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‘Curb Your Enthusiam’ Season 8 Premier Recap

andPOP Staff — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:05:54 +0000

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Not surprisingly, Curb Your Enthusiasm’s Season 8 debut was amazingly funny last night. Here’s a recap of Larry David’s antics.

- Larry and wife Cheryl both start divorce procedings. So far its been an amicable process.

- Larry is offended to learn that his divorce lawyer is not Jewish, but merely passing as a Jew.

- Larry teaches a girl scout how to use a tampon through a bathroom door. His defense for such behaviour? ”If her nose was running and she needed a tissue, I would’ve given her a tissue.” This is quite possibly one of the best Curb scenes ever.

Getting Ready for Season 8 of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’

andPOP Staff — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 17:18:40 +0000

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Curb Your Enthusiasm fans rejoice – Sunday July 10 is the return of the neurotic Larry David. Here are some of the highlights of the upcoming season:

- Larry and manager Jeff try a new Palestinian chicken restaurant. They are blown away by the chicken, but can’t help but notice the antisemitic tone of the restaurant.

- Any chance of reconciliation with Cheryl comes to a halt, and the couple begin divorce proceedings.

- Much of the season takes place in New York.

- Ricky Gervais will play an active role in the season.

Below are some spoilers for you:

Degrassi: The Next Generation, Makes The Trek From Toronto To Tinseltown

Jeremy Singer — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:55:09 +0000

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Eight seasons running. A cult in Canadian pop culture. Winners of the Gemini, Teen Choice and Directors Guild of Canada Awards.

And now Degrassi: The Next Generation finally boasts its first red-carpet TV movie.

But known as a “show of the people”, the season 8 finale Paradise City: Degrassi Goes Hollywood premiere last Wednesday night at Toronto’s Bloor Cinema, allowed tons of lucky special-bracelet-wearing fans bask in Degrassi glory. A free-for-all for snagging autographs and pictures from their favorite cast members, and what’s more- the opportunity to enjoy the movie side-by-side with them too.

And the word got out not only to lucky fans. Among a packed-to-the-brim theatre audience was Camp Rock 2 stars Jordan Francis and Matthew “Mdot” Finley, So You Think You Can Dance Canada winner Nico Archambault, MuchMusic VJ Devon Soltendieck and MTV Live‘s Nicole Holness.

Fresh off of an SUV limo, former Degrassi mean-girl star Lauren Collins (Paige), 23, seemed ecstatic by the outcome.

“I’m so used to just walking around in the area, and just grabbing a pita or something,” a smiling Toronto native Collins tells andPOP. “But all of a sudden you’re just showing up in a limo with cameras and fans, it’s bizarre- not really used to it.”

“But I’m so happy everyone came out.”

Collins represents the previous generation of Degrassi members who have left the show to move on in their respected acting careers: Jake Epstein (Craig) is currently the lead in the touring Tony-Award winning musical Spring Awakening, Nina Dobrev (Mia) is set to star in the hyped fall CTV series The Vampire Diaries, Aubrey Graham (Jimmy) is gearing up for his Hip/Hop debut as Drake- signing with Lil’ Wayne’s record label, and Shenae Grimes (Darcy) is shooting her second season of 90210 in Los Angeles.

This time around in Paradise City, old meets the new, as the Degrassi alumnus share the screen with the show’s newest characters. The bunch make the cross-continent trek from Toronto to Tinseltown where they try their fare share at making it big in the industry.

Jason Mewes plays himself as a director, who’s holding auditions for his new movie “Mewesical High”- which causes a stir among the students at school. Paige, who’s been living in Hollywood to become a fashion designer, hasn’t had the best of luck- finding herself rather working as an assistant to a reality star. But when her sudden audition catches the eye of Robbie (Dan Levy), a studio producer, she lands the lead role and invites old friends Marco (Adamo Ruggiero) and Ellie (Stacey Farber) down to come along for the ride.

This also causes Manny (Cassie Steele) to carve out her own journey to L.A. -along with Jay Hogart (Mike Lobel) and Degrassi rock band Stüdz- to claim that lead role which she believes is rightfully hers.

“It was amazing,” says Steele, 19, “you know, hanging with Mike Lobel and all the crew, good times laughing.”

But now what would Degrassi be without a little bit of Drama, eh? Well from Paige letting the celebrity life get to her head, to Ellie running into Craig, a former flame who’s been living out west in Los Angeles, clean from his season six coke addiction- the four-part season 8 finale has a healthy balance of everything on the checklist.

Directed by the series’ very own alumni Stefan Brogren (Snake), the movie was shot both in Toronto and Los Angeles. And it’s obvious that “going Hollywood” requires a few celebrity cameos -which the film delivered, sprinkled throughout the story- including Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy, Mewes and Kevin Smith (Jay and Silent Bob), Vivica A. Fox, and celebrity blogger Perez Hilton.

“Obviously having Kevin and Jason was so exciting,” recalls Collins. “And also Dan levy and then the L.A. people, I can’t pick one, it was just such a fun experience.”

Known to be avid fans of the show, Smith and Mewes made appearances on seasons 4 and 5, and an on-the-carpet Mewes was in high-spirits about the latest experience.

“It was great,” says Mewes, 35, known for playing the drug dealer Jay, in Jay and Silent Bob. “Those guys were great to have called me, and shooting with all of the cast was awesome.”

Degrassi’s latest Queen-Bee Charlotte Arnold (Holly J.), who was featured only in a brief scene, had nothing but praise toward her fellow cast-mates.

“For me this was exciting,” says the 20-year-old former Naturally, Sadie star, “because I had never seen the movie before, and truthfully, I hadn’t even read the script. So this was brand new, and what they did was incredible, so proud of everyone.”

And for Arnold and the rest of the cast, the fall season is just around the corner, which means back to school at Degrassi Community School for the next two months for season 9 filming. A 22-year-old franchise known to just keep on teaching the lessons of life, but the latest advice now: to catch Paradise City: Degrassi Goes Hollywood, on CTV on Sunday, August 30 at 8 pm ET.

Kris Allen Wins American Idol

Ilan Mester — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:40:14 +0000

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The two hour finale of “American Idol Season 8” was filled with surprises, including an awards ceremony, special guests and duets.

But the ultimate surprise was left for the end: the crowning of the winner. Kris Allen who was deemed the “dark- horse contestant” and an “underdog” by some of the “Idol” judges emerged as the winner of season eight.

“It feels good, man, but Adam deserves this,”Allen said as he was crowned the “American Idol”. “I don’t know what to feel right now, this is crazy.”

He was referring to Adam Lambert, the glam rocker runner-up of the competition. But there were also plenty of surprises during the beginning of the show, like the many celebrity performers, including Queen Latifah, Fergie, The Black Eyed Peas, Jason Mraz, Kiss, Carlos Santana, Cyndi Lauper, and more.

The show has set a record in voting after 100 million votes were cast to decide who would win “American Idol”.

‘Scrubs’ Continues Series on ABC

andPOP Staff — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:52:46 +0000

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“Scrubs” fans can relax: the show isn’t over after all! It’s just moving.

After NBC heavily advertised last week’s episode, a fairy tale theme, as the series finale, many fans were confused and disappointed. It contained timeline errors and did not justifiably sum up the series.

Star Zach Braff posted an explanation in a MySpace bulletin yesterday. “I was not allowed to say it until today, but Scrubs will be moving to ABC for its final season,” he confessed. “We are currently filming the 8th and final season. The true finale of the show will air on ABC in the fall. NBC merely promoted the Fairy Tale episode as the finale, as it was the last episode they owned.”

The episode featured fan favourite Dr. Cox as the chief of medicine, though he had recently left. Braff explained that the episodes had been aired out of order due to the writer’s strike.