The rules are quite simple - each week I feature 10 past/present celebrities and you get to invite (vote for) your three favorites to the Deep Dish Dinner Party. The five folks who receive the most votes get to stay, and the following week five new people (whose birthdays are during that week) are added to the guest list. So enjoy the party - and please feel free to leave a comment and share your selections.
1) Jake Gyllenhaal Last Week #2, Week 7, received 34 invites out of 187
2) Bette Midler LW #5, W9, 24 invites
3) Ryan Reynolds LW #2, W15, 23 invites
4) Betty White LW #1, W4, 22 invites
5) Ellen DeGeneres W2, 20 invites
6) Farrah Fawcett The actress would have been 65 on February 2.
7) Michael C. Hall The actor turns 41 on February 1.
8) Nathan Lane The actor turns 56 on February 3.
9) Laura Linney The actress turns 48 on February 5.
10) Elaine Stritch The actress turns 86 on February 2.
Every Monday through Friday a new Dish of the Day is featured, and beginning on Friday you can vote for your favorite Dish of the week. If you haven't voted for last week's Dish yet, choose your man in the sidebar poll.
This month DEEP DISH has been featuring a different hot guy(s) every day to warm us all up during this cold winter season - and the final Hot Guys are models Diego Miguel, Rodrigo Calazans, Mateus Lages, Caio César and Marlon Teixeira in Born Free, a film by Stewart Shining and Vincent Gagliostroto to promote Issue #4 of Made in Brazilmagazine.
Courtesy of SoapClassics, this week's Groovy Giveaway is a DVD Value Pack of 40 memorable episodes from the beloved daytime dramas, As the World Turns and Guiding Light. Each four-disc collection features 20 complete episodes that have been restored from the original broadcast library vault, and they are divided into four categories - "Great Weddings", "Secrets and Scandals", "Oakdale/Springfield Through the Years" and "Villains and Vixens" (you can read more about them in my review below).
To enter to win this Groovy Giveaway, all you have to do is email your name and address todeepdishdrama@aol.com. The winner must have a US or Canadian mailing address, and entries close at midnight on Friday, February 3 (CST).
If you would like to give away something groovy (DVDs, CDs, books, theatre/concert tickets) on DEEP DISH, please email me at deepdishdrama@aol.com.
So what do I think of SoapClassics' DVDs? I LOVE them! The episodes look great - and it's about time that someone had the smart idea to release classic episodes of dearly departed daytime dramas.
The As the World Turns collection features 20 episodes from 1979 to 2010 and includes:
Tom and Margo's 1983 wedding with the delightful Justin Deas and Margaret Colin (who were married in real life in 1988).
Steve and Betsy's 1984 wedding, which attracted 20 million viewers, making it the second highest-rated show in American soap opera history (after General Hospital's Luke and Laura) - and it's fun to see a young Meg Ryan again as Betsy.
Bob and Kim's 1985 wedding with Julianne Moore (Frannie) and Marisa Tomei (Marcy) sharing a scene.
The emotional 1987 episode in which Lily Walsh (Martha Byrne) learns the shattering truth that Iva (Lisa Brown) and Josh (William Fichtner) are her real parents - and actor Brian Bloom makes an appearance as the original Dusty Donovan.
Of course, no ATWT collection would be complete without such memorable characters as Carly (Maura West) and Jack (Michael Park), Holden (Jon Hensley), Luke (Van Hansis), Barbara (Colleen Zenk), Lucinda (Elizabeth Hubbard), John Dixon (Larry Bryggman), James Stenbeck (Anthony Herrera) and Lisa (played by the fabulous Eileen Fulton). Click here for a complete list of episodes.
The Guiding Light collection features 20 episodes from 1980 to 2009 and includes:
The 1980 "Death" of Roger Thorpe (played by Daytime Emmy winner Michael Zaslow) - and actor Kevin Bacon makes an appearance as Tim Werner.
The dramatic 1981 confrontation between Kelly Nelson (John Wesley Shipp) and a pregnant Nola Reardon (Lisa Brown) after he learns that he is not the father of her baby.
The 1981 outdoor wedding of Kelly and Morgan at Laurel Falls.
An emotional 1982 episode featuring actress Jane Elliot as Carrie Todd, who suffered from a multiple personality disorder.
The classic 1984 episode, in which Reva (Kim Zimmer) baptizes herself the "Slut of Springfield" in a public fountain.
And no Guiding Light collection would be complete without such memorable characters as Phillip (Grant Aleksander) and Beth (Judi Evans, Beth Chamberlin), Ed (Mart Hulswit, Peter Simon) and Maureen (Ellen Dolan, Ellen Parker), Josh (Robert Newman), Mindy (Krista Tesreau), Quinton (Michael Tylo), Alexandra (Beverlee McKinsey, Marj Dusay, Joan Collins), Alan (Christopher Bernau, Ron Raines) and beloved matriarch Bert Bauer (Charita Bauer). Click here for a complete list of episodes.
Below are the original, uncut versions of the As the World Turns and Guiding Light tributes that were not aired during the Daytime Emmy Awards in 2010 and 2009, respectively.
Each week I feature 10 groovy tunes that reached the Top 10 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart during the last 50+ years. You can vote for your three favorites, and the five with the most votes move on to the following week when five new songs will be added to the list.
Last week Petula Clark's "Downtown" and the Carpenters' "(They Long to Be) Close to You" tied for the top spot, each receiving 34 votes out of the 192 cast. Simon & Garfunkel and Diana Ross also tied for fifth place, allowing them both to remain on the list. And this week they will all be challenged by Blondie, Culture Club and Barbra Streisand with the Academy Award-winning song from her 1973 film, The Way We Were. 1) "Downtown"/Petula Clark (Last Week #1, Week 3) - #2 the week of February 6, 1965
1) "(They Long to Be) Close to You"/Carpenters (LW #4, W28) - 17 weeks on Billboard's Hot 100 chart in 1970
3) "You're So Vain"/Carly Simon (LW #3, W5) - #2 the week of February 3, 1973
4) "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves"/Cher (LW #5, W13) - 16 weeks on Billboard's Hot 100 chart in 1971-72
5) "The Sounds of Silence"/Simon & Garfunkel (LW #2, W6) - #20 the week of February 5, 1966
5) "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)"/Diana Ross (Week 2) - #11 the week of January 31, 1976
7) "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"/The Righteous Brothers (DEBUT) - #1 the week of February 6, 1965
8) "The Way We Were"/Barbra Streisand (DEBUT) - #1 the week of February 2, 1974
9) "The Tide Is High"/Blondie (DEBUT) - #1 the week of January 31, 1981
10) "Karma Chameleon"/Culture Club (DEBUT) - #1 the week of February 4, 1984
Every Monday through Friday a new Dish of the Day is featured, and beginning on Friday you can vote for your favorite Dish of the week. If you haven't voted for last week's Dish yet, choose your man in the sidebar poll.
To promote their new 2012 CR-V, Honda has brought back actor Matthew Broderick in an amusing Super Bowl ad spoofing his 1986 John Hughes comedy, Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Almost two million people have watched it since it was posted on YouTube last week - but over 1,500 have disliked it because they were hoping for an actual sequel or feel the commercial has somehow tarnished the beloved original. Oh please, get a sense of humor, people. At least Ferris Bueller hasn't returned as a shitty remake like 2004's The Stepford Wives or 2008's The Women. Now that would be something to bitch about.
I am so excited by the news that actress Shirley MacLaine will be joining the cast of the British TV series, Downton Abbey, for its third season, which begins production next month. She will play Martha Levinson, the mother of Lady Grantham (Elizabeth McGovern), whom I'm sure will have some delightful conversations with Maggie Smith's Countess. I also find it interesting that MacLaine already had a connection to the show - executive producer Gareth Neame's late grandfather, Ronald Neame, directed her and Michael Caine in the 1966 romantic comedy caper, Gambit (you can watch its trailer below). His other films include I Could Go On Singing (1963) with Judy Garland, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) with Dame Maggie, and The Poseidon Adventure (1972).
This month DEEP DISH is featuring a different hot guy(s) every day to warm us all up during this cold winter season.
Today's Hot Guy is 39-year-old French actor Jean Dujardin, who won a Screen Actors Guild Award last night for his wonderful performance in Michel Hazanavicius' film, The Artist. Below you can watch him in the 2009 James Bond spoof, OSS 117: Lost in Rio (also directed by Hazanavicius), in which he reminds me of a young Sean Connery.
Every Monday through Friday a new Dish of the Day is featured, and beginning on Friday you can vote for your favorite Dish of the week. If you haven't voted for last week's Dish yet, choose your man in the sidebar poll.
As I'm finishing another 3 day purgatory serving "the man", others have been getting out and playing.
Thanks to Mike for sending this pic of him cruising the Mohican trail system on his Groovy Kauai 650b 1x9, courtesy of Jason and his 15mm wide angle fish eye lens.
Got a cool pic you want to share with the Groovy family, send it in. If nothing else, it makes me smile when I can't get out.
Web Series of the Week: Very Mary-Kate Now in its third hilarious season, this comedy series stars the fabulous Elaine Carroll as the self-absorbed former Full House actress. In the latest episode, Mary-Kate loses her phone while hanging out with Jewish-Looking Girl. To experience Very Mary-Kate from the very beginning, go to verymarykate.com. You can also become a Facebook fan or follow the series on Twitter. And click here to read my 2010 Deeper Dish interview with the talented Ms. Carroll.
Other web series worth watching this week are:
Ave 43 This twisted soap opera continues with its 34th chapter as Satan hires Shane as his divorce lawyer, Elspeth plots against her sister Fran, and Kevin takes drastic measures to fix Penny's singing voice. If you haven't watched Ave 43 before, I suggest that you start at the very beginning on its YouTube Channel.
Steve Hayes: Tired Old Queen at the Movies My favorite film critic reviews The Tall Men (1955), starring Clark Gable and Jane Russell. For more TOQ, subscribe to his YouTube Channel. You can also become a fan on Facebook or follow Steve on Twitter.
Submissions Only This comedy about auditioning for theatre in New York City continues as Tim gets a new do, Penny tries to avoid Aaron and meets his new girlfriend, Serena Maxwell, and Steven and Cameron attend the first preview of Iron Dog. Guest stars include Kristen Johnston (TV's 3rd Rock from the Sun), Michael Urie (TV's Ugly Betty), Roger Rees (TV's Cheers) and Hunter Foster (Broadway's Urinetown).
Web Therapy In the latest episode, Fiona is surprised when newly sober reality star Allegra Favreau (Minnie Driver) calls to option her memoir for a Lifetime television movie. To watch previous episodes, go to www.lstudio.com/web-therapy. You can also become a fan on Facebook.
This month DEEP DISH is featuring a different hot guy(s) every day to warm us all up during this cold winter season.
Today's Hot Guy is 28-year-old actor Nick Adams, who is currently appearing in the Broadway musical, Priscilla Queen of the Desert. Below you can watch him do an amazing "cooter slam" on Body by Broadway, a new video series featuring the most beautiful and buff bodies on the Great White Way. To learn more about Nick, go to www.nickadams.biz - and click here to read my 2011 Deeper Dish interview with him.
You gotta love the new British TV commercial for Snickers chocolate bar starring Dynasty divas Joan Collins and Stephanie Beacham. I've also included a delicious catfight from a 1989 episode of Dynasty, in which Alexis reveals a shocking secret about Sable's daughter Monica.
This month DEEP DISH is featuring a different hot guy(s) every day to warm us all up during this cold winter season.
Today's Hot Guy is 44-year-old actor Dan Cortese, who appeared shirtless on a recent episode of Hot in Cleveland and on a 1999 episode of Veronica's Closet.
This month DEEP DISH is featuring a different hot guy(s) every day to warm us all up during this cold winter season.
Today's Hot Guy is gay porn star Jake Andrews, who is the newest Andrew Christian underwear model. Below you can watch the uncensored version of his recent AC photo shoot.
Every Monday through Friday a new Dish of the Day is featured, and beginning today you can vote for your favorite Dish this week in the sidebar poll.
#819 was your favorite Dish of the Day last week as he received 36.7% of the 139 votes cast. #820 came in second with 22.3%, followed by #818 (18.7%), #817 (14.4%) and #816 (7.9%).
This month DEEP DISH is featuring a different hot guy(s) every day to warm us all up during this cold winter season.
Today's Hot Guy is 38-year-old Extra host and actor Mario Lopez, whose revealing appearance on Ellen yesterday has been featured on almost every gay blog - and now this one. He does look damn good in his new line of underwear "for manful men and their very special guests" called Rated M. I've also included a favorite scene from a 2006 episode of TV's Nip/Tuck, which shows even more of Mr. Lopez's fine physique.
"Mamma Mia", "Dancing Queen", "Take a Chance on Me", "SOS", "Waterloo", "Fernando" - now you can relive all of ABBA's hits without any "Mamma Drama" and delivered with such accuracy that it’s hard to believe that it’s not the original Swedish pop group on stage.
Courtesy of the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, IL, today I'm featuring a special giveaway of a pair of tickets toThe Music of ABBA - featuring Arrival From Sweden - on Friday, February 3, at 8 pm. With backing musicians from the original group, The Music of ABBA has played sold-out venues worldwide since 1995, and it is considered the absolute best and most authentic ABBA show.
To enter to win this Groovy Giveaway, all you have to do is email your name and address todeepdishdrama@aol.com. Entries close at midnight on Sunday, January 29 (CST). If you cannot be in Chicago to attend the concert, your winning entry is transferable to the person of your choice.
Also, Deep Dish readers can get $10 off discount tickets for The Music of ABBA by mentioning the code "ABDD10". To purchase tickets, call the box office at 847-673-6300. The North Shore Center for the Performing Arts is located at 9501 North Skokie Boulevard.
If you would like to give away something groovy (DVDs, CDs, books, theatre/concert tickets) on DEEP DISH, please email me at deepdishdrama@aol.com.
"Our 18 month old patient will require .01 mg/kg of Epi (.1 ml/kg 1:10000) IV push circulated with cpr at a rate of at least 100 compressions per minute followed by a 2 J/kg asyncronis shock. If Torsades persists, we will consider Mag sulfate..."
so went my week teaching pediatric advanced life support. If it sounds like a mouthful, just be glad you're reading it and not expected to know what it means, let alone be on the opposite side of the table from this anal retentive instructor :) It was a loooong week, spending 92 hours in the fire department and only about 8 in the shop, but I'm glad it's over.
The few hours I did have, I was able to get the steel rear end repair completed and ready for color. This one will likely be a powder coat, so that it has increased knock around durability for it's travel heavy use.
Final parts are ordered for the bikes going to Nahbs and I'll be charging forward with those builds hard and heavy starting on Monday.
If y'all have not seen the Nahbs page yet, I've been trickling in some more pics to update the Exhibitor profile and keep me on the front page. It's been fun looking through the hundreds of files on the laptop to find some cool bikes to put on there. So many pics of poor quality though, I need to get a pro photographer in house to live under the porch and exist on table scraps so I can document these things before they go out the door. Anyhoo, if ya wanna see what's on the page, there are a ton of cool builders to comb through...
Every Monday through Friday a new Dish of the Day is featured, and beginning on Friday you can vote for your favorite Dish of the week. If you haven't voted for last week's Dish yet, choose your man in the sidebar poll.
This month DEEP DISH is featuring a different hot guy(s) every day to warm us all up during this cold winter season.
Today's Hot Guys are actors Mike Lombardi and Steven Pasquale. Below you can watch them as firefighters Mike Silletti and Sean Garrity in a 2005 episode of TV's Rescue Me.
The rules are quite simple - each week I feature 10 past/present celebrities and you get to invite (vote for) your three favorites to the Deep Dish Dinner Party. The five folks who receive the most votes get to stay, and the following week five new people (whose birthdays are during that week) are added to the guest list. So enjoy the party - and please feel free to leave a comment and share your selections.
1) Betty White Last Week #1, Week 3, received 35 invites out of 229
2) Jake Gyllenhaal LW #1, W6, 32 invites
2) Ryan Reynolds LW #4, W14, 32 invites
4) Dolly Parton W2, 31 invites
5) Bette Midler LW #3, W8, 50 invites
6) Tallulah Bankhead The actress was born on January 31, 1902.
7) Carol Channing The actress turns 91 on January 31.
8) Ellen DeGeneres The actress/comedian/TV host turns 54 on January 26.
9) Paul Newman The actor would have been 87 on January 26.
10) Oprah Winfrey The TV host/actress turns 58 on January 29.
Every Monday through Friday a new Dish of the Day is featured, and beginning on Friday you can vote for your favorite Dish of the week. If you haven't voted for last week's Dish yet, choose your man in the sidebar poll.
