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WHO WILL BE THE FIRST TO HEAR “YOU’RE FIRED”?

Donald Trump will be back on the job on NBC on Sunday, March 14th with a new season of The Celebrity Apprentice.  This season’s cast includes Bret Michaels from Poison and “Rock of Love”, Sharon Osbourne Ozzie’s wife and “America’s Got Talent” judge, singer Cyndi Lauper, former major league baseball player Darryl Strawberry, Victoria Secret’s [...]

LET’S PLAY OSCAR BINGO!

If you’re planning to host an Academy Awards party this Sunday night, check out oscars.org/partykit.  There you’ll find lots of Oscar party-related freebies like Oscar Bingo cards that you can print out.  Each square contains a different event or happening such as crying, political statement or music cuts off speech. The goal is to be [...]

ADMIT IT! THE WINTER OLYMPICS ARE BORING!

Is it just me or are the televised Vancouver Winter Olympic events really boring?  I was sitting in a restaurant having lunch with friends yesterday and on the television was NBC covering the biathlon.  The biathlon is basically a combination of cross country skiing and target practice with rifles.  For hours there were videos of [...]

WHAT IS THE REAL OLYMPIC THEME?

With the Vancouver Winter Olympics upon us, get ready for a lot of pomp and circumstance set to music.  The theme most of us associate as the theme of the Olympics isn’t the official Olympic theme.  That piece, with it’s beginning timpani cadence and distinctive brass theme, is Leo Arnaud’s Bugler’s Dream.  It was written [...]

CELEBRITIES WHO STARTED ON SOAP OPERAS

Many of today’s big celebrities got their big breaks on soap operas.  But, over the past few years, audiences for most daytime television soap operas have been declining raising the question, will the medium survive the next decade?  If the soap opera becomes a thing of the past, where will the next generation of stars [...]

24 IS BACK!

Fans of Fox’s 24 have been waiting for a long time to see what Jack Baur will be up to next.  This Sunday night 24 starts its new season. To me, 24 is the ultimate “guy” television show.  It’s like a really good action movie with lots of gunfire, car chases, and spectacular explosions each [...]

AMERICAN IDOL’S BACK

Once again it’s time to dedicate yourself to your second job, watching the multiple night’s each week of Fox’s American Idol.  Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great show.  I just object to the latest trend in television of airing two and three episodes of a show each week for months and months.  ABC does [...]

THOSE BURGERS IN FAST-FOOD COMMERCIALS MAY NOT BE REAL

I’m sure you’ve noticed that the fast-food burgers you see in TV ads are always more beautiful than the ones you actually get at the counter.  Food stylists have always used tricks to make burgers look more tasty on television like painting the meat with brown food coloring, Superglueing sesame seeds on the buns and [...]

DOES TECHNOLOGY MAKE LIFE MORE EXCITING?

Today we have a veritable treasure trove of high-tech toys that you could have barely imagined a decade or two ago.  We have IPods, HDTV, Tivo, texting, DVDs, YouTube and even more ways to keep ourselves entertained and excited about life.  In 1985, the average home received only 19 television channels.  Today most homes get [...]

HOTEL OFFERS A “SURVIVOR” EXPERIENCE

Rancho Bernardo, a luxury resort in San Diego with three pools, a spa and golf course, typically charges more than $200 a room.  This summer, when business was down, the resort offered a “Survivor Package” that charged guests less for each amenity they gave up.  For $19, guests gave up breakfast, air conditioning, lights, toilet [...]