Browsing all articles from November, 2008

‘the Office’ Spin-Off Takes Shape

It turns out the Office Spin-Off isn’t so much an Office spin-off after all. Ready to have your brains scrambled? Rashida Jones (Jim’s ex Karen Filippelli) has signed on to the yet untitled project, but her character will be named Ann Logan, a nurse whoseContinue reading

Britney Calls K-Fed a Mistake

News flash at 11, K-Fed was a mistake, I repeat. Britney Spears says K-Fed was a mistake. This should be labeled most redundant statement of the year. In a new 90-minute MTV documentary entitled Britney: For the Record, she says “I think I married forContinue reading

Is ‘Pushing Daisies’ Facing Premature Death?

ABC’s Pushing Daisies recently closed out filming its 13th episode. That is a rather unspectacular event unless you consider that industry sources say more episodes are not planned to be ordered. Both ABC spokesman and series creator Bryan Fuller say the word from on highContinue reading

Making a Case for Ticket Brokers

The collective ignorance in this world baffles me to no end and unfortunately it only seems to grow by the day. Today I ran across this soapbox piece by Judith Lisi, CEO and President of the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, stumping about the collectiveContinue reading

Entourage: Vince Gets Fired

Grade: C- | Genre: DramaSummary: So another episode ends with less hope than when it began. The taste of mediocrity is nasty and disappointing. It stays with you for weeks on end while the writers keep serving this dish up like its filet mignon. CanContinue reading

Quantum of Solace

Grade: B+ | Genre: Action/AdventureSummary: In a time when we are battling wars abroad while dealing with the interminable credit crisis that seems to cinch Americans tighter by the day, its nice to check-in to Bond’s world for a couple hours where the most direContinue reading

John Legend Expands Evolver Tour

Neo-soul brother John Legend has tacked on a second leg to his Evolver tour mere days before starting the initial round of dates in Minneapolis on 11/19. The second leg starts January 12 in Oakland with Estelle opening and winds its way through the beginningContinue reading

Led Zeppelin to Tour Without Plant?

The most highly anticipated tour in decades is forming as we speak. Led Zeppelin used the vaulted reunion show at London’s O2 last year to announce plans for a full-out tour. One small catch. It won’t include Robert Plant. That is basically like making aContinue reading

Utah Bans ‘Zack & Miri’s Porno’

As if it weren’t hard enough to make a porno these days with slippery financing and finding out your leading lady Holly Hooters has a venereal disease, it seems if you live in Salt Lake City you can’t even view it. Utah’s Megaplex theater ownerContinue reading