We finally have some pictures of TomKat in Italy. Outfits don't usually freak us out, but Katie Holmes' ethereal look-I'm-about-to-get-married-in-a-castle pantsuit thingy was a little too ... other-worldly. It's like Queen Elizabeth meets the Coneheads. The baby's still cute though.
ABC is basking in the glow of its Dancing With the Stars ratings victories this week -- the Tuesday episode and last night's finale were the two most-watched shows of any network all season. And now Zap2it reports that the network is considering bringing it back in the spring (in a timeslot that doesn't compete with American Idol, of course). But maybe instead of avoiding Idol, Dancing producers should learn a lesson from it. We can't handle a reality show of such magnitude twice a year. Can you imagine what it'd be like if two Idols were crowned every year? Many would say that one is bad enough (waka-waka), but seriously -- too much Dancing can make a TV viewer tired. Trust me on this one.
I used to read true crime books as a morbid, lonely pre-teen, which freaked out my mom -- 'OMG do you want to be a mass murderer when you grow up?!' Well, no, there's more money in being a crime writer. That's why I love the new series Murder By the Book on CourtTV. Writers such as Michael Connelly, Jonathan Kellerman, James Ellroy and Lisa Scottoline share the real-life cases that put them on the true crime (writing) path. Check it out Monday at 9 p.m.
Fast Food Nation, the movie based on Eric Schlosser's disturbing-yet-fascinating book, opens tomorrow. It stars Greg Kinnear as a marketing shyster working on a new burger called "The Big One."
You can hear a radio interview with him tonight at 7 p.m. on KERA 90.1 FM. They played it once today already and he talked about his role in this movie as well as Little Miss Sunshine, As Good as It Gets, Sabrina and several other films in which he was fabulous (I have a total celebrity crush on the man, by the way).
Anyway, my crush aside, I sing the interview's praises. He's impressively insightful, especially when talking about his role in Auto Focus as Hogan's Heroes star/sex addict Bob Crane.
Patrick Stewart, a.k.a. Capt. Jean-Luc Picard, is in Ann Arbor, Mich., performing with the Royal Shakespeare Company. On Nov. 4, he conducted the University of Michigan band during its halftime performance of the theme from Star Trek: The Next Generation.
According to StarTrek.com, the public address announcer followed the song with this: "You may heard of our trek to Columbus in two weeks. Captain, what are your orders?" Stewart then told the crowd, "Boldy go and beat the Buckeyes! Make it so, Number One!"
Ohio State doesn't stand a chance Saturday -- unless they can get Shatner on the phone.
Tolbert's Restaurant Victor Andrada The first time I saw Victor Andrada perform, a fly flew right into my mouth. His jaw-dropping voice made the winged-one a tasty treat. That was nearly five years ago and I've fallen in love with his music over and over again. Victor's songwriting ranges from blues to jazz to Tejano, to country. It's all good, know what I'm sayin'.
7:30 p.m. No cover. Between the Lines.mp3 by Victor Andrada
White Elephant Saloon Buddy Huffman (Macon Greyson) Acoustic What can I say about Buddy Huffman and Macon Greyson? Plenty. Buddy's music has been an inspiration to me on many levels. He does alt.country, Texas country, rock real good-like. You'll love him. Go see him perform. You will thank me in the morning.
8 p.m. Cover TBA. Wrong Way Around.mp3 by Macon Greyson
It was a dark day in American history when they pulled Arrested Development off the air last February. OK, maybe just in my history, but it was an atrocity nonetheless. My world crashed around me, leaving me rocking slowly back and forth in the fetal position, whispering Buster's name for months. Thankfully The Office, along with a handful of Prozac, helped me out of my Bluth-induced haze.
I never took A.D. off of my season pass manager, which left me a nice little surprise as of late. The clicker and I did a little happy jig last night when lo and behold, a season's worth of Arrested Development awaited a single click from my Now Playing box. Up until last night, I'd never heard of G4 TV. The station airs Arrested Development every weeknight at 10:30, therefore it is now my favorite station.
It's time again for the Plug Awards, and browsing the list of nominees, several local and regional bands and blogs caught my bloodshot eye. First a little about Plug...
PLUG is about the independent music community coming together to recognize our own. We’re fans from every walk of the music world who gather together each year to celebrate these artists who live and flourish in the margins. PLUG is about the artists who inspire and the music that disrupts the artistic and corporate mediocrity that dominates our culture.
Our very own Gorilla vs Bear, run by local indie-in-the-know Chris Cantalini, is up for two - count 'em two - awards (""Music Blog of the Year" & "Specialty Show of the Year"), and most assuredly needs to take home both crowns. Whenever I pull my nose out of the local music scene, I go directly to GvB for all my worldwide musical needs, as should you.
More nominees local in nature include: Best New Artist Voxtrot (Austin) The Black Angels (Austin)
The rest of the nominees aren't much of a surprise. With the rise of music blogs, most especially noted, award-winning blogs such as GvB, bands like Tapes 'n Tapes, Cat Powers, Jenny Lewis, Band of Horses, Joanna Newsom, Neko Case, etc. have become household names. Well...really cool, hip households.
Go here for a list of the other nominees and if'n you'd like to cast your vote. (*cough* Midlake)
Suing celebrities ain’t what it used to be. The whole fun of over litigiousesnessess is the ridiculous amounts of loot people feel that they should be compensated for after experiencing what is generally a rather benign “misfortune.”
For those of you who head south to Austin each spring for the music/film/people-watching orgy that is SXSW, get your badges by tomorrow to avoid an increase in prices. That $450 music registration jumps to $600 if you wait until March and walk up to register.
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