I can promise you this..the show ‘Smash’ will be a huge failure!
I hate to be negative, I really do, but as I’ve gotten older I’ve also become wiser. Working in the media industry has taught me much, and sometimes after seeing so many acts, and ‘it’ girls come and go you start to get a sense of how things will end. Continue reading
Handsome T. J. Holmes leaving CNN
Sexy T. J. Holmes leaving CNN, say it ain’t so. I will certainly miss his debonaire on air presence and dark bedroom eyes. Continue reading
Ron Artest, Chaz Bono, Nancy Grace on new ‘DWTS’
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The new cast of “Dancing With the Stars” has been revealed. ABC says the 13th season of the hit show will feature a mix of actors, athletes and TV personalities. Set to tango and quickstep with professional dance partners will be basketball star Ron Artest; World Cup soccer player Hope Solo; reality stars Robert Kardashian, Kristin Cavallari and Chaz Bono; TV personalities Nancy Grace, Carson Kressley and Ricki Lake; singer-actress Chynna Phillips; actors David Arquette and J.R. Martinez; and Italian actress Elisabetta Canalis, who may be better known in the United States for being George Clooney’s ex-girlfriend. Continue reading
‘Red Hook High’: The Anti-’Gossip Girl’
Watch a few episodes of “Gossip Girl” or “Laguna Beach: The Real OC,” and you’d think high school was all about sex at your parents’ summer home, going to galas and getting wasted while looking like an Abercrombie and Fitch model, not the “Before” kid in a Clearasil ad.
“Red Hook High” may be the antidote to all that. Instead of stick-thin blondes toting $3,500 Hermes bags, there are black boys toting bags of drugs. Instead of postcard-perfect mansions and cityscapes, there are cramped apartments and construction zones. 
Part drama, part documentary, “Red Hook High,” a new pilot that premiered at the New York Television Festival (NYTVF) this week, shows a high school experience few network and cable series touch on, one that unfolds in a gritty Brooklyn community among teens with the odds stacked against them. Forget prom queens and valedictorians. “Red Hook High’s” stars include a budding drug dealer, an emerging gay crusader and a possibly pregnant teen.
“It’s the opposite of ‘Gossip Girl,’” said director Trac Minh Vu. “It’s not a glossy Hollywood fashion show. There are probably people who actually live lives like what is portrayed on ‘Gossip Girl’ and ‘The OC.’ But they’re fantasy shows. They’re about showcasing high fashion and the small population of people who can live like that.” Continue reading