TV Review: SMASH
February 2, 2012 – 10:05 pm | 7 Comments

Yeah, yeah, it’s exec produced by Steven Spielberg, stars Anjelica Huston and Debra Messing, has big musical numbers…but is it any good? Well, it’s technically impressive, but after finishing the pilot episode of Smash (premiering Monday, …

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AMERICAN IDOL Season 8 Finale–The New Idol Is Crowned
May 20, 2009 – 10:56 pm | 17 Comments
AMERICAN IDOL Season 8 Finale–The New Idol Is Crowned

I can’t believe Kris won! Whoo-hoo! I don’t think I’ve been this pleasantly surprised in the eight years I’ve followed this show. I’d accepted that Adam would win since everyone keeps saying he would—the judges, …

AMERICAN IDOL Season 8: Final Competition Night
May 20, 2009 – 12:11 am | 5 Comments

This is gonna be a tough call. I thought both Adam and Kris performed well, but neither was perfect and they have such different styles it’s like comparing bears and chickens.
Each performer had to sing …

Want the New Live Coldplay Album for Free?
May 16, 2009 – 5:15 pm | One Comment
Want the New Live Coldplay Album for Free?

Has the recession hit you so hard you can barely afford to buy CDs, much less attend rock concerts? Well, Coldplay understands your plight so they’re giving away free downloads of their new live album, …

AMERICAN IDOL Season 8 — Top 2 Finalists Revealed!
May 13, 2009 – 9:55 pm | 24 Comments

Yay, Kris made it! I predicted he’d pull the upset after last night’s strong, innovative reworking of Kanye’s “Heartless.” The judges kept saying it’d be Adam vs. Danny but look at Kris now. Ha!
Adam did …

AMERICAN IDOL Season 8 — Top 3 Perform Judges' Choice and Their Own Favorites
May 13, 2009 – 12:26 am | 11 Comments

Let me just get something off my chest first. I anxiously awaited Simon’s song choice for Adam, not because I couldn’t wait to hear Adam sing it but because Simon is usually spot-on about marrying …

AMERICAN IDOL Season 8–Top 3 Finalists
May 6, 2009 – 11:25 pm | 4 Comments

Wow, what an action-packed show. So much happened tonight, which was the complete opposite of last week’s boring results show. There was Slash performing, Paula Abdul singing and dancing, No Doubt reuniting, and Daughtry debuting …

AMERICAN IDOL Season 8 – Rockin' Out with Slash
May 6, 2009 – 12:15 am | 8 Comments

Going into tonight’s show, I was a little skeptical since I couldn’t picture two out of the four remaining contestants rocking out. But while the performances were uneven, this episode ended up being highly entertaining.
Adam …

AMERICAN IDOL Season 8 — Results for Rat Pack Evening
April 29, 2009 – 11:15 pm | 6 Comments
AMERICAN IDOL Season 8 — Results for Rat Pack Evening

Man, tonight’s results show was so boring, I barely stayed awake long enough to see who got voted off, much less write this. Why won’t they cut it down to a half hour already? There’s …

AMERICAN IDOL Season 8 — Top 5 a Classy Pack
April 28, 2009 – 10:34 pm | 3 Comments

When I first heard tonight’s theme was standards of the Rat Pack, I groaned. I thought these kids were gonna murder the songs and I didn’t feel like being a witness. But this episode was …

American Idol Season 8 — Top 5 Revealed
April 22, 2009 – 10:38 pm | 9 Comments

Lil Rounds and Anoop are gone. I’d predicted Lil and Matt and I still think that’s how it should’ve gone. When Anoop did his encore of Donna Summer’s “Dim All the Lights,” he sounded even …

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