It was only a matter of time until something like this happened to Don Imus. It’s what happens when you put someone so old and out of touch behind a microphone every morning. Last Wednesday, the day after the Rutgers women’s basketball team lost the NCAA championship, Imus called the team a bunch […]
CCTV Begins Filming Bruce Lee Series
Who ever said Chinese state television sucked? I mean besides me. Well, besides me or anyone who has ever watched Chinese state television. I actually do watch my y CCTVs. There’s CCTV 9, or as I like to call “The Niner,” which is the only English station in China. This […]
‘No Wild Hair’ for Chinese ‘Idol’ Series
The Chinese government has told the producers of China’s version of “American Idol” to cut the weirdness out. The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television released strict guidelines for the upcoming “Happy Boys Voice,” the male version of the popular ‘Idol’-like “Super Girls Voice” that aired in 2005. Before I get to […]
Chinese Website to Launch Gay TV Show
Thursday, Phoenix Television, the Hong Kong-based broadcaster, will debut China’s first gay television program on its website. The weekly internet program is called “Tongxing Xianglian,” or as it is translated in English, “Connecting Homosexuals.” Personally, I think “Queer Eye for the Chinese Guy” would have been better. Producer Gang Gang (yeah, that’s […]
When I read this on Sunday, for some reason I thought that the game show might have actually ended in a three-way. As in three-way sex. I pictured Bob from Michigan on the left (reigning champ) kind of slowly making his way over to the center console where Irene from St. Paul, who […]
Nederlander to Bring Broadway to China
There’s no business like show business and it’s time for China to know. Next week, Nederlander, a major Broadway theater owner, will give new meaning to “off-Broadway.” The company will join forces with China-based company Beijing Time New Century Entertainment to create Nederlander New Century, a new theater company that will present tours […]
Antigua-based online gambling site Bodog.com is taking bets on whether or not Heather Mills’ prosthetic leg will fly off during her run on the show “Dancing With the Stars.” On March 19, Mills, former wife of Paul McCartney, will debut on the ABC dancing reality show. Mills lost half of her leg in […]
‘The Week That Changed the World’
Margaret MacMillan’s “Nixon and Mao: The Week That Changed the World” chronicles U.S. President Richard Nixon’s iconic visit to China in 1972. I can’t really review the book for one simple reason: I haven’t read it. But from what I hear, it’s very solid. And I have read a fair amount […]
Gere Urges Germany to Stand Up to China
From the Cinema for Peace Gala at the Berlin Film Festival Monday, U.S. film star Richard Gere encouraged Germany to press China on the issue of human rights in Tibet. As you may know, Gere is a devout Buddhist and a strong supporter of the Tibetan Independence movement. Currently Germany holds the presidencies […]
Model, reality TV star, mother, playmate, actress, stripper and iconic pop celebrity Anna Nicole Smith passed away Thursday in a hotel room in Hollywood. That’s Hollywood, Florida. I don’t want to bore you with the details of the death, but basically, she collapsed and the cause of death is still unknown. I […]