It’s five versus one when the Backstreet Boys take on Charlie Puth to determine which generation of pop stars reigns supreme.
In an exclusive clip of TBS’s Drop the Mic rap competition, the ’90s boy band spits its game against the “Attention” singer, 25. Puth insults the quintet’s dad bods, their audience of moms and A.J. McLean’s guyliner, while the Boys hit back by likening the songwriter to William Hung and a Justin Bieber wannabe.
“I saw you on YouTube, you had me in tears,” Nick Carter raps. “You covered Adele and Adele covered her ears.”
Not to be shown up,...
In an exclusive clip of TBS’s Drop the Mic rap competition, the ’90s boy band spits its game against the “Attention” singer, 25. Puth insults the quintet’s dad bods, their audience of moms and A.J. McLean’s guyliner, while the Boys hit back by likening the songwriter to William Hung and a Justin Bieber wannabe.
“I saw you on YouTube, you had me in tears,” Nick Carter raps. “You covered Adele and Adele covered her ears.”
Not to be shown up,...
- 11/21/2017
- by Dana Rose Falcone
- PEOPLE.com
Before we dive into Night 3 of The Voice’s Season 13 Battles, perhaps we should address a mini-controversy: Am I grading on a curve? On one hand, maybe, since I’m comparing, say, Davon Fleming to Dave Crosby and not Bruno Mars. On the other, not really. The reason I end up handing out so many decent-to-good grades isn’t a curve, it’s that none of these singers are really D or F bad. The Voice doesn’t trot out William Hung types, so I kind of have no need for failing grades. That settled, let’s move on to Monday’s battles,...
- 10/24/2017
- TVLine.com
Country icon Hank Williams was a pioneer, impacting nearly every style of popular music, influencing songwriters from Bob Dylan to Neil Young to Bruce Springsteen. His wife Audrey supported his endeavors while longing for a music career of her own — but it was clear she didn’t have the talent of her husband. Playing Audrey in new Hank Williams biopic I Saw the Light, Elizabeth Olsen had to figure out how to craft a singing voice that’s obviously bad but not William Hung-level bad. The actress, who stars alongside Tom Hiddleston in the lead role in the film, explained to HitFix how she finessed that musical performance. Watch the video below to learn how Olsen approached that singing voice and which song she wishes she could have sung with Hiddleston for the film. I Saw the Light (which takes its title from the Hank Williams song of the...
- 3/25/2016
- by Emily Rome
- Hitfix
Florence Foster Jenkins was the William Hung of the early 1900s. An objectively awful opera singer convinced of her own melodious quality, Jenkins concertized across New York City at her wealthy family’s expense. People couldn’t look away. Staging elaborate shows in opulent costumes, Jenkins sang Vivaldi and Strauss for audiences keeling over from disbelief. Her earnest brand of cacophony became so revered, she was invited to perform at Carnegie Hall in 1944, at the age of 76. Sound like the makings for a biopic? Well, get ready for Meryl Streep as Florence Foster Jenkins. Deadline reports that the “Iron Lady” Best Actress-winner will star alongside Hugh Grant in “Florence,” a dramatization of the New York heiress’ odd musical career. Though its high art trashiness sounds like the makings of a John Waters film, “Philomena” director Stephen Frears will helm the feature. Nicholas Martin (BBC's "The Indian Doctor”) wrote the script.
- 10/21/2014
- by Matt Patches
- Hitfix
Is there a better name for a film about a big ass spider than Big Ass Spider!? We think not! But director Mike Mendez (The Gravedancers) says his self-explanatory creature feature, which hits select cinemas on Oct. 18 and will also be available on VOD, was almost released under a far-less-memorable moniker.
“The producers did not want to call it Big Ass Spider!,” recalls the filmmaker. “But I was very fearful that if we called it Mega Spider or something people would just think, ‘Oh, this is just another monster b-movie.’”
The film stars J.J. Abrams favorite Greg Grunberg (Heroes) as...
“The producers did not want to call it Big Ass Spider!,” recalls the filmmaker. “But I was very fearful that if we called it Mega Spider or something people would just think, ‘Oh, this is just another monster b-movie.’”
The film stars J.J. Abrams favorite Greg Grunberg (Heroes) as...
- 10/15/2013
- by Clark Collis
- EW - Inside Movies
A new season of "MasterChef" means a new batch of contestants cooking up crazy dishes just to try and get a spot on the show. Texas stay-at-home dad Brian certainly got the attention of the judges with his dish: roadkill. He served up stripped and shaved Cajun beaver tail.
“Literally, you could pass that off as beef," Graham Elliot said, but Brian disagreed with him on that point.
“I’ve never had anything quite like that before," said Joe Bastianich. After the tasting, it was a big moment for Brian as his roadkill dish earned him a spot on the show.
“I’m going to take home the trophy, baby!” he shouted excitedly.
But Brian's beaver wasn't the only unusual dish served up. Buddy TV noted that "a substantial portion of this season's ‘talent’ pool apparently comes from the Honey Boo Boo school of cooking, serving up roadkill dishes like wild rabbit,...
“Literally, you could pass that off as beef," Graham Elliot said, but Brian disagreed with him on that point.
“I’ve never had anything quite like that before," said Joe Bastianich. After the tasting, it was a big moment for Brian as his roadkill dish earned him a spot on the show.
“I’m going to take home the trophy, baby!” he shouted excitedly.
But Brian's beaver wasn't the only unusual dish served up. Buddy TV noted that "a substantial portion of this season's ‘talent’ pool apparently comes from the Honey Boo Boo school of cooking, serving up roadkill dishes like wild rabbit,...
- 5/23/2013
- by Jason Hughes
- Huffington Post
It's that time of the year again: Eurovision! Held in Malmö, Sweden, this year (related: Sweden took the gold home last year with Loreen's "Euphoria"), the international song competition is not just about the music: It's a matter of national pride. However, we Americans usually just see the cheesy side, with the train wrecks sent our way via the World Wide Web. But isn't that the way all American singing competitions are? A mix of talent (or, rather, "talent") and absurdly deluded William Hung–esque weirdos? So why not tune in, even if you don't have a home country to root for? (You can watch the show live online; today's first semifinal starts at 21:00 Cest, or 3 p.m. Est.) Here are two tastes from each end of the viable-comical continuum to get you hooked.On the comical side, the "Internet Favorite" (as already crowned by BuzzFeed) is most likely...
- 5/14/2013
- by Lindsey Weber
- Vulture
First Psy took over the airwaves; now he seems poised to take over the world. The man responsible for the catchy-like-a-virus radio and YouTube hit, "Gangnam Style" wields some sort of power over people that compels them to do his signature dance.
Ryan Seacrest and Hugh Jackman are the latest to fall prey to the South Korean rapper, whose current single is a worldwide hit. The video for "Gangnam Style" features Psy doing a "cheesy" -- hey, he said it himself -- dance that's becoming as popular to reenact as the long since played-out planking trend.
Seacrest can be seen in a staged video posted on YouTube, giving in and trying the dance after Psy's presence infests E! Entertainment studios with the "Gangnam Style" urge. The rapper also visited "The Wolverine" set in Australia and donned some matching claws to teach Jackman his moves. Hugh tweeted, "Slicing gangnam style!!!! Great...
Ryan Seacrest and Hugh Jackman are the latest to fall prey to the South Korean rapper, whose current single is a worldwide hit. The video for "Gangnam Style" features Psy doing a "cheesy" -- hey, he said it himself -- dance that's becoming as popular to reenact as the long since played-out planking trend.
Seacrest can be seen in a staged video posted on YouTube, giving in and trying the dance after Psy's presence infests E! Entertainment studios with the "Gangnam Style" urge. The rapper also visited "The Wolverine" set in Australia and donned some matching claws to teach Jackman his moves. Hugh tweeted, "Slicing gangnam style!!!! Great...
- 10/17/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Chicago – How does one attempt to review a picture that has a 5-star opening act, a 2-star finale and several flashes of brilliance amidst a middling midsection? Are the good parts worth savoring despite the overarching flaws? In the case of Bobcat Goldthwait’s scathing yet softhearted satire on American idiocy, the answer is a resounding yes..
“God Bless America” is not as uproarious as Goldthwait’s 2006 effort, “Sleeping Dogs Lie,” nor as poignant as his 2009 Robin Williams vehicle, “World’s Greatest Dad,” but as a disgruntled liberal’s wet dream, the film is impossible to resist—at least during its first half-hour. What nearly holds the film together is the endearingly droll work from leading man Joel Murray (brother of Bill), who could easily attain cult status for this role.
Blu-ray Rating: 3.5/5.0
One of the criticisms routinely launched at this film is that it falls far short of its obvious cinematic inspiration,...
“God Bless America” is not as uproarious as Goldthwait’s 2006 effort, “Sleeping Dogs Lie,” nor as poignant as his 2009 Robin Williams vehicle, “World’s Greatest Dad,” but as a disgruntled liberal’s wet dream, the film is impossible to resist—at least during its first half-hour. What nearly holds the film together is the endearingly droll work from leading man Joel Murray (brother of Bill), who could easily attain cult status for this role.
Blu-ray Rating: 3.5/5.0
One of the criticisms routinely launched at this film is that it falls far short of its obvious cinematic inspiration,...
- 7/11/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Last night Neil Patrick Harris hosted The Tony Awards for the third time, and does what he does best ...effortlessly charm an audience, and made a three-hour awards show into a fast-moving celebration of the best of Broadway.
The big winner was Once, which took home eight Tonys including Best Musical, with Clybourne Park nabbing Best Play.
You can see a complete list of this year's winners at the official Tony Awards site, but let's take a look at ten of the most memorable moments from last night's show.
The Opening
"Welcome everyone to the 66th Tony Awards! Or as we like to call it ... Fifty Shades of Gay."
With that inevitable line, Nph got down to business, after the show opened with a number from last year's winner The Book Of Mormon (Hmmm ... Neil dressed as a Mormon missionary. That's got to fulfill someone's fantasy.) He then launched into...
The big winner was Once, which took home eight Tonys including Best Musical, with Clybourne Park nabbing Best Play.
You can see a complete list of this year's winners at the official Tony Awards site, but let's take a look at ten of the most memorable moments from last night's show.
The Opening
"Welcome everyone to the 66th Tony Awards! Or as we like to call it ... Fifty Shades of Gay."
With that inevitable line, Nph got down to business, after the show opened with a number from last year's winner The Book Of Mormon (Hmmm ... Neil dressed as a Mormon missionary. That's got to fulfill someone's fantasy.) He then launched into...
- 6/11/2012
- by snicks
- The Backlot
'I don't want to perform for people who don't want me here,' mini-mc says after landing in the bottom two.
By Adam Graham
Stacy Francis on "X Factor"
Photo: Fox
Stacy Francis — the 42-year-old diva who once pleaded to Simon Cowell, "I don't want to die with this music in me!" — was eliminated from "The X Factor" Thursday night (November 17). But the bigger story was 15-year-old hip-hop dynamo Astro, who found himself in the bottom two with Francis and was none too pleased with his fate.
Asked to sing for his life in front of the judges, Astro nonchalantly strolled onto the stage and announced, "I really don't wanna perform. I feel like it's unnecessary." He turned to his mentor, L.A. Reid: "But I'mma leave it up to you. You're my mentor. Do you think I should perform?"
Reid told Astro he had come a long way in...
By Adam Graham
Stacy Francis on "X Factor"
Photo: Fox
Stacy Francis — the 42-year-old diva who once pleaded to Simon Cowell, "I don't want to die with this music in me!" — was eliminated from "The X Factor" Thursday night (November 17). But the bigger story was 15-year-old hip-hop dynamo Astro, who found himself in the bottom two with Francis and was none too pleased with his fate.
Asked to sing for his life in front of the judges, Astro nonchalantly strolled onto the stage and announced, "I really don't wanna perform. I feel like it's unnecessary." He turned to his mentor, L.A. Reid: "But I'mma leave it up to you. You're my mentor. Do you think I should perform?"
Reid told Astro he had come a long way in...
- 11/17/2011
- MTV Music News
Like Steve from Blues Clues, Jeff Goldblum, and William Hung before him, Carlos Santana found himself the victim of yet another false celebrity-death rumor when "R.I.P. Carlos Santana" started trending on Twitter Thursday. But Santana's alleged demise was not attributed to a heroin overdose or a fatal tumble off a cliff — the Tweets were confusing him with Moammar Gaddafi, who bears a resemblance to the legendary guitarist. Although it seems that most of the users on Twitter were joking about the physical similarities between Gaddafi and Santana, many users (re: idiots) took it seriously. The rumor quickly spread online, where fans mourned the loss of the ten-time Grammy winner at a rate of approximately ten posts per minute. Just to clarify, though: Carlos Santana (who is very much alive), sold over 27 million copies worldwide of his 1999 album Supernatural, while his second studio album, Abraxas, [...]...
- 10/22/2011
- Nerve
Filed under: TV Replay
It was a wild week on the TV machine. A new batch of summer reality competition shows started, leaving us to enjoy their William Hung / Pants on the Ground phase.
Donald Trump ate pizza with Sarah Palin, and Anthony Weiner tweeted a picture of his weiner (allegedly), which both served as great fodder for late night comedians and daytime hosts.
Check out our five favorite clips of the week and vote for your favorite in our weekly poll.
Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments...
It was a wild week on the TV machine. A new batch of summer reality competition shows started, leaving us to enjoy their William Hung / Pants on the Ground phase.
Donald Trump ate pizza with Sarah Palin, and Anthony Weiner tweeted a picture of his weiner (allegedly), which both served as great fodder for late night comedians and daytime hosts.
Check out our five favorite clips of the week and vote for your favorite in our weekly poll.
Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments...
- 6/4/2011
- by Alex Moaba
- Aol TV.
Mark Burnett is adamant: There will be no William Hung moments on “The Voice.” The “Survivor” and “The Apprentice” honcho, who’s executive-producing NBC’s addition to the singing-competition genre, took the stage at NBC’s Press Day 2011 in Pasadena with host Carson Daly and musical coaches Cee-Lo Green and Blake Shelton on Friday to promote the series. Burnett’s vow to the audience? They will see a lot of things on the show, but novelty picks among the contestants won’t be one of them. “Other shows have made great television out of the comedy...
- 4/15/2011
- The Wrap
Betty White to Host Off Their Rockers for NBC
NBC has put in an order for 12 half-hour episodes of Off Their Rockers, picking up the format from German sales group SevenOne International. The show, a golden ager version of Trigger Happy TV, features senior citizens playing pranks on unsuspecting youngsters.
“People have been telling me that I’m ‘Off My Rocker’ for years – now I can prove it,” quipped White.
The Talk Executive Producer Brad Bessey To Exit
Because The Talk is owned by CBS, it is already more profitable for the network than the soap it replaced, As The World Turns. It has also started to sell internationally.
Good Wife, Degrassi win Peabody Awards
The shows were among 39 recipients of the 2010 Peabody Awards, the University of Georgia Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication announced Thursday. Selected by the Peabody board as the best in electronic media, the winners...
NBC has put in an order for 12 half-hour episodes of Off Their Rockers, picking up the format from German sales group SevenOne International. The show, a golden ager version of Trigger Happy TV, features senior citizens playing pranks on unsuspecting youngsters.
“People have been telling me that I’m ‘Off My Rocker’ for years – now I can prove it,” quipped White.
The Talk Executive Producer Brad Bessey To Exit
Because The Talk is owned by CBS, it is already more profitable for the network than the soap it replaced, As The World Turns. It has also started to sell internationally.
Good Wife, Degrassi win Peabody Awards
The shows were among 39 recipients of the 2010 Peabody Awards, the University of Georgia Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication announced Thursday. Selected by the Peabody board as the best in electronic media, the winners...
- 3/31/2011
- by We Love Soaps TV
- We Love Soaps
Thank you TV Gods for the gift that was Yogi "Pop" Asano on "American Idol." We desperately needed a William Hung this season and you delivered.
The 25-year-old "singer" from Japan strutted into his audition in a gold metallic jacket and immediately had the judges enthralled with tales of his Michael Jackson impersonating days.
When Jennifer Lopez asked what his story was, Mr. "Pop" answered, "My story? Uh... I've been imitating Michael Jackson since I was two-years-old," but soon corrected himself, saying he has actually been imitating the late King of Pop since "before I was born."
Asano went on to sing Miley Cyrus' infectious hit "Party in the USA" and literally had Lopez jumping up and down in her seat with glee when he busted out some "Thriller" moves. Eat your heart out, Chris Brown! Our only complaint? We didn't get to see the judges' critique of Asano.
The 25-year-old "singer" from Japan strutted into his audition in a gold metallic jacket and immediately had the judges enthralled with tales of his Michael Jackson impersonating days.
When Jennifer Lopez asked what his story was, Mr. "Pop" answered, "My story? Uh... I've been imitating Michael Jackson since I was two-years-old," but soon corrected himself, saying he has actually been imitating the late King of Pop since "before I was born."
Asano went on to sing Miley Cyrus' infectious hit "Party in the USA" and literally had Lopez jumping up and down in her seat with glee when he busted out some "Thriller" moves. Eat your heart out, Chris Brown! Our only complaint? We didn't get to see the judges' critique of Asano.
- 1/20/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
In news that will no doubt make Simon Cowell’s Christmas, a Christian group is comparing him to Jesus Christ. Yes, that Jesus Christ. Maybe they thought X-Factor was short for Christ-Factor. Re, the official magazine of the Assemblies of God church, claims that Cowell’s no-nonsense tough-love style is very similar to the way Christ would have behaved. We can only imagine how this makes Paula Abdul feel. “Jesus, the one we think of as being meek and mild, gentle and loving and full of compassion, had the ability to talk tough,” explains the faith based periodical. “Some of his words were upsetting and difficult to swallow - just like Cowell’s - but he spoke truth and doesn’t the truth hurt sometimes? Simon Cowell takes, learns from them and grows in the process, and there are numerous stories in the Bible of people who do the same.
- 12/3/2010
- by Jordan Runtagh
- VH1.com
Calling William Hung! Taylor Swift proved she bangs last night, whipping out this dramatic new look at the American Music Awards. While this isn’t the first time Taylor’s flattened her locks, we’re still always shocked when she does it. Do you think she should keep the look? Check out the gallery and let us know in our TheFABLife poll.
- 11/22/2010
- by Anthony Miccio
- VH1.com
Reality doesn't exist.Thirty-one. That's the number of breakdowns via Breakdown Services released to talent agents in the past twelve months for reality programming seeking actors as 'real' people. It's been no industry secret that those 'real people' you see on "Survivor," "Big Brother," and similar non-episodic programming that clog our cable providers have not been filled solely with people pulled from the local mall; they are sweetened with actors who are cast in sessions put together via submissions from talent agencies. If this is news to you, welcome to reality. Among the 'real' shows revealed in my breakdown search seeking 'real people' (who just happen to have real talent agents), the projects included:– An untitled, reality/fashion show seeking 'real' photographers who by coincidence are also actors. (Faux-cameras need not apply.)– A non-union, major cable untitled reality show looking to tear apart BFFs—who happen to be actors—as...
- 11/9/2010
- backstage.com
If we've learned nothing else from reality television, it's that as a culture we love watching people get hurt. Whether it's the slapstick physical pain delight of a Wiffleball bat to the baby batter blaster, the unabashed glee of seeing someone else's children crashing a runaway snow sled into a parked Datsun, or watching a sleazy gangsta wannabe crumple up when Maury tells him that he Is, in fact, the father, we live for that shit. It's these disposable moments we've all experienced one way or another that makes us laugh and feel a little better about our own empty and meaningless lives. Well, maybe not the paternity test, but you see where I'm coming from. We enjoy the punchline; we don't want the backstory. Nutshots are funny. We don't want to know the father ended up sterile and beat his resentment into his son until he grew up and joined the army.
- 7/21/2010
- by Brian Prisco
Jon and Al Kaplan are at it again, taking another iconic action film and re-imagining it as a musical comedy. The duo, who have composed music for film and television, are responsible for humorous aural updatings to such flicks as Total Recall, Conan the Barbarian, and Fatal Attraction. Now they're back to lampoon the Sylvester Stallone film Rambo: First Blood Part II with You Not Expendable.
This tender and uplifting track features Stallone and Julia Nickson sound-alikes sharing a special moment as Stallone continues on his journey to find American POWs in Vietnam. In typical Kaplan fashion, it's not only a great tune, but the video is expertly edited so that the lyrics are even more poignant.
The funniest part of this clip is undoubtedly the contrast of the voices. Nickson's replacement sings every line in her broken English with a showy and melodramatic style that is completely opposite of...
This tender and uplifting track features Stallone and Julia Nickson sound-alikes sharing a special moment as Stallone continues on his journey to find American POWs in Vietnam. In typical Kaplan fashion, it's not only a great tune, but the video is expertly edited so that the lyrics are even more poignant.
The funniest part of this clip is undoubtedly the contrast of the voices. Nickson's replacement sings every line in her broken English with a showy and melodramatic style that is completely opposite of...
- 7/20/2010
- by Alison Nastasi
- Cinematical
In a press release, the producers of Broadway’s Evita announced Ricky Martin and Elena Roger will star in a 2012 production of the show. (Martin will also be presenting at this year’s Tony Awards, according to a CBS rep.) Roger will play the title role, while Martin will play Ché. Does this mean William Hung will play the role Off-Broadway?
Snatch star Vinnie Jones will be a series regular on NBC’s The Cape, starring as Scales, “a frightening man with a freakish skin condition that gives him the appearance of green and gold scales.” Will Kanye West be cast as a romantic interest?...
Snatch star Vinnie Jones will be a series regular on NBC’s The Cape, starring as Scales, “a frightening man with a freakish skin condition that gives him the appearance of green and gold scales.” Will Kanye West be cast as a romantic interest?...
- 6/9/2010
- by Kate Ward
- EW.com - PopWatch
Nostalgia factors prominently into judgments passed on remakes of beloved films. You may have fond memories of seeing Wes Craven’s 1984 “A Nightmare on Elm Street” as a kid, but chances are if you haven’t seen it since its original theatrical run your perceptions are a little skewed. What many remember as a terrifying experience that stigmatized crooked fedoras and striped sweaters and left kids everywhere guzzling caffeine to stay awake is actually a relatively campy ride consummated by a wise-cracking Robert Englund.
I point this out not to deface the original film, a genuine horror classic, but to temper inevitable comparisons that may exaggerate the contrasts between the two. The original, though an intelligent, innovative and iconic film, is not beyond criticism. And the remake, certainly uncalled for and decidedly inferior to Craven’s film, isn’t the worst possible outcome for such a baffling and unnecessary project.
I point this out not to deface the original film, a genuine horror classic, but to temper inevitable comparisons that may exaggerate the contrasts between the two. The original, though an intelligent, innovative and iconic film, is not beyond criticism. And the remake, certainly uncalled for and decidedly inferior to Craven’s film, isn’t the worst possible outcome for such a baffling and unnecessary project.
- 5/5/2010
- by Eric M. Armstrong
- The Moving Arts Journal
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.