Don’t get me wrong ““ I love Lindsay Lohan. I’ve probably seen “Mean Girls” more times than I could count; I bought her album the day it came out; and I even once briefly entertained the idea of dying my hair red just because it made her look so vivacious. But as cool as I […]
Author Archives: Justin Scott
There’s no aid on TV for those who really need it
I swear, if I see Ty Pennington build one more house for some stupid, underprivileged, down-on-their-luck family, I’m going to rip out every spike of hair on his goofy head and hit him in the face with his own tool belt. Let me explain: There are two things every college graduate needs ““ a job […]
Britney Spears: queen of chaos
I’m pretty sure Britney Spears has officially lost it. If her new show, “Britney and Kevin: Chaotic,” is any indication, then the girl is slipping into Michael Jackson levels of insanity faster than even than the King of Pop himself. It’s like one minute she’s a Mouseketeer, the next minute she might be touching one, […]
Is the force still with us?
The “Star Wars” Geek: For some, the term can be insulting; for others, empowering. But for most, it’s just downright embarrassing. “You don’t want the first thing people know about you to be that you love “˜Star Wars,’” said second-year economics student Marshall Jaquish. “Especially with girls. You never hear “˜Oh, I want a guy […]
There’s nothing to idolize up close
They flew out all the way from Florida. Ten hours, two layovers and one crappy on-flight bag of peanuts later, a conservatively dressed middle-aged housewife and her balding husband had arrived at their final destination: a live taping of “America Idol.” OK, I know I wrote about “American Idol” in my last column, but I […]
Worshipping false “˜Idols’
I’m normally not one to watch classic television. Growing up, I always hated when my favorite kids’ channel Nickelodeon transformed into Nick at Nite and old re-runs of “The Honeymooners” or “Bewitched” came on. But there’s one old-time show that I’d sit through any day, and that’s “The Judy Garland Show.” In one of the […]
“˜Chick shows’ a breath of fresh air
I love the Oxygen Network. I know, it’s an entire channel dedicated to women’s programming, but I can’t get enough of it. It doesn’t stop there. I live for Lifetime original programing. Every Sunday night, I drop whatever I’m doing to watch those “Desperate Housewives” over on Wisteria Lane. If you put Shane (the butch […]