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Super sad to say that Rue McClanahan, aka The Golden Girls' Blanche Devereaux, passed away yesterday after suffering a stroke. While 2010 has been the Year of Betty White, I alway appreciated the Southern fried Blanche. Not only was she a woman in control of her sexuality, but she was an older woman in control of her sexuality. (Actually, McClanahan was set to play White's naive Rose, and vice versa but the ladies switched at a table read because of McClanahan's prior performance as the Rose-like Vivian on Maude and White's turn as the spicy Sue Ann on The Mary Tyler Moore Show.)
Blanche was the catty one, the slutty one, the Samantha (sans the gag inducement). McClahanan imbued Blanche with a mean streak that made her insanely likable, embodying "If you don't have anything nice to say, come sit by me" ideal. But McClahanan also gave Blanche a certain degree of vulnerability that softened her edges, making her palatable. She will be missed.
So now that Betty White is the last Girl standing, does that make her the Highlander?
OMG! BETTY WHITE IS TOTALLY THE HIGHLANDER!!!!! THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!
It's so true.
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We know you've been waited with bated breath for the June 27 Daytime Emmy Awards (please, like you haven't had the date penciled in forever now) so let us enlighten you. This year's Daytime Emmys will pay tribute modern day Dorian Gray Dick Clark and American Bandstand, which started right here in Philadelphia.
So says Variety:
On board to pay tribute will be Barry Manilow, Garth Brooks, Simon Cowell, Jay Leno, Cher, Marie Osmond, Frankie Avalon, Ann-Margret and the Spinners. [snip] "It was time for us to talk about Dick Clark and his influence on on daytime," said Daytime Emmys exec producer David McKenzie. "He had a huge influence on television, and was a tremendous cornerstone of the music business as well. We couldn't pass up the opportunity."The article promises a show heavy on performances that will take advantage of the telecast's new Las Vegas home, including acts like Jeff Foxworthy and Cheech and Chong (hellllooooo cultural clusterfuck!). Clark totally deserves it. Without Clark's clean-cut looking on Bandstand legitimizing the then nascent rock 'n' roll, the genre would surely never have risen to prominence as quickly as it did. Watch a golden age video above, featuring South Philly crooner Al Martino. But let's hope they don't forget about the voice who introduced the original American Bandstand, "Wee Willie" Webber, who passed away last weekend.
What a shame this has been deleted, we, in Australia do not get to see daytime Emmys. We love our daytime soaps, and are not catered to. What a shame.
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We like American Idol. Too much.
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TB: Powersox just might have put the final nail in Lee's coffin. She clearly outperformed Lee, but that doesn't mean anyone in America gives a shit or that Powersox will win.
ME: So who is going to take it all?
TB: If you made me call it: Lee Dewyze.
ME: Agreed. Should be Powersox, probably going to be Lee. Because if there's one thing America loves, it's uncontroversial, middling rock 'n' roll.
Hell yeah, Tina Fey! Yesterday, the Kennedy Center announced that the current 30 Rock star/former SNL-er and erstwhile Upper Darby-ian will receive the Mark Twain Prize for Humor. From the Times:
On Tuesday the Kennedy Center announced that it would present its annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to Ms. Fey, the "30 Rock" star, "Saturday Night Live" alumna and occasional cribber of punch lines from her daughter, Alice. In the 13-year history of the prize, Ms. Fey will be the third woman to receive it: it was previously presented to Lily Tomlin in 2003 and Whoopi Goldberg in 2001.What did you think of 30 Rock this season? I thought it was up and down; some episodes felt like the writers were stuck in a rut and some guest stars felt completely flat (JULIANNE MOORE), while other episodes were spot-on (like last week's season finale, above) and felt like earlier seasons. NBC is moving 30 Rock out of it's cushy post-Office timeslot next season and it will now follow Community at 8:30 p.m., and I'm honestly a little worried about it's future. It's had four years to establish an audience and, despite critical acclaim, ratings are low. So how do you think it will fare without a powerhouse lead-in (although, Community was stronger than The Office this year on the whole). No matter, though, without Tina, I wouldn't have an unnatural infatuation with Jack McBrayer or the ability to make Kabletown jokes. Therefore, I salute you. RELATED >> INTERVIEW with 30 Rock's Scott Adsit: "So now in bars across the world, you can spend 50 cents and hear Liz Lemon and Pete Hornberger yelling at you to 'shoot it up the ramp!'" RELATED >> I wouldn't bitch about my cable bill so much if I had Kabletown RELATED >> 30 Rock takes on the Comcast buy-out
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This is the greatest thing I've ever seen in my life.
Thank you, Vulture, thank you.
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Craig Kilborn, the first host of the Daily Show and former CBS late night fixture, will return to TV after a six-year hiatus with The Kilborn Files, a snarky take on current events and pop cutlure. And guess what, all of five of you Kilborn fans? Philadelphia is one of the test markets for the show, which will air on Fox and replace one of the syndicated sitcoms in the 6:30, 7 or 7:30 p.m. slots, beginning June 28.
Variety reports:
"The Kilborn Files" will have the host offer opinions on pop culture and current events. He'll also have guests and a "power panel" that will weigh in on the issues of the day. [snip]Chicha also said the comparisons to "The Daily Show" might be slightly premature. Also, with "The Daily Show" on basic cable, Stewart and his team have more leeway in terms of language and content than Kilborn on Fox's O&Os. "I'm not sure it'll be as political as that," he said. "I don't know if it's going in that direction. It might be less politics and more pop culture."Awesome! A neutered version of The Daily Show? Sigh, cue The Simpsons reruns.
I'm one of Craig's five fans. I love Jon, too. Different animals.
Kilby rocks ~!
craig kilborn sucks. I predict won't make it out of test market.
This is bullshit. They are taking off The Simpsons for this.
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MISS PHILLY – Executive producer/writer Jamie Foxx (The Soloist, Ray), executive producer/writer Barbara Hall (Joan of Arcadia, Judging Amy) and executive producers Marcus King (The Jamie Foxx Show) and Jaime Rucker King (Ray) explore the pristine suburbs and urban war zones of Philadelphia, where the mayor has hired the first African-American police commissioner. She finds herself handling more than she ever expected.Yeah, yeah, the title is stupid and no word yet on who is playing Miss Philly herself (...just throwing Regina King's name out there... although she's on TNT's Southland already, so probably not. I just really like her) but Barbara Hall has a solid pedigree and TNT has been turning it out orignal series-wise as of late so I'm willing to give this a go-round. And can you really resist "pristine suburbs and urban war zones." No, you can't. No word yet on whether this will actually be shot here. We'll give you the head's up when we hear. There's no sign in TBS' press material about Uncle Nigel, the in-development show starring Gary Cole as a Philly cop who takes his idiot nephew as a partner. Any tipsters know the deal? RELATED >> IDOL HANDS: American Idol, Fanastic Mr. Foxx
We like American Idol. Too much.
Tommy Button: I've spent a lot of time these past few months finding new ways to describe Lee Dewyze's lack of personality. He still no Rip Taylor but I got to hand it to the guy for really coming out of his shell these past few weeks. Inch by inch, he's been nipping at Powersox's heels and this week he made it abundantly clear that he's not only caught up, but he's the motherfucker to beat.
Molly Eichel: Yeah, Dewyze made that obvious last night but it's all so middling, ya know? I'm just so sick of white boys and their guitars pretending like their the first ones to harness the power of the cock. Lee makes me I miss the pop stars days of Idol when a girl or boy who could belt it commanded the stage. Do I think Lee could vocally take on a Kelly Clarkson or a Fantasia? No. Right now he's competing against Powersox, someone very similar to his own style and I want to see a pop v. rock battle royale. Is it too late to bring back Angela Martin?
TB: Everyone pretty much shit the bed on personal song choice, except for Lee. Powersox's "Come To My Window" was about as predictable as her Janis Joplin performance a couple weeks back. And her mouth did this weird Joker smile when she screamed "windoooooooow."
ME: I didn't hate on the arrangement as much as everyone else, it wasn't an Andrew Garcia shamefest or Tim Urban's sounds of hell hounds barking.But yeah, this is one of those "Ricky Martin comes out" moments. It was like "Go back about your business. There's nothing to see here."
TB: I honestly can't remember what Casey James' personal song choice was but it sounded like what Bob Seger and Huey Lewis' baby would sound like.
ME: That song was like Casey asking to get the boot. Like when Jason Castro would come on stage all bloodshot eyes and muffled giggles and you could tell that his vocal exercises consisted of hitting the bong (or the vaporizer. Better for the vocal cords).
TB: The songs chosen by the judges suited the contestants much better than their own. Sucks for Casey, though. Clearly, the judges want this country boy ousted — why else would they chose one of the most boring songs written by one of the douchiest performers ever?
ME: I can't help but listen to John Mayer and think about how much of a perv he is, so I had to tune out. But I have another bone to pick with the judges: Everyone keeps saying, "You're such a wonderful person." But what makes them so great? That they made it all the way on a reality television show, based on pretty superficial behavior? Like, Mahler Wagner (Thanks Shooki!) was a genius but he was still a Nazi fuck. If Gandhi guest hosts the next ep, then sure, go for the wonderful person line. But Casey James is not a good person solely because he has nice hair and makes housewives feel all hot and bothered.
TB: All in all, it's pretty clear at this point it's gunna be Powersox v. Dewyze come finals time, but I think Powersox may end this season wearing the second place pants. I just hope they come in American flag prints, like Mr. Powersox.
Mahler was a nazi? Do you mean Wagner?
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We've been bombarding you with info about the Jimmy Smits show Outlaw because we thought it was going to be set in Philly. But Michael Klein reports otherwise, saying that our fair berg is no longer home to Smits' playboy ex-Supreme Court Justice. We're not that broken up about it considering the trailer made it look like it was worthy of its Friday at 10 p.m. time slot.
So why the move for outlaw? Klein says, "Supposedly Smits was not wild all along about the prospects of a cross-country relo, so the series will be done on sound stages in California. Some exteriors will be shot in D.C., where the show is based." See ya, Smits. RELATED >> The Outlaw saga
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