Yesterday I asked if The Miss Universe Pageant (or any pageant) was even worth it anymore, but I didn't realize until last night what I had missed during the Sunday night broadcast: Heidi Montag "singing" a "song." The song is so awful and forgettable it's actually mesmerizing. It's like an audition for America's Got Talent. A bad audition. Maybe Spencer really is the talented one of the *duo. Is she introduced with the words "she's a celebrity"?!?
I think her team just said to her "wear something skimpy and put as much hair in your face as possible so people don't know you're lip-synching!" She's really painfully clueless.To quote Bugs Bunny, what a maroon.
* I'm kidding.
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Does anyone care about Miss Universe (or Miss America or Miss USA or ...)?
Last night they crowned Miss Universe. [Insert excitement here.] Hey, I remember watching The Miss America Pageant with my mom and sister in the '70s when I was a kid, but in this day and age when there are so many "titles" and award shows, who cares? Even host Billy Bush announces it in the clip below as if he's a waiter reading the specials of the night (and who got these two hosts and thought they were special? Jeez.)
Also: how can this be Miss Universe? Were there any Klingons in it?
Also: how can this be Miss Universe? Were there any Klingons in it?
Access Hollywood remains stupid, sleazy
If we're going to have inane, sleazy, stupid shows like Access Hollywood on TV, it's good to have shows like The Soup, too. Here Joel McHale takes on Access Hollywood and their coverage last week of that story where a Britney Spears fan jumped on stage and scared the hell out of her. It actually makes you feel sorry for Spears.
The Golden Globes, or how to make me hate an awards show
So Billy Bush and Nancy O'Dell got promoted from commenting in the Golden Globe post-show to hosting the entire show and presenting all the awards (actually recapping the winners since apparently the Hollywood Foreign Press Association did so earlier in a press conference covered by E! and TV Guide Channel). So not only does NBC not have an awards show, but they don't even get first dibs on announcing the winners.First of all, does Billy Bush always wear his hair like that or did he leave his roof down in the convertible with his hair wet and gelled? It looks like a slicked back mullet, and that's not a look just anyone can pull off. In fact, no one can pull off that look. But it may have actually been a better choice than the brown suit. Sadly, though, the suit and hair was the least of the problems with last night's one hour Golden Globe "extravaganza."
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Billy Bush to be annoying in Mandarin as well as English
Who knew that even people in China want to know who Anna Nicole Smith's baby daddy is?TV Week is reporting that NBC Universal Television Distribution has licensed the format of Access Hollywood to a Chinese television network. It is the first time a foreign studio show has been licensed to show in the People's Republic. The show will be called Access Hollywood China; it will be shot and produced in Beijing, and the local content-to-U.S. content ratio will be 70-30. So yes, that means the Chinese might be seeing Billy Bush annoy the hell out of celebrities, but dubbed into Mandarin (or Cantonese if it's being shown in the southern part of the country). The show's big local star? Asian actor and supermodel Hu Bing, whom I was very disappointed to find out was a guy when I Googled his name.
Today might add fourth hour; America asks why
Or maybe America isn't asking why. If the ratings are there, then they must be watching. But I have to wonder: what the hell do these people do that they are watching so many hours of The Today Show in the morning? I mean, I work from home and write about TV, and even I can't imagine having any interest in it. Though I guess I'm not the demographic they're shooting for.
But it's probably coming in 2007. Matt and Meredith won't host it though, and neither would Al or Ann. It would probably go to Access Hollywood's Billy Bush and maybe a co-anchor.
If they actually do a fourth hour of the show, I really hope they have more celebrity interviews! And cooking demonstations! And maybe makeup tips and fashion segments!
Eva Longoria injured on Housewives set
Eva Longoria took a tumble Wednesday as she stepped out of her trailer on the set of Desperate Housewives. Her publicist says she slipped on a stair as she left the trailer and landed flat on her back. She was taken to the hospital, where doctors determined that nothing is broken but her ribs are pretty bruised up. Despite the pain she's in, Eva won't miss a day of work. She was also injured in August 2005 when a piece of equipment knocked her on the head but, again, she didn't miss any work.Access Hollywood anchor Billy Bush is blaming himself for Eva's fall. On his MSNBC blog, Billy says he was on the phone with Longoria as she stepped out of her trailer and fell. He says he called her back but the phone went to voicemail and then she called (while he was watching Dancing with the Stars) to explain what happened.
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