Archive for the ‘Culture’ Category
By Sara B.
What can I say, I think I’m right about a lot of things but it’s not too often that I have written proof!
As a self-proclaimed expert on reality television, I would like to point out that I was completely right about the end of this season’s Bachelorette, based solely on one episode.
In “A Girl’s Take on the Bachelorette,” I specifically highlighted standout cutie Chris L., who seemed like the most normal person ever to appear on reality TV. I only picked out two potential winners in my article – Chris and Roberto. And what do you know, they were the final two.
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By Aaron A.
Not everyone has the time to sift through every TV preview, but I work for the government. If you find yourself wondering what good shows will be on this fall, but don’t want to bother doing the legwork, you have come to the right place.
ABC
Better With You (ABC) – Wednesday 8:30pm – Premieres Sept. 22
The pitch: Featuring three couples – one dating for nine years, one engaged after seven weeks and one unhappily married for multiple decades. Starring the mom from That 70s Show.
My take: Canned laughter and predictable comedy. If you like Big Bang Theory, tune in folks.
Competition: Survivor, Lie to Me and Undercovers.
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A couple of minutes ago I was scanning ESPN.com when I noticed the article “What fans hate the most” by ESPN ombudsman Don Ohlmeyer, otherwise known as the man who fired Norm MacDonald from Saturday Night Live.
As pathetic as it is, I remember Norm’s firing like it was yesterday. January 7th, 1998. I was 17-years-old, and not surprisingly to all who read this blog, still a good six or seven months away from losing my virginity, thereby freeing me up to watch Norm on Letterman.
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Just a week after The Cove won the Academy Award for Best Documentary, Japanese fishermen have released a film of their own.
Where The Cove shined a light on the dolphin-hunting village of Taiji, Japan, The Coast aims to expose the atrocities now going on off the coast of Florida.
In The Cove, Japanese fishermen herd dolphins by banging on long metal poles — creating, in essence, a wall of sound. Once the dolphins are driven close to shore, captured and penned, dolphin trainers assemble the animals they want for aquariums. The remaining animals are slaughtered for their meat. While the process sounds gruesome, The Coast’s director Woody Allen says his footage is every bit as alarming.
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Just because Jessica Simpson no longer works out it doesn’t mean she can’t work the talk show circuit. After appearing on Oprah last week, Simpson was on Letterman Wednesday to promote her new reality show “The Price of Beauty.”
A lot has happened to young Jessica since we’ve last seen her. Last year, she was subject to all kinds of tabloid scrutiny when she packed on a few pounds and showed up to a concert in “mom jeans.” Then, in a February interview with Playboy, former boyfriend John Mayer infamously compared her to “sexual napalm.”
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You’ve been murdered. Gunned down, choked to death, maybe even stabbed a couple times. You’re dead. Which kind of sucks because you had a nice little run going on there.
The only brightside is that instead of living life to the fullest you were hard at work watching television. Cop shows, mainly. You’ve seen countless murders and a seemingly limitless array of criminals brought to justice. Most importantly, you’ve come to know the men and women hunting these killers. You understand how they work and how they get results.
It’s this knowledge that’s going to help Aaron, Sara and Steve (that’s me) rest easy in the afterlife. Even though we’ve been murdered (and in Aaron’s case, raped), we know our respective killers will be put behind bars. Why? Because, in an Internet first, we’ve carefully selected the TV characters that will help put them there, each drafting an all-star team of investigators.
The ground rules: Seven picks a piece, snake draft format, each person can only select one character from a particular show.
So, who drafted the best team? Which of your favourite TV cops didn’t make the list? Read on to find out.
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At some point today a coworker will inevitably come up to you and ask if you’d like to enter the office Oscar pool. In previous years, you probably either declined or lost badly. This isn’t because you don’t like movies — you love movies! — it’s because you and the Academy are about as compatible as Tyra Banks and her personal assistants.
You like comedies, they like dramas, you like Megan Fox, they like Meryl Streep, you like originality, they like Avatar. The disagreements are endless, but that doesn’t mean you still can’t win this thing. Unlike (real) sports, the Academy Awards are voted on. And unlike (fake) sports, the votes have already been cast.
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Every year the Academy seems to get it wrong, don’t they? Million Dollar Baby, Crash, Denzel Washington, Renee Zelwegger, the list of undeserving winners literally goes on and on. Sadly, this Sunday will be no different according to Oscar forecasters.
Despite a brilliant debut performance, Gabrielle Sidibe is not expected to win in the Best Actress category for her fearless portrayal of young offensive tackle Michael Oher.
In The Blind Side, Sidibe turns what could have been an impossible role into one of depth and passion. Playing Oher, an overweight illiterate teen with an abundance of football talent, Sidibe steals the show from her co-star Sandra Bullock.
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BY RITA MACNEIL
After seeing the tremendous response Aaron’s potato chip article garnered yesterday, I called up my old friend Steve Starr (he was one of the friends on my Gemini Award-winning CBC variety show Rita and Friends) and asked him if I could write a similar article on chocolate bars.
Always a sweetheart, Steve told me he couldn’t imagine anyone doing a better job with it.
Like Aaron, I take my snacking quite seriously, but unlike Aaron, you can absolutely trust what I’m about to tell you. After all, in 1992 I was made a member of The Order of Canada (Canada’s highest honour) to recognize my distinguished service to Canadians. I am not about to let you all down now. Let’s get started.
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