Critics loved it. Viewers ignored it.  So Fox moth-balled it.

Lone Star, a drama about a con-man living a double life in Texas, failed to make much of splash when it debuted two weeks ago.  Although it’s show-runner, Kyle Killen, made a public appeal for more people to tune in, viewership actually dropped from about 4.1 million to about 3.2 for the second (and one assumes last) episode to air.

The show was hailed as one of those nuanced character driven ensembles that seem to flourish on cable, but get sent to a quick death on network television, which (lets face it), tends to cater to the lowest common denominator.

Here’s hoping star James Wolk (above) gets another gig soon, he’s kind of  handsome in a generic way, even though he sort of has date rapey eyes.

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Ooooo – awkward. 

Host Sarah Murdoch (yes, of those Murdochs) announced the wrong girl had won cyle six of ANTM last night on national TV.

The host and both the actual winner, Amanda Ware, as well as the runner up,Kelsey Martinovich handled the whole thing with just the right amount of good humour, professionalism, and humility. 

Kelsey actually had to reassure Sarah she was fine with the decision, repeatedly telling the distressed host she was fine and all right.  

Can you just imagine this going down on the US version?  Miss J would probably faint, Andre Leon Talley would develop the vapours, Jay Manuel would run screaming from the set, and Tyra would undoubtedly try to make it all about her.  The contestants involved would both probably try to sue, citing emotional distress and embarrassment. 

Amanda gets $20 ooo, a trip to New York to meet with Elite Models and an eight page spread in Harper’s Bazaar Australia.  Kelsey, for her troubles and grace under pressure, will be getting $25 000 as well as a trip to New York City.  Not a bad consolation prize.

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It has it all. Politics! Has-beens! Never-weres! Dancing! Drama!

Last night on Dancing For A Cheque, Mama Grizzly Sarah Palin showed up in person to support her tubby little cub, Bristol the Pistol (I kid you not, this is what Sarah actually called her).

Bristol actually wasn’t bad, but the drama actually revolved around Jennifer Grey and Derek Hough.  Sarah was introduced right after they finished and the judges had given them their score.  The spin host Tom Bergeron and ABC is giving is that the audience was booing over the pair’s score of 24 out of 30 for their routine.

Maybe.

But!  If you look at the expression on Sarah’s face in the video, the boos seem to be having a bit of an effect on her.  Maybe the audience just didn’t like her ensemble?

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Ugh. Why is this show still on?  It’s beyond fake, not to mention stupid, and gives attention craving sociopaths the very spotlight they want. 

Rant over.

Looks like ABC is getting desperate going for Most! Controversial! Season! Ever! by bringing on one time bachelor Brad Womack back as the guy looking for love (in all the wrong places).

Brad made headlines a couple of years ago when he choose himself over 25 famewhoring hopefuls by opting to stay single during the finale, and thereby creating a huge backlash against him from fans and media.

Bet producers end up calling this season The Bachelor: Redemption or something equally cheesy.

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Question is, will this western by the Coen brothers, in which a young girl (Hailee Stienfeld) hires a grizzled US Marshal (Bridges) and a Texas Ranger (Matt Damon) to track down her Pa’s killer (Josh Brolin), be an Oscar contender? 

If the trailer is any indication, you bet your sweet ass.

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Seen yesterday in the Lower East Side in New York, what was originally thought to be the unfortunate result of a misguided pairing between Ronald McDonald and Pippy Longstocking street walking turned out to be Rihanna filming a video for her next single, Whats My Name?

She’s been a busy little bee, filming videos for Whos That Chick? (single number three) two weeks ago, and another last week for her current single, Only Girl (In The World) from her forth-coming album, Loud.

With the hair and that outfit, Rhianna seems to be immersing herself in the album’s title just a little too much.  If those colours and patterns were any louder, she’d trigger seizures in those around her.

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Wheebles wobble, but they don’t do fall down.

Like the graceful, magical, and dainty butterfly we all know she is, Mariah Carey took a stumble on stage over the weekend at the Singapore Grand Prix.  After she was helped up, she had a minion come out on stage while she continued to sing, to remove her stilettos for her (the show must go on).

Now that’s a diva.

BTW - Mariah has yet to confirm she’s preganant, but I’d say she’s at least half way along.

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Does she honestly think anyone’s buying this?

In a totally staged publicity stunt suggested by her business manager, Lindsay dropped by a homeless shelter in LA last night, meeting some of the kids that were there, handing out purses from her clothing line, taking pictures, and signing autographs.

Of course she Tweeted about her altruistically motivated visit, writing “What a great place The Dream Center is here in LA… had a nice time there today, it’s so important to give back. I feel blessed.”

Sickening right?

Guess Lindsay is going to be trying to rack up as many brownie points between now and her hearing in October to avoid jail time, which may even include a “voluntary” stint in rehab. 

Right.

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The mileage both Katy and the producers of Sesame Street are getting out of that boobalicousand subsequently banned segment she shot with Elmo singing her hit Hot and Cold is unreal.

Last night, Saturday Night Live kicked off it’s 36thseason with excastmember Amy Poehler as host and Katy Perry as the musical guest. 

Katy appeared in the above skit of Bronx Beat, playing a bouncy, sixteen year old public library volunteer who’s filled out over the summer, and just happens to be wearing an Elmo t-shirt that looks like it’s about to split from the strain.

Hilarity ensues.

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His spokesminion said he would do it and now he has.

Becks is suing InTouch Magazine over a story that said he paid a hooker $10 grand each time she tricked with him (five times in total) back in 2007.

The suit was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court late Friday alleging libel, slander, and “intentional inflection of emotional distress”.  Another suit has been filed in Germany, where the tabloid’s parent corporation is located.  Becks is also seeking a front page apology from the tabloid and has hired private investigators to track down the hooker who sold her story to the magazine, Irma Nici, so she can be served with a $7.9 million lawsuit for damages (she’s apparently gone into hiding in New York City).

If nothing else, here’s hoping his suit helps stem the crass tide of Rachel Uchitel wanna-bes peering out from magazine covers.

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