At this point, it's hard to tell whether Ed Begley, Jr. is more famous for his decades of acting or his decades of environmentalism. Sure, he's logged over 200 appearances on stage, film and television, including his Emmy-winning breakout role on St. Elsewhere and his priceless turn on Arrested Development. But his funniest performance is arguably his self-effacing cameo as a hardcore green activist in the classic 1999 Simpsons episode "Homer to the Max", in......

Photograph of KITT braving the streets of NYC by neps on Flickr Thankfully NBC’s new version of the classically cheesy 1980s show Knight Rider (Sunday 9:00 p.m., WNBC 4) is not a remake, but a continuation of the old in this two hour movie/back door pilot. Of course, this means there are some changes, such as the presence of David Hasslehoff being reduced to a cameo, the two leads are ex-soap stars (the way the......

On Friday Gothamist visited the set of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Undead, a bizarre little indie shooting in the East Village. The movie is a sequel of sorts to Tom Stoppard’s hilarious existential comedy Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, but with “sexy vampires, the Holy Grail and Hamlet.” Jake Hoffman (son of Dustin), who appeared on some Arrested Development episodes, is a broke, frustrated ladies man who jumps at the chance to direct an......

The Invasion (directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel) Stylish, political, visually arresting and darn right freaky, The Invasion is a horror movie that taps into what really horrifies us today—namely that the people in our lives could turn into personality-less automatons influenced by some evil alien virus. It may sound like a totally fantastical premise, but in the context of the movie it really works. Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig star in this remake of Invasion of......

The Ex (directed by Jesse Peretz): A Zach Braff movie wherein shlubby Zach learns how to be a real husband and a real man—haven't we seen this before in The Last Kiss, Garden State or even on Scrubs? Though The Ex might seem like retread city, with the help of a strong supporting cast, a deft script and mostly tuning out on Braff's most Braffiness, it's actually quite an entertaining flick. Braff plays Tom Reilly,......

Yeesh, there sure are a lot of new movies out this weekend. Choose wisely and you will be well rewarded. In a shameless bid for our "penguins are cute" bias, Warner Brothers releases the animated Happy Feet about singing and tap dancing Emperor Penguins. If only furry black and white birds who rap to Stevie Wonder beats weren't so darn adorable! If you're still in Arrested Development withdrawal, the hilarious Will Arnett stars in Bob......

Don’t be alarmed by the synthesized arena-rock Muzak piped into the house before “Esoterica”, Eric Walton’s solo show of magic and mentalism. “Arrested Development” fans may get the feeling they’re in for a long night of cheesy, Gobian gimmickry, but any similarities begin and end with the tacky taste in music - a trait mysteriously shared by virtually all magicians. The main appeal of “Esoterica” is Walton’s extraordinary sleight-of-hand and card trickery, which grow dramatically......

With news stations getting into a frenzy and even the MTA cancelling their diversions because of this weekend's impending storm, Gothamist recommend sating your Project Runway fix and staying cozy at home at one time: Catch up on all the extra video clips from Project Runway. Chloe does an impression of Andrae, Santino stares down Tim, Nick laughs over Santino's tailoring, it's all great. And you can also see, if you really, really want to,......

Everyone is talking about how Fox cancelled Arrested Development (again-- but this time for good.) The Mercury News article about the cancellation also includes some news that will break the heart of many a NYC-foodie: Also whacked: ``Kitchen Confidential'' -- one of the season's better new comedies -- which followed ``Arrested Development'' on Monday nights. It has also been pulled from November schedule (the two sitcoms will be replaced by repeats of ``Prison Break'') and......

- The Politicker reports that the D.A. Pennebaker documentary of the Ferrer campaign hasn't been happening for a while, because the crew wasn't "getting a film that was worth doing, as compared with what you just got off of every TV screen." Damn TV! - No new trial for attorney Lynne Stewart, who was convicted of passing messages to her terrorist cleric - Al Franken, who has been on every talk show morning and late......

- Dogs dressed a pirates? It is so! - The Jr. Gotti trial jury might be deadlocked... we knew it! - Monday perp walk news: Ex-Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski was sentenced to eight and one-third years to twenty-five years in prison; that's really not enough in our book - Fernando Ferrer is officially the winner of the Democratic primary; ho-hum, now this is almost boring - Angela Chase will be dancing at P.S. 122; interviews......

Desperate Housewives and Will & Grace both received 15 Emmy nominations today, proving that like every other awards organization, Gothamist just doesn't jibe with the voters. Sure, we're happy that Arrested Development, Scrubs, and Lost got some recognition. But there is no love for programs we'll actually stay at home to watch: Veronica Mars, Nip/Tuck, Gilmore Girls. Even The O.C., which faltered last season - you have to give Peter Gallagher some credit. And why......

Everyone in New York, it seems, wants to make it big. But with so many people competing, work falls by the wayside, dreams get dashed and people get rejected. Which is the foundation for Jon Friedman’s Rejection Show, this Wednesday at P.S. 122. The show embraces the rejected material of professional and amateur writers, comedians, cartoonists, artists, and human beings, who display their creative “failures” live on stage. Of course many of the performers are......

A few weeks ago, the NY Times Magazine ran a great excerpt of Steven Berlin Johnson's new book, Everything Bad is Good For You, which proposes that society has not been dumbed down by TV recently; in fact, if anything, TV watchers have become more skilled at juggling multiple storylines and ideas while watching shows like The Sopranos, Lost, Alias, E.R. or Twin Peaks, offering up the suggestion that a lot of TV drama has......

Oh, Liza with a Z...you've made the tabloids happy during this slow week between holidays as everyone is reporting that you were hospitalized after falling out of your bed, "apparently intoxicated." Apparently EMS picked you up from your East 69th Street apartment, and your rep is only saying that you're undergoing tests and you're under observation. But, please, Liza, you can't surprise us, as only a lush could marry the scary corpse-that's-alive David Gest, though......

Ah, along with the impending cold front, holiday sales, and smell of pine (from the tree sellers on the corner), Gothamist is enjoying the rites of winter with today's announcement of the Golden Globe nominations. The Golden Globes, best known as the boozy, somewhat suspect, but first awards ceremony of the year, picking rollicking wine-n-buddy movie, Sideways to lead the film contenders, with 7 nominations in the Best Comedy/Musical category; Closer and Million Dollar Baby......

Hey, thanks a lot, Daily News! Due to the Liza Minelli story headline alone, "Forced to have sex, bodyguard sez," we're sick. Some might find this okay, because the holidays are coming up and we need to detox in anticipation, but Gothamist loves our breakfast fare from the street cart in the morning. Of course, we had to read the article, which says that M'Hammed Soumayah is suing Minnelli for $100 million in damages in......

Gothamist attempted to real-time blog last night's 56th Annual Emmys. We survived, but we would like to say this: It was pretty boring. Sure, Garry Shandling can be funny, but we weren't that into it. Gothamist is certainly happy that Arrested Development made sure a great showing, as well as Angels in America, but it was also pretty boring - like the nominations themselves. But since we're a sucker for awards shows, we bring you......

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Gothamist doesn't know why we bothered with the 2005 Emmy Nominations because they were boring, except that we're ruthless TV watchers and awards show fiends, so we're painted into the corner. The actors, actresses, and programs nominated were all fine and very talented, but it's the same crew every year! James Gandolfini...Allison Janney...The West Wing...Will & Grace - which wasn't even as good as the subpar non-nominated Friends this past season...four writing nominations for the......

Eh. The Grammys are on tonight. People will be watching to see if Janet Jackson does appear and does apologize, and even though Gothamist wastes a lot of time watching awards show, we have another game plan: We will watch Fox's excellent Sunday night lineup of King of the Hill, Oliver Beene, The Simpsons, Bernie Mac, Malcolm in the Middle, and Arrested Development. Seriously, this is the best comedy lineup that any channel has. We'll......

Gothamist is just noting that it's so cute that Donny Deutsch, ad man, one-time New York magazine bidder, associate of Donald Trump, CNBC squawker, all-around idea man, is called "Donnie" Deutsch in David Carr's article about Michael Wolff leaving New York magazine for Vanity Fair. Something about a Ronnie: Run! Ronnie! Run!, that went straight to video and even Cross and Bob Odenkirk want it dead ("Run, Ronnie, Run Away") but features many Mr. Show......