World Cup? What the Hell's a World Cup?

MY summer sports fun begins tonight, with the return of "Big Brother" on CBS at 8pm. It's an "all-star" edition this time around, but being that I didn't really watch nor care about the show until last season, the possibility of a return of Evil Dr. Will doesn't fill me with too much anticipation. If Kaysar and Janelle come back--and if their return also means further humiliation for "The Friendship"--well you can count me as one happy summer camper indeed.

In: Irish Twins - Out: Keeping it in Your Pants

Heidi Klum is preggers again, reports Us Magazine. Her last kid is 9 months old.

She'll probably be showing during the next season of "Project Runway," as she was last season. Perhaps they'll add a sexy maternity lingerie challenge to the line-up. And speaking of "Project Runway," the latest crop of designers has been revealed.

Kittens and Former Kittens

While I would love to provide video of that awesome Britney Spears interview, I can not. I can, however, provide some audio from the interview, combined with footage of me playing with a friend's supercute kitten, Philo. Enjoy!

Recappy Happy

My recap of "How to Get the Guy" is now up on SFist!

Be gentle on me. It's my first full-fledged recap. It was both fun and tedious to do...

Da-yaaaam!

Did anyone watch the Britney Spears interview on Dateline last night? Holy crap. It was 100 times better than I ever imagined it could be. First, she looked like absolute hell. Her face was greasy, her hair was uncombed, and she had a huge smudge over one eye. Could have been mascara, eyeliner, a false eyelash, who knows, but someone needed to run over to her with a damp Kleenex and get rid of it. Also, she was in trash clothes and tacky jewelry, and her boobs...oh, her boobs. Second, apparently the interview was conducted next to her refrigerator or something because there was a loud hum throughout the whole thing. Who lets something like that pass? Don't they do sound checks for things like this? Maybe Britney's breasts (which were on full display--FULL display) make that noise when she gets upset. Third, in trying to explain why she loves KFed, she kept saying, "He's just so simple. There's nothing complicated about him. Women make things so complicated, but he's simple." Awesome.

Lastly, she's just DUMB. Flat out. Trying to make excuses for driving with the baby on her lap ("My daddy used to do that with me! I'd be on his lap, pretending I was driving.") and almost dropping the kid on a New York street (her excuse for that was priceless. She talked about how her brother went to the hospital dozens of times as a kid because he was always getting hurt on his bike. "Stuff happens to kids, Matt!" Wrong, on so many levels) all the while chew, chew, chewing her gum.

I'm hoping the whole thing shows up somewhere at some point today (NBC has already cracked down on the clips on YouTube), but for now, here are some amusing takes on the interview.

Edited to add: Defamer's got some of the interview. It's a YouTube video, so might not be around for long, though. SociallyRetarded on YouTube seems to have the full thing in three parts, too. OR you could watch the whole thing on the TV TONIGHT as NBC will be reairing it at 8pm. Woot!

Cheri Oteri Alert!

I know I wrote about a collaboration between JJ Abrams and Cheri Oteri at some point on this blog, but because Google's blog search tool sucks, I can't find the actual post. Anyway, she was going to do a sitcom and JJ Abrams was going to produce it, but nothing ever came of it. Well, apparently it's still on, and she talks about it briefly in this "TV Guide" interview.

Neko Case Alert!

I totally forgot to mention this earlier, oh well, but Neko Case is on Letterman tonight.

Those who know who she is will appreciate this news. Those who don't know who she is should watch and find out.

The American Film Institute Has Way Too Much Time on Its Hands

AFI is airing another of its "100 Years..100 Whatevers" tonight at 8pm on CBS. This time it's "100 Years...100 Cheers," and that's not a rundown of 100 years of cheerleading movies (because, seriously, that begins and ends with "Bring It On"), instead the theme is "inspirational movies." In other words, a lot of movies by Steven Spielberg, and anything involving an Underdog Sports Team/Athlete That Wins Big, or Looses Graciously In the End.

I think they're running out of ideas. Personally, I can't wait for "100 Years...100 Spit-Takes."

Not That I'll Be Watching...

Tonight is the reality "stars" edition of "Fear Factor" in which Joe Rogan bitch slaps TAR's Jonathan.

Just in case you're interested in that kind of thing.

I Want a Lyrebird for Christmas

As featured on Boing Boing, here's video from a David Attenborough special featuring a Lyrebird, a bird that can mimic an amazing number of sounds.

It can't possibly be real, can it?