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March 1, 2010
"I need one girl to reveal herself as the perfect girl for the next 60 years of my life," Jake said at the start of tonight's finale. No pressure, Tenley and Vienna! (And what happens if they have a 61-year marriage? His wife can be a total slacker for the final few months?)
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Dallas' KERA-TV (Channel 13) has won a national Gracie Award for its original documentary Boyfriends, which features.local teen couples and their relationships. The award, from the American Women in Radio and Television, is for outstanding reality film. If you missed it, watch at www.boyfriendsweb.com, where you'll also find information on forming and keeping healthy relationships. Read on for KERA's news release:
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Listen to this week's Talking TV right here or download it on iTunes. This week, Tom and I discuss the need for a Olympics reality show, Jay Leno's smug commercials and whether or not laughing at Karl Pilkington on "The Ricky Gervais Show" is okay. You'll come for the TV talk, but you'll stay for Tom's imitation of a curling team.
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The Wheelmobile, a 39-foot Winnebago that tours the nation in search of Wheel of Fortune contestants, is coming to Dallas. It'll be at the Dallas Convention Center from 2 to 6 p.m. on March 6 and at Billy Bob's in Fort Worth from 2 to 6 p.m. on March 7.
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Good made a dramatic comeback against Evil Thursday night on Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains. The Villains were left to cut one of their own after being trounced 8-0 in a muddy, Sumo-style battle. Read on for the evictee:
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Looks like a rerun of Project Runway is on tonight! Until next week, let's take the time to decide who we think will be in the final three. I think it will come down to Emilio, Amy (from Plano) and Anthony (if he continues his excellent learning process). What do you think? Who's in and who's out? Auf wiedersehen, dear readers!
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Well, it was a close call for Duncanville's Tim Urban and North Richland Hills' Alex Lambert, but they squeaked by this week. This means our area can claim a whopping four of the 10 remaining men. That has to be a record for any metropolitan region. In fact, I'm going to go ahead and declare that it is a record.
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She still has that Kelly Clarkson vibe about her, doesn't she? Never a bad thing. Anyway, it's weird to compare her to this season's girls, because so far none of them have proven to have those powerful pipes. But it's still early!
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We shall soon be saying goodbye to four of the top 24. And judging by this week's performances, we are not going to miss them much. (No offense.)
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"I was looking forward to hearing you more than anyone else tonight," Simon said. Him and many millions of viewers. (Including myself.)
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Finally. We have a potential finalist, and he just so happens to be from Fort Worth.
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OK, so he's the adorable one. Our North Richland Hills resident sang "Wonderful World," during which time he was clearly nervous. (Clearly.)
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Big Mike went with Maroon 5's "Big Love." Why? I have no clue. It was flat-out the wrong way to go.
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Before he took the stage, John reminisced about Shania Twain's flirtatious comments about him at his first audition.
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OK, so this guy is the adorable one, in my opinion. I didn't completely love his version of "Chasing Cars" (not caring for the trend of making songs so different that we at home can't sing along), but I like him. And I agree with the judges that he's very David Cook 2.0.
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I had high hopes for the '70s rocker guy, especially once he started belting out "American Woman." (He'd started out really slow, repeating the phrase, "American woman, gonna mess with your mind." How many other people feared he was going to do a Todrick and change the song completely?)
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Wow, that was brutal. The whole thing was, from the singing to the critiquing to the condescending "you're adorable" comments.
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Sixteen-year-old Aaron went with "Here Comes Goodbye" by Rascal Flatts. It was fine -- but what made it special was that it garnered Simon's first mostly-positive review of the week.
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For my 1,000 post, let's all imagine doing a back flip with the greatest of ease, a la Todrick Hall. Whee! That was fun.
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So I appear to be having a few technical difficulties tonight; it's hard to blog when one can't access the blogging machine. But here we are, finally! (By the way, the temperamental blogging machine just informed me that this is my 999th entry. Party over at the next post!)
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