Category Archives: Television

TV’s Mythical Lesbian Bar


FREEFORM Gay women looking for a cool night out will find better prospects on their screens than their streets. By: Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner/Marie Claire Kat and her chic friends sip cocktails at a packed lesbian hotspot in Manhattan on The Bold Type. In Almost Family’s version of Brooklyn, Tiffany lamps adorn a retro sports bar full of athleticContinue reading “TV’s Mythical Lesbian Bar”

Normal? The Ricki Lake Show


                   For eleven years we waited for the door bell.  The door bell was an indication someone was about the get busted.   The Ricki Lake Show came on during the early nineties when talk shows were in vogue.  Everyone wanting to be the next Donahue or Oprah.Continue reading “Normal? The Ricki Lake Show”

The Enduring Joy of Fran Drescher


  Twenty-one years after the end of The Nanny, we’re still in her thrall. By Matthew Schneier/the cut,com @matthewschneier Photographs by Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari What you first need to understand is that I learned joie de vivre from The Nanny. Literally, as in the phrase: It sneaked into the theme song to describeContinue reading “The Enduring Joy of Fran Drescher”

Ellen DeGeneres gives $20,000 scholarship to Texas teen told to cut his dreadlocks or miss graduation


  Ellen DeGeneres and Alicia Keys are lending support to a Texas teenager who was told that he won’t get to walk at graduation if he doesn’t cut his dreadlocks. The singer presented DeAndre Arnold with a check for $20,000 to go toward his college education when he appeared on “The Ellen Show” Wednesday. “I’m super proudContinue reading “Ellen DeGeneres gives $20,000 scholarship to Texas teen told to cut his dreadlocks or miss graduation”

Page six: ‘ABC treated Abby like s–t:’ Inside Abby Huntsman’s exit from ‘The View’


By: Carlos Greer,Sara Nathan and Mara Siegler Abby Huntsman announced on Monday  she’ quitting “The View” to join her father, Jon Huntsman Jr., on his Utah gubernatorial campaign. But Page Six is told that the campaign isn’t the real reason for her exit from the ABC fixture, which has recently been rocked by a breakdownContinue reading “Page six: ‘ABC treated Abby like s–t:’ Inside Abby Huntsman’s exit from ‘The View’”

My problem with The View’s Meghan McCain


  For twenty one years, “The View has been a part of my daily viewing diet. For years women in news were relegated to fashion or the cooking segments.    43 years ago, Journalist, Barbara Walters broke through the glass becoming the women to host the Evening News.  In 1997, she created something that AmericanContinue reading “My problem with The View’s Meghan McCain”

The Great Race: Detroit ( nite 2)


Fight @ the Detroit Fox The Great Race entered its final day in Detroit. The winners will move on to the next round in Houston. There were a lot of punches thrown at the principle targets Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. If there is a clear winner in the Detroit debates it was Elizabeth Warren.Continue reading “The Great Race: Detroit ( nite 2)”

Hurricane Camille Attacks Beverly Hills (Housewives)


Camille Grammer (Meyer) , Erika Girardi  Season 9 The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (Part 2) will go down in the books as one of the wildest rides in Housewives history. There was more talk of  “Puppy Gate”,  Lisa Vanderpump absence, Lawsuits, but the real drama was courtesy of Camille Grammer (Meyer) who walked ofContinue reading “Hurricane Camille Attacks Beverly Hills (Housewives)”

Snow in Vegas, Jail time for Jussie?, Rookie Knock Out in Jersey


Put on your mittens and just get happy, its just another Vegas day!  Forget the Bikini clad bodies around the pool and make yourself a snowball, your friends in Minnesota will be jealous.   Fabulous Las Vegas is gonna get its second dusting of  snow this week.  If your in town for the week I’m sureContinue reading “Snow in Vegas, Jail time for Jussie?, Rookie Knock Out in Jersey”