Like Andrew Dice Clay, Sarah Silverman made her name off the back of jokes about pedophiles and the liberal use of offensive racial epithets. But she's going in an entirely new direction now: Poop. And also, pee. Seriously. "I don't want to be the comic who talks about race all the time," she told
New York magazine "So I'm moving on to poop and pee." How appropriate, then, that her new memoir is called
The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee. Silverman's witty, razor-edged comic persona (Andrew Dice Clay's Diceman meets a 6-year-old girl) can be grating, but she's mellowed recently, and
The Bedwetter is the perfect opportunity to showcase a kindler, gentler, more excrement-focused Sarah Silverman.
The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee hits stores on Tuesday, April 20.
Why are you depressed? Is it because your parents were mean to you? Is it thanks to serotonin imbalances, or lack of sunlight? No, says person-whose-life-story-was-made-into-a-movie Antwone Fisher: It is because you don't know how to tie a tie (if you are a woman, who knows why you are depressed, but…you can also grab a tie if you'd like). Luckily, if you buy his book, he will teach you how to knot your cravat, plus other tips for good grooming and sartorial style. Fisher says that "cleaning, trimming, and polishing are essential daily habits," which sounds great except we aren't really sure what needs polishing. Our foreheads? If it means that Denzel Washington will make a movie about us, we're so on board.
A Boy Should Know How to Tie a Tie and Other Lessons for Succeeding in Life will be available for purchase on Tuesday, April 20.
Rufus Humphrey, played by actor Matthew Settle, is one of the more irritatingly depressed Upper East Siders on the cast of
Gossip Girl—but perhaps that's because this maudlin Brooklynite and former rocker doesn't exactly belong in front of a camera. The 40-year-old actor is using his respite from the teen drama to grace another unlikely stage—Broadway's
Chicago as the smooth-talking lawyer Billy Flynn. The actor's eight-week run begins this week and concludes June 13. "I'm always up for a new challenge," Settle told Betty Confidential of his upcoming musical role. "I hope to give Billy a fresh take, and maybe bring a little more tragedy under that grand skin of his." Still, Settle says he hopes to see some friendly (and famous) faces in the audience for reassurance. "They all say they're going to [come]," Settle added. "My only request is that they
not bring tomatoes!"
Matthew Settle's limited engagement in Chicago
begins at New York's Ambassador Theatre on Monday, April 19
During Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn's second season at their new Lifetime home,
Project Runway contestants found solace in returning to the city where the series once prospered—New York. In a season that's challenged the competing designers to make a garment out of burlap potato sack, promote Campbell's soup, and create Klum's Marie Claire cover look, three superior designers have emerged—New Yorker Emilio Sosa, Mila Hermanovski, and Jeffrey Sebelia Seth Aaron. With help from guest judges Nicole Richie, Lauren Hutton, and Matthew Williamson, Season Seven has made
Project Runway a hit again. Tune in to the finale this week to see who takes the home the $100,000 cash prize (and whatever other promotional earnings Klum mentions each episode), watch Gunn awkwardly visit the top three contestant's homes, and find out if Michael Kors owns a non-black garment (Spoiler Alert: He doesn't).
The seventh season finale of Project Runway airs at 10 p.m. EST on Lifetime on Thursday, April 22.
While
Saturday Night Live host and musical guests tend to create for some odd (yet winning) couplings, this week's episode is one of the strangest pairings.
Precious star Gabourey Sidibe is moving far away from the dark film that brought her newfound fame by hosting this week, while Brooklyn-based band MGMT takes the stage, much to the delight of many a happy hipster. Seemingly, Sidibe is a girl (with a surprising amount of comedic timing, considering the humorlessness of her breakthrough role) who gets what she wants. Take, for example, using her visibility to meet all members of *N Sync. "The way I feel about the Golden Globe nomination versus Justin Timberlake announcing it," she explained to the New York Post, "it's like the nomination is That's How I Roll from Cold Stone Creamery and Justin saying my name is like
cherries on top of That's How I Roll from Cold Stone Creamery."
Saturday Night Live
with Gabourey Sidibe and MGMT airs Saturday, April 24 at 11:30 p.m. EST on NBC.
What does it take for good TV to survive in this day and age? Somehow,
The Office continues to chug right along on the backs of people who write Jim-and-Pam fanfic despite not having generated a single laugh since 2008, while poor
Party Down, which might be the funniest television show airing right now and is certainly the best show ever made about wannabe actors who work for a catering company, is getting cannibalized from the inside out, losing stars to shows like
Glee and
Parks and Recreation. At least we get a few more episodes before its inevitable demise, with the added bonus of
Will and Grace's Megan Mullally, who joins the catering team to help support the celebrity dreams of her daughter, Escapade.
Party Down
returns to Starz (and NetFlix Instant Watch) on Friday, April 23.
The story of Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the doctor who was sent to jail for helping terminally ill patients commit suicide, is one that deserves a tender, nuanced portrayal, and maybe one that doesn't feature everyone's favorite ham, Al Pacino. Which is why we're so excited that Pacino is starring as Kevorkian in HBO's new movie
You Don't Know Jack, directed by Barry Levinson. Hopefully there will be reason for him to say "HOO-AH!" Or not.
You Don't Know Jack
premieres Thursday, April 24.
Though his creations are typically only seen from a distance on red-carpet tastemakers from Natalie Portman to Kate Winslet to Claire Danes, fashion designer Zac Posen is finally making pieces for every wallet and every woman. With his new, somewhat gender-bending collection for Target launching this week, Posen offers looks ranging from $18 to $200 that are far more wearable and affordable than his runway designs. "I don't like
bargain shopping," Posen told the New York Post of the terminology associated with his new line for the chain store. "I like value shopping. Value shopping is not necessarily about getting it for the lowest price. That doesn't turn me on." From a $90 tuxedo to a $50 floral brocade skirt, Posen's Target collection fits all budgets. "I'm ready for the next challenge: to dress a lot more kinds of women," he said. "We'll see the demand and we'll see if I can create at this price point or lower. It's the wave of the future."
Zac Posen's Target collection goes on sale at select Target stores and on Target.com on Sunday, April 25 through May 30.
Lesser-known artists participating in the Whitney Biennial have a chance at greatness this week with the announcement of the 2010 Bucksbaum Award. After it was established in 2000 by the New York museum and the Bucksbaum Family Foundation, the $100,000 prize became the world's largest award given to an individual artist. The Bucksbaum Award was created "to honor an artist, living and working in the United States, whose work demonstrates a singular combination of talent and imagination." The five previous laureates include inaugural winner and video artist Paul Pfeiffer, Israeli-born film artist Irit Batsry, comic-esque artist Raymond Pettibon, collage creator Mark Bradford, and the most recent winner, cinematic genius Omer Fast. The sixth award, created and produced by Tiffany & Co, will be given to West Coast conceptual artist Michael Asher. The 66-year-old Los Angeles resident is known for altering environments and his Biennial project is no different—Asher will keep the Whitney open
around the clock from May 26 at 12:01 a.m. through May 28 at 11:59 p.m. No rest for the gifted—and newly wealthy.
The 2010 Bucksbaum Award will be given on Wednesday, April 21 at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York
Now in its eighth year, New York's Tribeca Film Festival is kicking off its 2010 season with an unusually light choice for its opening night film—
Shrek Forever After (also known as
Shrek: The Final Chapter in 3-D). The nearly two-week-long festival, co-founded by Robert DeNiro in 2002 to bring some post-9/11 positivity to Lower Manhattan, begins this week with the world premiere of the fourth and final installment of DreamWorks'
Shrek. The 3-D movie may not exactly fit with the rest of the mainly small budget films at Tribeca this year, but co-founder Jane Rosenthal explains, "We have always sought to
open our festival with films that are captivating and strike an emotional chord with moviegoers.
Shrek Forever After combines the very best in storytelling and artistry while showcasing the wonders of innovative 3-D film making." Even if blue and red lens cellophane glasses aren't your thing, the rest of the festival's lineup includes international films and independent gems sure to satisfy all cinematic tastes.
The
Tribeca Film Festival begins in New York on Wednesday, April 21 with the world premiere of Shrek Forever After in 3-D.
