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DWTS Season 8, Week 2: Quicksteps, Salsas & Superman (Oh My!)

It was a pretty good second week for Dancing with the Stars as quicksteps and salsas made their way across the floor. Sadly there was more injury with Steve-O out for the week (more on that below) and Gilles dealing with a separated shoulder. Here’s my rundown...

DWTS Season 8, Week 1: Checking Out the New Kids

Season eight of Dancing with the Stars opened tonight with 13 new performers, two of which had significantly reduced rehearsal time since they came in for injured stars. Both Jewel and Nancy O’Dell had to drop out last week due to injury (and in...

Friday Geek Out: Max Headroom

Max Headroom was everywhere in the middle 80s. I think I initially discovered him because he was the spokesperson for New Coke. Not Max at his most interesting, certainly. He had a run at pop music too, showing up in the Art of Noise song “Paranoimia.”...

2009 Oscars

Just a few things to say on last night’s ceremony (which, in all honesty, I watched most of in about a half hour this morning courtesy of the DVRs fast-forward): My favorite three moments: Milk screenwriter Dustin Lance Black said this at the end of this...

“Spectacular!” Random TV Thoughts

The mention in Entertainment Weekly prompted me to tune in for Nickelodeon’s attempt to stake a claim in Disney’s High School Musical space. The result was the movie Spectacular!, which premiered last Monday. Who knew there could be so much drama around...