "stiff," and so claimed that this new "loose" persona is the real him, and his stiff performances in this and other projects were acting feats in service to his "characters." — Read the rest
Happy Life Day, the Star Wars holiday celebrating Wookiee life
November 17 is the generally accepted date of Life Day, the holiday that according to Star Wars lore originated in Chewbacca's Wookiee culture and then spread to the rest of the galaxy. It was first introduced in the infamous "Star Wars Holiday Special," a television special broadcast on CBS on November 17, 1978. — Read the rest
Bravo in the Flesh
The New Yorker,
More than a hundred and sixty reality stars descended on Las Vegas, for BravoCon, where they were pulled apart by their harshest critics, who also happen to be their most diehard fans.
Pūteketeke named New Zealand's Bird of the Century in landslide
The campaign launched by John Oliver, host of the HBO show "Last Week Tonight," for the Pūteketeke to win New Zealand's Bird of the Century contest resulted in a massive landslide for the colorful water bird. The online voting event is held by New Zealand's conservation group Forest and Bird to raise awareness about endangered bird species, and is open to anyone, not just New Zealanders, with a validated email address. — Read the rest
Bravo’s Sisterhood of the Traveling Bodysuit
The Cut,
How Mugler became the unofficial Real Housewives uniform.
The Daily Show recommends Leslie Jones as the solution to annoying family at Thanksgiving dinner
This fantastic sketch from TDS shows Leslie Jones fixing Thanksgiving. This Thanksgiving, don't worry about how to handle your annoying relatives. For $29.99, Leslie Jones will teach you how to shut down awkward conversations. — TDS I've had some weird Thanksgivings, but my favorite has to have been this one time some friends and I were recruited to help keep a Thanksgiving dinner low-key, as one of our cadre's long-divorced parents both intended to attend, with their new spouses, after decades of not speaking. — Read the rest
Will Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender break the live-action curse?
Ghost in the Shell. Cowboy Bebop. Death Note. You'd be hard-pressed to find an iconic piece of animation that actually survived the jump to live action, but that hasn't stopped Netflix from trying their utmost to cast this curse off. — Read the rest