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Watch Wes Anderson’s Test Reel for ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’

By Judy Berman on

Forget Grand Budapest Hotel; any man-child filmmaker worth his daddy issues would drop everything to direct Disney’s Star Wars: Episode VII, so of course Wes Anderson has put together some test footage for consideration. And somehow (i.e., they made it up) Conan got their hands on that reel. Titled A Life Galactic, Anderson’s take is just as twee and intricate as you might hope, featuring a stylized showdown between Han and Greedo and the sweetest two-creature motorcycle ride you’ve ever seen. The sad thing is, we’d be much more likely to sit through this version than whatever the real seventh episode turns out to be. Click through to watch Wes Anderson’s Star Wars: Episode VII, and visit Splitsider to see how (Conan imagines) Todd Phillips might handle the film. … Read More

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Television

Watch a Hilarious Faux Promo for Mitt Romney’s “Celebra-Jam” Rally

By Judy Berman on

Yesterday, a photo circulated of Barack Obama, Bruce Springsteen, and Jay-Z hanging out like normal dudes, backstage at a rally in all-important swing state Ohio. Not to be outdone, Mitt Romney held a Rom-Paign-U-Bration Last-Minute Election Celebra-Jam of his own, featuring a star-studded lineup of A-list Republicans. OK, no he didn’t, because that would have been kind of embarrassing for him. But Conan did imagine how such an event might look, creating a faux promo that managed to crack us up despite Election Day jitters. Watch Ted Nugent and Kid Rock headline the Celbra-Jam below, and join us in wondering: Is Hurley from Lost really voting Romney? … Read More

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News

The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. Last night on Conan, Tig Notaro told the late night host that her recent mastectomy went well, and the cancer didn’t spread. In more good news, following a conversation he had with Woody Allen, Louis CK is planning to release her now legendary Largo set about her breast cancer diagnosis on his website. [via… Read More

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Music

The Das Racist Conan Performance Everyone Is Talking About

By Judy Berman on

Flavorpill favorites Das Racist made their TV debut last night on Conan — and what a debut it was. Those who happen to be familiar with the rappers’ “Michael Jackson” video may not be surprised to learn that they actually brought a (pretty damn convincing) King of Pop impersonator onstage to accompany their performance of the track. What’s possibly more shocking is that Das Racist slowed down their delivery of the song to an opiated, practically witch-house pace. We can only imagine what Conan viewers who have never heard of the band made of a stage full of weirdos in letterman sweaters and mad-scientist coveralls drawling out cough-syrup vocals and shouting out Jhumpa Lahiri while a guy who makes his living pretending to be Michael Jackson moonwalks across the stage. Enjoy the thoroughly punk-rock spectacle after the jump. … Read More

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Television

Conan’s First Week of Guests: Who Made the Cut?

By Caroline Stanley on

Like most of the world, we’ve been closely following Conan for what feels like forever. Now, with the premiere just under two weeks away, they’ve announced who the new show’s first guests will be, namely Seth Rogen, Jack White, and the winner of Conan’s special-guest poll (in all likelihood, Jack Nicholson). Later in the… Read More

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Television

Conan/Leno Brouhaha Overshadows NBC’s New Shows

By Bethany Larson on

In the wake of the Conan vs. Leno battle royale, perhaps you missed NBC’s announcement of eight pilots already given the go-ahead for the 2010-11 season. The new shows are mostly procedural dramas, but there’s also a sci-fi/detective show, a romantic comedy, and an Adam Corolla project; it seems that their remedy for lackluster ratings is to pump out derivative (read: pre-tested) material and spend lots of money on big-named executive producers. There are some potentially-promising projects in the mix (we’re looking at you J.J. Abrams), and some that just don’t make sense — does the world really need a fictional version of Dog the Bounty… Read More

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Web

The Morning’s Top 5 Cultural Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. The results of today’s union vote could decide if The Times shuts down The Globe. [via NYT]
2. Sweden’s Pirate Party captures a seat in the European Parliament. [via Reuters]
3. Hmm: “A secret sect of kung fu assassins could have silenced actor David Carradine as he delved into their shadowy activities,… Read More

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