I'm so glad that American Idol is back in full swing. I'm one of those who only watches at the beginning to see all the crap people. They promise to be a good laugh and plus, I think Simon is cute. (I know, I know, Why I am always attracted to the smokey joes?) Anyway, I was excited initally as someone I actually know auditioned and got through to Hollywood. So I was waiting to see her audition tape as she said that Simon didn't like her.(However, those who watch will remember that Simon was very cranky in good ol San Fran!) Anyway, they didn't show her audition tape. They just showed her coming out and all her family around her celebrating. Turns out, if you get picked to go to Hollywood, you have to sign a massive contract that states that the producers of American Idol own you forever. You have to pay them back any money the spend on you and they can drop you at any time. In the end, my friend decided not to sign the contract and has moved to Nashville to try to break in to the biz there. Hmmmm....Well, I wish her all the best of luck.
In other news, I should be hearing from the doc I interviewed with by Friday. I just want to know either way what is going on. I need to move on with my life, you know? Anyway, I will post something as soon as I find out what is going on.
PS- I am still majorly addicted to perezhilton.com and pinkisthenewblog.com! I think I need help. =)
2 comments:
No relief in sight from the addiction?! We may need an intervention. It will be staged at my house tonight -- no internet for you!
My fingers are still crossed about the job for you!
Rumors from the-op:
"It's inevitable that most Arrested Development devotees are in denial over the show's imminent departure. The beloved comedy closes its third season this week and in all likelihood it will be the last time we spend any time with the dysfunctional Bluth family. It will be a sad day for fans of quality television.
After months of speculation and much dithering by network execs, the Emmy-winning comedy appears to be coming to the end of the road. As of this writing, the show's prognosis wasn't good: Fox entertainment president Peter Liquori said it was "highly unlikely" that Arrested Development would ever reappear on Fox; in network jargon, that means never. His ABC counterpart, Steve McPherson, expressed passing interest, but later backed off, saying, "I think it's a long shot." No one really believed ABC would schedule it alongside According to Jim or Hope and Faith.
For a few days there was hope Arrested Development might resurface on the U.S. cable channel Showtime which really excited some fans, since the U.S. cable channel is not bound by network censors and competitive scheduling. And then that deal fell apart. There was even one bizarre rumour that posited a secret deal had been struck in which a cloister of Hollywood big shots had bought the show and would produce it with the original cast, in an undisclosed location. And then this supposed dark consortium would sell the show exclusively to video iPod users. You read all kinds of things on the Internet these days.
It's not that unreasonable for Arrested fans to hold out hope. Fox brought back the previously cancelled Family Guy after the show garnered phenomenal DVD sales. Likewise, the short-lived series Firefly returned last year as the feature film Serenity. But Arrested Development is a different sort of TV creature.
The lingering threat of cancellation has always hung over Arrested Development, right from the show's debut in November 2003. The show was just too weird the furthest extension imaginable from the regular network sitcom format. There was no canned laughter and none of the principal characters were very likeable, at least at first, with the exception of the beleaguered protagonist, Michael Bluth, played by Jason Bateman. The rest of the Bluths were a wonderfully wretched lot.
Patriarch George Sr. (Jeffrey Tambor) had been indicted on damning criminal charges (something about a deal with the Iraq government to construct low-cost housing), leaving Michael to run the family business and provide caregiver duties to his odd immediate family, specifically, his besotted mother Lucille (Jessica Walter), idiot brothers Gob (Will Arnett) and Buster (Tony Hale) and sister Lindsay (Portia de Rossi). A widower, Michael's only hope of sustaining the Bluth family line was through his son, George Michael (Michael Cera), a nice kid, though he seemed to have an unusual attraction to his own cousin, Maeby (Alia Shawkat).
Arrested Development was quirky, if low-rated, and won five Emmys in its first season. Fox bounced it around for three years, before finally settling in on Friday night last year. As in previous attempts, the ratings were good, not great, and the inevitable cancellation rumours returned.
To the credit of creator and executive producer Mitchell Hurwitz, the show will go out with a bang, not a whimper. The regular lunacy seems to have been ramped up for Arrested Development's final chapters. For the fans: Scheming George Sr. hires a new attorney who arranges a mock trial in preparation for the real thing. All the Bluths are required to testify at the mock trial (except Buster, who is faking a coma), which is presided by the right honourable Judge Reinhold, as himself.
In other activities: Michael is stunned to learn he has a sister he never knew about, named Nellie (played by Bateman's real sister, Justine). And Gob obeys a directive from George Sr. to embark on a clandestine evidence-removal mission, which naturally ends up in a dank Iraqi jail.
A shroud of secrecy was veiled over the shooting of the very last episode in the Arrested Development timeline. The only program details from Fox reveal that the trial is finally over, after which the entire Bluth family gather together for party, held aboard the Queen Mary, no less.
There are no encouraging clues to be gleaned from that scant storyline, but Arrested Development devotees are hopeful. No doubt the true fan base will hold out for a series reprieve, right up until this week's last few episodes and likely long thereafter."
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