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TV Question Qorner: Goodbye Walkers, Hello Fleissmore
January 26, 2010 – 8:39 AM | 27 Comments
TV Question Qorner: Goodbye Walkers, Hello Fleissmore

Brothers & Sisters. Did y’all bail out on it weeks ago? Just wondering if I’m the last one out the door on B&S, which at very long last I have kicked to the curb. The …

Meet the new boss
April 2, 2009 – 8:11 AM | 20 Comments

Please head on over to my day job: the new blog at wenn.com, which formally launches today.   Get your fill of celebrity snark, and feel free to tip us on your celeb sightings and/or …

The Crushed Film Festival presents: The 24th Day
February 15, 2009 – 4:36 PM | 17 Comments
The Crushed Film Festival presents: <I>The 24th Day</I>

by John “the Couch Baron” Ramos
The Movie: The 24th Day
The Crush Object: Scott Speedman
The Story: Dan (James Marsden) is out at a bar with his hag friend (Sofia Vergara), whom he puts in a cab …

The Crushed Film Festival presents: The Rules of Attraction
February 14, 2009 – 3:01 PM | 9 Comments
The Crushed Film Festival presents: <I>The Rules of Attraction</I>

by John “the Couch Baron” Ramos
The Movie: The Rules Of Attraction
The Crush Object: Ian Somerhalder
The Story: Even calling it “a story” is being generous, but basically, it’s about several self-absorbed college students who drink and …

Crazy Nines: Gesundheit! (Chewiest Baseball Names)
August 26, 2008 – 9:37 AM | 12 Comments
Crazy Nines: Gesundheit! (Chewiest Baseball Names)

Let me say right up top that this is a pretty arbitrary list; not every chewy name in baseball history made the cut. Generally speaking, I included names 1) longer than ten letters, and names …

Snow White
December 12, 2002 – 2:17 PM | No Comment

We used to have a pretty close relationship, snow and I. Snow used to hook me up with days off school, and in return I’d defend snow to my mom, who feared everything about snow …