Elisabeth on The View

How long do you think ABC will keep whiny Elisabeth on The View? Watch this clip and see how inarticulate Elisabeth is trying to argue that gun control shouldn't be tightened.

I'll give you that it's hard to argue against three people at once, but she's still a whiny, squeaky-voiced moron.

Battlestar Goodness

I'm so excited about the 2-hour season premiere of Battlestar Galactica on SciFi tonight that I can barely contain myself. By the way, check on the guns on Apollo. Grrr...

Foley and DC

Here in DC, everyone seems to be talking about Foley. I just think the whole scandal is sad and am torn by how I feel.

• I'm happy for a number of things: a) this is another tip toward Democratic control of the House come November; b) an alleged criminal is now out of congress; c) that anyone who knew about this and did nothing is going to take a fall.
• But I'm equally sad that: a) gays get unfairly slammed as "pedophiles" and "child molesters;" and b) that a project as noble as the Page Program in DC can be turned on its side by one nut.

I just hope that the blame game stops and we actually try to fix what is wrong and find out why it wasn't fixed earlier.

Hope for Lost?

I'm not ready to say that Lost has finally wandered in from its cold and lonely wayward path, but I will say that this week's season premiere was fantastic. I'm still skeptical that the creators and showrunners (especially with their penchant to leave for other projects) will devote enough time to the show. But how great was it to see how the Others live on the island? And we finally got some explanations for the polar bears.

So at least Lost has started this season out on a good foot.

Robert Altman's New Project

I read today that Robert Altman's newest movie is going to be based on the 1997 documentary Hands on a Hard Body. Elke made me see the documentary in which a number of people who are competing to win a car inside a texas mall by standing with one hand always touching a Nissan truck. (You thought "hard body" was naughty didn't you?)

Well, this kind of film will have built in tension as to who wins. Bu more importantly, for Altman, the film will afford him the opportunity to do what he does best: focus on characters not plot. It's not even in production yet and I'm excited. In the meantime, go rent Hands on a Hard Body.

Don't Forget Lost Tonight!

It seems like a zillion years since the season finale of Lost. But I'm hearing great great murmurs about tonight's season premiere episode. Even a little hint that a character may come out of the closet. Hmmm...

Also, ABC premiere's its new show The Nine tonight. It has gotten good reviews, but looks like a yawner to me.

Veronica Mars and Battlestar Galactica

What do these two shows have in common you ask? Well, last night on the season premiere of Veronica Mars (which rocked it really hard), Veronica learned to use the Battlestar Galactica curse word "frack." You can pretty much get what word "frack" replaces. Anyway...it was a cute shout-out. I hope Veronica gets great ratings.

Also...this Friday is the season premiere of SciFi's Battlestar Galactica. I can't wait to see what happens. But the network is catching new viewers up with an hour-long episode repeating a zillion times this week called Battlestar Galactica: The Story So Far.

You owe it to yourself to catch up on this show (the best drama on tv) and start watching!

I'm Back

Okay...after some out of town travel, sad family business, and moving into my new condo, I'm back and ready to blog. The new TV season is in full bloom and here are some initial thoughts.

• I'm really digging Heroes, Ugly Betty, Jericho, and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
• Vanished, Kidnapped, and Smith didn't live up to the hype.
• The jury is still out on Brothers and Sisters and Six Degrees. I think both shows had/have great potential but I'm not all that impressed.
• Veronica Mars season premiere is tonight. You'd better check it out!

Eat a Cockroach at Six Flags

How about that for a blog entry title? I'm coming back from a week with family, and then a business trip, and I close on a condo this weekend. Soon I'll be back to fine blogging form and can address all the new TV shows. But in the meantime, I saw this article on CNN about a cockroach-eating Six Flags promotion. Our society is clearly fucked up.

I'm Away from the Blog, but Will Be Back

I'm away for work and for family business for a few days but will blogging about the new tv season (and so much more) soon. Come back next week!

Design Star

Well, hottie David won Design Star which wasn't too much of a surprise. But I'll be honest, the more they showed him talking and taking his shirt off, I did begin to agree with my friends: David has an ego for days. His sweety sweetness is a little sachrine.

Katie Couric and Rosie O'Donnell

Well, after watching the first round of Couric on the CBS Evening News, I have to say I wasn't all that impressed. I do have a few thoughts about it:

• She's had an eye-lift.
• She has a great camera presence.
• The show is really less news than ever. It seemed way too gimicky and like Access Hollywood. Ugh.

Now, on to Rosie on The View. In just a few short days since her debut on the show, she's shown herself to be (not surprisingly) the loudest, the goofiest, and the most pointed. I have a feeling the show will continue to evolve. My guess is that stupid Elizabeth (I'm a no-thinking fundamentalist) will leave before the end of the year. And then I'm even thinking the staltwart Joy will either leave the show later, or tone down her schtick. Right now she and Rosie are just too much alike.

Ellen to Host Oscars

Can you believe it's already time to talk about the Oscars? Well, not really. But the good news is that Ellen DeGeneres is hosting this year for the first time. I actually think her glib sense of humor is a great match for the Oscars. She's snarky, but smart and funny too.

Vincent is Gone!

Praise Jesus! I have been waiting for weeks for the talentless Vincent to be kicked off Project Runway and last night God answered my prayers! I think the producers thought Vincent made good tv, so they kept him on. But really all he did was creep everyone out and spin out of control. If you watched last night, you saw Vincent not-so-subtlely come on to the French judge. Anyway...good riddance!

Design Star to Name its Star

This upcoming Sunday HGTV's Design Star will name the designer who will host a new show on the network. You can go to the website to vote between David (mmmm) and Alice. Both are great, but David's designs will really blow you away by how good they are. Look at pics from the challenge where he decorated a room by shopping at a pet store. David is a winner--and hot to boot!

Osama and Bush

I just had a horrifying thought today as I was reading about how the Republican party is just tanking in our country: imagine what happens if somehow the President and his cronies are able to pull Osama bin Laden out of their asses before the November elections? It seems like so many more people are finally waking up to the realities of the crazy Iraq war. A majority of Americans can now see how Bush and his peeps have no foreign or domestic policy worth talking about. But if by some strange chance Bush and his minions happen to stumble upon Osama before the elections, everything could change at the drop of a hat. Ugh.

Check Out Bones

If you aren't watching Bones on Fox, then you're missing out. Only one episode into its second season, the show and its leads have really gelled. David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel have a great chemistry, and the show's writing and stories have gotten better and better. Do yourself a favor and give it a try!

Tom Cruise Reaching for Any Kind of Life Raft

That's what it seems like to me. After the devastating embarrassment of being called to the carpet by one of the Viacom/Paramount heads, Tom Cruise's stock is lower than it's been in probably 15 years. There's no new movie to promote, and his new deal with Six Flags and the Redskins owner to produce movies has been met with little enthusiasm. So to stay in the news, and help his dismal approval ratings, Cruise decides it's time to apologize to Brooke Shields.

Yep. Shields says, "And through it all, I was so impressed with how heartfelt it was. And I didn't feel at any time that I had to defend myself, nor did I feel that he was trying to convince me of anything other than the fact that he was deeply sorry. And I accepted it."

Sounds to me like Cruise is doing whatever he can to salvage a career and some respect. My guess is we won't see any wonky behavior captured on Oprah or tv of Cruise any time soon. Maybe even no press releases dealing with Scientology.

Bye, Bye Fat Momma

I was so sad last night that Fat Momma didn't win Sci Fi's Who Wants to be a Superhero. If you didn't follow the reality show, it was a great mix of crazy, earnest contestants and zany elimination challenges. Fat Momma (see pic) is a 42 year-old mother who is overweight and can turn 5 times her size by eating a donut. She's fantastic, but she lost to Feedback, a nerdy geek who has always wanted to be a superhero.

My question is, where else are you going to see a fat, black woman superhero with a huge heart? Nowhere....I'm sad.

Bye, Bye, Angela

I'm not really all that disappointed that Angela was kicked off Project Runway tonight, but I'm a bit bummed big-necked Jeffrey is still on. I was hoping it would be his night to get the boot, but instead he won.

All the twists this season have been great--from designing clothes for a dog to getting whisked off to Paris to see how travel-ready their garments are. The only thing that could spoil the season would be if Jeffrey or Vincent won, but I can't see that happening--knock on wood.