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Deconstructing the decade from 'Buffy' and beyond: Zap2it Hanh's favorite episodes

25 December 2009 10:30 AM, PST | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »

Zap2it's favorite TV episodes of the decade series continues with my picks for what moved me in the 2000s.

Let me preface my list with a shout out to my colleague Rick, who kicked off the series with numerous excellent examples, ranging from "The Wire" to "Freaks and Geeks." I actually agreed with quite a number of his selections, but since this is a very personal endeavor, full of unfounded opinions, naturally I must include some episodes I feel he overlooked or at least didn't value as much as I.

Case in point: Joss Whedon. Really, Rick? How could an episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" not even make your main list and only warrant an "also" mention? Hmph.

My list:

"The Body" ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer")

Although "Hush" and its creepy Gentlemen freaked me out (and earned "Buffy" its only writing Emmy nom), it aired in December 1999, just »

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The 10 Best Kanye West Moments Of The Year: 10 In 2009

22 December 2009 1:30 PM, PST | MTV Newsroom | See recent MTV Newsroom news »

2009 is coming to a close, which means that it's time to check in on what the favorite albums, artists, songs and moments were among the fine folks in the MTV Newsroom. Be sure to check out James Montgomery's definitive year-end list for 2009, and enjoy the "10 In 2009" series that will be running over the next two weeks.

By Steven Roberts

People tend to either love or hate Kanye West, but the man has cemented himself a musical genius, a pop culture icon and — whether you like it or not — the loudest voice of our generation. So instead of doing the obligatory year-end-news-is-slow-we're-tired-and-going-on-vacation top 10 list, I have decided to list the top 10 moments in Kanye West for 2009 (And don't miss Kanye West's top moments in photos.)

10. Amber Rose

Rose first appeared on the radar of many hip-hop fans for being the stand-out model in Ludacris' "Want Them Girls Like" video with her bizarrely beautiful blond Caesar. »

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What's On Tonight: Carrie Underwood, Scrubs, Ecw

22 December 2009 9:13 AM, PST | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »

At 7, ReelzChannel has a new Hollywood Dailies with new contributor Richard Roeper. 8, Fox has Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special. Espn has the Maaco Bowl, Byu vs. Oregon State. At 9, ABC has a new Scrubs, then a new Better Off Ted. Discovery has a new Dirty Jobs at 9, followed by a new Ghost Lab. History Channel has two new episodes of How The Earth Was Made. BBC America has a new Britain's Missing Top Model at 9. Comedy Central has four Christmas episodes of South Park starting at 9. At 10, Syfy has a new Ecw. A&E has two new episodes of Paranormal State at 10. Also at 10: HBO has a new Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk shows.

Continue reading What's On Tonight: Carrie Underwood, Scrubs, Ecw

 

Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, »

- Bob Sassone

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How South Park Cured My Christmas Funk

16 December 2009 8:35 PM, PST | thetorchonline | See recent thetorchonline news »

While I'm a Huge fan of those special Halloween episodes of beloved series, I have to confess I don't have the same love towards the Christmas specials. It's not that I have anything against Christmas -- I love Christmas. I'll even admit to getting really excited when I start to see the decorations go up in November. But there's something about Christmas specials that bring out the worst in a lot of shows. I loved Xena, but I can't sit through "A Solstice Carol," and while the "Amends" episode of Buffy was not horrid, it was far from the highlight of that season. But there is one show, a show we'll refer to as fantasy-adjacent, that has always lifted my spirits during Christmas time, and that show is none other than South Park. »

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BBC condemned for pulling ballet featuring pregnant nuns and wild sex

16 December 2009 9:31 AM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »

Ballet by Javier de Frutos received rowdy reception when it premiered on the London stage in October

When Javier de Frutos's dance tribute to the great Russian impresario Diaghilev premiered in London on 13 October, the work – with its deformed pope, pregnant nuns and wild sex – received a mixed reception: walkouts and boos combined with an ecstatic response from its fans.

It was a succès de scandale, recalling the brawls at the premiere of The Rite of Spring in 1913, which Diaghilev famously commissioned. The following day, the BBC announced it would broadcast the piece, along with three other new dance works commissioned by Sadler's Wells in honour of Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes.

But last month it became clear that the BBC had decided pull the transmission of De Frutos's work, set for a pre-watershed slot on Friday on BBC4 – and now de Frutos is hitting back at a decision he »

- Charlotte Higgins

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David Edelstein wants what Panic is smoking.

16 December 2009 1:57 AM, PST | OriginalAlamo.com | See recent AlamoDrafthouseCinema news »

I’m a big fan of David Edelstein.  He’s smart, perceptive and usually steers me in the right direction.  I’m pleased with myself when my personal tastes align with his.  He just posted an article on some of the year-end releases with oscar potential and issued a rave about the Fantastic Fest Audience Award Winner A Town Called Panic:

“The Belgian animated feature, A Town Called Panic, plays as if one day its directors, Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar, smoked very strong hashish and stumbled on a chest of old plastic toys—a little cowboy and an Indian in a headdress, a horse, some cows and pigs and a farmer (and his wife), and piles of other bric-a-brac—and free-associated a demented scenario against cutout scenery about roommates Cowboy and Indian wanting 50 bricks for a barbecue for Horse’s birthday and accidentally ordering 50 million and wrecking their house »

- Tim

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What Do The Golden Globes Mean for Oscar?

15 December 2009 6:32 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

by Erik Childress

Once considered the biggest precursor to predicting the behavior of Academy voters, the Golden Globes (see this year's nominations here) have had to face changing times. With the Oscars moved up in the schedule, ballots are sent in before the 80-some members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association can announce their final selections. The Broadcast Film Critics Association have been trying to nudge them out with their own television party and giving their members as much face time as the celebrities they invite. The Hfpa deserves the edge this year in the hosting department when Ricky Gervais takes the stage, but how do they really measure up in terms of the Oscars over the last decade?

Long before the Bfca were utilizing ten nominees to boost their Best Picture prediction status, the Globes traditionally divided their top prize alongside Actor and Actress into separate Drama and Comedy/Musical categories. »

- Erik Childress

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'Glee,' 'Vampire Diaries' to kick off Paley Festival

15 December 2009 3:00 PM, PST | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »

Gleeks and vamp fans unite!

Fox's four-time Golden Globe-nominated "Glee" and The CW's breakout hit "The Vampire Diaries" are the first two shows to be announced for the William S. Paley Television Festival in the new year.

"Glee" gets the honor of kicking off PaleyFest2010, which runs from Feb. 26 through March 14 at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills. It will be the first public appearance by the cast (other than the limited Comic-Con panel), so fans are encouraged to keep an eye on ticket sales starting Jan. 20.

Generally the evening's festivities begin with watching an episode of the show and then opening up the floor to a fan Q&A. You know, "Glee" cast, it wouldn't hurt to do a teensy little ditty for the fans while you're there. Just sayin'.

So far there are no details exactly which cast members will be on hand for each show.

Check back »

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Check Out 'Crazy Heart,' 'Young Victoria' And 'A Town Called Panic' In This Week's unLimited

15 December 2009 1:00 PM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

With "Avatar" receiving great reviews and topping critics' awards, the 3-D sci-fi blockbuster will be a huge hit with all kinds of moviegoers this weekend, not just the mainstream audiences that typically go for lots of action and special effects. But if you're looking for an alternative, at least until the crowds die down, there are a few smaller movies opening this week that might be of interest. Actually, two of these spotlighted limited release offerings open tomorrow, so you might have time to see them before you have a chance to see James Cameron's latest. And if you're not in one of the cities playing these films this weekend, hopefully they'll garner enough Oscar buzz to warrant a wider release soon enough.

"Crazy Heart"

What it is: Jeff Bridges stars in the drama "Crazy Heart," about a broken-down, alcoholic country singer named Bad Blake, who turns his life »

- Christopher Campbell

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Kanye West Is MTV News' #7 Man Of The Year

15 December 2009 3:50 AM, PST | MTV Music News | See recent MTV Music News news »

Mc started off the year at Obama's youth inaugural ball, but 2009 will be remembered for West's Vma stage-crash.

By James Montgomery

Kanye West

Photo: Daniel Boczarski/ Getty Images/ MTV News

Which stars had the biggest year? All this week, we'll be unveiling our top nine men and women of 2009, counting down to the #1 man and woman on Friday.

7. Kanye West

Last year, Kanye West placed second in our man of the year countdown, after a roller-coaster 12 months filled with just as many highs (headlined Lollapalooza and Bonnaroo, released edgy 808s & Heartbreak) as there were lows (the fact that his headlining slot at Bonnaroo didn't begin until nearly 4:30 a.m., his punch-up with a paparazzo at Lax). This year, he lands at #7, if only because, while his highs were still plenty high, it was his lows — or, really, one low in particular — that most will be talking about for years to come. »

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Kanye West Is MTV News' #7 Man Of The Year

15 December 2009 3:50 AM, PST | MTV Music News | See recent MTV Music News news »

Mc started off the year at Obama's youth inaugural ball, but 2009 will be remembered for West's Vma stage-crash.

By James Montgomery

Kanye West

Photo: Daniel Boczarski/ Getty Images/ MTV News

Which stars had the biggest year? All this week, we'll be unveiling our top nine men and women of 2009, counting down to the #1 man and woman on Friday.

7. Kanye West

Last year, Kanye West placed second in our man of the year countdown, after a roller-coaster 12 months filled with just as many highs (headlined Lollapalooza and Bonnaroo, released edgy 808s & Heartbreak) as there were lows (the fact that his headlining slot at Bonnaroo didn't begin until nearly 4:30 a.m., his punch-up with a paparazzo at Lax). This year, he lands at #7, if only because, while his highs were still plenty high, it was his lows — or, really, one low in particular — that most will be talking about for years to come. »

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Films Of The Decade – Martyn’s List

14 December 2009 5:30 PM, PST | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »

The first decade of the new millennium would see an abundance of cinematic treasures, disasters and all things in between. It was the decade in which the Webbed-Wonder swung through the streets of New York and battled the Green Goblin, Doc-Ock, Sandman and Venom. It would be the decade of torture porn. It would be the decade in which The Matrix sequels thoroughly disappointed. It would be the decade Michael Bay came into his own as the purveyor of crash-bang action flicks and discovered the photogenic quality of Megan Fox’s ass. It would be the decade that many screen icons left us, whilst others were made. It would be the decade that belonged to high school musicals, vampires, wizards, hobbits and superheroes. It would be the decade that saw the return of Indiana Jones and would see the last screen performance of Clint Eastwood. So many films, so many hours. »

- Martyn Conterio

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[Movie Review] Avatar

14 December 2009 3:44 PM, PST | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »

In 1984, James Cameron gave birth to The Terminator, by all accounts a rudimentary action movie that is also responsible for the widespread popularization of the technopocalypse. What is Skynet if not the fearful prophecy that one day technology would be so advanced that humans would struggle to catch up?

But Cameron is not a technophobe himself. Far from it. He's always pushing to improve it, and in Avatar, a dream project 15 years in the making, he's pushed it to a point where he himself struggles to catch up.

While the tools are always adapting, story is an element of filmmaking that has more or less stayed the same. There's part of it that's world-building, requiring a great deal of creativity, and another part that's just telling interesting conflicts, requiring a great deal of judgment.

With the former, Cameron succeeds tremendously. The alien planet of Pandora trumps every sci-fi environment of »

- Arya Ponto

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The 2009 Spike Vga Winners

14 December 2009 9:11 AM, PST | GameRant | See recent GameRant news »

The 2009 Spike Video Game Awards are over with, and we’ve been covering a lot of announcement and trailer information coming out of the show, but in case you missed the actual awards themselves, we haven’t forgotten about you – we’ve put together the official list of 2009 Vga winners in each category (as well as the nominees).

Don’t forget to check out our own 2009 Game of the Year Round-Up for a more extensive discussion on the most critically acclaimed titles of the year.

 

Game of the Year

- Assassin’s Creed 2

- Batman: Arkham Asylum

- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

- Left 4 Dead

– Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Studio of the Year

- Infinity Ward

- Naughty Dog

- Rocksteady Studios

- Valve

Best Independent Game Fueled by Mountain Dew

- ‘Splosion Man

- Flower

- Osmos

- Trials HD

Best Xbox 360 Game

- Batman: Arkham »

- Ben Kendrick

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South Park Season Thirteen Headed to Blu-ray

14 December 2009 8:15 AM, PST | TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news »

The thirteenth season of Comedy Central's South Park has been announced for a simultaneous Blu-ray Disc and DVD debut on March 16.

The release marks the third appearance of South Park on Blu-ray with the first two being comprised of the Bigger, Longer and Uncut film and season twelve. There is no word yet on back seasons making their way to Blu-ray.

Season thirteen on Blu-ray will span three discs and include all 14 episodes in 1.78:1 1080p video and 5.1 Dolby TrueHD audio. Mini-commentaries by show creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone will be included on every episode.

Check back regularly for South Park Season Thirteen high-res cover art and Amazon pre-order information. »

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Susan Boyle Is MTV News' #8 Woman Of The Year

14 December 2009 12:46 AM, PST | MTV Music News | See recent MTV Music News news »

The 47-year-old Scot went from YouTube sensation to major recording artist in 2009.

Susan Boyle

Photo: Charles Eshelman/ FilmMagic / MTV News

Which stars had the biggest year? All this week, we'll be unveiling our top nine men and women of 2009, counting down to the #1 man and woman on Friday.

8. Susan Boyle

In 2009, your favorite YouTube sensation became your mom's favorite recording artist, as Susan Boyle — a frumpy, 47-year-old shut-in from Scotland — became an international megastar, thanks to her prodigious vocal talents, a now-legendary audition on "Britain's Got Talent" and some fabulously erratic behavior. YouTube clips of her performances have racked up more than 100 million views, and her debut album, I Dreamed a Dream, shattered sales records worldwide. She's been parodied on "The Simpsons," "South Park" and "30 Rock," analyzed ad infinitum by journalists and social critics, and adored by millions of fans. Despite all that, she still lives in the same Scottish »

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Live – Updates from the Video Game Awards

12 December 2009 5:29 PM, PST | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »

6:56 Pm Pst – And that concludes it. Again, can’t express how happy I am that Uncharted 2 kicked so much ass. Some big announcements including Halo Reach, Medal of Honor, and Arkham Asylum 2. Aside from Best Voice Actor, you can’t complain much about the winners. Overall, probably the best year in terms of that for the show. It was fun, look forward to next year. In the meantime, here’s the full list of winners. Thank ya, and good night:

Game of the Year – Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Best PS3 Game – Uncharted 2

Best Studio  – Rocksteady Studios

Best Music Game – The Beatles: Rock Band

Best Graphics – Uncharted 2

Best Fighting Game – Street Fighter IV

Best Handheld Game – Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

Best Soundtrack – DJ Hero

Best Xbox 360 Game – Left 4 Dead 2

Best Original Soundtrack – Halo 3: Odst

Best Game Based On A Movie Or TV Show: South Park Let’s »

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Lady Gaga's 'Poker Face' will be Palms Casino's ad campaign

11 December 2009 9:49 AM, PST | Zap2It - The Dish Rag | See recent Zap2It - The Dish Rag news »

Christopher Walken and South Park's Cartman aren't the only ones who love Lady Gaga's 'Poker Face.'

The Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas will use her hit song in their latest ad campaign. 

Which is amusing since we only recently found out that the song is about her fantasizing about having sex with women while making love to her boyfriend.  What happens in Vegas, gets fantasized about?The ad, which finishes with the slogan "Show Us Your Poker Face", focuses on the resort's exciting features, including the Playboy Club and Fantasy Towers.

Palms owner George Maloof said; "We feel that this is a special and unique opportunity to connect the Palms brand with one of the most respected and talented artists of our time."

Respected and talented to be sure. Also controversial. 

On Barbara Walters show this week, Lady admitted she fantasized about women whilst making love to her ex-boyfriend. »

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Review: Avatar World Premiere outshines movie?

11 December 2009 7:18 AM, PST | t5m.com | See recent t5m.com news »

As I walked down the blue carpet, herded away from the celebrities and stars and hustled into the Empire cinema at Leicester Square, I couldn’t help thinking that perhaps the choice of carpet colour was a little inappropriate. It would be like going to see a film about a group of bananas with brains* and arriving by walking over a carpet made out of fruit. To be fair, I was probably alone in missing the fact that the carpet was blue in honour of the skin colour of the alien race at the heart of James Cameron’s Avatar, not because it was made out of said skin. Inside the cinema we were treated to a live broadcast from a breathlessly excited Alex Zane who was working the blue carpet, chatting with various celebrities as they strolled past. This line-up included Simon Pegg, two member of popular music group The Saturdays, »

- Joe West

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Avatar Review

10 December 2009 6:26 PM, PST | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »

[Big thanks to Mike Sizemore for the following review.]

I just got back home from the world premiere of Avatar here in London. It's safe to keep reading. You are entering a spoiler-free zone.

I wasn't expecting much. I attended the 15 minute IMAX preview a few months back and out of context what I saw was pretty. Very pretty. The immersive technology was an obvious step up, but the scenes with the marines came across as just weird on the eye and the sequences with all the alien fauna gave me flashbacks to James Mason clambering through mushrooms forests in Journey to the Centre of the Earth. But what really had me worried was the story.

There's a lot of that same worry online. Avatar is often mentioned in the same breath as Ferngully: The Last Rainforest and Dances with Wolves, and then there was *that* South Park episode. I arrived this evening to a blue carpet event (I »

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