day 4.57

this.

zooey deschanel and karmin are coming to snl this week. yes. also, how weird is it that i blogged about zooey two days in a row?

i salute whoever made this

santana lopez, one of the greatest tv characters of all time.

day 4.03

there might not have been a new glee this week...

but there is this new clip- a deleted scene of naya rivera's santana belting out "santa baby" at the jewelry store. somebody get this girl a record deal asap.

day 3.326

i'm ready for tuesday

musical number 300. yes.

day 3.323

what i love (this week)

the song

this plus the justin bieber "freestyle" are really working for me this week.

the show

they're baaaaaaaaaaaaack (tonight).

the movie

here's my mini-review for justin timberlake and amanda seyfried's in time: go see it. it's bonnie and clyde meets robin hood meets the matrix meets the island meets ... i don't know, just go watch it, ok?

the look

so it's not really a look, just a glee-tastic viral video worth sharing. you have to watch the whole :43 second clip. i know, tough duty. suck it up.

day 3.269

gleeking out

they're almost back! next week the kids of mckinley high return- here's a sneak peek of season 3, with plenty of brittany, santana and rachel to hold you over until next tuesday. they got the beat.

day 3.257

american reunion, glee promos

here are the latest promos for american reunion- the american pie threequel- and glee, season 3. so this is a themed post: the number three.

my regular posting resumes this weekend.

day 3.250

september 20th cannot come soon enough

day 3.147

glee does rebecca black

just when you thought you'd heard the last of rebecca black's "friday," it makes a comeback. the internet sensation made its way to glee, where the men of mckinley high will perform the, er, song during the series' prom-themed episode. surprisingly (well, not that surprisingly) the glee cast makes the song listenable- give it a try before the episode airs this tuesday.

day 3.142

what i love (this week)

the song

in this week's lackluster episode of glee there was a shining moment: quinn and rachel's mash-up duet of "i feel pretty/unpretty." the duo's solemn take on the tlc song (one of my favorites) proved the episode's message of "be yourself" better than the finale number to gaga's "born this way." i can't get enough of this mash-up, especially with the rainy weather i've been having. nothing's better for a rainy day than a 90's r&b ballad (ok, a lot of things probably are, but i'm going to stick with it).

the movie

i'm not ashamed to say i still watch every disney channel original movie. ok, i'm a little bit ashamed, but i accept it. the latest movie, lemonade mouth, is far from a good (or even entertaining movie), but the soundtrack is what gets me. i couldn't help myself from re-watching the performances on my dvr, especially the rap solo on this song.

the show

the best show you're not watching. the end.

the look

i mean, i had to.

day 3.135

what i love (this week)

the song

bruno mars, "the lazy song." i've been obsessed with this song since i first heard mars' full album. it's the perfect song for, well, a lazy day.

the movie

in a recurring theme, i happen to be watching this movie while i type this blog post. lifetime's william & kate delivers all you expect in a lifetime movie - bad acting, a predictable plot and that "i can't put my finger on it" factor that keeps you glued to the screen. plus, it's royal wedding week! what would my blog be without a reference to the impending nuptials between the real william and kate?

the show

it's no secret i love glee (though, i refuse to be labeled a "gleek"). while this half of season 2's been a bit of a disappointment, next week's gaga-centric episode looks like it will put me back in good graces with glee. kurt returns to mckinley. zises runs for prom queen. and we get an extra 30 minutes.

the look

ok, this is cheating a little bit, since it's a movie trailer, but here's my rationalization. i love emma stone. the way emma stone looks in the help cracks me up, and makes me even more excited to see this movie - but, first, i need to read the book. god, i have too many books to read.

day 3.126

gaga goes biblical

well, she lived up to her promise. after releasing "born this way," lady gaga said the rest of the album (also titled born this way) would have a very different sound. cue "judas." gaga's second single off her second album is a lot more like what i was expecting (and what seems like a lot of people were expecting) from the momma monster. while "born this way" was a nice throwback surprise, "judas" gels more with the sound gaga created over the past year or two. it's very electro. very catchy. and very hard to understand. i couldn't tell you any of the lyrics on first listen. hopefully born this way (the album) is a mix of the sounds of "judas" and "born this way" (the song) - i don't know if i could handle a whole album that sounds like either of those two. but we'll have to wait until the end of next month to find out. in the meantime, check out "judas" above - i'm sure you'll be hearing it non-stop for the next month.

time for an eargasm: gwyneth does adele

adele's finally made her way onto glee. in next week's return episode, returning guest star gwyneth paltrow takes on "turning tables," and i can't get enough.

day 3.78

glee goes original

last week on glee, rachel berry made reference to the group's need to write original songs. well it looks like they're actually going to write those songs. check out the two original songs - fast-paced "loser like me" and the ballad "get it right" - above. the songs will debut with the group at regionals near the end of the season. next up on glee? the return of gwyneth paltrow! paltrow returns as substitute teacher holly holiday and, natch, she gets to sing again. below is one of the tunes she'll be belting out (and a personal fave), "landslide." glee returns in two weeks, after american idol gets down to the top 12.

day 3.74

glee gets drunk

after weeks of schtick after schtick, glee finally returns to some quality, not-so-wholesome entertainment. check out the latest episode, in which the cast tackles the touchy subject of getting schwasted, with a little help from the creative genius that is ke$ha and jamie foxx.

day 3.60

it returns!

and we get another new episode tomorrow night!

day 3.56

sunday is all about glee!

super bowl what? sunday marks the return of glee to finish off its sophomore season. here's a sneak peek ok the music you'll be singing all week long. the "thriller"/"heads will roll" mix is my favorite. and "bills bills bills" screams destiny's child episode...stat.

day 3.50

glee does the superbowl

with katie couric?

day 3.41

anne hathaway, gleeful catwoman

it looks like 2011 will be a banner year for anne hathaway. we're not even a month into the new year, and the love and other drugs actress has already lined up two highly coveted spots in two highly anticipated projects. after creating her own character to play on glee, creator ryan murphy took anne up on her offer to play kurt's lesbian aunt. apparently hathaway will film her episode sometime in the next couple of weeks - meaning her episode will air before the end of the current season. if hathaway's full vision for her character makes it onto the small screen, she'll get to sing "no one is alone" from the broadway musical into the woods.

as for her other big role, christopher nolan has cast hathaway in the final installment of his batman franchise, the dark knight rises. hathaway will play selina kyle, the woman who will become catwoman. hathaway joins tom hardy as bane in the third film. there's no word yet on whether or not hathaway's catwoman will be good or evil, or even if she'll transform into catwoman in the film, but this news couldn't make me more excited. the film is set to be released in july 2012, with production slated to begin this spring.

day 3.33

review: how do you know?

how do you know you've seen a bad movie? after you've seen how do you know?, you'll know. the latest from james l. brooks features a great cast (reese witherspoon, owen wilson, paul rudd and jack nicholson), but not much else. it's as if someone found three different movie scripts, and decided it would just be easier to make one movie out of them. when i first saw the trailer, i thought it was just bad advertising; that they were going to rely on witherspoon's box office draw more than plot or reviews. going in, i had no clue what the plot was going to be, or who the characters were. turns out that even after seeing it, i'm not sure i can answer those same questions. brooks is known for his thinking-man romantic comedies (think as good as it gets or spanglish), but how do you know? is a thinking man's romcom with little thought put into it. the actors aren't all that believable in their roles (teeny tiny reese as a champion softball star? goofy owen wilson as america's favorite baseball player?), and that's partly due to the fact that the roles aren't all that well defined. we know almost nothing about any of the characters other than their names and occupations (except for rudd's george, whose occupation was never made known, but we do know he works for his dad, nicholson). too many disjointed story-lines and no resolution made me leave the theater with more questions than answers. plus, more than half the movie looked like it was shot out of focus (or i need new contacts). better to skip how do you know? knowing that you can catch reese and rudd in more films later this year.

nuthin' but a glee thang

check out funny or die's latest viral video, a glee-infused take on dr. dre's "nuthin but a g thang." the video stars modern family's sofia vergara, glee's heather morris and comedian riki lindhome, as well as multiple cameos by morris' glee costars. hopefully this will tide you over until glee returns with new episdoes february 6, following the super bowl.

and, if you're a reality tv junkie, hop over to kidd kraddick's website to see my friend alli give her weekly recaps and commentary on the bachelor. her blogs and vlogs will be posted every tuesday, and you can hear her thoughts on the current season every tuesday morning on the nationally syndicated radio show. find out if kidd kraddick can be heard in your city here.

day 3.3

'tis the season

day 2.349

listen to the latest episode of glee...

before you even watch it. here are 4 full-length previews of songs from tuesday's new episode, "furt." the episode is wedding-themed, and features the cast singing two bruno mars songs. sounds like it won't disappoint. actually, when has glee ever really disappointed? one song ("ohio") even features the vocal stylings of guest star carol burnett, as sue sylvester's nazi-hunting madre.