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‘Ugly Betty’ Bites: 18 Betty-ful clips from last night!

Tanner Stransky — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:59:48 +0000

Another Friday night, another great batch of one-liners from the deliciously dialogued Ugly Betty! Here were my favorite quips from the evening: “I really liked your pitch for a green issue. Wilhelmina was wrong—it did not reek of recycled manure.” —Matt, to Betty “And I really liked your get sporty idea. You were not ‘nothing but nose

Readers’ suggestions: ‘SNL’ sketches for Taylor Swift

Annie Barrett — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:52:51 +0000

Yesterday, provoked by Taylor Swift and Kristen Wiig’s Penelope-esque promo, we asked for your sketch ideas for Swift. I’m with NatAttack, who wrote: “I feel it’s time for SNL to parody one of the greatest online parodies of our time: Stuff White People Like. Surely Taylor Swift belongs near the top of that list. (Love

Susan Boyle will sing on ‘DWTS,’ has purchased furniture

Annie Barrett — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:06:37 +0000

Singer Susan Boyle will appear on Dancing With the Stars this week to perform material from I Dreamed a Dream, out Nov. 24. But that’s not all! According to People.com, the reluctant money-spender bought a three-piece sofa and recliner for her home in Blackburn, Scotland, plus a new refrigerator. She went with burgundy leather for

This Week on Stage: ‘The Understudy,’ ‘Idiot Savant,’ and ‘Nightingale’

Tanner Stransky — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:00:56 +0000

This week saw the too-rapid close of the Neil Simon revival Brighton Beach Memoirs on Broadway, as well as the opening of three Off Broadway productions: The Understudy, starring Justin Kirk, Julie White, and Mark-Paul Gosselaar (at left); Idiot Savant with Willem Dafoe; and Nightingale with Lynn Redgrave. Melissa Bernardo gave a B+ to The

‘Project Runway Talk’: Raise your box of Kleenex for last man standing Christopher

Missy Schwartz — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:14:16 +0000

Break out your hankies, Runway fans, ’cause in this latest installment of PRT, things get a little emotional. As this season’s fifth-place finisher explained to us the morning after his final episode, he’s a sensitive guy whose tear ducts go into overdrive when the cameras roll. So we made sure we had a box of

‘Survivor Talk’: Erik discusses the ultimate low of getting dissed on a high five

Dalton Ross — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:04:52 +0000

It’s bad enough getting blindsided by your own tribe, but then Survivor: Samoa’s Erik Cardona suffered the ultimate indignity when he found himself the unwitting victim of an unreciprocated high five! The ousted contestant joins us as we relive every single nanosecond of the humiliating exchange—frame by excruciating frame. Erik also answers other Survivor mysteries

‘Sound Bites’: Vote for this week’s funniest TV

Annie Barrett — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:05:57 +0000

Are you confident in your sexualité, just like Mariska Hargitay? Good for you! You should watch our Sound Bites video after the jump! Vote for your favorite clip in the poll, or nominate your own line from this week’s TV in the comments. And if you have suggestions for next week’s show, or just want

2012 won’t be the end after all

Benjamin Svetkey — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:53:13 +0000

Good news, PopWatchers! The world won’t be coming to an end in 2012, no matter what Roland Emmerich’s new movie says. We checked with Dr. Edwin Krupp, director of LA’s Griffith Observatory–who also happens to be an expert on the Mayan calendar–and he assured us that the Earth will continue going about its business despite

La Toya Jackson’s deleted ‘Bruno’ scene — not funny, just sad?

Wendy Mitchell — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:25:18 +0000

Remember that La Toya Jackson scene cut from Bruno after Michael Jackson’s death? Well, here it is, from the deleted scenes on the DVD (out Nov. 17). This doesn’t strike me as uproariously funny even before MJ’s death, and now it just seems a bit sad. What do you think?

Was ‘The Office’’s suicide joke over the line?

Margaret Lyons — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:14:41 +0000

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention issued a press release this week criticizing The Office for its “graphic depiction of the suicide method” on last week’s Halloween episode. According to the organization, “‘there comes a point when jokes can go to far and are potentially dangerous and offensive,’” and they’re “calling on all within the