The Junkyard - Trashy TV Edition

Nip/Tuck has gone Hollywood, baby! And hilarious. Season 5 started with a star-studded bang boasting guest performances by Tia Carrere (it's party time, excellent), Daphne Zuniga (she'll always be Jo to me), Craig Bierko (remember when he used to date Janeane Garofalo? That was weird), Oliver Platt (I still miss Deadline), Bradley Cooper (newly single after a four month marriage), Jennifer Coolidge (one brave actress) and Lauren Hutton (who should guest judge on ANTM if she hasn't already).

I was utterly fascinated by this show for a while but when Christian had the menage a trois with the mother and daughter. Ick. No more Troy/McNamara for me! However, I saw the boys were moving to Los Angeles and heard the new season would have more of a sense of humor, so I thought why not give it one more shot? I've enjoyed Victor von Doom in everything from The Profiler to Charmed and his performance as a vainglorious morally corrupt yet conflicted and mildly flabby butted plastic surgeon is fairly delicious. Not sure about those perfect eyebrows, though.

Anyhoo, the season premiere takes us through the good doctors initial foray into Hollywood life. The glitz, the glamor, the hair plugs, the breast augmentations, the "kitty" lips on Jennifer Coolidge. I'm not a fan of Bradley Cooper but his over-the-top portrayal of soap actor Aidan Stone was pretty darn funny. My little heart did wrench a bit when Dr. Troy took the lipstick to a crazily airbrushed photo of Daphne Zuniga (it's been a long time since The Sure Thing). The thought that men see women as things they can fix... ::shudder::

In the end, Christian gets taken down a peg (and continues his slimy ways by outing his actress/client's face lift to Us Weekly) and Sean steps into the limelight. You can call me interested in episode 2.

I was going to write about America's Next Top Model but last night was a season recap. It was interesting to see Ebony back when she actually wanted to be on the show. She went on and on about how she's fierce and she's from the hood. How sad that she turned into a crybaby who gave up. Or maybe it's more sad that I care and am writing about it.

Joe Mantegna chewed up some scenery last night on his Criminal Minds debut. I'm beginning to think Mandy Patinkin's uber intense delivery wasn't his fault as it was all cue dramatic music while JM emotes emotes emotes! I actually had to tun off the tely, though, and finish it this morning. The "Have You Seen Me?" serial killer creeped me out!

I'm glad to see Heroes is picking up. Thank God. And I just read that Joss Whedon signed a deal with Fox for a new show starring Eliza Dushku!! Let's hope they don't cancel it after one week! I heart Joss!

In non-TV but funny-sometimes haha-sometimes strange casting news: Harvey Keitel as Jerry Springer and James McAvoy (aka Mr. Tumnus) as Kurt Cobain. Also, they're making a Land of the Lost movie with Will Ferrell. This actually kind of bums me out. Them sleestacks be near and dear to my heart!

I must go do something productive (like finish watching Numb3rs),
Ms. P