Kim from The Real Housewives of Atlanta and Milf from Real Chance of Love. Double the pretty.
Friday, November 21, 2008
Seperated At Birth????
Kim from The Real Housewives of Atlanta and Milf from Real Chance of Love. Double the pretty.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Biggest Loser
I don't know that I've talked about The Biggest Loser on here yet but I've been hooked for years. The show, which follows overweight contestants from across the United States as they compete to both lose the pounds and win a large stack of cash is one of my favorites. Complete with glaring product placements (the Jello Grandprize!, if you need a quick snack try a 5 calorie stick of Wrigley's gum, etc.), insane coaches (the man-like drill sergeant Jillian and the effeminate emotionally accessible fat woman's best friend Bob), insane challenges and plenty of drama, The Biggest Loser manages to do what the best reality television ought to.
It enlightens the viewing audience and its participants about the nature of humanity. These peoples' stories are so like our own. Heart disease, diabetes, cancer---real life problems every single person who plugs in a television this year will be personally affected by. These are the kinds of things that television was made to escape, the problems that a half-hour sitcom can never erase but that a laugh-track will, for a period of time at least, drown out.
This is where reality television can get tricky. Since so much of the purpose of television, of all entertainment, is to provide a form of escape the premise of real life can never provide the necessary escape. Or can it? I'm sure Fox executives would tell you no. Rather than hold up a mirror to the American public they'd have 50 midgets pulling an airplane or set up married couples to cheat on one another or make women fall in love with a construction worker under the illusion that he is a millionaire. I do not begrudge them this opinion. Certainly, by the presence of the amount of subsidiary VH1 crap I have on my DVR, I think that there is a place for this type of thinking. I do not believe, however, that it is impossible to successfully include a small amount of reality in reality television. In fact, it is the height of the medium.
The Biggest Loser paints pictures of real people. Married couples and parents and children this season. It shows obesity for what it really is. A family problem. A community problem. A disease. And its victims are not lazy. They have jobs and children. They have dreams like we all do; and more likely than not, however much we'd rather not admit it...they look exactly like we do. So as the audience watches the sweat and tears that go into shedding the pounds on the ranch, a new sort of escapism emerges. Instead of escaping to Paris Hilton's LA mansion or an island in the Pacific, we escape to an obtainable, preferable and healthy future. The health tips are anything but seamless, the recipes obviously present as a vehicle for product promotion and the weigh-ins overly dramatic but at the end of the day being healthy seems a little more tangible.
It enlightens the viewing audience and its participants about the nature of humanity. These peoples' stories are so like our own. Heart disease, diabetes, cancer---real life problems every single person who plugs in a television this year will be personally affected by. These are the kinds of things that television was made to escape, the problems that a half-hour sitcom can never erase but that a laugh-track will, for a period of time at least, drown out.
This is where reality television can get tricky. Since so much of the purpose of television, of all entertainment, is to provide a form of escape the premise of real life can never provide the necessary escape. Or can it? I'm sure Fox executives would tell you no. Rather than hold up a mirror to the American public they'd have 50 midgets pulling an airplane or set up married couples to cheat on one another or make women fall in love with a construction worker under the illusion that he is a millionaire. I do not begrudge them this opinion. Certainly, by the presence of the amount of subsidiary VH1 crap I have on my DVR, I think that there is a place for this type of thinking. I do not believe, however, that it is impossible to successfully include a small amount of reality in reality television. In fact, it is the height of the medium.
The Biggest Loser paints pictures of real people. Married couples and parents and children this season. It shows obesity for what it really is. A family problem. A community problem. A disease. And its victims are not lazy. They have jobs and children. They have dreams like we all do; and more likely than not, however much we'd rather not admit it...they look exactly like we do. So as the audience watches the sweat and tears that go into shedding the pounds on the ranch, a new sort of escapism emerges. Instead of escaping to Paris Hilton's LA mansion or an island in the Pacific, we escape to an obtainable, preferable and healthy future. The health tips are anything but seamless, the recipes obviously present as a vehicle for product promotion and the weigh-ins overly dramatic but at the end of the day being healthy seems a little more tangible.
Entertainment Weekly Names Tristan Wilds Breakout Star-2008
Congrats BB!
Wilds, who projects an easy warmth as Dixon on The CW's reboot of 90210, had an important decision to make before filming began: whether to follow in the follicular footsteps of previously sideburned alums Luke Perry and Jason Priestley. ''I'm like, 'Hmm. Should I go with the ham hocks or not?''' the 19-year-old says with a laugh. But the former Wire actor is far more interested in mirroring the career of Will Smith, one of the producers of this year's The Secret Life of Bees, in which Wilds costarred. He's got the TV zip code right. After all, Smith's big break came after he moved west and became the prince of a town called Bel-Air.
The Hills
I've got two weeks worth of catch-up to do so hold on to your hair weaves.
In last week's episode, Whitney was sent back to New York to help with fashion week. While there she chats up the model who she met last time. I guess they've been texting ever since but the reunion looks a little cold given all of the cross continental communication. Perhaps she thought the same thing that I did when I saw him onscreen for the first time: wasn't this guy cute last time. Whitney actually sums it up quite nicely: "You look like you have a really bad spray tan".
Despite her obvious lack of interest and borderline annoyance, she agrees to meet him for drinks. While there she creeps out on the lead singer of the band playing at the club and totally ignores her former crush. She then proceeds to quite obviously flirt up a storm with new rocker dude whilst ignoring no longer cute model dude. Bitch-ay. Model guy's friend puts it best: "Your girl just beat you with that Australian kid".
As a side note, so many of these "first encounters" are pre-miced. I know that this show is tots fake but it's kinda cool having a boyfriend in the production side of the industry to point all of this stuff out. And yes, he did watch all of my shows with me. :)
Meanwhile, back in LA Heidi is distraught over having lost her job. She's, of course, mourning by dressing like she's headed to an LA slut-club and is generously applying lipgloss to her inhumanly plumped lips. Really regretting that last injection of Restalyn now aren't we?
Spenser wants to celebrate her "night off" by going and getting drunk. Will the hilarity never end? So, they do go out. Of course Brent is there (pre-miced of course) and Spenser tried to valiantly win Heidi her job work. Doesn't so much work as it does piss Brent off. Heidi much play clean-up, as always and Brent tells her to go in and talk to Sam.
This week's episode:
Heidi's still mad at Spencer for getting her fired. He suggests going to the movies. She suggests fucking off. He responds that she needs to take responsibility for what happens which I, for once, agree with.
Lauren goes out for drinks with Audrina where they talk about Heidi's sister staying with Lauren after the epic kick-out (this can only end well) and Justin Bobby being a changed man. Back at Audrina's house her Fugly Sister makes another appearance. Usually when a pretty girl is around an ugly girl it makes her look better but in this case it exacerbates all of her ugly traits and we realize that Audrina is, in fact, pretty ugly too. They talk about, what else, Justin Bobby and the set-up for next week's big fight is in place.
Heidi gets her job back...snooooooozzzzzzzze.
Lauren tells Stephanie that Holly is staying with her so after warning Lauren how much drama this could create, Stephanie immediately creates the drama by telling Heidi and Spencer about the new living arrangements. After we see the new roomies, Holly, Lo and Lauren enjoying kitchen time(do these people have a living room?), we get to see that Heidi is hurt by not knowing what's going on in her sister's life and Spencer is an ass. He calls Heidi's mom "stalker mom", proves himself to be even more of an ass than we had previously thought and his behavior has zero repercussions.
In what could be the classiest move of the century while on a date Justin Bobby buys Audrina a shirt and tells her to make sure not to wear a bra with it. What a catch!
Next week on The Hills:
Audrina is hurt when she hears that Lauren and Justin Bobby hooked up. All I can say is, NOT TRUE.
In last week's episode, Whitney was sent back to New York to help with fashion week. While there she chats up the model who she met last time. I guess they've been texting ever since but the reunion looks a little cold given all of the cross continental communication. Perhaps she thought the same thing that I did when I saw him onscreen for the first time: wasn't this guy cute last time. Whitney actually sums it up quite nicely: "You look like you have a really bad spray tan".
Despite her obvious lack of interest and borderline annoyance, she agrees to meet him for drinks. While there she creeps out on the lead singer of the band playing at the club and totally ignores her former crush. She then proceeds to quite obviously flirt up a storm with new rocker dude whilst ignoring no longer cute model dude. Bitch-ay. Model guy's friend puts it best: "Your girl just beat you with that Australian kid".
As a side note, so many of these "first encounters" are pre-miced. I know that this show is tots fake but it's kinda cool having a boyfriend in the production side of the industry to point all of this stuff out. And yes, he did watch all of my shows with me. :)
Meanwhile, back in LA Heidi is distraught over having lost her job. She's, of course, mourning by dressing like she's headed to an LA slut-club and is generously applying lipgloss to her inhumanly plumped lips. Really regretting that last injection of Restalyn now aren't we?
Spenser wants to celebrate her "night off" by going and getting drunk. Will the hilarity never end? So, they do go out. Of course Brent is there (pre-miced of course) and Spenser tried to valiantly win Heidi her job work. Doesn't so much work as it does piss Brent off. Heidi much play clean-up, as always and Brent tells her to go in and talk to Sam.
This week's episode:
Heidi's still mad at Spencer for getting her fired. He suggests going to the movies. She suggests fucking off. He responds that she needs to take responsibility for what happens which I, for once, agree with.
Lauren goes out for drinks with Audrina where they talk about Heidi's sister staying with Lauren after the epic kick-out (this can only end well) and Justin Bobby being a changed man. Back at Audrina's house her Fugly Sister makes another appearance. Usually when a pretty girl is around an ugly girl it makes her look better but in this case it exacerbates all of her ugly traits and we realize that Audrina is, in fact, pretty ugly too. They talk about, what else, Justin Bobby and the set-up for next week's big fight is in place.
Heidi gets her job back...snooooooozzzzzzzze.
Lauren tells Stephanie that Holly is staying with her so after warning Lauren how much drama this could create, Stephanie immediately creates the drama by telling Heidi and Spencer about the new living arrangements. After we see the new roomies, Holly, Lo and Lauren enjoying kitchen time(do these people have a living room?), we get to see that Heidi is hurt by not knowing what's going on in her sister's life and Spencer is an ass. He calls Heidi's mom "stalker mom", proves himself to be even more of an ass than we had previously thought and his behavior has zero repercussions.
In what could be the classiest move of the century while on a date Justin Bobby buys Audrina a shirt and tells her to make sure not to wear a bra with it. What a catch!
Next week on The Hills:
Audrina is hurt when she hears that Lauren and Justin Bobby hooked up. All I can say is, NOT TRUE.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Long time no see guys! Sorry, I've been off Jim and Paming it up irl. I wish we had those awesome ear phone thingies. It would make my day so much more interesting...although I don't think that anyone wants to be around me while I watch that much television. Major updates are in store, so don't worry your pretty little heads about it!
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Gossip Girl Recap
Helen here, with your one and only stop for what goes down in the scandalous lives of the fictional Upper East Side.
Serena is attempting to help Blair get a leg-up on her Yale admissions by getting in well with a major contributor. Trouble is, they're not so interested in chatting so...
Plan B is to babysit the couple's teenage daughter. Only problem is, she's a total slut who's intent on losing her virginity tonight. In that terrible, terrible dress. B's not so happy with S.
This douche is still in the picture. Apparently so are several other "lucky ladies".
Sorry, I stopped caring about this plotline half-way through that sentence. Maybe I never started. Whatever.
Little J has decided since leaving Eleanor Waldorff she's going to put on a "renegade fashion show". I really can't stand when television shows try to come up with cool ways to talk about hip underground things. At this point we don't really know what "renegade fashion show" means but it sounds like Latin American guerrillas might be changing the world through couture. In any event, Nate decides to help...things a boy won't do to get into a 15-year-old's pants. And hat. That fucking hat. Thing.
GAH. This shit. Scarf Douche sends S a licorice ring. I puke all over it and she still waxes poetic in her dude voice about how it's so "schweeeeet".
S and B convince that Baby Slut should come with them to Bart and Lily Bass' event that night. She agrees until Chuck informs her that it's totally lame sauce. She then tries to bag Chuck. He sees it as the perfect occasion to bag a 15-year-old.
Chuck tells Blair that he couldn't do the deal. Turns out the back of a limo is sacred. Awwwwwww. That's my BB boy!
So the wild goose chase begins. S, B and Chuck go to look for Baby Slut and they find her at an...ick...downtown bar. With a boy named Serge. Sick. But she slips through their hands before they can get to her. Fortunately, Chuck finds Mommy Dearest having cocktails with a much younger man. Hubby's nowhere to be found and her reasons for needing a babysitter are less than altruistic. Blackmail would be the eHarmony keyword match for Chuck and Blair.
Oh shiz, turns out that the event little J's new friends scouted out for her is Bart and Lily's huge event. Snap. I think Dan's regretting that decision to wait and tell his Dad right about now.
Good thing she has Nate to take care of her, right? Well, that's one way you can take care of her. Thanks GG for helping Dad, Dan and Vanessa (who might be particularly interested in who Nate's shoving tonguing this week) find out where she is.
While S heads out to her Mom's event, Blair and Chuck find Baby Slut. She's knee deep in pre-surge Serge and she's intent on staying until she gets the job done. See, she wants to beat her best friend to the sack. Thankfully, Chuck called in a favor to GG and she put an APB out that the BFF already tackled that task. Baby Slut has no choice but to leave.
OMG! Renegade fashion show! Apparently this means weirdo music, ugly clothes, models kicking over glasses and lots and lots of screaming whilst throwing polaroids. Also, a slide show. That's so edgy. Everyone loves it except for Dad.
Vanessa loved it until she saw this creeper moment. Feeling betrayed by both her ex-BF and her pseudo-sister, she runs away. Little J goes to find her. Dan rails Nate and tells him to move out. Oopsie. Homeless here he comes.
Chuck and Blair go to drop off Baby Slut. Blair thanks Chuck for his call-in to GG and he's all "Anything for you". And he's such a good actor that it sounds real and I just want to die from how cute they are and I actually think that his strange nostrils are cute. L-O-V-E.
Blair has a tender heart to heart with Baby Slut about how her mother also ignores her.
"But you're perfect."
"True. Which is why I realized that it's not about me."
Who responds like that. Love this bitch.
Mommy rips Blair a new butt-hole telling her that the Dean will be sure to get an ear full about how she's not Yale material. She's about to pull out the blackmail material but Baby Slut come out to defend her. Mommy then goes all Mommy Dearest and says, "No wonder I don't want to spend time with you." Blair is obviously emotionally effected and instead of going to normal Blair route, she simply tells Mommy that her daughter's great and leaves.
Dad tries to get Little J arrested but Lily refuses to press charges. I wish that man were part of the fashion police. Get it?! Get it?! Seriously though, lay off that fucking hat.
Chuck tries to get Nate to come live with him but stubborn little shit would rather rough it on the streets. Well, at least he has experience turning tricks, right?
The Dean calls to let B know that Baby Slut told him that if she could eat dinner with any person, living or dead, it would be B. F yes.
Little J decides to go homeless too. It's so trendy these days. And hey, she already has the wardrobe for it.
Serena is attempting to help Blair get a leg-up on her Yale admissions by getting in well with a major contributor. Trouble is, they're not so interested in chatting so...
Plan B is to babysit the couple's teenage daughter. Only problem is, she's a total slut who's intent on losing her virginity tonight. In that terrible, terrible dress. B's not so happy with S.
This douche is still in the picture. Apparently so are several other "lucky ladies".
Sorry, I stopped caring about this plotline half-way through that sentence. Maybe I never started. Whatever.
Little J has decided since leaving Eleanor Waldorff she's going to put on a "renegade fashion show". I really can't stand when television shows try to come up with cool ways to talk about hip underground things. At this point we don't really know what "renegade fashion show" means but it sounds like Latin American guerrillas might be changing the world through couture. In any event, Nate decides to help...things a boy won't do to get into a 15-year-old's pants. And hat. That fucking hat. Thing.
GAH. This shit. Scarf Douche sends S a licorice ring. I puke all over it and she still waxes poetic in her dude voice about how it's so "schweeeeet".
S and B convince that Baby Slut should come with them to Bart and Lily Bass' event that night. She agrees until Chuck informs her that it's totally lame sauce. She then tries to bag Chuck. He sees it as the perfect occasion to bag a 15-year-old.
Chuck tells Blair that he couldn't do the deal. Turns out the back of a limo is sacred. Awwwwwww. That's my BB boy!
So the wild goose chase begins. S, B and Chuck go to look for Baby Slut and they find her at an...ick...downtown bar. With a boy named Serge. Sick. But she slips through their hands before they can get to her. Fortunately, Chuck finds Mommy Dearest having cocktails with a much younger man. Hubby's nowhere to be found and her reasons for needing a babysitter are less than altruistic. Blackmail would be the eHarmony keyword match for Chuck and Blair.
Oh shiz, turns out that the event little J's new friends scouted out for her is Bart and Lily's huge event. Snap. I think Dan's regretting that decision to wait and tell his Dad right about now.
Good thing she has Nate to take care of her, right? Well, that's one way you can take care of her. Thanks GG for helping Dad, Dan and Vanessa (who might be particularly interested in who Nate's shoving tonguing this week) find out where she is.
While S heads out to her Mom's event, Blair and Chuck find Baby Slut. She's knee deep in pre-surge Serge and she's intent on staying until she gets the job done. See, she wants to beat her best friend to the sack. Thankfully, Chuck called in a favor to GG and she put an APB out that the BFF already tackled that task. Baby Slut has no choice but to leave.
OMG! Renegade fashion show! Apparently this means weirdo music, ugly clothes, models kicking over glasses and lots and lots of screaming whilst throwing polaroids. Also, a slide show. That's so edgy. Everyone loves it except for Dad.
Vanessa loved it until she saw this creeper moment. Feeling betrayed by both her ex-BF and her pseudo-sister, she runs away. Little J goes to find her. Dan rails Nate and tells him to move out. Oopsie. Homeless here he comes.
Chuck and Blair go to drop off Baby Slut. Blair thanks Chuck for his call-in to GG and he's all "Anything for you". And he's such a good actor that it sounds real and I just want to die from how cute they are and I actually think that his strange nostrils are cute. L-O-V-E.
Blair has a tender heart to heart with Baby Slut about how her mother also ignores her.
"But you're perfect."
"True. Which is why I realized that it's not about me."
Who responds like that. Love this bitch.
Mommy rips Blair a new butt-hole telling her that the Dean will be sure to get an ear full about how she's not Yale material. She's about to pull out the blackmail material but Baby Slut come out to defend her. Mommy then goes all Mommy Dearest and says, "No wonder I don't want to spend time with you." Blair is obviously emotionally effected and instead of going to normal Blair route, she simply tells Mommy that her daughter's great and leaves.
Dad tries to get Little J arrested but Lily refuses to press charges. I wish that man were part of the fashion police. Get it?! Get it?! Seriously though, lay off that fucking hat.
Chuck tries to get Nate to come live with him but stubborn little shit would rather rough it on the streets. Well, at least he has experience turning tricks, right?
The Dean calls to let B know that Baby Slut told him that if she could eat dinner with any person, living or dead, it would be B. F yes.
Little J decides to go homeless too. It's so trendy these days. And hey, she already has the wardrobe for it.
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