catheroominations

steppin’ to the big screen side
american idol contestant jennifer hudson is set to play effie white in the movie version of dreamgirls. she’ll be singing and I am telling you I’m not going, the song frenchie davis sang a bajillion times on entertainment tonight, after it was discovered that she posed for a naughty nudie site. btw, frenchie can truly belt out that song. I know because I heard it 8 times a week when I worked on the stage version of dreamgirls. beyonce knowles will play deena, jamie foxx is curtis, eddie murphy is james thunder early, and danny glover plays marty. as a self-proclaimed theatre geek, this is one of my favorite shows, and I cannot wait for december 2006.

dancing with “the stars”
this season, the show has been expanded to 90 minutes. the roster for this season is:
tatum o’neal (one of the few former child actors without a crack addiction)
jerry rice (he bought me a beer once)
tia carrere (wayne campbell’s (among other males) object of affection)
giselle fernandez (from access hollywood apparently)
george hamilton (I saw him driving in a convertible on sunset blvd. he is very orange)
stacy kiebler (wwe wrestler…I feel an evander holyfield moment coming)
drew lachey (nick’s brother. he was in rent on broadway)
kenny mayne (from espn. I dig him)
lisa rinna (filling the soap star slot)
romeo (teen rapper and I have no clue who he is)

according to the new york post online today, jeff probst will be staying with survivor until 2008, after agreeing to a 2-year deal.

we all should be able to sleep better now.

(did that freak you out a little bit, mom?)

(e)’s an uncle again!

that makes me…an…uncle’s girlfriend.

variety is reporting that wb pictures is remaking the tv show “chips” for the silver screen. wilmer valderrama has been chosen to fill erik estrada’s pants…I mean, boots. did you know that ponch’s full name is francis llewellyn poncherello? somehow “officer francis” just isn’t as intimidating as ponch.

no word on who will play ponch’s partner, jon baker, but I have come up with some suggestions for all the casting directors who read this blog (mary jo slater):
james van der beek
jon heder
seth green
benjamin mckenzie
matthew lillard
heath ledger (I think he’s too hot to play jon, because ponch is the ladies’ man, but maybe he can play jon gay, like in brokeback mountain)

methinks notsomuch.
mullets and ‘staches and stonewash, oh my!

my favorite part is when the 4 dudes are clapping. look at that enthusiasm!

(found on best week ever’s blog)

on my 2-mile commute to work today, I pulled up to a stop light next to a nice mercedes…or so I thought.

but upon taking a closer look, I almost threw up a little in my mouth. I took out my camera to take a picture, but chickened out because I feared the driver to be a mafia hit man, drug dealer, or pimp. who else would drive a champagne colored CLK430, with louis vuitton lv’s barfed all over the convertible top and window tint?

blessed screaming jesus on a whole-wheat goddamn cracker, that thing was ugly.

is for arrested development not to get canceled*.

watch this show, people. you will not be disappointed. better yet, record it, because the lines are so funny, you will miss something from laughing, or from saying to yourself “did he just say what I think he did?”

example 1:
michael and lindsay are at the bluth offices. lindsay is sitting on the copy machine.
lindsay: we did it mikey, we’re super rich again! (jumps off the copier) and I’m gonna buy a car, the volvo (hands michael a piece of paper).
michael: no, lindsay, you’re not going to start spending money and…(looking at the piece of paper lindsay handed him)…and this is not a vol-VO.
lindsay (grabs the paper back from him and looks at it): oh, that’s from sitting on the copier.

example 2:
michael and his father george are discussing a photo of george with sadaam hussein.
george: a picture like that, michael could end your career.
michael: not in every case. (cut to photo of donald rumsfeld, shaking sadaam’s hand, dated 1983.)

so, what are you all doing at 8 p.m. tonight? yeah, that’s what I thought.

*(e), ignore that.