Archive for November, 2010
COURTNEY LOVE: STILL CRAZY!
Nov 30th
Hey everyone!
Apologies for the limited posts over the last couple of days – we’ve been crazy busy – but we have some exciting news to announce soon regarding our sister site Angry Trainer Fitness. So watch this space.
With all we’ve got going on at the moment I’m a little behind on my shows – and one that’s been sat on my DVR for ages now is Oxygen’s new docu-soap Running Russell Simmons. But when I saw this clip – oh boy, I knew we had to post it!
Check out Courtney Love‘s recent appearance on the reality show where the Hole front-woman proves she’s still got the nuttiness going on! Courtney arrives for a meeting with Simmons an HOUR early and then proceeds to spew utter nonsense and live in her own little world – totally oblivious to everything and everyone around her.
Courtney is meeting to discuss plans for a potential reality show called Rock Chicks. The series sounds pretty generic – but with Courtney in charge you just know it’s going to be fantastic! However somehow I don’t think any network would move forward on a show with such a loose cannon on board. But that’s not stopping Courtney – More >
NEW TRAILER: GAME OF THRONES
Nov 29th
Here’s the just released latest sneak peek for one of the most eagerly anticipated new shows of 2011 – Game of Thrones, the medieval epic that’ll be hitting HBO screens in Spring 2011.
We’ve featured a few clips from Thrones before, but just to remind you, the series is based on a series of bestselling books by George R.R. Martin and stars Sean Bean (The Lord of the Rings trilogy), Mark Addy (The Full Monty) and Peter Dinklage (Death At A Funeral).
Personally I’m still not massively feeling the show – but I do think it will be a big hit for HBO. Following the huge success of The Walking Dead it seems to me that shows that are a little out of the box – and have a cinematic feel – are destined for big success. I think Thrones may be a bit too male skewing for Dead like numbers but who knows… lots of women out there seem to love Spartacus…
But what do you think? Are you liking the look of Game of Thrones… and how do you think it’ll fare?
THE FLINTSTONES CIGARETTE COMMERCIAL!
Nov 28th
No wonder they smoke so much on Mad Men!
Check out this vintage cigarette commercial from 1962 that’s doing the rounds today (although it was actually posted a while back)
Yep, that really is The Flintstones plugging Winston’s Cigarettes… can you believe it? Imagine if the DIsney Channel today featured their teen favorites lighting up and recommending their favorite brands…
The advert actually reminds me of the Racist Looney Tunes cartoon we ran a while back…. times sure have changed…
Check the clip out here… and get ready to shake your head!
WHY DOES E! HATE WOMEN?
Nov 26th
Check out the trailer for Bridalplasty, coming this Sunday to E!
Yep, this is a real show broadcast for a real network – and here’s the concept. 12 brides move into a mansion in LA competing to win a celebrity style dream wedding and major plastic surgery – so they can look their very best for their big day! Hosting the show is Shanna Moakler (aka the ex Mrs Travis Barker) and the series is produced by 51 Minds, the company behind such shows as Rock of Love, I Love Money and Charm School.
Now full disclosure here! I came up with a competition show of my own earlier in the year in which contestants would compete for a cosmetic surgery makeover. But my format was rather gentler – with the winning contestant being given the choice between surgery and something more substantial (e.g. college tuition) and my aim was to show some growth along the way. But that said I certainly planned plenty of crazy games and bitchiness so I’m not going to pretend I’m holier than thou on the reality front (I did once make a contestant undergo a live colonic irrigation!)
I’m also a big fan of many of the 51 More >
SNEAK PEEK: GLEE – BLAINE IS BACK!
Nov 26th
Sometimes a character just instantly takes off with the public – and boy, has Glee struck gold this season!
I am of course referring to Blaine, Kurt’s gay mentor who took approximately 3 minutes of screen time, singing a certain Katy Perry song, to become an instant fan favorite.
Seriously, it’s pretty stunning how much press coverage Blaine / Darren Criss has received over the last couple of weeks. With Teenage Dream now officially the fastest selling Glee song ever (take that Don’t Stop Believing!) it’s no wonder Criss is set to become a regular cast member.
Personally I’m thrilled. As you know I’ve had my issues with the character of Kurt over the last few months, but Blaine is a fantastic role model for gay kids across America – likable, smart and also sexy (like many gay men on TV, Kurt is kind of asexual)
Well now Blaine is back with another song and he’s taking on Train’s summer smash, Hey Soul Sister. Personally I don’t think it’s quite as good as Teenage Dream, but I’d far rather listen to this track as opposed to anything from last week’s tone deaf episode!
GLEE’S ARTIE: BEFORE HE WAS BIG!
Nov 24th
You know him best as whiny, wheelchair bound Artie Abrams on Glee (probably my least favorite character on the Fox show)
But you may or may not know that actor Kevin McHale had a whole OTHER musical career before his Glee days.
Kevin used to be part of a boyband called NLT (which stands for Not Like Them) a fairly unsuccessful outfit that also featured the Perez Hilton protege Travis Garland.
NLT released four singles in total and they pretty much all bombed. But the videos still live on online and show a whole other side of McHale that’s pretty much never seen on the Fox high school musical…
Personally I can kind of see why the songs never took off – they’re totally forgettable and generic – and the first video is a pure N*Sync rip off. But what do you think? Bland boy band pop – or do you see something special?
Start weighing in all you Gleeks…!
QUICK TAKE: GLEE ‘FURT’
Nov 24th
And this is why guest stars aren’t always a good mix for Glee…
Just one week after Gwyneth Paltrow’s triumphant appearance on Fox’s high school musical, Glee last night introduced us to Sue Sylvester’s Nazi-hunting mother, played by comedy icon Carol Burnett. Except you really wouldn’t know Carol was a famous comedienne given that she couldn’t muster a single laugh – or even a smile – last night. Honestly Burnett’s whole performance and story line were totally flat. Which pretty much sums up the episode as a whole really, definitely one of the worst Glee episodes to date.
And wouldn’t you know it – guess who wrote the script – show creator Ryan Murphy. I’ve talked about Ryan several times here on Remote Patrolled as it really does seem that he’s the show’s weakest creative link – responsible for the worst episodes of the series to date (the Britney special, the Laryngitis episode, the appearance of the Acafellas). Murphy’s heart is in the right place but his writing is horribly heavy handed (I use the phrase ‘after school special’ a lot when reviewing Murphy’s episodes). Plus he lacks the ability to tell good ideas from bad and often pursues truly ridiculous plot lines that More >
UNDERCOVER BOSS: THE WORLD’S WORST EMPLOYEE!
Nov 23rd
Oh boy – how much do I hate this girl!
Check out Jessi, a no-nonsense Subway worker who put this week’s ‘Undercover Boss‘ through his paces on Sunday’s edition of the CBS reality show.
I must admit I’m not a huge ‘Boss’ fan as I normally find it horribly contrived and fake – but I have a feeling Jessi is the real deal as let’s face it we’ve all worked for people like this in our ‘McJobbing’ days…
Jessi is so condescending, rude, arrogant and downright mean I’m surprised the boss in question didn’t stop filming and fire her on the spot. I certainly wouldn’t want someone like this working for my company. She’s a nasty bully and the epitome of the ambitious, back-stabbing and bitchy corporate climber…
See if you can resist the urge to slap her…
I’M A CELEBRITY: GILLIAN’S FAINTING FITS!
Nov 23rd
Here’s one for all our non-UK readers…
Check out this clip from Sunday’s night’s LIVE episode of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here in which neurotic nutritionist Gillian McKeith FAINTS after being picked by the public to take part in a Bushtucker trial!
It’s actually NOT the first time Gillian has collapsed on the show – she did exactly the same thing about a week ago during another trial. Which does beg the question – ‘Why on earth would you go on a reality show full of bugs and Fear Factor like challenges?’
For those of you who don’t know who Gillian is, she made her name hosting the Brit food show ‘You Are What You Eat’, part of which famously involved Gillian sifting through people’s poo! She was then hit with controversy after the British medical community turned on her for shaky nutritional advice. And had to stop calling herself ‘Dr’ Gillian McKeith since her PhD wasn’t from an accredited college.
You get the idea – she’s kind of a flake! And the British public have responded accordingly – putting McKeith up for every Bushtucker trial so far (in the same way that Katie Price bore the brunt of public distaste last season). Now More >
FIRST LOOK: THE CAPE
Nov 22nd
Here’s an early peak at NBC’s latest superhero series, The Cape, the new show filling the Monday night at 9 slot while The Event takes a break (and licks its wounds!)
The Cape follows Vince Faraday, an ordinary cop framed for murder by billionaire Peter Fleming and believed dead by the authorities. Vince goes to ground and is rescued by a circus ringleader who prepares him with special powers to use against his foes. Unable to reveal his true identity for the safety of his wife and son, Vince takes on the persona of his kid’s favorite superhero, The Cape. Adventure and crime fighting and adventure ensue… Somehow though I doubt the ratings will!
Is it just me or does The Cape seem awfully old-fashioned – like a reject from the 1980′s. Sure the cast features genre favorites like Summer Glau (The Sarah Connor Chronicles) and James Frain (aka Franklin, the best thing about True Blood season 3). And NBC did have success in this same time slot with Heroes 4 years back… but just look at how ABC’s similarly themed No Ordinary Family is faring. Sci fi and fantasy are a tough sell for network TV in general and given NBC’s ratings More >
