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Signs of the Apocalypse

Posted in Television on Jan 30th, 2008 Comments

The end is near, people. Read on:
NBC will premiere the new high-energy competition series “My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad” on Monday, February 18 (8-9 p.m. ET) after “American Gladiators” finishes its winter run, and will debut the comedy quiz show “Amne$ia” on Friday, February 22 (9-10 p.m. ET) following the season finale of [...]

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The Grammys are saved!

Posted in Music, Television on Jan 30th, 2008 Comments

The WGA granted the awards show a waiver today, meaning

Presenters will be funny
No picket lines and no boycotting

Yea!
Maybe I’m optimistic, but I hope this means the strike is close to being over. Soon I may be forced to watch “American Gladiator.”

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Miley Mania

Posted in Celebrity, Music on Jan 30th, 2008 Comments

I just don’t get it.
Miley Cyrus is talented. She’s cute. If I was a little girl, I might even like the “Hannah Montana” TV show.
But such love? Such obsession? Where does it come from? And why?
There are other talented performers. There are other trendsetters. Why Miley? Why Hannah?
Every generation has its idols — but when [...]

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Things that make you go hmmm

Posted in Television on Jan 30th, 2008 Comments

CBS just ordered episodes of a Canadian cop drama called “Flashpoint,” which starts shooting in Toronto in April.
For the fall. A new show.
So, the scribes for this show aren’t part of the WGA? Because they’re Canadian? Are they scabs? Is this even legal?
I don’t know what’s going on here, but if the networks can start [...]

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The Screen Actors Guild Awards

Posted in Celebrity, Film, Television on Jan 27th, 2008 Comments

Well, that was a short ceremony. It was great to see so many talented people get recognized.
There were few surprises in the show — it would have been a repeat of the Golden Globes, if they’d been held.
Javier Bardem picked up an Actor for his work in “No Country For Old Men” and Daniel Day [...]

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The show before the show

Posted in Celebrity, Film, Television on Jan 27th, 2008 Comments

Well, the red carpet arrivals at the Screen Actor’s Guild have come and gone. I watched them on E! and I have to say, the interviews were pretty dry and very repetitive.
Enough with the “You have a great body, how do you do it?” versus “How do you manage not to appear drunk and drooling [...]

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Here she is . . .

Posted in Celebrity, Television on Jan 26th, 2008 Comments

Miss Michigan, Kirsten Haglund, was crowned Miss America in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
According to the Associated Press, the 19-year-old aspiring Broadway star sang “Over the Rainbow” to clinch the title at the 87-year-old pageant.
She beat Miss Indiana, Nicole Elizabeth Rash, the first runner up, and Miss Washington, Elyse Umemoto, the second runner up for [...]

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So you’re not interested in the Super Bowl, Feb. 3 . . .

Posted in Television on Jan 25th, 2008 Comments

Several stations are planning “counter programming” during the big game.
Today TNT announced it would show a “marathon” of its hit series “The Closer” starring Kyra Sedgwick, showing nine episodes of the series starting at noon.
This is one of the smartest cop “dramedys” on television. Sedgwick gives a nice edge to her Brenda Lee Johnson, a [...]

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Who else will be glued to the SAG Awards Sunday?

Posted in Celebrity, Film, Theater on Jan 25th, 2008 Comments

I will be watching and blogging here.
After the Golden Globes debacle, this may the only awards show worth watching.
Check in, let me know what you think.

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I can’t wait to see this

Posted in Film on Jan 25th, 2008 Comments

Morgan Spurlock, the documentarian who risked his life to show the dangers of fast food in “Super Size Me,” recently premiered his latest film at Sundance — “Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?”
Film reviews so far are mixed. Apparently Spurlock traveled the world looking for the terrorist, and then gave up when he [...]

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