Further reading (II)
By Aaron Wherry - Monday, December 1, 2008 - 2 Comments
One way or another, it would seem our present predicament will be left for Michaelle Jean to sort out. Lucky her. (As of 6:07pm today, her plans had not changed. She remains due back in Canada on December 6.)
Time then to read-up on the Vice Regal.
To my knowledge, Maclean’s has published two major features on Madame Jean. In Oct. 2005, Shanda Deziel wrote about her and we compared the Governor General to Angelina Jolie. Earlier this year, I wrote about her and we compared the Governor General to Oprah.
Furthermore, shortly after her appointment was announced, John Geddes looked into the much-discussed political leanings of her and her husband.
Even furthermore, two years ago Michael Petrou wrote about Lafond and his book, Conversations in Tehran.
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Confirmed, 30 Rock Gets the Oprah Bump
By Jaime Weinman - Thursday, September 18, 2008 at 8:35 PM - 0 Comments
NBC officially confirmed that Oprah Winfrey will be the guest star on the second episode of the third season of 30 Rock. Will she be to 30 Rock what Britney Spears was to How I Met Your Mother — the blatant, unashamed stunt casting that finally gets people to watch? Maybe not, since the last time she appeared on a sitcom was “Bette,” and we know how that turned out. (Or would, if we’d ever watched it in the first place.) It’s still a better casting coup than Jerry Seinfeld last season, because she’s more popular and isn’t coming on to plug Bee Movie.
Maybe she’ll dance to one of her old theme songs, the way Carlton Banks did.
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jumping for joy… and also for insanity-based reasons
By Scott Feschuk - Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 5:08 AM - 0 Comments
Are you excited? I’m excited. We are barely 24 hours now from the big…
Are you excited? I’m excited. We are barely 24 hours now from the big moment – the return of Tom Cruise to The Oprah Winfrey Show, where three years after his last visit a team of stout men is still endeavoring to steam-clean remnants of crazy from the fabric of Oprah’s couch.
This time, Cruise gets two whole episodes to himself. On Friday, Oprah interviews Tom at his vacation home in Colorado, where they go for a snowmobile ride, discuss his media image and – to judge from this photograph released by Oprah’s production company – engage in a high-altitude fake laugh competition. (Spoiler alert: Oprah wins.) Later, in a lighter moment, Oprah stops to feed Katie Holmes a nice biscuit through the bars of her “Mommy cage.”
Monday’s episode, meanwhile, takes place back in Oprah’s studio, where Tom’s 25-year career in the movies will be celebrated with cupcakes, megalomania and everyone being much too polite to mention Far and Away.
(It’s been so long since we’ve heard from Tom that I’ve forgotten: does he chortle like this – “HA! HAA! Heh, heh!!” Or is it more of a “HA! Heh, heh, heh. HAA! Hwwwaaaaaaaaaa!!” If memory serves, it’s whichever one sounds more like the mad cackle of Satan himself blended with the mating call of a harbour porpoise.)
