Bruce Willis was dead at the end of Sixth Sense

I wonder if it was ironic, discussing my first celebrity sighting while in the same venue as my second celebrity sighting. But Adrian Grenier does not make funny videos like The Lonely Island does. Catchy as it may be, the video for Britney Spears's "(You Drive Me) Crazy" doesn't quite count. My guy friend's girlfriend told me about this video. It makes me and Agent99 giggle.

Pimples don't give you sprinkles.

Sunday morning of last weekend, I got temporarily sucked into the vortex that is Degrassi: The Next Generation. It was some marathon or something, and I am susceptible to Dawson's Creek-like shows though though I can get sucked out just as fast. With a huge cast and craziness aplenty, it's compelling enough. My high school experience seemed dull in comparison. Shootings, drug dealing, pregnancies, and more. Those Canucks!

The point is that a commercial came on for Clearasil and we loved it. Funny stuff. I haven't scored free ice cream by using Clearasil! Forget sprinkles though, ew gross.

You eat apples, right? I produce Entourage.

In honor of my recent rare, exciting celebrity sighting (Andy Samberg and Bill Hader from Saturday Night Live), Agent99 sent us this sketch starring Mr. Samberg as Mark Wahlberg, chatting with barnyard folk.



It brings the funny. But apparently Mark Wahlberg doesn't feel the same way. Does this man have a sense of humor?

gold silver bronze

Agent99, what's the deal with the Jonas Brothers? I accidentally walked by their tour van (aren't I special?) and some little girl was having her picture taken alongside it. It's covered in messages, if you must know. Are you a fan of these mop tops?

Is anyone watching the Olympics? I thought about it, and I might, but I don't have a TV. When I was a kid, I was Olympics crazed, but now I'm just not as interested. Though you can't go anywhere on the web without reading some blurb on Michael Phelps or how the Chinese government is covering up everything.

Have a nice trip, see you next fall

Why are people so mean? Ill-bred dregs of society, guffawing loudly as I stumbled on the pointy sidewalk. Useless fake apology.

I don't watch Gossip Girl (should I?), but I know who Chace Crawford is due to all my gossip blog reading. Agent99, I think he might be a tad cuter than Zac Efron, but yeah, they could pass for brothers! Chace is a bit rumpled looking while Zac is almost too precise.

Miley makes me frowny.

Hey Agent99, what's the deal with this Miley Cyrus chick? I see her everywhere, and I don't know what the hell she does, pretend to be two people on a Disney show? And by everywhere, I mean my gossip blogs, Fandango, and Newsweek. Can she even sing? My contribution is that she looks better as a brunette than as a blonde.

Remember when Billy Ray Cyrus had a hit song? Yeah, I try to block that out too.

Golden spheres

Despite barely seeing any movies or TV shows this past year, I thought I would make some Golden Globe picks anyway. At least there's no boring ceremony to sit through. And I deleted some of the less interesting categories.

Best Motion Picture - Drama
American Gangster
Atonement
Eastern Promises
The Great Debaters
Michael Clayton
No Country For Old Men--I haven't seen any of these pictures. I have read Atonement, if that counts for anything. I have two friends who saw No Country for Old Men, so I will have to go with that movie.
There Will Be Blood

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth: The Golden Age--Haven't seen any of these movies, but I love Cate the best.
Julie Christie – Away From Her
Jodie Foster – The Brave One
Angelina Jolie – A Mighty Heart
Keira Knightley – Atonement

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
George Clooney – Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood
James McAvoy – Atonement
Viggo Mortensen – Eastern Promises
Denzel Washington – American Gangster

Best Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy
Across The Universe
Charlie Wilson's War
Hairspray--I've seen this twice, and it's so infectious.
Juno
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street--Saw it, and was lukewarm. But it'll probably win.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Amy Adams – Enchanted--She's awesome in Enchanted.
Nikki Blonsky – Hairspray--Nikki's a rare find, but I'm not sure she'll win.
Helena Bonham Carter – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street--OK, but her singing voice kind of brought the movie down a notch.
Marion Cotillard – La Vie En Rose
Ellen Page – Juno

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy
Johnny Depp – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street--Johnny rocks in Sweeney Todd.
Ryan Gosling – Lars and the Real Girl--I haven't seen my Canadian boyfriend in this, but a friend of mine adored the movies.
Tom Hanks – Charlie Wilson's War
Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Savages
John C. Reilly – Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Best Animated Feature Film
Bee Movie
Ratatouille--I was so crazy about this movie that I bought the DVD.
The Simpsons Movie

Best Foreign Language Film
4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days (Romania)
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly (France, United States)--I'll vote for this only because the name is neato.
The Kite Runner (United States)
Lust, Caution (Taiwan)
Persepolis (France)

Best Television Series - Drama
Big Love (HBO)
Damages (FX NETWORK)
Grey's Anatomy (ABC)--Just don't get the appeal of this series.
House (FOX)--As the only show I watch regularly, I'll have to go with House.
Mad Men (AMC)
The Tudors (SHOWTIME)--I saw a few free episodes on Netflix, and they were fine.

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama
Michael C. Hall – Dexter (SHOWTIME)--MC Hall was amazing in Six Feet Under, that's all I got.
Jon Hamm – Mad Men (AMC)
Hugh Laurie – House (FOX)--Hugh Laurie is just plain supercooooool.
Bill Paxton – Big Love (HBO)

The strike is outta here

The Broadway stagehand strike ended yesterday! Yay, just in the nick of time. I am a happy camper.

Hey Parker, did you see the latest episode of House? Sad, no new episodes until 2008. Maybe we can discuss it in a new post or something. Perhaps I will post the smokin' Hugh Laurie picture again. My HDTV friend and I think Dr. Thirteen is purdy.

Strike one, strike two

As many of you know, there are two entertainment-related strikes going on at the moment. One is the writer's strike affecting television shows and another is the stagehand's strike affecting Broadway shows. I don't know too much about the writer's strike seeing as I barely watch any television but maybe Parker cares enough to help me out here as I know this is a cause near and dear to her heart. I personally am closely watching the stagehand strike since I have tickets to Hairspray next week and am biting my nails practically, hoping the show will go on. Strikes are no fun for anyone. Let's think good thoughts that everything will be resolved favorably for all sides.

P.S. Both Hairspray movies are buckets o' fun. Watch one today!

"This mask is killing me!"

In honor of the fact that I am going to see The Phantom of the Opera [the current longest running show] on Broadway this weekend, I am posting this video of Will Ferrell on Letterman that I found randomly. He would make a funny Phantom, though I have a soft spot for Gerard Butler. Mmm, Gerard Butler. That movie version was hot buttered crap though.

The doctor is back

Before it's Tuesday again, what did you think of House's season premiere? It was more of a fun episode, heavier on the levity and hijinks. Wilson talking into a kidnapper voice machine, the janitor suggesting lupus. I liked it when the janitor kept repeating the same question to the patient's mother. Except the patient storyline of course, that wasn't funny. Cuddy looks quite fetching. But yeah, I couldn't get 100% into the story because static is not my friend.

Is House really hallucinating? He just can't quit those underlings, can he?

Checked out any of the other fall shows?

Cameron, lay off the meth

Oh Parker, I forgot to tell you that I saw the episode of House with Cameron on meth. It was a shorter scene than I expected, but it was freaky, like you said. And for Agent 99, there was a Ryan Adams song used to open and close a different show. I looked it up; the song is "Desire."

Supergood?

Agent 99 and I saw Superbad which opened last Friday, this past weekend. Apart from feeling old from all the teenyboppers packing the auditorium, we enjoyed this high school romp. While there’s a lot of trash-talking and crudeness (especially from Jonah Hill’s character Seth), there is actually a heartfelt story about a close friendship being tested. Okay okay, it’s not as deep as I unintentionally made it sound there. While on the topic of Judd Apatow productions, I have been Netflixing Freaks and Geeks and would like to put in a plug for this show which NBC cruelly cancelled in the 1999-2000 season. It’s effin’ brilliant. Though most us weren’t in high school in 1980 (the year in which the show is set), a lot of us can relate, at least I can because I wasn’t in the cool clique (yes, hard to believe). I’d label myself a geek. Back to Superbad, I laughed lots and so did Agent 99. We were lovin’ the character of Fogell, aka McLovin (Christoper Mintz-Plasse), and I thought Michael Cera turned in a spot-on performance as the straight man, Seth’s best bud Evan. And I'm sure Superbad is better than The Nanny Diaries or other August drivel.

Hey Parker, Chase and Cameron broke up; now's your chance! I think we agreed that you got House and Chase while I got Wilson?

A friend of mine wanted to get tickets to see The Tyra Banks Show and invited me to come along. I was skeptical but decided to give the show a fair chance before saying no thanks. I sat down to watch it Monday afternoon.

This show was about little girls who hate their bodies and rag on fat people. First, Tyra showed some taped segments where she sat down with a gaggle of girls for a gab session. They looked all fidgety and distracted. I looked at the clock. Only 1:05? Can I survive 55 more minutes? Then Tyra returns to the studio and talks to the girls’ moms. A few of the moms have piled on gigantor necklaces and one has gobs of grey eyeshadow and eyeliner with blonde highlights. The commercials give me a chance to catch Finding Nemo on the Disney Channel. Then Tyra shows the girls some pictures of women, and the girls gag over a woman with large thighs. Tyra puts up a picture of a frumpy madam with a little chub and I could tell a mile away that it was Tyra in disguise. Of course the kids say the woman is sad because she is fat. A psychotherapist springs out of the audience and gives insights. Why is William Shatner shilling for an attorney named Mike Slocumb?

Tyra tells one girl that when other kids call her a meatball, she should say, “That’s the best part of the spaghetti, baby!” Um, okay. In a profile, Tyra introduces us to a 9-year-old named Lyric who barely eats and to her curvaceous mom Shantay. Lyric calls me mom fat. A smack is in order. The therapist blames the mom. Another professional offers the family a trip to her fat farm in Arizona. Is Tyra even relevant? Do kids know much about her?

In the last segment, Tyra talks to Mike Tyson’s daughter Michael, and Michael’s mom. Tyra calls Mike Tyson the most famous fighter in the world. I don’t know about that. Poor Michael: her mom put a motion detector in the kitchen and she look just like Mike. Dr. Jenn essentially blames parents. She offers some common sense advice: throwing out your scales, parents fix their own self-esteem issues, and parents setting a healthy example. Whew, it’s over. Let’s just say I won’t be turning in anymore.