Well, it's that time again! Tonight—from 8:00 to 10:00 PM, live on FOX—this season's American Idol Top 12 will perform for the judges' critiques and our votes. Want in on the action? Your open thread is inside.
Today we learned about Meghan McCain's hatred of going to work when she's been dumped and love of landing airplanes on the Las Vegas Strip. She said: "The American dream of rags to riches feels attainable the minute your airplane lands on the Strip." Uh, airplanes don't land on the Strip! So we said that we could have titled the post: "Meghan McCain Lands Airplane on Vegas Street, Miraculously Avoids Killing Anyone." But a commenter had a better suggestion.
This young woman's rendition of the Outhere Brothers hit "Boom Boom Boom" is pure, unadulterated win. Her karaoke is second only to her mini dance breaks in the middle. WEHOO!
The Rush Limbaugh show is a sick affair, always and forever, but this is something special. Tens of thousands are already dead in the country, which is still facing the possibility of catastrophic meltdown in multiple nuclear reactors at any minute. Here's how Limbaugh, the same man who has the power to make or break any Republican politician on a whim, handled a dumb caller's question:
Charlie Sheen's time in the sun is over. Or at least for the time being. The recent incidents in Japan have pushed Sheen into the back pages of the newspaper, where he probably rightfully belonged in the first place. Most people probably feel the same way I do, which is like a total a-hole for caring so much about he did and said. There are dead body waves in Japan, and we spent the past three weeks consuming ourselves with Sheenamania (which sounds like an awesome wrestling event. If worst comes to worst, a TNA-sponsored Sheenamania should be Sheen's obvious choice. It would be freaking awesome). We know what our priorities are, that's for sure.
The TRL host of yesteryear just keeps hanging on. Also today: pilot casting news sees the return of some old favorites, V may be flying south, and Megan Fox is funny now apparently.
Director Darren Aronofsky claims it was comedian Todd Barry's deli manager character in The Wrestler that led to Black Swan. It's just that the ballerina subplot in The Deli Manager took on a life of its own. Sorry, Todd!
Garrison Keillor—the man who has figured out how to simultaneously be a down-how aw shucks Minnesota icon and King of That One Variety of Unbearable Liberal Elite—says he's going to retire in 2013. Because he needs to find his replacement. Ohhhhhh, just hurry it up! Jesus. Anyone who can talk slowly and breathe heavily and tell stories that are set in a small-town diner would work.
Dog fitness coaches! Firefighter fitness plan! Hoosier fitness shame! Rihanna fitness secrets! Republican fitness DVD! Bachelor fitness freak! And aerobic fitness sham! It's your Wednesday fitness watch, where we watch your fitness—until we vomit with pride!
While interviewing iCarly's Miranda Cosgrove, The Talk host Holly Robinson Peete set out to win some "mommy cool points," but ended up winning a whole lot of kid-embarrassment-points when she forced her sons to question and then hug Miranda.
There aren't many options left for the nuclear crisis at Japan's Fukushima plant. There may be no more water to cool the no. 4 reactor, leaving the rods indefinitely exposed and certain to melt down. The Japanese emperor, who is "deeply concerned," has made a rare address to the public. Meanwhile, bankers are hogging all the planes out of the country. Here are the latest updates from the Japanese earthquake/tsunami/nuclear meltdown disaster.
In this time-lapse video recorded over 2 hours, a tiny amount of mercury proves aluminum is vulnerable to rust, as it penetrates aluminum's protective oxide layer and destroys it from within. Science looks pretty cool sometimes, right?
Andy Cohen promises no more Real Housewives series, Glee flocks to New York City, Adult Swim announces a college tour and a spoiler about Shirley's baby on Community!
America's about to get fixed, everyone, because Sharron Angle is returning to politics! Angle, a comical nutcase, was last seen losing a Nevada Senate race in a strong Republican year to Harry Reid, one of the most disliked persons in the nation. But now she's getting everyone back together for a House run in 2012, as she announced with this delightful video today.
Christina Aguilera, the singer currently in training to become the next reclusive former diva who acts erratically during rare public appearances, has put her 10,000 sq.ft. Beverly Hills mansion on the market for $13.5 million. It features six bedrooms and a ridiculous nine bathrooms, one of which is likely cursed and/or haunted. It's also likely that another bathroom has become Ms. Aguilera's de facto sleeping quarters. It's just how these things work. [Real Estalker]
Here's a short video from this weekend's PaleyFest panel with the Parks and Recreation cast. In it, they talk about the difference between the first and second seasons—and Aziz Ansari compares it to Seinfeld's first episodes as well.
