Hey, Flavorwire readers, did you watch the Emmys last night? There were a few great moments — when Friday Night Lights finally won a few awards, for example — and a few too many jokes that fell flat (why get Jane Lynch to host when you’re only going to let her get in one great zinger about how Entourage explains why she’s a lesbian?). The prevailing mood of the night, however, was neither triumph nor disappointment; it was extreme awkwardness. Relive the mortification and confusion with us as we enumerate the night’s most uncomfortable moments after the jump.
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The new season of Glee promises changes a-plenty with new writers, fewer tribute episodes to glorious pop stars, and the impending sadness at the departure of a few favorite characters. Fear not, though. Jane Lynch isn’t going anywhere, and so long as Sue Sylvester is around to torment the singers of McKinley High or take time to star in hilarious PSAs, then we’ll have Glee programmed into the DVR.
Five songs from the season three opener, “The Purple Piano Project,” have found their way online ahead of next week. Sadly, there are no Foo Fighters or Kings of Leon songs to be heard. Still, after the jump you’ll hear New Directions tackle the likes of Tom Jones, The Go-Go’s, songs from Hairspray, Anything Goes, and The Wizard of Oz/Wicked. Not only do they sound great, but they get double bonus points for not singing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” Do the new songs get you excited for the upcoming season?
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“I don’t know why, but I was born with an extra helping of angst,” Jane Lynch writes in her new memoir, Happy Accidents, which hits shelves today. “I would love to be able to blame this on my parents, as I’m told this is good for book sales. But I can’t.” From early struggles with her “gay secret” to a not-so-healthy relationship with Miller Lite and Nyquil, the Glee star has a past that’s filled with inner turmoil and anxiety — but at least the suffering seems to have had a purpose: “Years later, with lots of distance, I saw my young self in one Sue Sylvester. Hell-bent on revenge and out to crush the dreams of the innocent, Sue is always looking for the next fight.” Click through for more fascinating revelations from Lynch’s entertaining new book.
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It’s the first day of September, which means it’s time for us to present you, dear reader, with a sneak preview of the books that are worth reading this fine month, when summer quickly turns to fall. We have stories from the prairies and stories from the circus, as well as memoirs about death, adolescence, and what is what like being the grunge band in Seattle in the ’90s. So click through and tell us what you’re excited about reading in the comments section below.
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Well, it was only a matter of time. As the Anthony Weiner story devolves into further ridiculousness, the media is following suit — to hilarious results. On Friday night’s Real Time with Bill Maher, Bill Maher and Jane Lynch performed a dramatic (and totally, awkwardly verbatim) reading of Anthony Weiner’s Facebook exchanges with Las Vegas blackjack dealer Lisa Weiss, complete with flirtatious looks, moaning, and Jane Lynch’s smooth comic brilliance. And trust us, when you have a script this good, it doesn’t matter that Maher is giggling uncontrollably to himself. Click through to watch the video, but be warned: as you might expect, the audio is definitely NSFW.
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It’s official! According to Entertainment Weekly, Jane Lynch will be hosting this year’s Emmy Awards on September 18th. Her official statement in response to the news (“I am tickled pink to be hosting the Primetime Emmys. I’m looking forward to singing, dancing and sporting my finest tracksuit”) reminds us a bit of something her on-screen alter ego Sue Sylvester would say. Which makes sense — while Lynch has made a career out of playing quirky characters in films like The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Best in Show, and other TV shows, like Party Down, it’s arguably the multiple award-winning role of McKinley High’s masochistic cheerleading coach that made her into a household name. That’s why in celebration of the good news, we’ve rounded up some of our favorite Sue Sylvester zingers after the jump. Be sure to add any that we’ve missed in the comments!
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Today at Flavorpill, we decided that architecture tattoos are only lame in certain cases. We were excited by reports that Jane Lynch might be hosting this year’s Emmys. We watched President Obama play a round of ping-pong with British Prime Minister David Cameron. We wanted to get our hands on this wooden pinhole camera from Kurt Mottweiller Studios. We watched Chris Crocker turn on Britney Spears. We loved Terence Chang’s long exposure photos of the air traffic above San Francisco International Airport. We were impressed by a portrait of dearly departed designer Tobias Wong that’s made out of over 13,000 dice. We read an interview with Apple’s first CEO whose name is — we kid you not — Michael Scott. And finally, we couldn’t believe this before and after picture of a neighborhood in Joplin, Missouri, snapped by photographer Aaron Fuhrman. It’s almost impossible to believe you’re looking at the same place.
Well, it’s official: the received wisdom that comedies for women don’t make money is complete and utter crap. The glowingly reviewed, Kristen Wiig-penned and -starring Bridesmaids exceeded the studio’s wildest projections, earning $24.6 million (nearly $10 million more than anticipated) and debuting at #2. To celebrate the film — and further disprove the notion that ladies can’t do slapstick, gross-out comedy — we’ve compiled our favorite raunchy women-in-comedy moments. From sexual come-ons to birth to bodily fluids, the top ten are after the jump. Let us know what you’d add in the comments.
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1. Watch the first trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s documentary film about Spalding Gray, And Everything is Going Fine, which his widow asked the director to make after his tragic death. [via Slashfilm]
2. More Steve Carell news: He and David Steinberg are making a documentary that will chronicle the evolution of comedy over the past sixty years through interviews with everyone form Don Rickles to Jane Lynch. [via Deadline]
3. Lea Michele says that if she gets kicked off of Glee as a student, then she’ll return as a teacher. Which is totally something Rachel Berry would say. [via Hollywood Life]
4. Dexter has been renewed for a sixth season — which isn’t surprising as last Sunday’s episode was the second most watched in series history. [via Variety]
5. My Girl star Anna Chlumsky is set to co-star opposite Julia Louis-Dreyfus in HBO’s comedy pilot Veep, a new show that centers on a former senator who becomes Vice President. [via Deadline]
Bonus link: See Conan Tell Jokes in a Pair of Man-Jeggings
1. Oscar-winning actress Patricia Neal, known for her roles in Hud, The Fountainhead, and The Day the Earth Stood Still, has died at 84. [via USA Today]
2. Literary recluse Don DeLillo has given a rare interview to help promote Point Omega. [via Guardian]
3. Saturday Night Live has asked Glee‘s Jane Lynch to host one of the first shows of its upcoming season. [via Movieline]
4. James Cameron claims that even though the government asked for his advice, they failed to take his plan for fixing the BP oil spill seriously. [via MTV]
5. This is kind of cool: A reunion of models who sat for Norman Rockwell when they were kids. [via NYT]
Bonus link: Wikipedia’s lamest edit wars
