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I watched the first three episodes of “Monk” season 7 the other day. I think it’s comforting to know that you can always depend on this show being entertaining. It’s really sad and I hadn’t heard until then that Stanley Kamel playing Dr. Charles Kroger had died of a heart attack in April of this year. They dedicated the season’s premiere episode to him. Actually I wondered afterwards that they must have started filming the new episodes before April and that when Kamel passed they had to re-shoot the sequences when Monk’s in therapy. Dr Bell played by Hector Elizondo (Hotel Manager in Pretty Woman) was introduced and I think he is an excellent successor to Kamel. I guess they just changed the setting of his office and sat him in the chair and replaced the scenes. Well, they had no choice did they? Other interesting factor in “Mr Monk buys a House” was the guest appearance of Brad Garrett (Robert Barone in Everybody loves Raymond) as Jake Phillips a.k.a. Honest Jake who turns out to be “The Guy”. I mentioned recently that I was rewatching the whole ELR series so it was a surprise seeing “Robert” as the murderer. But it was fun to watch nevertheless. The following two episodes were great as well especially the one with the check player who kills his wife (Mr Monk and the Genius) and always seems to be one step ahead of Mr Monk but of course in the end Mr Monk gets him.
I love this time of the year. Finally the weather is so great that you can go to the beach and sit outside late into the evening, have barbecues and not have to wear 800 coats before you leave the house. What makes everything even better is that one after one the first shows are coming back on the air. For me Monk and Weeds were the shows that kicked of my TV season 2008/2009. It’s all very exciting and at this point I do appreciate every new episode just a little bit more than during mid season but really we’re just talking about a little bit here.
Last week was a good week. I celebrated my birthday and had some friends over. Apart from the getting older part the weekend was a blast and I love when all your friends come together. I also spent the first night ever in a camper. For someone like me a big deal. Usually when I travel I prefer not to share my bathroom with fellow travellers and I do not mean to sound spoiled but I really do like hotels and hotel restaurants for that matter. I was prepared for the worst though and I was coming along voluntarily so I intended to live like a real camper and not to complain..out loud… for that matter. I think it might have been different had it rained those couple of days but we were blessed with the best summer weather and after a while I really enjoyed it (the nature). Then on the other hand after two and a half days I was glad I was to see my own bathroom again and refrigerated food but while we were “out there” I was totally in the spirit of things. I must say though that the bathroom concept on those campers needs work. I definitely can’t befriend the idea that you have to dispose of what is in the toilet at the end of the trip. I think pipes are a wonderful invention. I therefore preferred to just follow the call of nature outside which wasn’t that easy given the fact that we were parked on the parking lot of a well-frequented sports club. But what’s life without the risk of being discovered while peeing?! It is also strange how loud trees can be at night when there’s a little wind blowing and you’re so close by i.e. no real walls separating you from the wildness. It can actually keep you from sleeping at least during your first night in a camper…Anyway when I was exclaiming that I was pretty proud I was holding up so well and in fact had hardly complained the whole stay my sister informed me that what we were doing was hardly camping but some luxurious version of camping. The real camping does not include a camper but a tent and there isn’t even a toilet but it can get as bad as that you have to do your business into a urin container. And can you believe it camping isn’t even that inexpensive. Well I draw the line at having to pee in a container… and I need a bed… and a door…
The first spoilers for the fall tv season are coming out and it’s really hard to elude oneselve from all the information. I’m really excited about a lot of established shows and where the producers will take them this season. For one there’s Desperate Housewives. I think the leap in time was a smart move and probably the next season will spend most of it’s time demonstrating to the viewers on how the characters landed were they did in last season’s finale. Greys Anatomy should also become interesting with the relationship between Callie and Hahn as well as Izzie and Alex. I hope that all these rumors about Katherine Heigl leaving the show will finally come to an end. I swear that her leaving the show would seriously damage it. She belongs to the key characters and you can’t just cut them out one by one. And apart from some annoying scenes last season I do like her character and consider her a vital cast member. I hope that they get rid of Ava or Rebecca or whatever her name is. She’s been in the show long enough and she’s starting to really annoy me. Of course I can’t wait for Brothers & Sisters. All this gossip about Balthazar Getty and Sienna Miller just reminded me of how much I really miss the show. I hope the story won’t repeat itself too much and the plot evolving around the mysterious sibling “Ryan” will be something new and not the “Rebecca” story all over again. “Entourage” is scheduled for some time this fall and I must say: it’s about time. It’ll be almost a year since we last saw Vince and his entourage in Cannes. Oh yes and I can’t wait to see Ari (Jeremy Piven) again. Will cross thumbs for the Emmys.
Ok am suddenly too tired to continue writing. Will rest and be back.
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Tags: Mr Monk, Monk USA, Mr Monk buys a House, Mr Monk and the genius, camping, Brad garrett, Hector elizondo, Stanley Kamel, Katherine Heigl, Grey Anatomy, Greys anatomy Season 5, Brothers &sisters, Balthazar Getty, sienna miller, Getty miller, entourage hbo, entourage, desperate housewives, Izzie Alex, Callie Hahn, Pretty, Woman, Jeremy Piven, Ari Gold, Emmys, weeds showtime
Greys Anatomy, TV Shows, life, Brothers & Sisters, Monk, Entourage, weeds | August 3rd, 2008 by admin | No Comments
With anticipation I checked the Emmy nominations a few days ago and I must say that I was quite disappointed. It seems as if the jury merely has the time to watch 5 to 6 shows since the same names keep showing up in almost every category. Don’t get me wrong - I love many of the shows that are nominated this year and I think it is absolutely justified that Tony Shalhoub and Hugh Laurie are yet again nominated for “Best actor” but can’t they just nominate some other shows for a change ? I watched the first few episodes of “Samantha Who” last season and while I generally enjoy Christina Applegate in her movies I quickly grew bored and stopped tuning in. On the other hand “Men in Trees” - which has been wrongfully cancelled - hasn’t been mentioned once. There was much more depth and character there than I could observe in SW. Shows I really hope will be successful in their categories are ”Friday Night Lights” “Brothers & Sisters” and “The Tudors”. I found this clip on www.ew.com - from the Ausiello Files. Adrianne Palicki and Connie Britton are so fantastic - I can’t wait for the show to go on the air. I enjoyed “Damages” but I wasn’t sad when the season ended so can’t understand all the nominations on that end. But maybe I’m wrong and the shows that appear on the nomination lists every year - the ones I haven’t seen - really are that good. Maybe I should check some of them out and then continue with this discussion (with myself). What surprised me a little was the amount of nominations “30 Rock” received. I love both Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin and I watch the show every week but 17 nominations? Even I must admit that this might be a bit too much. And how fabulous must “Pushing Daisies” be with a total of 12 nominations? That is definately a show I will take a look at and report back. Ok, stopping now with the Emmy talk.
Very recently I have started to rewatch all “Everybody loves Raymond” seasons. What shall I say- it’s been a rainy summer so far. Even watching the episodes for the second or third time is still hilarious. I would even say that this show is one of the funniest shows that have ever aired. And it’s not as exhausting as “Curb your Enthusiasm” which I also very much enjoy. I regularly need a break from Larry David’s “Faux pas” and can’t watch too many epis in a row whereas I can definately manage to watch a whole season of ELR in one day. During the weekend of course. Ok, maybe in two days. I love the whole cast and am very thrilled to see Ray Romano in “Men of a certain Age” on TNT this fall. I really can’t wait and hope that the show is going to be as successful as ELR was. There are so many excellent episodes of “Everybody loves Raymond”. Last night I very much enjoyed the one where Robert’s date eats a fly and Raymond watches her. I really laughed hard there. Romano is just the funniest man out there!
Ok, there’s so much more very important stuff I want to talk about here but the urge to go home and eat is momentarily stronger and I will therefore be back as soon as I’m saturated.
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Tags: Emmys 2008, emmys, Men In Trees, Samantha Who, Christina Applegate, The Tudors, Damages, Friday Night Lights, Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Men of a certain age, Ray romano, Connie britton, Adrianne Palicki
TV Shows, 30 Rock, Movies, House, Brothers & Sisters, Monk, Friday Night Lights, Entourage, Men in Trees | July 22nd, 2008 by admin | No Comments
What can I say? Moving sucks! I have just completed a major Office/Home moving ordeal which I wouldn’t have managed without my entourage who have helped me where they could. Thanks again to y’all! The worst part was that my internet and telephones were temporarily offline which made me feel like an alien. Oh pardon me, there was an even worse part: I wasn’t able to watch my shows for about a week and am still catching up on the recordings. There was just no time. I’m still really exhausted so that I will merely make a few comments that have been flying around in my head during the last days:
First of all: There is a lot of Brooke Smith to be seen on TV nowadays. Which answers my questions from a previous post regarding the wherabouts of Dr. Erica Hahn - Brooke’s character on Greys Anatomy. I think she’s brilliant. I was watching “the silence of the lambs” the other day where she plays Buffalo Bill’s latest victim which gets rescued by Jodie Foster. In the last episode of Greys Hahn was offered the post of Chief of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery by Webber so fortunately we will see more of her in the future. Loved her scenes with Sandra Oh. Another memorable character of hers is in Weeds where she plays the first wife of Peter Scottson and a short-time friend of Nancy.
Friday Night Lights is clearly one of the best shows I have seen lately. It stands right up there next to Brothers & Sisters at the top of my personal TV rankings. I think one of the things that make these shows so unique is the great acting and chemistry of the acters. The other shows can definately learn a thing or two from these two.
The news about the WGA leaders calling for a strike is pretty shocking and while I strongly believe that one should fight for what they believe I hope they will find an agreement rather soon and that the effects will not be that drastic. Read the full report here.
Guys you have to watch Gossip Girl. It’s perfect - sometimes they overdo it a bit - like with the masked ball (which I totally loved) but all in all it’s what we needed on TV. It seems like Desperate Housewives has finally understood what makes it lovable and the fourth season has exceeded expectations so far. Obviously the choice to put Dana Delaney a.k.a Katherine Mayfair as well as the gay couple (forgot their names-will follow up on that) on the cast of the show was one of the best decisions the directors have ever made. Right from the beginning the new characters have been well integrated into the show’s storylines and in my opinion have already become indispensable.
I am still so damn tired that I will leave it at this and promise to share my undying wisdom with you guys in a couple of days. Tata
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Tags: Brooke Smith, Dr Hahn, Erica Hahn, the silence of the lambs, Greys anatomy, Sandra oh, Peter and nancy, Friday Night Lights, Brothers and sisters, kitty pregnant, WGA strike, Gossip girl, Gossip girl the cw, Dana Delaney
Greys Anatomy, TV Shows, life, Brothers & Sisters, Friday Night Lights, Gossip Girl | November 2nd, 2007 by admin | No Comments
Good Morning! To all of you who haven’t watched the season premiere of House or Greys Anatomy or Gossip Girl this post might be a little spoilerish. After having watched Greys 3 times, House twice and Gossip Girl like 4 times I am now ready to share my thoughts (or some of them) with you guys.
Greys “A Change is gonna Come“: I think Isaiah Washington and Kate Walsh are missing very much. I think in the case of 
IW we will have to get used to the fact that he won’t be coming back and I’m asking myself whether they will replace him somehow. In my opinion there was always a good balance in Seattle Grace. There was the Cardiologist/Surgeon = Preston Burke and then there was the Neurosurgeon=Derek Shepherd. Now there’s only Derek und Mark - who’s hot - but somehow Burke always gave the whole craziness a certain balance. After having seen the series premiere of Private Practice it might be a little early for Seattle Grace to say farewell to Addison for good. We will have to wait that one out. To the episode: How often did they have to show that severed arm and the shoulder of Nancy - a pregnant car accident victim? I loved the part where the dear jumps up after having received reanimation from Izzy. The scene with Izzy and George in the staircase then again was too much weirdness even for me. Especially when Izzy claims that she is now Bambi and that her mother has been shot and that she is now alone in the woods. Normally I understand metaphors pretty well but even for me this was just a bit too much. I think her mother is still alive btw. But that Bambi remark of hers as well as Lexi’s speech at the newborn station (”Cute Festival”) seem to push George into visiting Izzy at the end of the day - and episode and to confess that he is also in love with her. Totally spoilerfree I can’t wait to see what happens next. I like Lexi’s character (Played by Chyler Leigh). She is as she says herself quite awesome. She brings a fresh wind into the whole lot and I think there is a good friendship evolving between George and her. I think the whole new setup that our interns are now residents and that they now have their own interns to take care of will bring a new dynamic into the show. I appreciated the numerous Miranda Bailey scenes. All in all this season starter was just good old Greys Anatomy like we know and love it.
House “Alone”: No big surpises here either. House is without team and seems to make no effort to find himself a new team and as Wilson wisely recounts this can be explained with House’s fear of abandonment and fear of commitment. “When you hire a team or find yourself a girl-friend you risk that they might leave you”. This says Wilson is what House wants to avoid since he is obviously not over the fact that his team has left him. Although it was funny to see House brainstorm with the Janitor and dressing him up to act like a real doctor infront of the confused relatives of this weeks patient I missed his former team consisting of Chase, Foreman and Cameron. Hopefully they will be back in the next episode although we had to love how Wilson and Cuddy filled in the voids. I loved the whole storyline with the kidnapping of House’s guitar between House and Wilson. Hopefully things will freshen up a little in the next episodes. All is good the way it is but I would appreciate a few new storylines. Judging from the end of this season’s first episode we might not have to wait too long for that to happen.
Gossip Girl: I might be sick in my head or plain stupid but everytime I hear Kristen Bell’s voice narrating I get so sad and happy at the same time. I think even if Gossip Girl was to turn out really really bad I would still watch it only to hear Kristen’s voice. I really miss Veronica Mars and I think out of all the shows that have been cancelled this year VM was the one that least deserved it and that had so much more potential for at least 3 more seasons. Anyway Gossip Girl so far is so much fun to watch. I could even imagine Kristen Bell getting a real part as the person behind Gossip Girl sometime in the future. The part would fit her well. Please anyone living in Manhattan - are there people running around in clothes like Blair and the others did during the brunch? It felt like in Cruel Intentions or in Dangerous Liasons - the movie on which Cruel intentations was based upon. I loved the living statues - do people really have living statues at their parties? Amazing. The one thing I couldn’t quite understand was Dan’s disappointment when he found out that his crush Serena had actually had a sexual life before meeting him. What was he thinking? That Serena was saving herself - for him?Please! The way he left Serena at the Hotel was simply childish. One other character I like is Kelly Rutherford playing Darla van der Woodsen - Serena’s mom. I remembered her from Melrose Place but haven’t seen any show she was in ever since. She seems to have a past with Dan’s father and judging from the witty banter between the two of them they seem to have been more than just friends. Also she seems to be having an affair with Chuck’s father who owns the Palace Hotel she and her daughter are presently living in.
So far so good - just watched an amazing season premiere of Brothers & Sisters and am still processing it. Will watch it again with my friend shortly who can’t wait to watch it either and will therefore wait to report on it. Wouldn’t want to spoil anything so fantastic like the Walkers coming back on our TV screen! Here’s a good summary on”Home Front” for those who can’t wait
So Long!
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Tags: Greys Anatomy ABC, Greys Anatomy, Kate Walsh, Kate Walsh Private Practice, Private Practice, Isaiah Washington, Katherine Heigl, Izzy and George, Kristen Bell Veronica Mars, Kristen Bell Gossip Girl, Brothers and Sisters, Kelly Rutherford, Hugh Laurie House, Cuddy House, Lexi Grey, Lexi and George, Calista Flockhart, Sally Field, Rob Lowe
Greys Anatomy, TV Shows, Veronica Mars, House, Brothers & Sisters, Gossip Girl | October 1st, 2007 by admin | 3 Comments
First of all - a new object has been brought to my attention. It seems that French Fries vending machines are popping up everywhere nowadays. My friend who is presently living on a university campus in the UK discovered one of those magic machines right in her cafeteria. I was suspicious in the beginning since I couldn’t figure out how one from human hand invented machine could store the fries in a freezer-like atmosphere - then deep fry them and then put them in a box, put salt and the optional ketchup and mayonnaise on them and the fries would actually taste like fries. But as I’ve heard from several sources now the fries aren’t supposed to be that disgusting - they can actually be eaten. I’ve also read that quite a few schools and colleges are putting these portable deep fryers in their cafeterias obviously to the dismay of quite a few supporters of healthy nutrition but anyway I applaud this trend and would like to put one up in my kitchen. Don’t get me wrong - I wouldn’t eat the fries all the time (yeah right) I would merely enjoy the presence of this heavenly object which is obviously the result of a highly intelligent technical revolution. I’m not really into fast food that much right now. It slows you down and is totally counter productive when you try to keep up a regular running schedule. But who doesn’t love the occasional basket of fries? OK I’m stopping now. I sound like a crazy person.
Back to TV: This is like the best week ever. Almost all the shows are coming back or have come back already and a lot of promising pilots are also premiering this week. I’m so busy all of a sudden and somehow I underestimated how many shows I have come to watch regularly. When someone comments on my love for the shows I respond that it is necessary for me to watch them so that I can write my blog, otherwise I wouldn’t watch that much of course… For some reason I’m especially anticipating the season premiere of ABC’s Brothers and Sisters on Sunday. It’s so refereshing and funny and they really had a fantastic first season. Didn’t miss this weeks episode of “Californication” and I think I should revise my original statement that it in some ways reminded me of Sex and the City (Shooting of the movie has begun last week btw) and that at least some scenes had this certain vibe. Apart from the fact that the numerous sex scenes which we were able to witness during the first 4 to 5 episodes seem to have been replaced by scenes of the everyday life of a writer who is desperately trying to figure out where his life is headed, the storyline has become less shallow and more serious. Maybe they just put the sex scenes in to get as much viewers hooked up in the beginning as possible. Hank is really trying to get back together with Karen, faces some trouble with his daughter Rebecca who seems disappointed in him for what - leaving her with the Cheese spectacle? I didn’t get that one and ultimately gets the perspective to make more out of his blog AND helps Karen get a new assignment. Well let’s keep observing and see how and whether this show will eventually establish itself.
“How I Met your Mother” is finally back and I had some good laughs. Loved gorgeous Mandy Moore and of course Barney was legendary as always. I especially liked the scene where Barney arrives back at the appartment after his and Ted’s night out together and Lily and Marshall have just noticed the butterfly-shaped tattoo onTed’s back. They mention this to Barney and he gets to tell Ted. The scene is really hilarious. To all my friends who aren’t watching HIMYM yet: Start watching the show already! The TV addict posted a Youtube link which will hopefully convince you.
Have to defrost myself now. I feel like in medieval times. There is no warm water in my appartment and the heating doesn’t work either. Gotta love the winter or what comes with it. Thank you mom for that beautiful und warm pink winter coat with fur which I didn’t intend to wear until perhaps November. Will be back to report on the fourth season premiere of House M.D. shortly.
See ya
Tags: How I Met Your Mother, Californication, Brothers and Sisters ABC, Sex and the city movie, David Duchovny, french fries
TV Shows, Brothers & Sisters, Californication | September 26th, 2007 by admin | No Comments
Oh my oh my, was I excited to watch this year’s ”green” Emmys. It was sooo good to see all of the casts of our favorite shows back again after what seemed like an endless summer. I caught myself jumping up and down the sofa several times during the show, sobbing, laughing out loud, even clapping. My father must have looked at me a little irritated once or twice but who cares- I was in heaven!!!
The show was a blast and I loved the appearance of Ray Romano. I just mentioned to my brother a few days ago that it’s a shame that Mr Romano has had no TV appearances since “Everybody loves Raymond” went off the air. His speech was so hilarious and I was really confused when Fox pulled its first of three censors and interrupted Ray while he was 
commenting on Kelsey Grammar a.k.a Frasier screwing his ELR wife Patricia Heaton on the new Fox comedy “Back to You”. I think I knew all relevant nominations by heart and there were some categories such as “Best supporting actress in a drama series” where I absolutely had no idea who I would vote for. I would have been happy for every nominee.
I must say that Jeremy Piven playing Ari Gold on “Entourage” is the most amusing and fabulous supporting actor on TV nowadays. I would like to quote an aquaintant by saying “Ari is the character that holds this show together.” It is my opinion that the show wouldn’t be the hit it is without Piven. Therefore I was filled with satisfaction when he was awarded the Emmy for “Best supporting Actor in a Comedy Series” Unfortunately the rest of the cast and the show itself missed out this year. Well there’s always next year and it’s like they say: “It’s really all about getting nominated”
The singing and dancing tribute honoring “The Sopranos” by the Jersey Boys was moving but then again also strange, seeing Adriana getting whacked again while listening to ” You’re just to good to be true” I was somewhat disturbed. When the whole cast was called on to the stage I cried and felt really sad that the Sopranos era was really over. As long as we’re with the Sopranos - Outstanding writing and directing went to both Chase and Tylor for their episodes “Made in America” (Don’t stop believing has been on my Ipod ever since) and “Kennedy and Heidi”. Of course not to forget the Oustanding Drama Series award in the end. I think everyone will agree with me that this award went to the right show. The cast came on stage again and I cried - again.
I was really looking forward to the announcements for Best Actor/Actress in both a Drama and a Comedy series. As for Sally Field getting the Emmy for B&S- she very much deserved that award since I love the show and the acting in it. Her acceptance speech was memorable and I loved how Fox censored Mrs Field when she said “If the mothers ruled this world there would be no god damned war” Everybody knew what she was saying anyway.
The big upset was the Best Actor in a Drama as well as in a Comedy Series. The Drama award: I was prepared for Hugh Laurie to receive it, I hoped that Gandolfini would get it, even would have granted it to Sutherland but for James Spader to finally get it- hm I didn’t know what to say. But the Boston Legal star knew. He claimed that he felt like he had just stolen a pile of money from the mob and indeed the scene was funny since the whole black suited cast of the Sopranos sat behind him looking at him. I hoped the comedy award would have gone to Shalhoub or to Baldwin but instead it went to Ricky Gervais for “Extras”.
My ultimate moment of happiness came when 30 Rock received the “Outstanding Comedy Series award. I loved Tina Fey’s speech and I hope this award gives the show a push in viewer numbers. I also heard Edie Falco say on the recycled red carpet that she will star on 30 Rock. That’s spectacular!
There were many more fantastic moments. I will definitely watch the show again. Next week the Hiatus is over and all will be good!
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Tags: 59th Emmy Awards, The Emmys, Entourage, Entourage Jeremy, Piven, Ari Gold, Ray Romano, Back to you Fox, 30 Rock, 30 Rock Tina Fey, Tina Fey, Edie Falco 30 Rock, Boston Legal, James Gandolfini, Sally Field, Brothers Sisters, Jersey Boys
Greys Anatomy, TV Shows, 30 Rock, House, Brothers & Sisters, Monk, Entourage | September 18th, 2007 by admin | No Comments
So whats new? Nothing really except that my feet are bleeding from running. This is not a figure of speech- they are literally bleeding. I’m not a psycho who doesn’t know when to stop but halfway through my run I get these blisters and this is really annoying because I’m not even exhausted und far far away from home so I bite my teeth together and keep on running. Now I’m being punished with at least 5 days no running. Watched “Damages” “Tastes like a Ho-ho” yesterday and I’m liking it mainly because of Glenn Close. I haven’t read that many reviews on the show so I wasn’t sure in the beginning whether her character was good or bad. After 4 episodes I still can’t tell. I would say she’s mostly evil (I keep visualising Fatal Attraction) and cold-hearted and this is probably how she’s supposed to be perceived by the audience. But then the writers occasionally throw in scenes with her and her loving husband when they deal with their disturbed son (who how it seems would like to kill his Mother with granates!!!) or when Patty is suffering under sleep deprivation because memories of a previous attempt on her life keep haunting her. During these scenes she is vulnerable and scared for her life (because she’s not yet aware that it’s her son with his twisted mind who would like to kill her…). Well anyway, “Damages consists of 13 episodes of which 4 have been aired. I haven’t done the maths but I guess there will be a more or less clean transition of this show’s finale and the beginning of all the other shows starting in the fall.
I was glad to see two former characters from The O.C., Marissa’s dad Tate Donovan and Summer’s dad Michael Nouri who I also noticed on Brother’s & Sisters during the last episodes. He is playing a friend of Saul - Milo Peterman -who has just left his wife and “come out” and the scene were they meet on Kitty’s engagement party after many years somehow gives the impression that Saul might share that vibe. Don’t you think? I just checked Nouri’s account on IMDB and noticed that he’s starred in several shows but he’s no regular anywhere. I like him and his acting and I’m not biased from his role as Dr. Roberts, no, no, but I wonder whether it’s satisfying for an actor to jump from show to show. On the one hand you have the challenge to get to know new characters and storylines regularly and it definately rarely gets boring but on the other hand you never get to work on one show intensively and get to know your character more in depth. I ask myself whether this is something the acters chose for themselves or whether they are possibly just not famous and popular enough to stay on one show for a longer period. I just read somewhere that he’s also a Broadway actor. This might explain it - he might be working on musicals and in the theatre and might only have the time to appear on TV shows occasionally. I don’t know him well enough to say for sure.
I recently watched the movie “The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants” which I loved!! I’m fond of these girl friendship movies. Another one I watched over and over again was ”Now and Then”. Well, “The Sisterhood” stars “Alexis Bledel” aka Lena (It was strange to see her outside of Gilmore Girls- but not in a bad way), “Amber Tamblyn” -Tibby- who is just totally hot (in a completely unlesbian way for me to say), “America Ferrera” - Carmen and “Blake Lively” as Bridget (Of whom I’ve never heard before until now) It’s about four girls who have been childhood girlfriends forever and are spending their first summer apart. Just short before their departure they find a pair of jeans which fits them all despite the fact that they all have different sizes. They decide to share the pants amongst them over the summer. Each one of them gets to keep it for a few days and then has to send it to the next one, and so on. Every girl experiences a totally different summer and we practically watch them while the pants travel around the world with us. I really liked it and was happy to see that they have already begun to film the sequel.
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Tags: Alexis Bledel, Damages FX, Glenn Close FX, Tate Donovan, Michael Nouri, The Sisterhood of the traveling pants, Amber Tamblyn, Gilmore girls, travelling pants
Gilmore Girls, TV Shows, life, Movies, Brothers & Sisters | August 19th, 2007 by admin | No Comments
I’m back… again and hopeful.
During the last 2 weeks I have watched around 60 episodes House M.D. and will finish the third season by this week probably even tonight. I know I’m crazy and I should’ve watched them slower so that I co
uld spend more summer hiatus time with them but while I’m very disciplined in every other area of my life I’m hopeless when it comes to shows I like. The good thing is that I have finally found two shows that will be a regular on my weekly schedule beginning in Fall. The first one obviously is House. I never watched it until this summer and I understand completely why it has the same amount of viewers Greys has. I don’t understand why some people compare the two shows. In my opinion they have nothing in common apart from playing in a Hospital. After 60 episodes of House I feel like a doctor myself although I must say that the deseases mentioned start to repeat themselves after a while. I even looked up “Lupus” recently since House and his team bring it up quite a lot but the funny thing is - it actually never is Lupus. But at least I now know that it is an auto-imune desease. The show is perfect and although I swore never to watch a show airing on Fox again I will continue to watch House as well as 24 and will nevertheless hate Fox for cancelling The O.C. Yes - I know I am evil.
The next show I discovered is Brothers and Sisters airing on ABC. It’s about a family named Walker who operates a family business in L.A. 2 sisters and 3 brothers. Everything changes when the father dies of a heart attack and Kitty played by Calista Flockhart moves back in with her mother in Los Angeles. As time passes more and more secrets the father has kept over the years are being revealed. One of the them is his long time affair Holly Harper and their eligitimate daughter Rebecca Harper.This show is so perfect to watch. It manages to fill part of the void 7th Heaven and Gilmore Girls left when they were cancelled. Some scenes are so hilarious that it makes you want to be there with the characters.B&S makes you feel comfortable instantly and you can keep on watching it. I haven’t been there but I guess watching the reruns won’t be that bad either. Normally I try to avoid watching shows until they have at least reached their third season but due to the fact that I am both desperate and that this is an ABC show I am fairly relaxed and confident that we will see some more seasons of this show.
Oh by the way, I still can’t believe Veronica Mars is supposed to be over but I will attend to this subject extensively in my next post. In the meantime this should be fun.
Later More…
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Tags: House MD, Brothers and Sisters, Gregory House, Hugh Laurie, Jennifer Morisson, Calista Flockhart, Fox House, Lupus
TV Shows, House, Brothers & Sisters | July 9th, 2007 by admin | No Comments