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Tag Archives: Television

Bad Week for Michael Jackson

First, MJ is sincerely not digging the new Eminem video, wherein Em, masquerading as the King of Pop, undergoes various indignities and ends by chasing his nose around the dance floor. Jackson complained about it publicly and asked the cable stations not to show it. Only BET complied with the …

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MJ Asks Cable to “Just Lose It”

A couple of days ago I was in the car and did something I rarely do anymore – flip through the radio dial just to see what was on – and as I hit a Top 40 station the DJ announced the new Eminem, so I stuck around to hear …

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Nipplegate Comes to Fine Conclusion

The shoe has finally fallen in the Janet Jackson Super Bowl halftime exposure affair, with the FCC fining CBS $550K for “allowing” the indiscretion (I’m not sure how they could have prevented it short of divine intervention). Does anyone remember what happened? It seems years ago, the halftime show at …

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Dr. Vegas

So how many Las Vegas teleseries do we need, anyway?

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There She Is: Miss America

Is the Miss America Competition – which airs tonight on ABC – an institution still relevant in the 21st century? I don’t really know but they are sure trying: Speedo today announced a two-year sponsorship making it the official swimsuit of the Miss America Competition. The 2004 Miss America contestants …

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Video Mods – Um?

Okay, as a non-video game player and music video skeptic I am not the target audience for this, but am I insane to think this is the most pointless, pandering nonsense in the history of pointless pandering nonsense? Do we need remade versions of videos with the characters and environments …

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