We’re back to Final 4, Part Deux. Amber, Angie, Candice, and Kree — a very talented group of contestants, regardless of the alleged producer manipulation. (Ahem, LAZARO.) There were two themes for the night: songs from 2013, and standards. Harry Connick Jr. was the guest judge. Harry has been a mentor on the show in […]
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THEATER PREVIEW: “Les Miserables”
The old adage says that misery loves company. The musical adaptation of Victor Hugo’s “Les Miserables” has certainly had plenty of visitors over its nearly three-decade life span. The trials and tribulations of Jean Valjean, Fantine, Marius, and the other Revolution-era Frenchmen have pulled in audiences again and again. People are drawn in by Hugo’s […]
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“Doctor Who” Season 7: “Journey to the Center of the TARDIS”
Confession: I’m not sure what the hell happened in this weekend’s episode. The time and space woo-woo going on was to be expected for an episode that centered on the TARDIS, I guess, but I’m still not certain on how the whole problem worked itself out. I keep waiting for a smarter version of me […]
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“Game of Thrones” Season 3, Episode 5: Hot Tub Time Machine
Although last week’s episode was awesome, I bemoaned its almost total lack of sexy times. This episode made up for it with not one but two hot-tub scenes, at least two cases of Grade-A man ass, and some equal-opportunity nudity for the lady lovers. It also set up plotlines for the next chunk of the […]
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“American Idol” 2013: Results (Top 4 to…Top 4)
So, OK. There was no blog of Wednesday night’s Top 4 performance episode because my machine did not tape a single second of it. I don’t know. So, sorry for that. But here’s the thing: if I was going to miss a week, this was the week to miss. Because anyone paying attention to the […]
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“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 5: Courtroom drama
We were down to the big finale. Kind of.Sort of.If you accept the fact that we won’t find out the winner for two freaking weeks. I understand why the show changed its format after the Season 3 winner leak. I get why not crowning a queen until the reunion is critical in an age of […]
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“Doctor Who” Season 7: “Hide”
First, I did not blog on last week’s episode, “Cold War.” I just didn’t have much to say about it. It was fine, I guess. The Ice Warrior was cool enough, and it was basically “Alien” on a nuclear sub. If you were looking for adventure, you got it. (Though the setting nor the time […]
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“Game of Thrones” Season 3, Episode 4: That’s a pretty deep burn, Daenerys
Welcome back to “Game of Thrones,” or as I alternately call it, “Who Are We Burning Today?” I thought this week’s episode rocked, including all of the best elements of the show (minus sex, boo). A lot happened so we’re just going to jump right into it. We’ll start at the end, as we got […]
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“American Idol” 2013: Results (Top 5 to Top 4)
The first 8 minutes of the show did not tape. So I’m going to assume that the judges wasted time by walking to their seats, Ryan Secrest wasted time by giving us a bunch of useless information, the Top 5 did a group song, and, oh, I don’t know, Lazaro galloped across the stage on […]
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“American Idol” 2013: Songs from the Year they Were Born/Diva Songs
Well, we’re definitely going to have a female winner for the first time in six seasons. For the first time in show history the Final 5 is entirely one gender, and it is also entirely female. You don’t have to be a Stonemason to work out that conspiracy. Still, there is a LOT of talent […]
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THEATER REVIEW: “33 Variations”
Intricate, delicate, and lovely are possibly the three words that best describe “33 Variations,” the drama currently on stage at Blackfriars. The play, written by Moises Kaufman (“The Laramie Project,” “I Am My Own Wife”) and directed by John Haldoupis, is a nuanced look at the way people relate to one another, refuse to relate […]
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“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 5: Bitter, sweet symphony
Confession: I spoiled myself on the results of tonight’s episode earlier this afternoon after some idiot posted the first 10 minutes of NEXT week’s episode right on the Logo website. I watched it and knew who won tonight’s challenge, who was in the Bottom 2, and who went home. But even if I hadn’t gotten […]
