There’s something wonderful about reading about shows that don’t necessarily suck yet, even if you have to read Hollywood “trade” magazines to do so. Also I’ve always loved the concept of casting, matching the right actor to the right role, or the wrong one, for more hilarious results. In the wonderful world of high school theater we could spend hours putting together ideal casts for shows we weren’t even planning on doing. That’s how much I love casting (I know, I know — NERD!).

Highlights from the article:

• Tina Fey’s pilot, starring Alec Baldwin. Tina Fey is a very, very funny lady, and I kind of love her. I also enjoy being told I look like Tina Fey. So the more Tina Fey in the world, the better.
• Milo Ventimiglia (Jess from Gilmore Girls) in a show called Heroes. Does this mean he won’t be popping in to Stars Hollow to break up Logan and Rory any time soon? Because I will be pissed if he doesn’t. Also, this show isn’t a pilot for the CW (the new WB/UPN hybrid), which is huge step up for Mr. Ventimiglia.
• And at the very end of the article, a show starring Rob Corddry about a 32-year-old who lives with his parents. Former Daily Show correspondents, go forth and prosper! Demetri Martin will be the next one to make it big, mark my words.

The post claims that the pint sized morning show power house, Tony Danza, is going to be sentenced to doing remakes of Angels in the Outfield in order to clear room for Rachael Ray’s new show. Oh, and his daughter loves the gange. Yum-O!

The Best Week Ever kids have cooked up a Save Tony D petition which, though it makes no mention of 1989s cinematic masterpiece/ Matthew Perry breakout vehicle She’s Out Of Control, is all kinds of awesome.

Well, as we all saw on Wednesday’s “Project Runway”, the inevitable happened and our beloved Kara was sent back to South Africa.  I’m sure Nelson Mandela and Charlize Theron will offer her high-fives immediately upon de-planing.

The real tragedy in this, though, is that excessively artsy designer and unrepentant asshole Santino Rice is in the all-important final 3.  Despite several previous creations that have nearly given him the axe (like this one that looks like all of Germany got high and threw up), he will likely walk away with the throne.

In any case: poll time.  I’ve been trying to figure out who Santino reminds me of since the first episode and I’m still not sure I’ve got it 100%.  So far, I’ve got Serj Tankian (singer for Armenian political rock group System of a Down), Rumours-era Mick Fleetwood and Strawberry Shortcake nemesis the Purple Pieman.

(From left: Rice, Tankian, Fleetwood, Pieman) 

Anybody have any thoughts or suggestions? 

 

Sigh.  I still miss Nick.

Ha! Take that, world! Here’s a study that says that watching TV has no affect on children’s test scores. Extrapolating from that, I think we can say that watching too much TV as an adult isn’t going to rot your brain, either. Victory is ours!

Who doesn’t love the Olympics. Specifically, the figure skating, and even more specifically, the men’s figure skating. The matador costumes! The bold arm movements! The total badasses! (He’s here, he’s weir, get used to it! Oh, and he has a blog).

I expected all of my loyalties to lie with Johnny Be Good after seeing the documentary short that NBC put together on him in which he (a) wears a pinkie ring and (b) talks about how Republicans won’t like what he’s done to the bold sport of figure skating. I had no idea that a Belgian figure skater named Kevin Van Der Perren, despite breaking my rule of two names to every famous person, would steal my heart forever.

Who is this Van Der Perren, you ask? Let’s take a look at his sassy foreigner profile, in which he cites “movies” and “music” as being two of his hobbies.

Yes, you’re seeing that correctly. The VDP skated to the soundtrack to Pirates of the Caribbean. This guy:

Thanks, sean gillis!

Thinks he’s this guy:

I know it takes some doing, but once you wrap your head around it, you can totally see the resemblance. Whatever he’s selling, I’m buying. You may have come in 9th, Kevin VDP… but you won the gold medal. In my heart.