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'It gets better' for 'Days of Our Lives'---first gay kiss!

Entertainment Weekly released exclusive photos of the first gay kiss on "Days of Our Lives."

While the way the show has been handling the storyline has seemed a little dated (parents going to a support group to deal with their son's homosexuality?), the show must be applauded for evolving. Although it's kind of necessary to evolve when you're the last species. 

Let the debauchery begin! Is it March 25 yet? #madmen

This promo for "Mad Men" has nothing new to show us for this upcoming season except the promise of action, confidence, lust, and. . .Don. However, I do love the renegade cowboy-esque music Mr. Draper struts to. I could watch this all day. 

 

Hank Azaria and I share the same favorite 'Simpsons' episode. By Lucifer's Beard!

"The Simpsons" celebrated a milestone last Sunday night when its 500th episode aired (haters to the left---the show is still good, so suck it). 

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Hank Azaria (voice of many notable characters, including Kwik-E-Mart slave Apu Nahasapeemapetilon) said that the episode that makes him laugh the most is "Cape Feare," where Sideshow Bob comes back (in one of many appearances) to terrorize Bart, which forces the family to join the witness protection program. 

This is my all-time favorite episode, too. People always talk about the infamous rake scene, which is pretty hysterical, but from beginning to end, there is nothing but laughs during "Cape Feare."

Probably most of my stolen one-liners in life come from this episode, including this scene where Sideshow Bob explains his tattoo:

 

And then, of course, this scene literally had me in tears of laughter as a prepubescent the first time I saw it:

 

And clearly, any show that ends an episode with a rousing rendition of the HMS Pinafore can't be an evil series. Best. Episode. Ever.

Lindsay Lohan is hosting SNL March 3. And it's not a rerun!

There were many surprise cameos when Maya Rudolph hosted "Saturday Night Live" February 18, including Amy Poehler, Justin Timberlake, and Bill O'Reilly, to name a few. But the biggest cameo of all was Lindsay Lohan's name sprawled across the screen as an upcoming guest! 

This is pretty huge news, and it's especially strange since word wasn't really leaked until the Feb. 18 episode.

Lohan, pictured below slowly evolving into her mother Dina Lohan, hasn't really had much acting action in recent years ("Ugly Betty" is the last thing to comes to mind). Is this the start of her comeback? Or is it too late?

Personally, if they can get her to show up for the rehearsals, that's probably a start. It should make for a hyped-up episode. Lohan is most definitely funny, but can she/will she be funny making fun of herself? Or will SNL, which is notably a fan of Lindsay, refuse to acknowledge the controversial figure's recent years? I'll be tuning in.

'This Means War' between who has a better butt: Reese or Cameron

One of the new film releases this weekend, This Means War, has a script that has circulated around Hollywood for years, going from leading man to leading man (Ronald Reagan may have even passed on it). 

Luckily, for the script (probably no one else), director McG decided to take it on. The decision may have gone something like this:

SCRIPT
Please take me!  Everyone from Seth Rogen to 
Martin Lawrence wouldn't. This could be my last chance. 

MCG
Hmmm. I'm not sure. Something's missing.

McG snaps his fingers.

MCG
Can we get the female protagonist to shake her butt?

It's not a McG film without a hottie shaking what mama (or Pilates) gave her! 

First, there was Cameron Diaz in Charlie's Angels (2000):

  

Then, yet again, Cameron Diaz in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003):

And now, Reese Witherspoon in This Means War:

I seriously believe that McG should refrain from doing any more action comedies and just focus on romantic comedies because he has nailed one of the key ingredients to a Sandra Bullock film. 

Fun fact: McG also directed Terminator Salvation, but for good reason, I don't think he asked Christian Bale to shake it for him. 

'The B**** in Apartment 23' may be Krysten Ritter's big break. Again!

Krysten Ritter is an actress you've probably seen somewhere. She's appeared in movies like Confessions of a Shopaholic alongside Isla Fisher. She was the artsy friend to Rory on the final season of "Gilmore Girls." She kinda looks like Zooey Deschanel. Each time I see Ritter on a TV show ("Breaking Bad") or in a movie (She's Out of My League), I always think," This girl is bound to be the next big thing."

It looks like she may finally be done playing second fiddle, as she's the starring role on the ABC sitcom, "Don't Trust the B**** in Apartment 23," a pseudo "Two Broke Girls"---only replace Chestnut the horse with James Van Der Beek---for real. 

 

There's something very engaging about Ritter, and this looks like a really fun role. Yes, the premise is very similar to "Two Broke Girls," but Caroline and Max aren't as biting or vicious with each other as these two (no one gets icing in their cracks!).

Pro: I think I speak for EVERYONE when I say, "Welcome back, Dawson Leery!"

Con: "Apartment 23" will be replacing "Happy Endings" on ABC Wednesdays starting April 11. That is simply unamaaazing. 

The Atlantic City Diving Horse will NOT be returning---consider this wild heart broken

News broke this week that Anthony Catanoso, owner of Atlantic City's Steel Pier, no longer has plans to revive the diving horse spectacle, where a horse and rider plunge into a water tank from a 40-foot platform. The diving horse was a popular Jersey Shore attraction from the 1920s to the 1970s. 

It makes sense not to revive the act, considering the modern-day implications; plus, animal activists are already up in arms about the treatment of the horse (strangely, no human activists care about the rider). 

However, as soon as I saw the Yahoo! image of a horse diving into a pool of water along the Jersey boardwalk, I immediately thought of Sonora in Disney's 1991 classic Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken. This film is based on a true story of one such "Diving Girl" who performed the stunt. 

 

Yes, that's Fiona from "Burn Notice." And DOUBLE yes, that's Michael Schoeffling (aka Jake Ryan from Sixteen Candles) at the 8:17 mark of the video. 

Despite all of the reasons not to do the Diving Horse act, I can't say that I'm not a little disappointed that they aren't reviving it. Maybe it's just the romantic nature of the 1920s and the film itself that leave me a little sad.

Truly, can we even imagine a 2012 version of this stunt? First of all, in a nation battling obesity, America wouldn't be able to find a lithe enough rider. And with technology so rampant, would anyone look up from their iPhones long enough to notice such an amazing feat?

Woody Allen and Kanye West. . .together at last!

I suppose the mashup of Midnight in Paris and "N****s in Paris" (courtesy of @adamsaewitz, @maxwellgray, and @dondamidwest) was bound to happen at some point (warning: graphic language).

  

I always assumed the inevitable mashup would have something to do with 1 Night in Paris. 

'The Walking Dead' valentines are bloody brilliant. . .mmmm brains

"The Walking Dead" came back to AMC Sunday night, and these e-card valentines are a great way to tell the ones you love how much you love them, and to remind them to catch this Zombiepocalypse in its third season. 

Adele rules at everything, including Grammy fashion. Suck it, Karl Lagerfeld! #grammys

Big Grammy winner Adele looked beautiful last night in this Armani gown (image courtesy of Just Jared):

It was classy without being matronly, not too un-fun fun fun, and she didn't look like she was a Miami mom at the beach with her kids. Karl Lagerfeld best be eating his words right about now. 

As much as I'm tired of hearing Entertainment Weekly ask readers inane questions like, "Where were you when you first heard Adele's 'Someone Like You'?" (It's not 9/11, for Pete's sake), she is most definitely a breath of fresh air in the business, even when it comes to Grammy couture (Nicki, you didn't even look like you enjoyed your outfit).