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Jimmy Fallon Hosts the Emmys and Gwyneth Paltrow Does Something That May Make You Hate Her Less

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (21)

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  • NBC gets the Emmy Awards this year, and they’ve pretty much only got one guy in-house suitable for the role of host that isn’t completely loathed by a large percentage of people. That guy is Jimmy Fallon, who has come out of the late-night wars remarkably unscathed, and a little better for it. (The Wrap)

  • Speaking of Jimmy Fallon, don’t hold it against me, but I actually saw this when the show aired the other night — a rap duet between Fallon and Gwyneth Paltrow. Don’t look now, but Paltrow comes off as thoroughly likable. You can maybe put down the pitchforks until after Iron Man 2 has finished its run?


  • Good news for Olyphant fans (all of you): F/X has officially done picked up “Justified” for another season. (THR)

  • NBC had made the first official new pick-up for the fall television season, snagging J.J. Abrams’ “Undercover,” a Mr. and Mrs. Smith type show about two married ex-spies turned caterers who are brought back into the business. It will star Boris Kodjoe and Gugu Mbatha-Raw. I wonder where that leaves “Chuck on NBC’s schedule, especially now that Chuck and Sarah are possibly headed toward matrimony? (Deadline)

  • There is a possibility, reported Deadline, that “The Ghost Hunter” and “The New Adventures of the Old Christine” may head to ABC if CBS doesn’t pick up either show. And speaking of “Chuck,” the same post reports that there is a good chance it’ll get picked up in the fall. With the above J.J. Abrams’ show on the plate, I’m skeptical.

  • The History Channel is teaming up with comic-book legend, Stan Lee, to produce a show about people who have remarkable abilities because of being genetically different. Lee will co-host with Daniel Browning Smith, dubbed the world’s most flexible man. (THR)









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    Comments

    RE: Stan Lee thing on history...

    I hope they do an episode on those freakishly strong people with that genetic disorder that increases muscle mass at an early age. Cuz kids that are 4 years old but can beat up a 9 year old are funny. Like, not funny funny. But funny in that everyone wants to study study study these kids under a microscope, but no one wants to tell them that they're going to die at a young age.

    Oooppp....I mean ***SPOILER ALERT*** Sorry kids...you're going to die at a young age. ***END SPOILER***

    Posted by: PissBoy at May 4, 2010 4:28 PM

    • Oh, thank God for that. I thought you were going to suggest her appearance on The Marriage Ref was the acceptable act because I strongly feel everyone associated with that show should be burned at the stake (yes, EVEN Alec Baldwin).

    Posted by: PaddyDog at May 4, 2010 4:39 PM

    The handful of times I've seen Fallon's show have been ... not bad. He looks like he's trying too hard, but that's kind of endearing.

    Will the Roots be the Emmy house band for the night?

    Posted by: , at May 4, 2010 4:40 PM

    Nope, still hate her.

    Posted by: MM at May 4, 2010 4:46 PM

    Yeah, I still want her head in a box.

    Posted by: coveredinbees at May 4, 2010 5:00 PM

    Zing!

    Posted by: MM at May 4, 2010 5:03 PM

    Where the hell did this Paltrow backlash come from? I think she's endearing as all hell in most any of the roles I've seen her in. I also don't know jack shit about her personal life, so maybe there's something I'm missing?

    Posted by: the_wakeful at May 4, 2010 5:06 PM

    I can't see the video. Someone tell me, did she rap with an endearing English accent? That may make me want to ball-bonk her less.

    (I'm lying)

    Posted by: admin at May 4, 2010 5:11 PM

    Well, first of all, I'm STILL MAD that she won the fookin' Oscar for Shakespeare in Love and beat out Cate Blanchett for Elizabeth. (I didn't see the second Elizabeth movie, so if it was lame, whatever, but Cate in the first one was a revelation.)

    Second, she has this website/lifestyle shit called GOOP where she tries to be Martha Stewart-esque but totally natural and holistic and it is the most PRETENTIOUS, holier-than-thou crap you can imagine. (And I'm a total granola-eatin', Birkenstock-wearin', tree-huggin' hippie. A dirty, dirty hippie. But she's not having any of that "diirrrrty" {say with snooty British accent} hippie crap. Only $1000 eco-fashion type-crap.)

    Posted by: MM at May 4, 2010 5:18 PM

    Or maybe it's because in interviews she gushes so disingenuously about how taken aback she is by her success and how much hard work it was to get a look-in in the movie industry. You know, what with having two pretty famous industry insiders for parents and Stephen Spielberg as a god father.

    Posted by: PaddyDog at May 4, 2010 5:27 PM

    She's a competent actress, but Paddydog is correct that she was born on third and thinks she hit a triple. Honey, if you were just some rich girl who graduated from Spence you'd be working at Sotheby's. Let's be honest here.

    Posted by: samantha t at May 4, 2010 5:32 PM

    Quit trying to make me stop hating the Paltrow. I watched "A Perfect Murder" last night,and up until the moment that

    ****SPOILER****

    Michael Douglas does NOT succeed in killing her, that movie is porn to me.

    Now I am off to Netflix "Se7en"...Again.

    Posted by: greer at May 4, 2010 6:11 PM

    It was nice, for once, to see someone losing it in the sketch BEFORE Jimmy.

    Posted by: Jelinas at May 4, 2010 7:35 PM

    I think everyone who works for NBC on their comedy shows are contractually obligated to make an appearance on the Marriage Ref. I watched the one episode with Kathy Griffin on it because I figured if it was going to be funny, it would happen when someone whose entire act was about pissing off the suits. But I don't think she got bleeped once which makes me wonder if they didn't have her mom held hostage just off camera with Kramer holding a knife to her neck. That show is painful and people who produce and star in way better material, gamely play along. I figure there has to be some blackmail/astronomical paychecks being passed around backstage.

    Posted by: Jennifer at May 4, 2010 9:20 PM

    Was that supposed to make me like Gwyneth (or Jimmy) any more? Cuz...unsuccessful

    Posted by: Vince Noir at May 4, 2010 11:30 PM

    Ahhh, lilly white people rapping pooring, as funny and fresh as it was 20 years ago...

    Posted by: Steve at May 5, 2010 2:39 AM

    Do you mean Ghost Whisperer? I didn't know there was a show called The Ghost Hunter...except for Ghost Hunters on ScyFy, which might take exception to such a similar title.

    Posted by: Whorish Mouth at May 5, 2010 7:41 AM

    Also...I don't get the Gwyneth hate, either. Then again, I've never been to her website. But she doesn't bother me.

    Posted by: Whorish Mouth at May 5, 2010 7:47 AM

    Ahhh, lilly white people rapping pooring, as funny and fresh as it was 20 years ago...

    Posted by: Steve at May 5, 2010 2:39 AM
    ---
    OK, what's worse:

    1. Lily white people rapping

    2. Lily white people singing black spirituals

    I'd vote 2, cause at least a couple white people can rap.

    Posted by: , at May 5, 2010 9:25 AM

    I like the IDEA of Gwyneth, because her persona is so amusing to me. GOOP is hilarious. I like to think she is earnestly writing this stuff and imagining that she is Making A Difference In People's Lives, and that she really doesn't have a clue that there are people in the world who can't afford $1,000 crystal sea salt shakers.

    Posted by: Craig at May 7, 2010 10:07 AM

    I can't afford $1000 crystal shakers; even if I could I don't think I would get one. But I wouldn't have known about their existence if you hadn't mentioned it and if she hadn't mentioned it in her website. So I learned something new today from Gwyneth. She is privileged but so are millionaire rappers who spend their money on tacky vulgarities. I would have Gwyenth over them anytime, and even over Madonna who can't act or sing as well as Gwyneth. Gwyneth is multi-talented, and it is real talent. Why is she being villified for her clueless indulgences and Madonna and tacky talentless rappers are getting away with destructive stupidities that their lack of talent can't make up for? Because the audience hates real talent - that is, effortless talent that isn't a product of material deprivation and insecurity. They want people they can buy and manipulate into pleasing them. They want to feel like they own the celebrity. Well, you can't own Gwyneth that's why you hate her and you think that by being 'likable' she is finally pleasing YOU. What a delusion. She does not owe her success to her fans, just on her independent and inborn talent.

    Posted by: pamina at November 25, 2010 6:22 PM