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  • Rainn Wilson Cast as Classic Villain in ‘Star Trek: Discovery’

    6th Annual Sean Penn & Friends HAITI RISING Gala Benefiting J/P Haitian Relief Organization - ArrivalsRainn Wilson is going from “The Office” to outer space.

    CBS All-Access announced the actor is joining the cast of “Star Trek: Discovery” as space pirate Harry Mudd, an iconic villain from the first season of the original 1960s series.

    Mudd is described as a “charismatic conman and intergalactic criminal” who smuggles stolen goods and uses counterfeit currency. In the original series, Mudd was played the late Roger C. Carmel and first appeared in the sixth episode of season 1. He later popped up in the animated series and novels.

    Wilson is a self-avowed fan of “Star Trek.” In 2015, he tweeted a link to the “Star Trek: Beyond” trailer and gushed:

    Since “The Office” left the air in 2013, Wilson has done numerous TV and movie projects, including starring in Fox’s short-lived “Backstrom” and appearing in Showtime’s “Roadies.”

    “Star Trek: Discovery” will stream on CBS All-Access some time later this year.

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  • ‘Smurfs: The Lost Village’ Teaser Trailer Goes Fully Blue and Non-Human

    Smurfs: The Lost VillageThe “Smurfs” are back and ready for a new adventure — without humans.

    The first teaser trailer is here for “Smurfs: The Lost Village,” which will be entirely animated, with no live-action footage (unlike the two previous movies in the franchise). The adventure focuses on Smurfette (voiced by Demi Lovato), who takes her besties Brainy (Danny Pudi), Clumsy (Jack McBrayer), and Hefty (Joe Manganiello) on an exciting and thrilling race through the Forbidden Forest. They’re trying to find the titular village before Gargamel (Rainn Wilson) does.

    “Smurfs: Lost Village” looks geared more to kids than even the first two movies, with the pesky (and rather odd) live-action components now gone. There is some colorful scenery, including the hungry flowers aka Venus Smurf Traps, in the trailer, and the story is set up to be a “rollercoaster journey full of action and danger.”

    “Smurfs: Lost Village” opens in theaters April 7, 2017.

  • Best of Late Night TV: Jennifer Lawrence’s 2 Most Embarrassing Moments, Justin Theroux’s Eyebrow-Acting Contest

    If you’re like us and value your sleep, you probably nodded off into your Ambien dreamland before the party started on post-prime time TV. Don’t worry; we’ve got you covered. Here’s the best of what happened last night on late night.

    Come dance with “The Tonight Show” Wednesday night to promote the final “Hunger Games” movie, and you had to know Jimmy Fallon was going to put her to work. They discussed their shared habit of falling down a lot, and Jen insisted it’s not a shtick. She also shared her two most embarrassing stories, because Jen wouldn’t be Jen without endearing, relatable anecdotes: The first involved a woman who was NOT Elizabeth Taylor, but Jen really thought she was; the other involved the real Francis Ford Coppola, her bare feet, and a revealed thong.
    On to the dancing! Jen and Jimmy talked about how there’s this instructional dance video that airs on QVC at 3 a.m., featuring two dancers who look a lot like the two of them. Cue the “Come Dance With Us!” video, with J&J rocking some amazingly outrageous outfits (those sleeves — keep them) and showing off dance moves like “Lunchbox Salute,” “Bowling Confetti,” and “Disco Binoculars.” Gold. Obviously, they should really make a dance video and put it on the market.
    Speaking of Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth was on “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” insisting that Jen does not fall down at purpose. “She is terrible at walking.” He told a story of walking around in London with her when one of her heels broke down at the back of a theater. She also fell in Spain and Berlin. “I’m constantly surprised by how much she falls down without trying at all.” He just said she’s “a clumsy, clumsy girl.” Maybe she should skip the long gowns and only wear flats?
    Jimmy Kimmel spoofed the extension of the “Fast & Furious” franchise with more prequels and spinoffs by showing a (fake) new trailer from the perspective of fuzzy dice:
    Justin Theroux — who is CRUSHING it over on “The Leftovers” — was on “The Late Show” and challenged Stephen Colbert to an eyebrow-acting contest. Love it.
    This sounds odd, but it’s kind of touching. John Cleese told an interesting story about his mother, who was an anxious and depressed woman with a black sense of humor. That was the way he could communicate with her. He didn’t want her to be depressed but she’d be “a little bit down this week” for “50 f–king years.” To try and cheer her up, he had a moment of inspiration that was a high point of his creativity. When she was about 92, she gave him all these reasons why she didn’t want to go on living. He said, if she still feels this way next week, he has a friend in Fulham he can call and he could come down and kill her. She was surprised, then howled with laughter. Justin Bieber did Carpool Karaoke with James Corden before, but here’s “Vol. 2,” featuring a very interesting conversation about the origin of the “Beliebers.”
    Last but not least, here are Anthony Mackie and Rainn Wilson talking about their wives. Rainn just celebrated 20 years of marriage. (!) Anthony said he met his wife when he was 7. “She was the meanest person in the world.” She used to beat him up and take his lunch money. They got together when he was 28, after they hadn’t seen each other in about 20 years.
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  • Best of Late Night TV: Lucy Hale’s ‘Pretty Little Liars’ Censorship, Stephen Hawking’s Whitney Houston Crush (VIDEO)

    If you’re like us and value your sleep, you probably nodded off into your Ambien dreamland before the party started on post-prime time TV. Don’t worry; we’ve got you covered. Here’s the best of what happened last night on late night.

    “Pretty Little Liars” star Lucy Hale was on “Conan” Tuesday night, and she talked about how her sexy Cosmo cover embarrassed her father. It wasn’t the photo as much as the cover words. Her dad saw the headline “Best Sex Ever” and he thought that was her interview. He texted her to say she looked great but he wasn’t too excited about the articles. (He probably read them all, though.) Lucy also talked about “Pretty Little Liars,” which is Conan’s “neighbor” in the studio lot. PLL has a pink golf cart that’s all decked out. On the show, they say “bitches” a lot, and they put it on the back of the golf cart. They got a complaint from Warner Bros. human resources so they had to censor it, and blocked out part of the “b-tches.” Rainn Wilson was on “Conan” and he went off on the foodie obsession in big cities. “Have we not learned a lesson from history, Conan? What was the last great civilization that gorged and vomited over and over again? … The Romans!” He said it’s just wrong to fetishize food that way. But then he discussed the octopus pastrami he had for his birthday, which was exquisite. Kevin Costner was on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” discussing how he just turned 60, and his daughter gave him a really thoughtful gift. He talked more about his kids, and his career. Jimmy asked if he’d give advice to a newbie on the scene like Eddie Redmayne, who was nominated for an Oscar. Kevin got to meet Stephen Hawking, whom Eddie played in “The Theory of Everything.” It was kind of an awkward meeting, from Kevin’s retelling, but apparently Stephen was a big Whitney Houston fan and the entire point of him randomly stopping by Kevin’s house was to get intel on Whitney. Interesting! Jimmy noted that someone should’ve just told the guy about e-mail, ’cause that would’ve solved it. Eddie Redmayne was also on JKL, and Eddie shared his own story of meeting Stephen Hawking. He didn’t ask Eddie about Whitney but Eddie said he’s one of the most charismatic men you’ll ever meet, and definitely a ladies man. Eddie also shared his excitement at being part of the 2015 awards circuit. “A Most Violent Year” star Oscar Isaac was on “Late Show” with David Letterman discussing his roles in the upcoming movies “X-Men: Apocalypse” and “Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens.” He said “Star Wars” comes out first, but he can’t say anything about the movie or they’ll descend and execute him on site. But Dave still played a scene from the new movie. Except not really. Whitney Cummings was also on Dave’s show, talking about how she keeps busy shooting all her canceled shows. She’s joking, but she also joked about how she’s become a professional talk show guest, just going on different shows to promote her upcoming appearances. “The Tonight Show” and “Late Night with Seth Meyers” are still on repeats, but David Letterman pulled double duty, hosting his own show and also acting as a guest on “The Late Late Show,” which was guest hosted by Regis Philbin. Dave shared a classic memory from his show, tied to a musical guest.

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  • Best of Late Night TV: Eric Stonestreet, Stephen Amell Play ‘Name That Thing’; Keri Russell’s ‘Inflatable Flip Cup’ (VIDEO)

    If you’re like us and value your sleep, you probably nodded off into your Ambien dreamland before the party started on post-prime time TV. Don’t worry; we’ve got you covered. Here’s the best of what happened last night on late night.

    “Modern Family” star Eric Stonestreet and “Arrow” star Stephen Amell were on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” Tuesday night, and they competed in a fun game called “Name That Thing.” Spoiler alert! Eric won, but he admitted in one of his individual videos that Stephen probably should’ve won because the final round was to name a bunch of U.S. Presidents and Stephen is Canadian. Eric said Stephen knows more about the U.S. than Eric does about Canada, so it wasn’t quite fair. Eric also talked about pranking his “Modern Family” co-star Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and shared his latest torture, sending him a sex toy in the mail. He’s a big football fan, too, and he and Jimmy discussed the Super Bowl. He won’t go to a Super Bowl unless the Kansas City Chiefs are competing. Stephen told Jimmy Kimmel he walked to the studio since he lives closeby. He walked over with a friend, which was a plan he made a long time ago in case he ever got to “do Kimmel.” “The Americans” star Keri Russell had to disguise her beauty in a giant inflatable fat suit to play “Inflatable Flip Cup” with Jimmy Fallon on “The Tonight Show.” Before playing the game they did an awesome little dance. Love her little “Mother!” shout during the game — and when she thew her empty cup at Jimmy. Jude Law – dressed interestingly, but always cool – was on “The Tonight Show” talking about his submarine movie “Black Sea.” He talked about jumping onto a speeding submarine in real life. Not a good conversation for anyone with claustrophobia. And apparently it smells “unique” on submarines; when you come out, you stink like a badger! Rainn Wilson was on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” and he’s a major “Star Wars” fan. He turned into a 12-year-old girl when he met Mark Hamill. He also shared his unique Chewbacca impression. Lauren Graham – love her – was also on “Late Night” and she discussed the final season of “Parenthood” and how she found out that “Gilmore Girls” was canceled. At least this time she knew that the show was ending. Brian Michael Bendis was also on “Late Night” and talked about “Marvel’s Secret Wars.” The whole Marvel universe is going to become different. Dean Norris was on “Conan” and talked about having a dance-off with “Dancing With the Stars” pro Derek Hough. Dean said he held his own, even if he couldn’t walk for a week afterward. Dean has a black belt from martial arts training, and he still does his own fight stunts. Olivia Munn was also on “Conan” and she talked about her racy dance scene with Johnny Depp in “Mortdecai.” He kept grabbing her boob for the scene – it was scripted, although Conan questioned who put that in the script.

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