Premise: It's a day in the life of jobless Sarah, who gets high off cough syrup, watches her favorite TV show Cookie Party, hangs out with her gay neighbors Brian and Steve, and sponges off her sister (played by her actual sister). Sarah falls into about one bizarro predicament a day, which she handles with her classic brand of un-P.C. grace.
Press-release sell: "Whether she's Sunday brunching, watching TV or reciting Anne Frank's Diary during the talent portion of a kid's beauty pageant, Sarah always has a smile on her face, a song in her heart and an out of nowhere moment you won't believe waiting to happen."
Highlights: Sarah's Celine Dion-esque video in a flowy white dress against the rocky, wave-crashing beach to her song "I Pooped" is inspired. Then there are the usual Sarah-style jokes that Silverman fans, who believe she is commenting and not a homophobic racist, will enjoy. "Gay!..Oh, I don't mean gay like homosexual gay, I mean gay, like, retarded." Or when Sarah goes on the run from the cops and the police officer immediately calls it in: "We have a black male . . .oh sorry [white female]..force of habit."
Lowlights: Minus the Dion clip, Sarah's poop jokes get boring after a while. We get it, she's cute and she poops. You also want to reach into your TV and slap her every once in a while, when her cutesy sorority-girl intonations—"Time to get ready for Cookie Party!!!"—start to grate.
Why is this eerily reminiscent of: To her credit, no other show immediately comes to mind.
Final verdict: A little uneven. Some of the scenes tend to drag; you get the feeling that this would have been better relayed in a stand-up routine than acted out. But perhaps this is just growing pains, and the series smooths out later?
Posted by Corina Zappia at 10:38 AM, January 30, 2007
Bill Gates was on the Daily Show last night to shill his new Windows Vista, which hits the market today. I got to admit: the interview was a little disappointing. No hot seat, no tough questions. It was better than Jon Stewart at the Oscars, but one still got the sneaking feeling that this Q&A session was negotiated word for word before Gates ever stepped off the plane. Stewart did ask Gates when we'll be getting jet packs; Gates also didn't seem to know which camera to look at, which made him seem less infallible Microsoft tyrant and more, well, guest who doesn't know what camera to look at. What do you think? Here's the interview in two clips:
Posted by Corina Zappia at 5:39 PM, January 29, 2007
Monday
Heroes: Mr. Sulu (George Takei) appears as Hiro's dad. 9 p.m. on NBC
Daily Show: Bill Gates is tonight's special guest. 11 p.m. on Comedy Central
Tuesday
Dateline:To Catch a Predator—Dateline's series that catches Internet predators via hidden cam—returns with another installment. 8 p.m. on NBC
Frontline: The popular PBS program goes into the homegrown terrorist cell of Mubin Shaikh, accused of planning major attacks in Atlanta and Toronto. 9 p.m. on PBS
Wednesday
Top Chef: The finale of the Bravo's popular chef-off. 10 p.m. on Bravo
Primetime: Another installment of Medical Mysteries. Tonight: A rare condition called ectrodactyly, when hands are shaped almost like a lobster's claws. 10 p.m. on ABC
Thursday
31 Days of Oscar: More than 350 past Oscar winners and nominees will be shown on Turner Classic for the month of February. The list the first day includes La Dolce Vita at 1:30pm and The African Queen at 6 p.m. Go to TCM.com for a full list.
Super Bowl Alternative: Hate the Super Bowl? Hate it enough to watch a history of Broadway? Julie Andrews hosts this look back at the Great White Way through the years. 5 p.m. on WLIW 21 (local PBS affiliate)
Posted by Corina Zappia at 10:28 AM, January 29, 2007
So Borat was snubbed and Pitt and Streep were no-shows. Pitt was filming; Streep was at a Harvard Med School benefit (slam). Still, the SAGs must go on. Here's the full list of recipients from last night, plus a few highlights:
Eddie Murphy mimicked British actors who sound "so smooth with their stuff." (Offstage, he admitted he was "caught off guard" that Dreamgirls wasn't nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.)
SAG, you're the best product whore. Thanks for reminding us to rinse with Listerine.
Louis-Dreyfus: The British version of The Office is so much better than yours. Carell back: I enjoyed your show better in the '70s when it was called One Day at a Time.
Man, that little kid looks pissed. LIttle Miss Sunshine applauds Jennifer Hudson's win and her loss.
WTF with Rachel McAdams blond/pink hair over there? Oh yeah, and her boyfriend Ryan Gosling was nominated for something.
Grey's Anatomy's Chandra Wilson referenced Isaiah Washington: "It’s about those 10 cast members sitting over there, and the other one in rehab." In a lesser-publicized but equally-interesting comment, added: “Look, with this skin and this nose, and this height, and these arms . . .I’m here."
Posted by Corina Zappia at 1:51 PM, January 25, 2007
TV Guide
TV Guide's Michael Logan interviewed Heroes creator and exec producer Tim Ring and scored some good scoops on what's around the corner. Namely, a hero will eat it (well, a regular, which Eye assumes is a hero); Claire's real parents will be revealed; and George Takei (Mr. Sulu from the original Star Trek) will finally make that much-anticipated appearance as Hiro's dad.
Posted by Corina Zappia at 12:39 PM, January 25, 2007
www.jedi-academy.com
Every week, Eye will post a TV casting call that is creepy.
This week: The Star Wars Fantasy
NOW CASTING FOR STAR WARS FANS!!!!
Company: Kassting Inc.
Contact:
State: Any State
Posted On: Jan 16, 07 Expires On: Jan 25, 07
Description:
ABC's GREAT AMERICAN DREAM VOTE is searching for the biggest Star Wars Fans out there.....If you could have any Star Wars related dream, what would it be?? Tell us all about it and see if we can make your dream come true!!
Posted by Corina Zappia at 9:21 AM, January 24, 2007
MySpace.com
It seemed like MySpace gathered a powerhouse panel of Republicans and Democrats to judge its My Space State of the Union: Bill Frist, Clinton's former Chief of Staff, John Podesta; the daily Kos founder and the editor-at-large for National Review. Check out that diametrically opposed group willing to "lean across the aisle" there to pick a winner. So why is the winning speech . . . a little unextraordinary? Scroll down a bit, and you can listen to it.
Posted by Corina Zappia at 9:04 AM, January 24, 2007
In his follow-up to the State of the Union Address on CNN, Anderson Cooper astutely noted the complete lack of Katrina in Bush's speech. He brings it up with Barack Obama in his interview with the senator:
COOPER: Were you surprised the president didn't mention New Orleans, didn't mention the Gulf Coast?
OBAMA: I was surprised and disappointed. We're going to be having a hearing with the homeland security committee on Monday in New Orleans. It seems to have been lost in some of the debates here in Washington.
But when you listen to the folks in New Orleans and what they're still going through, I think it's important for the president to continue to show some leadership. It's been absent over the last several months.
Posted by Corina Zappia at 9:32 AM, January 23, 2007
There must be at least one Geek the Beauties want to hook up with to keep the show interesting; it also makes the famous "geek makeover" episode that much more effective. Last year was a complete farce with Wes, a smokin' Geek who claimed he "chased monkeys with lasers," which to any normal human sounds like just another lame job in a behavioral lab. This year it's Nate, and all Eye has to say is: Star Wars band, Schmar Wars band. The self-assured Geek is clearly getting more ass than he knows what to do with at Harvard, where the nerd-appreciation level is fantastically high. How 'bout that update clip from the local Cambridge news station:
Posted by Corina Zappia at 5:26 PM, January 22, 2007
The Scotsman
The last Crocodile Hunter special Steve Irwin worked on before being fatally injured by a stingray aired last night. Reviews for Ocean's Deadliest, which will air again starting this Thursday, were fairly glowing. Not a small feat for the producers, considering the title of the show and how Irwin died.
Posted by Corina Zappia at 4:09 PM, January 22, 2007
Last night Eye watched Food Network's Challenge: Pizza Champions and was introduced to flying-pizza acrobatics. Perhaps you are much more familiar with this sport, reader. The Food Network show seemed impressive until she saw a clip of the real pizza acrobatics at the World Pizza Championships held in Italy. Wow. A Star Wars/Darth Vader routine with raw dough, you say?
Posted by Corina Zappia at 11:25 AM, January 22, 2007
All week
The History of Rock 'n' Roll: A week-long series (as it's on VH1 Classic, I'm guessing it's aired before). Features Bruce Springsteen, Bo Diddley, The Byrds, Al Green, Jimi Hendrix, and many, many more. 9 p.m.-11p.m., VH1 Classic
Monday
Heroes: The new season premieres tonight. Will Peter, the human bomb, blow? And "are you on the list?," whatever the hell that means? 9 p.m., NBC
Prison Break: New episodes starting tonight. 8 p.m., Fox
Tuesday
State of the Union: President Bush's annual address before Congress. 9 p.m., NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, NY1, WNET
Gilmore Girls: I find this show annoying, but others do not. New episodes starting this week. 8 p.m., CW
Wednesday
Dinner: Impossible: Premiere of new Food Network show that has a chef perform insurmountable cooking tasks in a limited amount of time. 10 p.m., Food Network
Thursday
Winter X Games 11: Broadcast from Aspen, CO, starting Thursday, 9 p.m.-11 p.m., ESPN.
Ocean's Deadliest: For those those who missed it on Sunday, there's a repeat on Thursday of Steve Irwin's final Crocodile Hunter. (That particular clip is not shown.) 8 p.m. & 11 p.m., Animal Planet
Posted by Corina Zappia at 9:28 AM, January 19, 2007
greysanatomynews.com
"If I lay here, if I just lay here. Would you lie with me . . "
Ever wondered what spawn of Satan is the music supervisor over at Grey's Anatomy—lining the pockets of Snow Patrol, throwing bones to the Fray?
It is she, Alexandra Patsavas, also in charge of The O.C. soundtrack, in case you were wondering WTF about that too. The Star-Telegram calls her "arguably the most influential woman in music in America these days. . . . Because she's been in the business for so long, Patsavas says, she gets about 500 music submissions a week, including music from overseas. In addition, she hears bands live and seeks out regional bands with buzz."
Yet somehow, Rooney slipped in.
One Grey's Anatomy blog asked Patsavas for a playlist, and she kindly obliged. U ready to rawk?
Premise: A half-hour comedy that follows a day in the life of jobless Sarah, who lives off her nurse sister, watches her favorite TV show Cookie Party, and hangs out with her two next-door neighbors Brian and Steve: "they're gigantic, orange, and gay." (They are extremely orange.) Sarah falls into about one bizarre predicament a day—Sarah avoids a wheelchair race; Sarah gets a DUI for imbibing too much cough syrup—which she handles with classic brand of un-P.C. grace.
Press-release sell: "Sarah, who plays herself Laura, her real-life sister who also plays herself, and Brian Posehn and Steve Agee as Sarah's gay neighbors, all manage to fall into unique, sometimes unsettling and always hilarious predicaments. Whether she's Sunday brunching, watching TV or reciting Anne Frank's Diary during the talent portion of a kid's beauty pageant, Sarah always has a smile on her face . . ."
Highlights: Her Celine Dion clip in a flowy white dress against the rocky, wave-crashing beach to her song "I Pooped" is inspired. Then there's the usual Sarah-style jokes/societal commentary that Silverman fans enjoy: "Gay!..Oh, I don't mean gay like homosexual gay, I mean gay, like, retarded." Or when Sarah goes on the run from the cops and the police officer immediately calls it in: "We have a black male . . .oh sorry [white female]..force of habit."
Lowlights: Minus the Dion clip, Sarah's poop jokes get boring after a while. We get it, she's cute and she poops. You also want to reach into your TV and slap her every once in a while, when her cutesy sorority-girl intonations—"Time to get ready for Cookie Party!!!"—start to grate.
Why is this eerily reminiscent of: To her credit, no other show immediately comes to mind.
Final verdict: A little uneven. Some of the scenes tend to drag; you get the feeling that this would have been better relayed in a stand-up routine than acted out. But perhaps this is growing pains more than anything, and the series will become smoother as it progresses?
Posted by Corina Zappia at 8:00 AM, January 18, 2007
Every week—usually Wednesday, but today she starts on Thursday to "mix it up"—Eye will post a TV casting call that is creepy.
This week: The Sweet Accident Waiting to Happen
TLC now Casting "You Drive Me Crazy"
Company: TLC/ Discovery
Contact:
State: CA
Posted On: Dec 20, 06 Expires On: Jan 20, 07
Description:
New Show for TLC: “YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY”.
We are looking for America’s drivers (worst and "best")! And yes, it is going to be a riot...
Are you driving your spouse crazy with your driving?? Is your boss about to fire you because your driving is soooo bad? Are you about to break up with your boyfriend because he can not drive right????
We need bad drivers-
Are you a great driver but scare people?
Do you speed through lights and freak out your boyfriend/ girlfriend?
Make the last exit at the last minute and drive your father crazy?
Are you a slow and cautious driver and can't get the deliveries on time?
We NEED YOU!! We will teach you how to drive....
The best part...
You will take lessons from the best precision drivers in the country.
Posted by Corina Zappia at 5:37 PM, January 17, 2007
Is there anything Kanye can't do, short of yanking in that galaxy-sized ego? It's been only a week since news first broke of Kanye's pilot with HBO, it doesn't even have a title, and the man's already blabbing. NME got a quote from the great one recently, what the earlier articles lacked:
Posted by Corina Zappia at 5:22 PM, January 17, 2007
It was only strongly hinted at before, but T.R. Knight of Grey's Anatomy finally 'fesses up on Ellen, admitting that Isaiah Washington called him a faggot on the set and that forced him to come out of the closet. (Expect Washington to perform a Michael Richards apology tour any day now.)
The Leo vs. Leo nomination was no doubt the most inane aspect of this year's Golden Globes, coupled with the fact that he lost to Forest Whitaker for both. That said, there were a few other silent prizes that must be bestowed:
Best Dressed: Naomi Watts pale-blue column dress; Renee Zellweger's forest-green knee grazer; Reese in her single-lady sex shift. Also Cate Blanchett's and Penelope Cruz's gowns, both of which I could see only on People.com.
Worst Dressed: It hurts to say, but—Tina Fey, in the skirt that could have housed two of her. And frequent visitor to the list, Cameron Diaz, in the Frillmaster 2000.
Saddest Example That Only Female Actresses Grow Old: Meryl Streep, aghast when the Hollywood Foreign Press president mentioned that 13 years ago she was up for awards with fellow old fogies Clint Eastwood and Jack Nicholson. Thanks Clint, for trying to smooth it over but . . .really not.
Saddest Example That Only Warren Beatty Grows Old: What was happening with his eyes? How much work has this man had done?
Best Example of Why It Is Better to Give Than to Receive: Rachel Weisz. Ever notice how everyone looks like barf when they receive an award but hot when they present?
The Ryan/Reese: Kevin Bacon/Kyra Sedgwick. Last year, Ryan came off to me as the devoted, supportive husband of Reese; my editor claimed he was faking and was right. I don't trust my judgment on this one anymore.
Worst Jump From "Full-Bodied" Actress to "Full-Bodied" Actress: The cut from Jennifer Hudson receiving her Globe to America Ferrara. What, is she cheering harder?
Cast Most Likely to Hurt an Asian: The cast of Heroes, presenting an award en masse. Other than Hiro, are they even allowed to appear one by one?
The Shot that Must Never Ever Be Again: Rupert Murdoch. I jumped back ten feet from my TV.
Best Anne Hathaway Dis: Any mention of Devil Wears Prada. Was she even in this movie? Eight million shots of Emily Blunt say no.
"Your Outfit Is Much Funnier Than Your Joke" Award: My friend next to me groaned when Jeremy Irons took the stage in what she called his "I'm a thespian" ensemble. Nice joke, dude. Fire your speechwriter.
Best "I Don't Eat Shit Well" Cut: Renee Zellweger, when Meryl received her Globe.
"Why Is Everyone on This Show Burnt?" Awards: Renee Zellweger, Sienna Miller, and the Heroes cheerleader.
Best "I'm Smart, You're Dumb" Slip: Or, the "I Went to Oxford and You're Drew" Award. Hugh Grant, for saying he better announce the winner of an award instead of co-presenter Barrymore because "it's in French."
And finally . . .
"He'll Come Back to Cut You" Award: Justin Timberlake's jab at Prince's height. But then again, traffic, schmaffic. What kind of extended potty break was Prince on?
Posted by Corina Zappia at 3:42 PM, January 12, 2007
Eye fears. Dove is sponsoring a contest to create your own ad for Dove Cream Oil Body Wash, which will, no lie, air during the Academy Awards. The rules include a list of "thought-starters":
Thought-starters
▪ Try the product. When you're using Dove Cream Oil Body Wash in the shower, take note of what you feel, smell, see and hear. Are you reminded of any pleasant experiences or interesting places?
▪ Look up "luxury" in the dictionary. What does it mean? What could it mean?
▪ Explore the world around you. What luxuries do you find in your world? Frozen yogurt after a hard workout, a moment of quiet after a long, hectic day, the sight of a brightly colored bird outside your window...
Posted by Corina Zappia at 2:54 PM, January 12, 2007
Clockwise from top left:
The L Word: Season premiere. Shane snorts up a tub of coke in celebration.
The Apprentice LA: Season premiere. The losers have to live in a tent in the backyard of the winners' mansion. Reaching new levels of obnoxiousness, the website refers to the teams as "The Haves" and "The Have-Nots."
I Love New York: New York let most of her suitors pick their own names, with a few exceptions.
Gay, Straight or Taken?: The show that trumps stereotypes! Speedo Boy here was the straight red herring.
Clockwise from top left:
Really Big Things: The new Discovery Channel show about . . . you guessed it. For kids who preferred Duplos over Legos.
The Sopranos: Debuts on A&E with a little "editing." If you squint, that dark shadow in the back is tits.
Bush Addresses the Nation: Send more troops, with an apology in there somewhere. The "Author of Liberty" was a nice touch.
Armed and Famous: "I think the scariest thing I have ever seen is La Toya loading a Glock 40 six feet away from me."—Jack Osbourne
Posted by Corina Zappia at 11:25 AM, January 12, 2007
Guardian.co.uk
On his Comedy Central World Premiere, "Demtri Martin. Person," Martin draws a line graph depicting "the cuteness of a girl versus how interested I am in hearing about how intuitive her cat is." And a breakdown of Hummer owners, by tough guys, pricks, douche bags, dildos, and poets (.01%). For these reasons alone, his Sunday special should perhaps be watched, discounting the fact that he wears a shirt that says "Comedy" through the entire thing.
Posted by Corina Zappia at 11:00 AM, January 12, 2007
CNN.com
CNN created a great archive in honor of MLK, Jr. Day. With access from Morehouse College's Woodruff Library and the King family, the network was able to pull together some "rare" writings of this great leader, says the network. The report is split up into five different parts of King's life: the Montgomery boycott, the creation of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the March on Washington, his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize and the voting-rights march in Selma, Ala., and his assassination.
Posted by Corina Zappia at 1:40 PM, January 11, 2007
Ostensibly, he's gotten them on reserve already. But let's check out those rope-em-in army promotions anyway.
The US Army All-American Bowl. And I quote, "The sponsorship of the All-American Bowl is an obvious choice because of the Army's commitment to strengthening individuals now — and in the future — through development in training, values and experience. The talented football players playing in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl share many of the characteristics that make Soldiers so strong." Visitors to the goarmy.com site can check back in each week to see if their favorite hometown football heroes have made the cut to play this week.
The cool commercials! Haven't seen one of those lately — they're like playing a video game — so here's the latest ad on their site. Find your strength!
Posted by Corina Zappia at 1:15 PM, January 11, 2007
Perhaps like Eye, you found Bush's speech last night packed with the most wimpy, disgusting excuses for deploying more troops to Baghdad (i.e., we didn't have enough before, troublemakers were always getting in our way, oops—the bad guys came back). It's depressing to know that that even though Rummy's down, his specter follows. Variety's Brian Lowry suggests a saving tactic, albeit a surprising one: A few months back he suggested a new sort of teacher for President Bush, the TV President. It's a little dated, granted (Rumsfeld is gone), but still holds a few truths.
Posted by Corina Zappia at 8:47 AM, January 11, 2007
Have you ever seen a show that frightened the shit out of you in the first five minutes? This, from only the first half of Armed & Famous, the new CBS show that trains LaToya Jackson, Jackass's Jason "Wee Man" Acuna, Trish Stratus, Jack Osbourne, and Erik Estrada (a.k.a Ponch from Chips) to become reserve police officers in Muncie, Ind.:
"All my life I've always wanted to do two things. I've always wanted to work at McDonald's, and I've always wanted to be a police officer." —LaToya
"I want to have a badge. I want to get that call, 'Wee Man, we need you in.'"—Wee Man
"She was already way trigger happy. She just released the whole gun on them," Wee Man on LaToya.
"Rules governing the taser are you cannot possess one in the state of Indiana unless you have been tasered yourself."—Jack Osbourne
"One of my testicles has become enlarged by getting zapped by a taser."—Erik Estrada
How come you didn't talk to mother or Jermaine or Tito or Michael about this?—LaToya's brother Jackie, wondering if she had cleared her police-officer decision through the proper channels
"I love shooting guns. They make me feel good. I started shooting guns at six. At eight I shot my sister. and now I won two guns and feel very comfortable with them. "—Jack Osbourne
"I think the scariest thing i have every seen is LaToya loading a Glock 40 six feet away from me."—Jack Osbourne
Posted by Corina Zappia at 11:24 AM, January 9, 2007
American Idol, the most popular show of 2006 and, not incidentally, the one most whored out with product placement, is expanding its nefarious empire. Ad Age reports on the American Idol branding initiatives coming to a grocery store near you:
"There will be no escaping 'Idol' on store shelves, either. . . . In addition to Coke's major commitment to promote the show through its cans, Nestle will distribute 79 million branded candy bars along with a competition to win a seat at the finals. Dreyer's is introducing ice-cream flavors tied to the show with names such as 'Hollywood Cheesecake' and 'Drumstick Diva.'"
Posted by Corina Zappia at 5:06 PM, January 8, 2007
Can Eye share with you for a second? Of the entire Trump brood, Ivanka has always scared Eye the most. Maybe because she'd heard rumors of her heinousness more than that of reportedly once-hesistant heir Donny Jr., or the young Trumpie who has yet to truly be unleashed upon the world, Eric.
This month there is TV Starlet Ivanka, as the judge replacing the blond ice queen Carolyn Kepcher. But it feels oddly like the world has already known so many Ivankas: Mannequin Ivanka, Daddy Wants to Date You Ivanka, Vice President of Real Estate Development Ivanka, Stuff Booberific Ivanka . . . and now Blogging Ivanka:
Currently, I work alongside my dad in the Trump Organization and it’s amazing because for as long as I can remember this is what I’ve wanted to do. I grew up around real estate, my grandfather was in real estate, his father was in real estate, my father is in real estate . . .
Posted by Corina Zappia at 11:55 AM, January 8, 2007
So Friday I mentioned the TV clothing site SeenON! . . . I've also been reading a little here and there about the L Word's new line of promotional clothing , "L"ements of Style, timed with the airing of season 4, which premiered last night. The "modern clothes and accessories are inspired by the show," the key word here being inspired, as the real characters seem to don more Chanel suits and APC blouses than Elvis-reminiscent, Swarovski-studded sweatshirt by Laura Dahl. Among the other designers is Honey L, who created four different jean designs based on different L Word characters:
The femmed-out "Dana", a mere wisp of a jean!
The boy-cut "Shane"!
The "Bette", a trouser that's all business!
The "Kit" with a roomier stretch for the ladies!
A minimum of 10 percent goes to a breast cancer foundation, which if you can't drum up at least a 20 percent donation is lame to even mention. Plus, these jeans cost around $200 each. Boo. Hopefully the new season isn't as weak as this promotion.
Posted by Corina Zappia at 2:35 PM, January 5, 2007
Clockwise from top left:
The Dirt: Courtney Cox's new show debuts about a Bonnie Fuller-type tabloid editrix. I give it less time than Joey.
The Dirt: Cox tasers her lover's ball sack after suspecting he's using her. I wish I could do that.
The Knights of Prosperity: One of ABC's two new comedies, back to back with In Case of Emergency. The Knights set out to rob Mick Jagger, who from the looks of this photo has suffered enough.
The Knights of Prosperity: Mick Jagger's statue of Rolling Stone lips spew butter for your popcorn. I want this.
Clockwise from top left:
Beauty and the Geek: The premiere episode of the new season, and the beauties are already in bed with Bill Gates premies.
Beauty and the Geek: The beauties have to interview a co-writer of Freakanomics, who looked slighly amused but mostly horny.
The O.C.: The show's gettiing pulled finally, with the last episode Feb. 22. Ryan meets his actual father this week, who's like hot Ric Ocasek.
Megan Mullally Show: Had the honor of being the first show pulled off the air in 2007.
Posted by Corina Zappia at 1:52 PM, January 5, 2007
Addison Shephard of "Grey's Anatomy" wore these on episode 308 (Seenon.com).
The days of merely wishing you could dress like your own favorite TV celebrity are over. Now you actually can. SeenON!, reported Washington Post on Tuesday, is the new website that tracks what then TV stars and movie celebs wear, and allows you to purchase them straight from the manufacturers. "Wish you could get your special guy that yummy black wool coat worn by Dr. Burke on the Nov. 23 episode of 'Grey's Anatomy'?," Frey writes. (Not really.) But I was curious to see what was actually selling on the site, so I put in a call to SeenON!. Behold, the most popular items:
Posted by Corina Zappia at 11:37 AM, January 4, 2007
Goodbye, O.C. We loved thee once. The series that's been hobbling toward its grave for the past season or so will finally call it quits on Feb. 22. O.C. creator Josh Schwartz talked with TV Guide yesterday to discuss what's in store for the final month and a half left. Namely, "there's going to be real closure to the characters" (yawn); there will be a pregnancy (?); and the ghost of Marissa Cooper will thankfully not be appearing to haunt a mentally-troubled Ryan (i.e., "There will be no Ryan doing pottery with "Unchained Melody" playing in the background and Marissa helping him.") Excellent. Because that video vixen montage of Taylor as Tawny Kitaen was more than this viewer could take.
Posted by Corina Zappia at 12:38 PM, January 3, 2007
The Brunswick News
Let's check up with our favorite Friend, Courtney Cox. Last night was the premiere of 'Dirt', Cox's new show on the FX channel. Cox plays Lucy Spiller, a tabloid queen who helms two trash mags, Dirt and Now, and has no problems planting news when the scandal well runs dry.
Spiller's character hews less to a real-life gossiping granny like Liz Smith; she's more like Heidi Fleiss with a wealth of whoring paparazzi or Bonnie Fuller with a better wardrobe. On her off-time, she's painted as a young woman who just wants an honest love, played by a clueless young rocker stud/bartender who is the one man in town who doesn't know what a soulless harpie she really is. Spiller's closest pal is a schizophrenic photographer named Don Konkey, who's lax in taking his medication and thus viewers are treated to a series of "crazy camera" montages that are supposed to represent life through a real schizophrenic's eyes but read more like the druggie scenes in the movie version of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Bleah. Konkey and Spiller aim to undo the dreams of several young, vulnerable actors to make more fodder for their magazines, and they are winningly successful by episode one (what will they have left for episode two?). A young actress doing one line of coke overdoses about two TV minutes later; then there's unwanted anal sex; a suicidal car crash; followed by a tearful hospital scene . . . and the longest hour I've had in a while.
Posted by Corina Zappia at 2:27 PM, January 2, 2007
The only thing the atrocious black comedy Mr. and Mrs. Smith had going for it was the combined megawatt comeliness of its two co-stars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, and according to Variety the ABC TV pilot based on the movie won't even have that. To those who care, the film's direcotr Doug Liman will be on the project, and writer Simon Kinberg refers to the movie's TV incarnation as Married . . .with Children with guns, which should strike fear into the heart of anyone within 200 feet of this project. Oh, and a previous attempt starring Maria Bello and (dear God) Scott "Quantum Leap this" Bakula tanked miserably.
Perhaps just as tasteless as the cell-phone clip: the GSN videogame of Hangman Lost Remote found, complete with an animated Saddam. "In this game," quoth the press release, "players will follow the traditional rules of ‘hangman’ by clicking on letters to see if they are a part of the missing word or phrase. As the real Hussein always does, the animated Saddam has a few choice words such as 'Americans can’t spell' or 'I laugh at your letters.'"
UPDATE: GSN has chosen to pull the game from their website following Saddam's execution, with a spokesman informing us, "GSN never intended for its game to coincide with an actual event. Based on the way things occurred in Iraq, we determined it was appropriate to remove the game from our site."
Posted by Corina Zappia at 12:04 PM, January 2, 2007
Friday Night Lights: critically acclaimed and somehow still hanging on
Washington Post gives its tip sheet of what new fall shows will have a good run of it for season two and what's expected to get the boot. Sorry if your favorite new show is among the casualties . . .
Here's the summary.
Most Likely to Succeed with Season 2:
Brothers & Sisters
Heroes
Jericho
Shark
Ugly Betty
Okay for Now (received a full season):
Friday Night Lights
The Class
The Game
Men in Trees
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
30 Rock
On Life Support:
Big Day
The Nine
Six Degrees
Standoff
'Til Death
Dead and Buried:
Day Break
Help Me Help You
Justice
Kidnapped
Runaway
Smith
3 Lbs.
Twenty Good Years
Vanished
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