Matthew’s keeping me up!

I’m hooked on Matthew Perry’s new series “Studio 60”. It’s by the same guys behind “West Wing”: Tommy Schlamme and Aaron Sorkin. Bradley Whitford co-stars with Matt as the comedy show Producer to his Head Writer. Now this, I can relate to. I loved Matthew’s stint on “West Wing”, and I think as a result of that, Aaron S. decided to put the two together. TV just wasn’t the same without them. Sarah Paulson and Amanda Peet are also on the show.
Aside from the lead actors, I love the premise. It’s set on a fictional Saturday Night Live-type show. The weekly grind and stress of a live show makes for very interesting TV. I can relate so much more to this than “West Wing”. Although you’ll recognize the title fonts and cinematography from “West Wing”. I love the deadpan humor of the script. The writing and direction are really good. I’m raving about this…it’s no wonder it’s keeping me up nights!

great oscars show

i refuse to address the previous post (and succeeding comments) which has turned out to be ‘provocative’:)

it's only appropriate that my "comeback" post is about the 79th academy awards. as far as i can remember, i have not missed the results of the oscars. there was even a time when i was working at a TV station, that we were "required" to watch it live! the show promised to be long, of course. but i thought ellen's opening monologue was truly funny, despite being rather long. i love how penelope cruz and kate winslet looked. and to my absolute delight, all my men were presentors: my hubby robert downey jr., my boyfriend gael garcia bernal, and my kabit hugh jackman.
i must confess i didn't watch "the departed" as a statement against hollywood's rip-off of hong kong creativity--asian creativity, in general. i like martin scorsese's work, but could not believe that leonardo di caprio was the lead. anyway, i don't have basis to begrudge it its wins, but what made me and my friends shout at the TV was when the oscar commentator said: "the departed" is an adaptation of the japanese film "infernal affairs". WHOA! how could they get that sooo wrong? "infernal", which stars the divine andy lau is a cult classic from hong kong!!! argh! but i'm not surprised. look at america, being in a dubious war...tsk! tsk!anyway, i'm glad al gore has not bowed to pressure to run as president. it would just taint his cause.
over-all, the oscars show thoroughly entertained me (the length, i already anticipated), though i didn't agree withe most of the results.