Introducing the new B@B program, "Entertainment Every Now and Then"

Tonight on EENT:

Henry VIII as Elvis
If you're a Tudor England buff, or if you just like ripsnorting costume drama, then don't miss The Tudors on Showtime this Sunday night at 9. I wrote about it a bit here after watching episode 1 online. If you haven't yet had a chance to catch it, you can whet your appetite here. Showtime is showing episodes 1 and 2, but they are Flash files that are for some reason just unwatchable. Presumably their servers are getting hammered. Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, the Irish actor who won a Golden Globe for playing Elvis Presley, portrays Henry VIII as a combination of Elvis and Alex deLarge in A Clockwork Orange. It's truly bizarro stuff, complete with a gay subplot and strange compressions of time that have a young, hot Henry pursuing Anne Boleyn instead of one already on the cusp of middle age. But if you, like me, have been finding yourself reading Philippa Gregory's turgid and clunky Tudor novels and being unable to tear yourself away from them, this is right up your alley.

And Straight Guys All Over America are Groaning
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the movies; now that Kate Winslet is a thirtysomething mother of two with five Oscar® nominations under her belt and Leonardo DiCaprio finally looks old enough to order a beer, the Titanic stars, crows-feet and all, are reuniting on the big screen in a film directed by Kate's hubby, Sam Mendes:

Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet are teaming for the first time since "Titanic" to star in DreamWorks' "Revolutionary Road."
Sam Mendes will direct the pic, based on the acclaimed 1961 novel by Richard Yates about post-war disillusionment.

John N. Hart, Scott Rudin, Bobby Cohen and Mendes, who's married to Winslet, will produce in association with BBC Films.

Yates' heart-rending and bleak tome, celebrated for its storytelling style, follows a seemingly happy suburban couple with two children in the mid-1950s who find themselves caught between their true desires and the pressure to conform -- with explosive consequences.

Mendes begins lensing this summer from an adapted screenplay by scribe Justin Haythe, said DreamWorks chair-CEO Stacey Snider.

Paramount Pictures has worldwide rights.

"As one of the most venerated post-war American novels, it is both fitting and thrilling that it's come together with this extraordinary group of artists," Rudin said.

The idea of the most hyped on-screen lovers of the 1990's portraying an unhappy married couple is so delightfully twisted it's downright inspired. Color me psyched.

And finally, with next Sunday's premiere of the final season of The Sopranos you should note that the building that has portrayed Satriale's Pork Store throughout the series is being torn down and turned into condos and a parking garage. No word on whether demolition contractors expect to find any of Richie Aprile's body parts.

(Apologies to ModFab for treading on the turf he always handles so much better.)