Oh. My. God. Rock Star: INXS was awesome last night!!! I cannot sing the show's praises enough. Last night, the remaining 6 rockers performed with not only the house band backing them but a string orchestra and a choir! They sang songs from the Stones, Paul McCarthy, Pink Floyd, Queen and more. Even INXS looked as if they were having a ball. Last night was the first night it really felt like a show and not a competition.
Also, B and I saw the funniest show last night on VH1 called Race O' Rama. It airs different episodes discussing racial differences in a funny but straight forward way. Last night's episode was called "Dude, Where's My Ghetto Pass?" If you ever grew up in the ghetto, you would laugh so hard. Rapper Lil' Cease has a segment called "Hood-etiquette" - the etiquette of living in the hood. And the funniest thing was they talked about black people who got their ghetto pass revoked and Cuba Gooding, Jr. was one of them. Truly hysterical.
Tonight, one of my guilty pleasures is on...R U The Girl?. It's the new reality show starring the R&B group TLC, who are looking for a girl to perform with them in concert. I love TLC and this show really shows how down-to-earth they are. I love this show so much that I have essentially given up on watching So You Think You Can Dance? since it came on at the same time (also, the show runs 90 minutes and conflicts with Rock Star as well - FOX is ego-tripping if it thinks it can lure viewers from Rock Star, especially on elimination night!). This show is so much better than the Missy Elliott reality show which was kind of horrible and I love Missy so it must have been bad if I am saying that! There's only 4 girls left and at the rate that they are cutting contestants, the show's finale might be next week! So tune in and check it out.
On a side note, I just have to say that I miss Hell's Kitchen terribly. *sigh*
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Prison Break
FOX has a great show debuting this fall and it premiered last night...it's called Prison Break.
It has an awesome cast of up and coming actors...Robin Tunney (The Craft, Empire Records, Vertical Limit), Wentworth Miller (Underworld, The Human Stain), Dominic Purcell (who played Dracula in Blade: Trinity), Rockmond Dunbar (from the TV show Soul Food), and the legendary Stacy Keach!
The gist of the show is that Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell) is in jail serving a death sentence for killing the Vice President's brother. Lincoln's brother Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller) believes his brother is innocent and has been framed. So he gets himself arrested by robbing a bank so he can be convicted and placed in the same jail as Lincoln. His end goal is to break his brother out of jail and clear his name. How will he do that? Well, Mikey is a structural engineer who has the blueprints to the very prison Lincoln is in. The FOX official website says this series is a cross between "The Shawshank Redemption" and "The Great Escape" and I have to say, I definitely co-sign on that! Michael has 30 days to save his brother before Lincoln is put to death. Robin Tunney plays Veronica Donovan, a lawyer who used to date Lincoln in high school but left him for college and law school. She also gets suspicious by Michael's actions and start to do some investigating herself on the outside.
FOX is airing an encore of the 2-hour premiere on Thurs, 9/1 at 8pm EST. If you like suspense, action and are a fan of director Bratt Ratner (Rush Hour, Red Dragon, X-Men 3), you will not be disapppointed. Yes, it's not reality TV but this is just as good.
Here's a link to the official site so you can read the synopsis of it:
Prison Break Official Site
It has an awesome cast of up and coming actors...Robin Tunney (The Craft, Empire Records, Vertical Limit), Wentworth Miller (Underworld, The Human Stain), Dominic Purcell (who played Dracula in Blade: Trinity), Rockmond Dunbar (from the TV show Soul Food), and the legendary Stacy Keach!
The gist of the show is that Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell) is in jail serving a death sentence for killing the Vice President's brother. Lincoln's brother Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller) believes his brother is innocent and has been framed. So he gets himself arrested by robbing a bank so he can be convicted and placed in the same jail as Lincoln. His end goal is to break his brother out of jail and clear his name. How will he do that? Well, Mikey is a structural engineer who has the blueprints to the very prison Lincoln is in. The FOX official website says this series is a cross between "The Shawshank Redemption" and "The Great Escape" and I have to say, I definitely co-sign on that! Michael has 30 days to save his brother before Lincoln is put to death. Robin Tunney plays Veronica Donovan, a lawyer who used to date Lincoln in high school but left him for college and law school. She also gets suspicious by Michael's actions and start to do some investigating herself on the outside.
FOX is airing an encore of the 2-hour premiere on Thurs, 9/1 at 8pm EST. If you like suspense, action and are a fan of director Bratt Ratner (Rush Hour, Red Dragon, X-Men 3), you will not be disapppointed. Yes, it's not reality TV but this is just as good.
Here's a link to the official site so you can read the synopsis of it:
Prison Break Official Site
Monday, August 29, 2005
Long Time No See!
Yes, I know I have been MIA for a bit. And in my absence, Jaret won on I Want To Be A Hilton (I'm sorry but Jackay was so robbed), we're down to 4 on The Cut (don't get me started there - Liz is still there!!!), Kaysar got evicted not once but TWICE on Big Brother 6 and it looks like one of The Friendship alliance will make it to the final two. *sigh* I pray for Howie and Janelle daily. Also, Rock Star: INXS has been very entertaining. I LOVE Jordis but think MiG will win this. If you are not watching, you must tune in on Tuesdays at 10pm on CBS. This is a Mark Burnett production so you know it's good stuff. It ain't American Idol, let me tell you. If you enjoy rock music, this is a must-see.
Survivor starts in 18 days and if you know me, you know I am a big Survivor fan...I don't answer my phone or door between 8pm - 9pm on Thursdays. Yes, it is that bad. But I am a reality TV fanatic so why would you expect any less?
I also have something to admit something that has caused me to really hang my head in shame...well, sort of. I have gotten hooked on the ABC show Lost. Yes, I know it's not a reality TV show but it is so good. I am a big fan of Stephen King with one of my favorite books being The Stand. Yes, I do read, you know. ;) Anyway, this show really borrows from that book and one of the creators of the show is none other than JJ Abrams who is the genius behind another great show Alias. Even though, ever since Jennifer Garner got involved with Ben Affleck, I cannot bring myself to watch the show. Go figure. Here I go, off on a tangent. Anyway, the Lost: Season 1 DVD comes out on Sept 6 and I will be buying it! ABC has been running the reruns but since the new season starts in 3 1/2 weeks, the episodes have been jumping around a lot and this is the type of show where if you miss a week, you're basically screwed because you will be confused out of your mind. Trust me, I know this (damn you, ABC!!! Your ploy to get me to buy the DVD has worked).
Anyway, that's all for now...I promise to be on more, especially with the Fall season kicking off. I have to admit, I got sucked into the Big Brother live feeds this year. Who knew? I thought I wasn't going to watch - see my 7/1 entry. But the Sovereign 6 alliance changed that.
But this blog will continue...I promise. Hope everyone is having a great day, despite it being Monday. Yuck. B and I are off to the library after work (yes, sooo exciting)...he wants to get some art books and comics and I absolutely need to get the latest Zane book Afterburn. If you don't know who Zane is and if you're a single independent female with no sexual hangups, look her up. You can thank me later. Free your mind, the red pill ain't that bad. ;)
Later, people!
Survivor starts in 18 days and if you know me, you know I am a big Survivor fan...I don't answer my phone or door between 8pm - 9pm on Thursdays. Yes, it is that bad. But I am a reality TV fanatic so why would you expect any less?
I also have something to admit something that has caused me to really hang my head in shame...well, sort of. I have gotten hooked on the ABC show Lost. Yes, I know it's not a reality TV show but it is so good. I am a big fan of Stephen King with one of my favorite books being The Stand. Yes, I do read, you know. ;) Anyway, this show really borrows from that book and one of the creators of the show is none other than JJ Abrams who is the genius behind another great show Alias. Even though, ever since Jennifer Garner got involved with Ben Affleck, I cannot bring myself to watch the show. Go figure. Here I go, off on a tangent. Anyway, the Lost: Season 1 DVD comes out on Sept 6 and I will be buying it! ABC has been running the reruns but since the new season starts in 3 1/2 weeks, the episodes have been jumping around a lot and this is the type of show where if you miss a week, you're basically screwed because you will be confused out of your mind. Trust me, I know this (damn you, ABC!!! Your ploy to get me to buy the DVD has worked).
Anyway, that's all for now...I promise to be on more, especially with the Fall season kicking off. I have to admit, I got sucked into the Big Brother live feeds this year. Who knew? I thought I wasn't going to watch - see my 7/1 entry. But the Sovereign 6 alliance changed that.
But this blog will continue...I promise. Hope everyone is having a great day, despite it being Monday. Yuck. B and I are off to the library after work (yes, sooo exciting)...he wants to get some art books and comics and I absolutely need to get the latest Zane book Afterburn. If you don't know who Zane is and if you're a single independent female with no sexual hangups, look her up. You can thank me later. Free your mind, the red pill ain't that bad. ;)
Later, people!
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