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Docs Tell Janet Stop Touring Rob Thomas On New Show Heroes Spoilers

What’s Hot is back in action. Some days entertainment news is hot and heavy, others, not so much. Anyways, like the headline says, today’s edition contains some major spoilers for Heroes, so beware!

Doctors ordered Janet Jackson to cancel yet another date on her Rock Witchu tour yesterday. Sickness has been plaguing the singer, who has already cancelled nine shows and is looking to cancel another in Madison Square Garden on Thursday due to scheduling issues. She had been set to play Turning Stone Resort and Casino in Verona, N.Y, but a message on resorts website stated that the concert had been postponed “due to doctors’ orders.” There is still no word from anyone as to what exactly it is that Ms. Jackson is suffering from, but one of the more prominent rumors is that she’s pregnant. Read more

Shaft Your Mouth

In the world of tributes this has got to be one of the strangest I have seen recently. Whether you loved Issac Hayes because of Shaft, or because he was Chef (”Hello Children!”), or you loathed him because he was the gay lover of Tom Cruise, I mean the coreligionist of Tom Cruise he was always memorable.  If ukeles aren’t enough of a tribute let me have a moment to give you my favorite Issac Hayes song from South Park, Chocolate Salty Balls.

2008 Emmy Awards Blogged Live

Okay, we open the show with celebs saying famous tv quotes, very funny.

Oprah is looking good. I do quite like that red dress. She’s joking about her influence on people who watch TV, it gets a good laugh.

Now the hosts. Heidi is sporting a tux, very dashing and daring. Jeff should have put on a tie. He looks like the odd man out without one. Howie brings out the first political joke. Read more

Paula Abdul Scared of Kara DioGuardi

Everyone from Fox News to The Other Blog to Your Mom is talking about Kara DioGuardi as the latest edition to American Idol.

Paula Abdul is excited but “concerned” about new “American Idol” judge Kara DioGuardi, she told Phoenix’s 104.7 KISS FM Johnjay & Rich radio show on Monday.

“I am concerned about the audience and acceptance. Time will tell. We’ll see,” she said.

She also said producers hired the Grammy-nominated songwriter because they “wanted to try a change.

If anyone should be concerned by this move it is Randy Jackson. Simply put Kara is no where flaky enough to replace Paula. It is possible that Paula Abdul is concerned that Kara will be just as mean to her as Simon, but I kind of doubt it. Kara just doesn’t seem to be the type who would go in for the sarcasm, she seems like the type that would instantly go to hair pulling, eyes scratching and biting.

I simply can’t wait to see how this potential disaster works out. I am finally looking forward to the cold of January.

Idolize This

According to reports from TV Guide, Simon Cowell is promising big changes on Idol this year. With auditions and the tour underway we can only guess what is going though his head.

Chief among Cowell’s complaints was what he called the overwhelming media-savviness of this season’s contestants. “I’m not sure that they ever showed their real personalities,” he said. “They were like robots.” (Nevertheless, he praised last season’s runner-up, David Archuleta, on his recent success, calling him “the perfect pop star.”)

Of course the way I read pop star it was said with the enthusiasm and happiness that rich people who have never had it tough say we should support the poor by taxing ourselves. Pop star coming out of Simon’s mouth sounds just the opposite of when he says something like Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, or The Clash.

Pop music has its place in our society, but it is not a lasting place. We enjoy it in small amounts for a short period of time and then forget about it. I am praying this is the case with David Archuleta.

SYTYCD Top 8

Courtney Ann Galiano and William Wingfield start off with a Hot, Hot Hot Samba! which all the judges loved. The judges loved it. They all said there were some technical issues, but the chemistry made up for it by a high degree.

Comfort Fedoke’s solo is hot! They way her hips and legs moved spoke to parts of me with no ears.

Mia Michaels gets to choreograph Twitch and Katee. We get our first stage kiss in the boyfriend girlfriend number between them. Nigel is going WOW! The performance was fantastic. It was one of the most entertaining dances they have ever seen is his final comment. he gets his usual banter with Mary. Mary loved it with a serious scream. Toni Basil loved it. No note taking because she couldn’t stop watching.

William Wingfield is James Brown in his solo. The music is great and with the wig on he looks like Debbie Allen moving a young James around the floor. he gets the standing O from the judges.

Mark and Comfort pick Hip Hop and draw Napoleon and Tabitha. Detention was never so fly. The over the head backflip was hot! Nigel thinks comfort is a much better hip hop dancer when she is choreographed than when she goes solo. Mary thought it was excellent and Mark nailed it. Toni recognized how hard it was because she takes classes from Napoleon and Tabitha.

Katee’s solo showed off how well she moves and her musicality. it reminds us why she was picked in the first place. i am still missing Natalie Reid though, her roommate. We haven’t seen her in the audience, which might mean there is nothing to the rumors the two of them are lesbian lovers.

Chelsie Hightower and Joshua pick the Argentinian Tango and get choreographed by SYTYCD Season Two dancer Dimitri. This is Chelsie’s second go with this dance and it is far superior this this time. Mostly I think it worked because of Josh’s strength and power to go along with her grace and beautiful body. For me Josh looked a bit uncomfortable, but the judges all loved his performance as much as hers. Well I think Nigel Lythgo enjoyed his dancing, but like me, I see how he looks at Chelsie and know there is no way he is enjoying any dude as much as he is her.

Mark’s solo is always well done and interesting, but what is up with the Faux-hawk?

William Wingfield and Courtney Galiano perform a slow hip-hop. The theme is to turn back time and be with someone you love just once more, ala Ghost. As much as I love Demi Moore, I would much rather rolla around int the wet clay with Courtney Ann Galiano. Nigel was emotionally moved. Mary Murphy was blown away. Toni Basil said great art makes you feel, and she was feeling alot of things about this performance.

Chelsie Hightower’s solo was beautiful and showcased her wonderful legs. it is also her birthday, but that is not any better of a reason to keep her around than the fact that she is hot. Okay on that note maybe it is a good reason.

Twitch and Katee Sheen are up next. She is dressed in a shiny red dress for this Tyce Diorio number. Choreographed to Sweet Georgia Brown her little ass wiggle is going to be YouTube Fodder for some time to come.

Joshua’s solo is his typical coolness.

Courtney Galiano’s solo was beautifully matched to Missy Higgins’s Where I stood. I always feel something when this song is played and watching her dance with such joy to it nearly brought me down again.

Comfort and Mark get the foxtrot as their second dance. Choreographed by Jean Marc Généreux and and France Mousseau. Jean Marc and France heen together since 1977, which incidently is how long Penn and teller have been together who the pair of them remind me of. France is the quiet Teller to Jean Marc’s Penn. This means she is actually the brains of the duo.

During the interview phase Marc looks uncomfortable touching her, like he is just uncomfortable touching girls. This doesn’t translate well into the perception of the actually routine, especially when it is as bad as this one is. Gay straight or otherwise if the guy leading the routine doesn’t look happy about his partner being a girl, America will have a hard time voting for them. After the performance, it wouldn’t have matter if he had his head or hand up her dress getting her off for the entire time, I don’t think America would vote for them. okay maybe they would for that, but anything less than that probably not.

Last but not least Chelsie and Josh go Night Fever with disco. it was fabulous. The judges all loved it. Toni though made it clear that they stole the show with it.

The Emmy Goes Too

I am more than a little disappointed in some of the choices, or rather ignoring some of the better choices that could have been made. Most of it is the big networks fault too. They promote their flagship shows to draw more advertising dollars for the winners and ignore or purposefully don’t submit some of their cable shows.

Take this example. BSG (Battlestar Gallactica) run on the Sci-Fi Channel. Sci-Fi is owned by NBC. Fans and critics alike all think it is a superb show, with great acting from the likes of Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell, both Oscar nominees.

The show gets nominated for technical and writing awards, but the show itself and the actors fail to get nominated for the big prizes. It isn’t that they couldn’t compete, the fine actors big name or not are wonderful at their craft. The networks are actually afraid of them winning. It all boils back down to advertising dollars.

If a niche show wins a big Emmy because the people are good the actors can demand more money. On the other hand it is still a niche network with a smaller audience and the ad revenue isn’t going up very much even for a win. I can understand the economic reason, but I don’t have to like it. Fine actors like Jamie Bamber, Aaron Douglas, James Callis, or Katee Sackhoff deserve to be recognized by more than those of who watch the show for how wonderful they are.

Here are the List of Big Emmy Nominations: Read more

Popping Kourtni Lind’s Dream

I was stunned by this weeks departure of Kourtni Lind. I wasn’t so surprised by Matt going, but I am highly disappointed by Kourtni’s dismissal, not just because of my crush on her either. Nigel seemed to be very bitter about it too. I can understand it in him.

We won’t ever know the full details about what went on behind the scenes, but here is what I think might have happened. There was never any real danger to Courtney Galiano with the way she performed this week. When you compare Kourtni Kind with Comfort Fedoke, Kourtni was without a doubt in my mind the superior dancer with a record of proving it. If this was like American Idol and the black woman was chosen for a less performance, I would have screamed bloody murder. responding to every blog I could find that said how wonderful Comfort was and agreeing with everyone who said they weer trying to please a demographic. This decision however was not about Kourtni nor Comfort.

This post could have just as easily been title It Is All About The Thayne. Thayne Jasperson actually came alive this week not just with his solos, but his performance skills shined too. It was tough competition for everyone and someone had to be in the bottom three. I think America did get it right too, despite my crush on Kourtni. This showdown was between Matt who we had seen better from and Thayne who was growing. The choice was obvious. However the other choices were not so obvious. Read more

SYTYCD Top 14 Dance Round 1

The So You Think You Can Dance top 14 dance their hearts out tonight with two dances by different choreographers. First of all I need to say Cat Deeley as always was beautiful, and looked fabulous, especially in comparison to the grey dress she wore last week. I should also point out the disclaimer that I have a big crush on Cat Deeley, big enough that my wife has said if she will come to our bed, she would accept it as being fate.

The first couple up tonight were Will and Cynthia Rodriguez Jessica King dancing the jive by Tony Meridith and Melanie Lapatin. Jessica’s normal bounciness seems quite bounciness seems appropriate for this dance. They look wonderful in their costumes tonight and pull off a respectable jive. If there was a stronger partner it would most certainly be Will. The judging lets them know they were off to a rocky start. Be glad there are two dances tonight.

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So You Think You Can Dance Results 6-26-08

With only one hour to fit in a bunch of commercials, two promotional performances, and six solo dances the show strikes hard and fast. We have intro then commercials. The opening number was a Mia Michael’s piece with a lot of percussion. Musically it felt somewhere between We Will Rock You and the dance scene in The Matrix Reloaded. Visually it felt like it could have opened a mid eighties Tom Petty video.

Back from commercials we have Cat Deeley in a less than flattering grey dress. Without the big ruffle in the top front or if the dress were backwards or upside down, it would have been much better. Without any delay she tells Chelsea Traille and Thayne off to warm up their solos. No Surprise that the next couple is Chris and Comfort Fedoke. I called both of those.

The final couple in the bottom three was going to be a hard choice since everyone else was so good. I am not really surprised that it ended up being Kourtni Lind and Matt. Their piece was experimental and slightly weird which made it stand out, but it also made it something some people just didn’t get. It was a risk that was beautiful, but America didn’t think enough of it to put them higher. They dance for their lives. Read more

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