Casting Call: Dancing with the Stars!!!

DANCING WITH THE STARS
Applications are due soon, so hop to it!
Dancing with the Stars, TV’s most successful dance show, is looking for a woman aged 24-36, size 10-14 in the Los Angeles area to train with a professional dancer, get fit, learn to dance like a star and appear on TV.

Are you overweight or looking to shed those stubborn extra pounds? Are you up for the challenge of a lifetime? Ever wondered how difficult Ballroom Dancing really is?

The aim is for you to follow the training regime that the Stars on the show do and we film your progress. Each week, a package about your training will appear on the Results Show. This will be completely outside the competition that the Stars are participating in.

Applicants must be available to train at least 20 hours a week from the end of August to mid-November. No previous dance experience required. Email slimdance@gmail.com with the following information:

Name
Address
Age
Height
Weight
Contact numbers (cell, home, work)
Current Employment
Marital Status/ Family Situation
Do you have a criminal record?
Do you have an existing medical condition?
Photograph: Close up facial and wide body shot.

Briefly tell us, in 200 words or less:
Why should we choose you for this amazing opportunity?
What would you gain from this experience?
Why do you want to this?
What are your hobbies? What do you do with your free time?

All applications must be complete and include photographs to be considered.

If you are selected, you’ll be contacted for a casting session on Friday, August 18th, in Central Los Angeles.

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Rescue Me Recap (Twilight)

GMMR’s resident Rescue Me expert, Julie from TV and Sympathy is back with this week’s recap. Only one more episode left in this season. Let’s hope that the Emmy voters have been watching the whole season, and that Denis Leary walks away with the Emmy he so deserves.On to the recap

Title: Twilight
Original Airdate: August 15, 2006

Lou and Tommy walk an old man and some kids out of an apartment building that has a fire. Chief tells him to go back inside, there’s one other guy in there who they might have a spot of trouble getting out. They head back in to find the rest of the crew with a guy in a Stephen Hawking-type setup, wheelchair and talking computer, which fascinates Sean and perplexes the rest of them for a minute about how to get him down. Eventually, after some computerized insults, they take him out with the bucket. “I just shit myself.” He tells Tommy on the way down. “I’m sorry to hear about that,” Tommy replies. I think that’s as sincere as Tommy gets.

The crew is just returning to the firehouse when they get sent out on another call. This time, it’s to help a woman who has impaled her arm high atop an iron fence. When they haul out the saw, the woman faints and the whole crew has to hold up her copious, unconscious self so she doesn’t do further damage to the arm. “It’s just like Iwo Jima,” Tommy cracks.

The next morning Tommy arrives home to finds his dad tried to make eggs and burned up the whole stove area. Tommy starts telling his dad he’s not sure this living arrangement is going to work out, they might need to look into some other options. His dad silences him by throwing something at him and saying “You ever talk about putting me in a home again and then next fire I start will take out me, this whole apartment, and possibly you, too.”

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Watchlist: August 16, 2006

So You Think You Can Dance – Winner Announced
In the second-season finale, Ciara and Fergie perform before a winner is chosen to receive $100,000, a new car and a one-year contract with Celine Dion’s “A New Day” show in Las Vegas.

Laguna Beach – Season Premiere
The third-season premiere, followed by a 15-minute after show. The new cast includes the singer and guitarist from a rock band and the sister of previous cast member Lauren Conrad. First up: Tessa brings best friend Raquel to Kyndra’s barbecue.

Making of ‘Idlewild’
A look at Idlewild, a 2006 musical drama about the performers in a 1930s Southern speakeasy. The film stars Andre Benjamin and Antwan Andre Patton (of OutKast), and is the feature-film debut for director Bryan Barber.

GMMR’s LOL Moment of the Night: Big Brother’s Chilltown

First let me apologize to those of you who don’t watch Big Brother: All Stars, because for you people, this post won’t make any sense.

For the BB fans in the house, can we just talk about how HYSTERICAL Chilltown is from week to week? The highlight of each episode for me is when Chilltown (Mike Boogie & Dr. Will) discuss their ongoing strategies to flat out play all the other housemates against each other. A strategy that has worked so beautifully since Day One.

In tonight’s confessional, we find Boogie and Will discuss their new game plan. A game plan that I found so amusing I actually spit water out of my mouth while laughing. And all along I only thought that happened in bad movies. Here’s what the boys had to say:

Boogie: Chilltown is on a new mission called…

Will & Boogie: Operation: Double Date

Boogie: And the way it works is that I get very close to Erica, and Will gets very close to Janelle using our charisma, good looks and winsome personalities. And what these girls think is that they are winning our hearts, and they are manipulating us, but what we’re really doing is…

Will: Ripping their hearts out of their chests and squeezing the blood on to the pocket of their cheap blouses before they can blink twice.

Ha, ha, ha. I love this show. You know I HATED Boogie and Will during the first few episodes of this season, but now they are my two favorite houseguests…by far. Sorry, I just had to share this with all of my other BB fans.

Prison Break Season 2 Premiere ROCKS!!!

Update: Click here for full Prison Break Season 2 Premiere Recap
So over the course of the past few months there’s been a lot of chit chat about whether or not Prison Break could live up to its freshman season hype. I mean the show is called Prison Break, and out of prison the boys have broken. So what’s left?

A lot.

Just minutes ago I finished watching the Season 2 premiere of Prison Break, and let me be the first to tell you that Season 2 is off to a kickass start. If the first episode is any indication of what’s to come over the course of the season, then we are in for the same thrill ride that season one so kindly provided. I found myself holding my breath through a few scenes (that’s always a good sign).

I’m not going to spoil anything for you because I really, really want you to watch the premiere on Monday, August 21st at 8/7C but here’s what I will tell you….
William Fichtner is good, I mean REALLY good as the FBI agent chasing Michael and his band of merry men. He eases right into the role, and he’s so understanded that he has a tendency to make some of the actors around him stick out like sore thumbs.

You are in for a few surprises in the first episode. One in particular that I really didn’t see coming, but that I was quite happy with, but that’s just me.
Wentworth Miller isn’t a natural born runner. He looks kind of silly when he runs. That being said, the boy is still one of the best looking men on the planet, so if he has to have a flaw then so be it.

Alright, I know that this is all a bit of a tease, but I really don’t want to give away too much. Just know that Prison Break is back, and it hasn’t lost any of its Season One goodness. And I promise you we call all dish about the show once it airs on Monday.

If you have never watched Prison Break, and don’t have time between now and Monday to watch all the S1 DVDs, fear not. The S2 premiere does an amazing job at bringing everyone up to speed. Enough that you can really get into the show, even if you don’t have all the back stories. At the same time, as someone who hasn’t missed an ep, I wasn’t bored by the rehashing of Season 1. It’s handled very well.

If you just can’t wait to get your PB fix, or you are a Prison Break newbie, then check out this incredible Season 2 promo.[gv data=”_N9wZ0n8XZ0″][/gv]

Thanks to The TV Addict for sharing the video.

I Love You Fox

To be honest, I thought I was going to spend my evening watching Big Brother, a repeat of Veronica Mars and Rescue Me. Tuesday isn’t a crazy TV night for me. But those shows will have to sit on TiVo for a bit longer, because my TV night just got CRAZY fun!! I walked in from work to find a little gift from Fox. In my posession I have ALL the season/series premieres of Fox shows: Prison Break, House, Bones, Till Death, Happy Hour, Justice, Vanished & Standoff. YES! YES! YES!

As excited as I am to see the new FOX shows (especially Justice), I can’t tell you how excited I am to see what Michael Scofield and his band of Merry Men have been up to since their escape from Fox River. I’m equally psyched to see what really went down with Dr. Gregory House after he was shot. And why the hell has become a running maniac in all the promos? Ah, all my answers will soon be answered.

TV with MeeVee Pays Homage to the Unsung, Lovable Sidekick

They rarely get the girl (or guy). They never get their own plotline. Their paychecks also don’t have a lot of zeros on them. They are sitcom’s lovable sidekicks. They steal the occasional scene, provide much-needed comic relief at times, and say the things our main character just can’t say. Let’s celebrate some of the more memorable sidekicks from then and now.

Rhoda Morgenstern–A little before my time, but Rhoda set the bar high for future sidekicks as Mary Tyler Moore’s funny and endearing best friend. She’s one of the few who even got her own spin-off!

Vinny Delpino—Doogie Howser’s wise-guy buddy. Let’s face it: Doogie could get a little too serious at times. Thank goodness Vinny would climb through the window once in a while and loosen things up.

Six LeMeure—Blossom’s little comedic partner in crime. Six had the kind of energy you wish you could just bottle. Plus—she was only three feet tall and wore a new hat every episode. Beat that!

Boner Stabone–Perhaps the most unfortunately named character in television history. As Mike Seaver’s buddy in Growing Pains, Boner was…well…not to smart. Dumber than a box of hammers you might say. Boner was kind of like a two-year-old with hormones, but we loved him.

Buddy Lembeck–Here’s where I have to admit that I watched a little Charles in Charge when I was a kid. I’m not proud of this. Buddy kind of served as Charles’ Id. “C’mon Charles, let’s get some heroin and go to Mexico!” OK, that never happened, but it would have been sweet.

Kimmy Gibler–This character always made me cringe. Actually, watching Full House always made me cringe, but Kimmy made me cringe a little harder. She was D.J.’s smart-ass friend who was memorable mainly because she was even more annoying than the rest of the cast.

Randy Hickey–Bringing us back to the present is Earl’s brother Randy in My Name Is Earl. There aren’t many great sidekicks nowadays, but the slow-witted Randy gets some of the best lines on this show, like ”I bet he’s had twenty beers today. That’s how many I had when I tried to plug the television into that dog.”

Now, we know this list is far from complete. So please add your favorite and tell us why. Let’s not forget the contribution these peripheral characters made to television history.

For showtimes and details on My Name Is Earl visit MeeVee.com

GMMR thanks our good friends over at TV with MeeVee.com for sharing this article with us. Feed your inner couch potato at TV with MeeVee.com.

William Shatner Gets Roasted

Comedy Central is taking command of the “star” ship and putting TV legend William Shatner in the hot seat. Shatner is confirmed to brazenly travel where only the strongest have survived, as the all-comedy network’s newest Roastee.

Yes the star of Star Trek, Boston Legal and those infamous Priceline.com commercials will be roasted when some of today’s top comedians (and Andy Dick) honor Captain Kirk during The Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner airing on Sunday August 20th at 10pm ET/PT.

I’ve gotta think that this year’s Roast has got to be the easiest one on record. It can’t be that hard to make jokes about William Shatner…the best part is, Shatner will usually beat you to it. Set your TiVo’s now for this Sunday!!

If you’ve never seen one of these roasts, be sure to check it out…they are pretty damn funny. If you don’t want to take my word for it – see for yourself.

Enter now for your chance to win a DVD of another legendary Comedy Central Roast, this time of Rescue Me star Denis Leary. Just leave a comment naming one William Shatner movie or TV show and you are automatically entered.

Veronica Mars Redux – I am God

I got a few emails asking why one of my faves, Veronica Mars, was left off today’s Watchlist. Well, I tell ya why. Tonight’s episode of Veronica Mars, is very near and dear to my heart and so I thought it deserved its very own post.

If you are a long time reader of GiveMeMyRemote.com, then you know that I was lucky enough to have WB/UPN fly me out to San Diego, CA last year and spend the day on the set of Veronica Mars. We got to meet the cast and spend the day getting a tour of the set from VM creator, Rob Thomas.

As it happens they were filming tonight’s episode “I am God” while we were there. The bloggers in attendance were just inches from being in an actual episode of VM. Had I had a little more guts I could have easily been an extra as Ryan Hansen (Dick Casablancas) was encouraging me to jump in the background of a scene. In hindsight I should have done it!!!
So in honor of tonight’s historic episode, I thought I would share links to my original posts realting to “I am God”. Enjoy!!
My Day on the Set of Veronica Mars

I was equally geeked out the first time “I am God” aired. Check out my posts and relive the first time GMMR watched “I am God“, and my post from the morning after the ep aired. These posts themselves aren’t particulary interesting, but they do include candid pics from the set, so I thought I would shared them all again.

Don’t forget to watch Veronica Mars tonight on UPN (check your local listings….in Boston it’s on at 8pm and 9pm, but I know that differs depening on where you live)

Watchlist: Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Real World
In the 17th-season finale, the roommates attend Fantasy Fest, which was postponed because of Hurricane Wilma, and participate in costume contests. But John encounters trouble with the gang’s parade float.

Miss Teen USA 2005
Allie LaForce crowns her successor at the 24th annual gala from Palm Springs, Cal. Contestants are judged in swimsuit, evening gown and interview categories. Shaun Robinson and Damien Fahey host. Performers include JoJo.

Secret Lives of Women – Married to Cross Dressers
A woman discusses her husband’s secret penchant for cross-dressing. Also: Texas grandparents talk about their own experiences with the practice.

Rescue Me
John Gavin Sr. (Charles Durning) disappears following an argument with Tommy over living conditions; Lou’s new love interest doesn’t sit well with Tommy; the new woman in Jerry’s life could be dangerous

Big Brother: All Stars
The all important Golden Power of Veto is up for grabs tonight.

Jenna Fischer’s “Ten Things You Don’t Know About Women”

I didn’t know if it was possible for me to love Jenna Fischer (Pam Beesly, The Office) more than I already do. But even Jenna has surpassed Jenna with her “Ten Things You Don’t Know About Women” column in this month’s Esquire magazine. This is classic!!!

UPDATE: Some of the guys from THE OFFICE, did a reading of Jenna’s Esquire piece. Click below watch The Boys of The Office reading ‘Ten Things You Don’t Know About Women’
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On to Jenna’s list….

1. If we run into your ex-girlfriend in public, the first thing you should do is put your arm around us. And if we have to introduce ourselves, you are in big trouble.

2. When you tell us about a business lunch you had with a woman, it’s a good idea to tell us that she’s fat, ugly, old, or a lesbian. Preferably all of them.

3. PMS is real. It’s chemical, and it sucks. If someone told you that every thirty days you were going to get jacked repeatedly in the nuts, you’d be pissy around day twenty-six, too.

4. When we say, “I don’t feel connected,” the only appropriate response is, “I feel it, too. Let’s go out for a nice dinner and reconnect.” Try it. You will get laid.

5. If you can locate the following items in our home—tape, casserole dish, Christmas ornaments—you will get laid.

6. If you act excited about the bath mat we bought at Target, you will get laid.

7. We really want to have kids. That is, until you want to have kids. Then: “Hey, slow down. What about my career? It’s my body. I’m not just a depository for your sperm, you know. Fuck off. Wait, come back. I’m sorry about that. It’s sweet you want to have kids. Let’s talk about it in a year.”

8. You know what’s really gay? Football. Instead of watching it, just have sex with another dude once a year. Get it all out of your system at once.

9. We can make a “celebrity safe list” if you want. But I am way more likely to get Patrick Dempsey to fuck me in a bathroom than you are to get Lindsay Lohan to suck you off in your car.

10. Okay, wait. Maybe not Lindsay Lohan. But you know what I mean.

Thanks to frenchmoodle at The Office LJ community for finding this and sharing if with your fellow Dunder Mifflinites.

CAA? The Gersh Agency? William Morris?

In the ODD event that someone from one of these agencies just happens to stumble on to Give Me My Remote, let me know who you are!!!  And if you have clients that I can line up for interviews PLEASE PLEASE let me know.

“Dancing with the Stars” Celebrity Contestants Announced

Have you been dying to find out just which celebs will be dancing their way across the stage when the new season of Dancing with the Stars premieres? Well, GiveMeMyRemote.com has the scoop. Check it out:

Harry Hamlin – A former People’s Sexiest Man Alive winner, this star of LA Law and Veronica Mars might have a slight advantage over the other contestants since his wife, Lisa Rinna, was a contestant on last year’s show.

Mario Lopez – Oh mama. AC Slater will be shaking those Latin hips in front of millions. Something tells me Mario may be the guy to beat. If only Jessie Spano would be there to cheer him on.

Joe Lawrence – You might be wondering just who Joe Lawrence is. What if I told you that back in the day he was known as Joey Lawrence? Ah, yeah, now you know. The former star of Blossom and American Dreams is still nice to look at, but he can he work it? I guess will find out. Whoa (sorry, I couldn’t resist).

Jerry Springer – Not sure what to say about this one. Let’s just hope he doesn’t bring any hookers, or women who had children with their brothers on the show.

Emmit Smith – It wouldn’t be Dancing with the Stars if there wasn’t an ex-jock represented. Following in the tradition of Evander Holyfield and Jerry Rice, fromer NFLer, and future Hall of Famer, Smith, will be tackling the competition (yeah, bad joke, I know)

Tucker Carlson – Um what? Here’s the reason I’m going to be watching this season. Conservative Republican and all around jackass, Tucker Carlson, will be ditching his bowtie for some new duds. Not really sure what to make out of this one. It might be a little harder for Tucker to dance with that pole up his ass, but I guess we’ll see.

Vivica A. Fox – The sultry actress will certaintly represent the hot factor in this year’s competition. I guess I didn’t realize that Vivica’s star had fallen to this level, but I guess it has.

Monique Coleman, Willa Ford, Shanna Moakler & Sara Evans – Sorry to lump all these ladies together, but I know very little about them individually. I guess Coleman was featured in Disney’s High School Musical, but I’ve never seen it. Willa Ford – I think she used to date Nick Carter, right? Yeah, I’m sure she’ll be bringing the class to the show then. Sara Evans is a country music singer. I know I’ve heard of her, but I can’t think of any of her tunes off the top of my head. And finally Shanna Moakler. The actress may be best known for her reality show Meet the Barkers, but she’s been in the news lately as she recently filed for divorce from Blink 182’s, Travis Barker.

I’m interested to see who knows how to shake their groove thang.
Dancing with the Stars is set to premiere on Sept. 12th on ABC.

“Real Time with Bill Maher” Contest!!!

The often controversial, but always hysterical Real Time with Bill Maher returns to HBO on Friday, August 25th at 11pm. To get you excited about the new season, GMMR is giving away a special prize pack for Bill Maher fans. Just send me an email and let me know what year Real Time with Bill Maher first premiered on HBO and you will be entered to win a prize pack which includes a Real Time with Bill Maher poster and a copy of Bill’s book New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer. (Here’s a hint: the answer can be found on the RTwBM webiste). Winners will be drawn at random based on all correct entries. Good luck!!!

One of my favorite of Bill’s “New Rules”:

New Rule: If turning on my cell phone can bring down your commercial airliner, build a better plane. Right? I mean, the number of people who carry hand-held electrical devices these days equals the number of people who have hands. To give them all veto power over whether the other passengers live or die seems like a flaw in the system.

Dawson’s Creek Comes to The N – Marathon Tonight

You thought I was really into The Office, Veronica Mars, and Grey’s Anatomy? Hell, that’s nothing compared to my obsession with Dawson’s Creek back in the day. Any let me just clarify that by “back in the day” I mean during my Senior year in college and beyond. Yes, the show about kids just starting out in high school premiered after I was of legal drinking age. But I will never deny my affection for the show. I simply loved it. I was a dedicated fan, I stuck with the Creek even during the horrid college years.

Now the Creek is back on TV (ok, well it never really left…it airs Monday-Friday on TBS at 9am est). But it is back on another network…The N. Here’s what little I know about The N. It’s a network aimed at tweens…by day its Noggin, my 2 and 4 year old nieces favorite station…I think they show Degrassi (a show I’ve never seen). But now they have The Creek, so I guess I’ll get to know The N soon enough.

If you were one of the people that just never got into the show and are dying to figure out what people like me have been squawking about all these years, here’s your chance. The N is kicking off its Creek coverage by airing a Dawson’s Creek marathon tonight starting at 6pm and ending at 5am tomorrow morning. Yes, almost the entire first season will be shown back to back. Set your TiVos.
If for no other reason, Dawson’s Creek lets us all remember Katie Holmes as she was before Crazy McCrazy came into her life and changed her into the zombie-like being we see in the tabloids today. Katie come back to us. Pacey save her!!!

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