Ricky Martin announces he is gay
Puerto Rican pop star Ricky Martin has announced he is gay, ending years of speculation over his sexuality.
March 31, 2010
Garcia, Dewyze win back ‘American Idol’ judges (AP)
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LOS ANGELES â Andrew Garcia and Lee Dewyze are back in the “American Idol” judges’ good graces.
After a string of lackluster performances, 24-year-old musician Garcia of Moreno, Calif., finally wowed the panel with a stripped-down rendition of Chris Brown’s “Forever,” while 23-year-old paint sales clerk Dewyze of Mount Prospect, Ill., treated the Fox singing competition Tuesday to a rock ‘n’ roll take on the Cornelius Brothers’ “Treat Her Like a Lady.”
Simon Cowell told Dewyze: “I want you tonight to go home, watch the show back and understand this is the night your life may have changed forever.”
The sour British judge was also generous â in a totally different way â to a giggling Tim Urban.
After weeks of scathing critiques, Cowell practically surrendered on the night of R&B classics to the seemingly unstoppable shaggy-haired 20-year-old college student from Duncanville, Texas, after his uninspired rendition of Anita Baker’s “Sweet Love.”
“He’s laughing because I don’t think it makes any difference whatsoever what we say,” testified Cowell.
Crystal Bowersox, the earthy 24-year-old musician from Toledo, Ohio, traded her guitar and bare feet for a piano and high heels on Gladys Knight and the Pips’ “Midnight Train to Georgia.” Kara DioGuardi praised her because she “took that risk,” while Ellen DeGeneres deemed it a “wonderful, wonderful idea.” Cowell cautioned Bowersox to stay true to herself.
“I wouldn’t ever do anything that wasn’t comfortable for me,” replied Bowersox.
Several singers weren’t standouts but continued to please the panel nonetheless. Among them: 16-year-old Aaron Kelly with Bill Withers’ “Ain’t No Sunshine,” 17-year-old Katie Stevens with Aretha Franklin’s “Chain of Fools,” 26-year-old Michael Lynche with India Arie’s “Ready for Love” and 27-year-old Casey James with Sam and Dave’s “Hold On, I’m Comin.’”
“This was another hot night for you,” Randy Jackson told James.
The reception wasn’t as toasty, unlike previous weeks, for 20-year-old glass blower Siobhan Magnus of Marstons Mills, Mass. DeGeneres and DioGuardi panned Magnus for being nervous during Chaka Khan’s “Through the Fire.” Cowell, meanwhile, asserted that Magnus’ signature method of wailing was waning on him.
“I am getting bored of the screaming at the end,” he said.
Didi Benami, the 23-year-old waitress of Los Angeles, was bashed for Jimmy Ruffin’s “What Becomes of the Brokenhearted.” Jackson said it “flatlined” while DioGuardi put it bluntly: “It’s overdone, girl.”
Unless the judges decide to save a singer, another finalist will be eliminated Wednesday based on viewer votes, leaving nine singers in the competition.
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( a year ago i wrote) 829. the man pecs to man breasts transition
itâs started.
i canât deny it any more.
although keaton does, the mirror tells no lies.
i am in man pec to man breast transition and it hurts.
hurtsĂÂ deep my friends.
currently iâm in that no manâs land of chest chunks.
no longer chiseled pecs, which i did proudly bare once upon a time thank you very much!
yet not quite man breastsĂąÂÂthose gelatinous lumps or whatever description is the complete opposite of perky steel.
i canât deny it any more.
although keaton does, the mirror tells no lies.
i am in man pec to man breast transition and it hurts.
hurtsĂÂ deep my friends.
currently iâm in that no manâs land of chest chunks.
no longer chiseled pecs, which i did proudly bare once upon a time thank you very much!
yet not quite man breastsĂąÂÂthose gelatinous lumps or whatever description is the complete opposite of perky steel.
they are in transition and all those push-ups and bench-presses i do simply slow down the inevitable, full and complete deterioration.
they do not stop it.
they do not reverse it.
they only delay it.
so sad.
my chest chunks are well within the gravitational pull now.
not much i canĂÂ do but release an occasional whimper or flip all the mirrors around or both.
alas, just another not so subtle attack on a new front in the deconstruction of bob.
[update 03/30/10: keaton has taken to discard her old bras in my underwear drawer. in most state jurisdictions i’m aware of that is tantamount to cruel and unusual punishment. and if she doesn’t watch her p’s and q’s, she’s gonna find her nicely preserved buttocks on the wrong side of a big fat lawsuit. that’s what i’m talking about.]
apparatus which measures how loud stuff is. in decibels.
The Dork Lord and I enjoy a pretty quiet home life. Okay, yes, other than when he’s watching stuff blow up or getting all worked up at televised sporting events or that new multi-player Mario for the Wii (which probably seems a whole lot more frequent than it actually is, but nonetheless). Other than that, we’re pretty tranquil. So when the long-empty two-bedroom apartment across the hall welcomed its new inhabitants yesterday, I had that briefest of uneasy moments, wondering just who they would be and praying to whomever was listening that they wouldn’t be Dudes Who Play WOW and Other Loud, Silly Games.
So I spied with my little eye through the cloudy peephole in our door until they revealed themselves. And they were not gamers. Phew. They were a family with multiple young children. In a two bedroom apartment. With walls that touch ours. Ree ree ree!
Gamers and little ones. What is, groups of people who make a lot of noise doing almost nothing, Alex?
I already know how this is going to go, because Sarah is currently living out this magical dream in London. The tykes that share her bedroom wall have kazoos. I probably don’t have to tell you how awesomely I’d take to that bit of musical exploration. In fact, it’s through Sarah’s twitter feed (sorry, she’s got it all privatized or I’d link) that I’ve been able to participate in the joy of having wee young neighbors without actually having wee young neighbors. What I’m saying is, I didn’t need any of my own. All set.
Stuff I Don’t Need that I’d be Okay with Getting Anyway Because I’m Adaptable
More black shoes
A piece of chocolate cake
a la mode
Presents
Is it redundant if I list Oreos after we’ve already covered cake? No? Okay, then, Oreos.
See how nowhere on that list is three small children living in a two bedroom apartment adjacent to the place where I get precious, precious sleep and routinely participate in activities the sound effects of which are not appropriate for small ears? Yes, well. Got it anyway. And seeing as we have a lease renewal sitting on our kitchen counter the next two weeks are going to be used for research. Which reminds me, I need to google “apparatus which measures how loud stuff is. In decibels. Or whatever,” because if those new little fellas are louder than the disappointment of missing the Really Big Coin on Level 2, I won’t make it.
Maggie & Kathy Griffin: The Best Mom-Daughter Team on TV
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Why We Love Maggie
Viewers first met Maggie Griffin, comedienne Kathy Griffin’s mom, on the Bravo show, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List. Though Kathy’s the star, fans have also fallen in love with mom Maggie and her anticsâwhether she’s drinking her boxed wine, worrying about Kathy or riding around on her scooter, her cameos always make us laugh.
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Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List airs Mondays at 10pm on Bravo.
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Lollapalooza 2010 tickets on sale
Fans cheer as Ra Ra Riot takes the stage at Lollapalooza 2009. (Tribune photo by William DeShazer)
Three-day advance tickets ($190) for Lollapalooza went on sale Tuesday at http://www.lollapalooza.com/tickets/index.php.Â
Once the allotment is sold, the price will be bumped up to $215. No word yet on when single-day tickets will go on sale, but in the past two years Lollapalooza has sold out all three days, a total of 225,000 tickets. The fest takes place August 6-8.
This yearâs lineup is scheduled to be announced next week, likely to include the following headliners, according to numerous industry sources: Lady Gaga, Green Day, the Strokes, Arcade Fire, Soundgarden and Phoenix. The Strokesâ Julian Casablancas confirmed his bandâs appearance at the festival in an interview with Tribune several weeks ago. The Lollapalooza lineup also is expected to include Yeasayer, the xx, Dirty Projectors, Cut Copy, Hot Chip and about 100 more performers.
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March 30, 2010
U.S. Government To Save Billions By Cutting Wasteful Senator Program
WASHINGTONâIn an effort to reduce wasteful spending and eliminate non-vital federal services, the U.S. government announced plans this week to cut its long-standing senator program, a move it says will help save more than $300 billion each year.
Rescuers Free Boy From Pipe In China
A rescue team in northwest China has managed to free a seven-year-old boy trapped in a narrow pipe.
Corrie’s Natasha to date Nick Tilsley?
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Coronation Street star Rachel Leskovac has revealed her alter ego’s latest storyline.
Leskovac, whose Natasha character works in the soap’s salon, hinted at a romance with Nick Tilsley (Ben Price).
She told TV Times: “She is amused by Graeme and she isn’t offended by his come-on - he’s harmless, isn’t he?
“But she has her eye on Nick Tilsley. She knows how to pick them, doesn’t she?”
The actress added of her real-life plans for the Easter weekend: “My little girl will be turning 3 at Easter so we’ll be having a party for her and eating lots of chocolate.”
Brosnan: ‘Pattinson is a lovely lad’
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Pierce Brosnan has said that Robert Pattinson is a “lovely lad” caught up in the “vortex of fame”.
The pair star alongside one another in new romantic drama Remember Me. Pattinson has previously revealed that Brosnan has taught him how to deal with the spotlight.
Brosnan said of Pattinson: “Lovely lad, lovely lad. Just caught up in the vortex of fame. There we’d be, on the streets of New York, and I’d come out of my trailer and there’d be hundreds and hundreds of young girls.
“And I’d get a lovely round of applause and waves and photographs and I’d trip up the steps of The Plaza feeling chuffed that I still had the juice.
“Then Robert would appear and I’d hear this bedlam of beauties, this monstrous, monstrous cacophony of screams and shouts. And the circle grows, the circle grows. And you move on.”
Of his own time as a superstar, he added: “Oh, I liked it all. Because I wished it, I wanted it, I desired it. And I revelled in it, in my own way.
“But then… Then how do you get out of that corner? How long does it last? These are questions I never really ask myself in too much detail.”
> ‘Remember Me’ UK press conference - part 1
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High Voltage confirms ‘The Conduit 2′
High Voltage has revealed details about a forthcoming sequel to Wii-exclusive first-person shooter The Conduit.
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Superman comic sells for $1.5M, setting record
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The curse of the goodie bag
My family may someday end up on “Cops” or even “Intervention,” but we will never in a million years become subjects for the newspapers-to-the-ceiling docudrama “Hoarders.” Toys and books all have a place…
Is tween TV skewed toward girls?
Selena Gomez and singer Shakira on “The Wizards of Waverly Place.”: Selena Gomez and singer Shakira on “The Wizards of Waverly Place.”
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Is tween TV skewed toward girls?
Not really, say Nickelodeon and Disney executives. Boys’ tastes are changing.
By Ada Calhoun
March 27, 2010
Has there ever been a better moment for tween girls? “Hannah Montana” and “Wizards of Waverly Place” reign on the Disney Channel. Tween idol Taylor Swift rules the radio. There are even tween girls in the White House. Since mega-successes like “High School Musical,” Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers showed execs the way, pop culture has been flooded with tween girl entertainment. And yet another promising series about a cool teen girl, “Victorious,” debuts on Nickelodeon on Saturday.
But what about the boys? Some parents are asking whether the TV landscape has undergone a tween gender shift that leaves boys in the lurch. “Is it just me, or does it seem when it comes to what’s going on in the tween world, it’s mostly about the girls?” asked a parenting blogger at the website Charm City Moms.
Many of the nominees for “Nickelodeon’s 23rd Annual Kids’ Choice Awards” (airing at 8 p.m. Saturday) seem more like girls’ choice. In the favorite TV show category, nominees are “iCarly,” “Sonny With a Chance,” “The Suite Life on Deck” and “Wizards of Waverly Place,” all of which have a majority female viewership, according to the Nielsen Co.
The Kids’ Choice favorite TV actress nominees — Miranda Cosgrove, Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez and Keke Palmer — are all tween girl icons. And favorite TV actor nominees Cole and Dylan Sprouse and Joe and Nick Jonas are tween girl crush objects.
Among the nominees are some shows with boy appeal, such as “SpongeBob SquarePants,” “Phineas and Ferb” and “Penguins of Madagascar” — but these are cartoons. While the range of aspirational, live-action female main characters grows, there are few real, live male heroes in evidence.
Yes, tween boys (ranging in age from 6 or 9 to 12 or 14, depending on whom you ask) have some traditionally boyish media favorites, like YouTube sensation Fred Figglehorn (who’s getting his own Nickelodeon movie later this year), and “Weird Al” Yankovic, who’s reaching a new generation of guffawing 11-year-olds via the Web and a production deal with the Cartoon Network. But boys aren’t dreaming of becoming “Weird Al” the way girls are Miley Cyrus.
Where are the boys’ boys?
Executives at Disney argue that the issue isn’t that boys aren’t being served enough boy characters, but that boys have changed and now have no problem relating to strong female leads. In other words, the world is becoming more coed, and tween TV is reflecting that.
Just look at Nick’s hit comedy “iCarly,” now in its third season, about a girl (Cosgrove) who creates a Web show with her friends Freddie and Samantha. Nick’s strategy with shows like “iCarly” and new series “Big Time Rush” has been to reach both genders with the same programming.
It’s been paying off: “iCarly” is the No. 1 live-action program on TV with all boy demos, bringing in 3,113,000 viewers on average last year, according to the Nielsen Co., of which 440,000 were tween boys and 481,000 were tween girls. “Big Time Rush,” a comedy about four teen boys who become a pop sensation, also approaches a fifty-fifty male-female tween viewership.
Marjorie Cohn, executive vice president, original programming and development for Nickelodeon, said, “We don’t feel like boys are just about action and fighting shows. We’ve found that boys, especially in recent years, have become more emotionally intelligent. They love shows about relationships and humor.”
Could it be that what we’re seeing is not a dearth of programming for boys, but social progress?
“In the same way we should celebrate Hillary Clinton,” Cohn said, “we should celebrate boys being able to talk about relationships.”
But some cultural observers argue that TV, and American culture generally, is neglecting tween boys’ developmental needs. Peg Tyre, author of the bestselling book “The Trouble With Boys: A Surprising Report Card on Our Sons, Their Problems at School, and What Parents and Educators Must Do,” believes that series like “iCarly” show boys only the way girls want to see them.
“What they want and how we see them are very different,” Tyre said. “We misunderstand boys’ fascination with violence. They’re playing with issues of loyalty, bravery and standing up for their friends — big moral questions. These days, playing nicely and quietly is considered a ‘better’ form of play than shooting each other with sticks. I’m not sure that’s true.”
‘Chuck’: Love and happiness — possibly not in that order
 It was another muddled and messy episode of “Chuck” this week, though in this case, a lot of that could be written off to the fact that the show’s lower budget this season means the big action payoff to the Ring storyline couldn’t be as big and action-y as we fans might have liked. At the same time, though, there was a lot of stuff in the episode that just could have been a little tighter, and I do think the series tried to keep too many plates spinning as it headed into the finale. And yet, there were a lot of very funny moments in this episode and a lot of very moving ones. And, heck, if you didn’t like that final scene between Chuck and Sarah, you might not be a fan of this show. All in all, I liked it, but I did have some quibbles.
D&G gets tough
Denim is for whimps. So say D&G, which showed tough-guy leathers instead. The show opened with a pair of studded a zip-strewn, leather biker trousers and in keeping with the biker theme, there was plenty of metal hardwear in the…
Lewis Hamilton: a god on the track … but still a boy off it
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My admiration for Lewis Hamilton grew with every lap. After all he had been through, after emerging from Melbourneâs stocks battered and bruised by damning criticism, he drives like a god. How does he do it?
Just 24 hours earlier, he looked like little boy lost as he meekly took his seat alongside his boss. Hamilton was enduring another of those torrid weekends, the sort of ordure-and-fan hitting moment rapidly becoming the trademark of his career. Hamilton had to face the press just hours after being picked up by the police for smoking his rear tyres as he left the circuit late on Friday night. McLaren, as a matter of race weekend procedure, put on something called âMeet the teamâ, usually a mild run-around of events so far.
Jenson Button was there on time and fielded the first few questions before Hamilton and Whitmarsh, McLarenâs team principal, sat down â Whitmarsh in the centre flanked by his drivers. You have to give huge credit to Whitmarsh and Matt Bishop, McLarenâs media chief, because it must have been so tempting to lock Hamilton away and refuse to face up to the boyâs demons, but Whitmarsh and Bishop have instituted a new regime of openness and candour at McLaren, which is both refreshing and almost unheard of in any sport, let alone Formula One.
Tom Shales reflects on ĂÂĂÂKukla, Fran and Ollie’
How painful to see “Kukla, Fran and Ollie” consigned to somebody’s slapped-together Internet list of “Forgotten TV Shows.” Forgotten? Not by untold thousands for whom the adventures of Kukla, Fran and Ollie were once as integral to a day as eating breakfast, going to school or teasing your sister.
On TV One’s ‘Unsung,’ singer Stacy Lattisaw gets a second life
Stacy Lattisaw guesses that more than a decade had elapsed between her last television interview and the ones she taped for an episode next month of TV One’s music biography series, “Unsung.” Lattisaw, a Southeast Washington native whose 1980 singles “Dynamite!” and “Let Me Be Your Angel” made her a star at age 14, abruptly ditched her music career for the quiet life in Prince George’s County in the early 1990s. Though her ballads and dance hits helped set the tempo for successive generations of youthful R&B divas like Mariah Carey and Aaliyah, she enjoys little of their name recognition.