Posts with tag twins
Posted Aug 19th 2008 1:01PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: OpEd, Video, Commercials, Reality-Free

If there's one thing we can all hate the Internet for is that it has given an amazing array of people the ability to just sit back and complain about everything in the world, even if it doesn't warrant complaining or insults (especially if it doesn't). Today's example: the new commercials for Boston Market (video after the jump).
The ad shows those twins that have been doing the most recent ads for the chain talking about the new meals they offer that cost only $4.99. Only the brother on the left in the video is clearly saying something else, "$5.99," and they dubbed a "4" over the "5" when the price dropped. For some reason, this is causing controversy on blogs from
Gawker to Mediabistro's
AgencySpy. Oooooo, they caught them in a "lie."
Continue reading Stupid non-controversy "controversy" of the day: Boston Market ads - VIDEO
Posted Jun 27th 2007 10:01AM by Richard Keller
Filed under: News, Celebrities
Nancy Grace, the CNN, ahem, anchor who ruthlessly interrogates guests on her show and spends days reporting on the same story (usually involving a celebrity), has just made news herself. According to an article in the New York Post Grace secretly married back in April and is now pregnant.
Nancy married David Linch, an investment banker from Atlanta. Linch and Grace have known each other since they attended college back in the 1970's. According to Nancy the wedding was a spur of the moment thing which was attended by family.
Continue reading Nancy Grace -- married and pregnant... God help us all
Posted Apr 11th 2007 9:30AM by Brett Love
Filed under: NCIS, Episode Reviews
(S04E20) Twenty episodes in, and I'm chomping at the bit to get to the Tony/Jeanne story. Credit to team
NCIS that they have created an arc that has people waiting anxiously for a resolution. With that in mind, if you would have told me that we were going to get a stand alone episode that didn't get into any of the big seasonal stories, I doubt I would have been excited about it.
But then they went and did this. Bringing McGee's next book, "Rock Hollow," into the picture made for some great scenes. And those scenes were really what sold this one. The actual mystery was interesting, but more for what we learned about McGee and the new book than the actual whodunnit aspect. I thought they gave Landon away right off the bat when he recognized "Thom."
Continue reading NCIS: Cover Story
Posted Apr 5th 2007 10:41AM by Richard Keller
Filed under: OpEd, Celebrities, TV Squad Lists
Welcome to TV Squad Lists (formerly 'The Five'), a feature where each blogger has a chance to list his or her own rundown of things in television that stand out from the rest, both good and bad.
In honor of my own twins, Jason and Victoria, who turned the Big One on April Fool's Day (no fooling), here's a not-so-comprehensive list of television's most famous twins.
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen -- Oh please, like they wouldn't be at the top of this list! I can't remember a set of television twins who went on to become such huge media moguls. You scoff at me? Well, when is the last time you heard about Christopher and Clayton Griggs, who portrayed Nelson Tibideaux, son to Sondra and Elvin, on The Cosby Show? I rest my case. Anyhowsit, due to some savvy investing and product placement, these two girls are worth something like a kazillion dollars (ballpark estimate -- I lost count after a jazillion). Now, if they could only stay out of the tabloids for five minutes to enjoy all of their success.
Continue reading The nine most terrific television twins
Posted Apr 2nd 2007 6:41AM by Jen Creer
Filed under: OpEd, Brothers and Sisters, Episode Reviews

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S01E17)
Brothers and Sisters continues to give good episode, and good story. I particularly enjoyed how they used Nora's writing class and the story she was writing to give structure to the episode. She wrote a narrative about all of the crazy threads of her family and all of the story lines.
Continue reading Brothers and Sisters: All in the Family
Posted Feb 21st 2007 5:50PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Desperate Housewives, Celebrities
People magazine is reporting that Marcia Cross gave birth to twin girls yesterday. According to the magazine, the twins are fraternal and their names are Eden and Savannah. No word on birth weight or any of those vital stats but a rep for Cross says mom and babies are "all doing well."
Marcia Cross plays Bree on
Desperate Housewives. At the age of 44, she became pregnant with twins. Cross was
put on bed rest in January, which put a slight hitch in the giddy up for
DH, but they powered through by filming in her own bedroom.
When her pregnancy was
originally announced back in September, her due date was in April. Sometimes celebrities like to fudge their due dates to keep the paparazzi off their backs, but it seems as though Marcia's two girls are somewhat premature (not surprising when twins are involved!).
Posted Feb 18th 2007 11:46PM by Jen Creer
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, ABC, OpEd, Brothers and Sisters

(
S01E15) Did you catch it? If you were playing the
Brothers and Sisters drinking game tonight, tonight's inside joke was from Kitty this time. When she was yelling at McAllister about her poll results, she said that people might think she is too thin.
Well, finally. Is it just that time in the season for television characters to be getting to the heart of matters in this particular episode? This seems to be happening a lot this week. For the first time, Balthazar Getty got an episode tonight that was worthy of him. And it's nice to know that he isn't a saint and that he is pissed about Sarah getting the family business. And he doesn't even have the regrets of not having confronted William about it.
Continue reading Brothers and Sisters: Love is Difficult
Posted Dec 30th 2006 12:02PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Cable, Documentary
A few weeks ago, National Geographic aired a two-hour special titled In the Womb: Animals that showed the development of dogs, elephants and dolphins while in utero through ultra sound imagery, CGI and visual effects. The special focused on, among other things, how these animals develop skills for survival while still inside their mothers.
On January 14 at 8pm, National Geographic will return to the womb with In the Womb: Multiples. The special will use 4d imagery to and CGI effects to show how twins and other muliple birth siblings develop bonds while in utero, and how those bonds continue after they're born.
Posted Dec 12th 2006 9:25AM by Adam Finley
Filed under: FOX, Animation, Celebrities
Two Dreadful Children, the still-developing animated series for FOX from Kitchen Confidential creator and former Family Guy and American Dad writer Dave Hermingson has just added to new actors to its voice cast. The series, about a redneck family who discover their disobedient twin boys are geniuses, has already recruited French Stewart, Chris Kattan and Meredith Roberts. Kattan and Stewart will play the neighbors, and Roberts will voice one of the boys. Sam Huntington was recently added as the voice of the other twin, and Caroline Rhea will play their mother.
It's an interesting idea for a primetime cartoon, though Hermingson's TV past doesn't impress me all that much, and I think American Dad proved that Family Guy's comedy style is one that can't be stretched into another show without breaking. Then again, maybe Hermingson has something up his sleeve for this new series he could never work into his past projects, so I'm staying optimistic until the show hits the air, whenever that might be.
Posted Sep 29th 2006 10:11AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Industry, The CW

It turns out, coming back for an eleventh season isn't such a great thing for the cast and crew of
7th Heaven. According to
this article (credited to a Wall Street Journal writer), The CW has the veteran show on a shoestring budget. When The CW brought it back from the dead last spring, CBS Paramount Television, the company that produces the show, cut salaries across the board for actors, producers and writers. CBS also ordered editing to be done in six days rather than seven and it cut all nighttime shoots, which can get expensive. Thanks to all the cost cutting, The CW pays between $1.4 and $1.8 million per episode, compared to the $3 million that WB paid to air each episode. That price is 70% below what most networks pay for an hour-long show.
Continue reading Renewal pretty much sucks for 7th Heaven
Posted Jun 8th 2006 1:36PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Talent, OpEd, Celebrities, Talk Show

It's funny: Whenever Adam Carolla would mention his wife, I always thought that he was speaking in code about his buddy Jimmy Kimmel. But it turns out that Carolla is actually married, and his wife, Lynette is quite lovely. Which goes to show you: money and power can make anyone look handsome.
Anyway, Carolla
called into his radio show yesterday, which was being substitute-hosted by Kimmel (see how those two are joined at the hip?), to announce that his wife gave birth to twins. Both babies, a boy and a girl, are both healthy, and everyone's doing fine. Let's just hope they get their looks from their mom.
[Photo: Juan Rico / FAME]
Posted May 25th 2006 1:34PM by C.K. Sample, III
Filed under: ABC, Lost, Watercooler Talk

Despite the wishes of all you
Lost fanatics out there, the above pictured character from last night's
Lost episode is
not Jack aka Matthew Fox. He may look somewhat like him, but he sounds nothing like him, and if you take the time to read the credits at the end of the show, the actor's name is either
Alex Petrovitch and his character's name is Man #2 or
Len Cordova and his character's name is Man #1.
From the looks of the IMDb pictures, I'm leaning towards it being Len.
Posted May 9th 2006 5:42PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, WB, Watercooler Talk
So let me get this straight: not only did Lucy announce last night that she and her husband were going to have twins, her sister Mary came back and announced she and her husband were going to have twins? And also brother Matt came back and announced
his wife was pregnant with twins too? And they're parents had twins?
Oh, come on!
I know that twins run in families, but this was, like, nutso. Have they been going through some weird scientific experiments or something? It was as if the writers said, "you know, a happy ending to the show isn't enough, let's make it a double happy ending!"
Posted Feb 21st 2006 8:20PM by Lacy Hall
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, FOX, Talent, American Idol, Music and Variety
I don't mean to be going all Maxim crazy today, but
you'll thank me for it. Look at what I stumbled across on Maxim Online -- sexy pics of
the American Idol twins. Er, not the Brittenum twins. (Thank goodness.) But the O'Donohue girls, Rebecca
and Jesse. Jesse didn't actually audition for Idol because of bad pipes, but Rebecca made it to the top
12 women. Apparently, the girls were in Maxim before Rebecca auditioned for Idol, and were also on
Fear Factor too. Maybe someone bought them 101 Ways to Get Famous Just for Being Pretty for
Christmas?
The pics are sexy (of course, it's Maxim), but I actually think they looked more attractive
on Idol. Their faces don't seem as pretty in the pics. They're overly-Maxim-ized -- too tan and
too made up. And in some of the pics, they look like they're about to kiss. I'm not digging that. I
know how much people like the hot lesbo action, but they're sisters! Does incest not mean anything
anymore? Also, notice that Rebecca goes by Becca on the site. I guess that sounds sexier. And notice
that Rebecca's, I mean...Becca's waist and butt (per the vitals) are slightly bigger than her sisters. Hopefully,
having so much junk in her trunk (sarcasm) won't hurt her during judging tonight.
Related:
Time to trim the American Idol
Talent
American Idol: Man Fuel
Posted Feb 16th 2006 8:05AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Celebrities

Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen, a.k.a. "Michelle"
on
Full House, have transformed themselves into glamour girls. They're the faces of the Badgley Mischka ad
campaign. Photos of the twins in expensive gowns will appear in Vogue, Vanity Fair, Elle, and InStyle magazines this
Spring. Mark Badgley and James Mischka, creators of the fashion line, said the Olsen twins represent the edgy look
they're going for. "They have an amazing sense of fashion and individuality that intrigued us," said the
fashion duo in a statement. The
New
York Times coined their style as "Bobo", or Bohemian Bourgeois, where they pile on a bunch of clothes that
don't match, but cost a bundle.
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