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Dear John
Posted by christine on Feb 6, 2010 in Miscellaneous
Reviewed by Lisa Schwarzbaum | –
'Idolatry': Pesky children, scary overshares, and wayyy too much skin this week on 'American Idol'
Posted by christine on Feb 6, 2010 in Miscellaneous
Idoloonies, you're goin' to Hollywood! But not until next Tuesday, when American Idol's ninth season incarnation of Hell Week — with …
Jenny Sanford’s ‘Staying True’: A Review
Posted by christine on Feb 6, 2010 in Miscellaneous
Hell hath no fury like a political wife scorned.
It was true with Elizabeth Edwards, who took her husband John to task in her most recent book, Resilience, and it’s certainly true with Jenny Sanford. You remember Sanford – she’s the wife of South Carolina governor Mark Sanford. (You know, the one who told his staff 
Brett Ratner: The ultimate cheerleader for Sundance doc ‘Catfish’
Posted by christine on Feb 6, 2010 in Miscellaneous
With such a glut of documentaries in the marketplace, it’s a rarity when one sparks a bidding war among buyers. But such was the case with Catfish, an incredibly contemporary film that follows Nev Schulman, a 24-year-old photographer who begins an online correspondence with an 8-year-old girl and her family after she contacts him asking 
'Lost': A side-by-side comparison
Posted by christine on Feb 6, 2010 in Miscellaneous
I’m still processing Lost’s season premiere, which might be why I’m so drawn to this side-by-side video of the opening scene …
‘Idol’ + Howard Stern? Slow down!
Posted by christine on Feb 6, 2010 in Miscellaneous
Source: ”Search has just begun, nor are there any front-runners…nobody will be offered a job for a while”
(Don’t) Blame Jay Leno if Evan Lysacek gets messed with at the Olympics
Posted by christine on Feb 6, 2010 in Miscellaneous
Okay, okay. Chances are that U.S. figure skater Evan Lysacek’s opponents already knew about his superstitions and, therefore, how to get inside his mind. But if they didn’t, all they have to do now is watch last night’s interview with Jay Leno. Lysacek, the 2009 world champion, revealed that throughout an event, he has 
NBC cafeteria embroiled in Black History Month imbroglio
Posted by christine on Feb 6, 2010 in Miscellaneous
According to the New York Post, a special meal in honor of Black History Month at NBC’s cafeteria in New York has come under fire after a spread featuring fried chicken, collard greens and black-eyed peas was served—though the African-American chef who planned it says she doesn’t understand the outrage.
The controversy began when Questlove, the 
Oscars: How a big win for ‘The Hurt Locker’ could change the Academy Awards
Posted by christine on Feb 6, 2010 in Miscellaneous
Blogging, with apologies to the gods of journalism, is not an exact science, and trying to blog the Academy Awards through the crystal ball of one’s own expectations is really not an exact science. That said, I committed a major blunder in my attempt to size up the Oscar landscape about a month ago. I 
Ke$ha did not vandalize the Hollywood Sign, officials confirm. Come on.
Posted by christine on Feb 6, 2010 in Miscellaneous
“HwOOD $IgN I$ oFFiciaLLY My bIZnatCH!!!!! Good work2allmyHoTCULpritss!! LOOK AT THE SIGN LA!” wayward drunk-pop star Ke$ha twittered at 3:20 a.m. today, and soon, the above video emerged, purportedly showing the former Ms. Sebert and her girlfriends draping a bedsheet over the Hollywood Sign and relabeling it “Ke$hawood.”
Did this really happen? Um… no.
Before I committed 