Hulu Classes Up, Becomes A Haven For Rare And Important Films

Back in July, things weren't looking too good for Hulu, and we said ourselves that they better come up with a pretty big gimmick to get back on top!

Now, Hulu Plus, the company's paid streaming service, has partnered with The Criterion Collection, and will include many "important classic and contemporary films" in their service.

They'll start out with 150 of Criterion's titles, and an additional 650 will be added in the next several months.

This might not be anything TOO exciting to the folks who utilize Hulu for Modern Family re-runs, but for cinephiles looking for rare titles, and film students who can't afford to pay $30 for a copy of Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, this is actually a pretty great value.

Guess the big question here is whether or not there are enough hardcore film folks out there to make this a profitable venture.

Would U sign up for Hulu Plus to gain access to lots of movies rare and important films?

Modern Lawsuit Filed Against Modern Family

We HOPE this isn't true, ABC.

Modern Family, which premieres its second season on Wednesday, is in the midst of a lawsuit filed by Martin Alexander, who claims that defendants "illegally copied and/or created" the show based on his "copyrighted work."

In the complaint he filed, he described a pilot he wrote, Loony Ben, which is VERY similar to Modern Family. Here's what the complaint said about it:

"Mr. Alexander began circulating [his] work throughout Hollywood and Los Angeles, California and in New York, submitting it to agents, producers, directors, production companies, networks, network executives, and contests."

One point that seems to make his case increasingly legitimate is the fact that in 2006, he filed a proposed cast list with the U.S. Copyright office, which included Sofia Vergara. Here are the details:

"…includes obscure actress Sofia Vergara as the stunningly beautiful, fiery, temperamental, Latina mother, with a thick accent, who's in love with a Caucasian man and always makes him do the right thing, especially where her son is concerned."

That does seem a bit uncanny, we've got to admit.

Here's a further list of similarities between Modern Family and Alexander's show:

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If I Can Dream In Various States Of Undress!

Check out this clip of Miley's leftovers, Justin Gaston and another If I Can Dream wannabe, model Giglianne Brage, posing in all sorts of SEKSI positions for photographer Tony Duran!

He may not be able to win singing competitions, but he looks damn good with his shirt off!!

Thoughts??

Simon, Like You’ve Never Seen Him Before!

It's BIZARRE watching him like this!!

Simon Cowell appeared last night on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and seemed downright SHY to discuss his recent engagement to make-up artist Mezhgan Hussainy!!

Watch the HIGHlarious and ADORABLE video above as Simon tries to dodge questions and gets flushed when Leno brings out his bride-to-be!!

We think she seems LOVELY!!

Congrats, Simon!! You two look very happy together!!

Hulu Taggers Announce Artistic Poverty of Recent 24 Episode [Easy Humor]

Tag-related Hulu humor, will it ever cease to be amusing? No. Never. Kiefer Sutherland's TV show of stress, yelling, and enhanced interrogation techniques gets a thumbs down. [via ThePriceofEggsinMalta]

No More Daily Show and Colbert on Hulu, Dinosaur Pedophilia Film Still Available [Hulu]

Greedy corporation Viacom is pulling The Daily Show and The Colbert Report from Hulu next week because it wants more money. Meanwhile, sexxxy pedophilia flick A Nymphoid Barbarian in Dinosaur Hell is burning up the Hulu charts.

The Times' Media Decoder reports on Viacom's decision to yank our favorite satirical (Read more...)

No More Daily Show and Colbert on Hulu, Dinosaur Pedophilia Film Still Available [Hulu]

Greedy corporation Viacom is pulling The Daily Show and The Colbert Report from Hulu next week because it wants more money. Meanwhile, sexxxy pedophilia flick A Nymphoid Barbarian in Dinosaur Hell is burning up the Hulu charts.

The Times' Media Decoder reports on Viacom's decision to yank our favorite satirical (Read more...)

Conan’s Final Night: The Ratings Glory, The After-Party, The SNL Sneak Attack, and The Hulu Conspiracy [The Late Night Wars]

What was Conan O'Brien's final night hosting The Tonight Show like? For NBC, totally cock-rockingly awesome. The networked murked it in the ratings game. Meanwhile, Conan and Friends got positively fitshaced, while Hulu conspired against the late-night funnyman's jokes.

If there's one upshot to all of this, it's that (Read more...)