Posts Tagged 'TV'

A new Jersey Shore with an Asian persuasian

 

Sorry, couldn’t resist.

Filming has just started on K-Town, described as a Asian-American version of Jersey Shore (oh dear Lord, why? WHY???!) that will focus on 8 “roomates” doing in LA’s Korea Town what our favorite group of juiced up Guideos and Guidettes did just a few short months ago (make total asses of themselves on TV).

The cast (from left to right) includes Young Lee, Jennifer Field, Joe Cha, Scarlet Chan, Violet Kim, Peter Le (rumoured to be a porn star, and K-Town’s version of The Situation), Steve Kim, and Jasmine Chang.

Although the series hasn’t been picked up by a network as of yet, it’s probably only a matter of time.  Besides, we need more reality television (insert eyeroll), and MTV needs to find something to fill the void left by The Hills.

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Tila Tequila gets fired from Celebrity Rehab

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

This just made my morning. 

According to Radar, even though she was one of the higher profile celebrities (which says it all) for the current season of Dr Drew’s infamous exersise in schadenfreude, word is the good Doctor realized that Tila’s main problems are that  (A) she’s addicted to attention and (B) is bat-sh*t crazy.

Apparently, the final straw for the good doctor was when Tila blamed her alter-ego “Jane” for cutting and burning her arms.  Realizing he was in way over his head with this one, Dr Drew had her tossed out, free to terrorize LA once again with her famewhoring shenanigans.

No word if how or if this will affect production of Celebrity Rehab, or if they plan on replacing Tila with a less trainwrecky trainwreck.

Cue countdown for one of Tila’s patented online tirades against Dr Drew in 5…4…3…

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Gaga for Gaga

Even rain won’t stop the show from going on.

Lady Gaga, in the midst of a massive North American tour, stoped by the Today Show earleir this morning, performing for over 20 000 fans, many of which had spent days in the scorching heat to see the singer perform.

Now that’s devotion.

The devotion was apparently sent back, as Lady Gaga had several thousand dollars worth of pizza delievered to them.  Imagine the person who was taking that order on the phone.  Heh.

While being interviewed by Meredith Viera, Gaga said “I just want to say a big thank you to all of the television and radio and the underground clubs and the gay community.  There’s certainly things that are difficult to deal with, but the kind of fame that I cherish is the relationship I have with my fans.”

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Jeremy London is heading to Celebrity Rehab

This really shouldn’t come as a surprise, should it?

One has-been with a drug problem and a ridiculous story literally stolen from an episode of Six Feet Under (it got even more ridiculous as time went on) and a fame-whoring doctor with a show to produce. 

Jeremy told the world that he was forced to smoke crack at gunpoint and deliver booze to the gang-areas of Palm Springs, but not before the kidnappers dropped off his wife first, because she was crying (and they were considerate as kidnapping crackheads tend to be).  Both she and Jeremy are having custody issues to do with their kid due to past brushes with the law and drug use.

Jeremey’s mother and twin brother even went so far as to basically say his story was a crock of sh*t in the media.  Now Radar is reporting that Jermey is heading to Celebrity Rehab, despite his recent interview with People, where he maintained that he’s sober and still on the wagon (insert eyeroll), even though he was forced to party at gunpoint.

Considering other victims patients of Dr Drew this season will include Tila Tequila and Jason Wahler, the trainwreck potential for this is epic.

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Farewell to the King (sort of)

It’s the end of an era as semi-mummified CNN mainstay Larry King is stepping down after 25 years as host of Live with Larry King.

Apparently, sources close to Larry say the reason for his decision has much to do with the recent drama surrounding his wife Shawn Southland and the “mess that is his personal life”.  

In Larry’s full statement, he says’s he’s not completley done with CNN yet and will host several specials a year, but his reign as host of Live will be over by the end of the summer.

Let the guessing games for a successor begin again, as CNN has yet to name Larry’s heir apparent.  Ryan Seacrest and Piers Morgan have both been mentioned in the past (and we know it’s probably not going to be Kathy Griffin).  Even though he has his own show with his own time slot, my money’s still on the Silver Fox himself, Anderson Cooper.

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Dina Lohan is trying reality TV again

Like once wasn’t enough?

According to  The NY Post, stage mother extraordinaire Dina Lohan is shopping around a new reality TV show that focuses on the entire Lohan family (except for ex-husband Michael, natch).

Dina says that filming has already begun, with cameras following around Lohan family members (which will include Lindsay, her schedule permitting) as they go about their daily routines.  Dina also says that she’s “discussing a deal with a major network”.

Pffffft.  Sure she is.

Dina’s last attempt at reality TV, E!‘s Living Lohan, got cancelled after just nine episodes in 2008.  Lindsay didn’t particiapte at all, so puiblic interest in the series was so-so to begin with (Dina originally promised E! that Lindsay would be part of it).  An exercise in tedium,  the only thing accomplished was to demonstrate what a talentless, entitled brat youngest daughter Ali is, pretty much deep-sixing any chance she had of breaking into show business (the series’ main focus).

Can’t see how this new show of Dina’s will get picked up (or be any more successful than the last one if it does), but with Lindsay’s supposed guaranteed involvement this time, it might find an audience.

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Syfy presents: Battle of the Mega 80′s Has-Beens

 

Ok, the cable network isn’t actually calling it that (although they really, really, should).  Syfy has announced that one time mall concert singing sensation Tiffany will be pitted against Debbie Gibson in an upcoming made TV movie, Mega Python vs Gatoroid.  No, I’m not making any of this crap up.

The plot revolves around Gibson playing an animal rights activist advocating the release of tropical snakes into the Everglades, while Tiffany plays a park ranger determined to protect the gator population.  Here I was hoping they’d each be playing the title roles.  Sadness.

Syfy has a hit on it’s hands with it’s Original Saturday Night B-grade mega- monster movies.  Last year Debbie (excuse me Deborah), starred in Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus (it’s ridiculously awesome as it sounds – see trailer at bottom of post below) while Tiffany was in Mega Piranah.

Mega Python vs Gatoroid is scheduled to air on Syfy sometime next year.


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Mad Men Season 4 teaser poster

 

Do you match Mad Men on AMC ?  If not, do yourself a favor and get thee to a video store to rent the first three seasons on disc.  It’s probably one of the best shows on television right now.

When last we left the gang, it was Christmas 1963, and Don Draper and the gang had just…. nah.  I won’t spoil it for those who have yet to see it.

I gather from the poster that the new season will pick up with not too much time having past from when we left off and leave it at that.

July 25th?  Can’t wait.

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2010 Much Music Video Awards Round Up

Screaming.  Miley Cyrus. 

More screaming, Justin Bieber.  Followed by even more screaming.

Thet pretty much sums it up.

The 2010 Much Music Video Awards were held last night in Toronto which are pretty much like the ones that MTV has in September, except the air of desperation is more palatable (why else broadcast the fact that some of those twat-waffles from fake reality TV shows The Hills and The City are presenting?).

Miley Cyrus co-hosted the event, and in one priceless segment kept flubbing her lines all the while bitching about missing que cards, saying “This is the worst thing, ever” to Chicago Blackhawk Jonathan Toews, who looked completely bored (or possibly terrified). 

Miley then introduced Drake, who was supposed to perform, but a malfunctioning ear piece caused a diva like moment from the actor turned rapper and he refused to start.

Awkward. 

Cut to one of the hapless VJ’s who threw out a few names (Miley, Justin, Drake) to increase screaming before the network  finally cut to commercials so that missing PA with the cue cards could be found and likely flogged.

No word yet if Perez Hilton who did show up and Miley came face to face or if anyone hit Perez in the face like will.i.am from The Black Eyed Peas did last year.

Big winners of the awards show included The Bieb and Miley, who each took home four awards, as well as punk/pop group Hedley.

Anyway, here’s some footage of Miley ”singing” Party In the USA (wrong country dear) and Can’t Be Tamed.


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Did CSI:Miami…..cut….thier losses?

Isn’t that how David Carruso’s Horatio Caine would put it?

Apparently Eddie Cibrian, who joined the cast of CSI: Miami last year has been let go, with his contract not being picked up for another season.

Interesting.

Since the show’s target market is pretty much made up of the Soccer Mom Brigade  was all the drama between Eddie, Leann Rimes, and their respective ex’s, Brandi Glanville (who’s turned bitching about being dumped for Leann Rimes into a cottage industry) and Dean Sheremet the cause?

The Soccor Mom Brigade gets nervous (almost angry) when they hear about a man leaving his wife for another woman.  It’s the reason Angelina Jolie can’t seem to crack that demographic and (to a certain extent) why Jennifer Aniston still has a career.

But I digress.  Moving on.

Eddie and Leann started to have an affair when they met on the set of some cheesy Lifetimemovie a couple of years back.   A picture got leaked of the two kissing at a restaurant forcing them to come clean about their relationship, dumping their spouses for each other in the process.  Crappy, but it happens.  Brandi however, could not seem to let it go.  Besides attacking Eddie and Leann in the media, she was vandalizing property and things  got so bad that Leann got a restraining order placed against her.  (Bitch is clearly not the most stable of people)

So did CBS get rid of an albatross hung around the neck of one of it’s flagship procedural dramas, or is the timing of this completely coincidental and Eddie was let go for budget/storyline purposes?

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