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Jimmy Fallon And The Roots Team Up With Carly Rae Jepsen Herself For The Ultimate 'Call Me Maybe' Cover (So Everyone Else Can Stop Now)

Posted 6/8/12 3:52 pm EST by in comedy, Music, Television

And of course it's sweet and perfect.

With Jepsen at his side, Fallon and his "Late Night" house band The Roots play a variety of children's instruments, including a multicolored xylophone, bongos, a tone block and tambourine with Jepsen handling triangle duties, as they harmonize away on the hit song.

While all the "Call Me Maybe" covers have been fun, the trend is getting a little played out, and it simply can't get any better than Fallon, Jepsen and the Roots' goofy and wonderful backstage performance. Hopefully we'll be able to look back on it as the best and last. Check it out below:

When Jepsen swung by the MTV Newsroom last month, the pop sensation revealed that she loves all the viral video love, which has come from the Harvard baseball team, the Miami Dolphins cheerleaders, and many many others. "I have seen a few. It's pretty rad that people are participating and making their own versions," she told MTV News. "It makes my day to see it."

As for Fallon the musician, we certainly haven't seen the last of him. He's bringing his charm to the Internet tonight (June 8 ) at 8 p.m. for a live 60-minute "YouTube Presents" concert, where he'll be performing songs from his cheeky new comedy album, Blow Your Pants Off, due out next week.

He will also answer questions from Twitter users who tweet @LateNightJimmy with the hashtag #AskJimmy, so get your questions ready!

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Grab A Tissue, PBS Has Remixed Mr. Rogers' Lessons Into 'Garden of Your Mind' Video

Posted 6/7/12 5:13 pm EST by in Television, Video

Grab some Kleenex and get ready to tear up and feel inspired, PBS Digital Studios has teamed up with Symphony of Science's John D. Boswell to create "Garden of Your Mind," an autotuned mash-up video of the late Fred Rogers speak-singing about the power of curiosity, imagination and learning.

Like just about everything affiliated with Mr. Rogers, the clip, the first of many planned remix videos set to feature PBS icons, is incredibly moving. This is, after all, the man who taught many of us to tie our shoes and believe we could do anything we set our minds on.

"Do you ever imagine things?" Rogers starts. "Did you ever grow anything in the garden of your mind?"

The video contains scenes from more than three decades of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" and was was released on PBS' Facebook page today (June 6).

>> Five Reasons Mister Rogers Was A Rock Star

"When we discovered video mash-up artist John D. Boswell, aka melodysheep, on YouTube, we immediately wanted to work together," the description on the video on PBS Digital Studios' YouTube channel reads. "Turns out that he is a huge 'Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood' fan, and was thrilled at the chance to pay tribute to one of our heroes. Both PBS and the Fred Rogers Company hope you like John’s celebration of Fred Rogers’ message."

Watch below (we were serious about that tissue, guys):

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The Kardashians Enjoy Making Elaborate Lip-Synch Videos While On Vacation

Posted 6/4/12 12:16 pm EST by in Television, Video

We have a theory about the Kardashians. It's not a new theory, to be sure, but there is new evidence to support it.

On a recent trip to the Dominican Republic, the Kardashian klan decided to make an elaborate video of themselves lip-synching to Notorious B.I.G.'s "Hypnotize." We're not talking about a fun, single-take clip of them singing the song while chilling in their cabana. This vid is edited, features multiple takes and backdrops and some basic, slow-motion effects. They grind on a yacht, Bruce Jenner plays Kris Jenner's butt like bongos and they playfully toss faux money around. The whole thing doesn't agree with our stomach for a number of reasons (please feel free to list yours in the comments below), but mostly because it boggles our mind that this insanely rich family that lives their lives on television can't even manage to put the camera down while on vacation.

And here we are, yet again, watching the whole thing. We're not proud of ourselves right now either.
This isn't the family's first on-vacation lip-synch clip. As Buzzfeed points out, they've done this before – again and again. They've made these same clips during trips to Bora Bora, a ranch, while on the set of their Christmas card photo shoot and now in the DR. All of which begs the questions: Why can't they stop filming themselves? Even if they feel like making these videos, why do they release them to the public instead of keeping them for their personal enjoyment? Why do they think people care? (I suppose because we're writing about it right now, showing that we do – but this isn't a raving endorsement, you know?)

We've always been under the impression that vacations were best spent enjoying the company of friends and family away from the bothers of your professional life. Sure, plenty of people take video of their trips and fill their cameras (and often later their Facebook feeds) with pictures from their travels. But they aren't professional personalities like the Kardashians. You'd think these people would desire a little time spent away from the cameras. And frankly, it comes across like they are rubbing people's noses in their riches, which isn't the best look.

Check out the "Hypnotize" clip and a few other Kardashian vacation videos below. We apologize for any elevations in your blood pressure. Read More...

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Tina Fey Enjoys '7 Minutes In Heaven,' Continues To Reign As Queen Of Viral Video Internet Interviews

Posted 5/22/12 5:38 pm EST by in Television, The Interweb

Tina Fey is one of my favorite people and she's probably one of your favorite people too (unless you're a Sarah Palin super fan, in which case … well, to each his own).

So it's with great pleasure that we bring you her hilarious "7 Minutes in Heaven" interview with Mike O'Brien. Watch Fey riff on Liz Lemon's cameo on "Breaking Bad," throwing up at Gramercy Tavern, making out with John Goodman, which "Cosby" is she (and which would she be comfortable with watching her shower) and, of course, making out – as is the custom on the Internet sensation chat fest.

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This interview comes just a few weeks after she tore Zach Galifianakis apart on "Between Two Ferns," another online smash (though Fey's appearance did air first on TV before dominating the Internet).

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'Celebrity Apprentice' Finale: Top 5 Behind-The-Scenes Moments

Posted 5/21/12 4:34 pm EST by in Television

By James Dinh and Uptin Saiidi (@uptin)

New York, NY - It’s been a three-month long TV addiction, but we’ve made it to the very end. On Sunday night (May 20), we took our Trump fandom to the next level and attended the live finale of the Donald’s "Celebrity Apprentice," which saw talk show staple Arsenio Hall best Clay Aiken for the famed title.

Viewers were treated to a fair share of reality television goodness, but somewhere in between the camera angles and edits were a string of behind-the-scenes moments that didn’t make the air.

So without further ado, peep our five OMG-worthy moments from last night’s Trump event at the American Museum of Natural History:

1.) In between keeping tabs on all the on and off stage antics, it wasn’t hard to catch a glimpse of some familiar faces sitting in the audience. Spotted among the seating crowd in the American Museum of Natural History was last season’s sign language interpreter Jack Jason, Teresa Giudice’s husband Joe and, of course, Donald’s favorite TV receptionist, Amanda.

2.) Aubrey’s Aubtourage was out in full force last night ... Or at least a group of them sitting in the upper balcony. Throughout the two-hour long event, the audience members shouted out the pop star's name, and every time there was a commercial break the stage manager tried to put an end to it by telling them to shout during commercials to get it out of their system. Although he tried to reason with them, they continued shouting, making some of the audience members very annoyed and giving Aubs a good chuckle. No word on if they ended up getting kicked out or not.

3.) Remember when Clay Aiken and Arsenio Hall sang their brotherly rendition of "Lean On Me"? Well, the part you didn't see on TV was that standing in the audience was a production person quickly shuffling through cue cards. That’s right. Are the lyrics of "Lean On Me" really that hard to memorize?

4.) We know there've been a lot of feuds on this season and the off-camera tension was palpable. On stage, during commercial breaks, the contestants barely interacted with one another. Although, we could see off-camera there was a genuine friendship between Clay and Aresenio. Lisa and Aubrey were also some of the only contestants to talk during the breaks.

5.) Once the cameras stopped rolling and the confetti fell to the floor, the Trumps and this season’s star competitors stayed on stage for some mingling as friends, family and your average audience attendees were welcomed on stage for a brief chat and a quick photo opp.

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The Game Of Late Night Thrones Thickens As David Letterman And Conan O'Brien Bash Jay Leno

Posted 5/18/12 5:03 pm EST by in Conan O'Brien, Television

Conan and DAve

By Natasha Chandel

Conan O'Brien and David Letterman are keeping their friends close and their enemies closer. O’Brien made an historic appearance yesterday on “Late Night with David Letterman” after 13 long years. The two late night giants came together for one common cause – bashing their other late night nemesis, Jay Leno.

The late night battle feels much like an episode of “Game of Thrones,” where comedy circuit brothers (Leno and Letterman) become network foes. But the kings of their own respective lands (NBC and CBS) want more, living with the overpowering ambition to rule all television kingdoms. In neighboring borders lives a young prince (O’Brien), in line to take the NBC king’s place, but upon assuming his rightful position is sleazily pushed and banished from the kingdom altogether by an insecure former leader. The old king (Leno) reclaims his position but not without enemies. He leaves the other brothers (O’Brien and Letterman) bitter and scarred. They eventually realize that if they stand united, they might not bring down the lone brother, but at least will have some laughs at his expense. Because, really, who cares about his land anyways.

O’Brien’s appearance on “Late Night” began with an awkward silence. “The longer we sit here, the more uncomfortable it will make Jay [Leno],” Letterman said, setting the tone right off the bat. From there, the interview was full of jabs at the “Tonight Show” host – teasing his voice, opulent lifestyle and perceived selfishness.

Letterman recalled an anecdote of working alongside Leno as up-and-coming comics, with Leno usually being the crowd pleaser. “He was also a bit of a brat,” Letterman quipped, and went on to say that the Leno who pushed O’Brien out of the “Tonight Show” chair after a mere six months was “the Jay I know.”

O’Brien’s self-depricating signature style meshed well with Letterman’s self-serving humor. Together they succeeded in making Leno the “bad guy,” although, to be fair, an entire network was as guilty for the debacle that forced O’Brien to leave NBC and move to his new home at TBS.

But all’s well that ends well, right? From the sound of it, O’Brien is happy at TBS, a network that allows him to do whatever he wants and create the show of his liking. Although, it was clear from this interview that the wound is still deep for both O’Brien and Letterman, who take a certain pleasure in knowing Leno is no longer the king he once was.

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The Four New TV Shows We Can't Wait To See

Posted 5/16/12 6:30 pm EST by in Television

Mindy Kalings

With the big reveal of CBS' 2012-2013 primetime schedule, all of the major networks have revealed which of their current shows will be back in the fall and which ones are being sent to the television graveyard as well as which pilots will be premiering this fall.

We have to say, we're pretty pleased with how things panned out. After a tense, touch-and-go couple of days "Parks and Recreation" and "Happy Endings" got their expected pick-ups, and favorites "Modern Family" and "30 Rock," albeit for a truncated final season, will also be back when the leaves start to turn.

(We're not exactly in love with the idea of two cycles of "The Voice" – part of that show's appeal was that it was neither overextended nor played out and a non-stop, yearlong run puts that in danger – but we'll deal.)

We've also got Louis C.K.'s brilliant "Louie" returning to FX in June, and our high hopes that the summer-long break from the traditional TV season will give us a chance to catch up on "Mad Men" or "Game of Thrones."

So there's a lot of good things going on in TV right now, and that includes some of what we're seeing from the previews of the new shows that are premiering this fall. As the network upfronts continue, we're getting a first feel for which shows to start getting excited for. Below we've lined up the four shows (one from each of the four major networks, to keep things fair) that have us really excited for the hot and sticky summer to fly by (save that week at the beach … that can linger as long as it likes) so we can get back to where we belong – in front of a television with a fan, a glass of red wine and all of old and new (TV) friends. Read More...

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Kim Kardashian Bashed By Rogue IMDb Writer In Biography On Film Site

Posted 5/15/12 4:36 pm EST by in Celebrity, Television

Sometimes some people are just pushed one step too far and that seems to have been the case for (former?) IMDb writer Jon C. Hopwood, who was tasked with writing/updating the site's biography of Kim Kardashian and simply wasn't having it.

Hopwood decided that the opportunity was perfect to pen what is really more of an op-ed than a bio, digging his claws into Kardashian and her place in American culture. There's really not a ton more to say -- he's certainly not the first writer to tear into Kim K. and the reality TV/celebrity culture she has become the ultimate example of, he's just the first to go rouge and do it on the Internet's most trusted (and typically objective) source on all things film.

IMDb has already pulled the biography down, though in the age of screengrabs, if someone gets to something quick enough it lives forever. In this case, Uproxx managed to snag the bio before the folks at IMDb pulled it.

Read it in full below:

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Was Christina Aguilera's Season-Long Feud With Tony Lucca Inspired By Unrequited Teenage Crush?

Posted 5/11/12 12:14 pm EST by in Christina Aguilera, Television, The Voice

Tony Lucca

By Zachary Swickey

If you kept up with the nail-biting second season of NBC’s “The Voice,” then you are already aware that Jermaine Paul was crowned this season’s winner. However, the real juicy backstory throughout the season has been the peculiar and seemingly bitter feud between Christina Aguilera and contestant Tony Lucca, who both appeared on “The Mickey Mouse Club” as kids.

It all started when Lucca first took the stage and Aguilera seemed to not recognize him.
But that was just the start. As the season continued, Aguilera became more and more critical of Lucca, specifically targeting him with particularly harsh (if not necessarily incorrect) criticism on multiple occasions. Of course, Lucca tried to be professional at first and ignore her unfavorable critiques; however, he did finally snap back, telling People, “I’m not going to let one person bring me down. Clearly that seems like part of her strategy.”

According to Dale Godboldo, a “Mickey Mouse Club” co-star from back in the day, Aguilera’s negative comments stem from the fact that she was actually taken with Lucca back in their Disney days and the feelings were not reciprocated.

“Christina was in love with him,” Godboldo revealed to TMZ. “But she wasn’t the only one. Britney was in love with him.”

"All of this ['The Voice'] madness was not brought on by Tony," he continued.

Feud or not, it seems like Aguilera is trying to bury the hatchet. During the show’s finale, Aguilera whispered something into Lucca’s ear. “She just wanted to clear the air a bit," Lucca said to Us Weekly.

"[She] apologize[d] that this became much more of a dramatic thing than she ever intended it. I said to her, 'I hope that we can be cool moving forward. I take pride in the fact that my whole career has been a career of integrity, and sound relationships,” he told the mag.

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Dear NBC And ABC, Please Renew 'Parks And Rec' And 'Happy Endings' ASAP

Posted 5/11/12 11:05 am EST by in Television

Parks and Rec

Forgive us if we're a little on edge, NBC is being weird about "Parks and Recreation" and ABC has yet to renew "Happy Endings," and it's making us a little crazy.

As the network upfronts draw near, we're learning which shows have been picked up for next season and which are being put out to pasture. NBC has already announced that "30 Rock" will return for an abbreviated, 13-episode final season. While we're a lil sad that the show is coming to a close, it does seem like the time is right to end the Emmy-winning sitcom. "Rock" has seen better days, though it has been on its game these last few weeks and, let's face it, even off-prime "30 Rock" is superior to most shows on network television. But we've always been fans of letting shows go out strong, before they've worn out their welcome – so farewell good friend, you will be missed.

We cannot say we feel the same about "Parks and Recreation." NBC has yet to announce exactly what it is going to do about the middling-rated, critically adored sitcom, but popular consensus seems to be that the network will announce a shortened final season for the Amy Poehler vehicle as well. This is not OK.

"Parks" ended its fourth season last night with a game changer episode. Poehler's Leslie Knope was elected to the Pawnee city council, a move that could easily reinvigorate the sitcom and open the door to a host of new storylines. It remains one of the best shows on television and enjoys a cult following, but the shift it introduced gives "Parks" the opportunity to do something that the more insular "Community" and "30 Rock" have always had trouble doing: welcoming new viewers.

A problem with "Rock" and, more so, "Community" is that both have grown more and more meta the longer they've been on the air, making it hard for new viewers to understand the jokes or find affection for the characters. "Parks" doesn't suffer from this problem, and could thrive with the right promotion and time slot. (It would perhaps do better on, say, Wednesday, where it wouldn't face off against CBS' unstoppable "Big Bang Theory"-anchored comedy block.)

We get that network TV is a business, but we think it would be a mistake for NBC to scrub itself entirely of its most acclaimed shows. The network is developing a lot of comedies and it's going to need something proven to anchor them. "Parks" may not be a ratings bonanza, but it has been a consistent performer. Paired with the right shows, it still has enough life in it to be a hit.

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