Author: B-Side

I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that it would be damn near impossible to follow up last week’s triumphant episode of The Hills, which was so exciting and awesome and thrilling that it has inspired (at press time) a record 1016 comments on the recap. I mean, how could any episode compete [...]

Because of a technical error (ie. me accidentally erasing THE ENTIRE POST), this recap is dreadfully late. Apologies! On 24, when it comes to being a Palmer in the White House, you’ve always got to go through some freshman hazing before you can be taken seriously. And by “freshman hazing,” I mean several brushes with [...]

Is there any better way to celebrate Friday than with Giada De Laurentiis enjoying a platter of ice cream sandwiches? I THINK NOT!

So last night, Jonathan and Victoria of Amazing Race 6 fame invited J-Unit and I to the opening of Victoria’s art show, and who were we to turn them down? I mean, reality stars? Hors d’oeuvres? Pop-art? Consider us sold. We happily trekked over to Beverly Hills, thinking that we might catch a glimpse of [...]

I don’t know whether I like or hate watching the girls on American Idol. On the one hand, they’re way, way, way better than the guys, and therefore more entertaining. But on the other hand, it’s so obvious which women will be advancing that it’s slightly a chore to sit through such predictable performances. I [...]

It’s now become a tradition as old as time itself: if you’re going on a reality show, you gotta take some nude photos of yourself first. It’s nice to break up all the monotony of Antonella’s softcore charm with something a bit more racy. That’s right, thanks to Cityrag, Jael from America’s Next Top Model [...]

Previously on The Real World: Brooke went nuts, Jenn was a slut, and Colie was a total idiot. Apparently this was enough to warrant a “To Be Continued…”, but the truth was that today’s second installment of silliness was pretty much just a mirror image of last week, give or take a few decibels. Brooke [...]

HUMAN GIANT presents: CAMPING WEEKENDAdd to My Profile Not so long ago, we shamelessly shilled The Human Giant, a new series coming to MTV this Spring. The guys behind the show just released this preview clip to the Internets, and in our continuing efforts to shill our friends and/or people who will talk to us, [...]

Our friend Laura over at Access Hollywood bumped into none other than Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson the other night, and being the intrepid reporter/blogger that she is, she asked them what they thought of the whole Antonella scandal (that we have been so shamelessly enjoying). Simon replied, “You know what, whoever sold those is [...]

There’s hope yet for the boys of American Idol. After last week’s dreary performances, it was hard to imagine any of them having enough star power or vocal prowess to deserve a spot at the top — especially once the girls completely obliterated them the next night. Now, I’m proud to say that I can [...]

My friend just sent me this email: I AM HYPERVENTILATING AT THE END OF THE HILLS amazing That pretty much sums it all up. Yes, if you see one episode of The Hills, make it this one. Holy Moly was it good. It was full of all the backstabbing, bitchy, obnoxious, and awful behavior we’ve [...]

Last week, I told myself I wasn’t going to write about Bad Girls Club until I had seen an ample amount of interpretive dance/shadow puppetry. Things were looking bleak — that is, until Pilobolus made my dreams come true last night on the Oscars. Now, with fresh images of guns and penguins in my head, [...]

So the semifinals on American Idol returned this week, which meant I had an additional three hours worth of TV to recap. Why do you care? Well, it’s my feeble excuse as to why this post about 24 — the first truly good episode since the second half of the season premiere — is late. [...]

Oh — it hurts so much. Watching our dear American Idol contestants fall by the wayside. Actually, no. It’s not painful at all, especially when all the singers dropped in last night’s elimination episode pretty much assaulted our beings over the course of the week — whether through painful vocals, boring stage presence, or strange, [...]

There’s still hope! The women on last night’s episode of American Idol proved that there was actually some talent in the semifinals, and where the guys were mostly bland and insipid, at least half the women brought their A game. Make that their A+ game. Just when I thought I had heard the best vocal [...]

Hey, now. Hey, now. Don’t cry, it’s over. The OC wraps up its roller-coaster existence tonight with a farewell “Hey!” of a series finale. Be sure not to miss it (and the much ballyhooed Mischa-Barton-in-a-locket cameo!). 9 PM tonight on FOX. And to all our friends who’ve worked on the show, congratulations on your run!

Wow. After last week’s prosaic episode of The Real World, I was thiiiis close to giving up on the season. Little did I realize the producers were planning on cramming all the drama into today’s action-packed episode. We had it all — bitch fights, screaming, hooking up, idiocy. It was wonderful. However, I found myself [...]

Let’s not beat around the bush. I sat through the entire two hour episode of Tuesday’s American Idol and saw not one guy who showed any sort of star power whatsoever. I literally could not imagine any one of these guys winning the competition, let alone cracking the top five. Several of them were awful, [...]

I was highly disappointed with The Hills this week. How could they deign to air an episode without Lisa Love? This most certainly was NOT the Teen Vogue way of doing things. No matter. It was my only quibble with an otherwise delightful romp into the world Lauren and Heidi and Spencer, and their increasingly [...]

When it comes to grieving, nobody does it better than All My Children, which previously had supplied us with our favorite graveyard catharsis of the year. Now the soap opera has provided us with a second wonderful graveside scene which features JR mourning the loss of his wife, Babe, to curiously-named tranny, Zarf, who, for [...]

A nice hodgepodge of birthdays today: Nasal dancehall pioneer Rihanna, Andrew Shue, Charles Barkley, Cindy Crawford, Kurt Cobain (even though he’s dead), Patty Hearst, Ivana Trump, Backstreet Boy Brian Littrell, Sidney Poitier, and, of course, Sandy Duncan. Plus, a belated shout-out to Madeyoulaugh who celebrated his 29th birthday last week. We’ll keep you updated if [...]

Last week, I talked about this new show coming up on MTV called Human Giant, created by comedians Paul Scheer, Rob Huebel, and Aziz Ansari. The series should be premiering in early April, and based on what we’ve seen so far, it looks hilarious. The guys have been previewing their material at the Upright Citizens [...]

Lots of athletes being born today. Happy Birthday to: Ashley Lelie, Ahman Green, Jerome Bettis, John McEnroe. We also have some cool black guys (Ice-T, LeVar Burton) and, of course, Kim Jong-il.

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Let’s just put it out there: Wednesday’s episode of American Idol kind of sucked. First of all, nearly everyone they profiled made it through to the top 24. Second of all, because they rushed through the Hollywood auditions, we hardly knew who any of these people were. Likable faces from the auditions disappeared, and in [...]

A lot of people have been coming down hard on 24 this season, saying it’s off course, ailing, troubled, and unfocused. It won’t be long before the audience slowly erodes away, and that makes me sad. Why? Well, I have this problem where I get entirely too attached and loyal to a show — almost [...]

Happy Valentines Day, America! Hope you enjoyed the chocolate-covered turd that was the latest episode of The Real World. Just in time for this most romantic of days, the producers focused on love, sweet love — whether it be gay or straight, naked or clothed, black or white. Yes, this was one of those “serious” [...]

Remember last week when I was saying that I’d been caught up in the Bad Girls Club drama despite myself? Yeah. That ended today. Gone were the cat fights, and in their place was a boring episode that focused on the career ambitions of Leslie and Kerry. Thrilling. As you can imagine, the travails of [...]

American Idol shifted away from auditions and into its less popular Hollywood stages Tuesday night, and while the ratings tend to dip during this time, I usually find these rounds to be some of the more interesting. Unlike any other part of the show, we get tension, bickering, and high drama. Usually. Last year’s Brittenum [...]

Here’s how I usually do my TVgasm writing on a Monday night. I watch The Hills, then I write the recap, then I watch 24, and then I write that recap. However, since last night’s episode of 24 was a mammoth two hours long, I figured I’d watch the perils of Jack Bauer before returning [...]

J-Unit and I trekked to Las Vegas this weekend where amidst the drunkenness and debauchery, we managed to catch this noteworthy clip off the Bally’s Las Vegas in-house programming. It’s from a tutorial video where a (terrible) celebrity impersonator teaches us about the finer points of gambling. In this scene, our lady is dressed like [...]

Too busy claiming paternity of Dannielynn Smith? Here’s what you’ve been missing at Newsgasm: With the nation mourning for Anna Nicole Smith, we ask one question: whither Elton John? Whither Elton John? … [Read More] It’s not tabloid fodder until Rosie O’Donnell gets her two, unfortunately-timed cents in. [Read More] Seriously, why is Anna Nicole [...]

Passions, NBC, 2/8/07 And now the thrilling conclusion to our epic showdown of witches and Scissor Sisters. Why NBC is canceling Passions is beyond us.

Today’s birthdays: Vladimir Guerrero, Mookie Wilson, Judith Light (“Angela…”), Mia Farrow, Joe Pesci, and, of course, Jim J. Bullock.

Passions, NBC, 2/8/07 Awkward musical product placement is hardly a stranger to soap operas, but it’s always jarring nonetheless. Take for example what happened when the Scissor Sisters dropped by the set of Passions yesterday afternoon. All seemed fine at first, but we soon discovered that this campy band had little tolerance for a private [...]

Does Jenn from Real World: Denver have a background in softcore porn? Answer after the jump…

Passions, NBC, 2/5/07 It’s been a while since we’ve dipped our pen in the proverbial inkwell of inspiration that is Passions. Luckily, there’ve been some might shenanigans on the show of late, starting with this extremely literal moment from Monday’s episode. A clipgasm featuring the Scissor Sisters will be forthcoming.

From this morning’s episode of The View Thanks to the Best Week Ever blog for this awkward-in-hindsight moment.

Too busy throwing out your TrimSpa? Here’s what you’ve been missing at Newsgasm: Anna Nicole Smith: suddenly not such a great spokeswoman for diet pills (she died). [Read More] Guess who stands to benefit from Anna Nicole Smith’s untimely death? That’s right: her husband / lawyer / human yeast infection, Howard K. Stern! Start the [...]