Sofa Snark: Tom Cruise Gets 'Risky' on MTVJune 3, 2010There is one iconic moment in Tom Cruise's film career that stands out to this day, and that's his dancing to Bob Seger's Old Time Rock and Roll. That scene in Risky Business showing Cruise in his tighty-whities sliding across his parent's living room floor...
Sofa Snark: Hollywood Talent Births ‘Kid’ Off-BroadwayMay 26, 2010Where there was plenty of opportunity to go over the top with The Kid -- the story chronicles the adoption process through the eyes of a sex columnist and his gay partner -- there was an overall sweetness to the show that left audiences feeling open to the idea of this whacky couple brining a child home...
Glenn Beck Develops Nazi Tourette'sMay 14, 2010Lewis Black is back, in black, on 'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,' and his latest appearance on the Comedy Central show was built around a frightfully funny attack on Fox News' Glenn Beck -- a man Black says has Nazi Tourette's...
Matthew Fox Calls LOST Finale 'Profound'May 11, 2010Matthew Fox spoke with the Hollywood Reporter and discussed some of the emotional hardships both he and his character Jack went through while filming the final LOST episode...
Women & Hollywood: Betty White EffectMay 11, 2010Everyone who watched Saturday Night Live this past weekend knew that something special was happening from the moment Betty White took the stage. She made fun of the Facebook group that pushed for her to host SNL, appeared in every sketch and was so fuckin funny that I actually laughed out loud...
Muppets Discover 'LOST' SecretsMay 6, 2010As 'Lost' fans dig around the internet for clues and theories, two rather clever creatures decided to find out some secrets by sneaking into the offices of co-creators Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse. Those creatures happen to be a couple of Jim Henson's Muppets, and their exploits were captured on video...
Max Weinberg and Conan O'Brien Split UpApril 29, 2010Now comes word from musician Al Kooper that Max Weinberg has indeed ended his working relationship with Conan O'Brien, according to Zap2It.com...
New on TV: 4/29/10April 29, 2010Things are about to get a bit more musical on Fox as the network airs a musical episode of the mysterious series Fringe tonight...
New On TV: 4/28/10April 28, 2010Tonight sees the premiere of a new ABC series, Happy Town, which takes a page from the David Lynch series Twin Peaks -- expect creepy characters and strange story lines...
Hulu.com Prepares to Charge ViewersApril 21, 2010Hulu.com, the internet's mecca of free streaming television episodes, and the alternative to cable subscriptions for freeloading college students, is about to change things up with a paid subscription service...
TV Themes Get Nixed from Emmy AwardsApril 21, 2010Television theme music writers have been dealt a blow by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The Emmy Award category that has previously recognized the main title theme song for TV shows has been nixed by the awards committee...
Sofa Snark: Music's Past & Future Meet on BroadwayApril 20, 2010Broadway needs to begin taking more chances on new kinds of musicals. While 'American Idiot' shows the future of Broadway musicals, 'Million Dollar Quartet' provides the backstory to the long hard journey that the music industry took to get us to this point. Here's hoping U2 can swoop in next season with 'Spider-Man' the musical and reaffirm that rock music belongs on Broadway...
Sofa Snark: 'Glee' Could Save Arts EducationApril 14, 2010While most prime-time programming is filled with cookie cutter procedural dramas and a seemingly endless number of Law & Order spinoffs, all merely teaching kids how to dispose of a dead body, Glee has quickly turned into a show advocating for a positive change in America, even while maintaining its cotton candy sweetness...
Sofa Snark: 'Addams Family' Dead as DoornailApril 9, 2010After the reported hefty advance sales run dry, it would suit the Broadway community to dispense of The Addams Family as fast as it did that other clunky deadly musical, Young Frankenstein...
Trailer for Showtime's 'The Tudors' SizzlesApril 7, 2010One of TV's hottest dramas, The Tudors, which also boasts a historical premise, returns to Showtime this Sunday, and if the newly released trailer is any indication of things to come, then all hell is going to break loose in King Henry VIII's kingdom...