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American Idol Twitter updates

Alexis — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:16:56 +0000

While I just can’t bring myself to write a full story about American Idol, I have been microblogging about the show on the Trashwire Twitter. You can check out my live tweets on the sidebar during the show or head on over to twitter.com/trashwire to follow the posts and reply.

Here’s a few quotes from what I had to say about last night’s contestants:

Ah, Simon never disappoints. “So you’re truning your back on your band?”

Elijah Scarlett sounded like the distorted effect they put on anonymous witnesses on Dateline.

Now I’m worried we’ll find Leah Marie dead in her car outside Kara’s house.

This dude actually thought it was a good idea to go to a shop and pay money for a tattoo that says “Sexual Chacolate”

Cody Sheldon is like Sanjaya only with over-tweezed eyebrows.

I think that one dude was a frightened homeless rabbi

It might be hard to express yourself in 140 characters, but it seems roomy when describing these so-bad-they’re-good contestants. Besides, who wants to watch after the first few episodes when the only people left are those who have actual talent?

Celebrity Rehab proves strangely addictive

Alexis — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:31:40 +0000

Rodney King and Gary Busey walk into a bar… Actually, they don’t walk into a bar because they’re both patients on VH1’s Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew.

Yes, this new season brings us another cadre of dysfunctional celebrities trying to get sober, or rather, to get more screen time. The patient list includes Busey, King, model/actress Amber Smith, former American Idol contestant Nicki McKibbin, celeb spawn Sean Stewart, former hood ornament Tawny Kitaen, drummer Steven Adler and even an encore performance from everyone’s favorite bumbling train wreck, Jeff Conaway….