Hats off to South Park creators Trey Park and Matt Stone for one heck of an episode last night on Comedy Central. "About Last Night ..." featured the residents of South Park joining the rest of the country in celebrating the election of the U.S. President, who moved a new administration into the White House ahead of schedule.
In another of South Park's over-the-top satires, unsurprisingly, Barack Obama won, only to retire to his hotel room and meet up with his partner in "crime" John McCain. Seems their whole candidacies were a clever ruse to get one of them into the Oval Office to access a secret passage that would lead straight to the Hope diamond ... a la Ocean's 11, 12 or 13, whichever. It really didn't matter, Obama and McCain were the head of the best thief club in the world, with Sarah Palin posing as a British espionage expert! The whole scam was to fool the American public, get the big pay-off and fake their own deaths to retire to Tahiti ... well done!
The episode will repeat at 10 p.m. tonight and over the weekend or you can just watch it here http://www.southparkstudios.com/
By the way, I actually did find a photo of the guineasaurus rex from last week's episode! Cool huh? (sorry photo's so big)


Perennial Emmy-loser Susan Lucci (yes, I know she eventually won) was the unlucky contestant over on Dancing with the Stars last night.

She and her handsome partner Tony Dovolani bid adieu in a show that featured a performance by Lionel Ritchie - Lionel Ritchie? Where's he been? And how 'bout those tight pants - where were the ABC censors? However, the most memorable moment for me was the pros feature dance, featuring a newly shorn Maksim Chmerikovsky! WTH? Yes, he's still gorgeous, but he could've warned us ...For more info visit
http://abc.go.com/primetime/dancingwiththestars/index?pn=index


Maksim, what have you done?

On to tonight: I guess you should all know by now that Thursday night means another castaway will be voted off Survivor: Gabon! Of course, I'll have a full recap tomorrow.
That's not the only interesting thing on CBS tonight. At 9 p.m. the super-sexy Lady Heather returns to tempt Gil Grissom on the original CSI. Actually, he'll be going to visit her while investigating a case that involves sexual domination. Yes, kiddies Lady Heather's a pro! Hey Elfman, what do you think of her?

Dominatrix Lady Heather heats up CSI

Over on ABC, same time, it's time to bid farewell to Dr. Erica Hahn and her relationship with Callie. As I stated yesterday, Grey's Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes decided not to continue with the lesbian storyline and is ending it tonight. Following at 10 p.m. the new hit Life on Mars features a guest appearance by Whoopi Goldberg tonight. And, sit down, she plays a man - Brother Love Butter, a soulful underground New York radio personality, circa 1973.

The CW offers up another episode of Supernatural at 9 p.m. In "Wishful Thinking" hunky bros Sam and Dean Winchester visit a town where a wishing well brings chaos.


And speaking of chaos, chef Gordon Ramsay will be stirring up trouble at Jack's Waterfront in Michigan on Fox's Kitchen Nightmares at 9 also.

Dr. Drew's back on VH1 at 10 p.m. with another episode of Celebrity Rehab. I gotta say, after a great first episode, last week's 2nd was quite disappointing and a little unbearable to watch. Don't know if I'll be checking in this week ...

And if you can't get enough of the E! True Hollywood Story, tonight's your night. Three back-to-back episodes will be shown tonight starting at 8 p.m. with The Kardashians (yawn), followed at 9 by Heidi Klum (could be interesting) and at 10 with Star Jones (I've heard this one was good).

Also, don't forget HBO offers up a mini-thon of the last three episodes of its vampire drama True Blood from 8-11 p.m. tonight also. Check in and get acquainted with the residents (alive and undead) of Bon Temps, Louisiana - only 3 more new episodes to go. For info visit
http://www.hbo.com/trueblood/

Twilight's Edward vs. True Blood's Bill: Who Would You Rather Die For?

Twilight/DVR alert: Edward Cullen aka Robert Pattinson stops by MTV's TRL from 3:30-4:30 this afternoon to chat up Twilight. (Yeah, just another chance to mention Twilight in my post labels, always generates more hits!)
http://www.twilightthemovie.com/

And finally, the numbers are in from Tuesday night's elections - no not those numbers - the Nielsen ratings. Nearly 72 million people watched the returns, up more than 24 percent from the 2004 election. The numbers reflect those watching election returns on 14 different networks from 8-11 p.m., when most networks called the race for Barack Obama, according to Nielsen.
In comparison, 58 million watched the 2004 election returns on about 10 networks, and about 62 million watched the 2000 returns. I wonder if they're counting the ratings for BBC America, which was where I was watching. Very interesting watching our election returns from another country's perspective.

Yay!!! Phinally!! It's over and the Phillies won the World Series!!! Thus ending any prime time network programming for the rest of the night. Even I, who I don't consider a big baseball fan, watched last night! Hell, there were fireworks going off in my neighborhood as soon as the final out was made!
And then, who could go to sleep ... everyone here and I'm sure wherever you are in the Philadelphia area, is totally sleep deprived this morning. Not like we haven't been ever since the start of the World Series ... maybe now, or at least after tomorrow's parade, we can all get back to our regular sleep schedules. (How many of you are planning on calling in sick tomorrow?)
Anyway, it's great to see a sporting world title come our way again! Congrats to all!

Elsewhere on TV last night, the only thing I caught was the repeat of South Park's Pandemic 2 - Startled at midnight. It was pretty funny, better than last week's Part 1. It was a continuation of the Peruvian Flute Band storyline, which ended last week with a very Cloverfield-like monster attack on the small town of South Park.
Randy Marsh caught all the action on his held-hand camera, which turned out to be giant guinea pigs. A rather good effect, the producers cut in live action of guinea pigs into South Park's signature cut-out animation style.
Anyway, this week's episode was hilarious in showing just how many Halloween-style costumes are available for guinea pigs. Wish I could have found a photo to show you, but take my word for it, you haven't laughed till you've seen a Guineasaurus Rex!
Luckily, the episode reruns tonight at 10 p.m. For info or to watch online visit http://www.southparkstudios.com/

OK, on to tonight's lineup - and it starts with another intriguing episode of Survivor: Gabon on CBS at 8 p.m. Remember tonight each tribe will be voting off a castaway ... will it be Ace's turn to leave? Or perhaps they will finally flush out Sugar's immunity idol.
For info visit http://www.cbs.com/primetime/survivor/

At 9 p.m. the Winchester bros will be hunting more demons on the CW's Supernatural, just in time for Halloween. While celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay will be scaring another restaurant crew on Fox's Kitchen Nightmares. Another murder, another case for CSI on CBS. And over at Seattle Grace on ABC, the sexy doctors of Grey's Anatomy will be hemming and hawing over who to sleep with as usual.

Of course, all bets are off at 10 p.m. when VH1 presents episode 2 of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew. Entertainment Tonight already showed a preview clip and it looks like Gary Busey's had it with his rehab trip. Looks like a bit of a meltdown is coming ...For info visit http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/Celebrity_rehab_2_with_dr_drew/series.jhtml?source=globalnav

Constantine
Halloween Horror Watch: With Mischief Night looming, there's plenty on TV tonight to satisfy your urge to be scared starting with Constantine at 8 p.m. on AMC. A cop (Rachel Weisz) tangles with demons and angels when she probes her twin's death with a man (Keanu Reeves) who has literally been to Hell and back. A stylized supernatural thriller with great graphics.

Encore presents Tales from the Crypt presents Demon Knight also at 8 p.m. This horror flick turned out better than it should have with great performances by Titanic's Billy Zane and the early work of Jada Pinkett-Smith. If you can get it, this flick is definitely a trick and a treat!

And the Sci-Fi channel presents a mini-thon of its new show Real Exorcist from 8-11 p.m. This show features, just as the title suggests, "real" exorcisms of "real" people. I haven't seen it before, but who knows, it could be fun.

Coming tomorrow: Survivor Recap, of course, and a list of my all-time favorite horror films!

The Reign Delay continues ... but, with any hope, it'll be over tonight! World Series Game 5 is set to resume on Fox around 8:37 p.m., starting in the bottom of the sixth with the Phillies at bat, score 2-2. Let's end this thing!!!


Cloris with partner Corky Ballas
In other news, fan fave Cloris Leachman was the unlucky contestant on Dancing with the Stars last night. Well, I guess she wasn't fan favorite afterall, not getting enoug votes to keep her there. Cloris added some much needed comedy to the show and will be missed. But don't cry for her just yet.

It seems that prior to her Dancing gig, old pal Mel Brooks thought that at 81, Cloris was too old to reprise her role in the Broadway production of his Young Frankenstein. The NY Post is reporting today that Brooks has since changed his mind after watching the octagenarian shuffle on the dance floor and thinks she may just still have the stamina for the production. For now, Cloris is fielding many offers, including one from director Quentin Tarantino for a part in Inglorious Bastards, and will hold court as Grand Marshall of the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, Calif., on New Year's Day.
Pro-dancer Julianne Hough, who I blogged yesterday was havig her appendix removed, has come clean on her real condition - endometriosis, with a ruptured cyst on her ovary. According to her personal blog, her appendix is still being removed.

"They want to clean out the cysts and take out my appendix, too, because later on it can be affected by the cysts. They're doin it laproscopically through my belly button so I won't have a scar. They say it's three of four days of recovery. I'm thinking more like a week."

Wishing a speedy recovery to her. In the meantime her partner, the oh-so-cute Cody Linley will dance with Edyta Sliwinska.

Celebrities remaining in competition include Brooke Burke, Lance Bass, Warren Sapp, Maurice Greene and Susan Lucci.

For more Dancing with the Stars info visit http://abc.go.com/primetime/dancingwiththestars/index?pn=index


Other than the big game tonight, Comedy Central will present another new episode of South Park at 10 p.m. In Pandemic 2 - The Startling, the boys are lost in the Andes Mountains where they discover the startling secret behind the attack of the giant guinea pigs. They now have the power to rescue their town and the rest of the world from the onslaught, btu the head of Homeland Security stands firmly in their way.

Meanwhile, Randy bravely documents the destruction (a la Cloverfield) while trying to save his family! For more info visit http://www.southparkstudios.com/


If you were lucky enough to make it thru the season finale of Greek last night over on ABC Family, you got to see two sort of new scenes from the upcoming vampire flick Twilight. The first one aired around 8:35 and featured the cafeteria scene with the apple-catch, an homage to the book's cover, and the "theories" exchange between Edward and Bella.

The second was the same clip that aired during last week's Scream Awards on Spike. It was yet another rehash of the ballet studio/vampire fight scene between Edward, Bella and James that serves as the film's climax. The clips can be viewed here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMjyytZzT44 and here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2Te_5iQdow

Enjoy!


Halloween Horror Watch: It's all on AMC tonight, starting at 6 pm with Jeepers Creepers. I've menioned this flick before. It's a pretty good horror flick, with the Creeper being sufficiently creepy.

At 8 pm it's back to Camp Crystal Lake for Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday. I'm not sure exactly which one this is, seeing how they all look alike. But you can expect more of the same.

At 10 pm the 2003 remake of Willard airs. Starring Crispen Glover as an outsider who befriends a huge pack of rats that do his evil bidding, it features a lot of CG (computer-generated) rats, that unfortunately, don't look to real. For a real fright, make it a point to watch the original from 1971. Now that was creepy!

Willard now, and then

And ending up the evening at midnight is another showing of Stephen King's demon car classic Christine. For info on AMC's horrorfest lineup visit ...


Blast From The Past: Remember when you "wanted your MTV" and got it with lots of music videos? Well, the world's premiere "music" channel has launched a new website that promises to host the biggest collection of music videos in one place on the 'net.Although it's still in the testing stage, you can visit www.mtvmusic.com and check it out.

Tonight network TV will be yet another Presidential Debate. This time the candidates will be arguing from Hofstra University on Long Island. I always look forward to these debates, not because I plan on watching ... but because it frees up my viewing because from 9-11 pm there won't be any regular programming on the major networks.
So I don't have to figure out how to juggle Lipstick Jungle, Dirty Sexy Money, South Park or Sons of Anarchy tonight. The first two shows won't be on ...


Tim & Heidi

So since I'm so over the debates, there's really only one thing that matters on TV tonight and that's the Season Finale of Project Runaway over on Bravo!! Yes kiddies, it's finally here ... who will be the winner and who will be out?
Taped about a month ago at New York City Fashion Week, it all comes down to this runway show at Bryant Park. And remember, guest judge Jennifer Lopez was a no-show, allowing our fave style guru Tim Gunn to step in to judge. He'll be joined, of course, by show hostess and supermodel Heidi Klum, former Elle fashion editor Nina Garcia and designer Michael Kors.
So, who do you think it'll be - Kenley Collins, Leanne Marshall or Korto Momolu (sorry, couldn't find photo of Korto)? Click on over to PR's blog
http://www.bravotv.com/Project_Runway/season/5/index.php and check out the competition. Personally, I'm betting on Leanne, although I do wish once she wins, she spiffs up her own wardrobe!

Leanne


Kenley
Kenley, clearly not the fan favorite, broke down in tears last week during an appearance on Live with Regis and Kelly regarding her portrayal on the show. In actuality, Kenley, perceived as quite bitchy during the later part of this season, has never approached the same level of evil that other Runway villains have managed. Remember the witchy-like Wendy Pepper or deliciously wicked Santino Rice?

Wicked Santino

Witchy Wendy
Tonight also marks a bittersweet end to Bravo's most successful show. Project Runway will continue with a sixth season, probably on Lifetime Network, which signed a $150 million deal with the Weinstein Co., which owns the show.However, NBC has sued and a restraining order has been issued, keeping the showing from airing. If NBC, which owns Bravo, wins, rumor has it Project Runway might end up on the peacock network.

Philadelphia's own Parking Wars returns for a second season tonight on A&E at 10 p.m. with four back-to-back episodes. The show is filmed exclusively among the Philadelphia Parking Authority's rank and file, and promises a season of hissy fits and hard-luck stories. For info visit http://www.aetv.com/parking-wars/

Prior to Parking Wars, A&E will feature a special "Halloween" episode of Dog the Bounty Hunter. Tonight Dog and Beth have to find Robert, a tattoo artist, who apparently collects weapons. Isn't every episode Halloween for this wild team? Visit http://www.aetv.com/dog_the_bounty_hunter/index.jsp

Dog & Beth, Halloween or everyday clothes?

I'll be tuning into Comedy Central's South Park at 10 p.m. where Cartman and Wendy throw down in an all new episode titled "Breast Cancer Show Ever." Wendy gets in trouble when she threatens to beat up Cartman after school. No matter how fired up Wendy is, all bets are on Cartman. Everybody knows a girl can't fight a boy and win ...For info visit
http://www.southparkstudios.com/

Immediately following at 10:30 p.m. is the debut of David Alan Grier's Chocolate News. A show that promises to fill the gap left after the cancellation of Fox's In Living Color and CC's Chappelle Show. It also dares to go where no PC show would dare to go. For info visit http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/chocolate_news/index.jhtml

I'll catch the repeat of tonight's new episode of FX's Sons of Anarchy at 11 p.m. I never miss this fine new show, which was just picked up for a second season last week. For info visit
http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/originals/soa/#Nav/Homepage

Halloween Horror Watch: Check out Starz tonight at 8 p.m. for the best recent vampire flick to date. John Carpenter's 30 Days of Night is an all-out gorefest featuring vamps on the hunt in Alaska. Yeah, Alaska, where the sun sets and doesn't rise again for another 30 days or more ... and you know how vamps don't like the sun. You can just imagine the carnage!

And speaking of carnage, celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito was the odd man out on Dancing with the Stars last night. He would've gone home last week, but got a reprieve when Misty May-Treanor had to quite due to an injury.
I'm sure we'll be seeing him soon enough as a guest judge on that fine Bravo show - Top Chef, premiering its new season Nov. 12.

Top Chef Hostess Padma and Rocco
(Elfman, I picked this photo just for you!)


Last night on the season finale of the Rachel Zoe Project, it was all about the Oscars! And I loved it. Just watching how Jennifer Garner's and Cameron Diaz' Academy Award red carpet looks came together was fascinating. Not to mention the huge tension between assistants Taylor and Brad. It's been no secret that Taylor doesn't approve of newbee Brad and hasn't done much to help him learn his new job. Last night, during the most stressful week of their careers, Taylor lost it all over the poor boy and he quit (and cried A LOT)!
Luckily, not wanting to start all over again with a new assistant, Rachel convinced Taylor to apologize and get him back. By the end all was as well as it gets in the Zoe world.
Oh, and Zoe's hubby Roger gave her a 1956 Porsche Roadster for their 10-yr. Anniversary - just like the one Dylan McKay drove in the original Beverly Hills 90210 - now that's what I call LOVE!

Only her's, like Dylan's, was black

Till tomorrow ...

Ooops. My Bad. Last night's first part of the Project Runway finale did indeed "auf" another contestant from the runway! I swear that last season they waited till the beginning of the second part of the finale to actually decide who the final three presenters at Bryant Park would be, but I could be wrong.
As I figured, the first half of the episode featured style guru Tim Gunn visiting the remaining contestants at their homes and critiquing their wares. Before leaving New York, the designers were given the task of creating a wedding gown that would go along with their collections.
Korto Momolu lives in Arkansas with her husband and daughter, while Leanne Marshall spends her time in Portland, Oregon. My personal highlight was seeing Leanne take Tim on a tandem bike ride! He looked sooo uncomfortable.
Jerell Scott makes his residents in Los Angeles, where he received a strong reaction to his wedding gown from Tim. "It's a lotta look," Gunn said, unflatteringly. "I mean you want this to be believable."
And finally Tim visit Kenley Collins at the Brooklyn apartment. Collins gets her 1940's style from her recently deceased grandmother, who was a pin-up model. Odd, though, how everyone except Kenley had gathered family and friends to meet with Tim ...
Back in New York for fashion week, none of the other contestants wanted to room with Kenley, who has not been very friendly during this competition.
Upon her arrival, Kenley was quick to apologize, sort of, to her fellow competitors. Although they felt better about her, she was quick to point out in her solo dialogue that, "There's no point in being angry with people I'll never see again."
The next day, Tim delivered the next, unexpected, task - the designers had to create a bridesmaids gown to go with their wedding dress. And then came the runway portion of the competition. I have to say, I thought Leanne's dress was superb, maybe no something I would wear for my wedding, but it was runway perfection!
Kenley's gown was great too, and brought on praise from the judges, who strongly compared it to an Alexander McQueen dress that had been shown prior that week in Bryant Park. For those of you who have asked, you be the judge ...
Kenley's dress

Alexander McQueen Fall 2008 show


Anyway, much to my dismay, the brilliant Jerell Scott was sent packing (actually, he did get to present at Bryant Park, along with fellow departees Suede and Joe Faris. Although they were not actually in competition. I would have sent Korto packing, who do you think?For more on Project Runway visit
http://www.bravotv.com/Project_Runway/season/5/index.php

After Runway, I couldn't wait to skip on over to Comedy Central for the season premiere of South Park. And I wasn't disappointed!
The show, which will repeats tonight at 10 p.m. and several times over the weekend, began with a dig at the Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Apparently Cartman became obsessed with the Chinese, thinking they were trying to take over our country! So it was off to P.F. Chang's with Butters to save the U.S.!
But that wasn't the main jist of the episode ... it seems that South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone were a bit disappointed with the last Indiana Jones movie (Kingdom of the Crystal Skull).
And just in time for the flick's Oct. 14 DVD release next week, they hilariously lampooned the film's creators George Lucas and Steven Spielberg! Of course, this isn't a show for the kids, and Kyle accused Lucas and Spielberg of "raping" Indy. This lead to spoofs of like-themed films Deliverance and The Accused, placing Indy and the two directors in those familiar roles. Hats off to Parker and Stone for another great episode!
To watch or for info visit http://www.southparkstudios.com/


Poor Indy!

On TV tonight: It looks like the producers might be changing up the Tribes already on Survivor, CBS 8 p.m. You already know how much I love this show, so I'll be front and center for this one. Look for tomorrow's take on all the action ...
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/survivor/

Afterwards, I'll be staying tuned to CBS for the season premiere of CSI. Although I lost interest in this fine show last year, having watched since the beginning, I wouldn't miss finding out the aftermath of Warrick's (Gary Dourdan) shooting. I mean, how could he have survived this? I really don't think he did. It wouldn't be a total surprise, with the actor's personal problems earlier this year, I'm sure the producers won't miss him much ... Not looking forward to Sara's return though (was glad they got rid of her).

Doomed Dourdan

In the spirit of everything's-coming-up-vampires lately: The folks over at Philly 17 will be presenting Wes Craven's Dracula 2000 - 2000 being the year the film came out. Now I will admit that I actually paid to see this in the theaters, what with it being Wes Craven and all, I had hope.No it's not a great vampire movie, I wouldn't even call it a good vampire movie. However, the actor playing Dracula was a highlight. I mean they actually cast a "hot" Dracula. He may be a pretty big star now, but in 2000 Gerard Butler was just another struggling actor. I've followed his career ever since ... from Dracula, to The Phantom, to King Leonidas and I will see him in RocknRolla too.

Butler as Dracula

And, of course, since I mentioned Vampires, it gives me yet another opportunity to drop the title Twilight in this blog again. Honestly, every time I mention this literary and Internet phenom, I get a huge amount of hits. So here we go again ... tonight's ET: Entertainment Tonight will feature the newest and final trailer for the teen-vampire flick! And if you miss it, you will be able to view it everywhere on the 'net after 9 p.m. and it goes into theaters this weekend attached to Quarantine. For Twilight info
http://www.twilightthemovie.com/



If you haven't heard of Quarantine yet, look it up. It looks a pretty good horror flick. Much like Blair Witch Project and Cloverfield, the film is shot with hand-held cameras. The story revolves around a CDC-like group of investigators checking an unknown outbreak of disease in an apartment complex. A documentary filmmaker happens to be along for the ride, when suddenly the whole building gets quarantined by the government and they're all stuck inside with whatever is left of the diseased tenants - think crazed flesh-eating zombies! Check out more here http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/quarantine/


Two new series premieres are being highly touted by critics tonight. First is CBS' Eleventh Hour, starring Brit Rufus Sewell as a investigator of strange phenoma. Sounds a lot like Fringe to me. And I'll stick with Fringe for now.

Rufus Sewell

Second is ABC's Life on Mars, featuring another Brit, Jason O'Mara, as Sam Tyler, a contemporary NYPD detective who's in an accident and wakes up in 1973 New York. This was an excellent BBC-produced show in England, which I enjoyed on the BBC America channel. Like other Brit-imports, I don't think I need to see it ruined by American writers/producers. For more info on either show visit http://www.cbs.com/primetime/eleventh_hour/ and http://abc.go.com/primetime/lifeonmars/index?pn=index , repsectively.

I'll be over on Bravo at10 p.m. watching the season finale (already?) of Tabatha's Salon Takeover. I've blogged about this Kitchen Nightmares-style show before. I love it! Tonight's episode promises to have kept the best for last - does that mean someone actually will shoot saucy-Aussie Tabatha Coffey or will they just melt down into tears again? Can't wait to find out. For info visit
http://www.bravotv.com/Tabathas_Salon_Takeover/season/1/index.php


Tabatha, one tough Bi-otch

For those of you still worrying about the mandatory Digital TV conversion next February and what it means for you, tune on in to PBS at 10:30 for Get Ready for Digital TV. Catch up on the pending turn off of analog broadcast with advice from This Old House's Norm Abram and Keven O'Connor.


Halloween Horror Watch: Since we're well into October and I love horror movies, I'll be suggesting some faves of mine you might want to check out on TV or rent at the local DVD/video store.Tonight you don't even have to leave the house. Over on AMC at 10:15 is Christine, a fine flick about a demonic auto that kills its owners tormentors. A Stephen King Classic! Enjoy!

So, I watched M. Night Shyamalan's latest The Happening on DVD last night. I'll save my review for the end of this entry, since it will contain SPOILERS!


Chef Rocco
Due to the debates, there wasn't much else on last night, but I will give you the requisite Dancing with the Stars update if you, like me, can't bring yourself to waste the time watching it, but still want to know ... celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito came in last place. However, due to the medical-related dismissal of Misty May-Treanor, he was allowed to stay on until at least next week. The Olympic champion went on to have surgery yesterday to repair the Achilles tendon she ruptured last Friday while rehearsing for the show. http://abc.go.com/primetime/dancingwiththestars/index?pn=index

So, on to tonight: Over on Bravo at 9 p.m. it's the first part of a 2-part season finale for Project Runway. As those of you who have followed this show in prior season's we all know that tonight's episode will feature fashion guru Tim Gunn visiting the remaining contestants at their homes/studios and critiquing their clothing lines so far ... don't expect anyone to be eliminated tonight. For more info visit http://www.bravotv.com/Project_Runway/season/5/index.php

The Critical Gunn

I'm looking forward to tonight's season premiere of that wicked little cartoon South Park over on Comedy Central at 10 p.m. Can't wait to see who Trey Parker and Matt Stone will be victimizing in this episode! You can be sure Kenny, Stan, Kyle and Cartman will be out in full force lampooning some cultural phenomenon! For more on South Park or to watch previous episodes visit http://www.southparkstudios.com/


And on ABC, Dirty Sexy Money will continue to intrigue and disgust viewers with the second installment of Season 2 at 10 p.m. Unfortunately, I missed last week's season premiere and was later told by coworkers that it was a doozy! Starting out with a birthday party for Darling family attorney Nick George and ending with the arrest of the Darling's matriarch for the murder of Nick's father, Dutch George! And a whole lotta mess in between ... remember, this is the show I compared to Dynasty and Dallas last week.
So if you're a fan of over-the-top evening soaps, you don't want to miss this. For more info or to watch last week's ep or read a recap, visit http://abc.go.com/primetime/dirtysexymoney/index?pn=index

The Darling clan

Of course, I'll be watching my Sons of Anarchy over on FX at 10 p.m. (Dirty Sexy Money will have to wait). I'm really beginning to look forward to this Sopranos-style show about a motorcycle gang in Charming, California. I won't go on, because I have every week. If you're not already watching, you might want to give it a shot. Tonight's ep re-airs immediately after at 11 p.m. For info visit http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/originals/soa/#Nav/Homepage

Tomorrow morning Leonardo DiCaprio makes a rare appearance on live TV on NBC's Today Show (7-11 a.m.). Lucky Leo, not too comfortable with the whole interview process, will be promoting his new flick with Russell Crowe (who's been on every talk show this week) - Body of Lies. Early reviews are really good for this Ridley Scott-directed flick. Check for Leo early, usually between 7-9 a.m. I know I'll be taping ...

Leo

And I thought I watched a lot of movies: Suresh Joachim of Toronto, and Claudia Wavra of Germany, claim to have broken the world record for continuous movie watching, after seeing 57 films in 123 hours in a plastic-glass house in New York's Times Square.
A Guinness World Records spokesman said it appears the non-dynamic duo have broken the record, but said it will take two weeks to officially verify.
According to the rules, each movie had to be viewed until the last credit rolled, and competitors couldn't divert their eyes from the screen. They were allowed 10-minute breaks between movies. I can honestly say that I'd never make it!


King of All Media
Belated congratulations to the King of All Media Howard Stern on his wedding (yes, I said Wedding) to long-time girlfriend Beth Ostrosky last Friday. Odd enough that Stern, a man known for pressing the sexual envelope on his highly-rated radio show, is married again, but wait till you hear the guest list: Donald Trump, Billy Joel, Chevy Chase, Tommy Mottola, Joan Rivers and Barbara Walters (Yes Barbara Walters!) were all on hand at New York's trendy Le Cirque restaurant to see the nuptials. Barbara Walters - really?? Did she attend on purpose or just happen to have reservations that night ...

And speaking of Walters - it seems that Rosie O'Donnell is ready to come to TV. Rosie, who hasn't done a TV show since leaving Walters' The View suddenly over 18 months ago, will present Rosie's Variety Show live from New York on Nov. 26 on NBC.USA Today speculates the NBC special is a taste of a new show to start early next year.


The Happening Review: SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't seen and are planning to watch, don't read any further ...


So I watched The Happening. And the best thing I can say is that it's only 91 minutes long. Don't get me wrong, I'm a usually big fan of M. Night Shyamalan's movies. I LOVED The Sixth Sense, was perplexed by Unbreakable, and really impressed by Signs. However, The Village was ruined for me when I figured out the "twist" in the first 3 minutes. Lady in the Water I waited until DVD to watch. It was OK. Towards the end, I really started to like the story, but not interested enough to see it again.
Which brings me to The Happening. I already stated previously that I wasn't interested enough to go to the theater to see it. And I'm glad I didn't. The film starts out eerily enough, with people all over NY's Central Park suddenly being overcome with desire to kill themselves ... the panic spreads to Philadelphia, then throughout the Northeast. At first, everyone's fearing the worst -- terrorism. But we all already know from his track record, there's more to this Shyamalan tale.
Like most of Night's films, the central story tends to revolve around human relationships, rather than the supernatural. And in my opinion he's done this much better in prior films (Sixth Sense and Signs, particularly). Mark Wahlberg does fine with the material given, but what happened to John Leguizamo? He's a much better actor than portrayed in this flick. Night, as usual, makes a cameo, this time as the voice of Joey, who keeps calling Wahlberg's wife, played by the very blue-eyed Zoey Deschanel. Betty Buckley turns in an absolutely frightening performance, but that's based more on her looks (which I hope can be attributed to the hair/make-up department), rather than on her performance.
Anyway, it all boils down to what I thought was a completely ridiculous premise - here comes the SPOILER:
Plants. Yes, plants. It seems that plants feel that we humans have done enough damage to the planet and are taking out their anger on us by releasing toxins into the air. The toxins just happen to make humans extremely suicidal. So wherever there's a large gathering of humans, the plants react this way. And, in the end, "the happening" in The Happening ends as suddenly as it began and Mark, his wife and his best friends child are all spared their suicidal fate. However, it's just beginning in Paris ...