'The Soup': 500 Episodes - Australian and Global Live Screening

If you're a fan of 'The Soup' you'll be excited to learn that the show will be celebrating 500 episodes next week.

The special episode of E!’s longest running comedy series will screen live on Australian TV on Thursday, August 22^nd at 12pm AEST, with encore at 8.30pm that evening.

It will be the first time ever 'The Soup' will be broadcast live across the globe.

E! is also celebrating Joel McHale’s almost decade-long tenure as the completely charismatic and always hilarious host - it's a Sunday night highlight for weekly recaps of the craziest pop culture moments.

I won't lie... I am a huge fan of Joel McHale, and was kind of a groupie-slash-journo when, as associate editor of Sydney mag City weekly, I interviewed him a few years ago, and unashamedly waited for him after his Sydney (Enmore) show, so I could meet him. Here's my interview with him in City Weekly mag. I can honestly say I have never met a more polite, gracious celeb. Utterly at odds with his on-screen shenanigans, though completely genuine.

Says Joel: "I'm very excited to perform 'The Soup' live. No television show has ever been broadcast this way before. We're very excited to be at the forefront of this incredible technology."

'The Soup' has turned infamous pop culture clips into international talking points, accompanied by Joel's clever commentary and hilarious TV clips.

In addition to weekly episodes, the series has expanded into multiple platforms including social media integration via Facebook (www.facebook.com/thesoup) and Twitter (@TheSoup), and the recent spin-off special, 'The Soup Investigates' hosted by Joel McHale, which dove into the Hollywood vortex to examine pop culture mysteries, celebrity rumours and the most shocking tabloid claims through typical Joel McHale tongue-in-cheek investigative reporting. And then of course there's the annual 'The Soup Awards'.

Each week, celebrity guest appearances feature on the show, and often it's the very people Joel has been mocking.

This remains one of my favourite, specially created clips from the show, featuring Eminem:

'The Soup' airs its 500^th episode LIVE and celebrates nearly ten years with Joel McHale as host on Thursday, August 22^ndat 12pm, with an encore at 8:30pm AEST only on E!.

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Jimmy Fallon: 'Michael Jordan' interview (aka Kristen Wiig) - VIDEO

Jimmy Fallon got a surprise visit from NBA legend Michael Jordan (played by Kristen Wiig) overnight on his show 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon' and the two recalled some of MJ's greatest moments.

Watch the madness:



And then... MJ sings for Jimmy. Watch:

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'The Bachelor' Australia: Tim Robards

And now, the first Australian 'Bachelor' has been announced.

Channel Ten has revealed that Tim Robards is the new 'Bachelor', and filming is set to start this week. Here's the new beefcake (with brains! He's a chiropractor):

For more on the show, including some rather awkies clips and who has gotten married and even had kids in the US series, click here.

Updated: here is the just-released long promo for the show:



Will you tune in? Are you a fan of the series?

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Jared Leto Candy Magazine Drag Cover

Talk about an extreme (for magazine pages) makeover.

Here is Jared Leto on the cover of Candy magazine July issue, in drag.

Here's what he usually looks like:

The shoot is by renowned photog Terry Richardson.

Here's more from the spread:

These pics come shortly after Leto wrapped shooting on 'The Dallas Buyers Club', in which he stars as a transvestite named Rayon. The movie will be released in the US on December 6.

Amazing transformation, huh?

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Infomercial Fails: VIDEO

Oh, how I love this! Those infomercials where - in order to prove how much you really, truly need this innovative product - they show you just how you're getting it wrong. Terribly, clumsily, ridic-wrong. Watch:


Poor sods! They cannot do the simplest of things! Klutzes...

 For more of these hilariously absurb GIFs, click here.

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Portia tells Jennifer about marriage to Ellen

See? Hollywood's happiest couple have little, niggly domestic issues too!

Here, Jennifer Aniston co-hosts Ellen's show, and Ellen's wife Portia is a guest... and Jennifer asks Portia what really, really bugs her about Ellen. (Portia... the food thing... I can relate). Watch:

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Karl Stefanovic Pranks Roz Kelly on 'Today' Show

Oh, Karl.

You're a cheeky bugger.

Karl Stefanovic - co-host on the 'Today' show - demonstrated (again) that he's a childish prankster. And gosh, it's so fun to watch his harmless fun.

Earlier today - and I loved watching this unfold live this morning - Karl tampered with the teleprompter script of fellow 'Today' reporter Roz Kelly, ensuring she read the end of a sport's report on English Premier League Chelsea's triumph at the Europa Cup in Amsterdam overnight by saying: "How good are the cookies there?".

As she read it, she slowed down a tad and wondered, what the hell? It was too late! Watch:




Here are more pics of Karl laughing, starting with this morning's one... just because it's so infectious to see:

Are you flipping the bird there, Karl?

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