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AfterElton Briefs: NPH visits the "Top Chef Masters", wedding rumors for "Housewives" and more!

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Brian Juergens


Apropos of nothing, Chris "NuKirk" Pine tries desperately and unsuccessfully to look attractive at the Star Trek preem in Australia. (Photo: GETTY)

Following this assortment of carefully-selected news items, interested readers can find a refreshing pic of a hot man in underwear after the jump. Yes, we're serious.

  • Increasingly ubiquitous out superstar Neil Patrick Harris (see above) will be a guest judge on the first episode of Top Chef Masters, a new Bravo reality show about people who cook things that I would never eat and then burp it safely in Glad storage containers.

  • NBC's Kings is in trouble as it is moved to Saturday nights.
  • Michael Ausiello says that there are two weddings coming on Desperate Housewives and hints that one of them might be of the gay-type variety (Andrew and his post-pornstar beau?).
Toxic Avenger: The Musical

  • I have no idea if there's anything gay about The Toxic Avenger: The Musical (now running Off-Broadway) but it's got guys in sparkly dresses singing like the Supremes and it's about the fricking Toxic Avenger, which is enough for me.
  • File under What, Me Ironic?: Tom Cruise and John Travolta reportedly looking to remake Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, a movie about two straight guys who secretly love each other and end up voluntarily sacrificing their own lives in exchange for fame.

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    • Submitted by
    Brian Juergens
    on Tue, 2009-04-07 18:01.
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    Liz T's picture

    ugh

    Submitted by
    Liz T (8812 points) (1835 posts)
    on Tue, 2009-04-07 18:21.
    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid does not need to be remade. Come on hollywood, have they really run out of ideas? sheesh
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    giovannif7's picture

    Seriously

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    giovannif7 (1699 points) (358 posts)
    on Tue, 2009-04-07 18:25.
    this is the king (or would it be queen) of bad remake ideas! Although it would be fun to be a fly on the wall as Cruise and Travolta fight over who gets to be Butch.
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    bambino italiano's picture

    Is there like a competition among the Hollywood celebrities we

    Submitted by
    bambino italiano (770 points) (161 posts)
    on Tue, 2009-04-07 20:30.
    do not know about? Sean Penn and Benicio Del Toro and Jim Carrey in the 3 Stooges and now Straight and Straighter in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid? Okay maybe it's not a stretch for Jim Carrey...still.  Next we'll probably have Jodie Foster in Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman.....C'mon guys let starts the thread and see who can come up with the most ridiculous remake with our A list actors.
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    Glenn's picture

    Kings

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    Glenn (870 points) (190 posts)
    on Tue, 2009-04-07 22:20.
    What I heard is that it's not just in trouble, it's dead.  The transfer to Saturdays is NBC burning off the remaining episodes.
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    Kings

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    Reality_Check (70 points) (21 posts)
    on Tue, 2009-04-07 23:42.
    (Unfortunately) I have watched every episode (so far).  Each one just gets worse.  Unbelievably plodding and horrifying performances.  The Traditional: "WTF were they thinking??"  I have to presume that one or more NBC executives will be, ah, "released" after millions of $ in paycheck.  And let's watch how that upcoming daily 10PM slot goes.......
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    Kitty's picture

    *Shrugs*...

    Submitted by
    Kitty (1667 points) (382 posts)
    on Wed, 2009-04-08 00:41.

    I've watched every episode too, and I haven't consistently watched one show in years because everything now a days either falls into the category of "funny-but-still-stale sitcom" or "reality tv". Kings was amazingly refreshing to me. Could it be better considering the budget that obviously went into the show? Yes (acting, pacing, etc.), but IT WAS DIFFERENT!! When's the last time you asked someone "OMG, did you see what happened on [Insert TV show title here]". Yeah, you might not have done that with Kings, but I was hoping it would be that kind of show.

    Now I'm watching American Idol, but only the Adam Lambert parts (I watch another channel entirely until he comes on, then its back to whatever channel I was orginally watching). It, like everything else, is stale as well. Sub-par singers for two minutes, then judges telling me what I already know.....but I digress.

    I'm going to miss Kings when its gone. At least when it started it could have taken viewer feedback and become a lot less political and more romantic soap-opera-y, but now it doesn't stand a chance to improve.

    I'll miss you possible David/Jack affair....It would have been awesome!!

    Kitty

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    Gay in Toxic Musical

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    Sakhmet (565 points) (118 posts)
    on Wed, 2009-04-08 11:56.
    I found it!  He's going to punish the producers of 'The Search For The Next Elle Woods'.  15 voices that would make dogs jam pencils in their ears shall not go unavenged!
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    Pining for Pine

    Submitted by
    JC (121 points) (24 posts)
    on Wed, 2009-04-08 23:17.
    C'mon, Chris Pine is totally hot.  Look at those blue eyes.  I'm not a Trekkie by any means, but I am looking forward to the movie next month because of the fine casting of Kirk and Spock.
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    isoron's picture

    Me too ---

    Submitted by
    isoron (2309 points) (534 posts)
    on Thu, 2009-04-09 00:53.

    guess it's just a "de gustibus...." thing! Also can't wait for the flick! Sort of surprised because I thought Brian was also looking forwards to the film with Chris as Kirk. Maybe it was Snicks.

     Dumb ole me - I didn't realize it premiered in Austin a couple of days ago and has had really good reviews!

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