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Billboard Music Awards: Now with fewer bimbos!

Both Britney Spears and Paris Hilton have canceled their scheduled appearances at Monday night’s Billboard Music Awards, according to multiple reports. Though the nightclub-hopping duo were originally scheduled to co-host the event, those plans were changed when Britney abruptly pulled out of her commitment without giving a reason. A few days later, Paris changed her mind as well:

The hotel heiress canceled an appearance at next week’s Billboard Music Awards because she didn’t like the jokes written for her, according to a spokesman.

“It is my understanding that some satirical references ridiculed some of her peers,” her spokesman, Elliot Mintz, said in a statement. “Paris did not want to say anything that could appear hurtful or embarrassing about people she knows.”

Uh, yeah. Because when I think Paris Hilton, I think “classy, considerate dame who has no interest in mocking, snubbing, or otherwise seeking to humiliate her peers.” She is instead much more interested in performing every known sex act — as well as several newly invented ones — with her peers’ boyfriends, relatives, and family pets.

Battlestar Galactica: “Unfinished Business”

This episode was a little frustrating at the start, what with all the disjointed flashbacks intercut with the boxing scenes, but I should have known that they’d piece things together in the end. The romances of the crew aren’t a major focal point of the series, and throughout its run, the show has always danced around the feelings between Lee and Cara. This episode was interesting in that it dealt with some of these feelings, while also giving us a snapshot of what life was like on New Caprica before the Cylons arrived. Speaking of the Cylons, this seems like the first episode in quite some time that they didn’t make an appearance.

There also is some chemistry between Adama and Roslin, but it looks like that will be left on New Caprica for the time being. At the start, I wasn’t too sure why the Admiral felt the need to bring the Chief into the ring, but it turned out he was none too pleased with how the Chief answered his question about the downed bird. I was expecting there to be some hard feelings from the Chief’s perspective, but the truth was that the Admiral felt that things were a little too warm and fuzzy. That’s why he called the Chief out and gave everyone the speech after the fight.

But back to Cara and Lee – where do things go from here? Cara’s actions on New Caprica shed some light on why Lee let himself go in the subsequent months. But I think Dualla is a much better catch. For one thing, she’s stable. It seems like Cara is incapable of having a healthy relationship and Lee is probably in for a world of hurt if he goes down that road. Dualla also seems to genuinely love Lee, while Cara can’t make her mind up about anyone.

The embrace at the end of the fight is going to make things interesting. Does Dualla let it go and stick around or does she do what’s probably the smart thing, and bolt?

Jericho, Episode 11: Better Late Than Never

Sorry, folks, I watched the episode live on Wednesday night rather than on tape as I normally do, and it spoiled me so much that I forgot that I hadn’t actually written it up!

So this was the last episode before the hiatus, and, as predicted, Dale came back into the proceedings in a big way, thanks to him being the one to discover Gracie’s body. It wasn’t terribly surprising to find out that he’d been left the store in Gracie’s will – she certainly seemed like someone who wouldn’t let a little thing like nuclear war keep her from making adjustments to her last will and testament – but it was (at least to me) legitimately shocking that he snapped and killed Mitchell before episode’s end. Not that I didn’t expect him to attempt some sort of retribution, but that was certainly an abrupt manuever. Effective, though…

I swear, the general population of Jericho is apparently stupid. Why on earth would they, in the midst of a post-nuclear world, get rid of their mayor of 20 years in favor of a new regime with a raving warmonger like Gray Anderson. While I’ll buy that the townsfolk figured Jonah to be Gracie’s killer, I still think it’s pretty damned amazing that these people entered into the mob mentality as quickly as they did. But then…and I’m getting ready to perform a huge generalization, so brace yourself…small towns do tend to harbor an inordinate number of dumb hicks who prefer violence to intelligent discourse.

The whole thing with Hawkins needs more resolution, as far as I’m concerned. We really just haven’t learned enough about what his deal is, and the total mystery about the people he’s talking with is more annoying than it is suspenseful. Nice to see Dr. Dhuwalia again, though, even it was only briefly. Great line from Jake when Dhuwalia makes a comment about how Jake needs a real doctor, and Jake replies, “A real doctor wouldn’t do what I’m going to ask.”

So now we’ve got to wait ’til February for resolution of these storylines. I gotta say, while I’m interested in seeing how things progress, I’m in no way as excited about the return of “Jericho” as I am the return of, say, “Heroes.” Or even “Lost.”

The Office: “The Convict”

This episode was apparently written by the creators of the original “Office,” Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. That’s surprising, because the episode was more awkward than funny, something that rarely happened with the UK version.

Michael is at his best when it’s not crystal clear when he’s being completely inappropriate, but his outing of Martin (as a convict) somehow felt even more inappropriate than his outing of Oscar earlier in the season. There were some funny bits – Andy’s wooing of Pam, “Prison Mike” and the dementors reference – but much of the episode fell flat.

So that’s two Stamford people that have quit in as many weeks. How many will make it to the end of the season?

C.S.I.: MY, It’s Hammy!

In my recent review of the latest full-season sets of the three “C.S.I.” series, I gave David Caruso a fair amount of shit for dragging down the Miami-based show of the franchise. The exact quote, in fact, was, “He’s the 21st century’s TV cop equivalent of Jack Lord – Steve McGarrett in ‘Hawaii Five-O’ – and he utters every line in such an overly dramatic manner that you just want to laugh at him.” Well, if you’d like to save yourself the time and money involved to watch an entire season of “C.S.I.: Miami, check out the montage below. It should be enough to confirm the accuracy of my statement.

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