Midweek Entertainment report 5/27/09

Kristin to take over the Hills?, Mental borrows House's House and SBF siding with the producers of Slumdog Millionaires?

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From "scenes from next week" we see that Kristin Cavallari is coming to The Hills for the Speidi wedding. That is very exciting as we loved the drama she created back in Laguna Beach, even if she was a TAD full of herself in season two. As we were watching the scenes for the season finale (and LC's finale as well), I turned to Wifey and said, "I'd bet you a 45 minute sensual massage that Kristin is taking LC's place on the show." (I'll wait for you to finish shuddering...) Wifey seemed to think I was right and said no bet. That is nice of MTV to go to the well to pull a past star back. And I'm sure that Kristin didn't have a lot of conflicts to prevent her from returning to the air. Her fresh blood might be just what the show needs though. I like the idea. Kind of a SPin City only LC doesn't have Parkinson's, if you think about it. I guess you could say this is more of a Diane from Cheers move.
Back to last week's episode...Good move on Spencer's part to call LC and put the onus on her. This way, if she doesn't show up, she is the bad guy and Spencer can say he tried to bury the hatchet, especially for his soon-to-be wife. He is a hero. Way to be the bigger person Spence! You da man! And thanks for getting Charlie a little more airtime!

Did you catch Mental last night? I thought it was nice of the producers of House to let this new (and soon to be cancelled show) use its set. I wonder if House will appear as a patient on the show? Possibly...
And it was great to see the Fox Spin Cycle continue to recycle its actors. Whistler and Haywire from Prisonbreak were there, as was DJ from The OC. I wonder if anyone from Reunion or Boston Public will make an appearance...

Finally, as much as it pains me, I am going to have to defend Danny Boyle and Christian Colson, the director and producer, respectively from Slumdog Millionaire. Apparently, they've been catching flack not doing enough for the kids they made a ficticious movie about. The two were guilted into buying a flat for one of the poor Indian child stars because the kid's Mumbai shanty home had been demolished by the Mumbai civic authority. Ummm, Why should these guys have to provide housing for the kids when their own town makes them homeless? And let's not pretend that Boyle and Colson haven't done ANYTHING for them; they established a trust for these kids to provide money and whatnot until they are 18. Boyle and Colson also donated 500,000 pounds last month to a non-profit organization to help out children in Mumbai. Now they ALSO have to build them houses or buy them flats? NO ONE SAW THIS MOVIE, so they aren't really rolling in dough. Boyle blamed the media for raising the families' expectations. This seems a bit like a Jon&Kate situation. Isn't it about the kids? And a trust had been set up for the kids, right? What more do they want? Ahhh, the parents/uncles/aunts want a cut. Gotcha. No, I am going to side with the producers. It isn't their responsibility to provide a Hollywood lifestyle for these people. They've done enough. Don't worry Danny. SBF is one place that won't rip you for not going beyond. (You've already gone above, and that is fine enough with us). I will rip you though for stealing the Oscar for best director and best movie over Dark Knight. NO ONE SAW YOUR MOVIE. EVERYONE SAW DARK KNIGHT. IT SHOULD HAVE WON AND I THINK YOU KNOW IT!

That's it. Enjoy the rest of your short week everybody!