QueenLatifah-related stories
Posted Oct 7th 2009 12:45AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: OpEd, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews
(S09E07) With the return of Len Goodman, a thirteen-point difference
separated all the contestants on
Dancing with the Stars. Even with two bum feet, Tom
DeLay managed to beat Michael Irwin's score. As the credits roll, I think the opening sequence needs to take a hint from
Survivor and make edited versions where eliminated contestants are removed from the opening every week.
The big drama tonight was whether or not there would be a single elimination or a double. We get a recap of last night: kissing, Paula Abdul, and dancing. The judges made a very interesting choice for an encore.
Continue reading Dancing with the Stars: Performance 3 Results
Posted May 21st 2009 12:22AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: OpEd, American Idol, Music and Variety, Judges, Reviewcaps, Contestants, Alumni, Performances, Host
At long last, the season 8 finale of American Idol has arrived! It's been fun watching all of the Idols grow in their musical prowess (that's a Paula word), especially Adam Lambert and Kris Allen, the final two performers who couldn't be more different, but are both awesome in their own way.
Ryan started things off by introducing the judges, along with a funny video clip for each of them -- Randy Jackson saying "For Me" throughout the season; Kara DioGuardi saying "sweetie" and "honey" to people who didn't make it past the audition process; Paula's round-up of colorful adjectives (vocal prowess, masterful and effortless, palette, etc.); and Simon's issues with hearing what people say (as in, he could probably use a hearing aid!).
Continue reading American Idol: We have a winner!
Posted Feb 23rd 2009 12:02PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Vs., Awards, Reality-Free
It was the best of Oscar it was the worst of Oscar. It wasn't the best show I've ever seen, but was it the worst Oscars ever as one friend emailed me? I think there were features that worked and features that tanked. There could have been more star power -- where were Tom Hanks, George Clooney, Jim Carrey, Sandra Bullock, Christian Bale, Tyler Perry (he had the biggest box office opening last week!), etc.? Forget about stars from the '70s...
Anyway, I had predicted that
the Oscars would stink. Well, I was wrong, or half-wrong. Separate from whether you agreed with the winners -- I did by and large -- or you didn't, what about the broadcast? I think if you had seen all the nominees (or at least the Best Picture noms), you probably had a rooting interest and were amused by most of the show. However, the other half was pretty bad. After the jump, what worked versus what did not.
Continue reading Oscars 2009: What worked vs. what didn't
Posted Oct 5th 2008 2:02PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, Saturday Night Live, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S34E04) This season so far has been more than a little iffy, but Anne Hathaway managed to make things slightly less painful. Even though the writing still wasn't quite spot-on, Hathaway's enthusiasm brought a light to the show that made even the most irritating sketches a bit more bearable. Honestly, I had my doubts about her hosting abilities, mainly because her good girl giddiness clashes heavily with my black-hearted bitchiness, but I didn't mind her. I'm sure she could even easily make the jump from "pretty good" to "absolutely spectacular," given the right material. Also, she managed to read the cue cards without looking like a complete idiot, which most other hosts have somehow turned into a massive ordeal lately. Mmm, literacy plus natural reading: a combination so deliciously rare, the writers don't even know what to do with it.
Continue reading Saturday Night Live: Anne Hathaway/The Killers - VIDEOS
Posted Oct 4th 2008 8:05AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: News, Saturday Night Live, Ratings, Reality-Free
Conventional wisdom says that vice presidents don't matter much when it comes time to vote, that people ultimately make their choice based on who's running for president. However, when it comes to debates, VEEPs are the main event.
The Nielsen numbers are in for last night's debate between Vice Presidential candidates Joe Biden and Sarah Palin and they're huge --
69.9 million viewers watched the VEEP debate. That's a whopping 17.5 million more viewers than Barack Obama and John McCain drew for their first debate last Friday night.
Why were so many more people tuned in for Biden-Palin? There are a few reasons, starting with the curiosity about Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.
Continue reading VP debate scores blockbuster ratings
Posted Aug 14th 2008 2:19PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Celebrities, Talk Show, Reality-Free
Queen Latifah couldn't make it work. Megan Mullally struck out, too. In fact, if you think about it, more stars fail in their attempts to become talk show hosts than succeed. For every Ellen DeGeneres and Tyra Banks, there's a Caroline Rhea and Magic Johnson.
So, will sitcom star Leah Remini go from the
King of Queens to the queen of daytime talk? CBS -- home of
King of Queens for a very successful run from 1998-2007 -- is developing
a daytime show for Leah Remini that's being called something different than a typical talk show.
If you tune in to
The Rachael Ray Show today, you might get an idea of what Leah could bring to daytime -- she's Rach's guest.
Continue reading Can she talk? Leah Remini in talks for a talk show
Posted Dec 21st 2007 9:23AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Industry, Celebrities, Awards, WGA Strike
In a somewhat unprecedented move, Reuters details a shift in format for the People's Choice Awards. The January 8th broadcast was to be the typical awards show fare, people make bad jokes, struggle to read teleprompters with bad jokes written on them, accept awards by making bad jokes all interspersed with snippets of bad jokes from a host.
This year, in response to the ongoing writers strike, Queen Latifah will be "hosting" a magazine-style show (think Entertainment Tonight). She will introduce pre-recorded segments and clips from nominees to be followed by pre-recorded "I'd like to thank my mom"s from the winners. With waivers being denied to awards shows and celebrities admitting reluctance to attend awards show in the wake of the strike, this move makes sense though I'm not sure it will make for good television. I think the excitement of seeing celebrities live and interacting is the appeal of an awards show and this will just feel like a long episode of one of those celebrity newsmagazine shows like ET.
Posted Jul 19th 2007 5:55PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, TV Royalty, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show
Charlie Rose: Zeng Peiyan- The Daily Show: Adam Sandler
- The Colbert Report: Michael Moore
- The Late Show With David Letterman: Kevin James and White Rabbit
- Jay Leno: Don Cheadle, Miley Cyrus, and Puddle of Mudd
- Jimmy Kimmel Live: Sean Hayes, Chris Hansen, and Kalai
- Tavis Smiley: Mel Jones and James Gibson (repeat)
- Late Night With Conan O'Brien: Queen Latifah, Matt Groening, and Fountains of Wayne
- The Late, Late Show With Craig Ferguson: Rosie Perez, David Milch, and Patti Smith (repeat)
- Last Call With Carson Daly: Floyd Landis and The Bravery
Posted Mar 5th 2007 7:55AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, FOX, Family Guy, Animation
(S05E12) Looking back on this one, as an admitted Stewie fan, I'm surprised that I liked it as much as I did. For the most part, my favorite
Family Guy episodes are those where Stewie gets his own feature plot. He was relegated to Meg or Chris background status here, but the episode was still one of the best of the season.
Chalk a lot of that up to giving Quagmire a chance to shine. He's a great character, so it's nice to get to see him used a little more on occasion. If the experiment with Stewie and Brian's talk show,
Up Late, goes well, I wouldn't mind seeing Quagmire get his own show. Maybe something along the lines of
Midnight Q from "PTV." He did have the line of the night with his "...contents of your panties may have shifted..." bit after missing the flight.
Continue reading Family Guy: Airport '07
Posted Jan 13th 2007 11:03AM by Kevin Kelly
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, HBO, Premium Cable, TCA Press Tour
(As a brief aside to those of you who have been reading these all day - TCA is the Television Critics Association, a twice yearly event that brings TV critics together with networks, show creators, and actors to find out all about upcoming shows, films, specials, and what have you. I'm a newbie to it all as well, so now you know. And knowing is half the battle.)Life Support is somewhat based on a true story about a woman who contracts AIDS from her intravenous drug-using husband, and becomes an angry voice an activist in her community. She hands out condoms, doesn't pull punches, and is modeled after the sister of director Nelson George, who was even more outspoken than Queen Latifah, if you can believe it.
Continue reading HBO's Life Support (or Queen Latifah for Prez) - TCA Report
Posted May 25th 2006 5:59PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, HBO, Celebrities
Queen Latifah has signed on to play an AIDS activist and former crack addict in an upcoming HBO made-for-TV movie called
Life Support. The movie, based on the life and family of writer Nelson George's sister, will focus on the AIDS and HIV crisis within the black community. Nelson George, who worked as a producer on
The Chris Rock Show, penned the script and will also direct. Latifah, along with Jamie Foxx, will also serve as a producer on the film.
Posted Mar 30th 2006 9:19AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Cable, Late Night, OpEd, The Daily Show
Jack Abramoff has been sentenced to six years of prison...
That means instead of his black fedora and trench coat, he'll have to don an orange fedora and trench coat.
"Indecision 5766": Israel held their elections but, unfortunately, experienced their lowest
voter
turn-out ever... 63.2%. What?! "We shouldn't be bringing democracy to the Middle East... they should be
bringing it to
us!"
Continue reading The Daily Show: March 29, 2006
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