Snow Day Linkspam

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* Jeremy Jordan talks about Smash and The Last Five Years. I mentioned this in the lost linkspam, but I kind of can't believe that Hit List is actually getting a live concert performance. And yet, I kind of wish I could go, considering it's Jeremy, Krysta Rodriguez, and Andy Mientus, without all the Kat McPhee bringing them down. At least maybe I'd finally find out what the plot of that show was supposed to be.

* Pippin is getting a movie adaptation? Did I know that? I am too lazy to go back and look at previous linkspams to see if I knew that. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is also apparently a go.

* Jennifer Lawrence talks about not wearing a bra in American Hustle.

* Community season 5 trailer! And a Sherlock series 3 trailer.

* Jeffrey Bell talks about Agents of SHIELD in two new interviews.

* With The Sound of Music being a ratings success, NBC is obviously going to try it again with another musical (which one is still TBD). Despite finding parts of the live performance somewhat cringe-inducing (Carrie Underwood's acting; Stephen Moyer's everything), I can only think it's a good thing to give people outside of New York more and easier access to Broadway shows. I hope they have learned a valuable lesson about casting people who can handle all aspects of the role - singing AND acting - rather than simply going for the big-name stars, but 18.5 million viewers (even if many of them were tuning in to watch Carrie fall on her face) says probably not, so I look forward to next year's show starring a Kardashian.

(Without repeating the entire review that is now lost to the ether, I will say this: Carrie's singing was fine. God bless her for being brave enough to YODEL on live television. But Audra McDonald is a goddess and Laura Benanti is my queen, and putting them next to someone with no acting experience is just setting Carrie up to fail.)

* It is fantastic how the 10th anniversary of Love Actually is inspiring so many articles about it. Such a good movie. If you don't like it, there is a 99.9% chance your heart is made of STONE.

* I am still trying to get my head around Matt Smith in an American Psycho musical. I'm still trying to get my head around an American Psycho musical, period.

* This season of Scandal will on be 18 episodes due to Kerry Washington's pregnancy.

* The Friday Night Lights movie is definitely not happening, you guys.

* Sutton Foster is getting a new show on TV Land. I didn't even realize TV Land had original programming. I thought it was all reruns of old sitcoms?

* Hahaha, "Dos and Don'ts" for when your favorite TV show is canceled.

Comments

[goldenusagi]

cringe-inducing (Carrie Underwood's acting

Yeeeeah. I tried to watch, but couldn't make it through.

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Heh, you're not alone. I watched the whole thing, but yeah, a lot of it was with this face:

[wendelah1]

The questions these assholes feel like they can ask Jennifer Lawrence. I am an outcast as always: I wore a bra in the seventies, at least some of the time. I sold lingerie for a time, including brassieres, so certainly I wore one to work. I was a 34 almost a B. Those were the days.

But Audra McDonald is a goddess and Laura Benanti is my queen, and putting them next to someone with no acting experience is just setting Carrie up to fail.

I wasn't that crazy about her singing either, although she sounded better as the night went on. But, yeah, casting Steven Moyer was a huge mistake. Can't act, can't sing. And zero chemistry with anyone on set. What does he do well? Store mannequin? Audra McDonald and Laura Bernanti were both amazing. As always. One of the Kardashians in a live broadcast musical event? I heard they have the rights to The Wiz. They could write a new song: "If I Only Had Some Talent."

I have to confess I do not have the love for Love Actually. I've seen it once all the way through. Maybe I have a heart of stone but maybe that movie just isn't to my taste?

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Well, I suppose you could be part of the 0.1%. :)

In fairness, Jen and Josh Horowitz have a pretty good (and very silly) relationship, so I think the boob stuff is just them joking around.

What does he do well? Store mannequin?

LOL! That is probably accurate.

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* I am still trying to get my head around Matt Smith in an American Psycho musical. I'm still trying to get my head around an American Psycho musical, period.

It better be everything I've ever dreamed and more tbh.

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For your sake, I hope it is!