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Ashton Kutcher, Rick Perry and Brett Ratner Are Lucky—Lucky They're Not Joe Paterno

Ashton Kutcher, Rick Perry, Brett Ratner, Joe Paterno WireImage, Getty Images
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There are lot of adjectives that could be applied to Ashton Kutcher, Gov. Rick Perry and Brett Ratner.

Here's one: Lucky.

As in, they're lucky they're not Joe Paterno.

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Just Cancel The Simpsons Already?!

Simpsons, Bart Simpson FOX
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Nothing lasts forever. And maybe nothing, not even Bart Simpson's Bart Simpson-ness, should.

As the showdown between Fox and The Simpsons' voice actors reaches its reputed drop-dead date, and threatens the future of the animation classic, the devil's-advocate question begs: 

Is it time for the longest-running prime-time comedy series in TV history to go?

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Is This the Worst Dancing With the Stars Cast Ever? Ha!

Dancing with the Stars Season 13 Cast, Cavallari, Artest, Lake, Arquette, Phillips, Kressley, Kardashian, Grace, Canalis, MArtinez, Sol Getty; WireImage; FilmMagic
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You're thinking George Clooney's ex-girfriend is not George Clooney. You're thinking Nancy Grace is not Kate Gosselin. You're thinking the Millennium Falcon's Han Solo would be a way cooler choice than the U.S. women's soccer team's Hope Solo

You're thinking this is the worst Dancing With the Stars lineup ever.

You're thinking wrong.

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Ashton Kutcher, TV's New Top Earner: Is He Worth It...or Is He Underpaid?

Angus T. Jones, Ashton Kutcher, Jon Cryer, TWO AND A HALF MEN Matt Hoyle/CBS / Warner Brothers
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According to TV Guide, Ashton Kutcher will earn $700,000 an episode this coming season on Two and a Half Men. According to TMZ, he'll make even more—as much as $900,000.

Either way, he's at the top of the salary heap for primetime actors, towering over Mariska Hargitay, Jon Hamm, Mark Harmon, Tina Fey, every single Glee kid, every single Office staffer and Mr. Tom Selleck

Ashton Kutcher?!

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First Oprah Winfrey, Now Brett Ratner? Did the Oscars Just Jump the Shark?

Oprah Winfrey, Brett Ratner, Oscar Larry Busacca/Getty Images; Jordan Strauss/WireImage
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Oprah Winfrey, best known for TV's Oprah, will receive an honorary Oscar. Brett Ratner, best known for Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan's Rush Hour, will produce the telecast.

Cue the hysteria.

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Could Casey Anthony (or Anthony Weiner) Make William and Kate Turn Around and Go Home?

Catherine Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William Duke of Cambridge, Kate Middleton Samir Hussein/WireImage; Bryan Bedder/Getty Images; AP Photo/Joe Burbank, Pool

Prince William and Kate Middleton are to touch down in Los Angeles this very afternoon, but you have to wonder if the United States leg of the royal visit isn't ill-timed.

Coming, as it is, right smack dab in the middle of America's summer of the Anthonys.

Casey and Weiner.

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Tom Hanks and Cameron Diaz: Enough With the Crazy Stunts!

Cameron Diaz, David Letterman, Tom Hanks John Paul Filo/CBS; Univision
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Dishing about "Man-Spanx?!" Dancing during the weather forecast?! Pulling out Jon Stewart's stitches?! Drinking water out of a British adventurer's dirty sock?!

Tom Hanks and Cameron Diaz, you should be ashamed.

You're both making spectacles of yourself!

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Five Nice Things to Say About January Jones—No, Really

January Jones, X-Men: First Class Murray Close/Twentieth Century Fox

Dear World:

You've had your fun with January Jones

You've called her performance in X-Men: First Class "terrible," "terrible" and "more wooden than a boardroom drinks cabinet." You've gawked at Lost cocreator Damon Lindelof's "Sucking at Acting" review. You've chuckled over Zach Galifianakis' "f--king be nice" admonition.

You have forgotten the golden rule: If you can't say anything nice about the Mad Men star, then don't say anything at all.

You need talking points.

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No Matter Who Wins Idol, It'll Be the Wrong Winner!

American Idol, Lauren Alaina, Scotty McCreery Michael Becker / FOX; Adam Rose/FOX; ABC/ERIC MCCANDLESS

You know the headline's right.

American Idol voters'll get it wrong. Just like Dancing With the Stars' voters (and judges) got it wrong. Just like Donald Trump got it wrong.

And thank the TV gods for that.

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"Eerie Links" Between Osama Bin Laden and Harry Potter: Really?

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Osama Bin Laden Warner Bros Pictures; AFP PHOTO/GettyImages
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Are there "eerie links" between the Osama bin Laden saga and the Harry Potter franchise?

And between Transformers movies, Corey Feldman movies, and whatever else you got, too?

Sure, why not?

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