RodStewart-related stories
Posted Nov 4th 2009 1:05AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: OpEd, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews
(
S09E15) Last night on
Dancing with the Stars many of the dancers grew stronger than ever. With Mark & Anna T. on the bottom, it guaranteed that they were either going home or dancing for their lives. Instead of having one performer singing two different songs, we have three performances thanks to
DWTS pimping the Ballas Hough Band.
Encore Performance -
Team Tango - The second time around, the performance still had the sizzle and the strongest timing. Kelly had this dazed look this time, possibly because she was nervous for the dance-off. Joanna still was the strongest of the night, possibly because Derek's choreography that he gave her was the strongest.
Continue reading Review: Dancing with the Stars - Performance 7 Results
Posted Oct 23rd 2009 11:14PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: OpEd, Celebrities, Talk Show, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Jay Leno
Every show has an off-week. Unfortunately, for Jay Leno when he has an off-week, it takes up five hours worth of our time. Almost every guest was less than entertaining, and even most of the comedy bits missed this week. Luckily, there were some redeeming moments throughout, most of which I've included right here for you. See, I just saved you five hours of time.
With Rachel Griffiths appearing this week, it appears that ABC's ban on their actors appearing on Leno's show may have finally been lifted. Unfortunately, she couldn't bring along a clip of
Brothers & Sisters, so I guess they're still feeling a little sour. Or NBC doesn't want to promote a competing network's show too much.
Continue reading Leno Weekly: Rod Stewart, Rainn Wilson, Martha Stewart & more!
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 Dec 1st 2007 12:57AM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, The Next Great American Band
(S01E07) Tonight it was Rod Stewart covers on
The Next Great American Band. Please don't get me wrong. I enjoy the music and the choice of artists for the show just fine. It's music I know, a lot of it I own in various formats, and it's the music I listened to as I was growing up.
But there's the kicker. With the exception of Sixwire and some of the members of Denver and the Mile High Orchestra, the artists chosen are way before the times of the bands at hand. I know I'm old school, but haven't there been any great songs or artists in more recent times for them to cover? This happens with
American Idol, too. Since the voting and music buying audience is probably younger, I just can't understand it.
Continue reading The Next Great American Band: Episode 7
Posted Jan 13th 2007 11:32AM by Liz Finn-Arnold
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, FOX, Programming, OpEd, American Idol, Celebrities
Part of the excitement of
American Idol is the anticipation over who will or won't be making an upcoming guest-star appearance. Last year, Rod Stewart and Stevie Wonder stopped by, bringing star power and increased legitimacy to the show. Simon Cowell recently told
Entertainment Weekly that there is a chance that ex-Beatle Paul McCartney may be making a guest appearance on
American Idol this season. And Randy Jackson said he might be able to persuade Mariah Carey to get "in this game."
Continue reading Will Paul McCartney or Mariah Carey visit American Idol?
Posted Nov 8th 2006 10:27AM by Brett Love
Filed under: ABC, Music and Variety, Dancing With The Stars
(S03E17) I got the feeling that some of the staff may have had vacation time to use up this week. They didn't even put in the effort to stretch the show. Instead we were given a clip show of past performances for the first half hour of the show. That was a little underhanded, but they did pick some of the really great performances to show. A couple of my favorites: Edyta and Kym dancing while Rod Stewart did "Hot Legs", Edyta, Karina, Maksim, and Tony with Lionel Richie performing, and the great SWOP demonstration.
Continue reading Dancing with the Stars: Week 9
Posted Oct 12th 2006 7:11AM by Brett Love
Filed under: ABC, Music and Variety, Dancing With The Stars
(S03E10) And here we are for another week of results. After a recap of performance night, the judges choose Jerry & Kym for the encore. bhivxcvvyvbndij <-- That's what hitting myself in the head with the keyboard looks like in text. Am I just not getting the attraction to Jerry?
Things take a turn for the better as Rod Stewart performs Hot Legs while Edyta and Kym dance. This was really good. Rod's still got it. A bit of a departure from what we are used to seeing Edyta and Kym doing, but still fun. They both looked great and did a nice job.
Continue reading Dancing With the Stars: Week 5 Results show
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