the woo'ing in 'saved by the bell' has gotten out of control [the interweb]

remember how every episode of saved by the bell included a bundle of off-camera girls, woo'ing every time ac slater took his shirt off? you know, the woos used to show us just all the hawt moments girls and boys should be getting exited about? well someone out there on the powerful interweb has taken those woos and placed them during some pretty inappropriate saved by the bell scenes. watch below and try not to laugh. bonus points for including a clip of the 1996 made-for-tv movie she cried no.

"you and me. boys room. now."

let's talk about how hot benjamin walker is as abraham lincoln [movies]

lay. it. on. me. honest. abe.

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the #alistny's reichen lehmkuhl and rodiney santiago head to 'couples therapy' [television]

america's least favorite couple are spreading their lameness to yet another reality show.

reichen lehmkuhl and rodiney santiago, whom we first met as a couple on the awful(ly addictive) logo reality show, the a-list: new york, will star in a new vh1 reality show called couples therapy. set to premiere in the spring of 2012, couples therapy examines the "complicated and often misunderstood world of high-profile relationships." the show will follow five celebrity couples as they undergo 21 days of intensive group relationship therapy. "nationally renowned relationship therapist" dr. jenn berman will moderate.

in addition to reichen and rodiney, the other participating couples include rapper dmx and his wife tashera simmons, hulk hogan's ex-wife linda hogan and her boyfriend charlie hill, next food network star contestant chris nirschel and his girlfriend angelina pivarnick, and bachelor pad couple kasey kahl and vienna girardi.

now, couples therapy makes no claim that you actually have to currently be a couple to be on the show. the press release in fact says that the goal of the show is for couples to "see if they can rekindle the love they used to have for one another — or if it’s simply time for them to move on." but what irritates me most about reichen and rodiney's participation on the show is that there's no chance in hell that these two are getting back together. i mean, if you watched a-list: new york, it's pretty clear that these two boys were about as compatible as courtney love and rehab. they're just doing it for the fame. to keep their name out there. and although i never look for reality in reality tv, this just pisses me off more. probably because i find these boys so goddamn annoying. 

but what do i know. it's reichen's third reality show. obviously people like him enough to keep casting him. what do you think?

beyoncé vs. kelly rowland: who did the destiny's child medley best? [music]

awkward hug alert!

fuck man do i love me some destiny's child. 

back in the late 90s/early 2000s, i was all about those independent women. what can i say - i just love me some girl groups (evidenced by the fact that i sitll to this day listen to en vogue). 

now well into their respective solo careers, both beyoncé and kelly rowland have performed medlies of their destiny's child hits in concert. but who does it best? let's watch!

beyoncé:

kelly:

so who do you think did it best? 

obviously the answer is beyoncé, who knows how to put on a show. the whole "and then they were two. and then there were four. and then there were three" sequence makes me super happy. and i mean, did kelly rowland even try to sing half of these songs? there was a whole lot of pointin' the mic at the audience. 

p to the s, i have searched high and low for michelle williams performing a destiny's child medley to no avail. if you find one, send it my way! 

see almost 10 minutes of divas talkin' smack on other divas [the interweb]

fourfour's rich juzwaik has completely outdone himself. and can we all agree that whitney's "what do i think of her? i don't think of her" is the best insult of them all?

umass amherst is having a masturbation problem [the interweb]

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when i was a ra in college, i can tell you, without certain, that i NEVER had to write a note like this.

justin timberlake should stop talking about shit he doesn't know. [theater]

it's a dick with a boxjustin timberlake was on the late show with david letterman last night, promoting his crappy new movie in time. after waxing to letterman about how he idolized sinatra, dean martin, and gene kelly, jt was asked why he hasn't done a musical yet. in his answer, justin cricizied the genre itself: "my problem with musicals today, and i think my generation feels this way too, is that we're sitting here having a conversation and then all of a sudden we're singing."

take a look:

i appreciate that jt is interested in musicals. i'm all for having stars on broadway, if it exposes more people to theater and puts more money into new york city. but i don't really need his help to, as he put it, "redefine what [musicals] could be for this era." open your eyes, jt. look at the book of mormon's sales over the past few years. the musical is doing pretty fine without you. sure there's a ton of jukebox shit out there, and bad revivals. but there's also a lot of quality being made all the time (bloody bloody andrew jackson, the scottsboro boys, next to normal, etc). they may not last as long as, say, mamma mia!, but they're there.

then again, justin timberlake was in talks to star in the movie version of memphis. i guess he does know a thing or two about shitty musicals.

but regardless, we already have people way more talented than justin timberlake updating the musical. like stew. or heidi rodewald. or lin manuel-miranda. or brian yorkey and tom kitt. or duncan sheik. and that's just composers. what about michael mayer? or bill t. jones? or annie dorsen? all people with vision who have taken the traditional musical and turned it on its head. they're working. they're creating great new things. they're the ones who are making a difference.

so again - as nice as it is to hear that justin timberlake is interested in coming to broadway one day - and believe me, if he did, i'd buy a ticket immeds - i think that he should spend a little bit more time seeing musicals before he goes on national tv and talks about how outdated they are. just because you own a restaurant right by the theater district does not make you an expert in theater, mr timberlake. see some more shit. especially when the most topical reference of a musical you can make in an interview is the music man.

here's a novel idea, jt. why not focus on the art form you're currently passionate about. why don't you try and make a movie that isn't a complete piece of shit, huh? tackle the romantic comedy genre. take on action flicks. there's way more money in film than there is in theater anyway. start there. where, if you ask me, they really need the help.

best of luck with in time, asshole.

the vh1 divas return, this time with a tribute to soul music. [television]

the bitches are back!

the long-running vh1 divas series is returning for an all new special set to air monday, december 19 at 9pm. vh1 divas celebrates soul will be an all-out tribute to classic soul music and the cities in which they were born. oh, and the divas this year? that'll be mary j. blige, jennifer hudson, jill scott, florence + the machine, kelly clarkson (!!), and jessie j. oh, and the roots will be playing house band duties. not a bad crop!

sure, you can't compare these ladies to the divas of vh1's past. no whitney. no aretha. no celine. no mariah. but hey - i've already basically stopped expecting that sort of thing from vh1.

the real quesiton now becomes: how can i get tickets to the show? it's filming at nyc's hammerstein ballroom. help a blogger out, vh1!

this guy's halloween costume is better than yours [the interweb]

i have a habit of having pretty shitty halloween costumes (except for two distinct occasions: back in 2002 when i went as a newsie from newsies, and last year, when i went as kermit the frog). i don't know what it is: i just can't seem to come up with creative ideas and creative executions. 

but this guy? he doesn't seem to have that problem. meet tyler - the guy who dressed up as a fully functioning camera.

unreal. just unreal.

here's how he did it: