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Written on January 27, 2010 – 5:22 pm | by Seth Quillen |Super Bowl Commercials 2012
The Super Bowl has finally arrived and it’s time to celebrate with some of the best commercials of Super Bowl 2012 or Super Bowl 46 if you’re counting. BTW, if you pay real close attention between commercials, you’ll notice that there is a game called football going on as well. The game uses an odd [...]
The Office Spinoff: Dwight Schrute Beet Farms B&B
Looks like NBC’s The Office is falling apart. Last year Steve Carell left the show and now with the increased movie roles of Ed Helms, John Krasinski and producer/actor Mindy Kaling (Kelly Kapoor), it seems like it’s all unraveling. The Office did a lot of meddling this year to fill the void left by Carell, [...]
‘Star Wars’ Super Bowl Commercial ‘The Dog Strikes Back’
Volkswagen has released a sequel of sorts to last years Star Wars ad that featured a youngster learning the ways of the force. The new ad features and overweight dog exercising so it can escape the confines of it’s home through a doggie door. The minute-long spot is titled The Dog Strikes Back and just [...]
Jerry Seinfeld Super Bowl Ad for Acura
Seinfeld takes his stab at a Super Bowl commercial. My favorite part is the quick visit from The Soup Nazi. I love Seinfeld, I may be the biggest fan out there and the ad is good but it didn’t quite hit the height that it could have been. However, I do love the Newman style [...]
Ferris Bueller’s Super Bowl Commercial: Matthew’s Day Off
Matthew Broderick reprises his Ferris Bueller’s Day Off role for Honda in the Matthew’s Day Off Super Bowl commercial. There’s some serious 80s nostalgia going on here. It’s pretty much a greatest hits of the John Hughes 1986 classic film and I like it! From Honda: To celebrate the launch of the all-new 2012 CR-V, Honda [...]
SAG 2012 Award Winners
Here are the winners of the 18th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Supporting Role Nick Nolte, Warrior Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn Armie Hammer, J. Edgar Jonah Hill, Moneyball Christopher Plummer, Beginners – WINNER Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Supporting Role Octavia Spencer, [...]
Trailer: ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 2
Here is the first official trailer from HBO for Game of Thrones Season 2. As a reminder the fantasy television show is based on the book series “A Song of Ice and Fire,” by George R.R. Martin. The second season of thrones looks just a unruly as the first.
IMDb Top 10 Stars of the Last 10 Years
IMDb, The Earth’s Biggest Movie Database, has released the site’s top 10 most-viewed actors, movies and TV shows during the past decade as part of a 10th anniversary celebration of its industry database IMBb Pro. No real surprises here (except for Donnie Darko) but it’s pretty cool to see exactly what people have been looking [...]
‘Star Wars’ Barking Dogs For Volkswagen Super Bowl Ad
Apparently Volkswagen believes in the theory of not messing with a good thing. Last year the car company hit paydirt with their Super Bowl Star Wars commercial “The Force” which as of now has more than 48 million views on YouTube. This year VW is back with another Star Wars themed ad. This time to [...]
Puppy Bowl 2012 Starting Line Up Announced
Super Bowl 2012 Commercials The New York Giants will battle it out against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI. The 46th Super Bowl will take place on February 5th, 2012. Kickoff time is scheduled for 6:30 pm EST. But who cares, right? I know what you guys want to know about is who’s [...]
‘Cougar Town’ Returns in the wake of cancelled ‘Work It’
The long time absent, Cougar Town is finally set to return to your TVs this Valentines day. According to TVLine, C-Town will take the slot recently vacated by the cross-dressing debacle known as Work It. The ABC comedy Work It only aired two episodes before it got the ax. Ouch! But back to the Cougars, [...]
2012 Golden Globe Winners
The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards are tonight and nobady thought the Hollywood Foreign Press Association would invite Ricky Gervais for a third outing, but they did. Gervais roasts Hollywood stars better and smarter than anyone currently performing and we love hime for it. Honestly, I’m more excited about Gervais than who actually wins the [...]
New Preview For ‘An Idiot Abroad 2: The Bucket List’
Here’s a new clips of upcoming second season of An Idiot Abroad 2: The Bucket List. The series follows Ricky Gervais’ friend Karl Pilkington around the world doing ridiculous and dangerous tasks for Gervais’ entertainment. This is one of the best travelogues on television. I put it right up there with Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations and the Layover, [...]
Dog Awards To Honor Top Canine Actors in Film and TV
Dog News Daily, the pet industry’s leading digital media and marketing company, just announced the 1st Annual Golden Collar Awards for Best Achievement in Acting by Dogs in Film during 2011. Well known dog-loving, entertainment industry judges include Linda Bell Blue, Executive Producer of Entertainment Tonight, Claudia Puig, Film Critic, USA TODAY, and Neil Stiles, [...]
People’s Choice Awards: The Winners
Kaley Cuoco hosted the the 38th annual People’s Choice Awards tonight on CBS. A lot of awards were acceptance speeches were given in the pretty boring show. Bring on the Golden Globes!! Bring on Ricky Gervais!!! Katy Perry was the big winner of the night, picking up five out of the six awards she was [...]
Paul Rudd To Play Leslie Knope’s Nemesis on ‘Parks and Rec’
After months of speculation, it’s finally been revealed that Paul Rudd will play Leslie Knope’s polical nemesis on Parks and Recreation. The I Love You, Man star will play campaign rival to Amy Poehler’s Knope character. Vulture is reporting that, “Nobody from the show or NBC would confirm the casting, but our industry sources say Rudd [...]
New Celebs Announced For ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ 2012
From the biggest press release in the history of the known universe, Donald Trump announced the new contestants in this season of Celebrity Apprentice. They got a pretty good set of celebs this season, well at least you might recognize some of them. The men are: late-night legend Arsenio Hall, pop star Clay Aiken, radio [...]
New Spot For ‘Life’s Too Short’ From Gervais, Merchant and Davis
Here’s a new spot from HBO for their upcoming series Life’s Too Short. The comedy reunites Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Warwick Davis in a series similar to Extras where all the stars play distorted versions of themselves. Gervais is the mastermind behind such great comedy fair as the original and British version of The [...]
Super Bowl To Be Streamed Live for the First Time
For the first time, Super Bowl, Pro Bowl and NBC’s Wild Card Saturday doubleheader will be available to fans on television, online and on select mobile phones, the NFL announced today. NBC’s postseason games will be broadcast on NBC as well as streamed live on NFL.com and NBCSports.com, and will be available on NFL Mobile [...]
SAG Awards Nominations 2012
LOS ANGELES (Dec. 14, 2011)—Nominees for the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® for outstanding performances in 2011 in five film and eight primetime television categories and for the SAG honors for outstanding action performances by film and television stunt ensembles were announced this morning in Los Angeles at the Pacific Design Center’s SilverScreen Theater [...]
Glenn Beck’s GBTV Launches Reality Show ‘Independence U.S.A.’
Glenn Beck, Radio Show Host and former television star is jumping into the Reality Show business. Beck, the conservative and constant self-promoter is launching his first reality show to his online only network GBTV this January. The new show titled Independence U.S.A., follows Frank Belcastro and his family as they try and become completely independent and [...]
‘Glee’ to Celebrate Michael Jackson in Tribute Episode
For all you Gleeks out there that didn’t get enough Michael Jackson from the Thriller mash-up in last year’s Glee special that aired after the Super Bowl, you’re in luck. Michael Jackson is getting the full Glee makeover in an upcoming episode. Glee has a history of themed episodes, they’ve already featured episodes full of songs [...]
Madonna To Perform at Super Bowl Halftime Show 2012
The NFL and NBC have confirmed that Madonna will be performing in this years Super Bowl Halftime Show. Looks like the NFL is getting there confidence back. This is the most controversial star to grace the show since Janet Jackson’s infamous Wardrobe Malfunction. I really hope Madonna doesn’t do anything too crazy or we’re be [...]
Adweek Top 10 Best Commercials of 2011
Adweek has just released it’s annual list of the best commercials for 2011. They combed through the Super Bowl XLV and beyond to find The 10 Best Commercials of 2011. Business’ among the best of the year are car companies Chrysler, Volkswagen and Nissan, Snickers, British dairy company Cravendale and Google Chrome. There’s a lot of [...]
Get Ready For A Political “Jersey Shore”
The man responsible for the Jersey Shore cast is looking for people between the ages of 21 to 35 to get together and fight about politics. A notification for the casting listed on partypoliticscasting.com reads, Doron Ofir Casting in association with a major cable network is looking for the political activists with the personalities that [...]
Ricky Gervais To Host Golden Globes A Third Time
After Ricky Gervais (Creater of BBC’s The Office, Extras and the upcoming Life’s Too Short) eviscerated the elite movie and TV stars at last years Golden Globes Awards no one thought he would be ever welcomed back or even allowed in a room with anyone vaguely resembling celebrity again. But sometimes you’ve just got to give [...]
MTV To Air ‘Teen Wolf’ Marathon on Halloween
HALLOWEEN IS ABOUT TO GET EVEN SCARIER THIS YEAR, WHEN MTV Airs a Special Marathon of “Teen Wolf” ON OCTOBER 31 Season One of “Teen Wolf” Will Air From 9:00 a.m. Till 9:00 p.m. ET/PT Halloween Day on MTV New York, NY (October 28, 2011) — Forget the candy, MTV is the place for the [...]
You Can Do What You Want To Do – ‘In Living Color’ Returning to Fox
The show that gave us Jim Carrey, Jamie Foxx, Damon Wayans David Alan Grier and Jennifer Lopez and her flygirls is returning to celebrate Fox’s 25th anniversary. Fox has ordered two In Living Color half-hour specials to air mid-season, to help with the celebration, with a series option behind them, so if it’s a succes [...]
David Goyer To Write ‘Da Vinci’s Demons’ For Starz
Los Angeles, Calif. – October 25, 2011 – Starz Entertainment has green-lit a new original adventure series titled “Da Vinci’s Demons,” developed and produced by BBC Worldwide Productions. This is the first project to enter production under the multi-year agreement Starz signed with BBC Worldwide Productions earlier this summer. The series was jointly announced today [...]
The complete Winners List of Emmys 2011
Here are the winners of the 2011 Emmys, hosted by Glee’s Jane Lynch. Outstanding comedy series: Modern Family Outstanding drama series: Mad Men Outstanding miniseries or movie: Downton Abbey Outstanding lead actress, miniseries or movie: Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce Outstanding supporting actor in a miniseries or movie: Guy Pearce, Mildred Pierce Outstanding directing for a [...]


