6 posts tagged “television”

So the rumors were true. Keith was the FIRST person ever asked to leave PR. He manipulated, cheated, pissed off the other designers, and made fabulous clothing. Sorry to see him go but obviously there was no choice, the integrity of project runway was at stake.

Angela, after creating nothing but drama and ugly clothes in the previous challenges manages to win. I must say that her outfit did look great although I liked Jeff and Allison's(the Keith memorial outfit) a bit more. Clearly, having two sane people on her team helped to balance her eccentricism to create a wearable piece.

For the losers, Robert's was boring, Bonnie's was hideous. Did not really care which one left.

Side note: Bradley is weird. Funny(especially to himself) but weird.

Ari (Jeremy Piven) is a genius. Old news I know, but it had to be said. He continues to play a larger role this season and he consistently delivers the sharpest funniest dialogue on tv.

Queens Bolevard is back after being recut, colorized, and generally massacered for the masses. The studio wants to give it a wide release after the success of Aquaman and cash in on Vince's newfound marketability. Billy the director is furious of course and E and Vince are not particularly happy either. Vince makes everyone aware of this at a press conference calling the studio execs peices of shit, or maybe he calls the new cut of the movie shit, I can't rememver which. Either way there probably not to happy.

Word is out that Ari has got the space and is starting his own major agency. Terence is using his leverage to try and keep this from happening. Ari lets the other agency execs know that he has no intention of going after there clients, only Terence's. Let the war begin. Ari is forced to relinquish 49% of ownership of the new agency to Babb's or else none of his agents will be paid for 6 months. Thus, Gold-Miler is born.

Drama missed the audition but still got a part in an Ed Burns pilot. Good for him.

Turtlle continues to do absolutely nothing interesting. And E does not have a threesome this week.

Well another episode proves I know even less about fashion than I previously thought. Apparently wearing a crumpled gold trash bag for a top and a plain purple skirt constitutes a well made outfit(excuse my ignorance). When they asked the model to turn around, "I bet the profile of this looks great" said the judges. Are you kidding me the profile makes you wonder what shes hiding under there. The entire episode focused on his incompetence only to trick us when he almost wins. And his dog had a little purple collar, how cute and inventive. Happy Birthday indeed.

Kick Angela off already.

I recently read an article regarding a writer's strike on America's Next Top Model. The writers on the show have the usual demands: better pay, insurance, and so on. In addition to that they are also demanding writing credits as opposed to being billed as producers. They argue for the same credit and compensation as writers of television drama and comedy. At first thought most people would say, it's reality tv, they do not really have to write.

This reminded me of an interview I heard awhile back with a television writer who worked mostly in reality tv.  He provided an inside look at just how much of reality tv is scripted. Now it's no secret the antics of Paris and Nicole on The Simple Life, are completely contrived. However, the writer doing the interview had worked on shows such as Big Brother and Survivor. In the case of Big Brother he revealed that almost every word out of the host's mouth was written in advance.

I believe that the writers on Top Model have a point. They along with sitcom and drama writers all work on scripted television shows. They should be given writing credit and payed accordingly. As far as I know the writers are still on strike and hopefully they hold out and get what they deserve.

After three whole days I have decided to branch out. Limiting this blog to television was a clear discriminatory act against the two other components of my existence, movies and music. This new entertainment triblog should allow for disclosure of my personal life without directly referencing my personal life, if that makes sense.

More importantly, Entourage tonight at 10. I'll be posting my recap shortly after.

I love television and I would like to share this sick passion with anyone interested. This blog will be devoted to recapping, reviewing, and commenting on the hours of television I digest on a daily basis. Current favorite shows: Entourage, Project Runway, Workout(Bravo is the shit), The Hills, Real World, RW/RR Challenge(These shows have gotten incredibly lame but the summer is slow). Hopefully, the return of Laguna Beach Season 3 in a couple weeks will help redeem MTVs line up. Looking ahead to the fall we have Nip/Tuck, The Office, Gilmore Girls, House, and countless others. Stay tuned for Sundays episode and my review of Entourage.