The two-hour finale to Fox’s 24 tonight promises to be a ripper with a nuclear warhead sent flying to an unknown eastern U.S. city by terrorists with Jack Bauer hot on its tail like Slim Pickens in Dr. Strangelove. We, and primarily Jeff Kouba, have been following the sequential show …
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Paris Hilton Spicy AND Hot in New TV Commercial
Paris Hilton wriggles in a one-piece black Shay Todd swimsuit with a Carl’s Jr. Spicy BBQ Six Dollar Burger in her hot little hand while washing a Bentley in a shot from a new 30-second TV spot debuting May 19. The woman has integrated herself into American popular culture with …
Read More »59th Annual Tony Awards
The American Theatre Wing’s 59th Annual Tony Awards show, from NYC’s Radio City Music Hall, will be aired on CBS from 8:00 to 11:00 p.m. (ET/PT), Sunday, June 5, 2005. Stage and screen star Hugh Jackman, a Tony winner himself for The Boy From Oz, will host for the third …
Read More »American Idol: Corey Clark Threads the Needle
Between the phone records, the answering machine message, the corroboration of the parents, the photos of them together, the detailed knowledge of Abdul’s home and habits, I have very little doubt that SOMETHING interpersonal occurred between American Idol contestant Corey Clark and judge Paula Abdul back in ’03, as he …
Read More »American Idol – The Primetime Live Allegations: It’s Paula and Corey
ABC’s Primetime Live has revealed the thrust of its “explosive” expose on American Idol that runs tonight at 10 pm. The show’s website states that the show will reveal that Paula Abdul provided provided contestant Corey Clark “with off-camera tips and assistance while he was a contestant, even helping him …
Read More »Britney and Kevin: Chaotic – “Can you handle our truth?”
Only with oven mittens, Britney. Britney Spears and husband Kevin Federline have announced the name of their upcoming reality show, Britney and Kevin: Chaotic, which premieres with a special one-hour episode on Tuesday, May 17 at 9PM ET/PT, on UPN. Is the show an exploration of chaos theory, the “butterfly …
Read More »American Idol: Does Primetime Live Have the Goods on Abdul?
I have been frantically poking around and I can’t find any corroborating evidence anywhere, but the dreaded Drudge is reporting that ABC’s Primetime Live — which is airing a segment on American Idol on Wednesday entitled Fallen Idol (melodramatic much?), which purports to “explore explosive claims about behind-the-scenes activities” — …
Read More »American Idol: Reports From Home
In film clips on last night’s show, the six American Idol finalists got all gushy about their hometowns and families, and their families returned the favor. What are the local papers saying about their American Idol finalists? My bud Michael Heaton of the Cleveland Plain Dealer did a survey of …
Read More »American Idol: Paula Abdul’s Peaks and Valleys
In 1990 I DJ’d a big college graduation party for John Stamos’s sister at Paula Abdul’s top-o-the-Hollywood Hills house. Stamos and Abdul were dating at the time and she had a big spread with outdoor tennis courts, so it was an ideal spot for a party. People think Abdul’s cheerleading …
Read More »Paris and Nicole: Hot Not
I have been somewhat surprised by, and even admired, the way Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie have maintained their rather sweet girlish friendship that is at the heart of their The Simple Life series. But, alas, all good things must end, and SOMETHING Nicole did — besides losing weight and …
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