As we near the premier of 90210, websites all over the internet are still coming up with last minute speculations. While many of us are aware that this new show is actually a spin-off of the late great teen drama series, Beverly Hills 90210, it pretty much stops there. CW (the network that will be airing 90210) has barred critics from an early preview of its pilot episode. Why you may ask? Well, that’s a good question.

A recent article from the Washington Post suggests that maybe CW doesn’t want to risk a repeat of the former shows “underwhelming” success from its 90-minute pilot episode back 1990. Critics had a shot at it before the general public did, and from what I heard (I was too young to remember) it received a bashing. It took the former show’s producer Aaron Spelling a few tries to get the show on track, and with a little bit of luck and “slumber party rape revelations, lesbian stalker episodes,” viewers ate it up– ten seasons of it to be exact. But the article also mentions something about the pressure of living up to the old. After all, bad as it was, the original is still considered as “legendary.” Maybe CW wants to avoid any press which compares this new one from the old. Not that it will help. The way I see it is that, for the first few episodes, the show’s main audience will be the older generation who are a bit sentimental about the famous zipcode. So of course they’re going to make comparisons no matter what. The show will only catch its targeted “younger” audience when and if the show takes off much later, which is clearly out of the hands of critics by then.

Another speculation is that the show is really, absolutely, indefatigably terrible, so the network decided to throw a Hail Mary, hoping that viewers won’t know the difference between smut and quality without a critic telling them what to think.

Lastly, the article also mentions that CW spammed emails to critics saying that they “made the strategic marketing decision not to screen ‘90210′ for any media in advance of its premiere.” But as speculations go, it won’t stop until every possible worm hole is filled. Lisa de Moraes of the Washington Post thinks that this may be a “strategic move” in itself. She claims that it is a well constructed ploy by CW, seeing that critics won’t take the denial too well and so would write all this stuff about it (it’s called publicity). If someone wants my two cents about all of this, I would have to ask, what the hell is Moraes smoking? If anyone knows, please, let me have some too.

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Songwriter Kara DioGuardi will be joining Simon, Paula, and Randy for the eighth season of American Idol as a permanent fourth judge.

The show has hired the help of DioGuardi in order to bring a new perspective when it comes to choosing idols, which, in turn, the show hopes to reinvigorate its credibility and save it from falling ratings.

Idol hasn’t really delivered its promise of producing multiplatinum record sellers. Only a select few have enjoyed post-idol success (Clarkson and Underwood), while most have simply been forgotten. In addition, the chemistry of the three judges (Abdul, Cowell, and Jackson) have grown pretty stagnant over the years—sometimes even predictable, while other times suspiciously scripted.

With the addition of DioGuardi, the show will have a younger, more hip, and more “pop-culturally” sensitive judge to join the mix. While no one really knows, for now, how DioGuardi will deliver her criticisms, she has stated in a recent interview that she “will be more like Cowell rather than the other two.” Other than that, however, DioGuardi possesses qualities that the show might need to get back on top. For one, she’s relatively young. At 37, she will the youngest of the four—Abdul is 46, Cowell is 48, and Jackson is 52. This makes her musical taste more akin to the younger generation, who reportedly “abandoned” the show during its last season—which most likely explains the drop in ratings. More importantly, DioGuardi is working with artists who people actually listen to at present.

The Addition of a new judge may seem like a desperate move for some, while others may think its brilliant, but no matter how you put it, American Idol is always trying to up the ante when it comes to looking for new personalities. So this is definitely good news for all idol hopefuls. Auditions start Tuesday in New York, and you can be sure they’re going to be searching for more diverse individuals to turn some heads and recover some ratings.

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These Japanese commercials, for some reason, make me want to move to Japan.  I don’t care if I don’t speak Japanese, let alone understand it.  I’ve compiled a short list of them below. Enjoy! (Just comment if you want me to compile more)

This one of for Ajinomoto stadium.  There’s a lot of cute girls, and the whole thing made my sides split.

A bit creepy, but well thought of.

I think this one is brilliant.

I don’t know what to make of this. It’s supposed to be a commercial for milk (or so they say).

This commercial was banned on TV. Maybe it was because of the guy’s finger nail coming off, or his shattered skull, or the amount of blood (take your pick).

Again, this commercial shows more things coming out of the TV screen (ala The Ring, yes, yes, we know). Only this time, they’re Playstation mascots endorsing McDonald’s.

Another McDonald’s commercial. Who knew burgers could be this fashionable?

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Having the whole world’s eyes on you must really put on some pressure. Now, people are getting so careful in using the word fat as if it’s the new “F” word. This is probably why some artists who used to pack on a few pounds look skinny thin now. Here are a few weight transformations in Hollywood:

1.    Brittany Murphy. In the 90’s, I’m sure you’d pick Alicia Silverstone over Brittany Murphy in their movie together, Clueless. But now, this very talented actress and singer who used have a couple of pounds on, transformed into a skinny little lady. Well, we don’t know how she lost her weight, but you have to admit that she looks so hot now more than ever.

2.    Drew Barrymore. She has always been hot, but when she started to lose weight a few years back, everyone was surprised that she can look even hotter! Well, for this talented character, she will look great even if she goes back to her weight before.

3.    Lindsay Lohan. She was getting past puberty so there’s no surprise that she would lose some baby fat. But that loss came in so quick that many doubted her diet. Whether her skinny figure came in naturally or not, Lohan still undeniably has a very pretty face.

4.    Hilary Duff. Like her “rival,” she was becoming a woman so it was expected that she would lose some weight. But some started to get concerned when she was getting too thin that people said she looked better with some fats on. Oh well, that’s the problem in Hollywood! You can never be the right size.

5.    Christina Ricci. Ricci has so much spunk, talent, and character in her that she does not need to lose weight to be pretty. She looked cute, confident and admirable ever since she was Wednesday in the Adam’s Family. She looks great either way.

6.    Amy Winehouse. We all know it’s just the crack.

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God created this world to be governed by his rules.  He was the one who created physics and Mother Nature, and, contrary to popular belief, not Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton.  When he said, “Only fish can breathe and stay underwater,” what did we do?  We spat on his face by letting Jacques Cousteau dive down with his fancy-schmancy scuba gear.  I’m also aware that God said, “Only birds can fly.”  So, who ever took the time to consider how we hurt His feelings when everyone was so excited when those two hicks flew in their itty-bitty airplane?  But it wasn’t today, August 11, 2008, when we humans have really made an ass of ourselves.  Apparently, some crackpots down in Berkeley found a way to bend light backwards (something the Almighty, and even his nymph called Mother Nature, never intended to happen).  Therefore, that has to be “three strikes of challenging infallibility and we’re out!”  And you can be pretty damn sure He’s really ticked off this time.  It wouldn’t be surprising if we’re moments away from fleeing fire and brimstone. 

With tiny wires and fishnet structures, these scientists at UC Berkeley used negative refractive materials called “metamaterials” to successfully make light travel the other way around.  Then, they moved on by saying how much of a big deal this is, since this will make it easier to examine living cells, and bring us a step closer to making invisibility cloaks just like Harry Potter.

They might have said that it’s still a long way before that kind of “invisible” technology is realized, but it’s definitely easy to foresee what kind of implications this invisibility cloak could have on our morality.  It won’t be long before people start to worry about a new generation of peeping toms, thieves, and Kevin Bacon as The Hollow Man

In theory, the way these refractive materials work is that if we filled a fish pond with “metamaterials,” then we would see fish floating on top of the pond instead of the way God intended them to stay in the water.  Likewise, Heaven and Hell would turn topsy-turvy with the introduction of these, what I would call materials of Satan’s spawn.

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