If One Train Smashes Into The Idol Stage, How Many Idols Get Wiped Out In the Process

Top Downloads turned out to encompass every Tunes list in the history of I Tunes. So… we got the music world on a string. What did our Idols come up with?
Anoop tackled Usher, and his ” Caught Up” was competent, but pitchy. He also lacked a certain swagger in the vocals. Simply too smooth for [...]

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You Know, Junos, Maybe the Plant Motif Was a Bad Idea…

After all, with B.C.’s status for weed capital on North America, it led to way too easy jokes by our host, funniest man alive Russell Peters.
Of course, Nickelback opening the show with a song about strippers having things in their mouths was also a silly plan, as ” Be Somebody” is a far superior song. [...]

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And So Michael Comes To The End Of the Road

It’s so natural. He needed to go. He needed to be better and failed.
Go…to the end of the road…
Sorry, prom flashback. Never mind.
The now admittedly sweetened group sing was as awful as usual. Next!
The less said about the Ford thing the better.
Ruben looked like… well, Ruben, and he was sweating heavy as he sang his [...]

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I threw Away My Pride, and Became a Momentary Fan of…

Motown, bay-bee!
I am a huge Motown freak, so seeing Smokey and Barry- wow, dude, I adore Smokey to itty bitty pieces ( the Miracles were always my favorite Motown act). But it’s not about Smokey, except he’s the mentor this week, and he has done this before ( as a guest judge, but it’s similar).
Matt [...]

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Happy Birthday Wishes

Happy birthday to Jim Parsons, who is 36 today. He still is the best thing on the TeeVee machine at this moment.
You heard me.

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Natasha Richardson: 1963-2009

I remember being handed Margaret Atwood’s dystopian future novel A Handmaid’s Tale in high school English and promptly trying to figure out a way to get out of reading it, seeing as Atwood’s novels are dreary ( her essays are anything but). So I tracked down a tape of the film at the local video store and watched. [...]

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The Big Bang Theory Gets A Pick Up!

And not just a single season pickup. CBS and Warner brothers announced officially what we fans already knew- our favorite physicists will be around for two more years.
Sadly, Charlie and Alan will be around for three more, on an unfunny, aging sitcom.

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Dial Idol Gets it Right

31 million votes? Wowza.
Reviewing back, Matt and Anoop were still the best, and Danny sucked. That was heinous and I don’t care what anyone says. Who the hell votes for him ( Dial Idol has him at number one).
They launch into ” Trouble” as the group number and it’s awful the way those group sings [...]

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Take Me Home, Country Roads, To the Place I Belong

Randy Travis as a mentor? Actually, I think that’s cool- old style country cool. ( I admit to being a sucker for ” Forever and Ever Amen”.) Idol country weeks are generally a mixed bag, where favorites get eviscerated and others surprisingly shine.
This year- no different.
BTW, still hate that opening judges walk thing. Talk about [...]

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News Item of the Day

It seems that there is a plan for a musical version of the 1989 noir comedy classic Heathers- the one where you love your gay dead son and you get fucked gently with a chainsaw, and look out for Draino in coffee mugs?
I’m dubious about this. Heathersis one of my all time favorite movies. But [...]

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R&R- The Big Bang Theory 2-17 ” The Terminator Decoupling”

I normally look upon stunt casting with a wary eye. When done right ( Paul Rudd’s sweet Mike on the final two seasons of Friends, Leslie Jordan’s wickedly fey Beverley on Will and Grace), it’s magical. When done just because ( Britney on anything), it’s cloy and distracting. It’s best if the stunt casting makes [...]

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New Rule: Do Not Sing Michael Jackson songs on Idol. Ever. ( Reinstatement of an Old Rule Brought in in 2002, Retired for one night in 2009). Oh- Two Go Home.

Dial Idol has a close race between Allison (NO!!!!!), Jasmine, and Jorge heading off into the sunset.
The new rule- Judges save. It’s not as horrible as the idea floating out there that the judges were adapting the SYTYCD judging model ( America votes the bottoms, judges eliminate after a dance off). But I know that [...]

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American Idol Top 13- EPIC FAIL

I will be honest- I started this week with my note book and pen, wondering why they had a Michael Jackson week, when the judges keep saying MJ is one of the untouchable ones. Stupid Idol.
Then the singing began- and not one of them were really any good. ( Adam fans, please don’t hurt me, [...]

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Happy Birthday!!!!!

To future husband number four Matthew Gray Gubler, who is a gorgeous, sexy 29 today. I still want to feed him colcannon and Guinness. Or something else.
Catch Matthew’s wonderfully complex role as Dr. Spencer Reid on Criminal Minds, Wednesdays on CBS/CTV. Also, he is in the upcoming films (500) Days of Summer and The Great [...]

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R&R- The Big Bang Theory 2-16 ” The Cushion Saturation”

I know it’s late. Busy week.
We open with paintball. Finally we get to see the guys play paintball. And typically, Sheldon is anal retentive and insane. Physics team paintball strategy meeting? Stargate episodes as strategy? Poor Howard, though, still forever a mama’s boy. Leslie Winkle is back, and she and Howard, trapped in a shack, [...]

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The Judges are Wild

The Wild Card Round.
I hate it. This would have eliminated Jordin Sparks and David Cook in previous seasons.
But I digress.
And truth be told, six of the eight gave far better performances tonight than in their previous tries. Jessie sang Chaka’s ” Tell Me Something Good” with soul and spunk, Matt Giraud nailed the Jackson 5’s [...]

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Quick Bits News flash

First, pity the musical genius that is MICHAEL JACKSON, who gave us Thriller and Bad and Off the Wall, ” Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough” and amazing videos that fill our 80s loving hearts. The man announcing a ten date concert series at London’s O2 Arena is not Michael Jackson, no matter what he [...]

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Short Thoughts on Idol Tonight

Start off with a heinous version of Katy Perry’s ” Hot N Cold”, in which my kids laughed with the obvious switch from ” bitch” to ” girl” in the lyrics. Gawd, that was not good at all ( eldest DD disagrees, but what does she know?).
Whatever, we knew Lil would get through ( and [...]

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A Big Bang Moment of Thought

Matt Mitovich over at TV Guide let loose this spoiler from an upcoming episode:
What happens when you arm a quartet of beautiful minds with glue guns and sequins?
Which begs the question: Do we really want to see Sheldon with a glue gun and sequins? And will Howard go all negs due to over indulgence [...]

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American Idol Round Three- Surprisingly Good

I am back from a horrendous sinus thingy and chest cold to bring back the snark. And there was stuff to be snarky about. But less than the previous two weeks.
Yes- this week was actually pretty good.
Von Smith opened the show with a restrained ( for Von Smith) version of ” You’re All I Need [...]

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