Mid-week entertainment report

Now, I ain't saying she's a golddigger......Uno is number uno...and the Cartoon Network gets dorkier. All of that plus more on today's mid-week entertainment report!

Paul McCartney and Heather Mills were back in court this week in an attempt to agree on terms for their divorce. Because McCartney is worth nearly 1.6B due to his days with the Beatles (and WAY before he met Mills), many people believe this could produce Britain's largest divorce settlement ever. One expert, I was reading estimates that Mills will walk away with 50-100M pounds which is 100-200M dollars for a final settlement. Mills is representing herself (a mistake if you ask me) as she has fired her lawyer. She also claims that the former Beatle "failed to protect her and their child from abuse, which ranged from lies and slander to death threats." Interesting. Was Paul the one doing this or the media or crazy fans? If crazy fans were doing it, how was Paul supposed to protect you? If Paul was doing it, I have to ask REALLY? It is his word against yours. And what have you ever done besides briefly marry a former Beatle? Oh you do charity work? You campaigned for "Adopt-A-Minefield, which apparently is AGAINST land mines? And you lost part of your leg after a motorcycle accident. Mills, you got married to Paul in 2002 and you separated in 2006. You were married almost 4 years and in NO TIME during those 4 years did Paul go on tour with the Beatles or Winger. So WHY are you going to get so much? What did you offer to the marriage besides one and a half legs?
You appeared on Dancing with the Stars. That should take all of your credibility away right there. You should get NOTHING because of that. You married in to money, couldn't handle it and now you want out, but you want a payday. I don't think you offered anything in to this marriage so (except for child support) I say you get NOTHING!

Uno the 15 inch big beagle won the 132 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show last night. Yea a beagle won. Darwin and Duckey's breed took home the best in show for the first time ever. Shoot a Beagle hadn't even won the Hound group since the 1930s. Crazy. Everybody LOVES beagles. Why hasn't one won before? I tell you why. The crusty old judges are too prim and proper to give it to a cool dog. The poodles or little shitzu dogs always win. Total crap. I watched part of this last night and the woman picking the working dog group could BARELY SEE. Heck, she could barely STAND. The Bride-to-be was rooting for Uno, and she was a little worried when he appeared to jump up in his final judging, but that didn't matter to the finals judge who was "looking for one dog to stand out above all others!" This one certainly did. He was baying all throughout the final part. Good for him. On a side note, I thought Christopher Guest has laughing his head off at home thinking about the announcer that couldn't pronounce one of the dog breeds. The guy is being PAID to talk about the dogs and the breeds, and he couldn't pronounce one of the finalists. It was like the announcer from Best In Show that was just making jokes the entire time.

I see where an Animated Star Wars movie is coming out soon to go along with the tv show to air on Cartoon Network and TNT. Really? Is George Lucas hurting for cash THAT MUCH that he needs to make a cartoon about Star Wars? Is he THAT needy of the spotlight(from a bunch of dorks, btw) that he will release a cartoon movie about star wars? Come on! And I can get Cartoon Network airing this, because No one watches CTN, but TNT airing this? We know Drama....and Cartoons. is that the new slogan? Come on TNT! But I guess this show MAY be better than watching Replacement Killers for the 9675th time

The Strike is NOW officially over with the writers, as reported here first last week(just kidding, of course). And apparently we will get about 4-9 new episodes of Grey's Anatomy and House and CSI:Classic,New York,Miami and Lost, along with a bunch of other stuff, but I have to wonder....were the writers working on these scripts while they were off, or will they just bang out a few scripts and the shows, when they begin again in April/May just plain suck because the writers are angry that they made a dumb deal as a result of a stupid strike? Will the viewer take the punishment for the writer's union's poor decisions? I doubt it because the producers will probably fire them if the episodes suck.

And finally American Idol is down to 50 and they will cut it down again to 24 after tonight. My thoughts thus far...Buckhead's Michael Johns(the 29 yo Aussie) is great. His Boheimian Rhapsody was AWESOME. Brought the house down.....The Irish chick that the judges seemed to LOVE, I just didn't get her semi-shouting, but that is why I am an average joe and THEY make all of the money....Christy Leigh Cook (not our friend Christy Cook, the one that sold her horse to fly across the country instead of traveling down two states and auditioning), she is pretty good when doing Amazing Grace, but not much else....Big Black gay? dude had a weirdly shaped stomach. And I didn't think he was as good as HE THOUGHT he was. Neither did the judges....The politican kid with the glasses is still around? Why? Cut him already...The 15 year old is really good. Can't remember his name, but he is really good. He sang Bryan Adams' Heaven which marks him HIGH in my book. Bryan Adams is THE MAN. They need to have Bryan Adams night on American Idol....Finally the Homeless kid that sleeps in his care (Josiah or whatever) and sings with a British Voice. He sends the band out, after a night of crying btw, and he completely stinks. He starts crying onstage AND THE JUDGES keep him. Let's hope they cut him tonight because I couldn't stand to see him cry everytime he goes into the bottom 3 or 2 on the show. He will get votes a couple of times because of the tears, but COME ON. The kid CRIED to stay alive. Give me a break.

That's it. Be back next week. Enjoy Gauntlet 3 tonight.