'Veep': Insightful Political Commentary -- Or Just Fun?

Julia Louis-Dreyfus is always up for a challenge. In Seinfeld, she proved her undeniable comedic chops. In The New Adventures of Old Christine, she showed viewers that she could carry a sitcom on her own shoulders. And now comes HBO's Veep, (premiering this Sunday at 10 p.m. ET), Louis-Dreyfus' latest foray into TV comedy. Here, she aims even higher: This show sets out to offer political insights while entertaining us.

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Get A Sneak Peek At Lady Gaga?s Giorgio Armani Designed Costumes For Her ?Born This Way? Tour

Back in February we got to see the first look at Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Ball tour when she tweeted a sneak peek of the set. Now we have sketches of her Giorgio Armani designed costumes. The world tour commences April 27th in Seoul, Korea. Check out the fashions you can expect to see [...]

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Sarah Palin "Checked Out" By Secret Service Agent Caught in Scandal, Report Reveals


Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is weighing in on the recent Secret Service scandal after it was revealed that one of the accused agents, David Chaney, was "checking her out" on assignment protecting then-VP candidate Palin in 2008.

That's just disturbing. Not as disturbing as the fact that Sarah Palin was once close enough to the presidency that she warranted Secret Service detail, but still. Bad taste.

Seriously, though. This is a real story.

Palin Facebook post

David Chaney, one of the agents implicated in the Colombia prostitution fiasco, wrote on Facebook of Sarah Palin that he was "checking her out" while assigned to protect the vice presidential candidate during the 2008 campaign.

He posted a photo of Palin with him looking on from the background. Under the photo, he wrote: "I was really checking her out, if you know what i (sic) mean?"

Palin, on Fox News, shot back: "Well, check this out, buddy - you're fired!"

She added that the scandal is "a symptom of government run amok" and that she hopes Chaney is in the doghouse, getting in a dig at President Obama's dog-eating "scandal":

Source: http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2012/04/sarah-palin-checked-out-by-secret-service-agent-caught-in-scanda/

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Abbie Cornish Premieres "The Girl" at Tribeca

Stepping out to promote her latest project, Abbie Cornish grabbed up the spotlight at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City on Friday night (April 20).

The lovely Aussie actress joined alongside director David Riker on the School of Visual Arts red carpet with the pair ushering in the premiere of their drama picture titled "The Girl".

In the film, Miss Cornish plays a young Texan mother who "smuggles immigrants across the border from Mexico. When things go wrong, she has to travel across Mexico with the titular eight year old orphan."

Of the role, Abbie recently told the Washington Post, "It totally rebirthed me as an actor. It felt like it was the first time again. In making the film, I felt like it was the best I had ever been as an actor in all regards ? as an actor, as a collaborator, as a human being.?

With a newly released clip from the movie found below, "The Girl" also stars Will Patton, Luci Christian, Giovanna Zacarías and Raúl Castillo.

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'Magic Mike': Male Stripper Weighs In On Channing Tatum's Moves

New York dancer gives MTV News his professional opinion on how authentic the 'Magic Mike' trailer is.
By Jocelyn Vena


Channing Tatum in "Magic Mike"
Photo: Warner Bros

Bachelorette parties, beefy dudes and dollar bills — oh my! It must mean that the "Magic Mike" trailer dropped.

And, yes, the trailer is filled with lots of Channing Tatum goodness — read goodness as: he's shirtless, a lot — as well as cameos from fellow hunks Matthew McConaughey and Alex Pettyfer.

The trailer follows the story of Tatum's character, Magic Mike, as he tries to balance his life as a stripper with a budding romance and his dreams of designing furniture. It seems that the Steven Soderbergh-directed flick, which opens in June, will have lots of heart and lots of laughs.

Now, after watching the trailer several (hundred) times, MTV News decided to track down a real-life male stripper to rate just how authentic it really is. Here's what we learned.

The Bachelorette Party
"The bachelorette party, the whole thing is totally legit," New York-based dancer Steve Stanulis, who goes by the stage name Steve Savage, told MTV News about the trailer's opening scene. "I mean, with the guys coming in as cops and the girls, like, getting all nervous. So, that's pretty authentic. It looks pretty good."

The Money
"The whole thing with the singles? The funny thing is when I used to go to the bank, they'd be like 'Oh, my god. Why do you have $500 in singles?' " Savage, who runs Savage Men and helped create "Stripped, The Play," recalled of hitting the bank after a night of dancing like Magic Mike. "And that would be like the ongoing joke."

The Dancing
"The show looks pretty good, the guys dancing and the whole shtick with each guy coming out with a different routine," he said of several teased strip-club scenes that feature McConaughey and Tatum getting their shirtless grooves on. "They're a little overly elaborate, with all the smoke and spinning, but again that's not something you would really see. I mean we're not going to see Fosse. I mean, they did a great job. All the guys look great as well. They're totally believable as dancers."

The Relationships
"The whole rigmarole, as far as being in a relationship and being a stripper, 95 percent of the comments of the girlfriends or the significant others give are like, 'When are you gonna give this up? When are you gonna get a real job?' or what have you," he said of Tatum's onscreen love interest, Paige, played by Cody Horn. "So, they really captured that as well, which is really funny."

The Ambition
"I also like the fact that he's talking about being an entrepreneur because all these guys, well most of these guys, are not just strippers, they're doing other things," he explained of Tatum's dream to make furniture for a living.

The Bottom Line
So, will Savage see the flick? "I would definitely go see it," he said. "I would def recommend it. It looks good."

Are you excited to see "Magic Mike"? Let us know in the comments!

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Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1683555/magic-mike-channing-tatum-male-stripper.jhtml

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