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Absolutely can't wait!

It's official: Jenny McCarthy to co-host starting September 09th. http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/07/15/jenny-mccarthy-the-view/

I think it will be very interesting to see how this turns out. It could go either way. Honestly, I think she focused too much on stunts and being "weird"... let's go back to just making good music with dashes of weirdness lol

Lady Gaga announces ARTPOP Cue the hysteria, from both fans and haters! http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1710440/lady-gaga-artpop-announcement.jhtml Love this pic:

NYC OMG I just watched that episode from Season 5 with the "I wanna f.uck you in the ass" band. I don't know if it was staged but that was some hilarious stuff.

Can't believe I never had the pleasure of seeing this before. It certainly was not a good day for EH that day lol

Wow. Thanks, Carl.

What are Jenny and Jim doing? Thank the Lord that Hasselsucks is leaving. What an obnoxious, vile host.

It gets better in Season 7? Thank God! I've been stuck in the first third of Season 6 forever. It's not necessarily bad, just... meh.

All the fuckery on this show entertains me! Jim sleeping with Candace. Katheryn smoking a joint and then putting on that hilarious expression. I swear, it was the first genuine laugh they've gotten out of me lol Veronica bouncing from scene to scene, trying to be bitchy, seductive, apologetic and just being a campy hateful mess of a bitch. My God, this sudden change in Celine was so shocking and useless. What a way to create drama! It was as if there was a new character. He couldn't make one scene three minutes less so he could introduce the reasons for Celine's change earlier? Don't tell me he couldn't, episode 6 only had 10 scenes. Ten! And that ending was... OMG. I would feel really bad for Jeffrey if the actor had made me care at all. But, still... Veronica made it very clear they would not "except" him. Sad.

32 episodes?!! OMG, the way things are going, scenes are gonna last whole episodes now. I thought I had the stamina for 16 episodes but not for 32! lol

Hmmm, hell must have frozen over because I enjoyed episode 5. There were a lot of shorter scenes, which definitely helped, and some genuine emotion came out of some stuff, especially between Hanna and Katherine. TS continues to do her best in the part of Candace. Still, repetitive dialogue was around, as always, and that part with the devil baby trying to kill its mother had me cringing. And all the preaching about prayer, etc. Ugh. Interesting that they are pulling Veronica into Candace's orbit. A good thing, I think, storywise, but a bad thing because of the actress.

What? She sang the whole song live. The imperfections/bad audio at parts were very, very clear. The only thing that was added were the background vocals during the chorus.

lol No worries! I think Warner just posted it on YouTube since it leaked. I'm glad you heard it at clubs, I have yet to hear it. I'm pretty sure the radio will ignore her, unless they make an effort like they did with Madge last year for a little bit. I hope it's included--at some point, Cher was calling it a contender for the first single. And Pink wrote her a song, too. I hope Pink's radio-friendliness give Cher a big hit LOL I would love to hear her back on the radio. The album is going to be called Closer To The Truth, btw, and is going to be released on September 24, 2013.

Wow, some of her performance at The Voice was very shaky (she tweeted about some vocal issues during rehearsal) but the song seemed to have a good reception. I think she did very well for someone her age. Eric, considering that most people haven't heard the song and it was never officially released (just leaked), it's basically new to them, so I don't think that will affect its success.

Poor Sonja! lol I like her. I see her a comic relief.

Episode 3 had 11 scenes and Episode 4 had 12! Most scenes were over five minutes, some over six! Which would be divine (for me) if they were written well To have something to compare to, the average primetime show does about 35 scenes an episode. 11 scenes is conservative even for a half-hour show!

Oh Lord, please help me! That Veronica woman acted SO over the top with her son and her suspicions. Wow. Have they never heard of subtlety? Fox was heartbreaking as Hanna tried to deal with everything. Best performance of the show, by a long shot. Speaking of acting, I'm actually starting to find O' Connell quite... OK lol Half the cast is soooo bad that it kind of elevates him. Because, really, the bad on this show is extremely bad. That idiot Amanda! A family meeting is called and she invites Candace? Like, why not? I did get some gay vibes from Wyatt and Jeffrey but I highly doubt they're going to go there.

Episode 3 was an exercise in patience and will. These long, looooong, drawn out scenes only work when the writing, acting and directing are top notch. As a matter of fact, when all of these elements come together, I prefer the scenes longer. If this is some tribute to Y&R, then he should please stop. This is Y&R pacing in the most stereotypical, cliche, inaccurate way possible.

She's going to be on the finale of THE VOICE, June 18, singing "Woman's World." Loving this pic/cover (dunno if it's the official single cover):

Uuum... the whole episode felt somewhat disjointed and anti-climactic. Granted, I'm not sure anything could follow the Red Wedding and manage to top it but I expected more from a season finale. I did enjoy, once again, all the King's Landing shenanigans. The council meetings are always perfect, soapy fun and the back and forth between Joffrey/Tywin, Tywin/Tyrion, Tyrion/Cersei, Varys/Shae, Tyrion/Sansa is always great value. A bit disappointed we didn't see Sansa learn about her mother and brother but I guess it was cut due to time constraint or something. I'm afraid Shae will pay dearly her decision not to leave. I am so done with Theon. I do feel sorry for him but, at this point, I am willing to forget every single bad thing he did if it means this endless torture porn is done. The whole thing with the sausage would have been more effective if this wasn't the 25th episode of him being tortured. But I am happy Yara stood up for him and decided to find him. Did not expect Ygritte to shoot Jon (much less three times) but at the same time... I kinda did. It felt SO good to see Jon back at Castle Black after two whole seasons. I loved it when Sam and Gilly ran into Bran. Nice little collision of stories there. I am very intrigued about what's going to happen with Bran beyond the wall. Arya finally used that coin! A big WTF at Jaime strolling into King's Landing. Not too big a reaction from Cersei. The lighting at the last Stannis/Davos/Melisandre scene was so excellent and unexpected. The sun! Right there! Brilliant move. The ending... we saw this already! I would have preferred a genuine, shocking cliffhanger.

Yes, absolutely! It's really like a once-a-week, primetime version of Passions! (minus the OTT ridiculousness but that can't be too far off, and I welcome it!)

This show really reminds me of a mid-90s soap!

OMG! Just watched the first episode. Wow. Where do I begin? The ridiculous, repetitive, worse-than-daytime dialogue? The awful directing? Some of the acting (Katheryn especially)? The overhead lighting that gave the impression it was all shot in front of a green screen (I'm not 100% convinced the party goers were not spliced into the main group's background)? The comical, whimsical music? It all looked like a slightly better version of Passions. So, naturally, I'm interested to keep watching, although I don't think I will for long. Pluses: Naked Jim, Wyatt and Benny. OMG. Deliciousness. Enjoyed TS and can see her as a complicated bitch. LOVED Hanna. I think she was my favorite. I'm sad they botched the reveal between Jim and Candace. Not that I didn't see it coming but I expected it to be more dramatic. However, the dynamic between Hanna and Candace sparkled. That was the one, and only, part of the episode that felt real, resonant. Let's see....

Interview with Richard Madden: http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/06/02/robb-stark-wedding/ And Michelle Fairley, also addressing the death of the wife: http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/06/03/catelyn-red-wedding/