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Brett Ratner to Direct Hugh Hefner Biopic

BuzzSugar — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:32:49 -0700

Brett Ratner's doing what now?
Brett Ratner has signed on to direct a biopic all about Playboy founder Hugh Hefner. Ratner is known for directing mostly action movies like Rush Hour, so he's probably just the "man's man" for the job.

Ratner says:
"'Hef came from a puritanical upbringing and reinvented himself to be the godfather of the sexual revolution,' Ratner told Daily Variety. 'He also used his magazine to advocate civil rights and free speech, and put James Brown on his show 'Playboy After Dark' when they didn't put black performers on national television. He broke all kinds of taboos, especially in sexuality.'"

Why I care:
Having started a confusing love affair with the E! series "The Girls Next Door," I have acquired this intense fascination with Hugh Hefner. Where there was once vague annoyance toward the man who's made millions exploiting women's bodies, there is now a strange curiosity.

Why?
He's super old. He has three girlfriends around whom he behaves like an affectionate, sometimes confused grandpa. Every so often he'll talk about "his girls" with great fondness, and he makes comments like "I'm in a really good place right now... This is the best time of my life." I have to wonder if he is referring to the fact that his current situation - living with his three main girls - is really like a family situation in which he can play daddy, sugar daddy and granddaddy at any given time. And yet, to some people he's still a sex symbol. I'm not interested in reliving Hefner's successes photographing naked ladies, but I am interested to see how he went from that to this wrinkled old man with a reality TV show. I look forward to this movie.

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The Highlight Reel: The Week's Best and Worst TV

BuzzSugar — Fri, 25 May 2007 13:01:49 -0700

Every Friday in the Highlight Reel, I round up the week's best, funniest, strangest, and most embarrassing moments in television for your amusement.

Dr. Boogie - who got cut from "Shear Genius" this week - talks his way, cuts hair his way, and apparently cries his way too. After seeing a cute message of encouragement from his son, Boogie said: "I just boo-hooed, and tears just ran out my nose."
"I'm just glad you taste like hot dogs." - Homer Simpson, after Bart was released from the grip of evil on the "24 Minutes" episode of "The Simpsons."
On "The Girls Next Door" this week, Hef and the girls celebrated Hef's 81st birthday in Las Vegas with a photo signing, where Bridget mused, "It's an unexplainable experience on how many lives we've affected and how many people look up to us as role models... People know who we are and we're not just a blonde chick, we're people now!"
This is a photo of Joel Bernabel from the first audition episode of "So You Think You Can Dance." This is a photo of Jemaine Clement from Eagle vs. Shark and "Flight of the Conchords." Coincidence? I think not.
And now, like your favorite shows, the Highlight Reel will be on hiatus until the fall. But don't worry - as "Brothers & Sisters" taught us this week, not all finales have to be sad.

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The Highlight Reel, 12/8: The Week's Best and Worst TV

BuzzSugar — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 10:20:57 -0800

Every Friday, we'll round up the week's best, funniest, strangest, and most embarrassing moments in television for your amusement.

MTV’s new reality show, "24/7," centers around a group of conveniently diverse guy “friends” who are trying to make it in L.A. My favorite moment: Flaky musician Cipes swears by the power of infusing one’s food with “good vibes." Tenderly touching his water glass, he says: “I’m doing affirmations on my water… You should write ‘I love you’ on your water because it changes the molecules on your water. It helps." Helps with what? Apparently, with getting a late-night reality show on MTV.
In this week's final "Gilmore Girls" before the hiatus, Kirk is selling wrapping paper in competition with the town's middle school kids:

Miss Patty: I already bought my wrapping paper from the kids from the Stars Hollow Middle School.
Kirk: Well, then you got ripped off... Those kids are gouging you.
This week, Regis grilled Derek Jeter about his male relationships, though he took the subject to a whole new, kinda creepy place. -Best Week Ever

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While Tyra Banks has been growing larger and more in charger with time, at least she's been keeping it real. Real crazy. In this week's "America's Next Top Model" finale, there was discussion about hopeful CariDee being too "unpredictable," and Jay astutely pointed out that "everyone at this table is unpredictable." To which Tyra responded:

"I'm not unpredictable, child, you know I'm gonna have a hair weave, a bunch of makeup on, and a dress that's cinched in my waist."

Any shred of glossiness to that show has fully disintegrated.
In Thursday's episode of "Scrubs," Elliot coaches Carla through labor by telling her to think of herself as a tube of toothpaste, but instead of squeezing out minty gel, "it's a little black baby."
"I want to be known as the girl who did the Heisman Trophy pose naked in Playboy. Because who has done the Heisman Trophy pose naked before?! NOBODY!" -Kendra, "The Girls Next Door"
"I just felt like a stupid." -Bridget, "The Girls Next Door"

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What to TiVo: Sunday

BuzzSugar — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:50:06 -0800

ABC has the 2009 American Music Awards
CBS is new with Amazing Race, Cold Case, and Three Rivers
FOX is new with The Simpsons, The Cleveland Show, Family Guy, and American Dad
NBC has Sunday Night Football: Eagles at Bears
The Food Network is new with Next Iron Chef
HBO has the season finale of Curb Your Enthusiasm
Showtime is new with Dexter and Californication
E! is new with Girls Next Door and Leave It to Lamas
MTV has repeats of MTV Cribs and has Drumline
VH1 has repeats of Tough Love and Sex Rehab With Dr. Drew

What to TiVo: Sunday

BuzzSugar — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:50:31 -0800

ABC is new with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Desperate Housewives, and Brothers and Sisters
CBS is new with Amazing Race, Three Rivers, and Cold Case
FOX is new with The Simpsons, The Cleveland Show, Family Guy, and American Dad
NBC has Sunday Night Football: Patriots at Colts
AMC is new with The Prisoner
E! is new with 20 Best & Worst Celebrity Plastic Surgery Stories, Girls Next Door, and Leave It to Lamas
The Food Network is new with Food Network Challenge and Next Iron Chef
HBO is new with Curb Your Enthusiasm
Showtime is new with Dexter and Californication
MTV has repeats of MTV Cribs and has The Addams Family
VH1 has repeats of Sex Rehab With Dr. Drew and Tough Love 2

What to TiVo: Saturday

BuzzSugar — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:50:14 -0800

ABC has College Football
CBS has repeats of NCIS and CSI:NY, and is new with 48 Hours Mystery
FOX is new with Cops and America's Most Wanted
NBC has repeats of Mercy, Law & Order, and Law & Order: SVU
ABC Family has Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
AMC has The Matrix
E! has Swingers and repeats of Leave It to Lamas and Girls Next Door
Comedy Central has American Pie
Lifetime has The Break-Up
MTV has repeats of South Park and Jackass
Late-night highlights include January Jones and Black Eyed Peas on Saturday Night Live on NBC

What to TiVo: Sunday

BuzzSugar — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:50:58 -0800

ABC is new with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Desperate Housewives, and Brothers and Sisters
CBS is new with The Amazing Race, Three Rivers, and Cold Case
FOX is new with Family Guy, Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show, and The Cleveland Show
NBC has Sunday Night Football: Cowboys at Eagles
ABC Family has The Prince & Me: A Royal Honeymoon
AMC is new with the season finale of Mad Men
E! is new with Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Girls Next Door and Leave It to Lamas
The Food Network is new with Iron Chef America
HBO is new with Curb Your Enthusiasm and Bored to Death
Showtime is new with Dexter and Californication
MTV is new with Styl'd
VH1 is new with Tool Academy 2

What to TiVo: Friday

BuzzSugar — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:50:28 -0800

ABC is new with Supernanny, Ugly Betty, and 20/20
CBS is new with Ghost Whisperer, Medium, and NUMB3RS
FOX has repeats of House and Bones
NBC is new with Law & Order
The CW is new with Smallville and has a repeat of America's Next Top Model
Bravo has Legends of the Fall
E! has repeats of Leave it to Lamas, Wildest Dating Show Moments, and The Girls Next Door, and is new with The Soup
FX has Shallow Hal and Grandma's Boy
MTV has repeats of South Park and Real World/Road Rules Challenge
USA is new with Monk and White Collar
VH1 has Rock Docs NWA: The World's Most Dangerous Group
Late-night highlights include Ricky Gervais on The Late Show With David Letterman on CBS; Elizabeth Banks on The Jay Leno Show on NBC; The Pixies on The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien on NBC; Ted Danson, Khloe Kardashian, and Lamar Odom on Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC; Rosie O'Donnell and Ian Somerhalder on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on NBC; and Ewan McGregor and Regina Spektor on The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson on CBS

What to TiVo: Sunday

BuzzSugar — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:50:39 -0700

ABC is new with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Desperate Housewives, and Brothers and Sisters
CBS is new with The Amazing Race, Three Rivers, and Cold Case
FOX is new with World Series, Game 4: Yankees at Phillies
NBC has National Treasure
The Food Network is new with Food Network Challenge, Next Iron Chef, and Iron Chef America
HBO is new with Curb Your Enthusiasm and Bored to Death
Showtime is new with Dexter and Californication
AMC is new with Mad Men
MTV has repeats of The Hills and The City, and is new with Styl'd
VH1 has repeats of Tool Academy 2 and is new with Sex Rehab With Dr. Drew
E! is new with Girl Next Door and Leave It to Lamas

What to TiVo: Sunday

BuzzSugar — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:50:41 -0700

ABC is new with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Desperate Housewives, and Brothers and Sisters
CBS is new with The Amazing Race, Three Rivers, and Cold Case
FOX has repeats of The Simpsons, Family Guy, and American Dad
NBC has Sunday Night Football: Cardinals at Giants
ABC Family has Edward Scissorhands and Beetlejuice
AMC has The Shining and is new with Mad Men
The Food Network is new with Next Iron Chef and Iron Chef America
HBO is new with Curb Your Enthusiasm and Bored to Death
Showtime is new with Dexter and Californication
VH1 is new with Tool Academy 2 and My Antonio
MTV is new with P. Diddy's StarMarker
E! is new with The Girls Next Door and Leave It to Lamas