Psycho Shower Scene Documentary
Posted: January 23, 2017 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Mediasphere | Tags: Alfred Hitchcock, Cinema, Entertainment Weekly, Feature film, Horror, Jason Segel, Psycho, Rooney Mara, Shower Scene, Sundance Film Festival, suspense, Thriller Leave a commentClark Collis writes: The new documentary 78/52 gives a closer look at the shower scene from Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 terror classic Psycho with assistance from a lengthy list of interviewees, including Guillermo del Toro, Peter Bogdanovich, Elijah Wood, Bret Easton Ellis, Neil Marshall, Danny Elfman, Karyn Kusama, Apocalypse Now editor Walter Murch, Janet Leigh’s actress daughter Jamie Lee Curtis, and Anthony Perkins’ filmmaker son, Osgood Perkins. The film’s title refers to the number of setups (78) and the number of cuts (52) in the notorious sequence.
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Written and directed by Alexandre O. Philippe (Doc of the Dead), 78/52 was showcased as a work-in-progress at Fantasia’s Frontieres International Film Market. Read the rest of this entry »
[VIDEO] The Wizard of Oz Alphabetical Cut
Posted: January 10, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Humor, Mediasphere | Tags: Alphabet, Cinema, Entertainment Weekly, Movies, The Wizard of Oz (1939 film), Vimeo Leave a comment“This film contains extremely fast editing, flashes of light, abrupt changes in image and sound.”
The Wizard of Oz in alphabetical order? Preposterous? Maybe. Genius? Also likely. You decide when you watch this video of the entire film recut so that all the words spoken play in alphabetical order….
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Source: EW.com
UPDATE: Important Headline Correction
Posted: July 30, 2015 Filed under: Entertainment, Humor, The Butcher's Notebook, White House | Tags: Betty White, Cecil the Lion, Democratic Party, Entertainment Weekly, error, Fact Checking, Headline, Hillary Clinton, media, news, Parody, satire Leave a commentIn a previous story, we misidentified Hollywood actress Betty White as presidential contender and former First Lady, Hillary Clinton. We apologize for the error.
Suge Knight Arrested in Fatal Hit-and-Run
Posted: January 30, 2015 Filed under: Breaking News, Crime & Corruption | Tags: Cle Shaheed Sloan, Death Row Records, Dr. Dre, Entertainment Weekly, Ice Cube, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Los Angeles Times, Robert Holguin, Snoop Dogg, Suge Knight, Terry Carter, TMZ (website), Tupac Shakur 1 CommentTerrence McCoy and J. Freedom du Lac report; Rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight has been arrested on suspicion of murder in the death of a man in Compton, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office.
“Looks like he drove backwards and struck the victims and drove forwards and struck them again. The people we talked to say it looked like it was an intentional act.”
— Lt. John Corina, sheriff’s office spokesman
A spokesman said late Thursday that it appeared Knight, the notorious Death Row Records founder, had run over two men with his truck after an argument on a movie set. One was killed; the other was injured. Authorities have not yet identified the victims, though the sheriff’s department said both men were in their 50s and that at least one was a member of the film crew.
Outside jail in #DTLA where #SugeKnight is being held, bail set at $2 mil. Atty says Suge does NOT plan to make bail. pic.twitter.com/pSftNIZQMO
— Robert Holguin (@ABC7Robert) January 30, 2015
“Looks like he drove backwards and struck the victims and drove forwards and struck them again,” Lt. John Corina, a sheriff’s office spokesman, told reporters. “The people we talked to say it looked like it was an intentional act.”
Authorities said Knight left the scene following the afternoon incident but turned himself in early Friday morning in West Hollywood. He was arrested a short while later and is being held on $2 million bail, according to the sheriff’s office.

This image from video shows Suge Knight arriving at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department West Hollywood station. (OnSceneVideo via AP Television)
The incident reportedly occurred following a dispute on the set of a movie called “Straight Outta Compton,” about the rise and fall of N.W.A., the pioneering rap group that included Dr. Dre, Ice Cube and Eazy-E.
“Mr. Knight was attacked by a group of men while he was in his vehicle. They were beating him, threatening to kill him and attempting to drag him outside of the vehicle. He made an effort to escape, he was in fear for his life. And that’s exactly what he did…He was the victim, he was not the aggressor.”
— Knight’s attorney James Blatt
Knight’s attorney acknowledged that his client ran over two people while driving a red pickup truck in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant in Compton. But, he said, it was an accident.
The attorney, James Blatt, told the Los Angeles Times that the man killed was Terry Carter, a friend of Knight’s. The second victim, who suffered injuries, was actor Cle “Bone” Sloan, Blatt told the Times.

Tupac Shakur, left, and Suge Knight, one month before Shakur’s 1996 death. (Frank Wiese/AP file)
Blatt told the Times that Carter was trying to break up a fight between Knight and others when he was run over — and that Knight “had no knowledge whatsoever he ran over anyone.”
“Mr. Knight was attacked by a group of men while he was in his vehicle,” Blatt said, according to the Times. “They were beating him, threatening to kill him and attempting to drag him outside of the vehicle. He made an effort to escape, he was in fear for his life. And that’s exactly what he did.”
The attorney said he expects Knight to be exonerated.
“He was the victim, he was not the aggressor,” Blatt said, according to the Times.
The incident in question occurred Thursday afternoon at Tam’s Burgers in Compton. Homicide detectives were dispatched to the scene to investigate a fatal hit-and-run accident, according a sheriff’s office news release. Read the rest of this entry »
Illustration: R. Kikuo Johnson
Posted: December 15, 2014 Filed under: Art & Culture | Tags: Ann Perkins, Black hair, design, Entertainment Weekly, graphics, Illustration, media, Podcast, R. Kikuo Johnson, Radio, Television Leave a commentIllustration by R. Kikuo Johnson for an Entertainment Weekly article on the rise of the serial podcast, November 26, 2014.
[VIDEO] Seinfeld, Kramer Reunite in ‘Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee’ Promo
Posted: October 23, 2014 Filed under: Entertainment, Humor, Mediasphere | Tags: Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, Crackle, Entertainment Weekly, Jason Alexander, Jerry Seinfeld, Michael Richards, Seinfeld, Wayne Knight Leave a comment
From this morning’s Pop Watch, EW: As Jerry Seinfeld prepares for the fifth season of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, he’s enlisted the help of an old neighbor to boost the show and its host Crackle’s presence.
In the video, Seinfeld rushes to a meeting with the president of Crackle, Dick Corcoran. A thin mustache, slicked-back hair, and cigar smoke can’t hide that Corcoran is actually the actor’s Seinfeld co-star Michael Richards. Corcoran is concerned, however, that Crackle may never rise to prominence because it’s being held down by Snap and Pop. Snap and Pop! Read the rest of this entry »
EW’s Robin Williams Tribute
Posted: August 13, 2014 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Mediasphere, U.S. News | Tags: Doubtfire, Ellen DeGeneres, Entertainment Weekly, Good Will Hunting, Magazines, media, Robin Williams Leave a commentWe remember Robin Williams—this week, and always: http://t.co/gUP5XGu1Tq pic.twitter.com/4NgNNzkCGe
— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) August 13, 2014
Vintage Mad Men: Classic Cinema-Style Posters for 10 Signature Episodes
Posted: April 24, 2014 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: Art, Betty Draper, Don Draper, Entertainment Weekly, graphics, Illustration, Mad Men, Movies, PETE CAMPBELL, Roger Sterling, typography 1 CommentDarren Franich and Jef Castro match classic movie art style to Don Drapers world
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Carson Conceal Carry: Late Night King packed a loaded .38
Posted: October 7, 2013 Filed under: Entertainment, Self Defense | Tags: Bushkin, Carson, Ed McMahon, Entertainment Weekly, Frank Gifford, Joanne Copeland, Johnny Carson, NBC Leave a comment Drew Magary reports: Tucked inside the Hunger Games promotional pamphlet that was last week’s issue of Entertainment Weekly was a rather amazing book excerpt from Henry Bushkin, lawyer to the late Johnny Carson. In the excerpt (not yet online), Bushkin describes accompanying Carson on a late night break-in of his second wife’s apartment—an apartment she had leased without Carson’s knowledge. “I have reason to believe my wife is cheating on me,” Carson told Bushkin. “I also have an idea who the son of a bitch is that she’s shacking up with.”
Turns out, that son of a bitch was none other than former MNF announcer and flight attendant enthusiast Frank Gifford. During the break-in, Carson and Bushkin found that Carson’s wife, Joanne Copeland, kept “six or seven framed photographs” of Gifford in the secret apartment. According to Bushkin, Carson did not take the news well:
Carson leaned against the living room wall and began to weep. […] I could see that Carson’s raincoat had fallen open. I was shocked to see that Johnny was carrying a .38 revolver in a holster on his hip.