Paula Abdul has officially left her post as resident shoulder-to-cry-on on the American Idol judging panel. An irreconcilable contract dispute (aka being replaced by the vile but knowledgeable Kara DioGuardi) has left Paula out of FOX’s upcoming 9th season of the ratings juggernaut. Beloved by contestants for being the one consistently supportive voice on the […]
A good old-fashioned baseball movie from the early 90s that features all sorts of wonderful television stars: including The West Wing‘s Tim Busfield (Danny), Gilmore Girls‘ Scott Patterson (Luke) and Samantha Who‘s Kevin Dunn (Howard aka Sam’s dad). Hey, if my team’s not doing well I have to have someone to root for right? Hence […]
The Bachelorette finale and “After the Final Rose” special:The finale goes exactly as planned as Jillian chooses an ecstatic Ed and stomps on the hearts of Kiptyn and Reid (who returned to propose and finally declare his love). The “After the Final Rose” special, however, contained one of the more awkward segments I’ve ever seen. […]
Chicago White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle brought some insight to David Letterman tonight with his list of “The Top Ten Things That Went Through Mark Buehrle’s Mind During His Perfect Game [on Thursday]” Why is this at all interesting? Number 5 on the list was:“Did I remember to TiVo So You Think You Can Dance?” […]
The strangest love triangle ever: Big Brother‘s Lydia vs. Natalie for the attention of Jessie. (we predict that the winner of Jessie’s affection will be Jessie, for he can love no one as much as he loves himself). That said, we’re giving the self-obsessed body builder points this season for seriously stepping up his gameplay […]
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is not only the incomparably engaging (and beautifully dimpled) star of my new favourite movie of the summer (500 Days of Summer) but he is also the star of my favourite sports movie of all time (Angels in the Outfield) and my favourite teen movie of all time (10 Things I Hate About […]
If you choose to ignore the final 30 seconds or so of tonight’s final Samantha Who episode, you can really delude yourself into thinking that the series had a proper sendoff. One of the more painful of this season’s many painful losses (Pushing Daisies, Eli Stone, Dirty Sexy Money, Privileged, Kings and Valentine), Samantha Who […]
Brian Williams is the funniest guy that most people assume isn’t funny. He tells Jon Stewart that he looked up to Walter Cronkite like Jon looked up to Carrot Top. The Hangover unexpectedly stands up to a second viewing- who knew I would love this movie? Not me, that’s for sure. But my love […]