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Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke will keep the trains running on time for Hell on Wheels: She is directing an episode of the 1860s-set AMC western that centers on the building of the first transcontinental railroad, EW has learned. READ FULL STORY »
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Cougar Town not only has a new network, it has a new showrunner to match.
Ric Swartzlander (Gary Unmarried) has signed on as an executive producer and will oversee the cul-de-sac comedy in its fourth season — and first on TBS. The news comes on the heels of series co-creator/exec producer Bill Lawrence’s confirmation that he and co-creator Kevin Biegel were no longer planning to run the series, which aired for three seasons on ABC. Lawrence, who’s married to Cougar Town star Christa Miller, assured fans on Twitter last week that he and Biegel weren’t fully letting go of their Big Carls, quipping: “My wife is on the show — you think she’ll let me disappear? Please.” Lawrence will serve as an executive producer and executive consultant on Cougar Town while developing new projects for Warner Bros. TV, with whom he signed a deal last year. Biegel will act as consulting producer. Swartzlander’s other credits include Samantha Who? and 8 Simple Rules.
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You might to want to remove those earmuffs to hear this news: The cast of Old School will reunite for one night only. Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Luke Wilson, and director Todd Phillips are slated to be inducted into the Guy Movie Hall of Fame at the June 2 filming of Spike TV’s Guys Choice event, EW has learned. (Fast Times at Ridgemont High was honored at last year’s ceremony, while the three previous inductees were GoodFellas, Fight Club, and Swingers.) READ FULL STORY »
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Simpsons fans who have been awaiting the show’s return to the big screen, you may now let out a short, silent “Woo Hoo!”: A four-and-a-half-minute dialogue-free film, titled The Longest Daycare, will be shown before Ice Age: Continental Drift when that movie hits theaters on July 13. (There’s a little history between these two Fox franchises: The trailer for 2007′s The Simpsons Movie was stealthily placed before Ice Age: The Meltdown.)
Teased at the end of the season 23 finale on Sunday, the short marks The Simpsons’ first 3-D adventure (not counting the exploits of “3-D Homer” in Treehouse of Horror VI). ”[Executive producer] Jim Brooks thought we should do an animated short — a la the ones Pixar does before their features, a la the cartoons you used to see in the theater years ago — as a fun thing to give our fans,” executive producer Al Jean tells EW. “We just wanted to do this as a way of saying, ‘We appreciate how much people have stayed with the show and watched it for 25 years.”
Another year of graduating students tumbling off stages and clueless dudes suffering direct hits to the head/gut/groin wraps up on Sunday as America’s Funniest Home Videos unspools its season finale. But before ABC’s AFV can take a summer break (it’s not goodbye, really — just a chance to gather more footage of people slipping on a diving board), one of the three $100,000-winning clips from season 22 must claim the grand prize: a Disney Vacation Club membership. Can’t remember which three videos are vying for the crown? We’ve packaged them below for your review/amusement. Watch right now, and then take a moment to vote in our poll for the one that resulted in the reddest marks on your knees — you know, from all of the slapping. READ FULL STORY »
Lady Gaga is coming to Springfield this Sunday? To paraphrase Mr. Burns: “Eggcellent!”
Seriously, she’s bringing the egg (er, vessel) — along with 18 different costumes and who knows what else — to the season finale of Fox’s The Simpsons. How exactly does the monster pop star wind up in town? When Lisa’s scheme to boost her popularity at school goes horribly wrong, Gaga, who happens to be chugging past Springfield on the Gaga Express, magically intuits that her help is needed. She’s determined to cheer up Lisa — and the rest of Springfield — by all means necessary, including through song and flash mob. In this clip from the episode, you will see that Lisa isn’t exactly going gaga for Gaga, and that hurts Gaga’s feelings. And when Gaga’s feelings get hurt, something priceless happens.
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ABC is taking it to the Max: The network has renewed Happy Endings for a full season of 22 episodes!
The off-kilter comedy about six friends in Chicago, which built buzz and broke out to a wider audience in season 2 (airing in the post-Modern Family slot), was expected to received a third-season order.
The network has also picked up its flagship comedy Modern Family as well as The Middle, and Suburgatory. There is no word yet on Tim Allen’s Last Man Standing.
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[SPOILER ALERT: Do not read the following story about Parks and Recreation's season finale, "Win, Lose, or Draw," until you watch the episode. Seriously. That would be such a Jerry thing to do.] READ FULL STORY »
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It’s D-Day. Or rather, E-Day. Will the citizens of Pawnee reward Leslie Knope’s hard work with a plush city council seat on election day, or will they force her to sit on a metaphorical whoopee cushion? We shall find out tonight on “Win, Lose, or Draw,” the season finale of Parks and Recreation (NBC, 9:30 p.m.). ”What’s nice about this episode is that it’s not just about Leslie’s election,” notes Parks executive producer Michael Schur. “Every character has an emotional situation that they’re dealing with. You won’t be disappointed if you’re looking for that kind of story line. Also, Jean-Ralphio (Ben Schwartz) is in it. So if you’re looking for something else, we have something for you too.”
Schur provided EW with nine other hints about the finale, which you can read below: READ FULL STORY »
It’s been a challenging year for the folks at Dunder-Mifflin, and tomorrow on the season finale of The Office (NBC, 9 p.m.), they will weather more corporate upheaval as the enigmatic boss Robert California (James Spader) bids farewell. But there is a certain man who’s desperate to be welcomed back into the paper fold, and that certain man is… nope, not Michael Scott, keep guessing…. yes, it’s the exiled Andy (Ed Helms)! Can he work his way up from the very bottom? He’s sure as heck going to put on a janitor’s outfit and try, as you will see in this scene from the episode. READ FULL STORY »
The season 4 finale of Parks and Recreation promises to answer the question: Will Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) win the city council election? But that’s not the only one tackled in the episode. It seems that April (Aubrey Plaza) may have just screwed up royally by deleting all files from the Parks Department. Can her man, Andy (Chris Pratt), help her out of this electronic jam and save the day? READ FULL STORY »
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And there’s your fashionable answer. It appears that the already-animated pop star will lose little in translation to cartoon, sporting a seafoam-and-white punky dress accented with a tiara and platform shoes. Behold the cool-as-ice queen! READ FULL STORY »
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The Black Keys are about to tighten up their acting resumes: Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney will guest-star in an episode of Comedy Central’s Workaholics, EW has learned. In the episode that will likely air in early summer, Adam (Adam Devine), Ders (Anders Holm) and Blake (Blake Anderson) sue their co-worker Montez (Erik Griffin) after he sells them a defective hovercraft. While in small claims court, the guys cross paths with two dirtbags, played by Auerbach and Carney, who are waiting for their own case to be heard. It should be noted that the duo will be sporting oddly long ponytails. READ FULL STORY »
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