Entertainment Corner

(For an explanation of how we at BuddyTV came across these rankings, check out our 2006 Fall Television Anticipation Rankings. It’s pretty darn cool.)
10 Most Anticipated New Shows

#1: Survivor: Cook Islands

This year, Mark Burnett has decided to create a media firestorm and divide the tribes by race (white, black, Hispanic, and Asian). Some advertisers (including Coke) have dropped their ads for ridiculous PC reasons. Here’s the rub: this is obviously a PR move by Survivor, but need we all forget that these initial tribes rarely last more than a couple episodes? It’s not like the racially divided tribes will be competing throughout the entire run of the season.
Anyway, I love Survivor; it’s undoubtedly the ultimate reality show, the producers know what they’re doing, and host Jeff Probst brings more to the table than any other host alive. Survivor: Cook Islands boasts the show’s largest cast ever, presumably in order to accommodate the racial divide. Survivor remains a great contest and an entertaining ride even into it’s 13th season.

#2: The Office

The Office is the smartest comedy I’ve ever seen. It also might be the most unique. There is no laugh track. The jokes stay away from the usual trappings of half-hour comedy (relationships, sex). The cast improvises much of the dialogue. The mockumentary aspect allows for the observational humor to pervade without dialogue. The whole vibe is just different, and it’s this freshness that leads to The Office’s appeal. That, and how funny it is.
The cast on The Office is full of original comedic talent and their ability to improvise improves upon already great writing. The dynamic between receptionist Pam and salesman Jim is unique and engrossing. Rainn Wilson as Dwight has created a ridiculous and unbelievable character that works as a perfect comic foil for every other member of the cast. Steve Carrell pulls off the impossible role of Michael Scott with aplomb, at once annoying the hell out of everyone in The Office and somehow remaining sympathetic. The characters on The Office all have layers, are all three-dimensional, and it is this depth that allows for such sophisticated comedy to occur. The Office is going strong into it’s third season, and should keep doing well for a long time.
I have absolutely nothing bad to say about The Office.  Read more...

Ripped from the imagination of writer Anthony Zuiker, CSI follows the life of Gil Grissom (William Petersen), a quirky and oftentimes obsessive workaholic who heads up the nightshift unit of the Las Vegas Police Department’s Crime Scene Investigation department. Nominated for 6 Golden Globes and 20 Emmys, the series has been either #1 or the #2 Nielsen rated show since the start of its second season in Fall of 2001. With an unorthodox approach the TV police drama (emphasis is placed on lab work rather than actual “street” police work), CSI was a novel concept when it first premiered. With transient characters from every walk of life, the exotic Las Vegas setting, and a steady level of crime, CSI has all the necessary elements required for a blockbuster TV show…

The C.S.I. (Season 4) DVD features a number of dramatic episodes including the season premiere “Assume Nothing” in which the CSI team investigates a series of murders involving couples. When one couple meets another in a bar, and the second couple turns up dead, the police suspect a tandem of serial killers are on the loose… Other notable episodes from Season 4 include “Jackpot” in which a severed head is mailed to the CSI coroner, Dr. Robbins, from Jackpot, Nevada, and “Early Rollout” in which the CSI team investigates the execution-style murder of a porn star and her husband while the CSI also suffers from some internal difficulties…

Below is a list of episodes included on the C.S.I. (Season 4) DVD:  Read more...

GOD AGAINST US: ALIEN SPACEMAN JESUS, THE THE WORLD TRADE CENTER ATTACK AND MORE

Alvin Miller

(1986)

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At my site: http://www.angelfire.com/crazy/spaceman/ TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE

CHAPTER ONE: A PLAUSIBLE TIMETABLE

CHAPTER TWO: A FIRST LOOK AT NORMAN O. BROWN

CHAPTER THREE: THE MEDIA MESSIAH, OR LOOKING FOR JESUS ON

TV

CHAPTER FOUR: THE MESSIAH RETURNS

APPENDIX: THE SECRET RAPTURE

BIBLIOGRAPHY

FILM LIST BY DATE

FILM LIST

FILM SERIALS

PREFACE

What do you call a crazy spaceman? – - An Astronut.

What follows is a nearly word for word online version of my ©1986 booklet WEIRD ESCHATOLOGY: AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW OF THE SECOND COMING (ISBN 0-9616435-0-1; Library of Congress Call Number BT823.M55 1986). By the time you finish this, you may conclude that this particular peculiar interpretation of the Book of Revelation should be relegated to the teachings of self-appointed cranks, crackpots, prophets of doom and various other assorted fanatics. But perhaps, even so, your own view may be clarified when you read this. The first chapter deals with theology and may be slightly dull, but fasten your seatbelt, as I will get more and more weird ahead (in terms of any interpretation you have seen before). Note that I make use of mostly unobtainable texts and obscure films. Lack of access to these sources should not impede your understanding of what follows. Also, to emphasize the ostensibly momentous issues I am dealing with here, I capitalize the subject phrases I discuss.  Read more...

If the cold weather is starting to get you down and you are already dreaming of sunnier shores then now would be perfect time to book a dream holiday abroad. If you’re looking for something a little bit special then the white sands of Mauritius should be right up your street. This tropical paradise is known for its turquoise blue waters and relaxed atmosphere and offers the very best to anyone looking to live like a celebrity for a few weeks.

Mauritius has long been the getaway of choice for the rich and famous but increasingly it is widening its appeal to honeymooners and those of us who are looking for our own little taste of paradise. The island is the perfect place for taking it easy, lazing on the beach and getting pampered. Royalty and celebrities, from Prince Harry to Ewan McGregor, all visit various places on the island but the celebrity hangout of choice has to be Le Saint Geran. This luxury hotel is known worldwide for its exquisite surroundings and secluded privacy, not to mention its 24 hour private butler service. Le Saint Geran offers plenty of activities from spas to water activities that will keep even the pickiest celebrity happy. With villas looking straight out over the Indian Ocean, a choice of three exclusive restaurants and a nine hole golf range, it’s no wonder this hotel is a favourite spot for the stars.

If you haven’t quite hit the big time yet and the Le Saint Geran is a little out of your budget then there are plenty of luxury hotels and villas to be found at varying price ranges. Most resorts on the island will offer a taste of the celebrity lifestyle with five star restaurants, unbeatable customer service and indulgent spa facilities.  Read more...

One of the preferred cosmetic surgery enhancements for our Hollywood actors and actresses is a nose job. Celebrity nose jobs or AKA rhinoplasty have been around since cosmetic surgery was born. Looking the net will bring a long list of stars that apparently had their noses redone. Some actors and actresses admit to have the procedure done and some changes are so minute that you can barely see the difference but like Michael Jackson, it does not need an Einstein to understand that he had it done. There also are plenty of celebrity nose jobs in which they defiantly reject any rhinoplasty done to them even comparing past and present pictures obviously state otherwise.

Rhinoplasty is a very well known cosmetic surgery process and a particularly common amongst our celebs in Hollywood and because it is one of the least pricey cosmetic surgery, it is generally done more than once. We can say that the majority of her Hollywood stars had some type of a nose job procedure in their lifetime.

What is the best way to tell celebrity nose jobs? Leave it to the photographers. They are the ones that come near celebrities and also you can identify any details when you see them in the flesh. It is also a source of a reasonable income for them if they discovered that a celebrity had their nose done. Our nose routinely doesn’t change a lot during our adult years. Camera angles, lighting and makeup may cause a big difference in the appearance of noses in film or in pictures. Most celebrity plastic surgeons who identified the before and after photos of a certain celebrity who had a minor or a major nose job done, examines the photographs which were shot from different angles and would bring about a false positive on their viewpoints.  Read more...

In today’s hi-tech world, gaming concept has totally undergone an amazing change. Now, video games lovers are switching over to console games, which are highly exciting and demanding. These are highly innovative and interactive multimedia devices, which let people to play video games in a more exciting way. Nowadays, gaming consoles have come up as an interactive form of gaming devices, which are a complete world of entertainment. They consist of many other useful functions designed to access games with a exciting and enjoyable way. At present, many gaming console manufacturing companies exists in the gaming market to let game lovers experience the full enjoyment while playing games. Sony and Nintendo are the world’s some of the best companies providing gaming consoles for full entertainment.

Nintendo Wii is one of the most demanding video game system by world’s one of the best gaming industry called Nintendo Co. Ltd. Nintendo Wii is an innovative gaming console which is actually an updated and renamed version of the companies famous Nintendo Revolution. It has turned out to be as a popular and most demanding game console among the game lovers through out the world and it also has a high selling rate in the market. It comes with an affordable price with it’s unique control system. It offers the users a complete controlled system to play games just like a remote control. This highly innovative gaming console has a super controlled technology, which allow users to smartly control motions such as swings, stabs etc on the screen. Users have to simply press and operate buttons and manipulate the joy sticks to easily step in to the action games.  Read more...