Jennifer Garner and Violet: Out in LA
Jennifer Garner and Violet: Out in LA
With the beautiful summer weather in full-effect we’ve been seeing more and more of Jennifer Garner and her daughter Violet out enjoying the sunshine.
Yesterday morning, the “Alias” babe and her 2-year-old were smiling bright as they meandered around town, running errands and stopping into local shops.
Mommy Garner looked cute and casual in a black sundress with a white lace fringe around the bottom teamed with a pair of sandals, while Violet rocked a bright pink top with dark shorts and a pair of Velcro-equipped pink shoes.
These days, Jen is proving that she’s not just a pretty face by taking on the role of film producer. Together with gal pal Juliana Janes, she recently inked a first-look deal with Warner Brothers’ Vandalia Films production company.
Reportedly, they’re going to be considering two projects right away- “Arranged” is about a modern-day arranged marriage, and “3 Days in Europe” is a romantic adventure following a couple as they face danger and excitement on what was supposed to be the perfect Valentine’s Day vacation.
X-Files and Office Dish from WonderCon
Tubers, dare to dream.
Case in point: Many of you wrote on the Watch with Kristin message boards that you'd love for world's best boss Michael Scott from NBC's The Office to hit jury duty, just as his real-life counterpart, Steve Carell, recently did.
Well, guess what? Steve Carell himself says that's precisely what is in the works. This Office dish is just part of the juicy goodness our intern emeritus Marisa Roffman scored when she hit up the big event of the weekend: WonderCon in San Fran. (What, did you think I was gonna say that other awards thingy?)
During the panel for Get Smart, Carell told the audience that the Office cast goes back to work in two weeks. And although he won't be penning any episodes for this season, he is planning to write an episode for next season based on his recent two-week jury-duty stint, where he served on a case in which neither of the parties spoke English and required a translator. (You can just imagine Michael's tact and cultural sensitivity in full effect, right? God bless him!)
Elsewhere at the Con, Joshua Jackson, who is now rumored to be unavailable for his Grey's stint as Cristina's lover (booo!), was also unavailable to do press for the film Shutter, because he's working on the new J.J. Abrams pilot, Fringe, up in Toronto (yay!). However, his Shutter costar James Kyson Lee (Heroes' Ando) represented, and he acknowledged that "some things worked and some things didn't" in Heroes' second season, and that in the next chapter, "Villains," Hiro and Ando will share more time together.
Still, not to bruise Michael Scott's fragile ego, but it's clear that the panel of this year's WonderCon was the X-Files movie, where fans camped out for hours to see, among other things, the world premiere of the movie trailer (which you can see a shakey, fan-filmed version of here…)
The room went nuts. And the panel received a standing ovation. Seems people are, um, looking forward to this? Who knew?! Oh, right, everyone.
Though creator Chris Carter and his crew were tight-lipped about movie spoilers, C.C. did say very firmly that no one is ever really dead in The X-Files, raising speculation that we may see the likes of the Lone Gunmen or Cigarette-Smoking Man in the flick. There were also whisperings that Skinner would be in the movie (though the only official casting that has been confirmed thus far is David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Peet, Billy Connolly and Xzibit.)
So, how excited are you for the X-Files movie, the return of Michael Scott and Pacey Freaking Witter (swoon!) joining up with J.J. Abrams?! Comment below!
P.S.: One final word of advice to you Office fans, straight from the mouth of Carell: "You should try to work 'That's what she said' into every conversation, because it really works." Always a good time, as evidenced by the NBC promo below, which never fails to leave me satisfied and smiling…
Idol Chatter: Boys Will Be Boys (and Sing Off-Key)
Something happened on the way to the debut of the American Idol top 24 that was supposed to be "the best yet."
They, um, sorta sucked.
Yes, there were three obvious exceptions—Jason Castro, Michael Johns and David Archuleta, who will no doubt make it to the final 12 and possibly even final three—but still, tonight's kickoff performances by the boys of season seven were by and large so shaky and awkward and off-kilter, it made us fans yearn for the likes of Justin Guarini singing "A Moment Like This" back in the earliest days. (And that's so not a good thing!)
And so the biggest question of the night is: What happened? Where did all this amazing talent go wrong? And why did so many of them look so terrified and out of place?
Clearly, their first big night being thrown to the vultures (voters and viewers who might say awful things like the second sentence above) had them all scared hit-less. The debut jitters were in full effect, and pitch and performance took a back seat. It's also worth noting here that insiders tell me the contestants are solely responsible (financially and otherwise) for their overall look at this point in the game, which could explain Garrett's garish and "haunting" appearance, Chikezie's (bless him) bold but hideous safety-cone-colored suit and Luke Menard's "just rolled outta bed" sweatshirt chic.
But of course, it's not about the clothes, and it's not about the first night (as we were reminded, no one paid any attention to Kelly Clarkson early on in the first season). It's about the talent, and as we saw in the auditions, these peeps do have pipes, so I still have total faith in this year's Idol crop.
Especially when we have talent like Michael Johns, who, let's face it, doesn't even need to win this thing to launch a career (the guy just screams major recording artist), and David Archuleta, who is so many different kinds of adorable that not only did I vote for him tonight, but I'd like to clone him, shrink him and put him in my pocket to make me smile wherever I go.
So, who are you digging? And do you agree the boys didn't live up to the hype tonight? Keep reading to weigh in on the Best Man poll and Comments section below!
Scrubs Is Back!
Get yourself to a TV, stat! Well, maybe not stat. Around 9:30 tonight would be good, though. Because—drumroll, please—the Sacred Heart crew is back and in full effect.
I just watched this evening’s season-seven premiere, and it is as frighteningly funny as the first-ever episode.
What can I tell you? Well, for starters, the big cliffhanger will be resolved right quick—like before-the-theme-music quick! Plus, Elliot gets a fancy new nickname, Snoop Dogg Intern makes an appearance and Dr. Cox spouts one of his very special rants.
The entire half hour will get you all jazzed up for the rest of Scrubs' final season, and executive producer Bill Lawrence swears he will make good on all of his fan promises: The Janitor does a proper name and a love interest this year; Nurse Laverne won’t rise from the dead, but the actress who played her, Aloma Wright, definitely returns; and The Todd continues to live as a happy, healthy ambisexual.
By the way, I asked Lawrence, and it turns out Zach Braff’s dream of bringing Arrested Development's Dr. Tobias Fünke into the Sacred Heart fold is not totally dead!
And Braff tells me that although "half the fans want [J.D. and Elliot] to end up together and half the fans want them apart," they'll do their best to appease both factions. (Psst…Anybody have a clue how they could do that? And what outcome are you rooting for? Comment below!)
More on that in Monday’s Spoiler Chat. In the meantime, watch Scrubs tonight, people. It'll be the last season premiere of this fantastic show you'll ever see…But don't get me started down that road, or I'll get all weepy.