Anna Johns
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If it comes down to paying the heating bill or the satellite bill, Anna
Johns will just put on a sweater. She is a freelance writer and
television news producer who lives in Portland, Oregon. She co-hosts a
pop culture podcast called Delta Park Project with her husband, Jason,
where they talk about television, movies, and the cast of Dawson's
Creek. Anna's all-time favorite television shows are Lost, Scrubs,
X-Files, Mad About You (before the baby), Sports Night and Firefly. She
is a recovering addict of The O.C. and Survivor and she just can't get
on board with 24 and Alias. Sorry.
Posted Jun 6th 2008 7:01PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: TV on the Bigscreen, The X-Files, Reality-Free
This latest trailer for The X-Files movie, coming out July 25th, actually has some meat to it. The
past teaser-trailers haven't shown much except some snow and a lot of flashes of black. In this trailer, we actually get to see some of Mulder and Scully's co-stars -- namely, Amanda Peet and Billy Connolly. Peet appears to be an FBI agent who is a bit of an outsider because she's a believer in the paranormal, which is why Mulder is brought on to the case. Connolly plays an unusual man, a psychic, who may or may not be nuts.
Continue reading Best X-Files trailer so far
Posted Jun 4th 2008 4:26PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: American Idol, Celebrities, Contestants, News and Gossip
David Archuleta is
American Idol's bitch. Like the other contestants, he signed an incredibly restrictive contract. All of his public appearances and performances are closely monitored and approved by AI managers.
That became painfully clear for Archuleta and his rabid fans in Salt Lake City this week when the runner-up was
forced to cancel a 'Thank You' concert. It was to be this Friday night and the proceeds were to go to charity. But
American Idol nixed the whole thing because of Archuleta's "contractual obligations" to the show. It was an
Idol-sanctioned event. Plus, Archuleta is scheduled to begin touring with his co-contestants on Saturday.
Continue reading Idol has its claws in David Archuleta
Posted Jun 2nd 2008 4:14PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Celebrities, Reality-Free
According to
People magazine, Kelsey Grammer is in a Hawaiian hospital after suffering a mild heart attack. A rep for Grammer says it happened Saturday morning as he was paddle boarding with his wife near their home in Hawaii. He immediately went to the hospital where doctors determined it was a mild heart attack. He'll be in the hospital for a few days for observation.
Grammer was most likely enjoying a little time off before he returns to television this fall. His Fox sitcom,
Back to You,
was recently canceled but he quickly rebounded and
took a role on an ABC comedy called
Roman's Empire. He'll have the title role, actually, as Roman, the wacky patriarch of a wealthy and eclectic family. This new comedy is a departure, of sorts, for Grammer. Rather than the
Frasier and
Back to You-style sitcoms with multiple cameras, his new project is a single-camera venture.
Posted Jun 1st 2008 9:20PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Lost, Watercooler Talk, Reality-Free
I heard a
short story on NPR this weekend about a band called Previously on
Lost. Every week, they release a song that recaps each episode of
Lost. The band members are Jeff Curtin and Adam Schatz, and they record their songs on Kiss My Arzt Records (ha!). Curtin says they pick the major theme or event of the week and sing about it. One of the funniest songs I heard was for the Desmond-centric episode a few weeks ago when he almost had an aneurysm. It's called "Be My Constant". Curtin says that song is about "love and electro-magnetism".
Continue reading Previously on Lost ... the band
Posted May 22nd 2008 5:27PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: TV Royalty, Watercooler Talk
Oprah is in reruns this summer, but she'll be keeping up with fans
through her blog where she's writing about a "detox diet" that she's on.
Many of you probably noticed that Oprah seems to have gained some weight again. She addressed it on her show last fall... saying that she was having thyroid and metabolism issues. The woman knows how to lose weight, but wasn't able to get it off this time so she's trying something new to "cleanse" her system.
Continue reading Oprah's on a vegan diet
Posted May 21st 2008 6:06PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: OpEd, American Idol, Alumni, Predictions and Trends, TV Squad Lists
Going into
last night's finale of American Idol, I was very excited to see the Davids battle each other for the title. It was the first
American Idol in a while that did not have an obvious winner at the outset. Even though it really was David Archuleta's night, I still hold out hope that David Cook might pull out a win. He's the one with the most potential and is the better performer. Little Archuleta has that killer voice, though.
Anyway, last night's epic battle got me thinking about past
American Idol finales and whether any of them were this much of a contest. It seems like we've gone into most of the
American Idol finales with obvious winners. Here's a breakdown of the past
American Idol finales, and whether they stack up to last night's performances:
Continue reading Which is the best American Idol finale?
Posted May 20th 2008 1:44PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Video, Game Show, Pickups and Renewals
Human Tetris: It's the stupidest, simplest idea ever for a game show... which makes it frickin' brilliant! (Although, my co-worker, Joel,
does not agree) Audiences in Japan and Denmark are nuts for it. That was enough for Fox to go from ordering one pilot to
grabbing up an entire season, based on the popularity of the shows overseas and on the internet.
The version coming to American television next season is called
Hole in the Wall. This game show is about people contorting their bodies to fit through an odd-shaped hole in a wall. The wall comes flying at them and they have to fit through the hole or be pushed into a pool of water. Simple, right? And it's going to be addictive as hell.
Continue reading Human Tetris coming to Fox - VIDEOS
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