Tonight in Boystown / Guest Bloggers!

Remember Jim Verraros from American Idol's first season?  I barely do...  Actually that's a lie. Here's one of his most memorable performances (be sure to check out Ryan's hair too!).  Anyhow, Jim is performing at Minibar in Chicago tonight, which is basically across the street from my house.  I'm going to a party this evening, but maybe I'll stop by Mini afterwards and see what's going on.  He's pretty cute now and has definitely come a long way from where he was on Idol. And yes, I'm considering him for my list of reality celebrities I could possibly make out with.  Ha.

In other news, I am going to be having some guest bloggers in the coming days/weeks!  I didn't get a chance to watch Idol this past week, but my roommate's boyfriend Josh took some fierce notes for me.  All I have to do is convince him to hand 'em over...  Then, after that, Lora & Libby will be providing an entry on the return of The Hillz.  They're both obsessed with the show (and Lauren, duh) and I'll unfortunately be working while it's on TV Monday night...  So look forward to that!

Final Thought: Perez (and others) are reporting that JC Chasez (now from Dance Crew) is involved in a steamy love triangle with Chace Crawford and Carrie Underwood.  Ha. Interesting.  If they have a sex tape, I'm DEFINITELY watching.  

Girlicious and other girl-related news.

I've only watched parts of this show before, but Girlicious, the Pussycat Dolls' new show, is pretty ridiculous.  First of all, it's hosted by Mark McGrath.  Really?  This is the best gig he could find? Second, all of the girls are SOOO trashy.  Usually there are at least a few girls on shows like this with class and education, but not this time!  Haha.  Anyhow, on this week's episode, my boyfriend was a guest judge!  Which boyfriend, you ask?  Blake McGrath.  Gosh, I love him.  Anyhow, the girls are split into groups of three this week for their performances, and they're all lip-synching. That's stupid, don't you think?

This surprises me.  Apparently Danity Kane from Making the Band's debut season is releasing their sophomore album, and it's going to be #1 on the charts!  I mean, I love DK as much as the next gay, but I'm pretty shocked to learn that they'll be on top.  That's fierce.

Lots of fierce people are planning to take part in this year's Idol Gives Back, the special episode of American Idol.  Set to appear are Brad Pitt, Bono, Miley Cyrus, Mariah Carey, Eli & Payton Manning, etc.  And Ellen DeGeneres will be hosting!  That sounds great.  Hopefully I will be able to watch it since I missed last year's Gives Back show.

I think this news broke a few days ago, but I haven't heard about it really...  Audrina Patridge from The Hillz posed nude for Playboy, but her pics were never published.  But you can check out the (censored) pics on a pretty fierce blog, What Would Tyler Durden Do?

Sunday Night is for Reality TV!

Sooo much happened tonight! After watching The Hillz special, I caught MTV just in time for I Love New York 2. It was a turbulent episode in which the final four contestants' families came to the house to meet New York. Well, it was a fiasco, especially between Sister Patterson and Entertainer's mother. At the first dinner, Sister P was completely stoned, barely able to shake anyone's hand or say more than "hello." What a joke! Then, at a later dinner (cooked by New York [you couldn't pay me to eat that]), Sister P really went off to Entertainer's mother, proclaiming that her hair "look like [she's] wearin’ a beaver’s ass on [her] head." Completely funny, completely rude, yet completely true. At the end of the show, Entertainer was sent home. Not shocking. At this point, I have a feeling she'll pick Buddha.

Next, I tuned in to E! for the season premier of The Girls Next Door. I love that show, seriously. I think I would be a great addition to that house, too; all of those girls are SO fierce and SO funny. It was basically the same shenanigans for the girls, complete with a 4th of July send-off celebration for a bunch of Marines.

E! knew that people would tune in for Girls, so directly after it was the series premier of Snoop Dogg's Father Hood. I predicted that it would be bad, but I really had no idea. My friend Libby told me via text message that she's sick of seeing "spoiled rich kids" on TV, but I'm not. However, these kids aren't that cool and Snoop is not that important to the pop culture scene anymore. Anyhow, there were three good things about the show: 1. Snoop's daughter who is totally cute; 2. Snoop vacuuming the house; and 3. a preview of the season including a phone call from David Beckham. I sincerely hope that Snoop and Becks don't become friends; I really can't see Posh letting that happen, though.

Final Thought: America's Most Smartest Model is down to two contestants: Andre and VJ. VJ is sooo much hotter and Andre is an idiot, but who knows who will win... I'm over that show.

The Hillz are alive with the sound of Lauren

I missed the original airing of Lauren Looks Back, since it's MTV, I am catching the rerun a couple hours later. It's a pretty awesome clip/review show, catching up those of us who have missed a single episode of Laguna Beach or The Hillz. I've taken a few pages of notes, but I'll consolidate it all to one sentence per segment. Well, maybe two sentences. And a quote.

1. It's all about Stephen, but he's too busy with Kristin to really take Lauren seriously. Stephen!

2. Stephen is a huge man-whore, completely "not available" for Lauren. Prom and graduation bring an end to high school, but Lauren only survives design school in San Fran for one semester.

3. Enter Jason, complete with that ugly girlfriend of his, Jessica. Also, enter Heidi, who walked with Kristin in a fashion show (a sign of things to come?).

4. Lauren and Heidi move in together and, miraculously, Lauren scores the internship at Teen Vogue and meets Whitney (my fave!). As she says, she "came to Los Angeles to take chances!"

5. Lauren and Jason have all kinds of problems, including a SUPER dramatic scene on New Year's Eve. Then, Lauren makes the biggest mistake EVER by becoming, as Lisa Love says, "the girl who didn't go to Paris."

6. Lauren, already being SO trendy with dark fingernail polish, realizes she can "never be normal" with Jason. Spencer and Brody are brought to the forefront, and Heidi and her loser BF hook up slutty Jen with Brody at a party.

7. Basically, Spencer is an idiot ("He is a sucky person!" / Brody & Spencer break up!). Jason gets out of rehab and, after being super nice to Lauren, she finds out that he's engaged to some not-so-cute tennis player.

8. It's all about Brody. Heidi is around, but she's still a bitch.