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Survivor: Fans vs. Favorites: Week 5 Preview!

Spoiler alert! I just watched a screener of this upcoming Thursday’s episode, and while I’m sworn to secrecy about the big stuff, I just have to share the following juicy tidbit: Never during the episode does Chet amaze people with a phenomenal display of his physical ability. Truly! Not once! Oh, and the tribes get switched up. Read on to find out the new tribes:

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Drama

“The Wire”: Late Editions

Posted by SH Lester, bless his heart, figured out Marlo’s cellphone code in time to catch Partlow heading to a warehouse out in the middle of nowhere for a fresh supply of product. Cue the blaring sirens, cue the SWAT teams, there’s your dope on the table. Just as the city poobahs are reeling over the phantom serial killer, they get a $16 million drug bust to make things feel a lot better. Lester forgoes the big public press conference, finding his joy instead through a silent encounter with Marlo, on his knees in handcuffs, furtively flashing him the clock […]

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Getting Lost: “The Other Woman” Preview

Far be it from us to complain about the current season of Lost — it has been, in a word, awesome — but when we decided to start keeping track of the unanswered questions we had about the show, we didn’t think we’d threaten to take up all the space the Internet has to offer. Hopefully the show’s writers will throw us a freaking bone or two this week, so we can trim our list at least a little bit. But when the sneak peeks introduce a new character who we didn’t know was coming, we don’t hold out a […]

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Comedy

Down Boy!: A "Family Guy" Recap

Posted by Sarah Brian’s essay wins first prize in the Rising Writers contest, meaning that he gets a free trip to Martha’s Vineyard and the chance to read part of the essay at a celebratory dinner. And since Peter’s idiocy has been straining his relationship with Lois, Brian invites them to come along and have a vacation. But who’ll watch the kids? Cleveland’s busy, so they decide on Herbert: “You’ve spent time watching children, right?” “Yes, yes I have.” Herbert’s babysitting stint includes a sponge bath (unfortunately, not by the Griffin kid he’d hoped for), Scattergories, and a perverse reading […]

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Magazine Archive

Smackdown’s MVP Talks About The Sport

Not so long ago, the man known to pro-wrestling fans as MVP was known to corrections officers at a series of South Florida correctional institutions as Alvin Burke, Jr., just another guy with an aptitude for wrong. Wrong place. Wrong time. Wrong choices. One, Darryl Davis, who moonlighted as a wrestler on the local indie circuit, saw something more: the physique and attitude that could bring Burke success (or at least a better outlet for his aggressions) inside the squared circle. He offered to train Burke for free, if he kept his nose clean on his next parole. Burke took […]

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Looking For A Change, Alyssa Milano Joins The Mob

It’s rare when an actor who has been in the business for nearly three decades is offered the chance to play a character different from any she has played before. Alyssa Milano, who broke into acting at age 7 when she joined a touring production of Annie, has found such a role in the original movie Wisegal, premiering March 15 on Lifetime. In the film, which is inspired by a true story, Milano plays Patty Montanari, a woman whose desperate times call for desperate measures. “I sort of gravitate toward ‘girl power’ roles, and this is certainly that,” Milano says. […]

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Reality TV

Survivor: Fans vs. Favorites, Week 4: Survival of the Weakest

Some of the Faves who voted against Yau-Man last episode are now wishing they’d kicked off Eliza instead. In particular, James and Ozzy think it’s stupid that they kept one of the weakest players, who’s now sick. (Oh, come on, Yau could’ve gotten sick, too.) When Eliza points out to them that they’re talking about this in her presence, James, obviously a man of deep compassion, says, “I know you’re sitting right there, but you’re about to die.” She says hey, you could be supportive, and James says, “You’re sick AND you got attitude?” Eliza tells the camera “I hate […]

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Getting Lost: "The Constant" Review

Posted by Mike and johnnysweeptheleg Constants? Variables?! Note to the makers of Lost: We had finally managed to remove the final vestiges of high-school math and science from our heads. Seriously, ROYGBIV and SOHCAHTOA were merely gibberish to us. Then you go and send Desmond on a quest to make sure his parents kiss at the Enchantment Under the Sea dance — or something like that (our memory doesn’t function well when we’re upset). But … the phone conversation between Desmond and Penny was a nice save, so you’re forgiven. Just don’t let it happen again. On with the recap. […]

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Getting Lost: “The Constant” Preview

In last week’s episode, “Eggtown,” we got more questions than answers. Will the same hold true this week in “The Constant”? We’re going to go out on a limb and say, “Um, yeah, probably.” The previews seem to indicate that the episode will focus on issues dealing with space and time, and their effects on the inhabitants of the island — thus pitting our love of Lost directly against our hatred of science. Which will win out? And who the hell is Minkowski? I have a feeling that, by tomorrow morning, we’ll have answers to both. Here are the unanswered […]