Seth Meyers was a guest on Bravo's late night show Watch What Happens Live last night, and he got a prank call from his former Weekend Update cohort Amy Poehler. Of course, Poehler calling in resulted in her being asked if she and Tina Fey would like to host the Oscars for what I'm assuming is the 300th time this week.
In next Tuesday's episode of Inside the Actor's Studio, Master Lipton welcomes the (adult) cast of Modern Family to his class. I guess I understand why the kids weren't invited, but I really would like to see Nolan Gould talk about the headspace he has to get into to "become" Luke. The kid is a master at his craft.
Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein were the showrunners at The Simpsons during seasons 7 and 8, and writers for many seasons before that. Since leaving The Simpsonsin 1997, they've worked on lots of shows both together and independently, including Futurama and Portlandia and a whole slew of pilots that haven't seen the light of day. And now, they're bringing one of the first scripted series to reality fixture Bravo with 22 Birthdays.
The show "centers on the sordid and scandalous activities of a group of parents at an exclusive private school, with each episode centered around an extravagant and lavish birthday party." The pilot was actually [...]
Michael Showalter was Watch What Happens Live! on Bravo last night, where he gave the impression that a Wet Hot American Summer sequel would really be happening. Just as we were all trying on our Camp Firewood uniforms to see if they still fit, though, Michael Ian Black tweeted, "I just found out there's going to be a "Wet Hot American Summer" sequel from @mshowalter on TV. Apparently, I'm not in it." Alas! There go our once-buoyant hopes, dashed against the merciless rocks of reality. Why can't they just make this movie already?
Here's a clip of Jim Carrey's appearance on Inside the Actor's Studio from last Friday night. In it, he describes how he used birds as inspiration for his Ace Ventura character, and how his method and Anthony Hopkins' method in creating Hannibal Lecter were surprisingly similar.
