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February 12, 2008

Forget about Missed Connections on the Craigslist, the only way to find love this Valentine's Day is by hailing Ahmed Ibrahim's cab. The Daily News reports on the cabbie with cupid tendencies, saying he's spent years playing matchmaker to his patrons. His record is pretty impressive, he's organized 70 "real dates," 19 of which turned into relationships that lasted over a year. The numbers could be higher but Ibrahim is selective on who he sets......

Continue Reading "Cupid Cabbie Cures NYC's Lonely Hearts"

May 27, 2007

A look at some noteworthy television this week: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Sunday, 9:00 p.m., HBO) A television adaptation of the 1970 book about America's 19th Century ethnic cleansing of Native Americans. We think that this deserves a miniseries instead of a 135 minute movie to bring the story justice. The Blair Decade (Sunday, 9:00, WLIW 21) A look back on the career of Tony Blair, his rise to power and the bad......

Continue Reading "Noteworthy Television This Week: Fakes-a-Plenty"

December 16, 2006

The Miss USA situation has reached the scandal point: Miss USA Tara Conner has reportedly tested positive for drugs and was kicked out of her apartment at Trump Place on the Upper West Side. Conner went back home to Kentucky as gossip about her illegal (she's underage) partying ways reached the media. The Daily News revealed Conner failed drug test (a person told the News that she was seen snorting cocaine at a nightclub) and......

Continue Reading "Miss USA Gets Kicked Out of Trump Place Apartment"

December 15, 2006

West Chelsea can do no right, as now Miss USA Tara Conner is getting raked over the coals over her partying. Yesterday, TMZ reported pageant officials and NBC met to discuss Conner's status as Miss USA, given "alleged incidents of her inappropriate behavior, including her conduct at New York City bars." And by inappropriate, they mean underaging drinking at clubs downtown, alleged substance abuse, and missing Miss USA appearances, as Conner is only 20 years......

Continue Reading "Miss USA Parties Too Hard in West Chelsea"

July 20, 2006

After a week of watching episode 1 over and over again, we're ready for the second episode. The episode starts off with models being chosen. Aha! The so-called spoiler of model Jia being injured on the way to the Final Three fashion show is not much of a spoiler, because who knows who she'll go with next. Model selection goes smoothly and, for the record, Jia is chosen by Vincent. Heidi announces the challenging, by......

Continue Reading "Project Runway Season 3: Who's the Boss? Not Angela"

February 9, 2004

While Dahlia Lithwick's examination of sex and how the fairer sex is using it on The Apprentice is interesting, it really shouldn't surprising that when the Donald wants publicity, he's going to use hot women, or conversely, that when hot women are involved with the Donald, it means people start paying attention. Sure, he has the competent Carolyn Kepcher, but she's only been trotted out to show Trump doesn't have a "dress like hookers" policy.......

Continue Reading "Sex and Success"

February 3, 2004

Ah, Fox, what would the world do without you? Fox is rolling out two new reality programs: One called "Swan" is basically like Extreme Makeover meets the Miss Universe pageant. The other is "Playing It Straight," where Jackie dates 14 men, who are a mix of hetero- and homosexuals; if she picks a heterosexual, they split $1 million, but if she picks a homosexual, the homo gets the money. Sadly, "Playing It Straight" is not......

Continue Reading "TV Takes To Gaydar"

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