Alcatraz: Condemned to Cancelation

Just when these guys start to get interesting, the ratings take
a dive. Hopefully, it will rebound because I could really like
this show!

Even though a new episode of House was a ratings winner, it didn’t help the second episode of Alcatraz which lost 10% of its audience from last week’s two-hour debut. I have watched both episodes and I would say I enjoyed last night’s episode better than the pilot. There was a high creepiness factor that could have put some people off as they were chasing a child killer. It was a bit unsettling. Yet, they laid down some more of the story about the inmates and the people chasing them that pulled me in a bit more. However, now I am worried. I hate to get invested in a show just to have it yanked at the beginning.

The next new show I need to check out is Touch. I loved Kiefer in 24, but, I’ll be honest, not a lot about this show interests me. I’ll give it a shot but I’m not sure I’ll be in it for the long haul

Don't Worry ... Superman is Back in Flight

This is Tracy Morgan's fiancee. I know
right? I couldn't believe it either.

“Superman ran into a little kryptonite. The high altitude in Utah shook up this kid from Brooklyn,” Tracy Morgan tweeted a day after collapsing at Sundance and being rushed to the hospital with ‘exhaustion.’ His publicist was quick to state it was not due to drugs or alcohol.

He was in Colorado to promote his new movie Predisposed costarring Melissa Leo (The Fighter) and Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network). Whatever the reason for Morgan’s condition, he tweeted that he’d be back to work at 30 Rock before the end of the week.

Red Tails Soars at the Box Office

Red Tails soared at the box office over the weekend doing better than expected and bringing in $19.1 million. It was good but not good enough to best the number one film Underworld: Awakening which brought in $25.4 million. Rounding out the top five, Contraband – in its second week  - with $12.2 million, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 10.5 million (in its first week in wide release) and Haywire with 9 million.

What to See This Weekend

Lots of cuties, but let's face it, no one looks sexy
in WWII uniforms!

Red Tails: The true story of the Tuskegee Airmen comes to the big screen in this film produced by George Lucas and starring Terrence Howard, Cuba Gooding Jr., Tristan Wilds, Nate Parker, David Oyelowo, and Michael B. Jordan.

Haywire: Mixed Martial Artist Gina Carano makes her debut in this action pic that shows that girls can kick ass. Lots of ass.

Underworld: Awakening: If you like your female ass kickers with a splash of the supernatural, see Kate Beckinsdale in the latest in the Underworld movie. This time humans know all about the vampire-werewolf war. It’s also the first in the Underworld saga available in 3-D.

Rachel's Dads Reveals and Last Night's Episode

Rachel's Two Dads

Ever since the first episode, when Rachel revealed she was adopted and raised by an interracial gay couple, Gleeks have wondered who would play her parents. Well, wonder no more. Rachel’s two dads will be played by Jeff Goldblum and Broadway vet Brian Stokes Mitchell. Just about everyone is familiar with Goldblum but Stokes should look familiar to TV watchers. He’s been a frequent guest star on TV shows ranging from The Fresh Prince to Frasier and if you want to go way back, Trapper John M.D. The pair will make their debut on the Glee Valentine’s Day episode!

Last Night's Episode



Emma wasn't the only one with the Wedding Bell
Blues last night!



Last night’s episode was like a cool glass of water after a long drought! Glee oh how I’ve missed thee! Lots of musical numbers and fun. Where to begin????

• Dame Helen Mirren as the voice of Becky’s inner thoughts! Perfect!
• Coaches Beiste and Sylvester backing up Emma as she sang The Wedding Bell Blues (loved the bridesmaid’s dresses!)
• Nene Leakes from The Real Housewives of Atlanta guest starring as synchronized swimming coach Roz Washington. Initially, I had some serious misgivings about Nene’s acting debut but she really did pull it off! Her over-the-top persona was perfect for over-the-top synchronized swimming coach.
• LOVED Schue’s synchronized swimming proposal. CONFUSED BY song choice: Rihanna’s We Found Love (in a hopeless place). Is it high school that’s a hopeless place or is the hopeless place Emma’s rampant OCD?
• Corey Monteith stepped up his acting game this week as he found out an ugly truth about the father he’d spent his life idolizing.

Of course it wasn’t all perfection. I loved Samcedes’s homage to Grease with Summer Night’s but it seems the love non-triangle is over as Mercedes realized she wanted Sam during the Rachel/Santana/Mercedes rendition of The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face. At least her boyfriend got about three lines this episode. They will send him packing soon enough though.

Glee Project Season 2

I wonder we'll get to see Sam and if a
single line in an episode counts towards
Damian's 7-episode arc?

I loved it although I didn’t think that many other people did. I guess I was wrong. The Glee Project has been renewed on Oxygen for another season. So far, Damian McGinty as Rory has been underwhelming in his 7-episode arc. I’m wondering do the episode where he has just one line count? We haven’t even seen Sam Larsen yet. But if they are in for another season I guess I am too … if Time Warner will put Oxygen back in their line-up.

Say it Ain't So!

Who should play Liz? Megan? Maybe
Lindsey? Hell no!

Sometimes I think I was born a little bit too late. One of my all-time favorite singers is Ella Fitzgerald. I love her so much that had I had a daughter, I was planning on naming her Ella (Ella Elizabeth but I digress). One of my all-time favorite actresses is Elizabeth Taylor. My favorite movies include Butterfield 8, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Suddenly Last Summer and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf. So I write this with a mix of horror and confusion (a lot of horror and a dash of confusion). Lifetime is planning a movie based on Liz and her epic romance with her Richard Burton. The couple married twice and before his death Burton confessed that Liz was the love of his life.

Up for the role of the iconic Liz Taylor are Megan Fox and … Lindsay Lohan. I have yet to see Megan Fox actually act. She’s good at looking pouty and sexy, but acting? In her favor, is the dark hair and stunning blue eyes (even though Liz’s were violet).  But Lohan? Seriously. She’s not beautiful. She’s not a great actress (and it would take a great actress to pull off a role she clearly isn’t cut out for). She’s probably not even sober. Megan I could live with. Lohan would probably send Liz rolling in her grave.