The Office Is Back! (On Your Computer)
Hurrah! The Office webisodes are almost here, lucky for us all. It’s not quite the same as having a full 22 minutes with J.Kras and Rainn, but beginning next Thursday, July 10, by way of NBC.com, we will have some more quality at Dunder-Mifflin’s Scranton branch. I got an early look at the webisodes this morning, so click in for a little dish and a sneak-peek video…
Really More Like The Tudors Than The Office: Ignore what you’ve heard about the webisodes being about Kevin’s efforts to secure a loan that he can then use to pay off his gambling debts. Oscar Nuñez has the real scoop: “I am playing the visiting count of Spain and in the scenes you’ll be seeing I’m giving the information to Queen Elizabeth that we are thinking of going to war with them. It’s completely different from The Office, and yet it takes place here.”
Highlights: Darryl, Darryl, Darryl. I’m telling you, if you didn’t have a giant crush on Craig Robinson’s Darryl Philbin before these webisodes, you’ll definitely be in love by the time they’re done. Why is he so great? Well, like Holly Flax in the season finale, he helps Kevin with his “challenges.” Other high points from the webisodes include our introduction to Kevin’s bookie (played by Perry Anzilotti) and Oscar’s zero-tolerance policy toward Kevin’s money-grubbing shenanigans.
Boys Will Be Boys: There’s only one female in the webisodes, a loan officer, er, wait, English lady-in-waiting played by Samantha Albert. That’s OK though, because less time with the ladies means we get more quality time with some of our fave guys: Oscar, Stanley, Kevin and Darryl. Brian Baumgartner jokes, “It’s male-centric because at the office we don’t like acting with other women.” (Pfft!)
Digital Get-Down: Writer Anthony Farrell says, “If these turn out well, I think down the line we’ll have some other characters do webisodes.” Word, doggy. Sounds good to me!
Now, press play below for a sneak peek of The Office webisodes and post your reaction in the comments.
Gossip Girl Stars Heat Up Tilden Beach
Gossip Girl Stars Heat Up Tilden Beach
The new season of Gossip Girl is sure to be a winner, building on the greatness of this past season. And though their characters broke up during the season finale, it looks like Blake Lively and Penn Badgley will be reunited onscreen.
The real-life lovers were spotted filming some scenes for the new season of Gossip Girl, looking mighty cozy as they made out on the beach.
And it’s hard to tell which one of these two is sexier, with Penn sporting a studly all-white ensemble and Blake’s curly blonde locks cascading off of her shoulders as she smooched him.
While they got their freak on, co-star Ed Westwick was also busy on the beach kicking a soccer ball around in a pair of short plaid shorts and a striped top before taking a seat surrounded by a few topless beachgoers. Talk about a hard day’s work!
Housewives Borrows a Neighbor From Boomtown
Neal McDonough is the future on Wisteria Lane.
The former Boomtown star will be joining the cast of Desperate Housewives this fall as a new addition to the neighborhood who could become more suit-clad prey for Nicollette Sheridan’s man-eater Edie Britt, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
The blue-eyed McDonough most recently starred in the short-lived ABC series Traveler, the Sci Fi miniseries Tin Man andwe won’t hold it against himthe much-razzed Lindsay Lohan flick I Know Who Killed Me.
As Desperate fans know, the show jumped five years into the future toward the end of the fourth-season finale in May, so our heroines will be greeting an unfamiliar set of only-time-will-tell challenges in season five.
Joining McDonough on the block is Gale Harold (he briefly starred in the ill-fated Fox mystery Vanished), who will provide a personality for Ken, the mystery man Teri Hatcher kissed in the finale.
Million Dollar Listing premieres this summer on Bravo
Bravo is bringing back Million Dollar Listing for a second season this summer. The docu-series gives viewers an inside look at the most exclusive realtors in the Los Angeles area, a luxurious but dangerous place to work. Despite the soft market, these agents will stop at nothing to close million dollar deals in neighborhoods like Malibu, Beverly Hills and Hollywood.
Josh Flagg, Madison Hildebrand and Chad Rogers, L.A.’s up-and-coming realtors, are the stars of this season. Flagg is known to send clients up in helicopters to view properties and has wrapped a home in a big red bow for a pair of new owners. Hildebrand, touted as the “King of Malibu,” has sold over 80 million in real estate in the past two years. Rogers had his real estate license at the age of 18. Some of his celebrity clients include Paris Hilton, Nick Lachey, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Minnie Driver, and Coach Larry Brown.
I tried watching Million Dollar Listing last season. I thought, “Hmm. I like big expensive houses. I like Flipping Out. I’ll probably like this show.” It was so boring. I felt like the drama between the agents was contrived and no one was interesting enough. Flipping Out is a much better show on all accounts. First, there’s Jeff Lewis. I could watch Jeff Lewis brush his teeth and it would be interesting (probably because he have some neurotic freak out about the kind of toothpaste or how it was placed in the drawer). Second, the show does a good job of explaining the professional elements without making it too technical. Lastly, all of the other “characters” on the show are involved with Jeff. They give us even more insight into Jeff’s pysche.
Million Dollar Listing will premiere on Tuesday August 5th at 11 p.m. ET/PT on Bravo, immediately following the season finale of Flipping Out. The series will then move to its regular time, Tuesdays at 10 p.m.