Saturday, September 17, 2005
Telly Alert. #046:
From the "Corrections" in the 9/23/05 issue of Entertainment Weekly:
"Fox's new show Kitchen Confidential is a comedy (#838/839, Fall TV Preview)."
Adjust your expectations accordingly. No crying! Just laughing! Watch Sam Weir singe his eyebrows off! See Xander Harris construct a hazlenut semifreddo! Ha ha!
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1:15 PM
Friday, September 16, 2005
Better than Reign in Blood?
From the October 2005 issue of Esquire:
Neil Diamond's New Album IS THE BEST ALBUM RICK RUBIN'S EVER MADE
Tom Jones did it. So did Johnny Cash. Now it's Neil Diamond's turn for a second (or is it third?) coming. The 64-year-old entertainer's ditched the sequined shirts, reconnected with his inner tortured artist, and recorded his best album in 40 years with the help of legendary producer Rick Rubin (Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, Johnny Cash, Jay-Z, Red Hot Chili Peppers). With the album still in production for a November release, we snuck a listen to eight songs. And they were enough to deem this the most brooding, deep, and drunk collection in recent memory—and Rubin's best work ever. The production is spare and intimate, and the songs, which range from broken-down and busted to defiant and redemptive, are indelible. The best pop number? "Saturday Night." It already sounds like a Diamond classic: "Save me a Saturday night/Leave me some room at your table/I wanna slip into your heart if I might/And stay as long as I'm able/Baby, save me, Saturday night." After this record, Neil deserves your whole weekend.—LORRAINE ALI
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5:27 PM
Thursday, September 15, 2005
Jason Alexander completism.
From Rob Zombie's "Guilty Pleasures" piece in the Sept./Oct. issue of Film Comment:
It's funny. I'm friends now with Alice Cooper, and he is the most obsessed movie person you'll ever meet. He goes to the movies every single day and sees every single movie that comes out. Everything. I'll try to find something he may have missed, but I knew there was no getting over on him after he once left a message on my machine saying, "I'm not going to be home tonight, I'm going to see Dunston Checks In." It's a sickness with him.
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