May 21: That’s when the MacGruber, the movie based on the Will Forte Saturday Night Live skit, hits theaters. Here’s the latest (and restricted) trailer, meaning it’s NSFW, but it does promise that this will be one funny flick. And it provides more evidence that Val Kilmer should adopt the Alec Baldwin career philosophy, i.e., give up on the leading man gigs and focus on the funny.

June 11: That’s when The A-Team hits theaters, and, as this new trailer hints, even the usual buzz-killing presence of Jessica Biel isn’t able to take the fun out of this TV-to-movie adaptation. Bradley Cooper is perfectly cast as Face, ditto Liam Neeson as Hannibal, and they’re maintaining key elements of the TV show, including B.A.’s fear of airplanes, his contentious relationship with Murdock and Murdock’s craziness. Oh, and the van!

And check out The A-Team movie poster. Awesome. Who else has these two movies on their must-see list of summer flicks?

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All the tube news that’s fit to surf …

– New York magazine’s Vulture blog says Best Week Ever with Paul F. Tompkins may be canceled. VH1 says: it ain’t so.

– The Adam Lambert Rolling Stone cover hits newsstands this week, and yes, he confirms it.

– Liam Neeson as Hannibal, Bradley Cooper as Faceman? Bring on The A-Team movie!

– David Letterman is probably sticking around CBS beyond the 2009-2010 season.

– Rachael Ray will be yakking about EVOO for a few more seasons.

– And My Name Is Earl might not be done just yet, either. TBS may greenlight 13 new episodes.

– Jimmy Fallon‘s Webby acceptance speech: “Thank God Conan got promoted.” Clever.

– And you’ve got to hand it to Fallon and crew for getting Mark-Paul Gosselaar to don his Zack Morris duds. With that crazy ’90s cell phone, even!

– Who’s the adorkable kid in this photo? Ryan Seacrest. No, really.

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