The official first trailer for Marvel’s Ant-Man debuted during the season one premiere of Marvel’s Agent Carter and then quickly made its way online for everyone to check out over and over again. The first trailer doesn’t get into the action much but instead attempts to set up the story of how Scott Lang became Ant-Man.
Directed by Peyton Reed, Ant-Man also stars Michael Douglas as Hank Pym, Evangeline Lilly as Hope Van Dyne, Corey Stoll as Darren Cross, Bobby Cannavale as Paxton, Michael Peña as Luis, Judy Greer as Maggie, Tip “Ti” Harris as Dave, David Dastmalchian as Kurt, Wood Harris as Gale, and Jordi Mollà as Castillo.
Marvel Studio is releasing Ant-Man in theaters on July 17, 2015.
The Plot:
The next evolution of the Marvel Cinematic Universe brings a founding member of The Avengers to the big screen for the first time with Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man. Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.
Timothy Olyphant as Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens and Joelle Carter as Ava Crowder in ‘Justified’ season 6 (Photo by Prashant Gupta / FX)
FX has released another trailer for the upcoming sixth season of Justified premiering on January 20, 2015. The new video titled “Three on a Match” features Timothy Olyphant as Deputy US Marshal Raylan Givens and Joelle Carter as Ava Crowder, with Ava telling Raylan in response to his question about whether she’s figured out how things are eventually going to work out, “You say that like we aren’t already dead.”
The Plot:
Based on Elmore Leonard’s novella “Fire in the Hole,” in Justified’s final season, the long brimming conflict between Raylan and Boyd Crowder (Goggins) will finally come to a head.
Saturday Night Live returns on January 17, 2015 with a new episode hosted by Kevin Hart. Hart, soon to be seen in The Wedding Ringer, will be handling hosting duties for a second time. He’ll be joined by first-time musical guest Sia, the singer/songwriter behind the Grammy nominated single “Chandelier.”
NBC also announced they’ve signed up Blake Shelton, The Voice coach and CMA Male Vocalist of the Year, to host the January 24th episode. Shelton’s never hosted the show before and in addition to being the episode’s host, he’ll also be the musical guest. Go big or go home, right, Blake?
ABC Family’s just given the go-ahead to pilots for the half-hour comedies Kevin from Work and Tough Cookie. The new comedy pilots are both set to start shooting this month and both are single-camera productions. Making the announcement Executive Vice President, Programming and Development Karey Burke said, “Single-camera comedies represent an evolution of our comedy brand, and we look forward to building a successful single-camera comedy franchise to match the success we’re having with multi-cam comedies.”
In addition to announcing the pilot orders, ABC Family released details on both of the new comedies:
Kevin from Work is a half-hour workplace comedy about a young man unluckily in love who professes his love to a co-worker, thinking he’ll never see her again after he accepts a job offer overseas. But then that job offer is rescinded, and now they have to continue to work with each other. Kevin from Work is written, created and executive-produced by Barbie Adler (How I Met Your Mother, My Name Is Earl, Arrested Development). Aaron Kaplan at Kapital Entertainment (Chasing Life, The Mysteries of Laura, The Neighbors, Terra Nova) and McG at Wonderland Sound & Vision (Charlie’s Angels, The O.C., Supernatural, Chuck, Nikita) will serve as Executive Producers. McG will also direct the pilot.
The half-hour comedy Tough Cookie is a fresh take on the friends-and-family convention. It’s centered on a young mother who isn’t ready to parent and her daughter who doesn’t want to be parented. As everyone knows, it takes a village to raise a child, or rather a child to raise a village. Tough Cookie is written and created by Lauren Iungerich (Awkward), who will also serve as executive producer and direct the pilot. David Janollari (Six Feet Under) is also executive producer.
Maisie Williams and Rory McCann in ‘Game of Thrones’ season four episode 10 (Photo: Helen Sloan / Courtesy of HBO)
HBO’s screening two episodes of Game of Thrones in IMAX. Yes, you read that right. For the first time in IMAX history a television network will screen episodes of a series in IMAX theatres. Episodes nine and 10 of season four will be digitally re-mastered for the IMAX Experience using IMAX DMR® (Digital Re-mastering) technology. And GoT fans fortunate enough to make an IMAX screening will also be treated to the premiere of the season five sneak-peek trailer.
The Game of Thrones episodes will screen at 150 IMAX locations beginning on January 23 and running through January 29 Thursday, January 29th at 10pm through February 5th. (IMAX delayed it by one week because of high demand.) For ticket info, visit www.imax.com.
“The cinematic brilliance and grand scope of the series is perfect for the IMAX format,” said Pamela Levine, chief marketing officer at HBO. “We are always looking to provide fans with new and exciting ways to experience the show and viewing two key episodes, along with the new trailer, on such an impressive platform makes for a great event.”
“IMAX always seeks innovative ways to provide moviegoers a unique and differentiated experience and today’s partnership with HBO and Game of Thrones achieves just that,” stated IMAX CEO Richard L. Gelfond. “This deal also furthers our efforts to offer exhibitors the opportunity to participate in alternative forms of content in a new and exciting way. As part of our broader strategy, we will continue to look for one-of-a-kind ways to provide consumers with special IMAX experiences.”
“We couldn’t think of a series more fitting than Game of Thrones to be the first presented in IMAX,” added Greg Foster, Senior Executive Vice President, IMAX Corp. and CEO of IMAX Entertainment. “The scope and production quality of the show is quite remarkable, which will be highlighted even further in select IMAX locations – allowing fans, as never before, to become a part of author George R. R. Martin’s world that David Benioff and D. B. Weiss created for HBO. It has the action, storyline and epic nature that our fans seek in IMAX and we’re thrilled to team with HBO and our longtime partners at Warner Brothers to offer audiences a chance to experience it in the ultimate theatre setting joined by other fans of the series.”
In case you haven’t memorized the season four episodes, here are the plots of episodes nine and 10 courtesy of HBO:
Episode Nine – “The Watchers on the Wall” takes place entirely at The Wall with the Night’s Watch hopelessly outnumbered as they attempt to defend Castle Black from the Wildings and features one the fiercest and most intense battle scenes ever filmed for television.
Episode 10 – The season finale entitled “The Children” features Dany coming to grips with the realities of ruling a kingdom, Bran learning the startling reality of his destiny and Tyrion facing the truth of his unfortunate situation.
The annual Hollywood popularity contest known as the People’s Choice Awards has named Oscar winner Ben Affleck as the winner of their Favorite Humanitarian award. Affleck was chosen to receive the special honor for his work with Eastern Congo Initiative (ECI), which he founded in 2010. ECI’s mission is to assist the Congolese people with the “quality and quantity of investments in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.” Past Humanitarian Award recipients include Oscar winners Sandra Bullock and Jennifer Hudson.
Affleck will pick up the award during the 2015 People’s Choice Awards to be held on January 7, 2015. The awards show will air on CBS at 9pm ET (live)/PT (taped). Mom stars Anna Faris and Allison Janney will be handling hosting duties.
“We are so pleased to honor Ben with the 2015 People’s Choice Humanitarian Award,” said executive producer Mark Burnett. “This award has become an important part of our show. It highlights a different side of a celebrity and helps bring awareness to a cause that our audience can support.”
Affleck won the Best Motion Picture of the Year Oscar for producing Argo in 2012 and also won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar back in 1997 for Good Will Hunting. He recently finished up work on Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice in which he plays Bruce Wayne/Batman.
Amy Poehler has been chosen by Hasty Pudding Theatricals as the winner of this year’s Woman of the Year Award. Actress/producer/writer Poehler follows in the footsteps of Meryl Streep, Katharine Hepburn, Julia Roberts, Jodie Foster, Elizabeth Taylor, Anne Hathaway, Claire Danes, Marion Cotillard and Dame Helen Mirren who have all accepted the award from the oldest theatrical organization in the U.S. The Woman of the Year Award is given out on an annual basis to an actress who has “made lasting and impressive contributions to the world of entertainment.”
“We are extremely excited to announce Amy Poehler as our 2015 Woman of the Year, She is an accomplished performer, incredible comedian, and an inspiration to everyone in the Hasty Pudding,” stated Jason Hellerstein, ’15, President of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals. “We look forward to welcoming Ms. Poehler and celebrating and honoring her achievements in a truly unique and memorable way.”
Poehler will receive the “Pudding Pot” on January 29th at a ceremony to be held at Farkas Hall in Harvard Square after first parading through the streets of Cambridge.
Golden Globe winner Poehler stars in Parks and Recreation and is set to host the Golden Globes again for the third time with her buddy Tina Fey. She’s also a bestselling author and will soon be heard as the voice of Joy in Pixar’s Inside Out.
Carrie Fisher’s been tapped to present her mother, Debbie Reynolds, with the Screen Actors Guild Awards’ Life Achievement Award during the awards show to be held on January 25, 2015. The SAG Awards will air on TNT and TBS and are the only major awards that are given out solely by actors in recognition of the work of their peers. Reynolds will be the recipient of the group’s highest honor, joining a group of previous honorees that includes Sidney Poitier, Kirk Douglas, Elizabeth Taylor, Angela Lansbury, Robert Redford, George Burns, Dick Van Dyke, and Mary Tyler Moore.
Fisher is currently busy reprising her role as Princess Leia in the new Star Wars film, Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Outside the world of Star Wars, Fisher’s credits include Hannah and Her Sisters, Shampoo, When Harry Met Sally, Drop Dead Fred, The Women, and voicing Angela on Family Guy. Fisher’s also a bestselling novelist and playwright.
Oscar nominee Reynolds’ 66-year career in Hollywood includes starring roles in 50+ feature films including enduring classic films such as Singin’ in the Rain, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, How the West was Won, Tammy and the Bachelor, The Tender Trap, The Pleasure of His Company, Goodbye Charlie, and Divorce American Style.
‘True Blood’ star Sam Trammell (Photo by Richard Chavez / ShowbizJunkies)
The first pilot season of the new year will be available on Amazon Studios as of January 15, 2015. Among the new offerings for audiences to check out and weigh in on are four hour-long comedy/drama pilots, two half hour shows, a docuseries, and six kids pilots.
Amazon Instant Video customers can watch the new pilots and help decide which of the shows will receive a full season order. “We are working with great storytellers on some fascinating ideas for the year’s first pilot season,” said Roy Price, Vice President, Amazon Studios. “We look forward to seeing our customers’ response to these new projects.”
The first pilot season offerings include:
Cocked
Created by Samuel Baum (Lie to Me) and Sam Shaw (Manhattan – TV series), Cocked stars Sam Trammell (True Blood) as Richard Paxson, a family man and corporate lap dog who left his family in rural Colorado twenty years before and vowed never to go back. After some unfortunate circumstances, he is forced to leave the big city and return home to help his family’s gun business–one of the oldest in the country. But no good deed goes unpunished. Older brother Grady Paxton, played by Jason Lee (My Name is Earl), who’s a bachelor, playboy and gun aficionado, isn’t so happy to have him back, and Richard’s liberal wife and two opinionated teenage children are horrified by the world they have been thrown into.
Hilarity, epic fights and emotional breakdowns ensue. Cocked also stars Tony award-winning Brian Dennehy (Death of a Salesman) as Wade Paxson and Laura Fraser (Breaking Bad) as Hannah Paxson, and Dreama Walker (The Good Wife) as Tabby Paxson. The hour-long dark comedy pilot was directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts (Skull Island), and Erwin Stoff (Unbroken) and Baum are Executive Producers.
Down Dog
Blessed with good looks, a winning smile, hippie parents, and a Southern California upbringing, life has been relatively easy thus far for Logan Wood (played by Josh Casaubon, I Just Want My Pants Back). In his late 30’s, having coasted through romances with countless women and various random jobs, he now teaches yoga to the trophy wives, hot moms and aspiring celebrities of Santa Monica and Venice Beach. But when Logan and his current girlfriend, a successful and attractive older woman named Amanda (played by Paget Brewster, Criminal Minds) who happens to be the owner of the yoga studio, break up, life starts to get more complicated. Down Dog also stars Lyndsy Fonseca (How I Met Your Mother), Will Greenberg (Halt and Catch Fire), Andrea Savage (The Life and Times of Tim), Amir Talai (American Dad), Kris Kristofferson (Lone Star), and Alysia Reiner (Orange is the New Black). The pilot was written by Robin Schiff (Are You There, Chelsea?), produced by Bob Cooper (RFK) and Michael Fuchs (Death in the Modern Age), and directed by Bradley Silberling (Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events).
Mad Dogs
Mad Dogs is an hour-long dark comedy created by Cris Cole (The Bill), and Executive Produced by Cole, Shawn Ryan (The Shield) and Marney Hochman (Last Resort), Andy Harries (DCI Banks), Suzanne Mackie (All in Good Time), and Charles McDougall (The Mindy Project). Based on the hit UK series, Mad Dogs follows the twisted reunion of a group of underachieving forty-something friends–a mixture of single, married and recently divorced–who are all at different crossroads in their lives. Celebrating the early retirement of an old friend at his gorgeous Belize villa, grudges begin to emerge and secrets explode as their trip becomes a labyrinthine nightmare of lies, deception and murder. Mad Dogs is a twisted tale of friendship put to the ultimate test.
As an inconceivable chain of events unfolds, cracks within the group widen before the friends realize that the only people they can trust are each other, the last people they want to be relying on. The pilot stars Steve Zahn (Dallas Buyers Club) as Cobi, Billy Zane (Twin Peaks) as Milo, Romany Malco (Weeds) as Gus, Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos) as Lex and Ben Chaplin as Joel. Mad Dogs is directed by McDougall and is being co-produced with Sony Pictures Television.
The Man in the High Castle
Based on Philip K. Dick’s Hugo Award-winning 1962 alternative history, The Man in the High Castle considers the question of what would have happened if the Allied Powers had lost World War II. Almost 20 years after that loss, the United States and much of the world has now been split between Japan and Germany, the major hegemonic states. But the tension between these two powers is mounting, and this stress is playing out in the western U.S. Through a collection of characters in various states of posing (spies, sellers of falsified goods, others with secret identities), The Man in the High Castle provides an intriguing tale about life and history as it relates to authentic and manufactured reality.
The hour-long dramatic pilot stars Alexa Davalos (Mob City) as Juliana Crain, Luke Kleintank (Pretty Little Liars) as Joe Blake, Rupert Evans (The Village) as Frank Frink, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Mortal Kombat Legacy) as Tagomi, Joel De La Fuente (Hemlock Grove) as Inspector Kido, Rufus Sewell (Eleventh Hour) as John Smith and DJ Qualls (Z Nation) as Ed McCarthy. The pilot was directed by David Semel (Madam Secretary, Heroes) and written by Frank Spotnitz (The X-Files), both serving as Executive Producers. Also executive producing are Ridley Scott (Blade Runner) and David W. Zucker (The Good Wife), with co-executive producer Jordan Sheehan of Scott Free Productions (The Good Wife, The Andromeda Strain), and Executive Producers Stewart Mackinnon and Christian Baute of Headline Pictures (The Invisible Woman). In addition, Isa Dick Hackett will executive produce and Kalen Egan will co-executive produce on behalf of Electric Shepherd (The Adjustment Bureau). Christopher Tricarico (May in the Summer) is also Executive Producer.
The New Yorker Presents
America’s most award-winning magazine comes to life in this half hour docu-series pilot. The New Yorker Presents is a completely unique viewing experience that features Tony-Award winner Alan Cumming (The Good Wife) and actor Brett Gelman (Go On) in a short film based on a story by Simon Rich (Saturday Night Live) and directed by Emmy Award-winning director Troy Miller (Arrested Development); a poem by Matthew Dickman and narrated by Andrew Garfield (The Amazing Spiderman); a documentary by Academy Award-winning director Jonathan Demme (The Silence of the Lambs) about biologist Tyrone Hayes based on a Rachel Aviv article; and an interview with famous performance artist, Marina Abramovic, conducted by The New Yorker writer Ariel Levy. Academy Award-winning documentarian Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side) is Executive Producer, joined by Dave Snyder (Death Row Stories) and Dawn Ostroff (The Fashion Fund). The pilot is co-produced by Condé Nast Entertainment and Jigsaw Productions.
Point of Honor
At the start of the Civil War, a Virginia family, led by their West Point bred son, John Rhodes (played by Nathan Parsons, True Blood), makes the controversial decision to defend the South while freeing all of their slaves. At battle against his northern brethren and his best friend and brother-in-law Robert Sumner (played by Christopher O’Shea, Baby Daddy), John leaves his three strong-willed sisters at home to run the plantation that is now without a free labor source. The choice to protect the life they have always known and defend the moral high ground will pit the family against one another and test their strength, courage and love.
An hour-long drama shot entirely on-location in historic Virginia, Point of Honor also stars Annabelle Stephenson (Revenge) as Kate Rhodes, Riley Voelkel (The Newsroom) as Lorelei Rhodes, Hanna Mangan Lawrence (Old School) as Estella Rhodes, Patrick Heusinger (Revolution) as Colonel Palmer Kane, Luke Benward (Ravenswood) as Garland Rhodes, Adrienne Warren (Black Box) as Abby, Lucien Laviscount (Waterloo Road) as Elijah, and James Harvey Ward (Low Winter Sun) as Cutler. The pilot was directed by Randall Wallace (Braveheart), written by Carlton Cuse (Lost) and Wallace, and Executive Produced by Cuse, Wallace, and Barry Jossen (Sex and the City). Point of Honor is a co-production with ABC Signature Studios.
Salem Rogers
A half-hour comedy, Leslie Bibb (About a Boy) plays Salem Rogers, an overly confident, blunt, hard-partying former supermodel who is forced to face her past and re-enter the real world after ten years in a posh rehab center. Intent on recreating her glamorous lifestyle and modeling success, she tracks down Agatha (played by Rachel Dratch, Saturday Night Live), her former assistant who has since built a career as an author of self-help books to help her win back the spotlight. Salem Rogers also stars Jane Kaczmarek (Malcolm in the Middle), Brad Morris (Playing House), Harry Hamlin (Mad Men), Toks Olagundoye (The Neighbors), and Scott Adsit (30 Rock). The pilot was written by newcomer Lindsey Stoddart, Executive Produced by Will Graham (The Onion News Network) and directed by Mark Waters (Mean Girls). Salem Rogers was submitted to Amazon as part of the studio’s open screenplay submission process.
Based on an original idea by Chris Dicker (What’s Your News?) and created by Jon Burton (The Lego Movie), Dicker and Jocelyn Stevenson (Fraggle Rock), and developed for television by Jennifer Hamburg (Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, Henry Hugglemonster), Buddy: Tech Detective is an exciting preschool whodunit that follows super-sleuth Buddy, his inventor best friend Trudy, the funny furry ferret Ferdo and you, the smarty-pants viewer! Using a myriad of interactive technologies, Buddy and his team gather evidence, follow cues and crack the case. The project is a TT Animation/The Foundation (a part of Zodiak Kids) production, and is animated by Jellyfish Animation Limited.
Sara Solves It (for preschool-aged children)
This animated musical comes from the talented minds of Carol Greenwald (Arthur, Martha Speaks, Curious George), and Angela C. Santomero (Super Why, Blue’s Clues, Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, Creative Galaxy, Wishenpoof!) with animation production handled by DHX (Martha Speaks, Kid vs. Kat, Inspector Gadget). Produced by WGBH and Out of the Blue Enterprises with Greenwald, Santomero and Samantha Freeman executive producing, Sara Solves It follows 9-year-old whiz kid Sara and her younger brother Sam as they work together in order to solve mysteries in their apartment building, at school and beyond using creative problem solving! Each mystery is an interactive problem, steeped in musical goodness. In this first episode, viewers will use math and music in a creative way as they help Sara and Sam solve the cheesiest pizza mystery!
The Stinky & Dirty Show (for preschool-aged children)
The Stinky & Dirty Show, based on the “I Stink!” book series by Kate & Jim McMullan, is written by Guy Toubes (The Adventures of Chuck & Friends, Littlest Pet Shop, Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi) and animated by Brown Bag Films, Ltd (Peter Rabbit, Octonauts, Doc McStuffins). The Stinky & Dirty Show follows the adventures and mishaps faced by best friends and unlikely heroes, Stinky the garbage truck and Dirty, the backhoe loader. Whether it’s rescuing their pal Mighty the tugboat, or moving a giant boulder blocking the highway in their town of Go City, Stinky & Dirty are a dynamic duo of resourcefulness who make plenty of mistakes along the way. For them, hilariously failing turns out to be the most fun path to success.
Niko and the Sword of Light (for children ages 6-11)
Niko and the Sword of Light is based on the motion graphic comic by Imaginism Studios, Inc., the studio behind character and concept designs for Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland and Men in Black 3, and Studio NX (The Carrot and Rabbit Show, Tree Fu Tom). Written by Rob Hoegee (Generator Rex, League of Super Evil, Storm Hawks, Teen Titans) and animated by Titmouse (Motorcity, Metalocalpyse, Turbo FAST, Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja), Niko and the Sword of Light follows ten-year-old Niko who is the last of his kind in a strange, fantastical world. He must embark on an epic quest to defeat the darkness and bring the light back to his land. Armed with his magic sword, brave Niko journeys to the Cursed Volcano, making new friends and powerful foes along the way, all while uncovering secrets about his mysterious past. Tom Kenny (SpongeBob SquarePants) and Jim Cummings (Shrek) lend their vocal talent.
Table 58 (for children ages 6-11)
Written by May Chan (Phineas & Ferb, Bucket & Skinner’s Epic Adventures), Table 58 is a single-camera live-action pilot directed by Gil Junger (10 Things I Hate About You, Greek). In Table 58, they’re not a part of the popular crowd, and they’re not a part of the geek crowd. The only thing they’re a part of is Table 58: the odd table in the lunchroom, made up of kids from all different cliques who have been ousted from the table where they seemingly belong. When new kid Logan moves to town, he rallies the group of six mismatched middle schoolers to form a tenuous partnership in order to help each other get back to their rightful place in the cafeteria. The project stars Grace Kaufman (Bad Teacher), Johnnie Ladd (Melissa & Joey), Jacob Melton (The Middle), Nathaniel Potvin (Girl Meets World), Juliana Rigolioso (The Smurfs), and Zack Shires (Wilfred).
Just Add Magic (for children ages 6-11)
Based on Cindy Callaghan’s young adult book of the same name and adapted by Joanna Lewis & Kristine Songco (Sullivan & Son, Fairly Odd Parents, My Little Pony), Just Add Magic is a single-camera live-action pilot directed by Joe Nussbaum (George Lucas in Love, Awkward). The story centers on Kelly Quinn and her two BFF’s, Darbie and Hannah, who stumble upon her grandmother’s mysterious cookbook in the attic and discover it has some interesting recipes. The Shut’em Up Shortcake actually silences Kelly’s pesky little brother and when the Healing Hazelnut Tart quickly heals Darbie’s ankle, the girls discover they have the power of magic. The project stars Olivia Sanabia (Extant), Abby Donnelly (Suburgatory), Aubrey Miller (Austin & Ally), and Judah Bellamy (Home).
Grace Helbig (Photo by Eric Michael Pearson / Courtesy of Grace Helbig)
Comedian Grace Helbig will be handling hosting duties on a new talk show set up on E!. The Grace Helbig Project (the title may change) is set to debut in April 2015 and is being dubbed a comedy talk show hybrid that will feature celebrity interviews as well as commentary on pop culture.
“This show is a fresh take on the conventional talk show with a very unconventional host who has already captured an enormous fan base of young viewers on the web,” stated Jeff Olde, Executive Vice President, Original Programming & Development, E! Entertainment. “As we continue to seek out programming that offers a rich multiplatform experience, we are excited to launch this forward-thinking talk show that speaks so perfectly to our audience and to the core of E!’s pop culture brand.”
“Congratulations to E! for giving an internet-obsessed introvert a talk show. I’m looking forward to working with humans,” added Youtube star Helbig.
Details on The Grace Helbig Project, Courtesy of E!
A unique viewing experience, The Grace Helbig Project is a call to action for E!’s social media savvy audience and an extension of the unprecedented direct engagement Helbig has with her fans. As a host who values her audience as not just fans, but co-creators, every week she will invite viewers to interact with her on social media, using their Tweets, Vines and Instagrams to help shape the show. Socially, E! reaches 48 million followers and @eonline ranks #1 in Klout (social influence) amongst entertainment news sites and cable networks (excluding news & sports).
Celebrity guests will be interviewed in an assortment of everyday locations, ranging from her car to the grocery store. With a comedic approach that is improvisational, each interview feels like a sneak peek into a private conversation where neither participant is taking themselves too seriously. Whether it’s challenging a guest not to cry as they watch the most tear-worthy web videos in her viewers’ arsenal, comparing browser histories with a celeb, or posing the week’s ‘Impossible Question,’ Helbig’s comedic segments will bring out the silly and unpredictable side of her show’s wide array of guests. The result is some serious fun and Helbig’s line of questioning is personal, quick-witted and heavily focused around what’s trending in social media.
