Archive for July, 2007
Josh Schwartz has an enviable position – or an unenviable one, depending on how you look at it. The wunderkind creator of The O.C. got good news from two channels this May at the Upfronts, where many found disappointment. He’s got two shows premiering this fall – NBC’s Chuck, which revolves around a normal guy who inadvertently downloads a computer server of government secrets into his brain, and Gossip Girl for The CW. Based on the popular YA book series, it follows the lives and relationships of privileged teenagers from New York’s Upper East Side.
Now that reality has set in and storylines need to be broken, Josh takes a quick break to talk to PopGurls about his new shows, fan response and what it’s like to be called out by This American Life’s Ira Glass.
Check out our interview here!
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July 18th, 2007
SOAPnet has been playing Beverly Hills, 90210 — and the cycle has flipped to the early eps once again. Man, was I a sucker for this show. Hook, line and sinker. One of these days, I’ll write my ode to Brenda because she will always be my favorite character. (I still call bullshit on the whole Dylan/Kelly soulmates thing because. No. And you know they wouldn’t have been paired in the finale if Shannen Doherty came back.)
It’s funny to see all the random guest-stars, like Matthew Perry who showed up the other night as an athletic genius phenom who wrote a script about killing his father. Brandon was so worried! My god, would he do it? Luckily, Brandon came in to save the day even if he was so terribly off on Mr. Perry’s motivation. Brandon’s good like that — coming in to save the day. Well, when he’s not off on a gambling binge or being drugged by Emily Valentine.
You know, 90210 (or, known in my college dorm room as nine-oh) delivered me right into the manipulative hands of Dawson’s Creek. And The WB for that matter. After years and years of dwelling on Brenda, Dylan and the rest of the Peach Pit crew — how was I to resist a delicious helping of teen angst? Especially when 90210 was falling fast by the time the Creekers hit the screen. (I won’t watch any episode if my Tivo mentions Matt or Gina. I still have a hard time with the Valerie era.)
My goodness — watching this all sends me back so hard, so fast.
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July 12th, 2007
While Davy Rothbart wrote a lovely eulogy for beloved Mr. Rogers, I’m a bit more jealous of Telegraph’s ode to Count Gottfried von Bismarck.
Gawker’s excerpt is certainly notable:
Count Gottfried von Bismarck, who was found dead on Monday aged 44, was a louche German aristocrat with a multi-faceted history as a pleasure-seeking heroin addict, hell-raising alcoholic, flamboyant waster and a reckless and extravagant host of homosexual orgies.
But one would be remiss to not call out any of the other striking details of the belated Count like:
When not clad in the lederhosen of his homeland, he cultivated an air of sophisticated complexity by appearing in women’s clothes, set off by lipstick and fishnet stockings.
and
His removal from Oxford was so abrupt that he was not given time to settle his bills; Prince Ferdinand sent a servant who did the rounds of von Bismarck’s favoured watering-holes, restaurants and his tailor bearing a chequebook.
I’m trying to think of any random eccentricities that I have that one would be apt to mention when I pass. Like how I eat KitKats wafer by wafer by wafer, or how disturbed my brother is that I don’t particularly like sandwiches (aside from tuna fish) and would prefer to eat all of the components separately. Sadly, neither would even raise an eyebrow in the world of the Count. Apparently I need to start quirking up my life a bit. Maybe I’ll start with lederhosen.
Count Gottfried von Bismarck Obituary
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July 5th, 2007
I haven’t been watching this season of So You Think You Can Dance
– probably because last season made me look up swing dance classes (that I still haven’t taken) and I’m now hanging out with a twice-fractured foot, so why torment myself? But word on the street is that Wade Robson is on board this time around and friends who mocked me during the Era of Great *NSYNC Love are now munching on some crow, and saying that Wade is damn good.
Our own run-in with Wade was a bit disappointing (punk), but certainly a necessity for anyone needing a So You Think You Can Dance fix – 20 Questions with Wade Robson
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July 2nd, 2007
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