Posts Tagged ‘TV’
Why playing decent tennis does not make you a good bloke
"He's ok now," my husband announced. "Oh, because he wins a couple of tennis games you like him now?" I replied to the fair weather fan. The he that my husband was referring to is Bernard Tomic. His character analysis announced just before [...]
Keep your secrets in your bra
OK, I'm going to own up here. I have been known to stash a tissue down my bra. Not to make my boobs look bigger mind, just more the convenience of having somewhere to stash a snotty tissue if I've got a cold. Classy! I may or may not also stash [...]
Celebrity spruiking
This week's Gen X Girl column from Savvy Magazine in the Townsville Bulletin. Does anyone actually believe anything that celebrities say? Are you going to buy Nespresso coffee just because George Clooney says so? Or just because Hugh Jackman [...]
Now this is an exit
Wow--have a look at this clip when a contestant leaves Dr Drew's Rehab reality show to return to his "life of debt". It start off all inspirational with occasional rip-offs from that movie classic Rocky IV before it turns into Donkey Kong, ending in [...]
Ben Hall bail up
I have a bit of thing for bushrangers. They are my bad boy of choice. Now I appreciate the modern day boy ranger equivalent would be a mere convenience store robber, but still there is something very manly about a bushranger. Which is why I am taken [...]
What’s wrong with Masterchef?
This is my Gen X Girl column from this week's edition of Savvy magazine in the Townsville Bulletin. So Kate won this year’s Masterchef and now there’s a great big black hole in my 7:30pm viewing schedule. I know there are a lot of you out [...]
Surpise, surprise. Reality TV may not be as real as you think.
Fancy yourself as a Masterchef? Or one of those masochists from The Block. How about a stint on The City or The Only Way Is Essex? Or maybe they'll bring back Big Brother. Well here's an insider's guide to what really goes on on reality tv. My [...]
Kelly Osbourne is giving me the shits
As the title says, I've just about had enough of that little name-dropping strumpet, Kelly Osbourne. She has relabelled herself as a fashion icon, but seriously, just because she is given lots of free clothes and a gig on Fashion Police (and how did [...]
Gypsy Weddings–who knew?
I'm really into Foxtel's new series, My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding. So much stuff going on that I never, ever imagined could really happen in 2011. We Aussie's don't really know that much about gypsies other than they read fortunes and Johnny Depp [...]
When Tracy met Gaga
This is from my weekly column published in today's copy of the Townsville Bulletin's Savvy magazine. There are certain things that are meant to go together. Things like fish and chips, Romeo and Juliet, salt and pepper, Queensland teams and [...]
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