Ashlee Simpson is Cosmo’s “Fearless Female of the Year,” whatever the hell that is, and displays her most prominent assets on the February cover: Her tour begins February 16, of which she tells AP: “It’s really stripped down. There’s no pyro(technics) or anything like that. The stage has a mud …
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Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber
Stand aside, Bridget Jones. Look lively, Carrie Bradshaw. And look out, Adrian Mole: if you see this woman, run. A sharp-witted British social satire fresh from the New York Times bestseller list, Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber hits the idiot box on March 12 courtesy of Oxygen Media. The …
Read More »Super Bowl Commericals: Worth the $2.4mil?
If you have an unlimited ad budget like Budweiser or the automakers and can afford the repetition throughout the game, maybe it is worth it, but for smaller players shooting their wad on a single showing, I doubt it is. IFILM has its super cool and handy compendium of Super …
Read More »Jacko Purrs to Geraldo, Gags Ex
In an interview recorded two weeks ago that will air Saturday at 10 p.m. ET on the FOX News Channel’s “At Large With Geraldo Rivera,” Michael Jackson says, “The bigger the star, the bigger the target. I’m not trying to say I’m the super-duper star, I’m not saying that. I’m …
Read More »Volvo and Virgin Super Bowl Blastoff
First off, allow me to preface the rather notable news that Volvo is announcing a contest to give away a seat on the Virgin Galactic spaceship during their Super Bowl commercial Sunday, by noting that Richard Branson is a dickleak. I have nothing in particular against the guy and his …
Read More »Hot Stuff for Black History Month on the BET Networks
BET and sister network BET Jazz are delivering a diverse menu of special programming for Black History Month. Anchoring BET’s Black History Month fare is the annual CELEBRATION OF GOSPEL, back for its fifth year celebrating both the traditional and contemporary art form as sung by some of the biggest …
Read More »From Elmo to Boohbah
I had to stay home today as the Little Man, who is 13 months old, was sick with a stomach flu and my wife has a real job. Since he he didn’t feel well he was droopy and clingy and I couldn’t just plop him down in the middle of …
Read More »Requiem for Crossfire
I like Michael Kinsley quite a bit even though I have evolved away from agreeing with him most of the time, to agreeing with him on the low end of some of the time. He has some judicious if retroactively self-serving thoughts on the demise of Crossfire, his former TV …
Read More »Who Is the Greatest American?
Who is the greatest American ever? Discovery Channel and America Online have teamed up to answer that question with a campaign that combines original television and online programming with interactive online features. The initiative, which kicked off January 13, will give Americans a chance to determine who will be named …
Read More »Booming Start For American Idol
The franchise is back with a bang, with season 4 debuting last night to 33.5 million viewers, the largest audience of the season thus far, larger than the viewership of the other five networks COMBINED, and the third-highest ratings night of entertainment programming in the Fox network’s history: “I’m as …
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