Things get a bit racy on this week’s episode of “Banter with Ben and Lisa” as Lisa and I tackle the most pressing dilemma in America: the romance of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West. Then it’s on to Brian McKnight, who has surprised the Internet with his very adult ode to female anatomy. Later, Lisa …
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REVENGE RECAP: Emily Realizes Something She Should Have Figured Out A Long Time Ago
Lordly loo it’s been a while since I wrote a Revenge recap. So much has happened. Let’s see — there was that engagement party where Daniel was shot, but it actually wasn’t Daniel. It was Tyler. And Daniel shot him. But Daniel didn’t kill him. No, a second person killed him — Emily’s strange Asian …
REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC PHOTOCAP: Did You Hear? Gretchen Lost Her Voice
Bravo is a cruel, cruel network. After relentlessly teasing us with Gretchen’s impending Pussycat Dolls performance — something we actually don’t care about AT ALL — it seemed like it was finally time for the flaxen thrush to belt out “Fever” for us on last night’s Real Housewives of Orange County. But no. In classic …
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WATCH WHAT CRAPPENS: Ep 14 — NJ Premiere, ATL Reunion, and Much More
Load up your iPod. Time for another edition of Watch What Crappens! This week, Ronnie Karam, Matt Whitfield, and I are talk at length about the Real Housewivse of NJ premiere. Then we focus our haterade on the Atlanta reunion and finally on Orange County. Along the way, we also gossip about the Kathy premiere, …
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It’s ‘The Walking Dead’ Video Game!
Like zombies? Like The Walking Dead? Like video games? Well, great news: a Walking Dead video game is coming to the PS3 in just a few days — April 30th to be specific. IGN has already reviewed the game — giving it a solid grade of 8.5 (“Great”) — and while the TV show can …
REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NJ PHOTOCAP: We’re Going To Jersey Shore, Bitch!
Guess who’s back? Well, you know the answer since you’re already reading this, but just in case you’re totally dense, it’s The Real Housewives of New Jersey! It felt like just yesterday that we were watching their tumultuous reunion as Teresa suddenly found herself the outcast of the group. Now, it’s just a few months …
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And Now A Master Class in Great Soap Melodrama
Revenge came back last night, and as usual, it was all about Victoria. I hope to post a recap of the show later today or tonight (fam is in town visiting; so I’m behind schedule), but in the meantime, enjoy this scene which seems to take every great melodramatic, soap-opera trope and roll them into …
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10 Fixes For ‘Draw Something’ That We’d Like To See
Draw Something surfaced in late February of this year, and within days it became a top seller, going so far as to reach 50 million downloads in only fifty days. It has blown up all over pop culture, causing many people to abandon their endless Words with Friends games and opt for the quicker, more …
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WATCH WHAT CRAPPENS: Ep. 13 – Atlanta Reunion, Shahs Finale, and OC Crap
It’s time for another episode of Watch What Crappens! The podcast actually posted yesterday, but I didn’t get a chance until today to get it on my site (all the more reason why you should subscribe on iTunes and then you’ll always have it the moment it goes live). Anyway, this week, Ronnie and I …
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REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ATLANTA PHOTOCAP: Reunited, and It Feels So RICH, BITCH
After two seasons of unspectacular reunions, the crazy bitches on Real Housewives of Atlanta brought their A-Game back — the same A-Game that we saw at the end of season one and changed Housewives reunions forever. These women yelled and yelled and yelled; although, to be fair, it was mostly NeNe, who spent the better …
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