May 1, 2007

Hasselbombs Over Baghdad

It was fun while it lasted. Wait. Come to think of it, it was never that fun. My bad.

Anyone else watch “Entourage” this weekend? Truly terrible television. Not that the show was ever very good to begin with, but there’s no denying that the show’s quality has plummeted substantially this season. It’s painfully obvs that ALL of the actors have taken their one-dimensional characters just about as far as they can go — across the board, there’s not even a smidge of nuance left in any of these actors’ performances. Yep, even Jeremy Piven, who resorted to Three Stooges style “nyuk nyuk” antics in his outburst two episodes ago.¹ The only thing keeping “Entourage” on my DVR these days are the knockout bods of Perry Reeves and Carla Gugino. Ferreals.

Classic Mädchen Amick. And by classic, I mean nakes. And by nakes, I mean NSFW.

Wait wait wait. Do you mean to tell me that New York and Sister Patterson are not even related? I feel like I’ve been taken advantage of. [via Stop Clogging My Inbox]

Tyra Banks was recently seen canoodling with Isiah Thomas (allegedly). Good for Zeke, I’d tap that, too. But the real question is this: what’s C-Webb gonna think? [via NBA Fanhouse]

Thighs pays tribute to Andy Bernard. The less I seek my source for some definitive, THE CLOSER I AM TO FINE!

NY Mag can do no wrong these days. Their new entertainment blog, Vulture, is top of the pops.

The real surprise in this story is that it took this long.

VH1 Classic to revive the long-dormant 120 Minutes franchise? Yes please! Better yet? Start airing old episodes, STAT!

Call me The Mayor Of Squaresville if you wanna, but riding a bike that doesn’t have brakes doesn’t sound too safe to me. Shouldn’t it be ENOUGH of a challenge to just not use the brakes on a regular bike? I guess I need to drink more SURGE! [via Lindsayism]

Not sure if this should be categorized as a perk or a punishment of my new(ish) j-o-b, but your Uncle Grambo has been watching “The View” five days a week for the last six months. Not by choice, mind you — I just happen to sit in an office with a TV that’s tuned into the show. That’s all. Anyway, while your Uncle Grambo won’t go as far as to say that I’m going to miss Rosie O’Donnell, I will say that Elizabeth Hasselbeck’s announcement that she’s preggo makes the news a lot easier to bear. Why? I’ll give you two reasons. Welcome back, Hasselbombs!

¹Come on brah, you’re 42 years old. Why are you still shaving your chest? Man up.

January 19, 2007

SNL Season 32 … REVEALED!

NUMMER’S PRE-SHOW COMMENTS

Episode 11: Jeremy Piven / AFI (1/20/07)

“We’re stuck in this piece of shit which I NOW OWN!” — Piven as Roy Cochran (”Judgement Night”, 1993)

Jeremey Piven may have finally hit it big with HBO’s “Entourage,” but I still think back to 1993’s “Judgement Night” whenever I hear his name. Piven played his character with such a sniveling and whiny quality that it actually became how I viewed the man in real life from then on. People love or hate Piven, so I’m sure most will be indifferent about this week’s episode of SNL. All I know is the regular SNL work week got tweaked since he was at the Golden Globes Monday night (Monday is traditionaly the day that week’s host meets with Lorne and cast for the first time). With this in mind and the fact that SNL couldn’t do much with the very talented Jake Gyllenhaal last week, I’m not expecting much.

Straight out of California comes AFI (aka A Fire Inside) to complete the bill. Apart from what I used to hear on Central Michigan University’s college station back in the late 1990s, I haven’t really followed this band. I do know their latest album, Decemberunderground, has gone double platinum, but if the music doesn’t live up to the hype, I’m grading down simply on the eye shadow factor with these dudes.