['Glee' - 'Britney / Brittany']

You’ve got to give credit to Ryan Murphy and company for rolling out the big, overhyped Britney Spears blowout in the second episode of the season. Most shows would leave such a “special episode” for November or for spring. But ‘Glee’ knows that the Britney coup was something that needed to be taken advantage of, and they had enough banked goodwill from their first season to be able to do it and make their fans squeal with excitement.

Almost going in, though, you had to know that story was going to be sacrificed for the music. So if you’re a Britney fan or a fan of the show’s musical numbers, it was a good episode. If you’re a fan of the characters or story, well… better luck next week, right?

At least this time around, the way the Britney numbers were inserted was at least somewhat plausible; there was no scene where people point at Britney and go “Hey, Britney Spears at McKinley High! Imagine that!” No, most of the Spears numbers — and all the appearances by Brit Brit herself — were all done via nitrous-induced fantasy.

Now, how every member of the glee club that got in Carl the dentist’s chair all happened to have Britney fantasies while they were there could induce eye rolling if this was any show besides ‘Glee.’ But at this point, I’ll take having Brittany, Santana, Rachel and Artie starring in their own Britney videos, with cameos by Ms. Spears herself, via laughing gas fantasy than the alternative.

And the videos were well done. Who knew Heather Morris could dance like that? This episode was really a great showcase for her and for her lovably stupid character Brittany. From her explanation of being haunted by Britney because her name is “Brittany S. Pearce” to her observation that the fact that she can dance in her dreams makes her the most talented member of the glee club, we learned more about New Directions Brit than we’ve ever known in the past. My favorite line of hers was saying “This reminds me of the alien ship when I got probed” as she was sitting in Carl’s chair.

In all the videos, Murphy and company hit on all the popular images of Brit Brit, but my favorite was seeing New Directions Brit with the snake singing ‘I’m a Slave 4 U” just like Brit Brit did at the 2001 VMAs.

Spears’ appearances themselves were mercifully brief, though seeing her in a Cheerio costume during Artie’s fantasy just pointed out that, while she looks great these days, her days of passing for a high school student are long, long behind her.

On other fronts:
– As soon as I saw Will write the words “Christopher Cross” on the board, I laughed. It felt like an obvious in-joke to me, something that uptight, white-bread Will would embrace, but a direction the writers knew we would never go in under normal circumstances.

– Good move casting the ever-charming John Stamos as Carl. I loved how he tried to get Will to loosen up. To be honest, I can see Emma more with Carl than I ever can with Will. Maybe their discussion about Will backing off will give us the chance to see Will pursue more compatible mates this year, because there’s nothing about the Will-Emma pairing that I’m looking forward to.

– Why does Sue think that Britney Spears is morally corrupting to teenagers but loves Madonna? Maybe because Brit Brit threatened Madge’s pop standing. Or maybe it’s because they kissed on the VMAs. Not sure. But, weirdly enough, Jane Lynch’s appearance this week was superfluous, even if it gave us the site of Jacob Ben Israel’s disgusting butt sweat. Also, her grasp of American history is slipping even worse than it did last week; she’s stringing names and phrases together like she’s choosing them from one of Stephen Colbert’s situation wheels.

– It was good to see Jessalyn Gilsig in one scene as the deliciously vindictive Terri, but I wonder how she’s going to get any screen time at all this year.

– Artie as the football team’s battering ram is going to be interesting. And it’s hilarious that, as soon as Finn’s back on the team, people pay attention to him again. But he seems to be loyal to Rachel… for now.

– Is it me or is Lea Michele’s Rachel wardrobe less silly this year? She looked pretty good when she changed out of her Brit Brit schoolgirl outfit into her “normal” clothes.

As I’ve said before, being a fan of ‘Glee’ means that episodes like this are going to be part of the viewing experience. Now that we’ve gotten the Britney experience out of the way, let’s get back to some storytelling.

‘Glee’ airs Tuesdays at 8PM ET on FOX.

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['Boardwalk Empire - 'Pilot']

After a couple of Martin Scorsese’s trademark tracking shots, which followed Nucky Thompson’s exit from the Ritz Hotel and his arrival at Babette’s nightclub, we got to the meat of the first episode of ‘Boardwalk Empire’: Nucky arrived at a dinner party, at which we met Atlantic City’s power players and began to understand their relationships and conflicts.

Perhaps it’s not surprising that, as the show’s sumptuous pilot unfolded and Nucky and company dug into a lavish supper, a food analogy came to mind.

If ‘Boardwalk Empire’ were a meal, it would be an incredibly delicious traditional dish. It’s not experimental; it’s not giving us flavors we’ve never tried before or taking radical chances with familiar ingredients. ‘Boardwalk Empire’ is a classic dish prepared with exceptional skill and attention to detail.

There was a lot to feast on, for the mind and for the eye.

As was the case with ‘Rome,’ another HBO drama that spared no expense to re-create another era, ‘Boardwalk Empire’ is beautiful to look at. From the restaurants to the clothes to the Commodore’s grand home, every detail added to the sense of being in another era. And of course there was the boardwalk set itself, which Scorsese swept through with several lingering shots.

Though the pilot sets up serious themes about unintended consequences and the cost of hanging on to morality in a fast-changing world, one got the sense that, if nothing else, Scorsese and his crew had a great time playing with this toy — the gigantic re-creation of the Atlantic City of 1920.

Just as the unfortunate Big Jim Colosimo took time to savor his beloved Enrico Caroso records, ‘Boardwalk Empire’ wanted us to savor this playground and the lives of the people we met there. It was hard not to.

Of course, whatever its budget, ‘Boardwalk Empire’ is not free of the requirements of any pilot — to set up a world and populate it with interesting people. It’s to creator Terence Winter’s credit that the exposition in the ‘Boardwalk Empire’ pilot was pretty painless and elegantly delivered.

At the dinner in Babette’s back room, we met Nucky, the kingpin of Atlantic City; his brother, Elias, the head of local law enforcement; Jimmy, Nucky’s restless protege, as well as other assorted dignitaries. Soon we encountered Lucy, his sensual and none-too-bright girlfriend, Margaret Schroeder, a local resident with a brute of a husband, as well as other locals like Mickey Doyle and even Chalky White (he was briefly seen waiting in Nucky’s reception area).

In the gangster arena, things were a little more confusing, so it was helpful to hear Agent Van Alden attempting — with limited success — to explain to his partner who the various visiting made men were. It helps that Arnold Rothstein and Lucky Luciano are played by memorable actors and that the characters provide an interesting contrast; Rothstein is the calculating yet ruthless gentleman and Luciano is the hothead in a very expensive suit. Al Capone also made an impression (I remain stunned at Stephen Graham’s excellent American accent. You’d never know the actor is English.)

It’s not clear — at least it wasn’t to me — who killed Big Jim Colosimo and why, though the Chicago crew’s forays into bootlegging surely had something to do with the changing power dynamics. Everyone knew that Prohibition would bring big profits, but the restive younger generation saw it as an opportunity to move up the ladder, and Big Jim was a relic from another age. There are likely a number of people who wanted him out of the way.

Back in Atlantic City, Nucky’s got a full plate just keeping Atlantic City running, and now he’s got this array of new personalities and possible dangers to deal with. And frankly, though he sees Prohibition as the route to massive wealth, Nucky’s conscience may end up being liability with this crew. Clearly he’s ruthless when he needs to be, but he’s a man with a code, and even a sense of melancholy about him. When he peered into the display of premature babies, I got the sense that there’s a tragedy involving children in his past.

Unfortunately, his good intentions with the pregnant Mrs. Schroeder had tragic consequences. There’s every chance her husband’s fists would have caused her to lose her baby had she never met Nucky, but his encounter with her brutal husband ended up having the worst possible outcome for her.

Speaking of unintended consequences, Nucky’s dismissal of Jimmy’s ambitions — or rather, his assumption that Jimmy would be willing to wait out a long apprenticeship in the political machine, as he had — led indirectly to the massacre in the forest, and his new dealings with other mobsters quickly created friction with Rothstein even as the situation in Chicago took a violent turn. Nucky has not quite realized that he probably has to be more like Jimmy or Lucky Luciano than he would like. He can’t, as Jimmy said, be half a gangster.

(As an aside, I was unimpressed with Michael Pitt’s delivery of Jimmy’s big speech to Nucky on the boardwalk — the speech about how the war had affected him and why he thought material wealth was the one goal worth pursuing, given that he thinks he is essentially damned. Pitt’s delivery and affect that were simply flat, and made a well-written scene less than it could have been. Given how strong the rest of ‘BE’s’ cast is, lapses like these are unfortunate. Pitt holds his own, for the most part, but if part of the goal is to get me invested in Jimmy’s journey, well, I’m not quite sure how that’s going to work out. At this point, he’s not holding back the show, but I’m more interested in the characters played by better actors, of which there are many.)

In any case, the gangsters are a fact of life now. ‘Prohibition means progress’ to the women of the temperance league, but it’s not likely to lead to the kind of progress they hope for (though one of ‘BE’s’ interesting side notes is the way in which the temperance movement allowed women to assert their rights in methods that were socially acceptable in that era). It means progress into a murkier, more dangerous, more violent society, one in which a wide array of regular citizens were willing to look the other way at criminal and even murderous enterprises, as long as it meant they could get their hands on a drink.

As for the drinks themselves, a visit to Mickey Doyle’s distillery proves that the liquor of that era was foul, if not actively poisonous, thanks to the additives that were used to make cheap rotgut at least look like quality liquor.) And just as dyes and additives camouflage what the drinks are really made of, some ugly truths lurk behind the sparkling facades of Atlantic City.

But how glorious it all looks. The overhead shot of Van Alden’s men storming Mickey’s operation, the sweeping shots of the boardwalk, the murderous montages set to period music, the opulent decor, the sharp suits. It may be the start of a whole new kind of unpleasantness, but damn if it didn’t look fine.

‘Boardwalk Empire’ airs 9PM ET Sundays on HBO.

For my pre-season review of ‘Boardwalk Empire,’ look here. For my interview with creator Terence Winter, look here and here.

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Though no exact price is yet released a range has been announced, US News and World Reports reveals that though the Equus sells for as much as $ 96,000 in foreign markets, Hyundai is said to be studying a pricetag in the $ 50,000 to $ 60,000 range for the American market.

According to the Car Connection: the car offers the “ultimate customer service. Hyundai dealers will come to owners to service the car, fetching it rather than having them drop it off.”

A third drive review is here. The report notes: “They’ll also deliver the new Equus with an Apple iPad that contains the owner’s manual, and an application to set up service appointments.”

Autoblog has a good review and photos from every angle and in high resolution for those interested in exploring what is dubbed in the sub-headline: “The Ultimate Four-Wheeled Value Proposition.”

The Hyundai Genesis stunned the US luxury foreign car market and is now a fine luxury auto option for US buyers, can the company make the same incredible jump to the super-luxury market with the 2011 Hyundai Equus ?

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Josie Harris is Floyd Mayweather’s girlfriend, or at least she used to be. Nowadays she is simply being called his ‘baby mama.’ Well there was definitely some baby mama drama this week at the boxer’s home. We’ve the story, and some photos and video here.

It isn’t the first time that the mother of Mayweather’s child has accused him of domestic violence, but this time it may actually stick. But would a skilled boxer actually fly off the handle like that?

One of his neighbors claims he heard a horrifying scream come from the house around 5AM Thursday morning. Not long after that, a handful of Las Vegas Metro Police officers were on the scene. They found a very upset Josie Harris—but Floyd Mayweather was nowhere to be found.

Police are now eager to question him regarding the incident, but so far have been unable to track him down.

You’ll never guess who is standing up for him in the media. Get the rest here – TMZ

Check out some weekly links below:

Okay, now I’m scared. Celebrity Dirty Laundry wrote that Lilo is talking babies now.

This is rad. Celebuzz is reporting that Eminem will open the VMAs on Sunday.

Think Angelina Jolie is some big time socialite? PopEater says she only has one friend…her hubby.

I Need My Fix has all the details on how Britney is responding to the wild claims about her.

Whoa. Speaking of Brad and Angie, Yeeah! posted about a rumored cheating scandal today!

Splash News has some good photos of the Tom Brady accident.

Is Vince Neil a woman-beater? Find out over at Stupid Celebrities.

Bitten and Bound has the latest news on Susan Boyle…is she still struggling with fame?

Okay Twi-hards, Ten Gossip has the DVD release date for Eclipse!

…anyway back to the story. I’ve thrown in some photos and video related to Josie Harris and the Floyd Mayweather girlfriend (baby mama) drama below.

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?After that whole Tila Tequila-getting-attacked-by-the-Juggalos thing, I’ve been on Rapture-alert for more signs that the apocalypse is drawing nigh. And people, there’s no easy way to tell you this, but, the jig is up. For his new Biography Channel show “Aftermath,” noted kitschatorian William Shatner decided it’d be a good idea to interview lady-temptress Mary Kay Letourneau. If anyone needs me, I’ll be down at Ivar’s enjoying a final cup of chowder before Elliott Bay boils over, as it says in the prophecies.

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Floyd Mayweather Jr. went on an racist and homophobic rant about Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao this morning via Ustream. Mayweather referred to Pacquiao as a midget several times and said that once he beats his rival (if the fight ever happens), he will force Pacquiao to “make some sushi rolls and cook some rice.” He also said “we’re going to cook him with some cats and dogs.” Scroll down for the video, which was flagged by You Been Blinded.

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Floyd’s simply living up to the tarnished Mayweather name. Floyd,a U.S. olympian, has complained about the lack of support from the U.S. citizens. However, who in their sound mind would want to truly support a immoral bigot? The United States’ media usually report on such racial antics of celebrity figures (i.e. Mel Gibson, Cramer from Seinfield, and Jesse James). Making overnight villians from respected celebrity names. So why are the Mayweathers excluded from being news worthy? The answer may be because Floyd Mayweather Jr. is not an A-list celebrity. Mayweather waits in the same line as Adam Carolla,..desperately trying to get the attention of Manny Pacquiao. Why did the “PRETTY BOY” Floyd change his stage name to “MONEY”…the answer is because “MONEY” sounds so much like “MANNY” …Floyd “MANEY” Mayweather Jr. was born a wannabe.

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The fighter was caught on camera using all kinds of curse words and racist terms to blast, insult and belittle boxer Manny Pacquiao.

Mayweather who is afraid of Pacquiao seeing that he chickened out of three fights with the Philippian fighter really went out of his way to appear extremely racist, foolish and homophobic in the clip.

At some point Floyd rants on how he will force Pacquiao to “make some sushi rolls and cook some rice” and added that “we’re going to cook him with some cats and dogs.”
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The Filipino boxing champion who was not at all impressed by the little man has dismissed the derogatory clip that was posted via Ustream by Mayweather Jr., telling AP that it was an “uneducated message” and revealed that he is very focused on his upcoming fight with Antonio Margarito that will take place on Nov. 13 at Cowboys Stadium near Dallas.

Pacquiao, the newly elected Congressman from the Philippines said:

“I just heard about that, but I didn’t see the video.But it’s an uneducated message.”

However this is a bit surprising. Why is Pacquiao not defending himself against the claims that he “can’t speak no English” and has “never seen a contract he didn’t like” and that he uses steroids?

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