Mid-week Entertainment report

Time to jump into my thoughts on the week's thus far entertainment news.....

American Idol is BACK for season 7. So far, we have gone into several background stories of folks that have advanced and we will see again. We saw a 26 year old chick from Philly? that has a daughter with a severe disease. Yeah, it made me feel bad, but she was a professional singer. If it doesn't work, she can always go back to....SINGING.
We also saw a 24 year old nanny that had never seen a rated R movie. What? How is that possible? Does she not watch television and turn it on TNT? Or TBS? or F/X? And she married a guy that also had never seen one? Was he Amish? They were near Amish Country...
But what I have a problem with is the in-depth stories I have to watch on people that stink. Why? Why should we have to watch that stuff? They are terrible. Show me everyone that got through, that way I can appreciate them once they make the top 12. I will remember them, instead of the Vet-wannabe that is going into "actressing?" The judges were actually very nice when they kicked her out, and she went bonkers. Same with the Princess Leia wannabe. And PS, all of those "girls with makeup that look and sound the same...." it is called talent. Sorry. I can't remember the last time I saw an ugly girl who couldn't sing and I thought, "let me go buy HER CD!" I love what Chris Daughtry said to Rolling Stone about the show needs to show more of the talent and less of the crap. Totally agree.

Oprah Winfrey is getting her own television network. Discovery Health(does anyone watch that except when at the Doctor's office?) will soon be OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network) She now has a show, a magazine and a Television network. Great, something else for me to ignore.

Matthew McConaughey and his Brazilian girlfriend are expecting. She is three months preggers. No word yet on if he will attend the birth without his shirt on....When asked by a reporter his feelings, he said he and his girlfriend were "stoked and wowed by his awesome gift from God." Apparently he was shirtless doing this interview.

Brad Renfro of The Client and Sleepers fame is dead at 25. apparently he had drug and drinking problems. I remember when The Client and Sleepers came out...this kid and Devon Sawa were supposed to be hot stuff. The next big things. Now Renfro is dead and Sawa is still trying to find his talent. He thinks Jonathan Taylor Thomas may have stolen it before falling off the face of the earth. Seriously, is there a single young 10-14 y-o star from the early to mid-nineties that actually made it as an adult? JTT, no. Ben Savage, no. Stephane or DJ from Full House, no. Urkle, no. Macally Caulkin, no.
That's a shame.

Zach Efron (or however you spell it) was rushed to the hospital for an emergency appendectomy. He is doing ok. Thank goodness, I was worried High School Musical 19 (10 year class reunion) was going to have to be delayed. Seriously, we now have HSM3:Senior Year or something? Is HSM4:summerbeforecollege coming out soon? What about HSM5:backwiththefreshman15 coming soon too? Might be time to move on guys. All of you. Move on.