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Nashville Star: Week Six Recap

Love is in the air on Nashville Star this week — and it’s not just because, after last week’s double elimination, only one act will be going home at episode’s end. The theme this week is love songs. A week after Pearl Heart was unjustly voted off the show, are we ready to love again? Well, since Ashlee Hewitt is up first, sure. Ashlee is singing “Cowboy Take Me Away” by Dixie Chicks, and she’s singing it to her future cowboy who might be out there watching in TV land. At the moment she says that, about a million guys […]

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Nashville Star: Week Five Recap

It’s getting closer to crunch time on Nashville Star, which means it’s time to start separating the contenders from the pretenders. In that spirit, two acts will be going home this week, based on last week’s voting results. One of them won’t even get to perform this week. Immediately, Tommy Stanley and Melissa Lawson are asked to go to the front of the stage. One of them was the top vote-getter for this week and the other is going home. If you don’t know which is which, you haven’t been watching Nashville Star this season. Tommy’s gone, leaving Melissa to […]

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Nashville Star: Week Four Recap

This week’s Nashville Star begins with Billy Ray Cyrus’ non-Miley daughter Noah introducing her dad. It’s family night, which means we’ll be seeing the final nine contestants get surprise visits from family members during their rehearsals. It also means that those family members will are in attendance to witness this week’s performances, which will each be two songs long — or, more accurately, 1.5 songs, since the second songs are nothing more than 30-second snippets. First up is Ashlee Hewitt, whose entire 19-member family arrives to lend support. If the crowd seems a little louder for Ashlee this week, you’ll […]

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Nashville Star: Week Three Recap

Pop goes country this week on Nashville Star, which means one thing — backup dancers! Just what every self-respecting country singer needs. Speaking of country singers, two of them are asked to step to the front of the stage at the very start of the show. One of them is safe this week, the other is in the Bottom 2. Since the producers don’t even want to try and trick us, those two singers are Tommy Stanley and Gabe Garcia. Gabe ain’t Bottom 2 material, so he’ll be the first to perform this week, right after a group version of […]

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Nashville Star: Week Two Recap

Posted by Mike Unlike Charley Jenkins, who was voted off by the judges last week, we’re back for Week 2. At the end of tonight’s show, another act will be joining Charley in the also-ran pool. Will it be his partner from last week’s Bottom 2, Alyson Gilbert? We can only hope. But first we’ll see performances by all 11 artists (as well as Trace Adkins), who have been divided into three groups and been assigned a mentor for the remainder of the competition. Jewel will help the men, John Rich will take care of the women, and Jeffrey Steele […]

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Nashville Star: Week One Recap

Welcome to the new Nashville Star. What makes it new? Well, it’s on NBC now instead of USA Network, which means a lot more people will be watching. Also, Billy Ray Cyrus is the new host, with last season’s cohost Jewel moving to the judges table, where she’s joined by John Rich of Big & Rich and songwriter Jeffrey Steele. The minimum age for contestants has been lowered to 16, and duos and trios are now eligible, as well. Oh, and there’s a completely new set. Other than that, everything is the same. Tonight, we get snippets from auditions good, […]

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My Name Is Earl: Camdenites Part 1 & 2

What you are about to read may shock you. It’s a recap of an hourlong Earl episode that actually didn’t suck. After a season that nearly ran the series into ground, the finale episode seems to herald the September return of the Earl we’ve known and loved for the first two seasons. Earl’s marriage to Billie is already rocky. She’s incredibly annoying, she has severe road rage, she sings badly in the shower … but she has all the money. After Earl blew his savings on the prison prom, Billie is now supporting Earl. And she’s incredibly cheap, especially when […]

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The Office: “Goodbye, Toby” Recap

Posted by Mike, Ryan and johnnysweeptheleg Today is Toby Flenderson’s last day. Obviously Michael has been looking forward to this for a long time — so much so, that he couldn’t sleep last night. The only order of business for the day is the planning of Toby’s going-away party, for which Angela has planned a buttercream cake and a slide show featuring two pictures of Toby. Not quite what Michael had in mind. He wants the kind of party you’d throw “if the devil were to explode and evil were gone forever” — like a beach blowout or toga party. […]

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My Name Is Earl: Girl Earl

Posted by Ryan Earl and Billie are honeymooning … at the motel where Earl and Randy live. Billie shows Earl the list she’s starting up on her own — and Earl thinks he’s found the perfect woman. But Earl still doesn’t know much about Billie, and he’s learning that marriage can sometimes be more give than take. He’s got to share his potato chips, his whereabouts must be known to her at all times, and he can forget about peeing in private. Also, the real Van Halen is Van Hagar. So clearly they have their differences, but there’s at least […]

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The Office: “Job Fair” Recap

Posted by Mike, Ryan and johnnysweeptheleg The last time The Office visited a high school, Andy recognized one of the students as his girlfriend. With that as a precedent, why wouldn’t they go back? This time, Michael is visiting Valley View High School to recruit some new interns. And he’d better be careful — the way things work at Dunder Mifflin, one of them could be his boss next season. He brings along Oscar to talk about accounting, Darryl to hire some warehouse staff, and Pam — a former Valley View student — as the “eye candy.”