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With Justin Timberlake making unforgettable Alec Baldwin-esque appearances on Saturday Night Live, my expectations were high for a homerun performance. He and Andy Samberg were back for a follow-up music video to Dick In A Box…just in time for Mother’s Day. It’s not the uncensored version, but you get the idea.
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!
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If you’re fixed on American Idol this season, then you haven’t been keeping up with Britain’s Got Talent. The show that brought the world’s attention to Paul Potts, has brought attention to another astonishing performance.
When Susan Boyle walked out on the stage, she proclaimed that she wanted to achieve similar success to that of Elaine Paige. At the end of her performance, I expected her to drop the mic where she stood, and walk off the stage. Well…one out of two ain’t bad.
See the video for yourself.
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Casey Carlson—–
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The Kansas City round of American Idol auditions were sans bikinis, but not talent. So far, it’s (arguably) produced the two most talented contestants: Lil Rounds and Danny Gokey. Danny was the evening’s heartstring story. Four weeks prior to the audition, his wife passed away as a result of a heart condition. Aside from the fact that he was wearing some horrible elongated pointy-toed shoes, his performance was pretty impressive.
Michael Castro, brother of alum Jason from last season, impressed the judges with his over confidence, his charm and the fact that he claims to have only practiced for about 20 days prior to the try out. Hmmm. Nice pink hair.
The beauty pageant portion of American Idol was won (hands down) by Casey Carlson from Minnesota. Her fresh face made it easy for Simon to give her the thumbs up. Despite not showing up for the audition in a bikini, Casey is no stranger to swimsuits. As displayed proudly on her “OFFICIAL fan site“, Casey has had some face time with a camera…in a bikini. According to TMZ.com, her photo shoot in the Virgin Islands was for CampusGirlsUSA.com — 100% of the site’s proceeds benefit breast cancer research.
Good for you, Casey.
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Last night, I obligingly sat and watched American Idol with my family. I hadn’t tuned in since William Hung brought his horrible, yet oddly entertaining rendition of Ricky Martin’s, She Bangs. Since then, I’m in the school of thought that wonders why (as my father empatically questioned) “anyone would watch this crap”…referring primarily to the talentless screamers and tone deaf contestants. Regardless, there’s some degree of comedic value watching someone try their hardest to belt out their best version of “Wanted Dead or Alive”…and instead produces sounds resembling a goose.
Katrina Darrell, bikini girl—–
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Aside from the usual ‘make Simon cringe’ performances, American Idol threw in some twists to keep its audience intact. The addition of fourth judge, Kara DioGuardi, was somewhat surprising…but boring.
And rather than focusing on one really bad performance, the attention was spread out over multiple auditions — the chick with the pink hair and tats, the Asian guy with that enormous Bob Ross ‘fro, or the guy with the super deep Issac Hayes-like voice. Then there were the feelgood stories — the horror movie teenager that surprised everyone by not sounding like Marilyn Manson, the quick-witted nerd (he told Simon his jokes would be funny if they made sense) that serenaded the ladies with his James Ingram (in a Joe Cocker voice), and the blind guy who graduated from college at 19, and just blew it out of the water (hey, Seacrest…way to go on the high five. He’s blind, dude).
Despite all of these memorable performance, the one thing that everyone will talk about until the main event is Katrina Darrell aka. the bikini girl. My son even dismissed the previous girl with the beautiful voice and chose Katrina’s performance. When we asked him why…with complete resolve he based his decision on her appearance. (Don’t worry concerned parents…he got a lesson on judging people based on beauty and respect of the opposite sex…and that was his last episode of Idol…at least until there are finalists.) Kids say the darndest things.
She definitely caused unrest on the set. She vowed to make out with Seacrest if she got the golden ticket. She strutted into the audition, which resulted in a near cat fight between her and new judge, Kara. And now I can’t stand her after stooping to Katrina’s level — defending her singing skills by initiating a little sing-song retaliation and a Z-snap/head bob to finish her off.
“Oh no you di’int! Slut!”
*sigh*
She’s already got a few fan sites and a photo gallery on COEDMagazine.com. Pervs eveywhere are going crazy. (begin sarcasm) Thanks, American Idol. (end sarcasm)
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The Heisman ballots are due Wednesday. Despite my usual attention to the underdog, my unsexy Heisman picks are far from consideration. The Heisman race for 2008 appears to be undecided. The Heisman Pundit, Chris Huston, certainly believes so. He hasn’t revealed his prediction yet, but he makes great points for each of the top three candidates in what has turned out to be one of the tightest races in quite sometime.
So where does the dog come in? Well in case you missed it, a traffic camera in Santiago, Chile captured some amazing footage of a dog that dodged traffic to pull the body of another dog to the shoulder. The other dog had been hit by a car earlier — apparently his buddy didn’t want his corpse to be hit again. See the video of this dog rescue in Chile.
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Speaking of videos, The Dark Knight was released today. No doubt it’ll be a top seller…and a perfect stocking stuffer. Buy it on Blu-Ray
Can you remember the last time Antonio Bryant was good? That’s right. At Pitt. So far this season, he’s pulled in 66 receptions (for nearly 1,000 yards…currently 10th among WRs), but none as pretty as one-handed catch.
My wife was making her nightly rounds on BabyCenter.com last night trying to find out how large our daughter should be (we’re on Week 31, I believe), and she stumbled upon an interesting service. The BabyCenter’s Booty Caller sends ovulation alerts to your phone to let you know when you’re most likely to be fertile. Wow. I guess you can never be too safe.
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To get ready for the new episodes of The Office, which airs next Thursday, I watched the mini marathon of the show tonight. It included the last few episodes from the last season. The show threw a refreshing curveball into the credits: a YouTube-ish video of some kid playing the show’s theme song. So I searched for it.
The kid in the video is 15-year-old Nathan Alden Robinson. We share at least one thing in common — his first instrument was the piano. Actually two things. He was a fan of The Office. According to his obituary in the Boston Globe, Nathan and a friend were discussing the show. One thing led to another, and Nathan was playing the theme song…and here’s the video:
…and to think my contribution to the show was only the best spoof of The Office on YouTube. Nathan passed away in March as a result of methicillin-resistant Staph, pneumonia, and flu. Thank you for sharing with us, Nathan.
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Just about every Sunday, I hit the theatre (or at least watch a movie at home) to catch the latest flick. While I don’t plan on seeing Rambo in the theatres, I thought this was an interesting chart of death counts for each iteration of the action movie. Maybe a row for “Number of CCs of steroids taken” would have been a nice addition to this chart.
Click on chart for larger image
…and tonight’s movie is U2 3D. I’ve been anxiously awaiting this Real D movie for awhile now.
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