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American Idol Follow-Up

Day two was remarkably more subdued than day one (see my previous post [https://thedailyeudemon.com/3680/]). The level of ridicule was back to the old levels (mostly reserved for the pompous), they had a great "feel good" story, and the best contestant was a modest and attractive

TV Me

Ditch those Natural Family Planning manuals. I've found them nearly worthless. Don't get me wrong. NFP is 99% effective, just like its advocates say. Unfortunately, most guys have relations with their wives more than 99 times every two years. The result? You can do the math

Golden Globe Results

Johnny Cash was gay, at least according to the results of the Golden Globes last night. With a few exceptions, only gay-themed movies won anything: > "Brokeback," which has wowed critics and found a sizableaudience at box offices with its homosexual love story, walked off with four Golden

Carrey and Caffeine

> Jim Carrey has never been happier after embracing a healthy lifestyle and cutting his caffeine intake considerably [http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/carrey%20happier%20after%20cutting%20back%20on%20caffeine] . Good, now maybe he'll stop that annoying shtick that they call "cting."

Peyton and MasterCard

John Miller writes at National Review Online: > The ads with Peyton Manning, who won't be appearing in this year's Superbowl, are funny, as he acts like a crazed fan cheering on everyday people as they perform ordinary jobs. The one where he asks the grocery

The Next Sexual Frontier

HBO will air Big Love, a series about polygamy in Utah. > The show premieres March 12 on the pay cable network and will air after HBO's most-revered series, The Sopranos, every week. > Big Love follows polygamist Bill Henrickson and his three wives as they lead complicated

All in the Family

I've been enjoying TV Land's All in the Family coverage this weekend [http://www.tvland.com/schedule/index.jhtml]. It's showing more reruns all day today, but they're the later ones and, if memory serves, the show became much more agenda-driven later,

Seizure Me

But how's the kid supposed to live? > Nicholas Lavin said that he played PlayStation constantly over the holidays at his home in San Diego and began to notice that his head would jerk back and forth. > "I would do funny things with my head,"

Looking for Comedy

A favorable look at Albert Brooks' Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,181631,00.html]. It opens January 20: > Brooks said the film was originally supposed to be distributed by Sony, with an October 2005 release date (the current distributor

Hollywood Spin

Received from a reader: > Please post for all to hear the hard data on the media communicated "success" of Brokeback Mountain" vs. the "failure" of King Kong. > As of 1/13/06 > Brokeback Mtn revenue : $24,000,000 Cost to Produce: $14,