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07 Oct 2011

No Love For “H8R”

Another failed fall television series bites the dust! Following in the footsteps of NBC’s The Playboy Club and Free Agents, the CW Network has just announced that they will be officially pulling H8R off the air. The reality series, hosted by Mario Lopez, pairs together one reality star/celebrity with some random that just hates their guts entirely. Throughout the whole show – one long hour of awkwardness – the reality star tries to do everything they can to convince the person that they are really not as bad as they seem or appear to be.

I only watched the first episode because the fall television season had only just started and none of the shows I had wanted to watch were available yet. The episode I did watch though featured Bachelor star Jake Pavelka and some punk teenage girl and in the end she still pretty much hated him and the dating reality show altogether. I was pretty satisfied with that outcome. I’m confused; are both people supposed to hug it out in the end and claim that one doesn’t hate the other anymore? Was this show designed for happy endings? I guess I’ll never find out, but it’s okay. I’m sure I won’t lose sleep over this tonight.

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26 Sep 2011

Hart of Dixie

I caved!

I couldn’t help myself! Once a Rachel Bilson fan always a Rachel Bilson fan. I told myself tonight that I would only be watching one hour of TV on Mondays for my fall lineup, but when nine o’clock came around and the homework was thrown aside, Hart of Dixie was all that was waiting for me.

To be honest, I got a little lost in the pilot episode because I was distracted and what not, but I watched the important stuff. You just can’t help, but like Rachel Bilson’s character “Zoe Hart.” In the first episode alone, she graduated from med school, drank wine out of a box (class!) hooked up with some guy in his car AND wait for it…delivered a baby. Now, that’s badass.

Even the two shows are totally unrelated, I like to imagine that Summer Roberts left Orange County for Alabama to run her own practice.

Also, whoever is styling Rachel for the show is a genius. Is the entire wardrobe MADEWELL?!

21 Sep 2011

Song of the Day

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Lifehouse – Everything

You would think that for the first day of school, I would’ve chosen a song that was more upbeat, but…this isn’t my first day so…deal with it. [insert internet meme here]

In the last moments of watching Ringer last night, this song played in the background and for a second I experienced a little bit of deja vu. Where have I heard this song before? Why haven’t I listened to it in forever? The first time I heard it happened to be on another CW television show – that’s right – Smallville. The network is recycling songs, but great ones. In last night’s particular situation, the scene was highlighting Sarah Michelle Gellar’s character comforting her roofied stepdaughter after having a flashback to when her own twin sister (also played by Sarah Michelle Gellar) left her stranded and alone in a bar. I think I prefer the song in Smallville when Clark is the lonely neighbor boy lusting after Lana, but that’s just me.

Up until 3:35, this song would make a pretty great first dance song at a wedding, wouldn’t it? I’ve got weddings on my mind since my dear friend is getting married this weekend and I’m taking Cyril to his first wedding ever. He bought his first suit from Hugo Boss yesterday and I’m a little nervous that he’s going to look better than me. Must. Not. Let. That. Happen.

 

16 Sep 2011

In the News…

– The return of The Vampire Diaries and the premiere of The Secret Circle tonight were fantastic! Thursday’s fall TV lineup is officially secured!

ABC Family’s The Nine Lives of Chloe King has been cancelled. [Source]

Jessica Simpson has put her marriage with Eric Johnson on hold indefinitely. [Source]

Source Code will be turned into a CBS television series. [Source sans code]

Rihanna’s next album will be out this fall. [Source]

– It is predicted that Netflix will lose 600,000 of their customers at the end of the month as a result of their announcement to switch up and raise their subscription services. [Source]

Topman has removed sexist and offensive t-shirts off of their shelves. Retailers these days! [Source]

Neil Patrick Harris has earned his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. [Source]

CBS Television Studios is hoping to reboot a version of the classic “Beauty and the Beast” for the CW. Do not want. [Source]

Glee actress Heather Morris has revealed to Fitness Magazine in an interview that she would quit acting for the sake of her boyfriend and hopes to marry him someday. She also discusses that she has removed her breast implants because they were painful and interfered with her being active. [Source]

January Jones has given birth to a baby boy – Xander Dane Jones. [Source]

Lil Wayne takes the Kanye West-George Bush comment to the next level. [Source]

Justin Bieber is collaborating with Boyz II Men on his new Christmas album. [Source]

Broken Social Scene has announced that they will be going on a hiatus after their last few shows in South America. This band was incredible at Bumbershoot! It’s always a bummer to hear when bands go on hiatuses, but at least it allows members to pursue other passions and projects. [Source]

Capitol Hill’s favorite pizza place Big Mario’s will launch their delivery service beginning Monday. [Source]

13 Sep 2011

Seeing Double

The Lying Game
Vs.
Ringer

I had high hopes for Ringer, I really did. I’ve been a huge fan of Sarah Michelle Gellar since I was kid after watching her in every episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer so I was thrilled to see her return to television once again. What I wasn’t excited about was the plot. Ringer is about a young woman named Bridget, a recovering alchy and former stripper/prostitute, who has a twin sister completely opposite of her – wealthy, not a hot mess, has a hot husband and a secret lover. Steamy. Near the beginning of the episode, the two sisters meet up and take a ride on Siobhan (the rich sister’s) boat in the Hamptons. This is the weirdest spelling I’ve ever seen for this name. Why didn’t they just name her “Shivan” so that the silent “b” and random “io” don’t have to confuse me? Anyways, Bridget somehow falls asleep on the boat and when she wakes up, Siobhan is gone. She drowned – so Bridget believes. Then Bridget decides to completely step in and take over her life. I know that CW doesn’t have a huge budget since they’re packing so many shows into their fall lineup, but the quality on this show just looks awful! There was a horribly obvious green screen behind the boat while they were on the water that made me cringe in my seat.

#awhellno they can’t be doing this to THE Sarah Michelle Gellar. She deserves to not be in front of a green screen. This hour was long. At times, it was unbearable and at this point I cannot see Ringer making it past more than one season. The only high point of the show was the ending because that’s when the twist actually takes place and not just because it was the end of the hour. I’m going to give it the benefit of the doubt and watch one more episode next week before I decide to let it stay in my fall lineup or give it the boot.

Has anyone been watching The Lying Game though? I didn’t realize until tonight after watching Ringer how much more I loved this show. It is essentially the same plot line except both twins are alive (except in the books, one is dead.) It’s interesting how similar these two shows are though because there is also a secret lover in The Lying Game and one sister comes from nothing and one is well-off. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I think the young actress that plays both roles does a better job than Sarah Michelle Gellar. Who will win the battle in the same plot television series? My money’s on The Lying Game.

25 Aug 2011

Happy Birthday!

Happy 30th Birthday to Rachel Bilson and Happy 24th Birthday to Blake Lively!

Don’t they kind of seem like they’re around the same age to you? Rachel Bilson will return to television this fall with her new CW show “Hart of Dixie” while Blake Lively is still dating Leonardo DiCaprio.

I really wish she would just reprise her role as Summer Roberts though. Seth Cohen take her back.

08 Sep 2010

Hellcats

Tonight is the premiere of the new CW television series Hellcats starring Aly Michalka and Ashley Tisdale. The show is about the drama that come along with being a part of a competitive cheerleading squad at the college level. It’s actually based on the book Cheer: Inside the Secret World of College Cheerleaders written by The Frisky writer Kate Torgovnick.

Synopsis that I jacked from Wikipedia:

Hellcats revolves around Marti, a pre-law college student at Lancer College in Memphis, Tennessee who comes from the wrong side of the town. When budget cutbacks and her mother’s constant carelessness cause her to lose her scholarship, she looks for a new scholarship. She overhears that one of the cheerleaders has become injured and a place on the team is available. She hates cheerleading but upon hearing that the new member would get a scholarship she uses her dancing skills from high school to try out. Seeing no other option, Marti fights for a spot on the Hellcats the legendary cheer squad in Lancer and opt for the Scholarship that comes with it.

The girls are covering the new issue of Seventeen Magazine and though I am not a fan – I still really like the photos from this shoot.

Read more “Hellcats”

22 Jul 2010

In the News…

Jones Soda will be distributing new “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” soda tomorrow at Comic-Con [Source]

– The new rumored animated Disney film is supposedly Jack and the Beanstalk [Source]

Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr have pulled a fast one on us by getting married earlier TODAY! They just announced their engagement last month. [Source]

TNT has landed the rights to the movie Inception, which means that if you haven’t seen it already – no worries – you can watch it on TNT in 2012. [Source] They also landed the rights to some other movies that came out this year, but who cares? It’s ALL about Inception.

YouTube has mysteriously removed Justin Bieber’s “Baby” music video. This past week, it reached 255 million views surpassing the views on Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” video. The video was removed for copyright infringement by MJJ Productions.

– A bank robbery was reported today from Long Island, in which the robber decided to don a Dark Vader mask and costume. Officials are still searching for the 6’2 suspect who robbed the Setauket Chase bank at gun point. [source]

Ogilvy and Mather released a somewhat scandalous campaign advertising 3m permanent double-sided scotch table. I think this is quite clever. I like the simplicity of it. [Source]

Katy Perry is releasing a new perfume called “Purr by Katy Perry.” [source]

– A new show will join the CW summer lineup called “18 to Life” on August 3rd. The show stars Stacey Farber [Ellie Nash of Degrassi – my favorite!] and Michael Seater [Life with Derek] [Source]

– Starting August 1st, you can now dress like Sonny from Disney show “Sonny with a Chance.” The new line, “D- Signed” hits Target right in time for back to school shopping season. [source]

MAC will be releasing a new limited edition collection inspired by comic heroine Wonder Woman. The collection will include blush, eye shadows, lipsticks, and nail polish. [source]

23 May 2010

My Picks for SIFF

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Cherry – Nerdy boy meets hot older woman. Nerdy boy meets older woman’s 14-year old daughter. Love triangle.

Notable actor: Britt Robertson from CW series Life Unexpected

[so good at movie descriptions?]

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The Freebie – A married couple decided plan to have a one night stand with someone else.

Notable actor: Dax Shepard

Movies that I can’t find trailers to:

Meet Monica Velour

Monagamy