I go back and forth with my opinions of Adam Lambert. Sometimes I think I understand who he is, and sometimes I don't think we'll ever know who the real Adam really is. The more and more I see, I keep thinking it'll clear it all up for me, but ...
After having the following conversation with some friends after the American Idol results show tonight, I decided to turn it into a post. There are two necessary ingredients to being a winner, whether it's the winner of a reality show, the winner of a poker game, or the winner of ...
ABC's latest Bachelor appears almost perfect on paper. He's cute enough. He's a Navy Lieutenant, he's a doctor, a humanitarian, a former Sunday school teacher, and he's an Iron Man triathelete. He's also sensitive. This past week we saw him attend to an injured Bevin, even accompanying her to the ...
Full disclosure – I am laid up right now on the sofa filled to the top with antibiotics and painkillers thanks to a freakishly painful ear infection which makes my head feel like it is about to explode. And yes, I have an ear infection (second time in the last ...
by Heather First of all, I have to preface this by saying I adore John Heffron. In my mind, there is no better comic on the face of the Earth. Hate me for that if you must, but I love him and he’s my friend on MySpace, so there. We start out season 4 (did the all-star show REALLY count as a season?) with the same cheesy music, but a brand new cheesy host. Anthony Clark, of “Yes, Dear” fame is the new host this [...]
by Brianne A brief segment of rap artist Aaron Hernadez, aka Godson’s audition in Yellowknife, NT opens up the first episode of Canadian Idol 4. The new rap-theme song, “Are You The One” bumps in the background. Paired with Godson’s laid back lyrics that introduce our judging panel and host is a black and white montage of hip Canadian auditioners (including past contestants Melissa O’Neil and Rex Goudie) chilling out in the mean streets of Canada. Is this supposed to suggest the down to earth [...]
– Christina M. Rau / GatsbyGirl Who rules the world? Is it Oprah Winfrey? Is it Bill Gates? Could it be Tom Cruise? I suppose the answer depends on which world we’re talking about. If we’re talking about real estate, then a safe and true answer would be Donald Trump, or for some reason, the media and the rest of the world has taken to calling him The Donald. And with “The Apprentice” The Donald seems to be on top of reality television shows as [...]
by LauraBelle Last year I tuned in to So You Think You Can Dance looking for something similar to American Idol, having been in withdrawal that July for a few months. What I found was something very raw, yet ultimately very entertaining. I didn’t expect to like it that much. By the end, I very much cared who won, and was delighted it turned out to be Nick Lazzarini, and what a story it turned out to be that the runner-up was his best friend, [...]
by Darla Kitt The last competition episode of American Idol this season pitted dewy-eyed Katherine against jumping-bean Taylor, and they both came out swingin’. They each performed 3 songs: two of their previous performance numbers and their respective “debut single” should they take the AI crown. Katherine kicked off the show with a repeat of “Black Horse in a Cherry Tree,” complete with the pair of dude drummers, but she spent less than half of the time on her knees, gyrating around the floor, which [...]
by LauraBelle We knew it was a special night tonight on American Idol as Ryan opened the show with a totally black backdrop, instead of the normal audience and stage in the background. Yet, after he announces the show beginning, the lights come on to reveal the entire audience at the Kodak Theatre behind him. It’s a special night, indeed. And besides, Simon Cowell is wearing a jacket over his ever-present dark t-shirt. Even Ryan Seacrest expresses shock that Simon even owns a jacket. Randy [...]
– Christina M. Rau / GatsbyGirl Sparked by a discussion in the Reality Shack forum with Aurora (that reveals how late I am in writing my column this week), I’m thinking about marrying Andrew Dan-Jumbo. Then my thought changes—perhaps marriage isn’t the way to go since Evan Farmer is quite a cutie. So maybe I could get engaged to one and date the other. Or be engaged to both. Or simply date both. And then Jason Cameron comes to mind and I get all confused. [...]
by LauraBelle Every season of American Idol releases its own CD where those in the final ten or twelve (when the show first started, there was only a top ten), and sometimes a group song or two. At one time there was a theme applied to the entire CD, but with this season’s CD, there is no theme, other than it being “Encores,” meaning it’s the best the artists have to offer. There is also no group number, but then again, the top twelve only [...]
by Clicker The first few minutes of the episode are a commerical for Mystic Tan. John decides he will be the guinea pig to try the Mystic Tan application. He goes in with nothing but a hairnet on. And comes out with a big grin. The same grin he had when the mystic tan solution went into his mouth — which he forgot to close when the sprayers started. But all that’s just greasy kid stuff compared to what the episode is really about. The [...]
by Mali Perl One word for y’all (as Danielle would say): Wow! I didn’t see this one coming and for the first time in two years (I hated Nicole and wasn’t a big Naima fan), I am thrilled for and about the winner. When Jade left, it was a lovely moment. I’m sure that 99% of the reason she was around was because of the drama that headscarf-wearing “undiscovered supermodel” provided. In the end, I don’t think it was so much the diva attitude as [...]
