News and Notes

I'm back! Here are my thoughts on some of the things I've missed the past couple of weeks:

Dancing with the Stars: I really love this season's cast but they've already ruined it in week two with atrocious judging (what else is new?), Team Palin's country asses, and saying that Bruno went too far in cracking on Michael Bolton. My favorite this season is Kyle, who seemingly came out of nowhere (at least in my household) to capture America's heart. It's about time someone represented for the chubby black guys. My shitfit when he gets voted out before Bristol Palin should be monumental.

Wake Up!: The Roots and John Legend together on one CD. Album. Of. The. Year. Get it.

Survivor: I'm sorry to see the Jimmy Johnson gimmick end in week three, but it hadn't really panned out to be all that great anyway. Some of the most vile contestants in history. I don't have a favorite yet.

Wrestling: Raw ratings continue to sink and PPV buyrates are in a steep decline. They're in no danger of going under but if ratings and buyrates continue to erode, it will be difficult to get those lost fans back. I don't even see a way to turn things around. TNA is still hopeless, but I'm intrigued by whatever "special announcement" they have planned for next week. They're probably getting rid of the wrestling ring altogether.

Kim Kardashian: Still hot.

2010 MTV Video Music Awards

I thought the MTV VMA's were a decent show. Sure I missed about an hour of it, but what I saw was good. Chelsea Handler was hit and miss as host. I liked the skit at the start with all of the rappers and Lindsay Lohan (who looked respectable for once) slapping her on the behind. Gaga was the big winner of the night and I loved her big dresses where she had to be helped on the stage. Loved the Kanye West performance at the end, toasting the douchebags and the assholes. That's my new theme song. I'm glad they kept this thing to two hours. Other awards shows need to take heed.

NXT Season Three

OMG. Last night's season three premiere of WWE's rookie-in-training show, NXT, was Trainwreck TV at its finest. Take six barely trained wrestlers, er, sports entertainers fresh out of the WWE Florida development system, put them on national TV to participate in skits and have horrible wrestling matches and hijinx galore ensue. It was fascinating to watch between the dreadful interviews, announcers making fools of themselves, and more botched moves than a

Candice Michelle vs. Lacey Von Erich blindfold match. For the record, I'm going with Naomi to win this thing (hardly going out on a limb seeing as how she won three competitions already). With only six contestants, I have no idea how they are going to drag this thing out for three months. Hell, they barely made it an hour. But if they can make it through the season and create one new star and go without some poor broad getting injured on live TV, the season will be a success.

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