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Fox Is Considering a Plan to Have Former American Idols Judge Next Season

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There's a very real chance the next American Idol will be judged by a panel of former American Idols. As Fox and the production companies behind the struggling (yet still high-rated) singing show ponder changes for the 2014 edition, two people with knowledge of the situation tell Vulture that serious consideration is being given to the idea of filling one, and very possibly all, of the slots on the show's judging panel with former Idol contestants. These sources say Jennifer Hudson and Kelly Clarkson have already been approached about the idea, and that the names of Adam Lambert and Clay Aiken are also under discussion. (Alas, Justin Guarini does not seem to be on the short list.)

A good way to reconnect the show with its roots. »

Arrested Development Season Four Might Have Some Continuity Errors

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Scheduling has always been a major roadblock for more Arrested Development, what with the careers of much of the cast taking off after the show. We knew shooting the new season demanded some flexibility, but it's crazy to what extent. Mitch Hurwitz, talking to Rolling Stone, explained just how pasted together shooting was:

"We ended up with an eight-hour movie of Arrested Development where the pieces do kind of come together. Not only was the show told out of sequence, it was shot out of sequence. Half of the stuff is on green screen. There are scenes where there are two characters talking to each other. On one side, it's Jason Bateman in July, and on the other side it's Portia in November. It was these crazy, crazy things where everybody had to say, 'Wait, she hasn't gone to that party, so she wouldn't have that makeup on, therefore...'

Will the forthcoming movie become a fifth season? »

Ricky Gervais Comedy Derek Gets Netflix Release Date

While Ricky Gervais's Derek isn't quite a Netflix original — it debuted in the U.K. earlier this year — the comedy will count Netflix as its exclusive American home beginning Sept. 12. The seven-episode series will total three-and-a-half hours for Gervais fans to binge-watch/cringe-watch. The Office creator's latest work revolves around an ambiguously "different" man working at a nursing home. The series has received a bit of criticism, which Gervais has battled by asserting that "the risk in my work is being missed."

Jim Henson's characters provided an outlet for the various sides of his sense of humor and personality, and Henson always considered Kermit the Frog his alter ego. The Smithsonian traveling exhibition, Jim Henson's Fantastic World, will be at Museum of the Moving Image from July 16, 2011 through January 16, 2012. Photo by John E. Barrett, courtesy of The Jim Henson Company. Kermit the Frog (c)The Muppets Studio, LLC.

Museum of the Moving Image Adding Jim Henson Gallery

Astoria's Museum of the Moving Image is adding a Jim Henson gallery set to feature almost 400 pieces of Muppet-abilia. "It’s only fitting that this extraordinary collection of puppets, costumes, props, and more should find a home in New York, where imagination and free expression are part of the fabric of our city, and where anyone who’s watched an episode of Sesame Street sees the inspiration provided by the vibrant neighborhoods and characters that make our city so extraordinary," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. The new gallery will launch in winter 2014-2015. The museum recently hosted the Jim Henson's Fantastic World exhibit.

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Cannes: Damon, Soderbergh on the Bared Souls and Butts in Behind the Candelabra

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Michael Douglas couldn’t speak. Seated on the dais at a Cannes press conference for Behind the Candelabra, he looked at his creative collaborators — including co-star Matt Damon, director Steven Soderbergh, and producer Jerry Weintraub — and suddenly went silent in the middle of his sentence. When he began speaking again, emotion choked the actor’s voice. “Sorry,” he said tentatively, tears in his eyes. “It was right after my cancer that this beautiful gift [of a movie] was handed to me. I’m eternally grateful.”

Damon on his bare, Brazilian-tanned butt, and is Soderbergh qualifying his retirement? »

Star Trek: A GIF History of People Getting Tossed Around the Bridge

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No matter the year it was made, the actors it starred, or the size of screen it was filmed for, every era of Star Trek includes a variation of the same scene: The ship is in trouble. Enemy lasers or unfriendly space terrain threatens the exterior. And inside the crew careens around the bridge, smashing into walls, falling over desks, and stumbling to the floor like Jenga blocks. And of course, the camera shakes. In the early days, the Star Trek Shake was dialed to eleven, with the Enterprise crew and creative camera operators doing all the work. Over time a gimbal and special effects came along to make the shake look a little less silly. Still, it's persisted in spirit and remains an indelible part of all Star Treks. (Though the latest entry in the series, Star Trek Into Darkness, features a moment where seat belts appear out of the bridge chairs — a completely logical addition.) Here is a GIF time line of the evolution of the Star Trek bridge shake.

Seitz Asks: What’s Your Favorite ‘Drug Interlude’ Episode?

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Don Draper (Jon Hamm) - Mad Men

Seitz Asks: What’s your favorite Drug Interlude episode?
Seitz Answers: “Hash,” Barney Miller

The Mad Men episode “The Crash” was the latest in a subgenre of TV episodes that I call the Drug Interlude. The premise is simple: Take characters whose behaviors are well established, put them under the influence of a powerful substance, and watch suppressed parts of their personalities bubble to the surface, sparking hijinks, tearful confessions, declarations of once-secret infatuations, and so forth.

“The Crash” had most of the above, but it did not outdo my favorite Drug Interlude episode of all time. »

Find Tobias in an Arrested Development Where’s Waldo

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To commemorate Arrested Development's triumphant return, we’ve come up with a few opportunities for our fine readers (YOU) to earn yourself some sweet AD swag. (Sorry, not a Cornballer: too dangerous.) We're calling it Bluth's Clues: Every day from May 21 to May 23 we'll feature a different interactive game on our Facebook page, and today it's Where's Tobias?, a throwback to Where's Waldo? — but with a Never Nude.

There's leather-daddy Tobias, Family Band Tobias ... »

Mad Men: How ‘The Crash’ Retells ‘My Old Kentucky Home’

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Don Draper (Jon Hamm) - Mad Men _ Season 6, Episode 8 _ 'The Crash' - Photo Credit: Jordin Althaus/AMC

Mad Men is a claustrophobic show. It's set in Manhattan, which contributes to the boxed-in aesthetic, and mostly takes place in high-rises, an even more constricted environment. And it's about hitting a very small target, trying to give people what they want and what you want at the same time. Episodes like this week's "The Crash," in which people are holed up at the office, tighten that grip a little harder. Throw in some drugs, and all of a sudden panic really starts to set in. "The Crash" is not the only Mad Men episode to follow that formula, though. Sure, this was a whackadoo episode that left a lot of people scratching their heads – or just plain irritated — but it's also a mirror of one of the series' highlights. "The Crash" is a weird reimagining of season three's "My Old Kentucky Home." And in reworking those themes, "Crash" winds up creating a totally different worldview for the series.

Let's get high and recite some poems. »

From Around the Web: Jennifer Lawrence Blued Herself Again for X-Men

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We are all interconnected here on the World Wide Web, and all of us entertainment sites operate on a friendly basis. So what are Vulture's preferred partners excited about today? Jennifer Lawrence's X-Men: Days of Future Past getup, the real life Bling Ring, and Zahara Jolie-Pitt's thoughts on PDA. Read on:

"This is a guy who has tried not to do any sexy scenes with other women since he's met Angelina." »

Arrested Development’s 20 Most Meta Meta-Moments

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The unveiling of the fourth season of Arrested Development is less than a week away. It’s easy to picture the first episode starting off with a wink at the show’s long hiatus and cancellation, because that kind of self-knowing joke is what the show always did: Arrested Development was not afraid to acknowledge it was a TV series and its characters were actually just actors. So in anticipation of the upcoming season we looked back at the series’ twenty most meta meta-moments. D’oh!

From jumping the shark to "Mr. Roboto." »

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The Best of This Week’s Mad Men Recaps: ‘The Crash’

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Jim Cutler (Harry Hamlin) - Mad Men _ Season 6, Episode 8 _ 'The Crash' - Photo Credit: Jordin Althaus/AMC

Reviewers tap danced through the drug-induced chaos of “The Crash,” praising the brilliant Sally Draper, lamenting the amalgamation of virulent racial stereotypes that was “Grandma Ida,” and sending a collective clarion call for Matthew Weiner to stop with the whore symbolism already. Let’s get you up to speed. Here’s your recap of the recaps; this might hurt a bit.

"This is sort of the ultimate Rorschach test episode." »

The Voice Recap: Pharrell Should Be a Coach

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THE VOICE -- Episode 415A "Live Show" -- Pictured: Sarah Simmons -- (Photo by: Trae Patton/NBC)

My goodness. This singing troupe of orphans really performed for their alms this evening, yet there seemed an element of enervation in the air. Even their increasingly woebegone warden, Carson Daly, seemed drawn and wan. Perhaps it was his new gray suit with matching gray tie. Gray on gray washes him out.

Maroon 5, “Take Me All the Way”
This was kind of great because it was like if Adam Levine were drinking one of those milky drinks from A Clockwork Orange but also singing a very catchy song. Side note: Maroon 5 is a surprisingly tight band.

He makes the dubious point that there is no “wrong way” to sing a gospel record. »

Actor John Barrowman speaks at Starz "Torchwood" Panel during Comic-Con 2011 on July 22, 2011 in San Diego, California.

John Barrowman Hosting ABC Singing Contest Show

Recent Scandal guest star and Torchwood mainstay John Barrowman will host a reality contest show for ABC called Sing Your Face Off. According to EW, five celebrity ("celebrity") contestants will "take on the identity of an iconic music performer each week," attempting to impress judges Debbie Gibson and Darrell Hammond. The contestants are Jon Lovitz, Lisa Rinna, Sebastian Bach, NBA player Landry Fields, and Disney Channel actress China Anne McClain, so place your bets accordingly. As horrendous as this all sounds, maybe SYFO is the first step toward a musical special starring the cast of Scandal! Not a musical episode of the show, mind you, just a one-off special. Maybe with holiday songs?

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LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 15: Director Ang Lee attends the 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival Premiere of 'People Like Us' at Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE Stadium 14 on June 15, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images)

Ang Lee Exits FX Pilot Tyrant

Two months after boarding the FX drama pilot Tyrant, Ang Lee has bowed out. "It is one of the most brilliant ideas for a series that I’ve seen and one about which I was very excited," the two-time Oscar winner said. "However, after spending over four years making and promoting Life of Pi, I have recently realized that I need some rest." Bummer — seeing what Lee would've done with the political thriller was high on our curiosity list. Tyrant comes from Homeland's Howard Gordon and Gideon Raff and Six Feet Under's Craig Wright.

Kelly Rowland Joins The X Factor, Simon Is the Only Male Judge Now

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The X Factor is replacing Britney Spears and L.A. Reid with Kelly Rowland and Mexican pop star Paulina Rubio, Fox announced on Monday. "It’s taken more than a decade, but I’m delighted to finally be on a panel with three girls (I think!)," Simon Cowell said in a statement. "Paulina and Kelly both have great taste and massive experience in the music industry and together with Demi [Lovato], this is going to be a fun panel. It just feels like the time to do something different." For those scratching their heads about Rubio: She's sold more than 20 million records worldwide and put out ten studio albums. She is a known quantity.

Game of Thrones’ Sophie Turner on Sansa’s Wedding Day and Drunk Tyrion

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The chances of Game of Thrones' Sansa Stark getting out of King's Landing may have just disappeared. But if she has to be "wedded and bedded" by someone, better Tyrion than anyone else, especially since he is in no rush to give Tywin more grandkids. Still, Sophie Turner found it "really weird" to even pretend to get married; in real life, Turner is 17, three years older than Sansa. Vulture rung up the actress the morning after her character's long walk down the aisle, and she weighed in on whether Sansa could learn to love Tyrion, Peter Dinklage's amazing affinity for playing drunk, and her rap sessions with King Joffrey. 

"Jack [Gleeson] was rapping about Winnie the Pooh and all the money he has. 'Monies and Honeys.'" »

NBC Acquires Drama About a Reality Show

NBC announced today it has acquired another scripted show to add to its summer lineup. The wasteland of summer TV gets a little less waste-y every year! (One hopes.) Siberia is a drama about a (fictional) reality show where contestants are dropped off in an area of Siberia that was hit by a meteorite 100 years ago. Now, things are getting spooky — and not just the reality-show thing. Things from out there.

Watch a Supercut of Every Impression Bill Hader Did on SNL

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As you probably know, Saturday was Bill Hader's final episode as a cast member of Saturday Night Live. Of course, Stefon got the loving farewell he deserved, but we wanted to say good-bye to more of his characters. For his eight seasons, Bill Hader has been one of the show's best and most innovative impressionists, so we decided to celebrate that by looking back at every impression. Over the course of his run, he's impersonated over 80 famous and not-so famous celebrities. Watch our video to remember how he not only upped the ante for oft-imitated famous people (Vincent Price, Al Pacino, Alan Alda, etc.) but also expertly aped those whom few have attempted (Andy Azula, CNN's Jack Cafferty, Dr. Oz, etc.). Just play this before and after every episode next season, and it will be like he never left.

A Tour of Great Arrested Development Etsy Crafts

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No other comedy has generated anywhere near as much ephemera as Arrested Development has. (Part of its cult? Perhaps.) For every minute of show it seems there are eighteen or nineteen tchotchkes and posters and cleverly named Tumblrs. Of course, this enthusiasm for all things banana stand extends to Etsy, where many, many crafters and artists have put their own spin on the Bluth world. Here are some of our favorites — and there are plenty, plenty more where these came from.

Let your Never Nude flag fly. »

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