The fall television season may be months away, but executives were hard at work over the last few days, lining up one impressive guest star after another. Courtesy of our friends at TV Fanatic, here’s a rundown of some familiar faces who will be in some very familiar faces come September and October… Justin Hartley will come on board Revenge season 3 as Victoria’s abandoned child. Natalie Zea is set to return as Claire on The Following season 2. Sonya Walger will recur as an architect who works alongside Joel on Parenthood season 5. Giancarlo Esposito will take a break from Revolution to pop up again on an episode of Once Upon a Time season 3 . Kristen Bell will take on Leslie Knope as a Councilwoman from Eagleton on Parks and Recreation season 6. Adam Lambert will appear on Glee Season 5, possibly as the coach of Vocal Adrenaline. Cote de Pablo is out. She will appear on the NCIS Season 11 opener and then depart as Ziva. Lisa Edelstein will be a federal agent on Castle season 6. Summer Glau will portray a shady businesswoman on Arrow season 2 .
Revolution is on the move. Michael J. Fox is on the way. And Community is on the bench… again. NBC has unveiled its 2013-2014 schedule, with a bevy of new shows the network hopes can rescue it from last place. Check out the listings below and visit our friends at TV Fanatic for all your Upfront Presentation news, trailers and scoops throughout the week… MONDAY 8-10 p.m. – “The Voice” 10-11 p.m. – “THE BLACKLIST” (Pictured above) TUESDAY 8-9 p.m. – “The Biggest Loser” (New Day and Time) 9-10 p.m. – “The Voice” (New time) 10-11 p.m. – “Chicago Fire” (New Day and Time) WEDNESDAY 8-9 p.m. – “Revolution” (New Day and Time) 9-10 p.m. – ”Law & Order: SVU” 10-11 p.m. – “IRONSIDE” THURSDAY 8-8:30 p.m. – “Parks and Recreation” (New time) 8:30-9 p.m. – “WELCOME TO THE FAMILY” 9-9:30 p.m. – “SEAN SAVES THE WORLD” 9:30-10 p.m. – “THE MICHAEL J. FOX SHOW” 10-11 p.m. – “Parenthood” (New Day and Time) FRIDAY 8-9 p.m. – “Dateline NBC” 9-10 p.m. – “Grimm” 10-11 p.m. – “DRACULA” SUNDAY 7:00-8:15 p.m. – “Football Night in America” 8:15-11:30 p.m. – “NBC Sunday Night Football” NBC MIDSEASON 2013-14 SCHEDULE (New programs in UPPER CASE; all times EST) MONDAY 8-10 p.m. – “The Voice” 10-11 p.m. – “THE BLACKLIST” TUESDAY 8-9 p.m. – “The Voice” 9-9:30 p.m. – “ABOUT A BOY” 9:30-10 p.m. – “THE FAMILY GUIDE” 10-11 p.m. – “Chicago Fire” WEDNESDAY 8-9 p.m. – “Revolution” 9-10 p.m. – ”Law & Order: SVU” 10-11 p.m. – “IRONSIDE” THURSDAY 8-8:30 p.m. – “Parks and Recreation” 8:30-9 p.m. – “WELCOME TO THE FAMILY” 9-9:30 p.m. – “SEAN SAVES THE WORLD” 9:30-10 p.m. – “THE MICHAEL J. FOX SHOW” 10-11 p.m. – “Parenthood” FRIDAY 8-9 p.m. – “Dateline NBC” 9-10 p.m. – “Grimm” 10-11 p.m. – “CROSSBONES” SUNDAY 7-8 p.m. – “Dateline NBC” 8-9 p.m. – “AMERICAN DREAM BUILDERS” 9-10 p.m. – “BELIEVE” 10-11 p.m. – “CRISIS”
He’s known for his sense of humor, but Andy Samberg is officially as serious as can be about Joanna Newsom. He’s engaged to his girlfriend of five years! Details on the proposal are scarce, but an insider tells Us Weekly that Samberg was smitten with the singer-songwriter before the two even met. “He liked her music and would go to her shows,” the friend told the tabloid . “He had the biggest crush on her.” Samberg left Saturday Night Live last year and will star as a detective opposite Andre Braughter in an upcoming Fox comedy written by Parks and Recreation duo Dan Goor and Mike Schur. We send our best to this happy couple!
I’ve noted this a few times now, but of all the jokes that Tina Fey and Amy Poehler told during their killer Golden Globes performance , the one that resonated most with me was their jab at Avatar director James Cameron : “I haven’t been following the controversy surrounding Zero Dark Thirty , ” Poehler said name-checking director Kathryn Bigelow . “But when it comes to torture, I trust the woman who spent three years married to James Cameron.” I loved the joke because it was daring — a tough one to pull off in an industry crowd that tends to protect its own even when they may despise that person behind his back. ( Jessica Chastain’s televised gasp said volumes.) Poehler pulled it off beautifully and, in an interview that was posted on Friday in The Huffington Post , she finally revealed the author of the joke. The Parks and Recreation actress and her series co-star and Adam Scott t alked to the site about the movie that they premiered at Sundance, A.C.O.D ., which stands for Adult Children of Divorce, and in the process, Poehler revealed that the Cameron line was the work of 30 Rock writer Sam Means . Here’s the excerpt that appears on HuffPo. You did a great job co-hosting the Golden Globes. Scott: Didn’t she? Poehler: Thank you. I do feel that you may have been taken off the short list for “Avatar 2.” Poehler: [Laughs.] Perhaps! Perhaps. Not just with the James Cameron joke, but anytime you do a joke like that, can there be repercussion? Or do people take that in stride? Poehler: I hope so. There was nothing in that moment that we walked away from feeling bad about. There was never a moment that we walked away going, “Was that too … ” You know, we vetted our own jokes with each other. Tina and I have had a lot of experience doing those kind of jokes, so we know when things feel too “something.” That room was a special kind of room, so we had to think about how to play to that room. So, we didn’t regret anything that we had said or felt like we were coming in a weird way. And if it’s funny, you can get away with a lot, hopefully. Scott: And I was saying before, James Cameron … even he has to appreciate what a beautifully crafted joke that was. Poehler: Written by a gentleman named Sam Means — a writer for “30 Rock.” He wrote that joke. I’m assuming there was no hesitation when you heard that joke. Poehler: Oh, no. It’s a great joke. Good work, Mr. Means. Now, if you happen to notice a non-descript black van following you, here’s a little advice: run. Read More of Movieline’s Golden Globes Coverage: Do The Tommy Lee Jones! 5 Top Golden Globe Moments WATCH: The Best Of Tina Fey & Amy Poehler’s Golden Globes Performance [ Huffington Post ] Follow Frank DiGiacomo on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.
Since Amy Poehler#39;s Parks and Recreation character couldn#39;t make a kiss with Vice President Joe Biden happen, she settled for the next best thing: David Letterman? On Tuesday night#39;s Late Show, the program#39;s host moved a bit closer to the Parks and Recreation star just as he was about to roll a clip from Poehler#39;s sitcom. “Oh, I thought you were going to go in for a kiss,” the comic actress remarked. Then, without missing a beat, Letterman proceeded to grab Poehler by the arm
Kristen Stewart stunned on the AFI Fest red carpet Saturday night, where she met up with On The Road co-stars Garrett Hedlund and Amy Adams along with director Walter Salles and the OTR crew before the film’s North American premiere. Get photos of Stewart, Hedlund, Adams & co. — along with Parks and Recreation ‘s Nick Offerman, who showed up in support of his AFI Fest pic Somebody Up There Likes Me — in Movieline’s hi-res gallery! Click images for more . Also walking the AFI Fest red carpet that night were filmmaker Michel Franco and actress Tessa Ia, whose bullying drama After Lucia is Mexico’s Best Foreign Oscar entry. Get more photos from AFI Fest 2012. Follow Jen Yamato on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
This doesn’t look like the Rashida Jones I am used to. You know the Harvard graduate, daughter of Peggy Lipton and Quincy Jones, Star of I Love you Man….Our Idiot Brother and all movies with that Segal motherfucker….she’s also on Parks and Recreation, something I’ve never seen but know that people like…..because Americans are retards and embrace, worship, trust and get controlled by all things that are on the TV because that is what is there for…. Either way, I’ve never found her hot, but for some reason this photoshoot, puts her 40 year old black/jewish rich kid face into a whole new light…one I can masturbate to…
‘Her songs are so iconic that people use them as shorthand,’ expert tells MTV News about late singer’s tunes being all over pop culture. By Kara Warner Donna Summer Photo: Fotos International/Getty Images The news of Donna Summer’s untimely passing Thursday (May 17) weighed heavily on all those who knew and loved the undisputed Queen of Disco. Despite the fact that “disco fever” lived and basically died in the 1970s, Summer’s music continues to live on. Her many unforgettable hits like “Last Dance,” “Love to Love You Baby” and “She Works Hard for the Money” transcended genres and left an indelible mark on all pop culture , from the music charts to television and film. A quick perusal of Summer’s eclectic IMDb page demonstrates the fact that her music is the go-to for filmmakers and show-runners looking for that perfect dance number in their TV show or film. “Her songs are so iconic that people use them as shorthand either to convey disco or those songs lend themselves to montage-type stuff,” Entertainment Weekly music editor Leah Greenblatt told MTV News. ” ‘She Works Hard for the Money’ is always used for when a lady is going about her business. Songs like ‘Love to Love You’ and ‘I Feel Love’ are almost like a ‘bow-chicka-bow-wow,’ in that they always convey sex, whether that’s in an ironic way or in a real way.” Two relatively recent comedic examples include the memorable love scene/orgy in “Zoolander” set to “Love to Love You” and Cameron Diaz’s group dance number in “Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle,” set to “Last Dance.” “A lot of her songs were almost cinematic in the way that their lyrics and music were arranged,” Greenblatt said of the repeated use of Summer’s songs for television and film. “A lot of [scenes] can go out or end on ‘Last Dance.’ ‘She Works Hard for the Money’ is all about when a woman has to go out and earn in a movie; it’s the perfect music cue. And when someone is having a threesome with a Sherpa [like in ‘Zoolander’], her music was so great for that.” Greenblatt went on to say that Summer’s songs will continue to provide the soundtrack to key moments in our lives. For photos of Donna Summer through the years, click here. “There was a time when disco was really derided and dismissed, but it would be really hard to find a person over 25 or 30 who doesn’t have these songs as part of their DNA. Whether or not you liked disco, it’s really hard to deny her voice and her talent,” she said. “Her music stands out because she was such a great singer and because a lot of her songs were about emotions too. You can really feel in her voice that she means it. “Also, how many artists have music that has been featured on ‘Sex and the City,’ ‘Parks and Recreation’ and in ‘Frost/Nixon’?” Greenblatt added. “For whatever reason, comedians love to use her too. There’s the campy tributes but also a sincere love for her. And anytime anyone takes their clothes off [in TV or film], someone has got to play ‘Hot Stuff.’ ” Share your condolences for Donna Summer’s friends, family and fans in the comments or on Facebook . Related Videos Donna Summer: 1948 – 2012 Related Photos Donna Summer: The Queen Of Disco Related Artists Donna Summer
Anyone who’s ever seen or used a rabbit vibrator can attest to the device’s utter adorableness as a totem. Whoever designed this miraculous pink rubbery thing, with its Peter Cottontail-worthy quivering ears, probably thought, Why does a vibrator have to be ugly? Why not make it cute? Tanya Wexler may have had the same idea when she was making Hysteria , a romantic comedy and highly fictionalized history of the vibrator. The picture is, in places, too adorable for words, and when it’s not adorable, it suffers from an excess of neo-suffragette preachiness. But the picture is at least spirited, a jaunty trifle that’s low on eroticism but high on cartoony coquettishness. Like the little motorized whatsit that is its subject, it does have its charms. The picture is set in Victorian London, a time and place where the women’s ailment known as hysteria — caused, allegedly, by an overactive uterus — was treated by some rather, um, direct and interesting methods. (According to the movie, they involve two kinds of oil and a doctor’s fingers.) Hugh Dancy plays Mortimer Granville, a physician who, unlike his whiskery colleagues, keeps up with all the latest developments in modern medicine — he’s hip to the idea of germs while all the other docs are still hung up on leeches. Because of his radical beliefs in these invisible microscopic destroyers, no hospital will have him, and he feels lucky to land a job in the office of one Dr. Robert Dalrymple (Jonathan Pryce), who specializes in de-overactivating the uteruses of his patients. “It’s the plague of our time!” he tells his young colleague. “Half the women in London are afflicted!” Only half? Anyway, many of the afflicted make their way to the good doctor’s office, including an opera singer who’s too sad to sing (Kim Criswell) and a minxlike sexagenarian (Georgie Glen), all clamoring for treatment. In fact, handsome young Dr. Granville attracts so many new patients that he begins suffering desperately from hand cramps. Luckily, his closest friend, a layabout aristocrat played by a marvelously louche Rupert Everett, has invented an electric feather duster that, with a few tweaks, actually serves as a handy hysteria treatment device. The thing catches on like wildfire, and everybody’s happy. Well, not quite. There’s plenty of trouble in Dr. Granville’s paradise, mostly in the love department: He thinks he’s attracted to Dr. Dalrymple’s brainy but meek daughter Emily (Felicity Jones), but his real match is her sister, headstrong Charlotte (Maggie Gyllenhaal), who works with the poor and has some very progressive ideas about the equality of women, which she spouts freely at every turn. The script, by Stephen and Jonah Lisa Dyer, give Charlotte’s ideas free rein, and enough is enough already. Their grinding insistence only weighs the movie down, preventing it from getting on with the business of getting it on. But Wexler — director of two previous features, Ball in the House and Finding North — strives to keep things buoyant, and her efforts mostly pay off. Gyllenhaal’s presence helps — with that bright, expressive, acorn-shaped face, she carries on valiantly, despite the pedantic nature of the material. The movie’s offhand moments are the most fun, as when the two doctors, plus Everett, try the device on their first patient: They put a drape across her legs and don swimming goggles, peering expectantly into the abyss before — huzzah! — achieving victory. Hysteria is most delightful when it slips into its naughtiest groove and just purrs. Editor’s note: Portions of this review appeared earlier, in a different form, in Stephanie Zacharek’s Toronto Film Festival coverage . Follow Stephanie Zacharek on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
Also in Thursday morning’s round of Biz Break: Philip Seymour Hoffman is in the running for a spy thriller, The Dictator comes under fire as a modern-day minstrel show, and more… Cannes: First Saudi Feature Nears Completion Wadjda , the first feature-length film ever shot in Saudi Arabia, has completed principal photography in Riyadh, the Cannes Market News reports. Written and directed by the country’s first female filmmaker Haifaa al-Mansour, Wadjda revolves around an 11-year-old girl growing up in the capital’s suburbs who challenges the restrictions of Saudi Arabia’s traditional society in order to own and ride a green bicycle. Al Mansour previously directed three short films. The Match Factory is set to begin pre-sales of this Razor Film production. Eli Roth’s Latest Horror The Green Inferno Gets Green Light New York-based Worldview Entertainment will finance and produce the latest from the horror maestro behind Hostel ; details on the story are being kept under wraps. Production will begin in this fall in Peru and Chile from a script co-written by Roth and Aftershock co-writer Guillermo Amoedo from an original story by Roth. Phase 4 Nabs Rights to See Girl Run Starring Robin Tunney ( The Mentalist ) and Adam Scott ( Parks and Recreation ), the film centers on what happens when a 30-something woman allows life’s “what ifs” to overwhelm her. Disregarding her current obligations, she digs into her romantic past in hopes of invigorating her present. Phase 4 Films will distribute the film by writer/director Nate Meyer in North America. Around the ‘net… Cannes: Distributors to Watch Buying in Cannes has already been underway even before Wednesday’s opener Moonrise Kingdom . Deadline offers up its distributors to watch at the festival including some usuals: The Weinstein Company, Lionsgate, Sony Pictures Classics, FilmDistrict and LD Distribution. Philip Seymour Hoffman Set for A Most Wanted Man The actor appears to be headed to star in the Anton Corbijn-directed adaptation of the John Le Carre spy thriller of the same title, Deadline reports . Cannes: Buyers Get Early Jump into the Fray On Tuesday, two key deals were announced for IM Global and Alliance Films’ Ends of the Earth , with CBS Films taking domestic rights and Sony Pictures Acquisitions buying rights to multiple international territories. The film uses both found footage and narrative to tell the story about two best friends traveling through Europe and encounter life-altering “impossible phenomenon,” THR reports . The Dictator Gets Arab-American Criticism Sacha Baron Cohen has come under fire from an Arab-American group that says his portrayal of the Wadiyan leader Aladeen reinforces negative stereotypes about their community at a time when prejudice towards US citizens of Middle Eastern origin has never been more prevalent, The Guardian reports .
