Of course, this isn’t Conan’s first shot at the cult that is Apple, having already poked fun at Apple’s iPad 2 earlier this year. Of course, we’re pretty sure Dave got one of those too.

Initial rumor is that the story line will be a prequel. Whether this means it will take place before the events of the previous episodes or if it will just predate the Serenity movie is still unclear.

This of course brings up many questions, foremost among them being which cast members will be returning, who will be replaced, and who will be written out?

Well, it already looks like Nathan Fillion will not be returning due to previous commitments with his series Castle on ABC. The rumor is that SyFy has already reached out to a few actors about the possibility of stepping in to the roll of Captain Mal, with Mr. Dawson’s Creek himself, James Van Der Beek apparently being one of the names on that list. Just imagine, Dawson in space.

"Shiny!"

So will the show be as good as the original? Still too early to tell, but with the potential cast and character changes, it could get a little scary, but hey, at least there will be new episodes. For those who crave more of the original cast, check out the Science Channel, who’s currently airing those episodes. As for developments on the new episodes, we will keep an ear out and let you know more details as we hear them.

Then Cee Lo took the stage and things got awesome. And by awesome we mean really weird.

Performing “Forget You”, the radio safe version of his hit “F**k You”, Cee Lo channeled his best Elton John as Big Bird, donning a bright feathery outfit, and bringing in an acid induced version of a Sesame Street back up band. It was the most memorable of any Grammy performance we’ve ever seen. And by memorable, we do mean awesome.

Oh yeah, and Gwyneth Paltrow was there.

We’re beginning to think Cee Lo may actually be Crazy.

If you actually care about the whole who won what thing, check out the list of winners below. For any more information, check out the Grammy Awards website.

Record Of The Year: Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
Album Of The Year: The Suburbs – Arcade Fire
Song Of The Year: Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
Best New Artist: Esperanza Spalding
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: Bad Romance – Lady Gaga
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance: Just The Way You Are – Bruno Mars
Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: Hey, Soul Sister (Live) – Train
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals: Imagine – Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare
Best Pop Instrumental Performance: Nessun Dorma – Jeff Beck
Best Pop Instrumental Album: Take Your Pick – Larry Carlton & Tak Matsumoto
Best Pop Vocal Album: The Fame Monster – Lady Gaga
Best Dance Recording: Only Girl (In The World) – Rihanna
Best Electronic/Dance Album: La Roux – La Roux
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Crazy Love – Michael Bublé
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance: Helter Skelter – Paul McCartney
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: Tighten Up – The Black Keys
Best Hard Rock Performance: New Fang – Them Crooked Vultures
Best Metal Performance: El Dorado – Iron Maiden
Best Rock Instrumental Performance: Hammerhead – Jeff Beck
Best Rock Song: Angry World – Neil Young, songwriter (Neil Young)
Best Rock Album: The Resistance – Muse
Best Alternative Music Album: Brothers – The Black Keys
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance: Bittersweet – Fantasia
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance: There Goes My Baby – Usher
Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: Soldier Of Love – Sade
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: Hang On In There – John Legend & The Roots
Best Urban/Alternative Performance: F*** You – Cee Lo Green
Best R&B Song: Shine – John Stephens, songwriter (John Legend & The Roots)
Best R&B Album: Wake Up! – John Legend & The Roots
Best Contemporary R&B Album: Raymond V Raymond – Usher
Best Rap Solo Performance: Not Afraid – Eminem
Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group: On To The Next One – Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: Empire State Of Mind – Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
Best Rap Song: Empire State Of Mind – Shawn Carter, Angela Hunte, Alicia Keys, Jane’t “Jnay” Sewell-Ulepic & Alexander Shuckburgh, songwriters (Burt Keyes & Sylvia Robinson, songwriters)(Jay-Z & Alicia Keys)
Best Rap Album: Recovery – Eminem
Best Female Country Vocal Performance: The House That Built Me – Miranda Lambert
Best Male Country Vocal Performance: ‘Til Summer Comes Around – Keith Urban
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals: As She’s Walking Away – Zac Brown Band & Alan Jackson
Best Country Instrumental Performance: Hummingbyrd – Marty Stuart
Best Country Song: Need You Now – Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum)
Best Country Album: Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
Best New Age Album: Miho: Journey To The Mountain – Paul Winter Consort
Best Contemporary Jazz Album: The Stanley Clarke Band – The Stanley Clarke Band
Best Jazz Vocal Album: Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee – Dee Dee Bridgewater
Best Improvised Jazz Solo: A Change Is Gonna Come – Herbie Hancock, soloist
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group: Moody 4B – James Moody
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Mingus Big Band Live At Jazz Standard – Mingus Big Band
Best Latin Jazz Album: Chucho’s Steps – Chucho Valdés And The Afro-Cuban Messengers
Best Gospel Performance: Grace – BeBe & CeCe Winans
Best Gospel Song: It’s What I Do – Jerry Peters & Kirk Whalum, songwriters (Kirk Whalum & Lalah Hathaway)
Best Rock Or Rap Gospel Album: Hello Hurricane – Switchfoot
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album: Love God. Love People. – Israel Houghton
Best Southern, Country, Or Bluegrass Gospel Album: The Reason – Diamond Rio
Best Traditional Gospel Album: Downtown Church – Patty Griffin
Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album: Still – BeBe & CeCe Winans
Best Latin Pop Album: Paraiso Express – Alejandro Sanz
Best Latin Rock, Alternative Or Urban Album: El Existential – Grupo Fantasma
Best Tropical Latin Album: Viva La Tradición – Spanish Harlem Orchestra
Best Tejano Album: Recuerdos – Little Joe & La Familia
Best Norteño Album: Classic – Intocable
Best Banda Album: Enamórate De Mí – El Güero Y Su Banda Centenario
Best Americana Album: You Are Not Alone – Mavis Staples
Best Bluegrass Album: Mountain Soul II – Patty Loveless
Best Traditional Blues Album: Joined At The Hip – Pinetop Perkins & Willie ‘Big Eyes’ Smith
Best Contemporary Blues Album: Living Proof – Buddy Guy
Best Traditional Folk Album: Genuine Negro Jig – Carolina Chocolate Drops
Best Contemporary Folk Album: God Willin’ & The Creek Don’t Rise – Ray LaMontagne And The Pariah Dogs
Best Hawaiian Music Album: Huana Ke Aloha – Tia Carrere
Best Native American Music Album: 2010 Gathering Of Nations Pow Wow: A Spirit’s Dance – (Various Artists) – Derek Mathews, Dr. Lita Mathews & Melonie Mathews, producers
Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album: Zydeco Junkie – Chubby Carrier And The Bayou Swamp Band
Best Reggae Album: Before The Dawn – Buju Banton
Best Traditional World Music Album: Ali And Toumani – Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté
Best Contemporary World Music Album: Throw Down Your Heart , Africa Sessions Part 2: Unreleased Tracks – Béla Fleck
Best Musical Album For Children: Tomorrow’s Children – Pete Seeger With The Rivertown Kids And Friends
Best Spoken Word Album For Children: Julie Andrews’ Collection Of Poems, Songs, And Lullabies – Julie Andrews & Emma Walton Hamilton
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling): The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Audiobook) – Jon Stewart (With Samantha Bee, Wyatt Cenac, Jason Jones, John Oliver & Sigourney Weaver)
Best Comedy Album: Stark Raving Black – Lewis Black
Best Musical Show Album: American Idiot (Featuring Green Day) – Billie Joe Armstrong, producer (Green Day, composers; Billie Joe Armstrong, lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast With John Gallagher, Jr., Michael Esper & Others)
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media: Crazy Heart – (Various Artists) – Stephen Bruton & T Bone Burnett, producers
Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media: Toy Story 3 – Randy Newman, composer
Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media: The Weary Kind (From Crazy Heart) – Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett, songwriters (Ryan Bingham)
Best Instrumental Composition: The Path Among The Trees – Billy Childs, composer (Billy Childs Ensemble)
Best Instrumental Arrangement: Carlos – Vince Mendoza, arranger (John Scofield, Vince Mendoza & Metropole Orkest)
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): Baba Yetu – Christopher Tin, arranger (Christopher Tin, Soweto Gospel Choir & Royal
Best Recording Package: Brothers – Michael Carney, art director (The Black Keys)
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package: Under Great White Northern Lights (Limited Edition Box Set) – Rob Jones & Jack White III, art directors (The White Stripes)
Best Album Notes: Keep An Eye On The Sky – Robert Gordon, album notes writer (Big Star)
Best Historical Album: The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings) – Jeff Jones & Allan Rouse, compilation producers; Paul Hicks, Sean Magee, Guy Massey, Sam Okell & Steve Rooke, mastering engineers (The Beatles)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Battle Studies – Michael H. Brauer, Joe Ferla, Chad Franscoviak & Manny Marroquin, engineers (John Mayer)
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical: Danger Mouse
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: Revolver (David Guetta’s One Love Club Remix) – David Guetta & Afrojack, remixers (Madonna)
Best Surround Sound Album: Britten’s Orchestra – Keith O. Johnson, surround mix engineer; Keith O. Johnson, surround mastering engineer; David Frost, surround producer (Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony)
Best Engineered Album, Classical: Tie – Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina – Mark Donahue, John Hill & Dirk Sobotka, engineers (Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony Orchestra)
Best Engineered Album, Classical: Tie – Porter, Quincy: Complete Viola Works – Leslie Ann Jones, Kory Kruckenberg, Brandie Lane & David Sabee, engineers (Eliesha Nelson & John McLaughlin Williams)
Producer Of The Year, Classical: David Frost
Best Classical Album: Verdi: Requiem – Riccardo Muti, conductor; Duain Wolfe, chorus master; Christopher Alder, producer; David Frost, Tom Lazarus & Christopher Willis, engineers/mixers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer (Ildar Abdrazakov, Olga Borodina, Barbara Frittoli & Mario Zeffiri; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Chorus)
Best Orchestral Performance: Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina – Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor (Terrence Wilson; Nashville Symphony)
Best Opera Recording: Saariaho: L’Amour De Loin – Kent Nagano, conductor; Daniel Belcher, Ekaterina Lekhina & Marie-Ange Todorovitch; Martin Sauer, producer (Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; Rundfunkchor Berlin)
Best Choral Performance: Verdi: Requiem – Riccardo Muti, conductor; Duain Wolfe, chorus master (Ildar Abdrazakov, Olga Borodina, Barbara Frittoli & Mario Zeffiri; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Chorus)
Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra): Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 24 – Mitsuko Uchida (The Cleveland Orchestra)
Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra): Messiaen: Livre Du Saint-Sacrement – Paul Jacobs
Best Chamber Music Performance: Ligeti: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 – Parker Quartet
Best Small Ensemble Performance: Dinastia Borja – Jordi Savall, conductor; Hespèrion XXI & La Capella Reial De Catalunya (Pascal Bertin, Daniele Carnovich, Lior Elmalich, Montserrat Figueras, Driss El Maloumi, Marc Mauillon, Lluís Vilamajó & Furio Zanasi; Pascal Bertin, Daniele Carnovich, Josep Piera & Francisco Rojas)
Best Classical Vocal Performance: Sacrificium – Cecilia Bartoli (Giovanni Antonini; Il Giardino Armonico)
Best Classical Contemporary Composition: Daugherty, Michael: Deus Ex Machina – Michael Daugherty (Giancarlo Guerrero)
Best Classical Crossover Album: Tin, Christopher: Calling All Dawns – Lucas Richman, conductor (Sussan Deyhim, Lia, Kaori Omura, Dulce Pontes, Jia Ruhan, Aoi Tada & Frederica von Stade; Anonymous 4 & Soweto Gospel Choir; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
Best Short Form Music Video: Bad Romance – Lady Gaga
Best Long Form Music Video: When You’re Strange – (The Doors) – Tom Dicillo, video director; John Beug, Jeff Jampol, Peter Jankowski & Dick Wolf, video producers

But it made money. So it couldn’t die.

So then we got the not quite an X-Men film, Wolverine: Origins. So we went back to the theater to be assaulted by lots of explosions, lots of action, a cliche story, Liev Schreiber doing a shorter but still pretty cool Sabertooth, and the producers/writers wiping their collective asses with the source material (really!!!?? Deadpool!!??). So we left the theater with mixed feelings, but mainly anger. Anger and the flimsy hope that if they were going to keep doing these things, they would at least take the time to do them right.

Will it be better than the last two? That remains to be seen, but the new trailer doesn’t seem to have that cheesy, over the top feeling we got from the previous two films, so here’s hoping. Check it out and let us know what you think

Yes, it’s about a killer tire.

We’re serious. Check it out.

These guys may have found a way to sidestep that argument by combining Sex Ed with Driver’s Ed. Maybe we can get Howie Mandel to teach.

Well it worked. That movie was of course Batman Begins, which eventually led to The Dark Knight, and I believe most people have heard how that worked out for the studio, lotsa money for everyone, pats on the shoulders all around.

About the same time they had started reworking the Batman series, repairing the damage from the Schumacher years, they remembered they had yet another property in the DC district of Superhero Land that had sat vacant for many years. So following the same MO, Bryan Singer, fresh off his stint with the X-Men, was brought in to fix up the Superman franchise; the House that Christopher Reeve built.

Well, that turned out kinda anemic. Not a lot of money, very few pats on the back.

But not being ones to give up on a franchise, no matter how old, Warner Bros. is having another go around with the Man of Steel. Their plan? Bring in a new talented director to inject some life into the series and hire the people who made Batman successful as producers/writers on the film to make sure he does it. The director in this case will be Mr. 300 himself, Zach Snyder, and he will be joined by The Dark Knight‘s director, Christopher Nolan as producer with David Goyer writing the script.

If any team should be able to resurrect a franchise, you would think this is it. Goyer’s great storytelling, Snyder’s visual style, and Nolan’s golden touch; cause let’s face it, he’s been on a roll with that whole batman and inception thing. The only thing I could see tripping the project up is the source material itself.

I’ve always kinda of thought of Superman a kind of a blah movie superhero. Or more precisely, I think maybe he’s a little too super. I mean he’s a nigh invulnerable superbeing who always seems to be reduced to battling Lex Luthor, Kryptonite or some combination of the two in his movies. It gets a little tiring.

I’m not necessarily advocating the next film be a Luther free movie, but a Luther-light film would definitely be nice. Maybe something in the vein of Superman II, Luther hanging around but giving one of Superman’s many villains from the comic book series a shot on the big screen.

So far Snyder has been quoted as saying:

“the film will focus on the early days of Superman, so there will be no links to the other movies. This is not a remake then. Similarly, although I still can not talk about the script, I can assure you that this new Superman will not be based on any particular comic book story.” [via]

It will be interesting to see who the major players will be in the story this time out and who will be playing them. There are a lot of rumors flying around out right now, but we’ll let you know as soon as we hear something.

It seems that NBC Universal will take an interesting approach handling a source material that spans seven novels and a series of comic books, by stretching the story across multiple media platforms. The plan is for a trilogy of movies and a television series, with the first film in the trilogy to be immediately followed by a television series that will bridge the second film. After the second film, the television series will pick up allowing viewers to explore the adventures of
the protagonist as a young man as a bridge to the third film and beyond.

Ron Howard, aka Little Opie Taylor, is set to direct both the first film and first season of the TV series. Howard will also act as producer for the series, teaming with fellow industry stalwarts Akiva Goldsman and Brian Grazer. For more on the details, check out the press release.

It’s an interesting strategy and we’ll be looking forward to see how it all comes together. NBC Universal will be investing a lot in this series so let’s hope they do it right, we’d hate to see them cock up such a cool series.

Yeah, we do to. Man, we loved that cartoon when we were kids.

Did you ever wonder what would happen if the Smurfs were let loose in the city of New York?

Neither did we. But Columbia Pictures is betting that you will want to find out next year, because that’s the basic idea behind their new Smurfs movie.

You can get a taste of the new Smurfs film by checking out the teaser they’ve just released. There are actually hardly any smurfs in the teaser, but it does have Neil Patrick Harris introducing it and that’s something at least. And although the teaser is now out, the film is not slated to hit theaters until August 2011, so if it does tickle your fancy, you still have over a year to wait. Ain’t that just smurfy!

Congrats to Zach Galifianakis and Kim Jeong who won the Best Comedic Performance and Best WTF Moment respectively. And thanks to Kim Jeong for providing our favorite moment of the night, as he performed an interpretive dance with his “Hangover” co-star, Ed Helms, on piano. “El Tigre” got very Tigre for the performance.

Here is a list of the other winners from the night, mostly Twilight related. If you want to find out more about what you might have missed, check out the MTV Movie Awards site. They seem to be pretty pleased with themselves and have posted most of the night on their site.

BEST MOVIE: The Twilight Saga: New Moon

BEST KISS: Kristen Stewart & Robert Pattinson – The Twilight Saga: New Moon

BEST FIGHT: Beyoncé Knowles vs. Ali Larter – Obsessed

BEST VILLAIN: Tom Felton – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

BEST WTF MOMENT: Ken Jeong – The Hangover

BIGGEST BADASS STAR: Rain

BEST SCARED-AS-S**T PERFORMANCE: Amanda Seyfried – Jennifer’s Body

BEST BREAKOUT STAR: Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE: Kristen Stewart – The Twilight Saga: New Moon

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE: Robert Pattinson – The Twilight Saga: New Moon

BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE: Zach Galifianakis – The Hangover

GLOBAL SUPERSTAR: Robert Pattinson

“What’s that? You have a crappy low/no budget horror movie you want us to watch? Uh… No thanks. Oh, it’s a zombie movie? Well, I’ll get some popcorn going.”

This very mentality is why we were particularly happy to learn that AMC had obtained the rights to adapt the undead-packed comic book, The Walking Dead, into a television series, with Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption, The Mist) helming the project. AMC has ordered the first six episodes of the first season, with plans to debut in October, 2010.

We’ll give you a moment to let that sink in.

A zombie television series for Halloween! Come October, fans of the biologically challenged may actually have access to weekly doses of brain nibbling. It’s all too much to believe.

Of course, the comic book is not all just rampant zombie attacks and blood orgies. The Walking Dead‘s story follows a small-town police officer and a band of survivors trying to make their way in a world overrun with zombies. A major point of the comic is the evolution of the characters and their personalities in the face of a zombie apocalypse.

The zombies are the slow moving, lurching variety, susceptible to violent brain trauma. Outside of the zombies, there are some particularly nasty villains (The Governor), who prove that no matter how bad a monster is, humans have the capacity to be worse. A theme found in many zombie movies such as 28 Days Later and any of the Romero films.

We feel relatively confident in AMC bringing a decent adaptation of the comic book to television. With their current line-up of original programing producing the critically beloved Mad Men and Breaking Bad, which is almost as addictive as the drug it portrays, we find it a little hard to bet against them right now.

Well Adam Sandler thinks the idea has merit beyond the internet. His production company, Happy Madison is looking into bringing the short film to the big screen. They’re working with the film’s creator, French filmmaker Patrick Jean, to adapt the idea into a feature-length action comedy.

Now, is there enough of an idea to turn two-and-a-half minutes into about 90 minutes? Possibly. It will be interesting to see how it develops.

But then again, since it is just starting the development stage, it’s just as likely the film could disappear. We’ll see.

For now we do have the short and that’s something at least. Enjoy.

We’re pretty happy to see our boy Señor Chang (aka Ken Jeong) nominated in both the best villain and best WTF moment categories. We’re also pleased to see his co-star, Zach Galifianakis, equally honored, with two nominations in the best comedic performance and best breakout star categories.

Other than that, we could probably care less, but we doubt it. If you care, you can head over to MTV and vote your conscience.

The categories and nominees are:

BEST MOVIE:

BEST KISS:

BEST FIGHT:

BEST VILLAIN:

BEST WTF MOMENT:

BIGGEST BADASS STAR:

BEST SCARED-AS-S**T PERFORMANCE:

BEST BREAKOUT STAR:

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE:

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE:

BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE:

GLOBAL SUPERSTAR:

The 2010 MTV Movie Awards will be hosted by Aziz Ansari and air on June 6. Watch at your own discretion.