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Dancing with the Stars Elimination: Bomb Drop!

Dancing with the Stars ‘s first elimination is always such a divine embarrassment. What compares to the moment when an oiled-up pseudo-celeb stands under a spotlight, congratulates himself on his “spirited” cha-cha-cha, and listens just long enough to hear Tom Bergeron fire his ass? Well, I enjoyed it. Now that the first loser has been declared, let’s re-watch his/her routine once more and figure out where it went wrong.

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Dancing with the Stars Elimination: Bomb Drop!

REVIEW: Howl Gives Allen Ginsberg’s Funky Genius the Collage Treatment

Filmmakers feel an understandable urge to rise to the occasion when committing the lives of ’60s saints and mold-busting mavericks like Bob Dylan and Allen Ginsberg to the screen. Dylan got Todd Haynes’s 2007 deconstruction of the biopic, I’m Not There (in which David Cross appears as Ginsburg in an indelible cameo). And now Ginsberg is the subject of Howl , a collagist treatment of his creation myth. Directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman began their account of the conception of Ginsburg’s titular declamatory opus and the 1957 obscenity trial that followed its publication as a straight documentary. After roughing out the usual talking heads and archival footage, it became clear to the directors of The Times of Harvey Milk (Epstein only) and The Celluloid Closet that the best way to honor their subject was to get a little funky.

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REVIEW: Howl Gives Allen Ginsberg’s Funky Genius the Collage Treatment

Sarah Drew on the Secret of the Grey’s Anatomy Set, Glee and the Status of Mad Men’s Sal Romano

Even if you don’t know Sarah Drew, you know Sarah Drew. With appearances on Mad Men , Castle , Private Practice , Glee and many other top series over the course of the last few years, it’s no wonder Drew describes herself as a “Guest Star Queen.” That’s about to change though: With her regular role on Grey’s Anatomy — itself which started as a guest appearance — Drew is ready to take the next step in her career.

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Sarah Drew on the Secret of the Grey’s Anatomy Set, Glee and the Status of Mad Men’s Sal Romano

Dustin Lance Black on What’s Wrong With Virginia, Mormon Underwear and Polarizing Toronto

Despite the most spirited endorsement of yours truly, Dustin Lance Black’s directorial debut What’s Wrong With Virginia hasn’t found the warmest reaction this week at the Toronto Film Festival. This has been a bit confounding to Black, whose follow-up to his Oscar-winning screenplay for Milk tells the wild tale of mentally ill Virginia (Jennifer Connelly), her teenage son (Harrison Gilbertson), her Mormon sheriff/Senate candidate paramour Dick Tipton (Ed Harris), and the small-town cauldron of love, sex, longing, desperation and hypocrisy from which each attempts to climb on the way to a bigger, better life. Whatever that is — each has a different conception, as does Black himself, who today spoke with Movieline about the Canadian cold front and what isn’t as wrong with Virginia as some might think.

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Dustin Lance Black on What’s Wrong With Virginia, Mormon Underwear and Polarizing Toronto

Late Night Highlights: Stephen Colbert Celebrates the Troops, Chelsea Handler Disses Jay Leno

On last night’s very special Colbert Report , Vice President Joe Biden and Stephen Colbert served hot dogs, beer and green grass to the returning troops. Elsewhere, Chelsea Handler ripped on her old friend Jay Leno, Julianna Margulies shared her commencement secrets and James Lipton earned $4 from Craig Ferguson the hard way.

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Late Night Highlights: Stephen Colbert Celebrates the Troops, Chelsea Handler Disses Jay Leno

Adam Brody on The Romantics, the Agony of Jennifer’s Body and the Ecstasy of Scream 4

Adam Brody showed up for our interview toting an old-model Nikon camera and some heady memories of his time on the set of The Romantics , a sprawling ensemble dramedy about marriage, unmarriage, post-college malaise and the families we make of our friends. Starring as Jake, the engaged would-be novelist who may or may not catch the cold-feet bug going around his pal Tom’s (Josh Duhamel) wedding (time alone in an attic with Malin Åkerman would do that to anyone, let’s be honest), Brody brings his customary wry deadpan to the subject of fading ambition. He elaborated on this and other topics — including the “surreal” qualities of Scream 4 and the failure of last year’s Jennifer’s Body — this week in New York.

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Adam Brody on The Romantics, the Agony of Jennifer’s Body and the Ecstasy of Scream 4

Emma Roberts and Directors Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden on It’s Kind of a Funny Story’s Unexpected Uplift

It’s only a few days until this Saturday’s Toronto Film Festival premiere of It’s Kind of a Funny Story , and already, something feels very different for filmmakers Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden. It isn’t just the assurance that Focus Features will release the film in theaters October 8 — as Boden puts it, “It’s nice to be able to go to a festival and enjoy the response to the film without that added pressure of having to sell it” — but the realization that after making very challenging, independent movies like Half Nelson and Sugar , Boden and Fleck have turned in a third feature that could finally be their mainstream crowd-pleaser.

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Emma Roberts and Directors Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden on It’s Kind of a Funny Story’s Unexpected Uplift

Glee’s Jayma Mays on Working with ‘The Stamos’ and Upcoming Musical Moments

Glee may not have taken home the Best Comedy prize on Emmy night, but at least Jayma Mays can console herself with a trophy boyfriend in the form of John Stamos, who’ll be appearing as Emma’s love interest (and Will’s rival) over the next season. Prior to the Emmys, Movieline caught up with Mays to discuss the new character, what’s in store for Emma this year, and what she’ll be doing in the show’s Britney Spears episode.

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Glee’s Jayma Mays on Working with ‘The Stamos’ and Upcoming Musical Moments

Kathy Griffin on Her Emmy Loss to Ryan Seacrest and Double Dates with J.J. Abrams

It isn’t easy to lose an Emmy, but it’s even harder to lose it your archenemy, as Kathy Griffin found out this past weekend when My Life on the D-List lost the reality series trophy to Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution , produced by her nemesis Ryan Seacrest. The next night at an Emmy bash at Cecconi’s, Griffin rehashed the loss to Movieline.

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Kathy Griffin on Her Emmy Loss to Ryan Seacrest and Double Dates with J.J. Abrams

Autumn Reeser on Entourage, No Ordinary Family and Life During Pilot Season

Autumn Reeser has come a long way from playing the Tracy Flick-like Taylor Townsend on The O.C. The versatile character actress has spent the better part of this summer giving Ari Gold a second ulcer in her recurring part as the foul-mouthed and super-smart Lizzie on Entourage . This fall, she’ll ply her trade at family friendly dramedy in the upcoming ABC pilot No Ordinary Family , a sort of live-action version of The Incredibles . She also does a monthly stage show in Los Angeles and juggles going back to school. And you thought your life was busy.

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Autumn Reeser on Entourage, No Ordinary Family and Life During Pilot Season