Chelsea Handler did a great skit about Lindsay's mom and sister going to visit her in jail. http://www.tvsquad.com/2010/07/27/chelsea-lately-spoofs-lindsay-lohan-jail-visit-video/
It's worth it to keep watching the clips from the 4th hour of "The Today Show" about air travel and and "The View" about women choosing to become lesbians.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
A Note About Vartan
Dear Michael Vartan,
Thank you for making "The Kilborn File" bearable. You are charming and show off KC's abrasive personality. Your five answers were sweet and when you said youbeautifully said you had to remove a boyle in french, my heart was stolen.
I need to watch HawthoRNe.
Thank you for making "The Kilborn File" bearable. You are charming and show off KC's abrasive personality. Your five answers were sweet and when you said youbeautifully said you had to remove a boyle in french, my heart was stolen.
I need to watch HawthoRNe.
Monday, July 26, 2010
A Note About Pregnant Teens on TV
I'm so done with seeing pregnant teens on television, but since I've been reading more glee scoop, I can't help but think of the comical pregnancy of McKinley's former head cheerleader, Quinn Fabray. Here is list of the best pregnant teens on TV:
10. Amy Jurgens (Secret Life) The only reason Shailene Woodley's whiny and obnoxious is on this list is because her hysterics are so dramatic it's to the point of comedy. Next time the drummer in the school band hits on you, follow Nancy Reagan's advice and JUST SAY NO!
9. Adrianna Tate-Duncan (90210) Jessica Lowndes' trampy Beverly Hills teen might be the worst teen mom ever. she was taking tons of drugs during her pregnancy, drinking, and wasn't sure who the daddy was. By the time she got her life together and found sweet Navid, she was considering not giving up the baby for adoption. Looks like she's lost a lot of sleep over not keeping her kid since then. (NOT!)
5. Tess Harding (Roswell) Long before she played pregnant Aussie Claire on lost, Emilie de Ravin was ruining relationships by secluding alien leader (and apparently her husband/alien king from a previous life) Max. One night yielded baby Zan, and finally sent Tess out of Max's life and back to the home planet.
4. Andrea Zuckerman (Beverly Hills 90210) The original teen mom, played by Gabrielle Carteris, was top of the class at West Bev. College came, she got a little irresponsible, and she had to leave the show (and the Bev Hills area) after getting pregnant and married. She ended up divorced :-(
10. Amy Jurgens (Secret Life) The only reason Shailene Woodley's whiny and obnoxious is on this list is because her hysterics are so dramatic it's to the point of comedy. Next time the drummer in the school band hits on you, follow Nancy Reagan's advice and JUST SAY NO!
9. Adrianna Tate-Duncan (90210) Jessica Lowndes' trampy Beverly Hills teen might be the worst teen mom ever. she was taking tons of drugs during her pregnancy, drinking, and wasn't sure who the daddy was. By the time she got her life together and found sweet Navid, she was considering not giving up the baby for adoption. Looks like she's lost a lot of sleep over not keeping her kid since then. (NOT!)
8. Corey Conway (7th Heaven) Alicia Leigh Willis, known as Courtney from General Hospital, first brought attention to the plight of pregnant teen athletes when she befriended Mary Camden. Plus she married teen father Wilson much later on in the series.
7. Cordelia Chase (Angel) Not only was Cordy pregnant at 18 after a one night stand with a demon, but a few years later she gave birth to one of the ultimate evils and paid the ultimate price, slipping into a coma she never recovered from.
6. Jen Linley (Dawson's Creek) It happened in the five year forward jump of the last episode, but Jen finally completed Gram's worst nightmare, getting pregnant and left by some horrible dirtbag. Of course, BFF Jack was there to step in and help raise the baby.5. Tess Harding (Roswell) Long before she played pregnant Aussie Claire on lost, Emilie de Ravin was ruining relationships by secluding alien leader (and apparently her husband/alien king from a previous life) Max. One night yielded baby Zan, and finally sent Tess out of Max's life and back to the home planet.
4. Andrea Zuckerman (Beverly Hills 90210) The original teen mom, played by Gabrielle Carteris, was top of the class at West Bev. College came, she got a little irresponsible, and she had to leave the show (and the Bev Hills area) after getting pregnant and married. She ended up divorced :-(
3. Quinn Fabray (Glee) Dianna Aragon's pregnant cheerleader continued to make quippy comebacks until her water broke at regionals. Plus she pitted babydaddy and bad boy Puck against her dumb but sweet boyfriend Finn.
2. Lane Kim (Gilmore Girls) Keiko Agnea's lovable Lane Kim showed that you can be a rock and rolling teen (ok, maybe 21-year old) and still be a parent. It took moving into a house with her bandmates to get Lane to break her mother's tight control over her life. Soon after falling in love with bandmate Zach, three wedding ceremonies and twin baby boys followed.
2. Lane Kim (Gilmore Girls) Keiko Agnea's lovable Lane Kim showed that you can be a rock and rolling teen (ok, maybe 21-year old) and still be a parent. It took moving into a house with her bandmates to get Lane to break her mother's tight control over her life. Soon after falling in love with bandmate Zach, three wedding ceremonies and twin baby boys followed.
1. Haley James Scott (One Tree Hill) After a season-long romance with the star of the basketball team,"tutor girl"became "tutor wife" then by graduation she was married "tutor mom". Seven seasons later, she and Nathan are still together and expecting a second child.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
A Note About Amazing Affairs
Just finished watching USA's new series"Covert Affairs." I can't say enough good things about this show. It is phenomenal. Covert Affairs is the 20-teens re-versioning of the beloved ABC classic "Alias." Piper Perabo could easily be a distant relative of Alias sweetheart Sydney Bristow, played by Jennifer Garner.
First of all, Perabo's Annie is human, easily making a slip-up on her first mission out of spy school, but coming back to save the day in the end (realizing her now dead contact faked his own death so he could assassinate a well-known Russian author). It's nice to see a character that isn't ashamed of talking about her bad past relationships, balks at the idea of impersonating a "call girl," then flawlessly pulls it off in front of the questioning but cute FBI agent, and has guys falling over her within minutes of entering the CIA office (the CIA office that has a Starbucks!) Annie's relationship with her sister Danielle is sweet and developing well.
Christopher Gorham (Ugly Betty, Popular, Jake 2.0) is back in the "Marshall" role of Alias, playing Auggie, the CIA info guy and tech guru. It's nice to see an incredibly attractive man play a geeky guy without looking too geeky. Plus he's adorable, a total ladies' man, and he's blind. By my friend C's definition: he is HOT!
And to make it better, Annie's past lover, who vanished from her life one night in Sri Lanka, has come back, saving Annie from a Russian Assassin, only to jump on the subway and disappear into the night. What's going to happen with him? I can't wait to find out.
Plus, Peter Gallagher, affectionately known as Mr. Cohen to me, is one of the CIA directors! I love this man. Only two more days until the new episode... to see more about Covert Affairs, read the NY Times article.
Upcoming: Jennifer Love Hewitt stars in "The Client List"
Summer TV: Part 2!
John Mayer Concert review!
Mad Men debuts in a week!
News: Maroon 5 Live at the Beacon Theatre July 27th!- no public tickets, but it's on TV!
First of all, Perabo's Annie is human, easily making a slip-up on her first mission out of spy school, but coming back to save the day in the end (realizing her now dead contact faked his own death so he could assassinate a well-known Russian author). It's nice to see a character that isn't ashamed of talking about her bad past relationships, balks at the idea of impersonating a "call girl," then flawlessly pulls it off in front of the questioning but cute FBI agent, and has guys falling over her within minutes of entering the CIA office (the CIA office that has a Starbucks!) Annie's relationship with her sister Danielle is sweet and developing well.
Christopher Gorham (Ugly Betty, Popular, Jake 2.0) is back in the "Marshall" role of Alias, playing Auggie, the CIA info guy and tech guru. It's nice to see an incredibly attractive man play a geeky guy without looking too geeky. Plus he's adorable, a total ladies' man, and he's blind. By my friend C's definition: he is HOT!
And to make it better, Annie's past lover, who vanished from her life one night in Sri Lanka, has come back, saving Annie from a Russian Assassin, only to jump on the subway and disappear into the night. What's going to happen with him? I can't wait to find out.
Plus, Peter Gallagher, affectionately known as Mr. Cohen to me, is one of the CIA directors! I love this man. Only two more days until the new episode... to see more about Covert Affairs, read the NY Times article.
Upcoming: Jennifer Love Hewitt stars in "The Client List"
Summer TV: Part 2!
John Mayer Concert review!
Mad Men debuts in a week!
News: Maroon 5 Live at the Beacon Theatre July 27th!- no public tickets, but it's on TV!
Thursday, July 8, 2010
A Note About Moonlight
Back in the 2007-2008 TV season, CBS was ahead of the TWILIGHT craze with a show called "Moonlight." Private detective Mick St. James was the ultimate cool, and much like a former vampire private detective, Angel.
Moonlight was hot, intense, and tragically pulled after 16 episodes. Maybe the world wasn't ready for vampire mania at the time. (Over 6 months before the Twilight movie opened).
Image my delight and surprise when flipping channels tonight, I found Moonlight on the CW. (WB)/CW has decided to resurrect and air Moonlight episodes after The Vampire Diaries for the summer!
On a side note, I do love Vamp. Diaries, and have been remiss on keeping up with the season. Luckily, season 1 comes out on DVD at the end of August.
I jumped in tonight to episode 6 of Moonlight, where Mick uncovered a former flame of best friend Josif, (the wonderful Jason Dohring from Veronica Mars) that was killing other vampires and using their blood as a drug that kills humans if they ingest too much silver-yuck!
What a perfect match up. I see a lot of parallels between Vamp. Diaries and Moonlight (and of course Buffy): a young girl, an old guy with a past he's not proud of and the ability to kill her if he gets too close. It's a never-ending an irresistible plot line. Can't wait to re-watch more Moonlight!
And to see Eclipse tomorrow... can't wait!
This entry is for CR for putting up with all my vampire talk.
Moonlight was hot, intense, and tragically pulled after 16 episodes. Maybe the world wasn't ready for vampire mania at the time. (Over 6 months before the Twilight movie opened).
Image my delight and surprise when flipping channels tonight, I found Moonlight on the CW. (WB)/CW has decided to resurrect and air Moonlight episodes after The Vampire Diaries for the summer!
On a side note, I do love Vamp. Diaries, and have been remiss on keeping up with the season. Luckily, season 1 comes out on DVD at the end of August.
I jumped in tonight to episode 6 of Moonlight, where Mick uncovered a former flame of best friend Josif, (the wonderful Jason Dohring from Veronica Mars) that was killing other vampires and using their blood as a drug that kills humans if they ingest too much silver-yuck!
What a perfect match up. I see a lot of parallels between Vamp. Diaries and Moonlight (and of course Buffy): a young girl, an old guy with a past he's not proud of and the ability to kill her if he gets too close. It's a never-ending an irresistible plot line. Can't wait to re-watch more Moonlight!
And to see Eclipse tomorrow... can't wait!
This entry is for CR for putting up with all my vampire talk.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
A Note About Summer TV, Update 1
I've been catching up the last few days on summer TV shows. Here's the lowdown:
Burn Notice
It's an been a great story with Michael having to deal with burning another spy. I like the character of Jesse, the renegade spy with nobody to turn to, but frankly, he's messing with the plans of the "dream team," (Mike, Sam, and Fi), more than I can really tolerate. He provides a nice foil to Michael's mother as he's become the most recent house guest.
Things I could pass on: Jesse doing a a Jamaican accent, hostage situations, Jesse going on missions with just Sam or just Fi(ona) and splitting the story...
Things I want to see more of: Sam as "Mike Finley", his great alter ego, Mike's southern low class accents, Fi outwitting dumb businessmen and bikers, Mike spending time with his mom
Royal Pains
AKA Hank Med, this show became a favorite of my family last summer. Paulo Costanzo is great as failing younger brother Evan, CEO of HankMed, and his classic "moonlighting"-esque repartee with Divya match the great scenes between Hank and hospital administrator Jill.
Things I could pass on: Jill's wanna-be McDreamy Husband Charlie-who has thankfully already left town, Hank's father dating, Dr. Emily Peck, Boris's ladylove, HankMed being broke...
Things I'd like to see more: Marcia Gay Harden as the cranky surgeon at Hampton Heritage Hospital, Dieter- butler of Boris, Boris- the mysterious benefactor of Hank- (who recently appeared on Damages), Andrew McCarthy's Marshall David Bryant IV and his son Tucker (hopefully they'll be back this season), the Fonz as Hank's deadbeat father...
Pretty Little Liars
The first episode of this show was like a WB-flashback: part One Tree Hill, part Veronica Mars, part Gossip Girl. It's good, it's bad, it's addictive. That dead Alison girl is like the second coming of Amanda from Melrose Place. I can't wait to find out what's going to happen with A's mysterious messages and what really happened to Ali the night she disappeared.
Things I could pass on: shameless promotion of the KIN, creepy Jenna, crappy father figures, the Maya and Emily "friend"ship, people in their late 20's playing high school students, girls constantly making out with everyone they meet- Aria and her adorable teacher, Spencer and her future brother-in-law, Emily and her neighbor Maya, Hanna and her pretty boy- Erik Von Detten wannabe boyfriend, Hanna's mom and the cop,
Things I'd like to see more: Ezra the cute teacher- in a relationship with someone who is over age 20- maybe Aria's mom, Hanna's mother getting some self-respect, Tobe and Emily's friendship, Aria's brother, lipstick on the mirrors, Spencer going completely "Jessie Spano", a.k.a. I'm so excited, I'm so scared...
Persons Unknown
I accidentally stumbled along this show, and I'm so glad I did. People trapped in a 50's style town, being watched by creepy cameras? It's like a ABC Saturday night movie that gets progressively better and creepier every week. Plus, a reporter somewhat hot on the trail of a creepy grandmother, it keeps you interested. Is it a military training camp/government experiment/purgatory? Is it a murderers colony?
Things I could pass on: beating up the guy from brother's keeper- he is such dead weight in this town, Tori turning up dead, the new prisoner, Chinese food every day,
Things I'd Like to see more: Joe and Janet's sexual tension, Joe taking down the people who he used to help out with this whole confusing experiment, the dad from charmed as the mysterious, ambassador in Italy, what happened to the soldier guy in Iraq
Burn Notice
It's an been a great story with Michael having to deal with burning another spy. I like the character of Jesse, the renegade spy with nobody to turn to, but frankly, he's messing with the plans of the "dream team," (Mike, Sam, and Fi), more than I can really tolerate. He provides a nice foil to Michael's mother as he's become the most recent house guest.
Things I could pass on: Jesse doing a a Jamaican accent, hostage situations, Jesse going on missions with just Sam or just Fi(ona) and splitting the story...
Things I want to see more of: Sam as "Mike Finley", his great alter ego, Mike's southern low class accents, Fi outwitting dumb businessmen and bikers, Mike spending time with his mom
Royal Pains
AKA Hank Med, this show became a favorite of my family last summer. Paulo Costanzo is great as failing younger brother Evan, CEO of HankMed, and his classic "moonlighting"-esque repartee with Divya match the great scenes between Hank and hospital administrator Jill.
Things I could pass on: Jill's wanna-be McDreamy Husband Charlie-who has thankfully already left town, Hank's father dating, Dr. Emily Peck, Boris's ladylove, HankMed being broke...
Things I'd like to see more: Marcia Gay Harden as the cranky surgeon at Hampton Heritage Hospital, Dieter- butler of Boris, Boris- the mysterious benefactor of Hank- (who recently appeared on Damages), Andrew McCarthy's Marshall David Bryant IV and his son Tucker (hopefully they'll be back this season), the Fonz as Hank's deadbeat father...
Pretty Little Liars
The first episode of this show was like a WB-flashback: part One Tree Hill, part Veronica Mars, part Gossip Girl. It's good, it's bad, it's addictive. That dead Alison girl is like the second coming of Amanda from Melrose Place. I can't wait to find out what's going to happen with A's mysterious messages and what really happened to Ali the night she disappeared.
Things I could pass on: shameless promotion of the KIN, creepy Jenna, crappy father figures, the Maya and Emily "friend"ship, people in their late 20's playing high school students, girls constantly making out with everyone they meet- Aria and her adorable teacher, Spencer and her future brother-in-law, Emily and her neighbor Maya, Hanna and her pretty boy- Erik Von Detten wannabe boyfriend, Hanna's mom and the cop,
Things I'd like to see more: Ezra the cute teacher- in a relationship with someone who is over age 20- maybe Aria's mom, Hanna's mother getting some self-respect, Tobe and Emily's friendship, Aria's brother, lipstick on the mirrors, Spencer going completely "Jessie Spano", a.k.a. I'm so excited, I'm so scared...
Persons Unknown
I accidentally stumbled along this show, and I'm so glad I did. People trapped in a 50's style town, being watched by creepy cameras? It's like a ABC Saturday night movie that gets progressively better and creepier every week. Plus, a reporter somewhat hot on the trail of a creepy grandmother, it keeps you interested. Is it a military training camp/government experiment/purgatory? Is it a murderers colony?
Things I could pass on: beating up the guy from brother's keeper- he is such dead weight in this town, Tori turning up dead, the new prisoner, Chinese food every day,
Things I'd Like to see more: Joe and Janet's sexual tension, Joe taking down the people who he used to help out with this whole confusing experiment, the dad from charmed as the mysterious, ambassador in Italy, what happened to the soldier guy in Iraq
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