As the old movie quote goes: if you build it, they will come.
This is probably the reason why the people behind Boing Boing website had come up with a novel way to promote the DIY (or ‘do-it-yourself’) ethos they adhere to. The end result is the Boing Boing Bazaar that can be found at the Makers Market. continue reading…
Ugly Betty star American Ferrera (Photo Credit: Jerry Avenaim)
It can’t get any uglier than this as Ugly Betty gets the boot from television executives.
Ugly Betty, the comedy series about an average-looking girl trying to survive in the discriminating world of fashion, will not return for a fifth season, ABC bigwigs confirmed.
“We’ve mutually come to the difficult decision to make this Ugly Betty’s final season,” Yahoo quoted a joint statement by the show’s executive producer Silvio Horta and ABC President Steve McPherson read.
“And (we) are announcing now as we want to allow the show ample time to write a satisfying conclusion,” the statement also said, adding, “We are extremely proud of this groundbreaking series, and felt it was important to give the fans a proper farewell.” continue reading…
From the inside to the outside. It seems like former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin seems to be moving away from elected office when she accepts her new responsibility with Fox News.
The report was confirmed by The New York Times’ Jim Rutenberg today with Palin signing on the with news channel’s programming regularly as part of a multiyear deal. As mysterious as the persistent questions that surrounded Palin since resigning from office, the financial terms were not disclosed. continue reading…
Facing a major shake-up in its ninth season, it will be quite a tall order for American Idol to sustain its momentum.
There was a time when primetime Tuesday and Wednesday were blocked by TV viewers as Idol days and no show could challenge it in terms of ratings. But not anymore as changes in the panel threaten the show.
After contract negotiations with fan-favorite judge Paula Abdul fell apart last year, talk show host and comedienne Ellen DeGeneres was tapped to take her place. Immediately, critics pointed DeGeneres’ lack of musical background.
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It’s sexy in the city again as reality show Project Runway will return to New York after doing last season’s show in Los Angeles. The design competition had New York as its setting in its five previous seasons, but the transfer of the show from Bravo network to Lifetime brought the move to Hollywood.
Season 7 is scheduled to premiere on January 14 wherein contestants will go back to living in Atlas apartments, working in Parsons School of Design, and shopping in Moods Designer Fabrics. continue reading…
He’s not only a serial killer; he’s also a ruthless top-rater.
Dexter, the phenomenal crime-drama series of cable network Showtime, has just finished its fourth season with a record-breaking audience of 2.6 million—the highest number of viewers the network has ever had. The last time Showtime got such a rating was reportedly 10 years ago, when the network broadcast a Mike Tyson boxing match in 1999.
Dexter has also been hailed as Showtime’s most-watched series, regardless of episode or season. The final airing of the fourth season, entitled “The Getaway”, doubled the ratings of last season’s finale “Californication”, which only had 1.1 million viewers. continue reading…
Video megasite YouTube has released its first ever list of top videos to conclude the year since its humble inception back in 2005.
It appears that Susan Boyle’s first performance on Britain’s Got Talent is the site’s most viewed video for 2009, as announced by the video site on Wednesday. The video has so far registered 120+ million views.
It is followed by the video David After Dentist which is about a boy talking inside a car about his sore mouth. It garnered some 37+ million views. continue reading…
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Someone Wicked and gravity-defying will find its way into Glee!
Idina Menzel, the award-winning actress who immortalized the character of the green-skinned Elphaba in Broadway’s Wicked, is confirmed to be joining Fox’s increasingly-becoming-globally-popular TV series Glee. Menzel will play the coach of the glee club “Vocal Adrenaline”, the rival of the lead characters’ choir “New Directions!”.
Producers have not yet released an official statement on the number of episodes Menzel will make, although it is believed that the story will require the actress to appear in all of the show’s remaining nine episodes, the first of which will be aired in April 2010. continue reading…
The entertainment business is tough; in fact, it’s so tough that it took a wayward hot air balloon and a hoax of a missing six-year old kid just to get a slice of the limelight.
Topping CNN’s list of most viewed online stories this year is Falcon Heene, more popularly known as “balloon boy.” Falcon shot up on CNN’s online poll after being the subject of a widescale search by land and air.
Falcon, the youngest of three brothers, was reportedly on a wayward hot air balloon that hovered over Colorado. After a frantic chase by the authorities, the balloon landed without Falcon on it as the boy was at home all along.
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It looks like Flight of the Conchords is grounded for good. The HBO comedy musical show lasted for a total of 22 episodes amounting to two seasons. The shows premiered on August 2007. Season 2 just aired this year.
The show’s stars have announced on their website that Flight of the Conchords will no longer return for a third season. Jemaine Clement (Jemaine) and Bret McKenzie (Bret), along with executive producer James Booth, said that, “We are today announcing that we won’t be returning for a third season. We’re very proud of the two seasons we made and we like the way the show ended.”
They also expressed their gratitude towards the fans and the people behind the scenes. “While the characters Bret and Jemaine will no longer be around, the real Bret and Jemaine will continue to exist,” they said.