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Two more dancers were released last night from So You Think You Can Dance. Last week, there were three couples in the bottom three that kept falling there week after week. The four dancers that remained are right back there again, and it’s not surprising that yet another of them was set loose. No matter how great you were at auditions, and no matter how great your solos are, if you can’t be exciting week after week in your competitive dances with your partner, then it’s just not going to work for you.

The first couple to land in the bottom three were Kourtni Lind and Matt Dorame, and of course it wasn’t exactly a surprise. They’d made several appearances there already, and the judges weren’t very pleased with either of their routines. Tabitha is shocked to to keep seeing Kourtni in this spot after the auditions, and Napoleon admits to having the same hopes for Matt. Yet, they’re not connecting, and that’s why they’re in this spot.

New to the bottom three were Courtney Galiano and Gev Manoukian. While they didn’t seem to dance anything “badly” on performance night, they just weren’t as impressive as the top four couples. The judges had thought she was strong on one dance, and he the other. When Nigel Lythgoe was asked why he thought they were making their first appearance in the bottom three couples, he joked maybe America doesn’t like little dancers, keeping that odd, crabby feeling he had from the night before.

The final couple to the bottom three were no strangers to the position, although in all of their previous times, their visits to the bottom three had been with different partners. After Comfort and Thayne Jasperson were voted out last week, it forced them into a new partnership this week that had surprisingly more chemistry than they had with their original partners. However, here they are again. Mary Murphy only wants them to know what huge assets they are to the show. While Comfort has showed huge growth on the show, Thayne is a sure thing and always there 100%. She felt he really stood out in the group number a few mintues before.

As if to prove that being on So You Think You Can Dance has nothing to do with how great of a dancer you are, a special guest to this night’s show was Robert Muraine. He had auditioned this season, and after being crowned the best popper to ever grace their stage, he easily made it to Las Vegas. There, he surprised everyone by voluntarily leaving. After working with the choreographers for the first time, Robert faced the judges and told them he was quitting, thinking he wouldn’t be able to do it. The judges implored him to stay, but his mind was made up.

Muraine took the stage on results night this week, showing us what we’re missing out on from his resignation. Some comments were made back and forth between him, Cat Deeley and Nigel, leaving us with the thought that this guy wants another shot. I have to give the guy credit here for the growth to be able to say I was wrong to leave, and I’d like another chance. Is it possible he thought just by getting to Vegas before he would be seen by enough people that would hire him and his career would take off, but after that didn’t happen he came back with his tail between is legs? Regardless, he deserves something, as he’s just that amazing.

The only solos from the bottom six performers tonight that were amazing were from the two that were new to the spot. Courtney was very impressive, but it really broke down to not much more than spins and leaps. Gev seemed to be pulling off the epitome of “dancing for his life.” The other four should be old pros at it by now, and the only one that stood out some was Thayne, and that’s because you could see the growth in his performance, as it wasn’t just straight contemporary. He seemed to have now stuck a little funk in it, something he seems to have picked up along the way.

Nigel addressed all of the bottom six, telling them that through seven seasons of American Idol and four seasons of this show, the results nights are always tough, but he doesn’t think he ever really cared as much about losing people as he does this season. He has never shirked the responsibility of elimination or been frightened of it, but he’s looking forward to the time in a few weeks when we’ll take over the responsibility from him. While we understand what he’s saying, as overall the talent this season is amazing, it certainly doesn’t seem to flow with his attitude this week so far.

Nigel’s eliminations are swift tonight, and perhaps this is his way of pulling off the bandaid on a difficult season. He tells the three girls it was not a unanimous decision. Courtney has always risen to the occasion, no matter what has been asked of her by choreographers, so she’s staying. They have watched Comfort grow, and while they all thought she did a really good job this week, she didn’t get his vote, but got the others. She is staying, and Kourtni is leaving.

As for the guys, it’s the first time they have seen Gev do his thing, and they were delighted. He’s obviously staying. Matt and Thayne are in this same spot each week, and this time they’re in agreement that while Matt came in at a really high level, he never progressed further. He’s going home.

Regardless, Comfort and Thayne don’t seem destined for many more weeks in the competition. If we keep putting them in the bottom three, once we also decide who will leave each week, I can’t see things improving for them. Courtney and Gev both did really well this week, but in a field that started out very crowded with great dancers that were indistinguishable, there is a divide that seems to be increasing each week. Unfortunately, they’re on the wrong end of it.

Photos Courtesy of fox.com/dance

For more information on So You Think You Can Dance, see SirLinksalot: So You Think You Can Dance , and for a recap of Wednesday night’s performances, see So You Think You Can Dance .

I saw on TiVo last night that we were once again getting two hours of The Bachelorette, just as we had all season, leaving that final hour or programming to The Mole. What I didn’t know was that it was one hour of elimination to the final 2 and another of The Men Tell All, so when I flipped it on, I saw Jeremy already sitting with the rejected/dejected men that had already been eliminated. I realized then I had missed a show somewhere along the the way. After thinking I had forgotten to watch last week or something, I flipped through and realized that the first hour had been the away dates and the last elimination. The shock of who was voted out was already ruined, but thankfully, TiVo caught it all.

Stopping in my tracks, I returned to the first episode shown last night before I ruined anything else for myself. I’m still trying to figure out just where this gal Deanna is going with this. I’ll think I have it figured out, then she’ll surprise me again. We know she does not want a Brad repeat, and that’s what led to her surprise elimination of Graham last week. But why did she get rid of the other frontrunner, Jeremy?

Even Chris Harrison pointed out to Deanna last night in The Men Tell All that she had eliminated the two early frontrunners on the show. She didn’t really seem to have an answer to this, other than to say after her away dates with Jesse and Jason, she realized that she was falling in love with them, and not Jason. I’d believe that, except for the fact that I know next week when she chooses one of the guys, she’ll tell the other she realized she was only in love with the one guy. It happens every season whether it’s Bachelor or Bachelorette, unless your name is Brad. Read more

Even twenty years later, we’re still enamored with them, and curious enough to tune in. The 2 Coreys, Corey Feldman and Corey Haim, were quite the anomaly back then, and while separately they were good young actors, together, they presented something that was exciting. Twenty years and way too many troubles later, with neither at a place in their career similar to their teens, they’re attempting a comeback … together.

Feldman and Haim both reached their peak of stardom in their teens. Feldman had been in acting since he was three, but Haim was late to the party, with his mom signing him up for acting lessons to overcome his shyness. Yet, he was receiving raves for his appearances. No one ever knew which Corey you were talking about, and they soon became synonymous with each other. They started appearing in films together, in the process, creating a tight bond. They started off with Lost Boys, and moved on to License to Drive and Dream a Little Dream.

It started out as grumbling, and soon got too loud to ignore. These boys were great talents, but had worked themselves up quite a drug habit. While it was Haim that was in the news for his drug use more often, Feldman was known to abuse it himself. They continued in some joint ventures here and there, but it would never amount up to the success they once had together. Read more

Since last summer, Big Brother fans have been having a love affair with Evel Dick. We just can’t get enough. Dick Donato spent the last season entertaining us on the internet show House Calls as a cohost. Those of us with live feeds had been entertained nightly with his Dick at Nite show, or as I liked to call it, All Nite Dick. When everyone else in the house was asleep, he’d sit outside having a smoke, sharing his strategy, as well as hopes and dreams for his daughter Daniele, also in the house.

The guy was truly entertaining, if for no other reason that he spoke his mind … honestly. You didn’t have to wonder where you stood with Dick, you know. Unless you were Kail Harbick. She never really know where she stood with him, but that’s because that’s exactly how he wanted it. Jen certainly didn’t ever have to question it. He and Daniele have had their differences, but I think deep down, she always knew he truly cared for her.

Of course the problem with this was that with our bonus Big Brother season this past winter, it was never going to compare. A lot of the guys thought they could be another Evel Dick, but it just wasn’t going to work like that. You can be crazy; you can tell it like it is, but no one is going to combine all those attributes in just the right way like Evel Dick. It just wasn’t going to happen.

Evel Dick has now shared with Carrie at blog.realityshack.com that we’ll have many more chances to enjoy him with this upcoming Big Brother season. Not only will he remain with his gig at House Calls, he’ll also be hosting a show on RealPlayer on eviction days. For us loyal feed watchers this is great news, as they usually cut out for several hours as we wait or the live show to start, and this will hep fill that gap. He’s also thinking of doing a radio show which would be great. There was reportedly a deal on the table for him to host a show on Showtime as well, but that deal seems to have fallen though. I’m not sure how that would have connected to the Big Brother: After Dark show currently on Showtime.

It just leaves me excited. After the lackluster bonus Big Brother season this spring, I’m in need of another good season, and now I know I get to spend another whole season with Evel Dick. Who knows, maybe we’ll find another Evel Dick. … Nah.

For more information on Big Brother 10, see SirLinksalot: Big Brother.

It almost seems like a changing of the guard.

After his “big” success with the Sex and the City film (sorry for the pun, but I just had to … Carrie Bradshaw would be proud), Chris Noth is leaving his three year term on Law and Order: Criminal Intent. There’s been no acknowlegement from anyone connected to him on the reasons for his departure, but we can certainly figure he recently saw some greener pastures ahead lately.

Noth has been involved with Criminal Intent since the beginning of the Law and Order franchise, starting with the original series at its inception, playing the same character, Detective Mike Logan. He even did a crossover with this character onto Homicide: Life on the Street in 1995. During much of this time, Noth was a recurring character as Mr. Big on Sex and the City, as Carrie Bradshaw’s on-again off-again love interest. With the success of the Sex and the City film, and another two films on the way for him, it would seem he has decided to forego TV for the big screen (sorry, it’s hard to stop, really), at least for the time being.

With Law and Order: Criminal Intent beginning in its eighth season, with new episodes being seen on USA, and later re-run on NBC, Noth left some big shoes (honestly, it’s becoming an illness) to fill. Who better to fill them than Jeff Goldblum? While most famous for his movie career in films such as The Fly, The Big Chill, Jurassic Park, and Independence Day, he’s done his time on TV with guest stints, and most recently a starring role on Raines.

It hasn’t been answered as of yet whether Goldblum will be taking over the part of Detective Logan or beginning a new role, but I would hope he would be serving his time with a new role, as he just has a totally different personality than Noth, and going without the pun this time, he really will be hard to be replaced.

Results night on So You Think You Can Dance was just more of the same this week all around. Familiar costumes, familiar people, familiar styles. Chelsea Traille and Thayne Jasperson were told their costumes last week were like that of a “clown,” and now we see what looks like the same ones on all the dancers tonight in the opening number.

It’s also the same type of jazz/contemporary we keep seeing with the black/white, dark eyes, long gazes into the camera, and every other thing you can think of that brings you back to Thriller. Perhaps the economy is hitting everyone, including the wardrobe department here, as first we had Courtney Galiano wearing one half of a dress, and Katee Shean wearing the other, and now we have what seems to be recylced costumes.

The bottom three couples are also people we have seen before in this position before. Chelsea and Thayne are the first to land there, but aren’t surprised after Nigel Lythgoe told them last night to get their solos ready. Mary admits they’ve had a tough go of it and had to deal with the quickstep this week. Okay, yeah, I get that, but there’s something more wrong here than them just having a hard time with this ballroom dance. Chelsea had hips on fire in the first week of the competiton, but since then she isn’t that impressive, and her partner seems worse.

Comfort and Chris Jarosz fall to the bottom three again as well, and just like with Chelsea and Thayne, no one seems surprised. Adam Shankman urges them to realize they have to invest so much more than just technique and dancing. They have to throw everything into it that they can. The judges have liked Comfort from the beginning, so maybe it would do them well to cut Chris and get her a new partner, to see how she fairs there. He’s been told since the beginning he has the personality of a tree.

Kourtni Lind and Matt Dorame are the last couple in the bottom three. Nigel tells Kourtni she was sensational through the audtiions, and stood out in the top five girls, but she’s been in the bottom three too long and needs to do more to match the personality of the other female dancers. He’d like Matt to immerse himself more into the roles, just as if he was an actor. If he were Michael Caine it would be okay to play it the same way every time, but he’s not. He’s just always Matt. That’s kind of cruel, but true.

Nigel had the most obvious message for everyone just before the eliminations. He wants them to see that if they have each been here two or three times, than America is telling them something. If they end up staying, they have to figure out what we want, otherwise they’ll be next to go home. Again, very obvious, and if they aren’t getting it yet, I’m guessing they won’t.

The three girls are called up first, and while Nigel usually calls up one person, tells them they’re staying, then gets rid of the the other two after going over the negative aspects of each, tonight, he calls Chelsea up first, and cuts her, straight out. While I notice it every week, I never say anything. With this being her last time on the stage. I have to mention it. She has the most beautiful eyes. They’re huge and just pull you in. She also has the most perfect hairstyle to frame her face and eyes. She is absolutely beautiful, but it just wasn’t enough for us.

Matt is called up first of the three guys, so we figure Nigel will do the same thing as he did with Chelsea and cut him once he says, “sorry,” but instead, he tells him he’s sorry he hits on him every week (I really don’t think he meant it “that” way), but his solo was brilliant. He can sit down. Chris is called up and told it’s the end of the line for him, and this means Thayne and Comfort will now be partnering with each other next week.

I get why Chris is leaving, as he’s just missing something each week, but the problem is that Chelsea, I think, only appears in the bottom three because of a weak partner, yet he stays. It seems a little unfair. Comfort is somewhat strong and was brought down every week by Chris, but I don’t see Thayne now working for her either. This means it will be the same ole same ole for them next week. They’ll end up dancing for their lives once again, and like Nigel said, they’ll be next to leave.

Photos Courtesy of fox.com/dance

For more information on So You Think You Can Dance, see SirLinksalot: So You Think You Can Dance , and for a recap of Wednesday night’s performances, see So You Think You Can Dance .

There are two types of people in this world, people that enjoy laughing at others falling, and those who definitely don’t enjoy it. The new game show Wipeout was obvious created with those that enjoy it, and while I’m not normally one of those people, I just couldn’t help but laugh at this.

The closest I could describe Wipeout would be to say it’s like an adults version of the old Nickelodeon show Double Dare, yet without the quiz part of the show, and mud instead of slime. Reaching back in the annals of TV, it’s also very similar to the old Almost Anything Goes that was also on ABC.

The goal, I don’t think, is for people to win this show, but for us to laugh at people trying to win this show. A group of twenty-four people race through an obstacle course that is designed for them to “wipe out,” falling hard in the water or the mud while trying to jump onto big rubber balls, stacks of thick mats, and walking over a thin platform while being “sucker punched” by robotic arms. The design seems to not be to make it difficult for them, but make it easier for us to laugh. The top twelve finishers move on through more elimination rounds until only the final four are left to compete through one last obstacle course.

The host, Jill Wagner, laughs at the contestants, and the two commentators, John Anderson and John Henson, have the best jokes. I’m not sure what was more funny, the contestants falling and wiping out, or the hilarious jokes from these two. There were lots of jokes about the big rubber balls, as well as the contestants, as they would freeze the replay and point out a dancing contestants “jazz hands,” and talked of a 6′9 contestant being 11′3″, 18′13″, and later Sasquatch.

But our favorite joke of the two Johns was the one that made us rewind and play it over and over. The two Johns exclaimed a karate expert that was a little effeminate “wears a rainbow belt and attends the Bob Fosse dojo.” I should add we’re a family of martial artists. That was funny, and something I can’t wait to share with my fellow tae kwon do instructors tomorrow.

I think Wipeout has what it takes for a great summer series. It’s light-hearted enough to keep us entertained without any heavy drama for the rest of the summer. If we missed a week, it wouldn’t matter, but I don’t think anyone would want to miss this.

Photos Courtesy of abc.com

It’s always difficult on The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, once they get to the at-home dates. To meet someone else’s family is such a big thing, and to see what it’s like to be in their environment. This time around, two of the guys raised the stakes to make it just that much bigger and that much more difficult of a decision.

Jeremy bonded with Deanna early on, as while she has lost her mother, he has lost both parents. Once he invited her inside his home you could just feel it in the air. You could feel the emptiness that was reaching out for hopefulness. While Jeremy showed pictures of his beautiful mother, he then went one step further, showing Deanna the entry he had written in his journal about how he felt when his mom died. His brothers and sister-in-law were so protective meeting Deanna, and you just knew it was because of all that they have gone through together. They were like a group of survivors, and Deanna just seemed to be one of them. Read more

Do you dream of being the next Food Network Star? Or do you just like to watch all the scrumptious food on the show and are the type to have more kitchen mishaps than successes? If you fit the latter category, you’re riding shotgun next to me in the same boat. I bet you even have some great cooking disaster stories.

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And what do you have to do to win this? Just detail below in the comments area your worst cooking disaster ever. All entries will then be combined in a hat, and the winner will be chosen randomly. Be sure to include your email so that you can be contacted in a winning situation. Read more