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Britney's back.... again. Not like she ever went away or anything, but her supposed "break" to enjoy the married life didn't last that long (Shut up. No inserting "career" jokes here). Anyway, she's got a new single out called "Mona Lisa" and a new album due next year called "Original Doll." I like the titles. It's more mature and sultry. The song's not as catchy but I'm sure I'll end up liking it if she puts out a hot video... I mean... if she puts out a hot video. Check out some Britney fansites for a link to the song and details on the new album.

We can bash Britney all we want but we all know we'll still somehow end up liking her... so really, let's just admit our fondness for all things Britney once and for all!


posted by Tim at 1:55 PM

 
I love MuchMusic. Like I really really think MuchMusic is cool. While MTV is all flashy and hi-tech and stuff, I find their VJs a little fake and their programs seem to be everything BUT music nowadays (In one evening alone, MTV aired The Real World, Newlyweds, some chat show, some video game show and Room Raiders... not a single MUSIC video was shown on MUSICtv). MuchMusic may be the less hi-tech, less flashy younger cousin, but after watching Much's Year In Review special last night I really am beginning to appreciate their originality and unique brand of cool. Plus JoJo co-hosted the special and she is hot man! (KIDDINNNNNNNG!)

I also finally watched Fromage and I have to say, it wasn't that funny. I hate how Ed the Sock keeps making fun of Britney. I mean, bashing brit brit is SOO last year. It's not even funny in an ironic way to make fun of her anymore. It's like Ed the Sock was re-using his jokes and Fromage script from 2003! Geez... or should I say... cheese? =p


posted by Tim at 8:58 PM

 
So I could totally write about how Seth's incessant banter was actually funny this episode (his comments about the gentiles and Jesus and Moses were quality!); Or I could write about how Ryan rode a bicycle the first time he went to Lindsay's house and then he drove the Range Rove the second time; Or I could write about the cuteness that is the yama-claus (aww!); Or I could state how creepy it is that Lindsay is actually now Seth's aunt! (eww!)... but I won't write any of that. Instead, I'll just pat the OC writers on the back for a great episode (thanks for ending it on a happy note!) and leave you with a Merry Christmakah and a Happy Jew Year!


PS> My roommate and I were like, "crap! No OC till January?!" before realizing that with the suckiness that is the McGill University schedule, January is just 2 weeks away. Crap indeed.


posted by Tim at 1:32 AM

 
I am SO obsessed with watching episodes of Laguna Beach: The Real OC. I mean, it is SO addicting to watch the fabulous lives of spoiled rich kids living it up y'know? Seriously though I just about had a fit of giddy-ness after the last episode because the "real" OC kids were watching The OC show on TV! How ironic is that?! And they were all "omigod, he just kissed her" and "those two are so on and off" when talking about Ryan and Marissa. And yet I think the exact same things when watching the reality show! Wow. If you haven't downloaded it yet, do it! It's my new guilty pleasure!

PS> After watching all these beautiful people living beside the beach I soooo wanna go somewhere HOT for reading week now! Mmmm... Carribean...


posted by Tim at 9:13 PM

 
In the LEAST surprising development since her "growth spurt," it's been reported HERE that Lindsay Lohan hooked up with Colin Farrell after they both appeared on SNL last weekend. Hmm... one chain smoking slob hooking up with another? Sounds about right.

Seriously, something TACKY happened to Lindsay. I mean a few months ago she looked healthy and friendly when promoting "Mean Girls." And now she's just looking sickly. People are comparing Lindsay to Britney and while they were basing that comparison on the sexy music videos, I'm totally predicting that Lindsay soon goes down the acne-prone, barefoot, cigarette smoking, trailer trash route that Britney has recently travelled too.


posted by Tim at 6:24 PM

 
I think I missed Fromage 2004 on MuchMusic. Too bad because I like Ed the Sock's biting commentary and sarcastic sense of humour. Although strangely, all the videos they pick as "cheesy" are some of my favourite ones... hmm...

Anyway, hope I catch a rerun. It's too bad I missed it. Quel Fromage... I mean, Quel Dommage! ;)

hehe


posted by Tim at 2:34 AM

 
Super swamped with stuff to do, but 3 quick questions about tonight's Desperate Housewives:

1. What did Carlos do?!! (But I'm sorta glad Gabrielle didn't get arrested... she wouldn't look as hot in an orange jumpsuit y'know?)

2. Who is the ADULT woman in the trunk?! (I thought it was Dana's body... and I thought Dana was a baby...)

3. What did Zack do and what does it have to do with his mom's death? (I STILL don't get it, even after Zack talked to Julie about it)

Next week's preview: Carlos is sitting (un)pretty in jail and *gasp*, could it be? Bree's husband is G-A-Y?! (Ha, called it)


posted by Tim at 2:30 AM

 
Did anyone else notice Colby Donaldson from Survivor 2 on Joey the other night? He played Joey's sorta-rival "Gunner." No? No one watches Joey anymore? Lucy Liu was on too... still no? Okay never mind.

=p

posted by Tim at 1:13 PM

 
Wow. Tons of things to say about tonight's episode of The OC so fasten your seatbelts people because it's about to get seriously convoluted!

First things first. Am I not the best OC plot twist predictor ever or what? (Wait wait, I know Caleb having a child wasn't the ONLY plot twist tonight but more on that later). I just want to remind you all that I guessed the whole illegitimate child thing in my OC review last week... and many of you commented with a "pssh! yeah right Tim I don't think so!" And I haven't even read any OC spoilers this year so it was totally out of my whole sheer (or should I say seer?) talent!

Secondly, Doris left me a frantic message on my cell phone this evening that basically consisted of a lot of panting (*ahem*), some furiously jumbled words and then "CAN YOU BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED IN THE END?!!" Oh and then she said, "like omigod, like call me!" So when Caleb's secret came out in the middle of the episode I began speculating as to what the other big secret that Doris was rambling on about could be. And then when I started recognizing the whole red hair clue bit I seriously started panting a little myself. "Lindsay! Lindsay!" I turned around to ask my roommate if he could believe it, but then I realized he was out studying and I was simply yelling "Lindsay! Lindsay!" to my two green cushions and the tub of Hagen-Daas I was working on. But my jaw dropped, surprised that even the OC writers could pull this twist out of their hat.

The other sorta-twist? Julie and Jimmy showing sparks again? She may yet have a chance of being legitimately Julie Cooper again instead of the less catchy and less fun to say Julie Nichol. Oh and while we're on Jimmy, kudos to Tate Donovan for proving that men can make wigs look good too!

As for the newbies, I really really like Zack. He is so sweet and nice and well, quiet, which the other characters are not. Can Seth please shut up already?! I don't understand how Seth gets girls with the whole fast talker, many words in a sentence, makes punny jokes and sarcastic comments bit because every time I try doing that the only thing I get are weird looks. And dirty looks. I liked how Zack tried to pull a Cohen line with the whole Star Wars "May the force be with you" ditty... and I like that fact that I found it incredibly cheesy and unfunny. Because it just goes to show that Zack is the ANTI-Seth Cohen, which in my books is much appreciated.

DJ meanwhile still has no chemistry with Marissa. And I will not waste any time talking about that. And while Alex is pretty, does she not remind you of a crack whore? Like she just has that pale, blond look y'know? Like a sexier Courtney Love...

Lindsay (not Lohan), I like. Someone on another recap site calls her Lindsay Faux-han. I like that. Although apparently (the real) Lindsay Lohan lip-sang all her performances last week so she's claimed that nickname for herself now too. Anyway, I love the cutesy banter between Ryan and Lindsay. And did you catch the line about Lindsay's slippers? They were Freudian Slip-pers! SO funny! No? No one else likes psycho-analytic puns?

So basically I just wanted to say that The OC finally got interesting tonight. I may just have to watch it again in an hour when my roommate comes home. And I may have to watch it again with Micah when he (inevitably) asks me for the tape. And then I'll download it and watch it again. Okay fine I'm kidding. I'm not giving Micah the tape. =p


posted by Tim at 10:34 PM

 
I've started downloading episodes of Laguna Beach: The Real OC and lemme tell you, I am SO inspired!

The show is basically a reality-drama that follows a group of high school friends who live in Orange County as they graduate, plan parties, go through relationship problems, etc. It's supposedly unscripted but there are the usual characters: The nice girl, the slutty one, the bitchy one, the virgin, the jock, the male slutty one, the nice guy, the quiet guy, etc. It sorta weirds me out sometime that I can be so hooked on someone else's REAL life, but whatever, they asked for it but allowing the cameras to follow them.

Anyway, the first episode showed the girls planning a "Black and White" party where they rented out a hotel suite and made everyone dress up in black or white. Now I'm already inviting my friends over for a Christmas party once I get back to the RH, but I was just gonna have it at home. But after watching Laguna Beach, I'm all excited about throwing a "Black and White" party back home for Christmas or New Year's! I mean, what's more fun: sitting on the carpet in bummy clothes at Tim's house or dressing up and doing something more formal at a hotel somewhere?

I swear, I already talked over some ideas with my friend Alex on MSN and have emailed my mom to ask her to book me a party room somewhere nice. I'm also trying to get one of our family friends who does catering to cater my party... with buffet tables, centerpieces, fancy silver trays and everything! Wow... so excited for Christmas!


posted by Tim at 3:25 PM

 
Annnd Ashlee Simpson just won a Billboard Award for "Best New Artist." Just to let you know, however, this award was totally based on sales and NOT on talent... right? People were booing when she won too. Although it might have been for her impromptu hoedown (yes she did it again... and called it the "Texas jig") at the end of her acceptance speech.

But since we're on the topic of the Billboard Awards, the Stevie Wonder tribute and his performance and speech were awesome! I was so inspired by his words y'know? And how good did Destiny's Child look? Although Michelle was wearing a super long dress and you know, I was sorta scared she would take another tumble. Hey.. just saying...

Ryan Seacrest was sarcastically funny as usual and I love the MadTV skits that make fun of TRL! Also, I have decided that Adam Levine from Maroon 5 is my new fashion icon. But I shall post more about that later once I have successfully amassed a collection of his cool photos to prove my point.


posted by Tim at 11:14 PM

 
Ashlee Simpson is really starting to bug me.

I mean, I've totally forgiven her for the whole SNL thing, because let's face it, she's the only pop star out there who lip-synchs. She's just the first one to get caught so friggin obviously. But the thing about Ashlee is, that unlike other stars who constantly seek to improve themselves or come up with new ideas, Ashlee seems quite content to remain the same singer she's always been. Now this wouldn't be a problem if say, you were Celine Dion, who's voice really doesn't need much more improvement (no seriously, she doesn't need to get ANY louder!), but Ashlee's voice is only marginally good... and I use "voice" very loosely here. I tried watching Ashlee's AOL concert the other night and by like the second line of her opening song I was desperately reaching for the STOP button. This girl cannot sing! I don't understand how she expects to go on tour! I mean, her voice is decent on the CD but when she sings live, it's like she's so hoarse she can barely make out a melody! When she sings low, it's like she's talking, but when she sings "high-er" it's like she's straining herself. I'm not really sure what her actual range is.

I did fast-forward through the concert to try and hear her sing some of my favourite tracks from her CD. But get this: She actually forgot the words to her own songs! And instead of doing something professional like asking the audience to sing-along (to the parts she forgot) or at least attempting to "ooh" and "ahh" her way through, Ashlee simply yet "OMIGOD! I forgot my own words! Ah well, whatever!" and hoe-downed. Okay fine, she didn't hoedown, but she just sorta laughed and stood around until it got to a line she remembered. As if it was no big deal!

If an artist isn't even connected to her own songs, how are we 'spose to believe her when she tells us how meaningful the lyrics were and how much she loves singing them? And if her "voice" is the same gravelly pitch for an entire hour, how are we expected to pay like 60 bucks to see her in concert?

I haven't seen Ashlee even remotely show interest in developing her musical skills or in improving her stage performance. She seems to think that she has enough talent to ride out a long career. But while she's fun and perky for the time being, I'm not sure if she'll be able to last. And while it's easy to sing a song or two on TV, how is her fragile voice going to hold up during an entire concert?! (If you watch the AOL concert, you'll hear that it doesn't quite hold up...)

Maybe it's better than Ashlee sticks to the backing track. At least she'll sound good. And know all the words.


posted by Tim at 1:36 PM

 
Why did they pick that recipient for tonight's special $50 000 What Not to Wear episode? I mean, was she really dressing THAT bad? (I sorta liked the green jacket/blue jeans outfit she wore in the beginning...) Plus I bet some of the new pieces she picked up would totally have been trashed on a regular episode of WNTW if they weren't "couture" (The leopard skin anything and curtain-pattern jacket in particular were not hot). But that being said, it was fun and not jealous at all to watch her spend 50 grand in Par-ee and get first class treatment in the most expensive boutiques in the world. Stacy and Clinton are tres drole as well and I really enjoy their back and forth banter! Stacy trying black slang is hillarious! (That is "off the TRAIN?!") And as soon as I check some sign language websites online to verify what finger-symbol-thing they were doing I'm totally gonna start using the new catchphrase: "Pur-chase!" But I mean, I'll be using it in like GAP rather than Armani and so basically no one will pay attention to me and give me awkwardly weird stares rather than prompt personal attention and a cup of tea. Meh.


posted by Tim at 11:12 PM

 
So I was totally gonna stop wearing my yellow Lance Armstrong LIVESTRONG bracelet because I mean, it was SO over right? Wrong! Matt Damon was wearing it on Oprah yesterday and if Matt Damon's still wearing it, I'm still wearing it! I'm totally bringing it back into the wardrobe!

posted by Tim at 2:39 PM

 
Okay OC writers, we get it. Every week you try to introduce a new catchphrase or clever saying either through the episode title, the constant mention of it by the characters or through the episode title AND the constant mention of it by the characters. But really, stop pushing it. I mean, you just about killed off the whole "Christmakah" thing already. And now this week, in the first five minutes of the episode alone, we heard "this is a new era" no less than ten thousand times. Can we PLEASE use another line? And while we're on the subject, can Seth PLEASE stop talking about Summer?! I mean, I felt SOOO sorry for Lindsay (not Lohan). I could feel her pain with Seth's incessant yapping and blabbering about someone who was literally, SO Summer. It's winter 04 baby, time to move on!

Other thoughts:
- Marissa has absolutely NO chemisty with DJ! Did you see their "embracing" scene at the end on the beach? She looked so stiff and uptight in his arms as if she were being held at like gunpoint or something! Geez...
- Who thinks Caleb Nichol has a child with that mystery woman? My roommate (who is no longer embarrassed to discuss OC theories with me... my plan is working! muahahaha!) thinks it's still some bad business deal, but I totally think Caleb is giving the woman child support payments and/or hush money!
- I like all the new characters (except Miguel-wannabe DJ. He's so desperate to fit in... get it? never mind, cheesy joke). But Lindsay is the Chloe Sullivan/Lois Lane perky pretty type that I like and Alex (is that her name?) is really really hot. Bad hair puff and all. She just has these striking eyes...

Alright. Enough of my thoughts. What did YOU think? (C'mon people, comment!)


posted by Tim at 1:40 AM

 
Quick thoughts on last night's programming:

1. TRL
I'm so glad that I have MTV! Kelly Clarkson performed her latest single "Since U Been Gone" today on TRL and bad grammar notwithstanding, she was really really good! The song is so catchy and sing-along friendly! It might just replace Ashlee Simpson's "Autobiography" as my favourite sing-at-the-top-of-your-lungs-till-it's-not-funny song! (Right Joelle?)

2. Nick and Jessica's Family Christmas Special
Okay, I know it's spose to be cheesy humour and I'm pretty sure the audience knows it's spose to be cheesy humour but I don't think Nick and Jessica knew. Like they delivered their lines without a hint of irony! They really thought they were the funniest people ever reciting such "clever" ditties such as: "Nick, I found this magic button that can turn the lights on and off! Wowwww!" (it was the light switch by the way). har har. NOT funny.

But the 98 Degrees reunion WAS really good! I forgot how much I used to like them. And even though it seems as though Brian McKnight is on EVERY single Christmas special, his duet with Jessica was nonetheless a beautiful treat. Ashlee Simpson's duet with Jessica on the other hand, sounded more like a solo, judging by the way Jessica's belting totally overpowered her younger sister's backing tape... I mean, "voice."

2. Smallville
I emailed my friend Chiachi to ask him for a detailed explanation of tonight's episode because I just did not get it! I mean, what was Lex's dream about? And how did Clark's heat vision suddenly make the vaccine good? Plus I sorta couldn't hear what Chloe was saying in the end, but THIS recap site seems to suggest that Chloe knows Clark's secret!! HTF did that happen?! Answers people, I need answers!

3. I tried watching Jack and Bobby on tape (cuz I had to finish a paper last night) but it was sorta slow and too wordy... and Azadeh and Joelle already spoiled the "surprise" ending for me so I stopped watching the rest of it. Sorry!


posted by Tim at 1:24 PM

 
Okay let's face it, none of you readers really watch One Tree Hill so there's no point in me writing up a huge episode summary... But MAN was it good! (well more like the ending was good). One Tree Hill better be on next week because I hate waiting for unresolved cliffhangers to be addressed! I mean, Maria Menunous?! How could you sell your soul to the devil like that?! (literally). And how does Brooke have 3 guys after her and Peyton have no one? Well... _ _ _ _ DID come back and that was definitely a "WHOA" yelping moment! (I'm trying to be coy so as not to spoil it for people who haven't watched the episode yet). Oh who am I kidding? None of you watch it anyway!


posted by Tim at 1:12 AM