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August 31, 2007

Lost recruits from HBO's THE WIRE and the movie RESCUE DAWN!!

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Lance Reddick courtesy HBO
Lost has found more new blood.

Sources confirm that The Wire's Lance Reddick has been cast in the recurring role of Arthur Stevens, the intimidating corporate-recruiter character. Reddick also had a lengthy arc on HBO's Oz, where he starred opposite returning Lostie Harold Perrineau.

This comes on the heels of another key piece of Lost casting: the addition of Sopranos scene-stealer Ken Leung. However, the specifics of his character remain shrouded in mystery. Rumors had him playing a brilliant mathematician named Russell, but now there's buzz that he's coming on in a top-secret role that no one (save for Darlton) knows anything about. Feel free to get some speculation going in the comments section below. Also, what do you think of Reddick's casting? Thumbs up? Thumbs down? Thumbs sideways?

Also:
On "Lost," from ABC Studios, Jeremy Davies will play one of the freighters. The actor, who most recently appeared in "Rescue Dawn," recently signed with the Gersh Agency. He additionally is repped by Untitled Entertainment and attorney Karl Austen.

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Jeremy Davies all dressed up..but will be dressing down on his trip to Hawaii's Set for LOST!!!


LOST is really piling on the actors....hopefully this season will kick some butt!!!

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Sopranos Mental Patient to be on L O S T ! !

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Uncle Junior's poker buddy just hit the jackpot.

Ken Leung — whose memorable turn as Uncle Junior's mentally unstable protégé on The Sopranos last season turned many a head in Hollywood (mine included) — is joining the cast of Lost next season, sources confirm to me exclusively.

The rumor is that Leung will be playing the recurring role of Russell*, a brilliant mathematician who is capable of great insights and has a tremendous knowledge across various scientific fields. He's expected to first turn up in February's season premiere.

Non-Sopranos fans may know Leung from his role as Kid Omega in Brett Ratner's franchise killer, X-Men: The Last Stand.

* May not be the character's real name.

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A NEW YORKER's GUIDE to NYC

by nyactor

08/31/2007 - 09:06

A Guide for NEW new yorkers!

Hey New NEW Yawkers!!!

Pay special attention to not falling asleep on the subway lest you land your butt in jail....

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/30/nyregion/30students.html?_r=1&oref=slogin


Welcome, Students. Now Watch It.

It’s the time of year when the streets of Morningside Heights, Greenwich Village and a few other neighborhoods are filled with new, unfamiliar faces: college freshmen. Various guides on paper and on the Internet tell these students what they should see and do in their new hometown. Here, then, is the opposite, from the staff writers of The New York Times: a list of things they should not do.

Don’t fall asleep on the subway. So far this year, 150 people have reported that someone made off with their wallet, purse, jewelry or other property while they slept on the train, according to the Police Department. If that’s not bad enough, falling asleep on the train is simply against the rules. Specifically, it is a violation of Section 1050.7, Article C, of the New York City Transit rules of conduct, which states that no rider shall “sleep or doze where such activity may be hazardous to such person or to others.”

Don’t drink too much beer and use the street as a toilet. Drinking in public carries a fine of up to $25, five days in jail, or both. Public urination carries a fine of $50 to $250, 10 days in jail, or both. Also, beware the custom of putting drinks in paper bags to disguise that you’re drinking an alcoholic beverage. “There is no such thing as paper-bagging it and making it legal, even if you put it in a Starbucks cup,” said Edison Alban, a spokesman for the Manhattan district attorney. “You are drinking, regardless.” And besides, if you’re not 21, you shouldn’t be drinking anyway.

Don’t ask a cabbie (or anyone else) to take you to “HUGH-ston” Street. Houston Street, the Lower Manhattan thoroughfare that put the Ho in SoHo, is pronounced HOW-ston. Unlike the city in Texas, which was named for the first president of the short-lived Republic of Texas, Samuel Houston, Houston Street is named for William Houstoun, a Georgia delegate to the Continental Congress who married into a powerful Manhattan family that owned some of the land on which the street is built. The street name was shortened to Houston in the early 1800s.

Don’t play chess for money with the hustlers in Washington Square Park. As they are hustlers, they will take your money. Also, you could be hit with a summons for unlawful gambling and sent to the criminal courts, where a judge would determine what you owe, according to Jama Adams, a spokeswoman for the city’s Parks Department.

Don’t try to swim in the River. The rivers that ring Manhattan are cleaner than they’ve been in decades, but that doesn’t mean they’re safe for a midnight dip. “When people ask me if it’s O.K. to swim in the East River,” said Beau Ranheim, chief of the marine sciences section at the city’s Department of Environmental Protection, “my question to them is, ‘Are you an Olympic swimmer?’ ” Both the East River, on Manhattan’s east shore, and the Hudson River, on the west shore, can move as fast as four knots, Mr. Ranheim said — enough to wash most casual swimmers out to sea. A few people typically drown in the rivers each year. And once you jump in, you will probably find it very hard to climb out: Access points are few and far between.

Don’t count on following the highway signs to get to Yankee Stadium. The markers pointing north from Lower Manhattan along the Franklin D. Roosevelt Drive point only in the general direction of the Bronx and leave much navigation to chance. They are among hundreds of markers known as trailblazers, designed to supplement street signs and direct the way to cultural institutions and hospitals. Their placement is subject to the whims of demand for space and available real estate, so the results are often comically uneven. But fear not: Come October there’ll be no reason to go there anyway.

Don’t spend money on condoms. This year, the city started handing out condoms packaged with subway logo-themed designs. More than 10 million have been distributed, according to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. You can find them at places like Beauty Bar on 14th Street and Black Betty in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. In many bars and coffee shops, the condoms are in the wall display with the free postcards, where there’s no need to look the drugstore counter girl in the eye.

Don’t order bottled water. New York City draws its tap water from the Catskill/Delaware supply system, qualifying among five large American cities that are not required to filter their drinking water. This year the city received a 10-year waiver from the federal Environmental Protection Agency to keep providing unfiltered water, and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced plans for the city to spend $300 million buying land to protect its watershed. This summer, health department workers have been distributing empty bottles around the city, urging people to fill them with tap water.

Don’t light up in a bar. Cigarette smoking was banned in all bars and restaurants in New York City in March 2003. That’s why there are lots of people standing around on Rivington Street smoking in the rain. Smoking or carrying an open flame or a lighted match in a nonsmoking area is a violation punishable by a $25 fine, 10 days in jail, or both. And besides, if you’re not 21, you shouldn’t be in a bar anyway.




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Acting, myspace and YOU!!!

by nyactor

08/28/2007 - 05:45

Latest Acting Gig and YOO EEE (Yuwie)

I did the college thing and I've been hustling around nyc since 2000! I decided to study for 2 years with a 'famous' teacher of the Meisner Technique. I finished that in June of 06 and met some pretty good people...some. One of those gentleman formed his own group Black20 and asked me to do a little role for the group! It was a quick filming and you can see me in full STABBING motion right here!
Many people use MySpace as well as Facebook....but I've recently come across Yuwie (pronounced YOU - e)! It's a site with members/profiles like the aforementioned sites/comments/messages/clubs/blogs etc. BUT they share revenue with ALL users.
The only bad part is that the site is full of ads everywhere, but I don't mind because those ads are making money for Yuwie AND me!! Give it a try..sign up, put up a profile pic, and tell 2 or 3 friends about it. You can even throw it up on your myspace or facebook page to lure people to this new idea to pay the masses for being on the internet!!

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Travel and Networking

by nyactor

08/21/2007 - 03:04

New Travel Site in the Works

I have done some networking and found a guy by name of EddieJ ! He is currently working on his own TRAVEL AGENCY business and website!!
We met through Adsense and Flixya trying to scour the internet for loose change as well as lotto money! I want him to succeed and he is starting 1) A Travel site and 2) Proxy Webhosting site. I look forward to his future blog entries here as I have invited him to be a co-author!

Networking is Awesome because I have made many friends with their own sites:

VideoQueen

LifeisEasy
Jason

If you have a blog and want to be featured on my U.B.C. - leave a comment here or there - I will check you out and very possibly add you to my blog!!

Keep Checking back here for my thoughts on networking and Eddie's thoughts about Travel as well as his own site/business ! !

Bon Voyage!

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How do I get Referrals?!?

by nyactor

08/20/2007 - 07:59

Best Ways to Get Referrals:

-Tell anyone and everyone you know Online AND Offline about it ...email them the link (Use different text instead of your actual Yuwie link to make the link look more appealing but obviously make sure the words link back to your referral link!)

-Social Communites : Start with the big ones - Myspace, FaceBook, Bebo, Friendster, Tribe....even on lazzeo,rfn,mso, dollarspace,etc : Post Bulletins and include a hyperlink if possible (otherwise put your link in text form!)

-If need be...Instant Message people about it instead of or in addition to emailing them! When iming or emailing them, let them know that when they sign up..they help themselves AND you make money --- and the next person they get to sign up will help THAT REFERRAL, THEM and YOU!!! (and so on...."1+1+2+1."..CLUE THE MOVIE RULES!!)

-BLOG ABOUT IT..Write blogs anywhere or on your own blog...on all your possible blog pages...include the link and all the juicy details!!

-Write an article like an ezine with the link...explaining it to them.

Plus when I say people you know...that also includes not just your contact list and friends..but other referrals from other sites!!! Maybe leave comments on moneymaking blogs mentioning Yuwie with your link!!!

I have 75 referrals so far...it might not be a level 10 711 like one of my new friends (which is AWESOME!)..but I am happy with that amount!!! I would love for us all to keep it growing....more members also mean MORE page views and more yuwie money overall for us to share!!!

DO IT, DO IT!!!!

Come to my Yuwie, Be my Referral --- and on and on and on and on and on and on........... 

 

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Grey's Anatomy Scoop

by nyactor

08/18/2007 - 09:18

Ausiello Report lets us in on a Grey's Anatomy Spoiler!!(plus PrisonBreak & Numbers)




It turns out that Callie will be finding out about George and Izzie's (better known as Gizzie) little affair this season...at some point!!

That picture of the flooded set of Cashmere Mafia has a Fairway in it..been there!!!

Thought this was a cool thing to share on my TiVo Blog!!! I don't think Cashmere mafia will be getting a shot on my tivo!!

The second video lets in on some PrisonBreak and Numbers happenings!!

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Tivo Wishlists

by nyactor

08/16/2007 - 02:09

WishLists

This is one of the cooler options that Tivo has!!

A wishlist can be a keyword, an actor, a director, or category!! You can have your tivo auto-record all wishlist shows or just select through a choice!

I have Hitchcock and Lumet Films being Tivo-ed!!

I have a few actors including Phillip Seymour Hoffman...I still need to see him in Happiness!!!

What are some of the keywords and or actors/directors you have as wishlists?!?

(oh and family guy is a wishlist so it gets family guy on all its channels!!!)

The Weekend is near....and so is the fall tv season!!

Pushing Daisies
Bionic Woman
Chuck
Journeyman

I love the struggle of trying to figure out which shows are worth watching and which ones just SUCK!!!!

ABC Fall Schedule 07-08
CBS Fall Schedule 07-08

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Promoting Your Blogs

So you have your blog(s) set up as well as all of your social networks (i.e.,Flixya, Dada, Yuwie, Lazzeo, MSO, MediaFlix, etc.).....

..and you've added a lot of content to all of them plus new posts....

You think to yourself...what can I possibly do now?!?

Well let's promote all of them...

Digg them? Stumble them? Use the Social Bookmarking tool? Use the Add-It Bookmark Button to submit it to even more bookmarking sites? Make Sure your blog is claimed by Technorati?

Sure do all of that...but...

Why not take one of your posts, a piece of one of your posts or write a description about a post or blog on one of your many sites?!?

This way you can have even more content while "promoting" your blogger blog..when you copy the name/title of your blog post..that will act as a link back to that blog post!!!

It's an awesome circular motion of traffic and links...which will add up to more hits and more impressions plus MORE CLICKS = MORE MONEY ! ! ! !

Need a break from Adsense? Why not watch me mug somebody in a comedy?

Maybe you'd like to see me get upset over my Orange Juice?

Or read about the new Imac, methadone addiction, The first 10 diggs ever, John From Cincinatti, What to watch on TV, A waiter's frustration(s)?

You know what..just watch a Japanese Women's Beach Volleyball !

Flixya Link

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Adsense Weekend Tips!! $$$$$

by nyactor

08/14/2007 - 00:05

Enjoy your weekend!!!

Typically weekends are slower and I have a dayjob for most of the weekend. I only get to the computer during a few of the wee hours between work!
Things to do to improve your earnings:

1.) Add a blog post or two
2.) Add content to your Flixya, Dada, Yuwie, Lazzeo, MoneySpaceOnline, MediaFlix
3.) Sign up for feedburner, add your blogs to the site, set up feedburner to help you keep track of your visitors and know where they came from (also where they went to from your BLOG!)
4.) Make sure your blogs are claimed at Technorati
5. )Network..make some friends on any of the sites you are in.
6.) Start and/or join a group in any site...maybe at RFN or ME!!
7.) Start a brand new blog about something you spend a lot of time on or love!
8.) Look at other blogs for ideas and leave comments including hyperlinks if possible to help get traffic and backlinks!

Have a bloody mary for me on Sunday!!! FOOTBALL is Back!! Time Flies when you're making money!!!

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My latest ADSENSE video/profile/networking sites to make money on:

Rotatrix
  Here (also known as RFN) your adsense runs on profile,blogs and any groups you start there.
Earnings so far: $8.32 June and July $6.19

Lazzeo

Earnings so far: $3.47 for June and July so far $3.73
adsense runs on profile only here
earn $1 per refferal
(Use Adsense Codes to add directly to your profile settings)

DollarSpace

Earnings so far :June $10.28  July so far  $ 3.39
adsense runs on profile and blogs ... earn with your points there,surveys and $1 per 25 refferals
(Use Adsense Codes to add directly to your profile settings)
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Bizpreneur
This is a great place to get refferals for Dada and the rest of these new sites! :) so its up to you...my networking friends!

Yuwie
Get Paid to just be a member - based on page views/referrals..new site with great earnings potential - Sign up today!!
Help
Share-A-Pic
Strictly to Share Photos

Share-A-Flick
Strictly to share videos

Flixya.com
My Flixya Page - Sign up here..it's awesome!!

Mediaflix.net
My Page - Strictly videos but a great and easy site to use!


My Adsense Blog
A page for any help you might need!!

Hope all these sites find you well and help your adsense like mine!!

All the best,

 nyactor - Victoria

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*****DAMAGES***** (my title: DAM-EVIL)



Ok so I'm a little behind on this show as I watch stuff on my own time - THANK YOU TIVO!!

I just saw the pilot and cannot believe how EVIL it all is..GLENN CLOSE is not to be messed with. She fights for the little guy but she actually has no qualms to do what she has to do to get what she wants..no matter how awful and EVIL!!!

This show is helped by a former Sopranos writer....maybe he wrote most of the whackings!! I see some really sick and twisted events developing here...just based on the pilot! Blood, a dead dog, a dead fiance....things really are gonna hit the fan!!!

It does make me wonder how they would do more than one season of this show...I guess it depends on the outcome of how everything got SO messed up for young Ellen (Rose Byrne)!!

I got 2 more episodes on my TiVo to watch..with another probably soon to pop up!!

One word : EVIL!

I have to start in on MAD MEN as well...Bronx is Burning, I'm not sure about watching as I am not a yankees fan -- but I do think Oliver Platt is awesome. He made that show HUFF on showtime...of course now it is gone from showtime..hopefully Cdalifornication is really good!!

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Yuwie, Yuwie Baby!!!

by nyactor

08/10/2007 - 08:31

. . .Off the Adsense path for a post...kinda

I have discovered a new site and it's another Social Community/Network type site called:

YUWIE

You what?!? YUWIE

I don't get the name either...maybe it's someone's actually name or two names together.

Hit the YUWIE link and sign up...It's like having another site with adsense but it's YUWIE's adsense.

Here's how it works...YUWIE makes their adsense money and then based on your PAGE VIEWS and REFERRALS/REFERRAL PAGE VIEWS -- they share the adsense revenue based on your numbers..a percentage.

They even have a level 1 - 10 referral tree! According to the video hologram that pops up on their home page...his tree has us making 8K on level 10!!!

The site is new and just started last month...I say get in while it's new and give it a try. Even MYSPACE was laughed at by Friendster users when it first came about...just like Facebook was laughed at by MYSPACE users...it's a big circle!!!

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Flixya Link
You should know Flixya by now...

What is Flixya...I actually don't know! What other Adsense sites are you hiding from me?!?

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What I TiVo!!!

by nyactor

08/10/2007 - 06:22

My Personal TiVo

TIVO TIVO TIVO ---- WHAT DO I TIVO ---- TIVO TIVO TIVO

There is the normal television season and then there is SUMMER! When Summer comes, I literally push all my summer shows up to the top of my SEASON PASS MANAGER as they are going to be on..while all my regular shows lie in hiatus & suspense(Jack and Claire...maybe you should ta-alk?!).

Normally scheduled programming
on my SEASON PASS MANAGER includes:
(This order reflects more of a Days of the Week type setting than my TOP show)

1. Brothers & Sisters -- They fight and fight and fight and fight and fight...the Sally Field and others ShoOoOw (to the tune of Itchy & Scratchy)

2. Prison Break - Ok Season 1 was awesome...season 2 started to become ridiculous...I guess I'm going to see what season 3 is about before I possibly get rid of this show. I don't know if I'm keen on watching everyone go back to jail in an entirely different country?!?

3. How I Met Your Mother - It's a filler show for me(if other things are in reruns)..I do enjoy some of its comedy. Fun to watch Dr. Howser again.

4. Heroes - This show is just awesome..well except for that cop-out part of the finale...and who doesn't love that Zachary Quinto (a.k.a SYLAR) is going to be playing SPOCK in J.J. Abrahams new young STAR TREK movie!

5. REST IN PEACE - STUDIO 60 on the Sunset Strip - It was a little uneven and unbalanced but I still enjoyed it -- I will miss it! I won't miss the whole Danny/Jordan ..."quit stalking me!"..."quit stalking me, you creep!!"...."oh god, of course I'll marry you!!" Everyone together...HUH?!?!?!?

6. House - The pleasure of watching Hugh Laurie not to mention his impeccable bitter American accent!

7. Friday Night Lights - I watched ONLY the pilot and was not impressed. I have the entire season waiting for me to watch. I keep reading over and over and OVER again how everyone LOVES this show...so I will eventually watch more of it to see why!! (This was how I felt about BSG...I need to go back and watch it from the beginning..but is that show REALLY that good too?!?)

8. L O S T - This show stayed entirely true to its name....it LOST most of its audience this season! Hmmm, could it be the 4 month hiatus in between episodes ( Day Break which sadly I watched in its entirety...only to NEVER find out why he keeps 'Groundhog Daying' it each day..at least Bill Murray was repeating the day until he didn't screw it up..or until it was absolutely perfect..?!?)! As for LOST, it was my favorite show and now after this flash forward which I am suspect about...I just want to find out what happened to them...it feels like ONE BIG NIGHTMARE NOW!!!

9. Grey's Anatomy - No more Isaiah Washington (I think I'll leave Bionic Sidekick unlinked!).....not sure how much that will actually change the show. The show has been on a kind of downward spiral for awhile...and I wasn't liking it splitting up an entire episode to show us the pilot for PRIVATE PRACTICE. I somehow think that show won't last....as for Grey's...they draaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag out story/plot lines forever! I don't like George and Izzie trying to be together...and yes it is weird how George somehow went from.."ohh that's just George" to "ohhhHH OOHHHH GEORGE, YES Baby...YEAH"...He has had the most sex with main characters on the show...Yang is now single...watch out....Georgie boy is coming for ya! I'm still waiting for some people from Patrick Dempsey's 80s movies to guest star....Kirstie Alley or maybe his redhead friend from 'Can't buy me love'...

10. Shark - I recorded the shows...but towards the middle-end started to lose interest.
Of course it's always nice to watch the Jeri Ryan Scenes!!!


See what I mean!!!

11. Ugly Betty - Yes I enjoy all of it...No, I'm not!!!

12. 30 Rock - Alec Baldwin's best work besides his "You're Fired!" Speech from GlenGarry GlenRoss!!

13. FAMILY GUY - a No-Brainer like Peter and a MasterMind like Stewie!

14. Seinfeld - MAN HANDS...Deloras...Muffin Tops..Coffee Table Book...Raisins...Bootlegger!!

15. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - Nah nahnah nah Nah nah nah...wow sounds like the theme song to me!! Love when he breaks into the Jewy voice...(he calls it that too!!)

16. The Colbert Report - Genius...to mock Bill O'Reilly the best way possible.....and for O'Reilly to be to stupid to realize it all!!

17. South Park - I don't watch it as much as I used to but it's nice to have. (I do like The Simpsons but apparently not enough to season pass it....here comes the HATE MAIL!!!)

18. Inside the Actors Studio - I just want to know EVERYONE'S favorite curse word!!! It does get a bit much when you have the likes of Jennifer Lopez(no link!) on the show...Inside the Celebrity Studio! Still enjoyable...taught me that most actors suffered through their parents divorce..or never knew one of their (or in Nicholson's case...both of their) parents!

19. Robot Chicken - Spot on and funny.....Seth Green lives on!! Classic Hilarious Fact: birth name "Seth Benjamin Gesshel-Green"

20. Dexter - It's a summer show..it's a fall show...I LOVE THIS SHOW! I think it bumped LOST out of the top spot. Sure some of the dialogue is not great and the editing could use more work....but MICHAEL C HALL is SO interesting that you could care less about anything else!!

21. Real Time With Bill Maher - Usually he has on amazing guests and great panels...the discussions sometimes don't go anywhere and they can repeat certain things over and over again...but it's still enjoyable! Especially NEW RULES!!

22. The Office / My Name is Earl - Yes the Office is funny and I will support your arguement that I should TiVo it OVER Ugly Betty (a show you can't stand..especially if you're an OFFICE lover)...my name is Earl has gone downhill but it's a decent filler during reruns!

23. The Shield - I haven't seen all the seasons and have to go back to the beginning on DVD eventually...I know it's awesome! (I also here that THE WIRE is another show that is a must rent on DVD too) Even with my TiVo it's hard to follow SO many shows!!!! Maybe you can do it?!?

24. SNL - Yes it sucks..sucks a lot! That's why I have my TiVo to FF through the bad and watch the good...SOFA KING or Andy Samberg doing a digital short!

25. The Showbiz Show with David Spade(no link..just look under Adam Sandler to find all his credits!) - Mostly funny like Hollywood Minute! Short and sweet...like most of David's sitcoms (except for the sweet part)!

26. Human Giant - Upright Citizen Brigade's Funny Troupe gets their own show...on everyone's funniest network...MTV!!!!!???!! What...huh...yea no clue how they ended up on MTV but hopefully people are watching...Comedy Central (cough)(cough)...I believe Viacom owns you all....talk to each other!

27. [I did watch] Dice: Undisputed...with the same interest as I now watch the two Coreys -- I guess I'm trying to recapture or relive my 80s...thank god I've stayed away from Scott Baio's show...and I'm SO sure he isn't single at 45 by choice...right...uh huh...
[Little Boy Blue : What? He needed the money, OH!]

28. [No I did not cut my testes off..entirely] The View - Originally I started Tivo-ing it so I could watch these catfights between Rosie and HasselRack....I just left it there...now it's fun to see a male guest stuck in between 4 women....always fun

29. Confessions of a Matchmaker - I went to school @ UB and this show takes place in Buffalo! It's nice to see all my old hangouts...not as nice to see how many creepy people still live there!!

30. Tom Goes to the Mayor - Has its comic elements....on occasion

31. Late Night With Conan O'Brien - In the year 2000....in the year 2000..... He should be awesome on the Tonight Show!!

32. Wonder Showzen - I need to actually watch it more....

33. The Sarah Silverman Program - Hit or miss but I have to support my own kind!!

34. Band of Brothers - Something else I have Tivo-ed but never got to watch...

35. Dog Bites Man -- I did not devote enough time to this show from UCB's Matt Walsh

36. Da Ali G Show - Boo ya kasha and VERY NICE!

37. Dirt - Pretty much sucked...yea it sucked...but I just stared at it..wondering when it wouldn't suck..oh yeah..random Wayne Brady appearance in a tough guy "I'm going to flame broil your privates" role!! I knew there was a reason I stuck with it!

38. 30 Days - Very very very interesting (Yes I have seen Dirty Jobs and while it's not bad..no season pass)!! Morgan Spurlock's adventures of our country's bad situations!

39. Extras - I'm pretty sure it's over and I will miss Ricky Gervais & his "is he havin' a laugh?!?"

40. Curb Your Enthusiasm - Usually Higher up on this list which isn't in any kind of order but it's ALWAYS on hiatus...yea I could get more reruns tivoed!! Quote this show til death!!

41. I'm from Rolling Stone - I have never seen a worse group of people given an extraordinary opportunity and then BLOW it...even the winner sucked....just wow.

42. The Riches - I think the writing/story lines could use some tweaking but definitely one of the MOST underrated new shows of the season! Eddie Izzard & Minnie Driver kick butt in this one.

43. The Sopranos - "Don't Stop..." to watch the finale......I think I wasn't loving how they went down....RIP or not...David Chase(link-fuggehdaboudit)...any clues...answers..maybe we should go back to season 2 and find out if you'll make a Sopranos movie?!?

44. Ebert & Roeper - Now it's Roeper & Guest Critic....I watch but think Roeper makes odd choices about what he likes and doesn't like!!

45. Show I am missing --- Fill in the blank for me with a comment ( Before you do..I have more shows that are mostly Summer Below)

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SUMMER TIVO

Weeds and Californication are coming back like I said!!

1. Masters of Science Fiction - It's a Mini-Series...I missed recording the 1st episode...at least I will feel like LOST is back, catching Terry O'Quinn in episode 2 this weekend!

2. Traveler - I was under the impression this was a time traveling show. It's called TRAVELER...but I watched it for what it was...a bad BAD version of like Prison Break's conspiracy story line...which is also now a bad version of all conspiracy shows...urgh!
I guess it's weird to watch so many shows and follow them..only to NEVER find out what actually happened...(INVASION...they were all aliens..but from where....and why..and how)

3. On the Lot - The movies that were made kind of all suck...but I can't imagine it being easy to make a movie with people you don't know in such a short amount of time from scratch.
I like it enough to keep watching....just to find out who will get this DREAM JOB with Spielberg!

4. The Next Best Thing -I liked the opening rounds when they trashed people sorta...but then I got bored...I didn't even care who won! ( I also started Tivo-ing the Pirate reality show..but in the end could not bring myself to hit play on any of them...only delete...)

5. Hell's Kitchen - Feels WAY more staged than ever...is getting tired...but I enjoy watching the chef scream (although I like watching him so much better over on BBC AMERICA for his Kitchen Nightmare Show)

6. Entourage - "The Boys of Summer" have been dragging lately...HBO must have been desperate by having two seasons air back to back! Drama and even Ari...seemed to have been a little upstaged by Walsh....*writer meeting!!!* (Val Kilmer Cameo from Season 1 still is the BEST!!)

7. Big Love - This show always has kept my interest and after what happened last week...I'm convinced they are not afraid to try anything and everything on this show!! I like its BIG BALLS!!!

8. John From Cincinatti - I actually went from not really liking the first episode..but then as I kept watching..I started to understand it more and more....still confused but just love watching Ed O'Neill playing someone so conflicted..."I got my EYE on YOU!!!"

9. Rescue Me - I feel like this season hasn't been as good as last but still entertaining as always...how do you beat Leary's faces & line deliveries?!?

10. The Two Coreys - So far I'm not too impressed...only saw 2 shows and i'm sick of feldman's wife...maybe even feldman..and I liked feldman better than haim as a kid....AHHHHHHHHHH!!!

11. Psych - It amuses me in a weird way!! Plus Corbin Bernsen (no link!..come on!) is still working and that makes me happy!

12. Damages and 13. Mad Men - I have Tivo-ed but as of now have yet to watch any of the episodes...call it : I don't have the time or the overwhelming excitement..same goes for
14. THE BRONX IS BURNING!!! I hear some of this is really good....I will watch it eventually..(14a. The Company - 3 movie actors got together for 4 parts that I have not seen yet either!)

15. Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - I love the fact that he comes to a restaurant that is IN DEBT..usually 100k or more..and they don't want to be criticized!!! It is possible some of that is staged...and yes people have pride/ego...but if you are doing THAT badly...swallow your pride and listen to this guy b/c he's making tons of $$$$! !

16. Flight of the Conchords - It has its moments of funny but does have this feeling of repetitiveness....I loved Human Giant's Aziz Ansari's cameo as a racist fruit vendor!

17. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - I think this is premiering sometime in August or September....It's usually really out there...which makes it funny! Not sure how I feel about Danny Devito being on it now...it had to of helped ratings!

Okay there are my season pass lists (I do have some wishlists I didn't include...some directors..older movies/classics I never saw as I was only born in '78 ! !)!!!

This fall looks just as tough if not tougher than most..with SO many new shows..always tough to know what will be worth watching..and then trying to work around scheduling conflicts!!


Leave your own lists, opinions, comments...or LET ME HAVE IT IN RIGHT IN THE FACE!!!

TiVo, TivA, guess TivEE was taken..tiv-you!

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LOST season 3 key moments!!

by nyactor

08/10/2007 - 06:08

Key Moments from the 2 hour Season 3 finale

I have posted certain key moments here from the finale - I won't go into detail about what is in each of them. I will say that if you plan on watching LOST via DVD or still haven't gotten to the finale..AVOID watching these clips at all costs!!

In future posts I will talk more freely as we get CLOSER to SEASON 4 because by then those people who want to know will know already! Plus if you're truly a fan of the show, chances are damn good you've seen the finale already!!

I hope these help people either come to answers, theories or even ask new questions(we got ENOUGH of those, thanks DARLTON!)!





Last WARNING - Spoilers Below in these clips!! (Seeing them is one thing, playing them will ruin the Season 3 finale!)


Opening/Ending Jack Montage




Jack/Kate Island Moment



Hurley/Beach Key Moment



Charlie Key Moment



THE SEASON 3 FINALE ENDING

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JOHN FROM CINCINATTI - ALMOST AT ITS END!!



an episode with absolutely NO JOHN (from Cinci-other planet!) and NO YOUNG MR.YOST!!

WHERE WERE AUSTIN 'JOHN' NICHOLS AND GREYSON 'SHAUN' FLETCHER DOING?!?

My best guess here is that John is from the Afterlife (or another planet) and he was the reason Shaun Yost got extra time before death -- but that extra time seems to have expired! John has taken Shaun away but has brought everyone else together!! Seems like he did his job!!
To me it feels weird to have an entire episode without JOHN..his scenes are usually the most interesting and bizarre. I like how the other characters react to him..they all become so freaked out, angry and vulnerable!!

Who knew you could get Luke 'Dylan' Perry, Ed 'AL' O'Neill, and Mark-Paul 'Zack' Gosselaar
in the same room together...let alone the same show!!! It's a pop culture TV SHOW SURREAL LIFE! I guess Corey Feldman was too busy with his own Corey to make an appearance maybe as the website guy, Dwayne!

**Is it sad that Corey Haim hadn't renewed his license and they went to get it renewed...but made it seem like he NEVER had a license...just to use the LICENSE TO DRIVE joke?!? Anyone, anyone....***

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This ISN'T Keanu Reeves's MATRIX ! !

THE INTERNET IS ONE LARGE MATRIX WITH LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES!!

MONEY IS WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR!!!!
(Aren't you?)

This blog was originally set up to provide users information on making TONS of money through a site I no longer use! Why do I no longer use it?!?

I've found better....MUCH BETTER!! This page still provides valuable information and I will still update it with methods (of my madne$$)!!

Let me throw you some bones :

First off - 3 Blogs to Help your journey : Earning Adsense, LifeisEasy, MoneySpace

They will help you on your MATRIX MONEY JOURNEY!!!!

I have made many sites and intertwined them -- just like a matrix!!

You are currently at one site (maybe you came from Video$en$e) -- now I can send you to another site Ultimate Blogs and from there you will be on yet another site talking about an ever bigger site I use to bring in my $$$$!!

Even something as simple as blogging about anything you like : Dining Out,
Television, Movies, MySpace, Videos, Abc's L O S T, Sketch Comedy,
Brand New Sites, DiGG, Lawyers, Rehab, or even BLOGS !

There are so many things to do..constantly to do and at first pennies roll in and then you will see dollars roll in!!!! I have!!!

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Entourage Latest Episode


AN EPISODE WITHOUT BILLY WALSH (Rhys Coiro) ! ! !


- Gary Busey's(Resume:ActionMovies/Reality TV/Cameos for $) cameo felt pointless and I didn't find it funny...He did cameo in an earlier season on the beach with Ari fighting with Josh Weinstein I think.[That cameo was funnier]

-Who cares about E and his career....none of them will EVER escape each other!!!

-At least it's nice to see Ari having other clients besides Vince. How big is
Vincent Chase really...He's on a Tobey Maguire(SPIDERMAN is enough) level...or more like a Leonardo DiCaprio level?!?

-Those twins seemed like the same actors who were connected last season on Grey's Anatomy! That was really messed up..Ari was great "Why would she cheat with the same exact person..if it was me..I'd want something different..maybe a busty blonde"

-Robert De Niro appeared on the Series Finale(WHY!!!?!) of Extras while this episode simply featured his supposed $42,000 Desk!

-Am I seeing Vince breaking up with Ari (again) to help E become a full-time manager/agent..to help his business grow?!? Will there be a Cannes episode with Medeillien ala Queens Boulevard at SunDance.....I'm guessing yes...
Drama goes to set one day...what happened to him working on the television show?!?

Bring back the funny Drama lines...if Walsh is going to be on their next project..let us see more of his funny!

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Sharing Blogs

A great thing to do is to try to create a traffic flow...kind of like a canal between your blogs and all your social community sites (including Dada).
In some cases you might want to repost a snippet or paragraph from your blogger blog....you may want to just post an entire entry to entice people to come read other pages.
Another good thing to do is set your blog to only list 2 or 3 posts per page so the reader is forced to look at more pages if they want to read more! It's also a good idea to eventually start posting older links for the reader so they don't have to search, like so :

Hey maybe you're new here..welcome....you might have missed my:
My Flixya Instructions
Stumbling and Bumbling around with StumbleUpon

Also it's great to throw some blogger blogs up on say myspace :
MySpace Blog

Don't forget that Digg and Stumble are also your friends as well as good old bookmarking (i like using the Add-It button! right on my FireFox Browser!)!

Post - Share - Earn ! ! !

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Fred Claus and The Darjeeling Limited

Two upcoming movies that I'm looking forward to have some funny trailers...I'm hoping they are both funny and not cheesy!!

Without further a due..here are the trailers:


The Darjeeling Limited trailer



Fred Claus Trailer

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Adsense Help with Sites

by nyactor

08/07/2007 - 04:12

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Forex 4x is back with a Big Booming Bang

Two Brand new and very Smart Forex videos and observations about the current market:



JDfnâ?¢ FOREX Report 4x



Forex: Transition Point - Forex Stress

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Bring on the Office

by nyactor

08/06/2007 - 22:11

Office RUSH

It's hard enough to get your big break and land a juicy role on a network television show!!
That leads you at a young age to various supporting movie roles...on your way to starring vehicles..you start to rack up the cash...and bingo bongo...

YOU'RE STARTING YOUR OWN PRODUCTION COMPANY - TO MAKE YOUR OWN PROJECTS!!! Recently the Grey's Doc did that...but I worked on a movie with the errand boy who took time off to not only act in but helm his dream project!!

He was all business and it looked like he felt the pressure!!! Some shots were quick...but most were A LOT of takes!! Hopefully his adaption will pan out well!

Love shooting by the side of the Bay...I live there as well!!!!

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Sopranos VS LOST

by nyactor

08/06/2007 - 22:00

SOPRANOS Finale Thoughts (vs LOST Finale)



VS



The two biggest finales of this season were by far these two! I did enjoy both but like any show with so much hype, I had some letdown.

I won't comment too much about the finale of THE SOPRANOS in case people have yet to watch it. I understand and am not surprised by what David Chase did. It just bugs me because it feels like at any time the show can be revisited. Others might feel like it can't and maybe it wouldn't because it doesn't have much else left to say.

LOST had more shocking elements in its finale. SOPRANOS had all this tension built up from the previous episode/how it ends with Tony waiting and not to mention it being the last episode 'ever'...and it kind of doesn't let the hype take it over. From an artistic point of view, David Chase lets us know that he was and always will be the one in control. He definitely tries hard to toy and tease with the audience that works but gets to be frustrating as well. People wanted more of a definitive end for this show but I have no doubt Chase feels like he has provided the perfect and most definitive ending to fit the show. The show was about family (well two families) and
that's how he kept it to the bitter(?!) end!

SOPRANOS might be gone but LOST still has 3 seasons left and waiting 8 months between seasons is tough...but in fairness we had to wait sometimes almost a year or more for each SOPRANOS return!!

SOPRANOS : Fuhgeddaboutit !!!

**** Now it will be interesting to see how individual careers go from this point....since they are all so much engrained as these characters...****

Who will have the toughest time and who will be in everything under the sun??

Thoughts or comments?!?

Gandolfini made it sound like there are so many 'other' opportunities out there for him...well now he has his chance to show us!!

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Libby returning to LOST

by nyactor

08/06/2007 - 21:57

LIBBY STORY!!!

At Comic-Con, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse announced that the Libby (Cynthia Watros) story line would be revisited. They nor has anyone else confirmed that the actual actress would without a doubt be appearing this season. One has to guess she would show up but this is LOST!!! Flash FORWARD ! ! !

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On Blogging and ideas

by nyactor

08/06/2007 - 21:56

BLOGGING

In order to use adsense, you need at least ONE website for Google to approve. You might be thinking...HEY I DON'T HAVE MY OWN WEBSITE?!? Well you can make a free blog just like the one you're reading right now to get started. I suggest using Blogger because it is easy, popular and connects directly to Google AND adsense!
I have a lot of links posted on the right column and all the way at the bottom you will find a list of ALL my blogger blogs. Feel free to check them out to get some ideas for your own blog. If made well, has useful content, is updated, and receives traffic - there is no reason that BLOGS can't be a GREAT source for adsense income!!
You might be thinking...I have NOTHING to blog about or what do I blog about?!?
The beauty of most blog pages including blogger.com is that you can have an unlimited number of blogs EACH with adsense on them!! There are people who have hundreds or even maybe thousands of blog pages! It is better to have quality over quantity though...I would even admit that some of my blogs need to be better and updated more regularly! Just create a blog using a good name (KEYWORDS) based solely on your topic. Either create a blog dedicated to ONE TOPIC which will center all the ads to ONE THING (i.e., LOST) or go nuts writing about your own life and thoughts (i.e.,Actor's Thoughts)!

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What I like to TiVo

by nyactor

08/06/2007 - 21:27

My Personal TiVo

TIVO TIVO TIVO ---- WHAT DO I TIVO ---- TIVO TIVO TIVO

There is the normal television season and then there is SUMMER! When Summer comes, I literally push all my summer shows up to the top of my SEASON PASS MANAGER as they are going to be on..while all my regular shows lie in hiatus & suspense(Jack and Claire...maybe you should ta-alk?!).

Normally scheduled programming
on my SEASON PASS MANAGER includes:
(This order reflects more of a Days of the Week type setting than my TOP show)

1. Brothers & Sisters -- They fight and fight and fight and fight and fight...the Sally Field and others ShoOoOw (to the tune of Itchy & Scratchy)

2. Prison Break - Ok Season 1 was awesome...season 2 started to become ridiculous...I guess I'm going to see what season 3 is about before I possibly get rid of this show. I don't know if I'm keen on watching everyone go back to jail in an entirely different country?!?

3. How I Met Your Mother - It's a filler show for me(if other things are in reruns)..I do enjoy some of its comedy. Fun to watch Dr. Howser again.

4. Heroes - This show is just awesome..well except for that cop-out part of the finale...and who doesn't love that Zachary Quinto (a.k.a SYLAR) is going to be playing SPOCK in J.J. Abrahams new young STAR TREK movie!

5. REST IN PEACE - STUDIO 60 on the Sunset Strip - It was a little uneven and unbalanced but I still enjoyed it -- I will miss it! I won't miss the whole Danny/Jordan ..."quit stalking me!"..."quit stalking me, you creep!!"...."oh god, of course I'll marry you!!" Everyone together...HUH?!?!?!?

6. House - The pleasure of watching Hugh Laurie not to mention his impeccable bitter American accent!

7. Friday Night Lights - I watched ONLY the pilot and was not impressed. I have the entire season waiting for me to watch. I keep reading over and over and OVER again how everyone LOVES this show...so I will eventually watch more of it to see why!! (This was how I felt about BSG...I need to go back and watch it from the beginning..but is that show REALLY that good too?!?)

8. L O S T - This show stayed entirely true to its name....it LOST most of its audience this season! Hmmm, could it be the 4 month hiatus in between episodes ( Day Break which sadly I watched in its entirety...only to NEVER find out why he keeps 'Groundhog Daying' it each day..at least Bill Murray was repeating the day until he didn't screw it up..or until it was absolutely perfect..?!?)! As for LOST, it was my favorite show and now after this flash forward which I am suspect about...I just want to find out what happened to them...it feels like ONE BIG NIGHTMARE NOW!!!

9. Grey's Anatomy - No more Isaiah Washington (I think I'll leave Bionic Sidekick unlinked!).....not sure how much that will actually change the show. The show has been on a kind of downward spiral for awhile...and I wasn't liking it splitting up an entire episode to show us the pilot for PRIVATE PRACTICE. I somehow think that show won't last....as for Grey's...they draaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag out story/plot lines forever! I don't like George and Izzie trying to be together...and yes it is weird how George somehow went from.."ohh that's just George" to "ohhhHH OOHHHH GEORGE, YES Baby...YEAH"...He has had the most sex with main characters on the show...Yang is now single...watch out....Georgie boy is coming for ya! I'm still waiting for some people from Patrick Dempsey's 80s movies to guest star....Kirstie Alley or maybe his redhead friend from 'Can't buy me love'...

10. Shark - I recorded the shows...but towards the middle-end started to lose interest.
Of course it's always nice to watch the Jeri Ryan Scenes!!!


See what I mean!!!

11. Ugly Betty - Yes I enjoy all of it...No, I'm not!!!

12. 30 Rock - Alec Baldwin's best work besides his "You're Fired!" Speech from GlenGarry GlenRoss!!

13. FAMILY GUY - a No-Brainer like Peter and a MasterMind like Stewie!

14. Seinfeld - MAN HANDS...Deloras...Muffin Tops..Coffee Table Book...Raisins...Bootlegger!!

15. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - Nah nahnah nah Nah nah nah...wow sounds like the theme song to me!! Love when he breaks into the Jewy voice...(he calls it that too!!)

16. The Colbert Report - Genius...to mock Bill O'Reilly the best way possible.....and for O'Reilly to be to stupid to realize it all!!

17. South Park - I don't watch it as much as I used to but it's nice to have. (I do like The Simpsons but apparently not enough to season pass it....here comes the HATE MAIL!!!)

18. Inside the Actors Studio - I just want to know EVERYONE'S favorite curse word!!! It does get a bit much when you have the likes of Jennifer Lopez(no link!) on the show...Inside the Celebrity Studio! Still enjoyable...taught me that most actors suffered through their parents divorce..or never knew one of their (or in Nicholson's case...both of their) parents!

19. Robot Chicken - Spot on and funny.....Seth Green lives on!! Classic Hilarious Fact: birth name "Seth Benjamin Gesshel-Green"

20. Dexter - It's a summer show..it's a fall show...I LOVE THIS SHOW! I think it bumped LOST out of the top spot. Sure some of the dialogue is not great and the editing could use more work....but MICHAEL C HALL is SO interesting that you could care less about anything else!!

21. Real Time With Bill Maher - Usually he has on amazing guests and great panels...the discussions sometimes don't go anywhere and they can repeat certain things over and over again...but it's still enjoyable! Especially NEW RULES!!

22. The Office / My Name is Earl - Yes the Office is funny and I will support your arguement that I should TiVo it OVER Ugly Betty (a show you can't stand..especially if you're an OFFICE lover)...my name is Earl has gone downhill but it's a decent filler during reruns!

23. The Shield - I haven't seen all the seasons and have to go back to the beginning on DVD eventually...I know it's awesome! (I also here that THE WIRE is another show that is a must rent on DVD too) Even with my TiVo it's hard to follow SO many shows!!!! Maybe you can do it?!?

24. SNL - Yes it sucks..sucks a lot! That's why I have my TiVo to FF through the bad and watch the good...SOFA KING or Andy Samberg doing a digital short!

25. The Showbiz Show with David Spade(no link..just look under Adam Sandler to find all his credits!) - Mostly funny like Hollywood Minute! Short and sweet...like most of David's sitcoms (except for the sweet part)!

26. Human Giant - Upright Citizen Brigade's Funny Troupe gets their own show...on everyone's funniest network...MTV!!!!!???!! What...huh...yea no clue how they ended up on MTV but hopefully people are watching...Comedy Central (cough)(cough)...I believe Viacom owns you all....talk to each other!

27. [I did watch] Dice: Undisputed...with the same interest as I now watch the two Coreys -- I guess I'm trying to recapture or relive my 80s...thank god I've stayed away from Scott Baio's show...and I'm SO sure he isn't single at 45 by choice...right...uh huh...
[Little Boy Blue : What? He needed the money, OH!]

28. [No I did not cut my testes off..entirely] The View - Originally I started Tivo-ing it so I could watch these catfights between Rosie and HasselRack....I just left it there...now it's fun to see a male guest stuck in between 4 women....always fun

29. Confessions of a Matchmaker - I went to school @ UB and this show takes place in Buffalo! It's nice to see all my old hangouts...not as nice to see how many creepy people still live there!!

30. Tom Goes to the Mayor - Has its comic elements....on occasion

31. Late Night With Conan O'Brien - In the year 2000....in the year 2000..... He should be awesome on the Tonight Show!!

32. Wonder Showzen - I need to actually watch it more....

33. The Sarah Silverman Program - Hit or miss but I have to support my own kind!!

34. Band of Brothers - Something else I have Tivo-ed but never got to watch...

35. Dog Bites Man -- I did not devote enough time to this show from UCB's Matt Walsh

36. Da Ali G Show - Boo ya kasha and VERY NICE!

37. Dirt - Pretty much sucked...yea it sucked...but I just stared at it..wondering when it wouldn't suck..oh yeah..random Wayne Brady appearance in a tough guy "I'm going to flame broil your privates" role!! I knew there was a reason I stuck with it!

38. 30 Days - Very very very interesting (Yes I have seen Dirty Jobs and while it's not bad..no season pass)!! Morgan Spurlock's adventures of our country's bad situations!

39. Extras - I'm pretty sure it's over and I will miss Ricky Gervais & his "is he havin' a laugh?!?"

40. Curb Your Enthusiasm - Usually Higher up on this list which isn't in any kind of order but it's ALWAYS on hiatus...yea I could get more reruns tivoed!! Quote this show til death!!

41. I'm from Rolling Stone - I have never seen a worse group of people given an extraordinary opportunity and then BLOW it...even the winner sucked....just wow.

42. The Riches - I think the writing/story lines could use some tweaking but definitely one of the MOST underrated new shows of the season! Eddie Izzard & Minnie Driver kick butt in this one.

43. The Sopranos - "Don't Stop..." to watch the finale......I think I wasn't loving how they went down....RIP or not...David Chase(link-fuggehdaboudit)...any clues...answers..maybe we should go back to season 2 and find out if you'll make a Sopranos movie?!?

44. Ebert & Roeper - Now it's Roeper & Guest Critic....I watch but think Roeper makes odd choices about what he likes and doesn't like!!

45. Show I am missing --- Fill in the blank for me with a comment ( Before you do..I have more shows that are mostly Summer Below)

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SUMMER TIVO

Weeds and Californication are coming back like I said!!

1. Masters of Science Fiction - It's a Mini-Series...I missed recording the 1st episode...at least I will feel like LOST is back, catching Terry O'Quinn in episode 2 this weekend!

2. Traveler - I was under the impression this was a time traveling show. It's called TRAVELER...but I watched it for what it was...a bad BAD version of like Prison Break's conspiracy story line...which is also now a bad version of all conspiracy shows...urgh!
I guess it's weird to watch so many shows and follow them..only to NEVER find out what actually happened...(INVASION...they were all aliens..but from where....and why..and how)

3. On the Lot - The movies that were made kind of all suck...but I can't imagine it being easy to make a movie with people you don't know in such a short amount of time from scratch.
I like it enough to keep watching....just to find out who will get this DREAM JOB with Spielberg!

4. The Next Best Thing -I liked the opening rounds when they trashed people sorta...but then I got bored...I didn't even care who won! ( I also started Tivo-ing the Pirate reality show..but in the end could not bring myself to hit play on any of them...only delete...)

5. Hell's Kitchen - Feels WAY more staged than ever...is getting tired...but I enjoy watching the chef scream (although I like watching him so much better over on BBC AMERICA for his Kitchen Nightmare Show)

6. Entourage - "The Boys of Summer" have been dragging lately...HBO must have been desperate by having two seasons air back to back! Drama and even Ari...seemed to have been a little upstaged by Walsh....*writer meeting!!!* (Val Kilmer Cameo from Season 1 still is the BEST!!)

7. Big Love - This show always has kept my interest and after what happened last week...I'm convinced they are not afraid to try anything and everything on this show!! I like its BIG BALLS!!!

8. John From Cincinatti - I actually went from not really liking the first episode..but then as I kept watching..I started to understand it more and more....still confused but just love watching Ed O'Neill playing someone so conflicted..."I got my EYE on YOU!!!"

9. Rescue Me - I feel like this season hasn't been as good as last but still entertaining as always...how do you beat Leary's faces & line deliveries?!?

10. The Two Coreys - So far I'm not too impressed...only saw 2 shows and i'm sick of feldman's wife...maybe even feldman..and I liked feldman better than haim as a kid....AHHHHHHHHHH!!!

11. Psych - It amuses me in a weird way!! Plus Corbin Bernsen (no link!..come on!) is still working and that makes me happy!

12. Damages and 13. Mad Men - I have Tivo-ed but as of now have yet to watch any of the episodes...call it : I don't have the time or the overwhelming excitement..same goes for
14. THE BRONX IS BURNING!!! I hear some of this is really good....I will watch it eventually..(14a. The Company - 3 movie actors got together for 4 parts that I have not seen yet either!)

15. Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - I love the fact that he comes to a restaurant that is IN DEBT..usually 100k or more..and they don't want to be criticized!!! It is possible some of that is staged...and yes people have pride/ego...but if you are doing THAT badly...swallow your pride and listen to this guy b/c he's making tons of $$$$! !

16. Flight of the Conchords - It has its moments of funny but does have this feeling of repetitiveness....I loved Human Giant's Aziz Ansari's cameo as a racist fruit vendor!

17. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - I think this is premiering sometime in August or September....It's usually really out there...which makes it funny! Not sure how I feel about Danny Devito being on it now...it had to of helped ratings!

Okay there are my season pass lists (I do have some wishlists I didn't include...some directors..older movies/classics I never saw as I was only born in '78 ! !)!!!

This fall looks just as tough if not tougher than most..with SO many new shows..always tough to know what will be worth watching..and then trying to work around scheduling conflicts!!


Leave your own lists, opinions, comments...or LET ME HAVE IT IN RIGHT IN THE FACE!!!

TiVo, TivA, guess TivEE was taken..tiv-you!




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Who Do You Think You Are?

by nyactor

08/06/2007 - 16:29

Who Do You Think You Are?


Note: “Who Do You Think You Are?” is an ongoing series wherein I will examine people who are annoying, talentless or overrated. Who decides the people? I do. Thank you.


Who Do David and Posh Spice Beckham Think They Are? So, baseball is waiting for an obvious steroid user to break their most hallowed record, the NFL is mired in an illegal dog fighting scandal involving Michael Vick, arguably their most notable player and the NBA is dealing with a referee allegedly betting on games whilst possibly making bad calls to effect their outcome. At least we got David Beckham, right?

Wrong.

Ugh, I am already sick of David Beckham and I’ve grown even sicker of his wife, Posh Spice Beckham. This past Sunday, the Beckham’s were thrown a "Welcome to LA" bash by the Tom Cruises and the Will Smiths. Tom Cruise even flew in from Germany to ensure that he’d make it to the shindig. Could any of these people be more annoying?

Alright, I know, David Beckham is a great soccer player. For that I give him all the credit in the world. I’ve never seen him play. Not once. I just don’t get it. I’m American and therefore ignorant to all things soccer related. I’m not putting it down, it just doesn’t interest me. I prefer my sports leagues corrupt and oh yeah, entertaining. So there’s that.

Then there’s Posh Spice, a has-been former pop “star” who is still referred to as Posh Spice. She seems to have been trying to get people to call her Victoria, but it ain’t happening, probably never will. Especially since the recent announcement that the Spice Girls were reuniting in what may be the most irrelevant celebrity news story since John Mayer did whatever he does that could possibly get him on the news.

Seriously is anybody going to see a reunited Spice Girls? Anyone who even remembers them does so with a “oh my god I can’t believe I ever liked that song” type of shame. I’d imagine they’re irrelevant in today’s youth market what with pop stars galore who, love them or hate them, still do it better than the Spice Girls ever did. Say what you want about Avril Lavigne, but the Spice Girls songs are so pedestrian that they make her look like Madonna. Oh, and by the way Spice Girls, you’re like 40.

Also, I don’t trust anybody who gets that skinny after having three kids. Not because I think she has an eating disorder or anything, but because it means she has a whole lot of time to work out. Shouldn’t you be taking care of her kids? I thought so.

There’s also the matter of her television show, Victoria Beckham: Coming to America, which was originally supposed to be a six episode series, but was so bad that it was condensed into a one hour special that no one watched. It was beaten in the ratings by a repeat of Wife Swap. That’s funny. I suspect that it was so poorly viewed because no one knew who it was. If it was called Posh Spice: Coming to America more people would have… actually no they wouldn’t, it doesn't change the fact that she’s stupid.

For the most part this is a piece about how Victoria Beckham needs to stop it. I don’t necessarily hate David Beckham, I don’t like him that’s for sure, but I don’t hate him. He did marry Posh Spice, though and he allowed his kids to be named Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz.

For these reasons I say, David and Posh Spice Beckham... who do you think you are?

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To Tivo or not to Tivo. . .

by nyactor

08/06/2007 - 09:14

To TiVo or not to TiVo. . .

That will be My question here at TiVotime ! !

I welcome any & all opinions, but it doesn't mean they will all be respected.
I'm sure I will have many items listed here regarding what to TiVo or what I personally TiVo that will make some shiver (a.k.a. The Two Coreys[fan page])and some that everyone
TiVos (Heroes)!

It's cool that TiVo has become a verb. I have seen people with other DVRs and while they are getting better & more user-friendly...they will never match the ease and comfort of the TiVo!

The only negative thing about TiVo is that it is always on and operating which means the boxes tend to have shorter lives..some people get lucky and still have their original TiVos!! I have two - one with a Lifetime membership which is now no longer an option and one which costs me $18 a month!

(If your tivo ever gets stuck on the Welcome screen or has any other problems..call tech support and they will help you.....chances are you'll have to get a new TiVo which will cost you about $160-$170 for the exchange -- if you have a lifetime membership..it's the only way to keep it!!)

I will be posting my TiVo lists as well as talking about certain shows specifically!

All good fun for the BEST way to watch television...what you want whenever you want!!

-nyactor

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WEEDS Season 3 is coming (plus Californication!)

Ok so the first show I'm going to bring up is Showtime's most anticapted returning show (besides DeXter which won't be back until September 30! Michael C. Hall was definitely robbed of an Emmy Nom.!) WEEDS ! Also Mr. Tea Leoni himself, David "mulder-box" Duchovny is returning to television in Californication ! Before I get to insight and comments (make sure you set both of these shows to SEASON PASS ! -- I hope Californication stays...WEEDS no matter how not AMAZING some of it is...it stays!), here are some more awesome pics:


The fact that this show is hilarious and Mary-Louise Parker is talented (and $mokin' Hot)
certainly helps keep my interest....and keeps me coming back season after season!
Season 2 left us with a cliffhanger that left Nancy in a HUGE mess - a drug deal gone hairy plus her son getting taken down! The funniest lines usually go to Justin Kirk with Kevin Nealon and Elizabeth Perkins getting their own funny on too! Besides the normal guest stars and different bands now fighting to write their own versions of the show's theme song "Little Boxes", this season brings us an OLSEN TWIN?!? I hope this helps the show and her acting has improved.
I think this is the same OLSEN that was studying in Manhattan with my same acting teacher, William Esper. It would be too scary for me to link Mary-Kate (or Ashley) for that matter so you don't have to try to have in your brain any other credit than "Full House"(and Page Six).
Romany Malco (Conrad on the show) says M-K Olsen is funny so let's hope he's right!
August 13th (and I'm sure a lot of reruns) is the premiere date for both Weeds and Californication -- of course with TiVo -- who knows when any of us will actually watch it!





Californication, I truly know very little about...I know there are emotional issues (duh matt..isn't that every tv show?!) and there is a TON of NUDITY! I want to go into it cold much like I do many new shows...such as John From Cincinatti which after a few episodes I liked more and more (I accepted the HUH?? factor and even though this looks like the only season..still entertaining as well as confusing)!

In fairness to all those who love David...let me show a Duchovny for ya:



Such a tease...such a tease...(Me or Mrs. Claus...)

Okay ok alright:


Happy TiVo-ing!

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A response to my First Commenter ! !

LifeisEasy posted : " what 30% when did it go that high ??? I was working for $2.01 an hour and got 15% if they had great service..."

At one time 15 percent was considered better than average -- some people to this day will just double the tax which was (still is some places) standard practice. Wages per hour are higher in most places now. The lowest I ever made an hour was maybe $3.20 and now it's at like $4.65 maybe. Waiters are not working for this money as you know LifeisEasy , it is just to make us on the books employees. A waiter's real and true salary are his or her tips!
Where i work, if I got only 15 percent tips. I would walk with 10 percent because I tip the food runners 2 percent, the busboys (the do-nothings-where I work anyways) 2 percent and the bartender 1 percent! If I want to leave with 15 percent in my pocket, I have to average 20 percent. Yes 30 percent was an exaggeration but not entirely! I'd say more and more people are leaving between 20-25 percent.
The people who are still leaving 15 percent or less are usually from middle america or down south (or as some of them say, souf -- not all..but some). Personally I feel like 15 percent is the lowest acceptable tip -- to me it's insulting to get anything less than 18-20 percent. I can live with 15 but I'm not loving it!
The biggest problem with tipping and customers is that they are served by usually ONE PERSON (some places you get more of a tag team style of service) but that doesn't mean only ONE person is making their experience. The waiter most likely (although I have done some of these things for my own table as I'm sure some of you have) did not A) Make your bar drinks, B) cook or prepare any of your food, C) set your table or wipe it clean before you sat, D) sat you at your table and handed you menus, E) got you that hi-chair or booster seat, F) Make sure your bathroom experience was a clean one and maybe even make sure you got clean towels/soap, G) Bring you all your food, H) Answer all your questions about the restaurant, menu or other, I) Showed/told you where the restrooms are & exit, J) Got you extra something..napkins or sauces, K) A million other things that I'm not going to list...!!!
People don't give any of that a second thought...they gasp at me when I'm trying to tip..especially because they would never come close to leaving what I would leave...so deep down inside they feel guilty or strange.
I once went on a date and left like a $6 tip on a $27 bill. I thought that was a nice tip...nothing special. The girl was in shock saying that her and her girlfriends(maybe two others with her) wouldn't leave more than $3. Well the waiter would probably get to keep half of that $3 tip after tipping out...which means they talked to us, got our order/drinks, checked on us and did it all in a timely fashion..and all for a measly $1.50.....
I appreciate your comment.... but I guess knowing that the other night in one night I was tipped $45 on a $71 tab as well as $70 on a $190 check.....the 15 percent is not looking so good!!!
Thanks for giving me a real first big rant to write on the only REVENGE page in town...!!!
Happy Eating!

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