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The More You Know: So… who gets to keep the cat?

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New York Times: Thank you for the hotness

Quack.

Quack.

Y’all, with the exception of Eric Dane, who is sort of weirdly intense and piercing throughout, this video essay from the New York Times’ T Magazine is the hottest thing I’ve seen in weeks. Well, I thought that when I started watching it earlier before I went to see Watchmen and it had the Wolverine trailer in front of it. But seriously, I love everyone in this. I would like them to come to my apartment and move furniture or something.

1 comment March 9th, 2009

Monday Morning Quarterback: SNL Season 34, Episode 17

When Dwayne Johnson first hosted SNL (as The Rock) in 2000 and again in 2002, I admired his gameness and good humor, but I felt like he hammed it up slightly — that he seemed just a little too conscious of how cool it was to see a professional wrestler give this comedy thing a try (that said, the sketch with Neil Diamond advertising his album of duets with Bigfoot is an all-time great). Now that attitude has been co-opted to some degree by Justin Timberlake, who in the most recent Johnson-hosted episode contributed his latest in a series of slightly smug surprise appearances  — and Johnson, after growing into his acting career, has emerged a pretty nimble comedian.

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1 comment March 9th, 2009

The More You Know: Watch bloopers without Dick Clark or Ed McMahon

1 comment March 9th, 2009

The TV Blog Coalition

blog-coalition-graphic.jpgBuzz had a blast moderating the Chuck panel at WonderCon in San Francisco — check out her recap of the proceedings! (BuzzSugar)
Is a “bad” U2 album still better than anything else on the radio? Scooter puts that theory to the test with the release of No Line on the Horizon. (Scooter McGavin’s 9th Green)

Vance has his dukes claws up and is ready to totally defend The Bachelor‘s Jason Mesnick for dumping that harpy Melissa and getting back with Molly. Maybe it’s a guy thing (and sees nothing wrong with it), but Vance is totally ready to take this outside. (Tapeworthy)

This week, Jace took another look back at the New Romantics era by taking second look at BBC America’s Ashes to Ashes. (Televisionary)

Dan may have misgivings about musical comedy as a genre — but even he is excited about the idea of Victor Garber and Kristin Chenoweth on the new show Glee. (TiFaux)

Jennifer was shocked to see the huge ratings for Tom Selleck’s TV movie and wondered why Magnum P.I. can’t make it to the big screen. (Tube Talk)

Matt’s hidden camera inside the bedroom of Jennifer Love Hewitt proves she isn’t actually knocked up – so there must be a little Ghost Whisperer in Melinda Gordan’s future. (TV Fanatic)

Special relationship or not, we Brits get to see Lost a week or so later than our cousins across the Pond. And so, better late than never, Ben tries to make sense of The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham. (TV Spy)

Don’t miss any of March Sweep’s big TV events with our downloadable and printable March TV 2009 Calendar (The TV Addict)

1 comment March 8th, 2009

Have a nice weekend full of nightmares

Time to close out the week, and what better way to do that than with a terrifying music video made by Swedish hipsters.

This is a video for a band called Fever Ray, which is spearheaded by The Knife’s Karin Dreijer Andersson. The song is called “If I Had a Heart” and it is creepy as all get out. Making matters worse is the video by a guy named Andreas Nilsson which features a scene seemingly pulled from the aftermath of a zombie movie. It’s very artsy European avant-guard, with bizarre and haunting imagery to compliment the ominous music.

Not sure why I’m sharing this on the day before what is supposed to be a beautiful weekend — but there you have it.

Add comment March 6th, 2009

I’m in love with this stapler

Admit it — it’s going to be a slow day at work.  By 3:00 those jerks’ll be lucky if you’re not away from your desk, chugging non-dairy creamer on a dare.

Why not just settle down and watch this BBC documentary about people who are in love with objects? For starters, this lady who is in love with the Golden Gate Bridge.


Watch Married To The Eiffel Tower [Part 1] |  View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com

2 comments March 6th, 2009

The More You Know: Bad day to be a reality show star

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Tina on Jimmy. Not like that, perv.

Here’s Tina Fey on Jimmy Fallon for all y’all who missed it.  You have to skip through the first segment.

1 comment March 5th, 2009

Singin’, dancin’, and the two people who can get away with it

kristin-chenoweth-picture-1First off — let’s start with me saying that we shouldn’t get too excited. I’m a big proponent of having measured expectations (to the point where you have no expectations at all).

But, that said, there’s some very intriguing news from the folks over at FOX. Namely, that Kristin Chenoweth and Victor Garber have been tapped for recurring roles on an upcoming musical comedy called Glee.

In general, I hate musicals.  And I hate musical comedies. It’s one of those gay genes that got lost along the way, like my predilection for gourmet foods and flair for interior design (when it comes to decorating my new apartment, it’s been pretty tough. My roommate and I — we’re very nice people, but we have no taste.).  I suppose it’s due to the fact that I’m so picky about my music that just any schmuck breaking out into song won’t be enough to appease me. And, also, musical comedy singers tend to have that affected, show bizzy voice that just gives me hives.

But Garber and Chenoweth are two folks who can get away with it, I think.

During my brief stint watching Eli Stone, I definitely didn’t mind seeing Victor Garber do the song and dance routine. Perhaps it’s because he doesn’t have the self-satisfied, indulgent quality that I associate with musical theater.And, after her stint on Pushing Daisies, all Kristin Chenoweth has to do is plunk down her tiny ass on a barstool and start singing and I’m instantly charmed.

The show, according to Michael Ausiello, centers on the “worst high school glee club in America.” Michael says that the advanced buzz is good, meaning it will probably follow the Pushing Daisies/Arrested Development model of “critically beloved but commercially lacking.”

The good news, though, is that it could start as soon as this May! Let’s not heap too much hope on it (remember Viva Laughlin?), but doesn’t at least feel good to look forward to a new series?

1 comment March 5th, 2009

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