Why, yes. Yes, I do. Lucky to live in a world where Clint Eastwood might be too old to make another “Dirty Harry” film but can still provide his voice to a new video game adventure of Harry Calahan.
Not only that, but Police Supevisor Al Bressler will be voiced by Gene Hackman, and Reverend Carlton Clay will possess the voice of Laurence Fishburne.
I don’t think any of us saw this coming. Not me, not Mrs. Vandalay, and not any of the judges on “American Idol.” Chris Daughtry, the resident rocker on the show, was sent home last night after two really good performances on Tuesday night.
It just goes to show a few things…..America is in love with Taylor Hicks and he’s still the favorite to win…..Katharine’s hotness saved her because her singing sure didn’t…..and Elliott came to bat twice on Tuesday night and twice hit the ball way out of the park. (Did Barry Bonds loan Elliott some of “the clear” this week?)
Seriously though, I think everyone was sure it would be Elliott before Tuesday, then everyone had to shift that thinking to Katharine, because she just didn’t bring it on Tuesday.
Before they got to the results, they had to, as usual, fill up like 25 minutes. So they showed more of the Idols at Graceland with Priscilla and with Lisa Marie. Yesterday I commented on the grape-by-way-of-raisin face on Priscilla…but yesterday noticed the outfit and her bulging belly coming through it. What was that exactly? Beer? A baby? Or is she hiding Elvis in there? Either way, it was a little disturbing.
Then the top two were announced, Taylor and Elliott…..and Katharine and Chris were the bottom two.
But for some reason, you had to believe it would be Katharine, and it was a bit shocking when Ryan Seacrest sent Chris home. I think even Chris was in shock, and he should be……he had to know he blew Katharine off the stage on Tuesday. But oh well….the bottom line is that some label is going to sign Chris anyway, probably in the next 10 days if they are able to.
So your remaining 3 are Taylor Hicks, Elliott Yamin and Katharine McPhee…….wow, it’s hard to believe that Mandisa and Chris didn’t make it this far, but great voices aren’t everything….sometimes it’s looks, and sometimes it’s how you perform on any given night or nights.
We’re almost there folks…..from thousands of hopefuls down to just three. And one of them will be crowned the fifth American Idol in a couple of weeks. Who will it be? The way things are going, you just never know….so see you all next week.
Vandalay, OUT
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The drink made its public debut last week when “The Tonight Show” experienced Hulkamania and had Hogan and his family as guests; host Jay Leno tried the beverage and, to date, has felt no ill effects. Apparently, Season 2 of “Hogan Knows Best” will focus on the development of the energy drink, which came about as a result of a pitch from the Hogans’ friend Eric Bischoff, Bischoff’s business partner Jason Hervey (BHE TV, LLC) and Bliss Beverage principals Jordan Harwood and Mike Jannicelli.
Wait a minute. Jason Hervey…? I know that dude!
That’s Wayne, from “The Wonder Years”!
Bravo – part of the Universal family – is going out of its way to make the most of what was one of the coolest parts of the late, great network known as Trio: it’s created BrilliantButCancelled.com.
Yeah, we know, we’ve already hyped how they’re releasing the Brilliant But Cancelled series of DVDs, but this is something different. On BrilliantButCancelled.com, they’ll be streaming programs that aren’t scheduled for DVD release…and one of those is “The Jake Effect,” a sitcom starring Jason Bateman and the total fox known as Nikki Cox.
The funny thing about “The Jake Effect” is that it was put on the schedule for 2003, seven episodes were filmed…and, yet, it was yanked before a single episode ever aired. This panned out nicely for Bateman, of course, because it put him in the perfect position to take on “Arrested Development”…and, actually, it turned out fine for Cox, too, since she ended up on “Las Vegas” as a result. Now, you’ll get the chance to see these episodes online…and see if you missed out on anything. Plus, if you can’t be bothered to turn on your computer, Bravo will do a one-shot airing of the episodes on May 25th.
Now, if we could just get someone to release or re-show Bateman’s 1984 show, “It’s Your Move.”
Tonight’s episode was called “?”, and there really couldn’t be a better title. I mean, why exactly did last week’s teaser point to Michael as becoming such an important figure on the island when he was barely in the episode? All he did was cower in a corner hoping Libby wouldn’t awaken and finger him for the murders. And speaking of Hurley’s love monkey, why is it that when people die in they can never utter more than their murderer’s name? “Michael… SHOT ME!” That wasn’t so hard, was it?
Frankly, this second season has been a complete disappointment, and if it weren’t for Mr. Eko and Locke finding the second hatch (covered underneath the drug plane), I’d seriously considering skipping the last few episodes. Thankfully, however, we got a little excitement when the duo entered to discover a live broadcast of the old hatch and yet another shoddy Dharma orientation tape. This one’s a little different, though, and explains the purpose of the new hatch: to act as surveillance on an experiment. Duh, like we didn’t know that was coming.
As Locke said: “we’re just a bunch of mice in a maze, with no cheese at the end.” Huh. That sounds a little familiar, like, say, the audience of this show? Could this just be one giant experiment being funded by Disney bigwig Mr. Eisner? Maybe he’s still mad about the cancellation of “Dharma & Greg”? Could that explain the real Initiative? Probably not, but it’s just as good a guess as any.
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