Things That Make Me Die Inside

Signs of the Apocalypse: ‘Jersey Shore’ cast rings the Opening Bell at NYSE

As fun as it was seeing JWoww squeezed into her job-interview pantsuit, it can’t mean good things for our ailing economy when the cast of Jersey Shore opened trading at the New York Stock Exchange by ringing the ceremonial Opening

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Have you ever discovered a TV show too late to save it from cancelation?

If you follow me on Twitter, you already know that I spent my entire weekend marathon-ing episodes of the WB’s ill-fated show Jack & Bobby. Please, don’t judge me. For the past month, I had been watching an episode a

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Why do Boston accents make good actors look bad?

Let me say right up front that I’m from Boston. So maybe it bothers me more than most to see so many actors butcher my hometown dialect. But seriously, why is it so damn hard to do a convincing Boston

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A fifth Mel Gibson tape: Enough is enough?

Ugh, now there are five. You can spend nearly 30 minutes listening to five separate recordings of Mel Gibson purportedly raging against ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva on Radar Online. It’s almost like Radar isn’t even a proper noun anymore — this

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‘The Hills’ series finale: The joke’s on us, apparently

If you’ve been watching the final season of The Hills, you know that last night’s series finale came down to the relationship status of Kristin and Brody. After dating, breaking up, being friends, then friends with benefits, Kristin was ready

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Which celebrity shills have put you over the edge?

“I bet people can actually die of embarrassment. I bet it’s been medically proven.” –Angela Chase, My So-Called Life, 1994 “Grow your own lashes with Latisse! Vote0

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Lindsay Lohan’s handwriting makes me die inside

The hidden gems of the Lindsay Lohan courtroom situation extend even beyond her “F— U” fingernail decals — there are also zoomed-in photos of her courtroom “notes.” Dammit! How does this jailbird have better handwriting than I do? I went

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So you think you can snub Cat Deeley again, Emmy?

Aw hell no, Emmy. Just one year ago, I gave you a slight slap on the wrist for neglecting to nominate Cat Deeley — the enthusiastic, gorgeous, dedicated host of So You Think You Can Dance — for Outstanding Reality

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If you were on ‘Wipeout,’ would you even try?

Over the weekend I had nightmares about being a contestant on ABC’s Wipeout. They were at first terrifying but ultimately harmless because I ended up using my powerful sense of reason (which clearly does not translate to daylight hours) to

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Heat Wave Watch: Name some pop-cultural things that are freezing, otherwise I am going to pass out

One way to combat the oppressive heat, I’ve found, is to will myself onto a hypothetical tundra and just sit there (a.k.a. here at my desk) for a while and zone out. My ultimate winter wonderland fantasy is the “Poor

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