KeepingUpwiththeKardashians-related stories
Posted Oct 13th 2009 5:31PM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Programming, OpEd, Celebrities
I caught an episode of E!'s new reality show,
Leave It To Lamas, the other night. All I could think was, 'Does anyone really care about these people?' Maybe that's the point. We don't care, and thus don't mind watching them all implode.
I'm betting that a lot of people have never even heard of the Lamas family. I remember Lorenzo from
Falcon Crest; now he looks like a washed-up porn star. His daughter, Shayne, was recently proposed to by Matt Grant on
The Bachelor: London Calling (the engagement is off -- I'm guessing it was all done for publicity for
this show).
Continue reading Leave it to Lamas - Does anyone really care?
Posted Sep 30th 2009 12:02PM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, Celebrities
It's getting harder and harder to keep up with the Kardashians. I know - why bother, right? But that krazy klan does keep me company while I work into the wee hours.
But when I heard that Khloe and her beau, Los Angeles Lakers star Lamar Odom, were getting married after just one month of seeing each other, all I could think was, really? And the kicker is that Khloe is all huffy over Kourtney getting back with her baby daddy Scott (at this writing anyway), and here she herself goes and gets hitched after knowing the guy for only one month.
Now E! is planning on
airing their wedding in a special, hour-long episode of the family's reality show, titled "Keeping Up With the Kardashians: The Wedding." The pair were married earlier this week; the episode will air in November.
How long do you think the marriage will last? I say they'll split up before the the wedding airs.
[Watch clips of
Keeping Up With the Kardashians and
Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami at SlashControl.]
Posted Jun 21st 2009 6:07PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: OpEd, American Idol, Celebrities, Host, Celebreality
Somebody has to stop
Ryan Seacrest. Please. I mean it. He's going too far.
Seacrest tweeted that he is talking with Lindsay Lohan about her own reality show. Presumably it'll be in the vein of Ryan's other reality star vehicles,
Keeping Up With the Kardashians and
Denise Richards: It's Complicated. Notice that I didn't say it would have the same quality as those other shows because if you've ever watched more than an episode, you know that quality is not a requirement. Manipulation, mugging and broad fake emotions are all that's necessary.
So,
Lindsay Lohan, heed my warning: stop talking to Ryan Seacrest. No good will come of it.
Continue reading Stop Ryan Seacrest for Lindsay Lohan's sake
Posted Nov 23rd 2008 3:21PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Programming, Celebrities
Thanksgiving is a time for family, right? On TV, our favorite families have been The Waltons, The Huxtables, The Simpsons. But this year a vote has been taken and another family has emerged as America's favorite. The Kardashians. Yes, believe it or not, the People's Choice web site has done a survey and the family chosen by most respondents to spend Turkey Day with are E TV's Kardashians.
Starting at 1 o'clock on Thursday, November 27, E! will broadcast
a Kardashian marathon, five hours of
Keeping Up With The Kardashians. Yes, if you don't want to watch NFL games -- and considering the fact that we're forced to endure the horrid Detroit Lions every Thanksgiving, the 2008 winless Lions, you may want to turn away -- you can instead watch the rich, spoiled, outrageous Kardashians.
(Of course, there is an NFL connection if you count Reggie Bush, Kim's fiance, the star running back of the New Orleans Saints who's currently injured and not playing.)
Continue reading Thanksgiving with the Kardashians
Posted Aug 26th 2008 11:23AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Cancellations, Celebreality
In terms of compelling celebrity reality shows, Denise Richards thought she had a great story to tell. Her life seemed very complicated, what with her fights with ex-husband Charlie Sheen and their legal wrangling over their children, it seemed like a compelling product.
Umm...no, it wasn't.
Today,
E! pulled the plug on Denise Richards It's Complicated, her attempt to keep up with the Kardashians and outdo the Hogans. The bottom line with Denise's show was that it really wasn't that complicated. It was dull.
Her family appeared as her supporting players, including her father who -- like his children -- is still mourning the loss of his wife, Denise's mom. Those moments in the show were sad, but a little went a long way.
Denise's getting in the middle of the employment issues with her assistants was hardly great TV, nor was watching Denise driving in Beverly Hills. And, yes, the ratings were declining week after week.
Continue reading Not so complicated after all - Denise Richards' show axed
Posted Aug 25th 2008 12:02PM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: Programming, Celebrities, Dancing With The Stars, Casting
Dancing With the Stars is a show that makes no sense to me. I understand the appeal of it; I'm usually very interested in any program that involves celebrities doing ridiculous things on national television and I know that people love bright shiny costumes, but it still somehow manages to hold no interest for me whatsoever.
With that said, I know that the announcement of each season's
DWTS cast is heavily anticipated and rumored for months before the actual announcement. We heard that
Dan Marino may be a contestant; a claim that was
soon denied. 82-year-old
Cloris Leachman was another name floated, as was Magnum, P.I. himself,
Tom Selleck.
Kim Kardashian and
Kathy Griffin were also said to have been approached.
As with most rumors, some of these turned out to be false, but others had some truth to them. Follow me after the jump for the official (and completely insane) cast of
Dancing With the Stars' seventh season, along with some twists the producers have cooked up for this go-around.
Continue reading ABC announces new cast of Dancing With the Stars
Posted Aug 5th 2008 7:33AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, TV on DVD, OpEd, Weeds, Reaper, Reality-Free, Mad Men
Hey, let's all mark our calendars, because it's a big day in the TV world. Now all the people who aren't watching
According to Jim on TV can
not watch it on DVD.
Season one of the
ABC comedy (it's a comedy, right?) will be released on Oct. 21, 2008. It's part of a deal ABC Studios inked with Lionsgate Home Entertainment to distribute select titles on DVD. Season one of
Reaper is next on Nov. 4, followed by
Boy Meets World (which was
discontinued in 2006),
Hope and Faith, and
8 Simple Rules.
That's interesting, because I've got Season one of
8 Simple Rules here (no, I didn't buy it, a publicist sent it to me), and it's from Buena Vista Home Entertainment. So Lionsgate must be taking over distribution.
Continue reading According to Jim on DVD. Yippee.
Posted Jul 3rd 2008 8:05PM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Industry, OpEd, Celebrities, Super Skank Wednesday
Fans of skanktastic television will love this news. Kim Kardashian and her ass, both stars of E!'s
Keeping Up with the Kardashians, are
launching a line of perfume. She announced this news on her blog, which, by the way, is one of my favorite blogs. It's wonderfully delusional and self-congratulatory.
I'll indulge you in a sample, "It has always been a dream of mine to start my own perfume business, since I love to mix fragrances together and come up with new and different scents! I hope you understand my
total excitement as I let
you, the readers of my blog, become
the first to know that I am creating my own fragrance!!!" I love the emboldened words and gratuitous use of exclamation points.
Continue reading Try to keep up ... Kim Kardashian is launching a perfume line
Posted May 14th 2008 12:03PM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, Video, Episode Reviews, Super Skank Wednesday
Welcome to
Super Skank Wednesday. This is where I celebrate the awesomely skanky people on the following shows:
Rock of Love,
Flavor of Love,
I Love New York (or whatever show Tiffany Pollard is making next),
The Surreal Life and
Miss Rap Supreme. Basically, I'll discuss the skankalicious shows that make VH1 the network it is today.
After the jump, I have a several little ditties for you. We'll talk about Kim Kardashian, the
Flavor of Love 3 recap show,
The Bad
Girls Club,
Miss Rap Supreme and
Lil' Miss Rap Supreme.
Continue reading Super Skank Wednesday: A round-up of some skanky ongoings - VIDEOS
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