Monthly Archives: August 2008
$312K a year, with FREE ghouls!…
In a move that’s almost as predictable as it is reprehensible, the NYC apartment where Heath Ledger was residing when he left this world prematurely last January is now being quietly offered for rent again. …At $26,000 a month! Located … Continue reading
This Man Should Run NBC !
In an interview that appears today on Forbes.com, ten-time Emmy Award-winner Steven Bochco becomes the latest witness to Network greed. He’s decided to take his new drama series, “Raising the Bar,” to the cable station TNT, instead of to one … Continue reading
There is no Strength in Duality
Times are hard. With foreclosures at an all time high and gas scouting the suburbs of $5 a pint, people are not spending so much on entertainment. They want to keep the roof in place and the lights on – … Continue reading
Tastes Great? Not So Much…
It seems the Lone Star State’s favorite export, Jessica Simpson, is planning to daze us once more with further unsolicited proof of the triumph of PR and peroxide over talent or the ability to even comprehend a tune… She’s just … Continue reading
MTV Scrapes the Barrel….Again
In what may be their dumbest, most dangerous and calculated attempt to boost their ratings to the dizzying heights of double figures, MTV is now casting a new “Reality” show where impressionable teens will be required to suffer borderline-anorexia in … Continue reading
Is the Big Cat Coming Home?
In keeping with yesterday’s post, today we hear the rather harmonious – and very welcome – news that MGM may soon be restored to its rightful position as an American company. Currently owned by an investment group headed by Sony … Continue reading
Oscar doesn’t wear a Sombrero !
General Motors announced yesterday that it’s dropping the Oscar and Emmy ad campaigns that have been a fixture of those ceremonies for over ten years. Personally, I couldn’t be happier. The Oscars are a glittering celebration of a uniquely American … Continue reading
A Banquet of Banality…
Just in case you were under the quite understandable impression that “Reality” shows couldn’t get any dumber or their creators more desperate, our friends at The Food Network would like to prove you wrong. The formerly respectable channel has decided … Continue reading
Who’s the real fraud?
The Chinese government is taking a lot of flack recently over the Olympic opening ceremony. It was discovered that the young girl who sang at the event, Lin Miaoke, was actually lip-synching to the voice of another girl, Yang Peiyi, … Continue reading
Bravo is not the word I’d use…
Clearly as short of ideas as most of its current slate is of viewers, Bravo is now trying to persuade the few brave souls who still watch Project Runway to throw ‘viewing parties.’ The idea is that fans of the … Continue reading
