At the Oscars: The 83rd Annual Academy Awards

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Award Shows, Prime Time, Specials, ABC, Gossip,

The 83rd Academy Awards opened with a montage of the handful of movies they’ve decided to honor this year. As usual, all nominations came from a select, certain group of movies in the long list that came out during 2010. If you didn’t see The Social Network, The King’s Speech, The Fighter, Black Swan or True Grit, the Oscars wanted you to feel like they’re absolutely can’t-miss films.

But, the award show did offer more than the usual back-patting the actors give themselves once a year.

“Oh my gosh, you’re all real…this is all happening,” Anne Hathaway grinned from the stage as the smoke cleared. Her diamond-covered white gown was a perfect choice for the opening monologue, which was peppered with jokes about James Franco’s nomination and Hathaway’s lack of one (“it used to be, you get naked, you get nominated…not any more”).

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VIDEO: Jeff Bridges Fearless, Funny as SNL Host

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Comedy, Late Night, NBC, Saturday Night Live, Video,

Oscar winner Jeff Bridges was fearless during his weekend stint on Saturday Night Live. Although he didn’t absolutely shine in every single skit (the “gift-wrapping” bit was tepid at best), he was brilliant as the star of Jeff’d.

In the skit above, Bridges does his hilarious take on Punk’d -- without the Ashton Kutcher exuberance or a true prankster’s mean streak. The results are comedy gold.

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VIDEO: Cookie Monster Wins a Spot on Saturday Night Live

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Late Night, NBC, Saturday Night Live, Video,

Cookie Monster's campaign to get a gig on Saturday Night Live did not crumble.

Although the Sesame Street character was not asked to host (yet), he did win a spot alongside this past weekend's host: Jeff Bridges.

Watch the blue guy sing "Silver Bells" -- and get excited over his favorite treat -- during the opening monologue.

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TV on DVD: December 7, 2010

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Reality, ABC, Cable, HBO, NBC, DVD,

Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this week:

• Bonanza (Season 2, Vol. 1)
• Boy Meets World (Season 4)
• A Dog Year (HBO Movie)
• The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation (ABC Family Movie)
• Dragnet (1969) (Season 3)
• Hoarders (Season 1, Part 1)
• Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 (Season 1, Part 2)
• Law & Order (Season 8)
• Prayers for Bobby (Lifetime Movie)
• Spongebob Squarepants (Season 6, Vol. 2)
• Vega$ (Season 2. Vol. 1)

Make sure to also check out the DVD and Blu-ray film options for this week.

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Robert De Niro, Jeff Bridges and Paul McCartney Headed to SNL

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Late Night, NBC, Saturday Night Live, Video,

Last month, Oscar nominee Anne Hathaway fronted one of the most successful Saturday Night Live broadcasts of the season. Will Oscar winners Robert De Niro and and Jeff Bridges be able to keep top that?

During the month of December, we will see some of Hollywood's biggest A-listers take over that NBC stage. Little Focker's De Niro -- who'll be making his third visit to the program -- will kick it all off this weekend with help from musical guest Diddy-Dirty Money.

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