In this post-Jericho era, any network executive or TV producer who’s just signed off on a potentially unpopular change now expects to spend their next day at the office buried underneath an avalanche of foodstuffs delivered by protesting viewers who now believe that even the most stubborn of minds can be changed with a metric [...]
Oct
18
Mass Delusions: Fans Still Believe Cute Food Deliveries Can Sway TV Decisions
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Oct
18
IggyGate: An Unraveled Ellen Cancels Taping Over Iggy-Related Anxiety
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Keeping true to her word that she wouldn’t speak out again on the Iggy matter (a 48 Hours-style summation above courtesy of Access Hollywood) until the rescue was returned to what she deemed to be its rightful owners, Ellen DeGeneres opted to cancel today’s taping entirely–a vivid indication of just how distraught she is over [...]
Oct
18
TV Repeats: Rebecca Romijn is a publicist’s dream: spend …
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Rebecca Romijn is a publicist’s dream: spend a few minutes to rehearse an amusing talk-show anecdote and its accompanying hand gestures, and she’ll execute them flawlessly every time. [HuffPo]
Oct
18
Political Endorsements: The John Kerry Movie Club Picks ‘In The Valley of Elah’ As October’s Best Iraq War Drama
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We had no idea that former presidential candidate John Kerry offers a movie recommendation service, but a subscriber who’s already ponying up the $9.95 monthly fee to receive the Senator’s film picks has let us know that he’s somewhat predictably followed previous selections of blockbuster eco-thrillers An Inconvenient Truth and the Eleventh Hour with another [...]
Oct
18
Today In Passings: Last surviving Rat Packer Joey Bishop, and …
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Last surviving Rat Packer Joey Bishop, and Deborah Kerr, From Here to Eternity’s sand-resistant love interest, have both passed on, at ages 89 and 86 respectively. We’d roll out our Rule of Threes shtick, but Teresa Brewer, a 1950s singer we’ve never heard of, has died too, meaning Mickey Rooney, Andy Dick, and the rest [...]