My Predictions for 2010

Happy New Year, Folks!!

We are about to enter the second decade of the 21st century.
I hope that 2010 will be a better year for everyone in the world

My Predictions for 2010:

• the American economy will get back to its strong shape
• Every unemployed American will be working again
• There will be an end to wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and all our troops will come back home
• Osama Bin Laden will be found if his whereabouts are known
• MTV will play music videos during the day
• "Jersey Shore", "The Hills", and "Family Guy" will be cancelled
• Someone who doesn't dress like Adam Lambert will win "American Idol"
• NBC will somehow get out of fourth place in the prime time ratings
• The Golden Globes will be fun to watch again
• "Glee" will win an Emmy award
• Kim Kardashian will move out of the United States and never come back
• Fewer reality shows
• Radio stations will cut back on playing Lady Gaga twice an hour
• Fewer celebrity deaths
• Fewer celebrity arrests
• More people watching broadcast television instead of twittering
• "Gossip Girl" will go off the air for good
• Paparazzi will stop harassing celebrities for pictures
• Kanye West will leave Taylor Swift alone
• People will text less and pay attention more
• Conan O' Brien will get fired off "The Tonight Show" and Jay Leno will return to 11:30pm
• Jessica Simpson will date people who are not atheletes
• Fewer celebrity sex scandals
• Hannah Montana will leave the music scene
• Everybody will exercise and lose weight more
• Some cable channels will be free to those who don't have cable
• People will get tired of "Twilight"
• No more hoaxes to get attention
• More Homer Simpson and less Cleveland Brown
• More blogs
• People will volunteer in their community
• Planet Earth will be a cleaner and greener place to live
• Less Paris Hilton
• Less Britney Spears
• Less Lindsay Lohan
• Soul Train returning to television
• David Letterman will keep quiet about his past loves
• Oakland Raiders will win some NFL games

For Me in 2010, I will have a regular job, some money, a girl I can hangout with, and always good health and good wishes. I can't wait to bring more exciting things in the new year. Have a safe and healthy 2010...now go exercise (that's my new year's resolution). Take care!

Remembering the Celebrities We Lost in 2009

As 2009 draws to a close and a new year arrives, I like to pay tribute to the celebrities we lost in 2009:

Walter Cronkite, anchor of the CBS Evening News from 1962 to 1981. He was dubbed "The Most Trusted Man in America" He worked with CBS for over 50 years.
The historic news events during Cronkite's run on the CBS Evening News: The assasination of JFK in 1963, the Vietnam War, the Watergate Scandal in 1973. He did election coverage for the network.

Senator Ted Kennedy was a political lion. The Kennedy family had suffered losses of family members over the years. John F. Kennedy died in 1963, John F. Kennedy, Jr. in 1999, Jackie Onassis in 1994, and Eunice Kennedy in 2009.

Patrick Swayze made women swoon when he starred in the 1987 movie, "Dirty Dancing". He also starred in movie hits "Ghost", "Red Dawn" and "To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar".

The music world was shocked to hear the passing of "the King of Pop"-Michael Jackson. MJ changed the face of music forever with million sellers--"Beat It", "Thriller", "Bad" and "Billie Jean". He started singing with his brothers in the early 1970s--the Jackson 5. He inspired millions of dancers with his famous moonwalk and other dances. Jackson's music videos were events and must see.

Les Paul, guitarist, inspired many guitarists. His guitar playing was unlike any other. Gibson makes the famous guitars named after him. He had recording hits with his then wife Mary Ford in the early 1950s.

John Hughes directed movie classics from the 1980s: "The Breakfast Club", "Pretty in Pink" and "Sixteen Candles". Those movies were popular with teens in the '80s.

Natasha Richardson, famed Broadway and movie actress, delighted audiences with her beauty, her personality and her singing.

Farrah Fawcett died on the same day as Michael Jackson. She made a name for herself when she starred in the 1970s television series, "Charlie's Angels". Her famous poster made teenage boys and men fall in love with her. In 1983, she starred in the classic television movie "The Burning Bed" where she played an abused wife and mother. In the final years of her life, she suffered from cancer. Fans and celebrity friends prayed for her recovery. She was married to actor Ryan O' Neal.

Ed McMahon was Johnny Carson's sidekick and announcer on the "Tonight Show" from 1962 to 1992. He hosted a talent show titled "Star Search" that introduced us to some of today's hottest stars, Brittney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake, Rosie O' Donnell, Brad Garrett, Dave Chappelle, Drew Carey, Martin Lawrence and many others.

David Carradine starred in the classic television series "Kung Fu". He also starred in Quentin Taratino's "Kill Bill" movies.

Bea Arthur made us laugh as Maude in the 1970s and Dorothy on the "Golden Girls" in the 1980s.

Last week, we were shocked to hear the passing of actress Brittany Murphy at the age of 32. She got her big break in the movie "Clueless". She played Eminem's girlfriend in the 2001 movie "8 Mile". She was the voice of Luann on the animated TV show "King of the Hill"

These talented people will be sorely missed but their work will live on forever. We will always remember them whenever we watched them on TV or listened to their songs on the radio. Let's hope 2010 will have fewer celebrity deaths.

Have a safe and happy new year!!!

R.I.P. BRITTANY MURPHY 1977-2009

Today, the entertainment world has lost a wonderful young actress. Brittany Murphy passed away this morning at the age of 32. She starred in many movies and television shows. Her film credits include: "Clueless", "8 Mile", and "Little Black Book". Television viewers may know her as the voice of Luanne on "King of the Hill". My condolences are with her family. Her fans are very shocked after learning the news of her untimely death. It's so close to Christmas and the news of another celebrity death just broke out. We will miss you...Brittany Murphy

Merry Christmas, Everyone

Golden Globes & Tiger Woods

Happy Holidays, Everyone!

Christmas is one week away...yay!!

I have an opinion and a complaint about the whole Tiger Woods sex scandal. In case, you haven't heard, Tiger has given up golf for a while to get his life back together after all his marital problems with his wife over other women. Reports claiming that Tiger Woods is a sex addict is way out whack. Who would want to picture Tiger Woods a sex machine...come on!. This is the world's greatest golfer, people. Every news channel I've been watching seems to be focused on Tiger Woods and all his alleged mistresses. The last count is...14. I wish the media would leave Tiger alone and give him his privacy. When Tiger feels ready to talk about his situation, he will talk but in the meantime, Tiger needs some privacy and I wish the media would respect his family's privacy. I hope that the Tiger Woods situation gets a happy ending so Tiger can come back to the golf course and everyone can watch him. Golf without Tiger Woods would be more boring than Christmas without snow. Please let Tiger concentrate on getting his life back on track.

The Golden Globes nominations were announced. It's award season already?
Some good shows and good actors get nods while others get snubbed.
I'll break down the major categories and tell you who will win and who should win

Let's start with the Movie Categories

Best Picture Drama
Will Win: "Avatar"
Should Win: "Avatar"

Best Picture Musical or Comedy
Will Win: "Nine"
Should Win: "Nine"

Best Actor Drama:
Will Win: George Clooney-"Up in the Air"
Should Win: Morgan Freeman-"Invictus"

Best Actress Drama:
Will Win: Sandra Bullock-"The Blind Side"
Should Win: Gabourey Sidibe (try saying that name 3 times fast)-"Precious"

Best Actor Musical or Comedy
Will Win: Matt Damon-"The Informant!"
Should Win: Daniel Day Lewis-"Nine"

Best Actress Musical or Comedy
Will Win: Marion Cotillard-"Nine"
Should Win: Meryl Streep-"Julie & Julia"

Supporting Actor
Will Win: Matt Damon-"The Informant!"
Should Win: Christoph Waltz-"Inglorious Basterds"

Supporting Actress
Will Win: Penelope Cruz-"Nine"
Should Win: Mo'Nique-"Precious"

Animated Movie
Will Win: "Up"
Should Win: "The Princess and the Frog" (#1 movie last weekend)

Television Category

Drama Series
Will Win: "Mad Men"
Should Win: "House"

Actress Drama Series
Will Win: Glenn Close-"Damages"
Should Win: Anna Paquin-"True Blood"

Actor Drama Series
Will Win: Jon Hamm, "Mad Men"
Should Win: Simon Baker, "The Mentalist"

Musical or Comedy Series
Will Win: "30 Rock"
Should Win: "Glee"

Actor Musical or Comedy
Will Win: Alec Baldwin-"30 Rock"
Should Win: Matthew Morrison-"Glee"

Actress Musical or Comedy
Will Win: Tina Fey-"30 Rock"
Should Win: Lea Michele-"Glee"

Supporting Actress-Series, Miniseries, or Movie
Will Win: Jane Lynch-"Glee"
Should Win: Jane Lynch-"Glee"

Supporting Actor-Series, Miniseries, or Movie
Will Win: Neil Patrick Harris-"How I Met Your Mother"
Should Win: Neil Patrick Harris-"How I Met Your Mother"

Martin Scorsese will receive the Cecil B. DeMille Achievement Award

The awards will be given out and winners will be announced on Sunday January 17, 2010 live on NBC and the show will be hosted by Ricky Gervais--he should host all the good award shows.
Don't Miss It!!

That's all for now...Have a safe and happy holiday season

Good night!

Thanksgiving. Tiger, White House Party Crashers and Grammy

Hey everyone, how was your Thanksgiving weekend? Mine was good and fun...the day after Thanksgiving I went shopping. Who would be crazy enough to get up at 4am and hunt for some good bargains? I found a coat, jogging pants, jogging top, some socks and a pair of pants. It was good.

Now...My thoughts on the Tiger Woods scandal.
When I first heard that Tiger Woods was involved in a car accident last Friday, I thought "Oh please not again...a celebrity has passed away." He had a slight injury when his wife busted his car window with a golf club to bail him out of the car. Woods got a citation from the Florida State Police for drunk driving so he has to pay for that trouble. The last few days there have been reports that Tiger had been cheating on his wife with other women. Of course, I know that those allegations are not true. Let's hope that Tiger won't get in trouble with his wife because that will be a devastating blow to his billion dollar empire. The scandal has not put his endorsement deals in jeopardy which may be a good thing. The last athlete who was involved in a sex scandal--Kobe Bryant--lost many of his endorsement deals. Now, he is a changed man--his team, the Los Angeles Lakers won the NBA championship in 2009. I hope things will get better for Tiger so he can get back on the golf course and wow us with his golf playing.

I've been shocked by the news of a couple who want their own reality show crashing a dinner party at the White House. They were not on the invite list and sneaked past security. The Secret Service should have handled the situation and turned them away. The couple got in anyway and hobnobbed with the President. The couple should be arrested and charged with trespassing and locked away in jail to teach them the error of their ways. The couple's dreams of getting their own reality show should be shattered to smithereens.

Earlier tonight, the Grammy Awards nominations were announced.

Song of the Year
"Pokerface"-Lady Gaga
"Pretty Wings"-Maxwell
"Single Ladies"-Beyonce
"You Somebody"-Kings of Leon
"You Belong with Me"-Taylor Swift

Best Pop Duo or Group with Vocals
Black Eyed Peas
Bon Jovi
The Fray
Hall & Oates
MGMT

Best Rock Album
"Black Ice"-AC/DC
"Live from Madison Square Garden"-Steve Winwood & Eric Clapton
"21 st Century Breakdown"-Green Day

Best Rap Solo Performance
Eminem
Drake
Jay-Z
Kid Cudi
Mos Def

Best Country Duo or Group with Vocals
Brooks & Dunn
Zac Brown Band
Lady Antebellum
Sugarland
Rascal Flatts

Record of the Year
Beyonce-"Halo"
Black Eyed Peas-"I've Got A Feeling"
Kings of Leon-"You Somebody"
Lady Gaga-"Pokerface"
Taylor Swift-"You Belong with Me"

Album of the Year
Beyonce-"I Am Sasha Fierce
Black Eyed Peas
Lady Gaga
Dave Matthews Band
Taylor Swift-"Fearless"


The Grammy Awards will be handed out on January 31, 2010 on CBS

What do you think of the nominations?

Who should have been nominated?

Tell me what you think

Talk to you later

American Music Awards 2009

The 2009 American Music Awards were held at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles. Music fans all over America chose the winners.

Opening Performance: Janet Jackson performed all her greatest hits including “Miss You Much”, “Nasty” and “Control”.

Winners:

Favorite Pop Rock Band/Duo/Group: The Black Eyed Peas

Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group: Rascal Flatts

Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist: Taylor Swift

Favorite Alternative Rock Band: Green Day

Favorite Soul/ R & B Male Artist: Michael Jackson

Favorite Country Male Artist: Keith Urban

Favorite Soul/ R & B Female Artist: Beyonce

T-Mobile Breakthrough Artist: Gloriana

Favorite Country Female Artist: Taylor Swift

Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist: Michael Jackson

Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Male Artist: Jay Z

Artist of the Year: Taylor Swift

International Artist of the Year: Whitney Houston

Big Winners:

Taylor Swift-5 AMAs

Michael Jackson-4 AMAs

Performances:

Daughtry

Shakira

Keith Urban

Kelly Clarkson (“Already Gone”)

Jay Z & Alicia Keys Duet-“New York”

The Black Eyed Peas

Carrie Underwood (“Cowboy Casanova”)

Lady Gaga (“Bad Romance”)

Mary J. Blige

Alicia Keys Solo

Duet-Eminem & 50 Cent-Profanity laced lyrics were beeped out by ABC

Green Day-“21 Guns”

Highlights:

• Rihanna’s triumphant return to the stage after her abusive relationship with Chris Brown to promote her album “Rated R”

• Whitney Houston’s return to the stage with her new hit “Million Dollar Baby” from her new #1 album

• Jennifer Lopez’s performance in which she slipped but made it through in front of a live audience

• Jermaine Jackson accepted 2 awards on behalf of his late brother Michael

Closing Performance:

Adam Lambert’s performance got ABC in hot water after receiving more than a thousand complaints. The American Idol runner up performed a song from his debut album that is out now in stores. Not everyone was impressed by Lambert’s shocking performance. He kissed a man on live television, grabbed his crotch, and did something disgusting that was in poor taste. Mr. Lambert’s shocking behavior may hurt his career and ruined his chances of winning a Grammy. ABC did the right thing by canceling Lambert’s performance on Good Morning America. If he did something like that when he was on Idol, he would have been voted off. It is a good thing that he lost. I will not be buying Mr. Lambert’s album or listen to any of his songs. Let’s hope that in the new season of Idol someone can just act a star and not like a reject from “Twilight”.

Ten Reasons "Gossip Girl" Should Be Cancelled

1. The female lead characters Blair Waldorf and Serena Van Der Woodsen are very negatively influence young girls

2. Excessive sex scenes

3. Jenny Humphrey is showing too much cleavage

4. Promoting teen sexuality

5. Characters shown drinking, partying and doing drugs excessively

6. Encouragement of bullying among school girls

7. The CW promoting the show way too many times and ignoring "Smallville"

8. Parents' warnings of their kids not watching the show ignored

9. The threesome episode is the final straw

10. Chuck Bass is not a good role model for teenage boys

Sex Scandals

There are sex scandals recently involving late night talk show David Letterman and ESPN baseball analyst Steve Phillips. Their stories are different.

Someone extorted $2 million out of David Letterman for his affairs with female staff members. Letterman took it in stride. He talked about his situation on his show and his ratings suddenly shoot up. The extortionist was arrested and accused of extorting famous people. Letterman convinced his audience that he was not having sex with female staff members. Somehow, I think Letterman is in hot water with his wife when she finds out about this. For our sake, I wish Letterman would stop talking about his personal business in front of America. Hopefully, this scandal will be far from over. More female staff members, past and present, may come up with claims that Letterman sexually harassed them.

Another scandal involved Steve Phillips, an analyst for ESPN who is married and his mistress, 22 years old and a production assistant. Luckily, there is a positive result: Phillips and the production assistant lost their jobs. The young lady threatened his wife.

Should David Letterman be fired from his late night show?

Do you think ESPN did the right thing of firing Phillips and his mistress?

Leave me some comments.

Happy Halloween!!!

Balloon Boy Hoax

Recently, a family in Colorado made a fool out of the entire nation by claiming that their 6-year-old son was kidnapped and flew away in a balloon. At first, I thought it was real and I was glued to the television when news broke out of a missing child. I realized that the whole thing was a hoax. I was not laughing and neither the entire nation. The family was using the kidnapping to get attention. They want their own reality show. Has this world gone crazy? We had enough reality shows involving children. It’s time to put an end to this type of reality television. First, the Gosselins then the Kardashians and now the Heenies. This madness must stop.

The Heenie Family must apologize to the nation for causing all this trouble and trying to scare away viewers who watch scripted television. The kids have been coaxed by their parents to be part of this scheme. I am happy to hear that the parents will end up behind bars and the kids will be in custody of the grandparents.

I urge you to stop watching reality shows that involve children because it gives anyone ideas. This hoax will be the most talked about story of the year.

What do you think?

Should the parents go to jail for faking a kidnapping?

Emmy Awards 2009

The 61^st annual Primetime Emmy Awards were broadcast live on CBS at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles. Neil Patrick Harris, star of “How I Met Your Mother” which is on CBS hosted the awards show and he did it with class, flair, and ease. He was a fun host. He opened the show with a musical number titled “Put Down the Remote” and I learned that he doesn’t watch the news. Yeah, I agree even in hard economic times that you don’t want to watch the news for some negative news.

The awards are divided into genres to make it easy for the viewers to keep track of who won. I hoped that “Family Guy” wouldn’t have a prayer of winning an Emmy for Best Comedy Series. Why in the world would the television academy honor a show that is distasteful, uncomfortable, unfunny and annoying? “Family Guy” needs to be cancelled and never show up on the airwaves again.

Comedy Awards

Presenters: Tina Fey (“30 Rock”) & Jon Hamm (“Mad Men”)

Category: Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Winner: Kristen Chenoweth (“Pushing Daisies”)-no longer on the air!!

Presenters: Neil’s co-stars from “How I Met Your Mother”

Category: Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

Winner: Matt Hubbard-30 Rock, “Reunion”

Presenters: Julia Louis Dreyfus (“The New Adventures of Old Christine”) & Amy Poehler (“Parks and Recreation”)

Category: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Winner: Jon Cryer-“Two and a Half Men”

Presenter: Justin Timberlake

Category: Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Winner: Toni Collette-“The United States of Tara”

Presenters: Blake Lively & Leighton Meester (“Gossip Girl”)

Creative Arts Emmy Awards for Outstanding Guest Actor & Actress in a Comedy Series

Winners: Tina Fey & Justin Timberlake-“Saturday Night Live”

Category: Directing in a Comedy Series

Winner: Jeffrey Blitz-The Office, “Stress Relief”

Presenter: Rob Lowe (“Brothers & Sisters”)

Category: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Winner: Alec Baldwin-“30 Rock”

Reality Emmy Awards

Maksim & Karina from “Dancing with the Stars” performed a hot and steamy dance number that gave me goose bumps.

Presenters: Jon Cryer (Emmy winner for “Two and a Half Men”) & Hayden Pantierre (“Heroes”)

Category: Outstanding Reality Host

Winner: Jeff Probst-“Survivor”

Presenter: Tracy Morgan (“30 Rock”)

Category: Best Reality Competition Show

Winner: It’s no surprise—“The Amazing Race”

Mini Series & TV Movie Emmy Awards

Presenters: Kevin Bacon & Kyra Sedgwick (Husband & wife—Kyra stars in the TNT series “The Closer”)

Category: Supporting Actress in a TV Mini Series or Movie

Winner: Shokrel Agashdloo

Category: Supporting Actor in a TV Mini Series or Movie

Winner: Ken Howard-“Grey Gardens”

Presenters: Kate Walsh (“Private Practice”) & Chandra Wilson (“Grey’s Anatomy”)

Category: Best Actor in a TV Mini Series or Movie

Winner: Brendan Gleeson-“Into the Storm”

Presenters: Jennifer Love Hewitt (“Ghost Whisperer”) & Patricia Arquette (“Medium”) are on CBS every Friday night

Category: Outstanding Writing in a TV Mini Series or Movie

Winner: Andrew Davis-“Little Doret”

Category: Outstanding Mini Series

Winner: “Little Doret”

Category: Lead Actress in a TV Mini Series or Movie

Winner: Jessica Lange-“Grey Gardens”

Presenters: Kiefer Sutherland (“24”) & Anna Torv (“Fringe”)

Category: Outstanding TV Movie

Winner: “Grey Gardens”

Variety Show Emmy Awards

Presenters: Kaley Cuoco, Jim Parsons & Johnny Galecki-“Big Bang Theory”

Category:Outstanding Directing in a Variety Series or Special

Winner: Bruce Gowers-“American Idol”

Category: Outstanding Writing Team in a Variety Series

Winner: “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”

Presenter: Jimmy Fallon (“Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”)

Category: Original Music & Lyrics

Winner: 81^st Annual Academy Awards-Hugh Jackman Opening Number

Presenter: Ricky Gervais (His new film, “The Invention of Lying” is now playing in theatres)

Category: Outstanding Variety, Comedy or Music Series

Winner: “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”

Drama Emmy Awards

Presenters: L.L. Cool J & Chris O’Donnell (“NCIS: Los Angeles”)

Category: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Winner: Michael Emerson-“Lost”

Category: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Winner: Cherry Jones-“24”

Presenters: Stephen Moyer & David Boreanaz (“Bones”)

Category: Outstanding Guest Actor & Actress in a Drama Series

Winners: Michael J. Fox & Ellen Burstyn

Category: Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series

Winner: Rod Holocomb-ER

Category: Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series

Winner: “Mad Men”

Presenter: Simon Baker (“The Mentalist”)

Category: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Winner: Glenn Close-“Damages”

Presenter: Dana Delany (“Desperate Housewives”)

Category: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Winner: Bryan Cranston-“Breaking Bad”

The final two big awards of the night

Outstanding Comedy Series presented by a television legend Bob Newhart still looking good in his seventies.

Winner: “30 Rock”

Sigourney Weaver presented the final award Outstanding Drama Series and the winner is “Mad Men”

Other highlights of the show:

• A bit involving a woman who was seated behind two tall men finding a better seat to enjoy the show

• An appearance by the President of NATAS-John Shaffer

• What’s an award show without a tribute to those who passed away since the last Emmy telecast? Sarah MacLahan sang the poignant “I Will Remember You”

• A joke about broadcast television going out of business for good

Overall, the show was fun, entertaining, and uplifting from the last year’s show. The fans voted “True Blood” as their favorite breakthrough performance on TV. Congrats to all the winners. See you next year at the 2010 Primetime Emmys

Dancing with the Stars Season 9 Cast

Hey folks, here are the competitors and their professional partners taking part in the ninth season of "Dancing with the Stars" that starts September 21st on ABC.

Aaron Carter & Karina Smirnoff

Natalie Coughlin & Alec Mazo

Mark Dacascos & Lacey Schwimmer

Tom DeLay & Cheryl Burke

Macy Gray & Jonathan Roberts

Ashley Hamilton & Edyta Sliwinska

Melissa Joan Hart & Mark Ballas

Kathy Ireland & Tony Dovolani

Michael Irvin & Anna Demidova

Joanna Krupa & Derek Hough

Chuck Liddell & Anna Trebunskaya

Debi Mazar & Maksim Chmerkovskiy

Mya & Dmitry Chaplin

Kelly Osbourne & Louis Van Amstel

Donny Osmond & Kym Johnson

Lou Vito & Chelsie Hightower

Who will burn up the dance floor? and who will have two left feet

What a large cast...Who could go all the way?

Please leave some comments..i do like it

Remember....Dancing with the Stars-Season 9 starts September 21st on ABC at 8pm/7 central

Premiere Dates of My Fav TV Shows

Hey folks, I got the dates of the premieres of your fav shows...so circle those dates on your calendars

September 8--90210 (Season Premiere) & Melrose Place (Series Premiere) (CW)

September 9-So You Think You Can Dance (Season Premiere) & Glee (Series Premiere) (Fox) & America's Next Top Model (Season Premiere)

September 10-Supernatural (Season Premiere) & The Vampire Diaries (Series Premiere) (CW)

September 12-America's Most Wanted & Cops (Season Premieres) (Fox)

September 14-The Jay Leno Show (Finally!!)--(NBC) at 10 o'clock p.m. & One Tree Hill (Season Premiere) (CW)

September 15-The Biggest Loser (Season Premiere) (NBC)

September 16-The Beautiful Life:TBL (Season Premiere)

September 17-Bones & Fringe (Season Premieres) (Fox)

September 21-Dancing With the Stars Season 9 (ABC)

September 22-NCIS & NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS)

September 23-CSI:NY (CBS)

September 24-CSI (CBS)

September 25-Dollhouse (Fox) & Smallville (CW)

September 26-The Simpsons (Fox)

Hope you get ready for new episodes of your old favs and new shows that you will be telling your friends about

The Boob Tube

Hey folks, sorry, i have been busy so much this month. So here I am with some news about the Boob Tube.

Last Thursday, the Primetime Emmy nominations were announced.

The Shows In the Emmy Race:
30 Rock, How I Met Your Mother, Mad Men, Family Guy, American Dad, Flight of the Conchords, and House

The Shows ignored for major categories by Emmy:
Two and a Half Men, Desperate Housewives, CSI, Grey's Anatomy, True Blood, The Shield, 24, Ugly Betty, Any show on the CW, and Friday Night Lights

HBO garnered 99 Emmy nominations; NBC was second with 67 and ABC was third with 55

My Emmy Predictions: Best Reality Competition: American Idol

Best Reality Host: Tom Bergeron, "Dancing with the Stars"

Best Reality Program: "Mythbusters"

Best Comedy Series: "Flight of the Conchords"--don't know why Family Guy gets an Emmy nod for Best Comedy Series--that show is the lowest form of crap ever broadcast on television today. What do people see in that show? It's bad, unfunny, distasteful, and not a good cartoon for kids. Whatever happened to Bugs Bunny, Yogi Bear and those characters--now that's cartoon funny business

Best Drama Series: "House" and Hugh Laurie should win an Emmy for Best Actor-Drama

Best Actor-Comedy: Jim Parsons, "The Big Bang Theory"--even nerds should win an Emmy

Best Actress-Drama: Elizabeth Moss, "Mad Men"

Best Variety Show: "Late Show with David Letterman"--Dave is beating Conan in the late night rating war so far this summer

Outstanding Children's Program: "iCarly"--Hannah Montana, you're going down!!

To see a complete list of Emmy nominees, visit http://www.emmys.com/

Speaking of primetime, the broadcast networks announced their new fall schedules in May

Starting with the CW:

Cancelled: Privileged, Reaper, Everybody Hates Chris, The Game

Returning: Gossip Girl, Smallville, Supernatural, America's Next Top Model, One Tree Hill, 90210

New: Melrose Place (revival), Vampire Diaries, The Beautiful Life: TBL

NBC's Fall Lineup

Cancelled: Life, Medium, My Name is Earl, Kings, Knight Rider, ER

Returning: Heroes, The Biggest Loser, Saturday Night Live, Law & Order:SVU, Parks and Recreation, SNL Weekend Update Thursday, The Office, Law & Order, Southland, Dateline NBC

Mid-Season: Chuck, 30 Rock, The Celebrity Apprentice

Returning Next Summer: America's Got Talent, Friday Night Lights

New This Fall: The Jay Leno Show, Parenthood, Community, Trauma

New Mid Season: 100 Questions, Day One, Mercy, The Marriage Ref


FOX's Schedule

Returning Fall/Winter: American Idol, 24, Bones, House, Fringe, So You Think You Can Dance, The Simpsons, Lie to Me, Kitchen Nightmares, Til Death, Dollhouse, Hell's Kitchen, and unfortunately Family Guy and American Dad (FOX should pull them off the air for good after this coming season)

Gone: Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?, Don't Forget the Lyrics, Do Not Disturb, King of the Hill, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Sit Down Shut Up

New: Brothers, Glee, The Cleveland Show, Human Target, Past Life, Sons of Tucson, The Wanda Sykes Show (Late Night Saturday Nights)

ABC's Schedule

Gone: Samantha Who?, Pushing Daisies, Dirty Sexy Money, The Unusuals, Cupid, In The Motherhood, According to Jim

Returning: Dancing with the Stars, Private Practice, Lost, Castle, Scrubs, Better Off Ted, Grey's Anatomy, Ugly Betty, Supernanny, Wife Swap, 20/20, Desperate Housewives, Brothers & Sisters, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, True Beauty, America's Funniest Home Videos

New: Cougar Town, Hank, The Middle, Modern Family, Flash Forward, Eastwick, Shark Tank, The Forgotten

Mid Season: V, Happy Town, The Deep End

CBS's new lineup consists of:

Returning: CSI, CSI: New York, CSI: Miami, The Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men, The Mentalist, Criminal Minds, The New Adventures of Old Christine, Ghost Whisperer, 60 Minutes, Cold Case, The Amazing Race, Survivor, Gary Unmarried, Rules of Engagement, Numb3rs, NCIS

Cancelled: Without A Trace, The Unit, Worst Week, Eleventh Hour, The Ex-List

New: NCIS: Los Angeles, Accidentally on Purpose, Three Rivers, The Good Wife, Medium (cancelled by NBC)

What new shows are you looking forward to?
What shows you can't wait to return?

Leave comments if you like.

That's it for now....good night

A Somber Week in Entertainment

This week, the entertainment world has mourned three famous faces. Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson.

Ed McMahon, long time sidekick and announcer of Johnny Carson's Tonight Show passed away on Tuesday. He hosted "Star Search" which discovered big name stars like Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Cristina Aguliera, Rosie O' Donnell, Martin Lawrence and many others. He even promised us a check of $10 million..but i never had received my check..lol. He was lovable, fun to watch, and even got some laughs on the Tonight Show

Farrah Fawcett, iconic 1970s star of the hit television show "Charlie's Angels", was the It Girl of the 1970s. What teenage boy had a poster of Farrah in their bedroom back in the day. She lit up television screens as one of the Charlie's Angels. She was on the show for one season. "Charlie's Angels" became a hit in its first season large in part to Farrah. Women loved her hairstyle. Men wanted to date her. Prior to Charlie's Angels, Farrah was on "The Dating Game", an episode of "The Partridge Family" and dozens of TV commercials. In the 1980s, she starred in a TV movie titled "The Burning Bed" as an abused wife. That movie may have inspired Chris Brown to be mean to Rihanna. In later years, she did a reality show "Chasing Farrah". The news of her cancer battle inspired lots of people and gave hope about survival. We predicted at first that she will beat cancer but the cancer got her. Now, an angel is in heaven.

Hours after the news of Farrah's death broke out, another shocking celebrity death was announced. Michael Jackson, "King of Pop", has died. He was 50 years old. MJ leaves a lasting legacy that generations of fans will never forget for years to come. He started singing at the tender age of 10 when he performed with his brothers. The Jackson Five ruled the pop charts in the early 1970s with 16 top 40 hits like "ABC", "I Want You Back", "Never Can Say Goodbye", and "I'll Be There". As a solo artist, he had at least 20 Top 40 hits. His 1979 album "Off The Wall" gave us the classic "Rock with You". In the 1980s, his "Thriller" dominated the charts. The iconic album sold over 100 million copies. The songs in that album included "Beat It", "Billie Jean", "PYT (Pretty Young Thing)" and the title track "Thriller". His music videos put MTV on the map...they became must see TV!. Michael introduced his famous moonwalk on "Motown 25" TV special back in 1983. Everybody and his cousin wanted to do the moonwalk. In 1987, Jackson released his second hit album "Bad". It sold really well over 80 million copies. The video for the title track was directed by John Landis. In the 1990s, Michael's music and popularity declined. His personal life was creepy, weird, and off base. He befriended a chimpanzee named Bubbles. He owned a ranch called NeverLand. He molested boys younger than 16. He got in trouble with the law and tried to defend himself. His fans stood by him during those rocky times. In 2003, he got arrested and was later acquitted. In 2004, he was on trial for molesting kids. When he was acquitted, he jumped on top of a SUV and danced around...his fans went crazy but others were not pleased. He married Lisa Marie Presley for 2 years...what a crazy marriage that was!! Elvis was rolling in his grave when he found about that. He had 3 kids and dangled a baby off a balcony back in 2003...that scared a lot of people. Jacko was about to perform a series of concerts in London next month and tickets for those shows were sold out in 4 months. His fans were shocked to hear about the news of his death. His health had been declining and his look changed to cute to unattractive thanks to plastic surgery. Many dancers are influenced by Michael's moves and everybody wants to dance like Michael. There will never be another icon like Michael Jackson. He now joins Elvis, Jimi Hendrix, and Frank Sinatra in music heaven.

Now, three entertainment figures are in heaven enjoying life while fans all around the world grieve and remember the wonderful gifts they shared with the world. We will never forget you.

Hey, that's it for now...I'll be back soon with another exciting blog entry. I promise no Jon & Kate stories, No Speidi stories and fun cool entertainment news.

I am keeping cool from the dreaded heat wave going on for days in Memphis. Hope you're keeping cool. Laters

DTV TRANSITION

Hey television viewers, in less than 2 days...television will be going all digital. Analog broadcasting will become a distant memory. This means all television stations in the United States will broadcast in digital format. More channels, clearer pictures, and better sound. If you have cable, you're already set. If you have satellite, you're already set. If you have a tv with a digital tuner, you're already set, too. For those people whose tv sets have an antenna ("rabbit ears, a converter box has to be connected to the tv to watch television. Time is ticking away, you must take immediate action or else your tv will become obsolete.

You got three options if you want to continue watching television after this Friday--June 12th

1) Buy a converter box for your tv or

2) Buy a tv with a built in digital tuner or

3) Subscribe to cable or satellite

Remember, when you connected your converter box--scan to capture the channels available--rescan occasionally when new digital channels go on the air

If you want information on the dtv transition, visit the following websites:
http://www.dtv.gov

http://www.dtvanswers.com/

http://www.fcc.gov/

BTW...Low-power television stations are not affected in this digital television transition

The website for finding low power television stations in your area:
http://www.lptvanswers.com/

Remember, this Friday--Television will be all digital!!!

Are you ready?

American Idol Season 8: The Final 2

After over 100,000 auditions, over 30 hours of television, and more than half a billion votes, its down to two Idol contenders...Kris Allen from Conway, Arkansas and Adam Lambert from San Diego, California. These two got three chances each to win America and the judges over one last time. America, this is last chance this season to vote..you're choosing a winner. One bad performance could cost one of them the title. The crowd at the Nokia Theater in Hollywood was filled with celebrities and family and friends of the two finalists and fans eager to buy the new champion's first single. Who will be your new Idol? May the best man win!!!

Round 1-Favorite Performance of the Season
Adam Lambert-"Mad World"-Tears for Fears
The first time Adam performed this song...Simon gave him a standing ovation. Randy gave Adam's performance an A +; Changed the game for the other contestants; Rocked it again; Simon called it "over theatrical" and reminded him of "Phantom of the Opera" I love the long coat and fog

Kris Allen-"Ain't No Sunshine"-Bill Withers
Played the piano; one of Kris' best performances; Intimate brooding with audience; Allenized won't ever become a verb--Paula, what type of dictionary would accept that word; Simon loved it

Kris wins round 1

Round 2-Songs Picked by "Idol" creator Simon Fuller
Adam Lambert-"Change is Gonna Come"-Sam Cooke
Unbelievably good; Winning combination of both sides; Could become iconic in the future; Paula went gaga over Adam's version of that song; 100% back in the game

Kris Allen-"What's Going On?"-Marvin Gaye
Too light; Uplifting; Made Marvin Gaye Proud; Too laid back for the finals; Simon called it "three friends strumming around listening to Marvin Gaye"--lol, very funny, Simon

Round 2 goes to Adam

Round 3-The First Single of the Season 8 Winner (co-written by judge Kara DioGuardi)
Adam Lambert-"No Boundaries"
Randy did not like it; Kara was moved; Paula will forever be an Adam Lambert fan; Simon thinks Adam is the American Idol

Kris Allen-"No Boundaries"
Amazing competitor; the song fits Kris better than Adam; Incredible person to watch every week; Simon is happy that Kris is on the finale stage; He called it "One of the most compellings finales"

Winner?: Kris Allen
Runner-Up?: Adam Lambert--the world can sleep again

Carrie Underwood closed the show with the song used to say goodbye to the eliminated contestants --"Home Sweet Home"

American Idol Season 8: The Final Three

Next week, it's the big finale. This season's top 3...Kris, Adam and Danny are one step closer to stardom. These performances could make or break someone. This is their big chance to convince the judges and the public that they are worthy of becoming a pop music superstar. Time to lay it all on the line. Idol celebrated a milestone--300th EPISODE!!!

They perform two songs: Judges' Choice and Their Personal Pick

Judges' Choice:
Danny Gokey-"Dance Little Sister"-Terence Trent D'Arby as chosen by Paula
Energetic; Way to start the show; his dancing was still awkward; Simon hated the so called "Toy Saxophone Solo"--Very funny, Simon, lol. Danny should not go on a dance competition show

Kris Allen-"Apologize"-One Republic as chosen by Randy and Kara
Played the piano; Showed who he could become in the music business in the future; Kara wants Kris to take more risks; Simon hated the arrangement and stood up to Kara

Adam Lambert-"One"-U2 as chosen by Simon
Simon had to get permission from Bono to perform the song on the show. Bono happily granted that permission. Randy hated the arrangement; made it his own--predictable; Brilliant song choice; Simon thinks Adam will be in the final; If Adam is not in the finale, it will be devastating and upsetting

Round 2: Personal Pick
Danny Gokey-"You're So Beautiful"-Joe Cocker
Proved why he is on the show; stunning; brought the magic to the song; Vocal Masterclass

Kris Allen-"Heartless"-Kanye West
Played the guitar; thousand times than the original; Randy enthusiastically loved it; bold; brave; Simon suddenly likes Kris based on his second performance

Adam Lambert-"Crying"-Aerosmith
Should be a rock star; High notes like crazy; Simon thinks Adam won't easily get into the final

Two people in the finale?: Kris Allen, Adam Lambert
Eliminated?: Danny Gokey

The Results--88 million votes were cast--Whoa!!
Top 2: Kris Allen, Adam Lambert
Eliminated: Danny Gokey

Performances: Jordin Sparks-Season 6 winner--Her new song "Battlefield"
Katy Perry-"Waking Up in Vegas"-Her new song
Alicia Keys with a kid named Noah from Africa--He was amazing

Text "ALIVE" to 90999 to donate $5 to Alicia's charity that helps kids in Africa live a happy life

Next week, a new American Idol will be crowned--watch the final 2 perform for the title and your last chance to vote this season on Tuesday and after Idol, don't miss a special preview of the new fall series "Glee"--Check out their own version of Amy Winehouse's "Rehab"
Wednesday night, the winner is revealed. Season 8 comes to end next week!!

American Idol Season 8: The Final Four Rock On!!

The grand season finale is two weeks away. The final four must give their most awesome performances of their singing lives to keep their Idol dream alive. This week's theme is Rock Classics with awesome rock guitarist Slash of Guns 'N' Roses mentoring the final four.

Adam Lambert-"A Whole Lotta Love"-Led Zeppelin
He was shockingly in the bottom two last week but can he avoid it this week? He was a rockstar tonight; He and Slash would make a record--That would make No. 1 on the charts!!!--Rock God!!--Are you serious???--Simon's favorite performance and he predicted that the three other Idols won't top that--we'll see about that. A Led Zeppelin song is performed on the Idol show for the first time---Safe!!

Allison Iraheta-"Cry Baby"-Janis Joplin
Randy didn't like it; Wrong Song Choice; She tried too hard; Sounded like the original; Should have stayed from Janis Joplin---Big mistake, Allison--Safe--I like her

Danny Gokey-"Dream On"-Aerosmith
Ultimate rock anthem!!!--Hard song to sing; Tricky genre for him; Last note sounded like someone is choking a cat!!-Danny, dude, don't sing rock songs on your album--Bottom 2!!

Kris Allen-"Come Together"-The Beatles
Simon described Kris' performance as "Eating Ice for Lunch"---ewww!!!; Kara hated it; He played the guitar; Bottom 2

Duets:
Danny Gokey & Kris Allen-"Renegade"-Styx
Close harmonies; Danny sang better than Kris

Adam Lambert & Allison Iraheta-"Slow Ride"-Fog Hat
Two seasoned rockstars on the stage; Adam & Allison should record a rock duet; Adam & Allison won the Battle of the Duets and Adam may have helped Allison's chances of staying in the competition

Bottom 2?: Kris Allen, Danny Gokey
Going Home?: Danny Gokey

The Results--64 million votes were cast

Safe: Kris Allen, Danny Gokey, Adam Lambert--surprise, surprise!!

Eliminated: Allison Iraheta--boo!!!!!

Performances: Paula Abdul and her new single "I'm Just Here for the Music"
Chris Daughtry and No Doubt

Group Performance--"School's Out"-Alice Cooper
Slash playing guitar

Next week, the final 3 battle it out for a place in the finale.
It's all guys--What happened to the girls on Idol this year?; Why were they struggling in the competition?

Adam Lambert Will Not Win American Idol

Here are the ten reasons why Adam Lambert will never win American Idol

1. He is too theatrical--He worked in musical theater

2. The judges patronize him too much

3. America never votes for the one with true talent

4. His performances were manic, screaming and crazy

5. He wrecked a cool disco song "Play That Funky Music"

6. He will never win a Grammy for his debut album

7. He tries to outsing Danny and Allison and Kris

8. His debut album will never sell a million copies

9. He never sings a soft song

10. Kris & Allison are ten million times better than him

do you agree with me?...Leave comments and remember, don't vote for him next week!!

American Idol Season 8: Top 5

Five idols left in the competition. It's time to raise the game. They have to give it their all if they want to get to the finale in three weeks. One bad song choice, one bad peformance, it's the end of the road. This week: Classic songs from the Great American Songbook. These songs have stood the test of time and they are still loved today. I like to these classic songs. The mentor is superstar actor/singer Jamie Foxx.

Kris Allen-"The Way You Look Tonight"
Best performance to date; Had a R&B flavor; set the technical standard at high; "Dark Horse" status; sophiscated; impeccable performance; Safe

Allison Iraheta-"Someone to Watch Over Me"
She celebrated her birthday this week; Ruff & gruff style; tender; Gut wrenching performance; alluring; tender; She should be in the finale; Simon thinks that she could be in trouble; SAFE!!

Matt Giraud-"My Funny Valentine"
Hard song to sing; Pitchy; 6 out of 10; Not emotionally connected; Simon loved it; Believable; Authentic; Nat King Cole-type phrasing; Sorry, Matt, the competition is getting too stiff for you--it's time to hit the road

Adam Lambert-"Feeling Good"
In the zone; too broadway; Best performance of the night; Come on, Adam--SAfe for another week unless America has put you in the Bottom 2 and send you home!!

Danny Gokey-"Come Rain or Come Shine"
Great trombone intro; Randy thinks that Danny could make an album of standards--I'd buy it; Kara loved his Rat Pack swagger; Stellar performance; Superb performance; Outstanding; Danny is step closer to the finish line

Bottom 2 Predictions: Adam Lambert & Matt Giraud
Person Going Home?: Matt Giraud

The Results--47 million votes were cast
Safe: Allison Iraheta, Kris Allen, Danny Gokey
Bottom 2: Matt Giraud & Adam Lambert--It's about time!!
Going Home: Matt Giraud

Performances: Taylor Hicks--Chris Daughtry shoulda won in Season 5, Natalie Cole--great vocal chops and Jamie Foxx--this week's mentor

Group Performance: "Don't Mean A Thing" & "I Got Rhythm"

Next week, the Final Four perform Rock & Roll songs and the mentor is rock guitarist Slash!!
One Idol's dream of stardom is one step closer!!
Talk to ya, next week!!

American Idol Season 8: Disco Week

The judges saved Matt Giraud from going home last week. More pressure is on the remaining seven idols this week because two people are going home. Get ready to shake your booty as the Idols do disco!!

Lil Rounds-"I Am Every Woman"-Chaka Khan
Randy was unimpressed; Kara was waiting for Lil's big moment and disappointed that it didn't happen. Paula noticed that Lil had laryngitis the day before and made a remarkable recovery. Simon unfortunately predicts that Lil will go home. Safe!!--Please, America, Let Lil stay for another week!!!

Kris Allen-"She Works Hard for the Money"-Donna Summer
Played his guitar; different arrangement; took a big risk and it paid off for Kris; Santana feel; Ready for the big time; perfect song choice; original; fantastic--Safe!!

Danny Gokey-"September"-Earth, Wind & Fire
It worked well for Danny; On pitch; Solid performance; Great vocal chops; Paula thinks Danny's voice is sexy; Simon called Danny's performance--"Clumsy & Awkward"--Safe!!--One more week for Danny!!

Allison Iraheta-"Hot Stuff"-Donna Summer
Over indulgnat arrangement; good song choice; brilliant performance; hit last note off the mark--Safe--I will start voting for Allison next week!!!

Adam Lambert-"If I Can't Have You"-Yvonne Elliman from "Saturday Night Fever"
Paula was in tears; Ready for the big time; Hot performance; Brilliant; made it his own; original; memorable performance; Safe!!!

Anoop Desai-"Dim All the Lights"-Donna Summer
Randy hated the arrangement; Ballad feel; Mediocre; Horrible; Worst Performance--Anoop, it's time to head back to reality land!!

Matt Giraud-"Staying Alive"-Bee Gees from "Saturday Night Fever"
Bad song choice; Simon hated it--Desperate; Unoriginal; Brought disco back--Going Home!!

Two people I believe are going home: Anoop Desai and Matt Giraud

The Results--45 million votes

Two people eliminated: Lil Rounds-Boo!!! & Anoop Desai--At last!!!

Performances:
David Archuleta
Disco Medley featuring Freda Payne, Thelma Houston and KC of KC and the Sunshine Band

Group Performance: "Shake Your Body Onto The Ground" with cheorography by Paula Abdul
It was a good performance. Paula cheorographed a good number

The Idol Top 5:
Danny Gokey
Kris Allen
Matt Giraud
Adam Lambert
Allison Iraheta


Next week, the fab five battle it out to get step closer to Idol victory at the season finale!!

American Idol Season 8: Top 7

The seven remaining American Idols take on songs from the movies. Quentin Tarantino, the great director of classic movies such as "Pulp Fiction" and "Kill Bill-Volumes 1 and 2" mentored the Idols in their song selections. Can the sensational seven deliver good performances? To save time, two of the four judges will comment each performance...I don't like that format...bad idea

Allison Iraheta-"I Don't Want to Miss A Thing" from "Armageddon"-Aerosmith
Crowd pleaser; authentic; the girls' only hope in the competition--there are only two girls left; she has a good shot of making the finale;Safe

Anoop Desai-"Everything I Do I Do It For You"-Bryan Adams from "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves"
Difficult song; found his zone; emotional; no pitch; best performance so far; Anoop is still in the house!!

Adam Lambert-"Born to Be Wild" from "Easy Rider"-Steppenwolf
Crowd went wild; Shaking Up the Competition; brave; incredible; Simon called Adam's performance "The Rocky Horror Picture Show in some parts"--bottom 3

Matt Giraud-"If You Really Loved A Woman" from "Don Juan DeMarco"-Bryan Adams
Interesting Performance; Randy didn't like it; Off pitch; Bottom 3

Danny Gokey-"Endless Love" from "Endless Love"-Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
Harp playing in the background; beautiful rendition; Simon was disappointed because Danny didn't make the song his own--Bottom 3

Kris Allen-"Falling Slowly" from "Once"
Randy was unimpressed; pitchy; Kara loved it--Safe

Lil Rounds-"The Rose" from "The Rose"
Last week, Lil was in the bottom 3..Can she rebound this week?; Paula was pleased; Simon was frustrated because Lil is the same artist he first met a few weeks ago. Lil spoke her mind--Bad idea, Lil....Talking back to Simon could mean a plane ride home--Safe!!!

My Bottom 3 Predictions: Danny Gokey, Adam Lambert, Matt Giraud
Elimination Prediction: Danny Gokey

The Results--36 Million Votes
Safe:
Allison Iraheta
Danny Gokey
Adam Lambert
Kris Allen

Bottom 3:
Lil Rounds
Matt Giraud
Anoop Desai--3rd time in the bottom 3

Eliminated?: Matt Giraud
Judges' Save?: It finally happened, the judges used their save on Matt--so Matt is back next week

Perfromances: two singers/movie stars-Miley Cyrus, whose Hannah Montana movie was the no. 1 last weekend--her hit "The Climb" and Idol alum Jennifer Hudson who starred in the "Sex and the City" movie--she won an Oscar and a grammy for her self titled album

Next week, Disco Week--thanks to the judges save, 2 people go home--Your votes are more important than ever--Watch and please vote off, Adam Lambert!!!

2009 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Winners

Here a list of the winners from the 2009 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards that took place on March 28 in Hollywood, California

Favorite Movie: "High School Musical 3: Senior Year"

Favorite Movie Actor: Will Smith, "Hancock"

Favorite Movie Actress: Vanessa Hudgens, "High School Musical 3: Senior Year"

Favorite Animated Movie: "Madgascar: Escape 2 Africa"

Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie: Jack Black, "Kung Fu Panda"

Favorite Song: Beyonce, "Single Ladies (Put A Ring on It)"

Favorite Male Singer: Jesse McCartney

Favorite Female Singer: Miley Cyrus, whose "Hannah Montana Movie" is in theatres this Friday

Favorite Music Group: Jonas Brothers

Favorite TV Show: "iCarly"

Favorite Reality Show: "American Idol"--you kids have good taste in reality shows

Favorite TV Actress: Selena Gomez, "Wizards of Waverly Place"

Favorite TV Actor: Dylan Sprouse, "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody"

Favorite Cartoon: "Spongebob Squarepants"

Favorite Male Athlete: Peyton Manning

Favorite Female Athlete: Candace Parker

Favorite Video Game: "Guitar Hero World Tour"

Favorite Book: "Twilight" series


http://www.nick.com/

American Idol Season 8: Top 8

This week, the 8 remaining American Idol hopefuls sing songs from the year of their birth. Can they choose the right songs without incurring the wrath of the judges?

First up, the show opened with baby photos of Ryan, Simon, Paula, Kara, and Randy
Simon looked cool as a kid in his baby pic. We also saw baby photos of the eight remaining finalists

Danny Gokey, Born: April 24, 1980-"Stand by Me"-Mickey Gilley version (Ben E. King had the original hit in 1961); Crowd pleaser; Randy hated the arrangement but Paula loved it and was dancing; made the song his own; great job-Safe!!!

Kris Allen, Born: June 21, 1985-"All She Wants to Do Is Dance"-Don Henley
Played the guitar; Uptempo song; Jazz Funk arrangement; Made it his own; unique; Simon called it indulgnant, boring, and forgettable; Stupid song choice-Bottom 3

Lil Rounds, Born: October 20, 1984-"What's Love Got to Do with It"-Tina Turner
Sounded like the original; wrong song choice; the judges are disappointed with Lil; not making an impact in the competition; Second or third rate Tuna Turner; She needs to be original; Safe-Please, listen to the judges, Lil..come up with a song that is you

Anoop Desai, Born: December 20, 1986--same birthday as Season 7 Winner David Cook
"True Colors"-Cyndi Lauper
Very controlled vocal; he was himself; flawless song choice; he is like a singing yo yo--good performance one week and bad performance the next week; Safe for another week

Scott MacIntyre-Born: June 22, 1985--one day after Kris
"The Search is Over"-Survivor
Played the electric guitar--what a surprise!!!; challenging song choice; overambitious; horrible; boring; Simon wanted Scott to return to the piano; He is going home this week!!!

Allison Iraheta, Born: April 27, 1992
"I Can't Make You Love Me"-Bonnie Raitt
Undeniably Allison; Made it her own; Reminded of Kelly Clarkson--almost a lookalike; can sing her face off; she needs to inject more personality; Safe

Matt Giraud, Born: May 11, 1985--"Part Time Lover"-Stevie Wonder
Best performance of the night; incredible better than last week; Safe

Adam Lambert, Born: January 29, 1982--"Mad World"-Tears for Fears
Once again, commanded the stage. The show ran a few minutes long--Simon spoke on behalf of all the judges. He did something that he has never done before--He gave a standing ovation
I am shocked that Simon did something that is not usually Simon Cowell's thing. You can see the video at http://www.ryanseacrest.com/
Adam is Safe!!

My predictions for the Bottom 3: Scott MacIntyre, Kris Allen, and Lil Rounds
Eliminated Person Going Home?: Scott MacIntyre

The Results
34 million votes were cast

Safe:
Kris Allen
Allison Iraheta
Adam Lambert-obvious
Danny Gokey-obvious
Matt Giraud

Bottom 3:
Anoop Desai
Scott MacIntyre
Lil Rounds-Please don't vote her off

Performances: Season 5 alum Kellie Pickler and Flo Rida has a #1 song on the charts this week-"Right Round"

Surprise Guest: Frankie Avalon performed "Venus"--a hit from 1959--the year Simon was born
Mr. Cowell will be reaching the big 5-0 this year. Simon don't look 50 to me

Group Song: "Can't Get You Out of My Head"-2002, the year Idol premiered

Eliminated: Scott MacIntyre who performed to stay in the competition minus the electric guitar
Judges' Save?: After much discussion and argument, no Judges' Save this week

Next week, the Super Seven finalists take the stage again

American Idol Season 8: Top 9

This week, the 9 remaining Idols perform songs that are the most downloaded on I Tunes. The contestants visited Ryan at his other job...American Top 40 radio show. Can we imagine if any of this year's Idols at the top of the AT40 charts in a few months?

Anoop Desai-"Caught Up"-Usher
OK performance; Randy wasn't pleased; Kara didn't feel it; Needs to work on his stage presence; Simon called it a mess, and described as a "college boy trying to be a wannabe pop star and failing"; Bottom 3

Megan Corkrey-"Turn Your Lights Down Low"-Bob Marley & Lauryn Hill
Not a good song choice; didn't take the judges by surprise; boring; Megan, it's time to go home to your kid

Danny Gokey-"What Hurts the Most"-Rascal Flatts
Paula loved the performance; Best performance to date; getting better; good vocal; emotional; Safe

Allison Iraheta-"Don't Speak"-No Doubt
Played her guitar--didn't know she plays an instrument; rushed; dressed like Cyndi Lauper; shouty; could make the finals if she doesn't make a mistake; Safe...P.S.: Allison, pick a better outfit.

Scott MacIntyre-"Just the Way You Are"-Billy Joel
Played the piano without backup from the band; perfect song choice; intimate; sported a new look; took a risk and paid off; best performance by a mile; Scotty won't be in the Bottom 3 this week

Matt Giraud-"You Found Me"-The Fray
Played the piano; sounded like the original; judges hated it; uncomfortable; confusing; wrong song choice; Matt was in the Bottom 3 last week--No Bottom 3 for Matt this week

Lil Rounds-"I Surrender"-Celine Dion
Sung very well; Surprised the judges; Similar to a performance at a wedding; Her kids were in the audience and one of them hugged Randy; Safe--Lil, your kids were really frightened about the judges being mean to you

Adam Lambert-"Play That Funky Music"-Wild Cherry
Brave; Original; Was "In The Zone"; Safe--but won't win the competition

Kris Allen-"Ain't No Sunshine"-Bill Withers
Played the piano instead of the guitar; Another excellent performance; made the song his own and current; showed some confidence; Safe--he should win the competition

My Bottom 3 predictions:Anoop Desai, Megan Corkrey, and Matt Giraud
My Elimination Prediction: Megan Corkrey---please America--let her go!!!

The Results--36 million votes were cast

Safe:
Lil Rounds
Adam Lambert
Kris Allen
Scott MacIntyre
Danny Gokey
Allison Iraheta
Matt Giraud

Bottom 3:
Megan Corkrey
Allison Iraheta
Anoop Desai

Eliminated: Megan Corkrey who mouthed off to Simon by saying " I love you, Simon but I don't care"...FYI: Her brother heckled Kara on Tuesday

Judges' Save?: NO...Why bother saving Megan?

Performances: Last season's winner David Cook and Lady Gaga with her new song "Pokerface"

Next week, the top 8 sing songs from the year of their birth...Allison, 16 yrs. old, was born in the 1990s and the others born in the 1980s

I think Adam will be going home...please, America, don't vote for him

American Idol Season 8: Top 10

The top 10 finalists of American Idol perform songs of Motown Records. This year marks Motown's 50th anniversary. I like Motown songs so I hope that they do these songs justice.
Berry Gordy, founder of Motown records and legendary Motown singer/songwriter Smokey Robinson gave the Idols a tour of Motown studios in Detroit and Smokey offered advice to the ten Idols with their songs.

Fact: Smokey Robinson has written over 4000 songs...wow!!!

Matt Giraud-"Let's Get It On"-Marvin Gaye
Started at the piano and then stood up; He sold it; sexy & cool; good song choice; Simon called him a front runner so Adam and Danny had better watch their back; Safe

Kris Allen-"How Sweet It Is"-Marvin Gaye
Made the song his own; different phrasing; played his guitar; great song choice; growing; consistent; he may have a shot of being in the finale; Safe

Scott McIntyre-"You Can't Hurry Love"-Diana Ross & The Supremes
Played the piano again--when is he going to sing a song without the piano?; bad song choice; hotel performance; cheap; Bottom 3

Megan Corkrey-"For Once in My Life"-Stevie Wonder
Recovered from Influenza B; train wreck performance; hectic; manic; not a good song choice for her; She's history

Anoop Desai-"Ooh Baby Baby"-Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
Hard song to sing; sweet; tender; good vocal; two good weeks in a row; Nupe Dawg isn't going anywhere

Michael Sarver-"Ain't Too Proud to Beg"-The Temptations
Tough song; Las Vegas type performance; shouty; no chance of winning the competition; he was in the bottom 3 last week--he is in trouble again and it's time to go back to the oil field

Lil Rounds-"Heat Wave"-Martha Reeves & the Vandellas
Rushed through the song; not the right song; could have a moment; Safe--Lil, you need to pick a song that will make us vote you into the finale and beat Adam or Danny

Adam Lambert-"Tracks of My Tears"-Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
Smokey liked it; Clean look; Best performance of the night; emerged as a "star"; better than his performance last week; Safe

Danny Gokey-"Get Ready"-The Temptations
First class performance; clumsy and amateurish; energetic; good not but great performance; he needs to stop oversinging his songs or else he could be going home--Safe

Allison Iraheta-"Papa Was A Rolling Stone"-The Temptations
Blazing hot performance; amazing; rocked it good; won't be in the bottom 3 this week

Bottom 3 Predictions: Megan Corkrey, Scott McIntyre and Michael Sarver
Going Home: Michael Sarver

Results

Safe:
Adam Lambert
Lil Rounds
Danny Gokey
Allison Iraheta
Megan Corkrey
Kris Allen
Anoop Desai

Bottom 3:
Michael Sarver
Scott McIntyre
Matt Giraud-What?! after performing Marvin Gaye???-Are you crazy, America?

Eliminated: Michael Sarver
Judges' Save?: Nope

Season 2 winner Ruben Studdard performed as well as guest mentor Smokey Robinson and Joss Stone--she has a cool voice--I like to hear one of her albums

Showstopper: Stevie Wonder performed a medley of all his songs--got the audience on their feet as well as the Idols and the judges

Next week, the top 9 perform--so remember America, vote, vote , vote!!!
do not assume that your favorite is safe!!

American Idol Season 8-Top 11

This week, the top 11 finalists take on country music by saluting the Grand Ole Opry with help and advice on song selection from Randy Travis. How well did they handle country music? Let's review the performances

Michael Sarver-"Ain't Going Down Til The Sun Comes Up"-Garth Brooks
The song has a lot of words; cool song choice; Randy didn't like it; Simon called it clumsy & awkward; bottom 3/on the bubble

Allison Iraheta-"Blame It on the Heart"-Patty Loveless
Could sing the alphabet; made the song her own; rock solid performance; Randy called it "dopely precocious"-She's safe for the top 10

Kris Allen-Garth Brooks song that escapes me at the moment
He sang without his guitar; honest, pure and vulnerable; good song choice; terrific; he has a shot of making it into the top 5; Safe

Lil Rounds-"Independence Day"-Martina MacBride
Lil Rounds singing country? She struggled through the song; stood her ground; Simon was disappointed; Safe-Lil is here to stay!!!

Adam Lambert-"Ring of Fire"-Johnny Cash
What was he thinking?!; Horrible; Confused the judges; "Nine Inch Nails Doing Country"; Johnny Cash was rolling over in his grave after listening to that; Adam, it's time to go home!!!

Scott McIntyre-"Wild Angels"-Martin MacBride
Played the piano again; Scott needs to mix it up; bad song choice; too safe; Scott needs to take risks and up his game or else he is gone

Alexis Grace-"Jolene"-Dolly Parton
Pitch problems; good song choice; flat; vulnerable; copycat; forgettable; What happened to Alexis who sang soul music?; Bottom 3

Danny Gokey-"Jesus Takes the Wheel"-Carrie Underwood
Good performance; brilliant; dressed like he was going on a polar expedition..even though it was 80 degrees..Dude, spring is here...the weather is warm; Despite his pitch problems, he is safe for another week

Anoop Desai-"You're Always on My Mind"-Willie Nelson
Big improvement from last week; perfect song choice; went from zero to hero; Nupe Dogg is hanging around next week

Matt Giraud-"So Small"-Carrie Underwood
Played the piano; amazing; authentic; he outsang Danny; compared to Michael Buble; A new frontrunner; best performance of the night; he is staying

Megan Joy-"Walkin' After Midnight"-Patsy Cline
Randy was impressed; perfect song choice; performed despite the flu; courageous; hope she feels better for next week

My Bottom 3 Picks: Scott MacIntyre, Alexis Grace, Adam Lambert
Person Going Home This Week: Scott McIntyre

The Results
31 million votes came in--down from 2 million

The 10 singers voted through are going on the Idols' Summer Concert Tour

Safe:
Lil Rounds
Kris Allen
Anoop Desai
Adam Lambert
Danny Gokey
Megan Joy
Matt Giraud
Scott McIntyre

Bottom 3: Allison Iraheta, Michael Sarver, Alexis Grace (oh no!!!..Memphis, what were u doing instead of voting for Alexis)

Eliminated: Alexis Grace
Judges' Save Used?: the judges were considering saving Alexis but after her encore sing for your life type performance, she was not saved...she goes home...i'm so sad

There were performances by Grand Ole Opry members Brad Paisley and a duet by Randy Travis and Carrie Underwood. Carrie is still on the top of her game. The duet was awesome.

Next week, the top 10 perform Motown as Idol salutes 50 years of Motown

Program note: Idol is pre-empted this Tuesday due to President Obama's address to the nation.
Wednesday-Performances and Thursday-Results


The 10 American Idol finalists going on tour this summer:
Lil Rounds
Michael Sarver
Kris Allen
Anoop Desai
Adam Lambert
Danny Gokey
Megan Joy
Matt Giraud
Scott McIntyre
Allison Iraheta

Talk to ya back next week