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True insanity. I just woke up and discovered an inordinately large amount of tweets congratulating me. For what? I had no idea. But then I got to thinking — late last night, a writer from Entertainment Weekly had contacted me, telling me to keep an eye out for Julie Chen’s EW blog going up today. Naturally, …
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Apologies for being inattentive to this blog the past day and a half. I’ve been traveling and am currently in the sunny climes of Portland, Oregon. I realize there is much to discuss in the TV world, what with Big Brother and Top Chef Masters and the Emmy nominations. I will try to get some …
It’s been relatively quiet on the Real Housewives front, what with the franchise taking a rest this month before Atlanta storms onto our televisions in a flurry of hair weaves and “BAM!” shouts. Today, however, we have news! Bravo has unveiled the new housewife joining our Orange County bitches, and surprise surprise — she’s a blonde. …
As I mentioned yesterday, I went to the Silver Lake farmers market over the weekend, and not only did I bring home crabs — the edible kind — but I also emerged with three varieties of plants: rosemary, thyme, and chives. I’m all about saving money, and if I can grow these herbs instead of purchasing …
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Well, we’re now two episodes deep into Big Brother, and everything seems to be rolling along just fine. Jesse is proving to be more annoying than last season, partly because of a choice by him to amp up his personality perhaps in an effort to court the attention of a WWE casting director (he admitted …
How do you know it’s summer? Not by the rising temperature, but instead by the sudden influx of racial insensitivity courtesy of dumb Big Brother contestants. And along those lines, we have our first clip of derogatory hate speech, courtesy of Braden who used some choice words to describe Kevin’s latino heritage. The only problem? …
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Saturday in Los Angeles was one of those perfect, sunny Southern California days, and so when my friends Jash and Sly informed me that they were heading off to Silver Lake for the farmer’s market, I was more than happy to tag along for fun. You see, I’m notoriously ineffective at farmer’s markets. I tend …
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It’s baaaaaaack! And I’m not just talking about the clichéd way I just started this post. I’m talking, of course, about Big Brother, which has returned for what looks to be a strong eleventh season. The twist this time around is that the houseguests have been segregated into four distinct cliques: the athletes (a.k.a. jocks), …
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Lest you forget, Big Brother 11 premieres tonight at 8 PM on CBS. That means that on the East Coast, there’s t-minus one hour until you surrender your summer to many wonderful, glorious hours in front of the television, watching lunatics scream and fight and battle it out for half million dollars. So very excited… …
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Cooking for the prestige, if you will. I was most disappointed last week when I turned on my TV and there was no new episode of Top Chef Masters in my queue. Actually, disappointed wasn’t the word. More like puzzled. Yes, I sat there for five minutes, navigating through the depths of my DVR to …
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