By: Mary Fran Bontempo This week, two DVD movies at opposite ends of the spectrum—both worth a look. First up, everyone’s favorite funny lady, Melissa McCarthy and Jason Bateman in Identity Thief. The premise is everyone’s nightmare: Bateman’s Sandy Bigelow Patterson unwittingly gives his personal info to McCarthy’s Diana (if that’s her real name), who proceeds to live it up on Sandy’s dollar. After Sandy is arrested for skipping a court date that [...]
By: Mary Fran Bontempo To hear an audio version of this post, click the play arrow below. It’s time to burn the Hannah Montana sheets. In case you missed it (lucky, lucky you), Miley Cyrus delivered a new low to television on Sunday night, during her performance on the Video Music Awards. Given that the VMAs aired on MTV, the king of low brow television (aside from the paid porn channels, that is), [...]
Word is that one of the best boy bands ever--NSYNC--will reunite on the VMAs (Video Music Awards) tonight at 8:00 on MTV. There will likely be some insanity (it is MTV, of course), but an appearance by Justin Timberlake with his NSYNC bandmates is enough for me to tune in. Enjoy an NSYNC classic below! --Mary Fran
By: Mary Fran Bontempo To hear an audio version of this post, click the play arrow below. I can totally relate. Last week, my son came home to find our dog, Casey, stuffed into the overturned kitchen trash can, happily munching away on her version of culinary delicacies. Casey was so transfixed by her good fortune--ordinarily, I remove the trash can from her relentlessly determined reach--that she didn't even hear David come in. [...]
By: Mary Fran Bontempo Who would have thought? In our technologically saturated world, one of the most delightful shows on TV this summer is a throw-back of sorts. Hollywood Game Night, hosted by Glee's Jane Lynch, pits two teams of celebrities, along with one "real" person, against each other in a variety of live action party games for the chance to win a $25,000 grand prize, with a $10,000 payout for the charity [...]
By: Mary Fran Bontempo Okay, I’ll admit it—as a resident of life’s middle ground, I’m not exactly up on current slang or expressions used by the “young folk.” New language introduced into the vernacular was hard enough to manage before the advent of texting, but now that everything’s been reduced to a bizarre combination of letters, numbers and symbols (YOLO—You Only Live Once, RB@Ya--Right Back at You, TTYL8R—Talk To You Later), I’m clueless. [...]
By: Mary Fran Bontempo Dave was incredulous. "What the heck happened in this kitchen? I just cleaned it all up fifteen minutes ago; it looks like a bomb went off in here!" I looked at my husband, not saying a word. "Oh," he said, "I forgot." After 32 years of marriage, we've achieved an almost telepathic ability to communicate without words. Ofttimes, a mere glance will clue Dave in as to what's going [...]
