Game of Thrones is back and I actually understood all of the premiere…I think.

THE ANSWER TO FRIDAY'S TRIVIA QUESTION: The last school to play 5 freshman in the NCAA Tournament was Michigan. 

FIRST FIVES: Lance Beitler, Mitch Klein, Karen Feldman, Bobby Aguilera & He Who Shall Not Be Named

HONORABLE MENTION:Carla Pregnolato
Friends Trivia Question: The Duck and the Chicken were stuck in the Foosball Table but I did also accept and give credit for the VCR and the Bathroom. You guys are nuts!

THE NUMBERS 

Thursday's Broadcast Top 5

Big Bang Theory-CBS 4.8/17.3
The Millers-CBS 2.9/11.4
Scandal-ABC 2.8/8.8
Grey's Anatomy-ABC 2.6/7.9
Two and a Half Men-CBS 2.5/9.3

Thursday's Cable Top 5
Big Bang Theory-TBS 1.1/2.5
Vikings-History 1.0/2.9
Pawn Stars-History 1.0/3.9
Family Guy-Adult Swim 1.0/2.0
American Dad-Adult Swim .9/1.9

Thursday's Top 5 Primetime Twitter Ratings

Scandal-ABC 340,000 Tweets
Grey's Anatomy-ABC 41,000 Tweets
American Idol-FOX 37,000 Tweets
Letterman-25,000 Tweets (NOW he makes social media...LOL!)
Big Bang Theory-CBS 13,000 Tweets

Friday's Broadcast Top 5

Shark Tank-ABC 1.9/7.1
Blue Bloods-CBS 1.5/11.4
20/20-ABC 1.5/6.3
Hawaii Five-0 1.3/9.5
Last Man Standing-ABC 1.3/6.1

Friday's Cable Top 5

NA

Friday's Top 5 Primetime Twitter Ratings

Hannibal-NBC 48,000 Tweets
WWE Friday Night Smackdown-Syfy 31,000 Tweets

Tonight Show-NBC 9,000 Tweets

Letterman-CBS 8,000 Tweets (secrets out...quit and they'll watch!)

O'Reilly Factor-FOX News 2,000 Tweets

The NCAA Final Four Game on Saturday was the most viewed in history.

• 16.3 million people watched the Kentucky/Wisconsin game making it the most viewed college basketball game ever on a cable TV.
•  The game also garnered 3.8 million streams an increase of 76% vs. last year. 
• 1.8 million tweets were generated and seen by 200 million followers for an increase of 36% vs. last year.  
• UConn/Florida was viewed by 11.7 million viewers on Saturday making it the second most viewed college basketball game ever on cable TV. 

THE SHOWS 

Academy of Country Music Awards (Only the first Hour)

Blake and Luke were pretty controversial with their opening monologue. Same sex marriage, legalization of marijuana, Brittany Spears lack of live music in her Vegas show, Justin Bieber and more. Pretty surprising and pretty freaking funny if you ask me. The Band Perry, Florida Georgia Line performed and then, Brad Paisley played to a pool filled with way too many people, drinking way too much out of red solo cups which means that the pool had way too much pee in it by the end of Brad's new song. Blake Shelton sang his new song "My Eyes" with Gwen Sebastian who looked like Miranda before she lost the weight. Miranda and her cleavage were singing every word right along with her hubby. Brett Everidge looks just like Gerard Butler to me. Martina McBride introduced George Strait sang a new song also. Nobody knew the words, and the audience was pretty quiet while he performed. George  wore a guitar but didn't play it at all. Why wear it then? Lee Brice was up next with a pretty cool version of "I Drive Your Truck." Guy Fieri was in the house plugging his new Vegas restaurant sporting a camouflage suit. Eric Church was up next with "My Hometown." Still no awards given out 46 minutes in. Justin Moore was next with "Lettin the Night Roll." Still no awards…this is an award show right? After the commercial break, Shakira and Blake performed together. In the hour I watched the ACM's…not one award given out to anyone. 

Game of Thrones

Jamie Lannister got a new haircut and new sword. He still only has one hand, but they built him a new one out of gold. That must be tough to fight with. A heavy gold hand and a heavy Valerian Steel sword.  How's he going to keep the King's safe now. His Dad wants him back   at Casterly Rock but he wants to stay close to his sister who's pissed at him for leaving her and losing his hand. The King's still a d*ck but we didn't expect him to change in a year did we? My have, Lord Tyrion is still Master of Coin and now it seems, he's also the welcome wagon. I also don't think he's been getting any. Shea's pissed off at him and Sansa's a wreck after hearing about the fate of her family. Prince Oberron showed up for the Royal wedding. He seems into some kinky stuff and he's pissed off at the Lannisters as well.  Man those dragons got big and they don't seem like they're totally controllable. Daenerys's army is massive now and she also has Liam from Nashville trying to impress her and get on her good side. Jon Snow's back at the wall recovering from his injuries and getting in trouble for his Wilding antics. Brienne's still around, Marjorie and her grandmother are involved in wedding plans and Aya's still with hound but she finally found her own horse. I think I actually understood most of Game of Thrones this time. I don't even think I have to watch it twice. Glad it's back, I've missed it.  

Silicon Valley

Did you guys like Silicon Valley? I think I did. Lots of people from other things. Martin Star, the guy who grew the beard in Knocked Up, the guy from Big Love and a few others that I recognized from somewhere. Was that really Kid Rock at the beginning? They billed this show as a comedy, not sure I laughed much, but I think it's got potential. I did enjoy the very narrow car. What did you think? 

The Americans

This show is getting confusing...the spy stuff is anyway. Actually I'm sort of confused by almost everything right now. Maybe it's all the wigs, I don't know. All of the Americans seem to be in trouble, all of the Russians seem to be in danger. A new Russian female spy killed her American boyfriend by putting something in the drugs he was doing and then when he died she kissed his vomitty mouth which totally grossed me out.  Elizabeth and Phillip had a really nice night together. She was even naked. It was a nice moment AND you got to see Felicity's back and butt.  The nice night was followed by a night so nice night and ruined everything when Elizabeth wanted to find out what Martha, Phillips's other wife, meant when she told Elizabeth that her brother was an "animal" in bed. Who tells someone that their brother is an animal in bed? I don't think she liked what happened next. I know I didn't. Clark was rough and borderline abusive. I didn't like seeing him like that and I definitely didn't like seeing her so upset and confused.

Hart of Dixie
As we know with this show, every week in Bluebell, there is some sort of party, event, parade etc. This week was no exception, some sort of party welcoming a bunch of French people to town, a man of the year thing that Brick was vying for but somehow lost to Joel who wasn't even there to accept the honor. Of course there has to be some sort of  wacky hijinks. This week it was George, Wade and Lemon trying to get Fancies back. They got it back, screwed it up and then lost it again. I really didn't care about any of those stories at all. The only part I cared about was the Joel/Zoey long distance relationship thing. Of course they couldn't make it work and shockingly, Joel and Zoey are done. The whole town came to Zoey's aid to help her through the break-up which was nice to see. The writers set it up where Joel COULD come back at either the wrong time or the right time, but hopefully he never comes back and Zoey ends up with George or Wade or Seth Cohen could show up in Bluebell and take Zoey to the O.C. At this point, I think I'd be happy with any of these options.

Vikings
As I predicted, the toughest woman on television, Lagertha, went back to her husband, got beaten for leaving him in the first place, and then when he was going to force her to take her top off for all the men of the village, she took a knife and stabbed him in the head and killed him. Next prediction, she will take over the village and lead her people back to Ragnar Lothbrook. He could use the help. A lot of other stuff happened, but who cares, Lagertha's the best. There should be a Vikings drinking game. Every time someone says RAGNAR LOTHBROOK…DRINK!

THE OTHER STUFF

Other than Mickey Rooney passing away last night at the age of 93 and Always Sunny in Philadelphia getting renewed for 2 more seasons, no other major new worth reporting. Slow weekend I guess. 

Monday's Tough Trivia Question: Ratings are down this season, but Duck Dynasty is still a big show. I don't watch it, but maybe some of you guys do. What is the Duck Dynasty families last name? Points for as many of their first names also. 

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The Good Wife…The Mourning Period Begins (Early Edition)

THE ANSWER TO FRIDAY'S TRIVIA QUESTION: "Havvvve Ya Met Ted?" That was the pick up line used throughout the entire series. 

FIRST FIVES: Karen Feldman, Todd Walsh, Kara Brennan, John Romeo & Monica Caraffa

HONORABLE MENTION: Alex Nagler

THE NUMBERS 

Thursday's Broadcast Top 5

Scandal-ABC 3.1/8.8

Grey's Anatomy-ABC 2.5/8.1

NCAA-CBS 2.5/7.7

American Idol-FOX 1.9/7.9

Hell's Kitchen-FOX 1.8/5.2

Thursday's Cable Top 5
NCAA March Madness 10p-TBS 1.4/3.2
Vikings-History 1.2/3.3
Pawn Stars-History 1.2/4.0
NCAA March Madness 730p-TBS 1.0/3.0
American Dad-Adult Swim .8/2.5

Thursday's Top 5 Primetime Twitter Ratings

Scandal-ABC 463,000 Tweets
The Vampire Diaries-CW 58,000 Tweets
Grey's Anatomy-ABC 51,000 Tweets
American Idol-FOX 26,000 Tweets
Colbert Report-Comedy Central 19,000 Tweets

Friday's Broadcast Top 5

NCAA Basketball-CBS 3.1/9.8
Dateline-NBC 1.4/8.0
20/20-ABC 1.3/7.0
Last Man Standing-ABC 1.3/6.2
Shark Tank-ABC 1.2/5.0

Friday's Cable Top 5

NA

Friday's Top 5 Primetime Twitter Ratings

Hannibal-NBC 50,000 Tweets

WWE Friday Night Smackdown-Syfy 35,000 Tweets

Arsenio Hall-Synd 12,000 Tweets

Tonight Show-9,000 Tweets

Piers Morgan-CNN 6,000 Tweets

THE SHOWS 

The Good Wife

Good TV makes you feel like this…good TV makes you feel ridiculous for grieving for someone that doesn't really exist but Will Gardner existed for all of us didn't he? I haven't really felt the tightening of my heart and the kind of anxiety I felt watching last nights episode of The Good Wife in a long time. The tears didn't really stop. Not hysteria, just slow tears consistently dripping down the cheeks for pretty much the entire hour. I always thought that when The Good Wife ended, Alicia and Will would leave together, not one without the other and definitely not this way. Seeing Kalinda, Diane,  Alicia and everyone who knew Will deal with his death was upsetting, intense and sort of interesting at the same time. Knowing that many of them aren't ever going to get over his loss just broke my heart and yet…life and business and politics and the law kept going on. Diane fired Will's biggest client, Kalinda dangled death in front of Will's killer but preferred to have him live with his pain instead. Cary was forced to conduct a deposition even though he was just processing the news, and Alicia was just searching for answers. Like her, we all wanted Will's final words to mean something, anything and of course…we'll never know what they meant.  Of course through my tears,  I was still able to notice a few things. Things like the weird moment David    flinched when Diane touched his shoulder. The dual meaning of when Diane told Alicia that she loved Will and Will loved her. Things like the dead body not looking at all like Will. Where did I know Finn from? See…life and the show goes on. 

Lindsay

I couldn't deal with Resurrection or Oprah's Paycheck to Paycheck Town Hall after The Good Wife. I needed some brainless bullish*t before bed, so I went with Lindsay Lohan instead. The show started out the normal way. Lots of people. Lindsay's surrounded with people. Of course she's got Oprah and if Oprah tells you to stop the nonsense, you stop it. Matt, assistant #1, was finally getting his morning and evening meetings with Lindsay, so he didn't quit like he said he would. Matt fired Hollie, assistant  #2, for drinking in front of Lindsay and for being unable to build clothing racks from Bed Bath and Beyond. He also moved Lindsay's Porsche into a garage since she kept on getting parking tickets. He must be exhausted from all the hard work. AJ, Lindsay's health and life coach was up at the apartment getting Lindsay on track, with some breakfast, some list making,  and some pole dancing. Lindsay's sober coach was packing it up since his 30 day gig was over. They filmed Lindsay's appearance on Jimmy Fallon and she seemed to have it together. Jimmy was dressed like the little girl character he plays and off camera it was awkward seeing him running around like that. Lindsay's veneer broke off her tooth and there was all sorts of discussion on whether or not to give an addict anesthesia (they gave it to her). Then just when I thought I was in good shape for bed, Lindsay got busy with her community service and we met a little boy named Donovan. Lindsay worked and played with this cutie and when it was time for her to leave, he got teary, she got teary and I got teary. I think it was when he thanked her for hugging him that I lost it. Oy Vey, now I'm crying during Lindsay Lohan. I blame you Will Gardner! 

Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Back
I know that most reality shows aren't really real. Scripted reality right?  I don't know what to make of the season opener of Joan & Melissa. I do know one thing though. I used to be able to watch it with my 12 year old and now…not a chance. In the season opener, Joan did the Kris Jenner show (before it got cancelled) and was so impressed by the set, the 375 crew members (who are now out of work) and the fact that it all started with Kim Kardashian's sex tape. So much so,  that she wanted a piece of the action. I can't believe Joan would want Melissa to be in a sex tape, but she did suggest it and when she turned her Mom down Joan decided SHE was going to make one. COME ON.  I know Joan's outrageous, but an 80 year old celebrity sex tape. Is there a market for that? Joan thought so. She researched it, she watched some porn, interviewed naked porn stars, and even held a casting call for her co-star. SUPER AWKWARD! I wasn't laughing, and I wasn't having fun at all. I'm know prude and I love Joan, but I don't need to see an 80 year old woman in bed with Kim's ex.  So that's what was going on with Joan. While all that was happening, Melissa's been in a long distance relationship with that super hot British guy, Duncan. Problem is, she's pushing for more from him and he's never leaving London, so there really isn't much of a future there. Melissa kind of broke up with him. For some reason Duncan called Lynn who showed up with her huge saggy boobs hanging out. She got  drunk and kissed him. When Melissa came to her senses and showed up at Duncan's hotel room, Lynn was in his bed. That had to be planned right? I doubt anything happened but Melissa's been through enough. Lynn's an idiot. I hope things get better this season. I'm going to be bummed if I end up deleting this Season Pass. 

Vikings
Okay…the coolest woman on TV has gotta be Lagertha. Any woman that can kick as much viking ass sporting some serious braids is all right by me. That girl can FIGHT. I hope her plan was to leave her son, Bjorn, with his Dad and go back and kill that horrible husband of hers. If she does, it'll free her up to head back to Ragnar where she belongs. These vikings have some crazy good battle skills don't they? An ax in the head from a 100 feet away…pretty impressive. Lots of crazy killing this week. I wonder what they use to get blood stains out of their clothes. There's so much of it all over their faces and clothes. It's very distracting.  I'm not sure I totally get what's going on with the priest guy. I really need him back with Ragnar. 

THE OTHER STUFF 

-GMA news…Josh Elliot, the news anchor is leaving to go to NBC Sports.  Current ABC news correspondent,  Amy Robach has reportedly been tapped to replace Elliot. First Sam, now Josh and also Cynthia McFadden's leaving Nightline. What's going on over there in the news department?

-Chelsea Handler doesn't want to renew her contract on E! when it expires at the end of the year. She hasn't been happy at the network and hasn't kept that a secret at all. Personally,  I couldn't care less where she ends up as I'm really not a fan of hers at all, but I do think it could be interesting business wise. She could do a daily show via Netflix or something other new distribution channel. I'll be paying attention for that reason and that reason only. The options are really endless these days.

-Apparently some fairy tales don't end in happily ever after. ABC cancelled Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. I need to go back and check, but I believe I called this one from the get go. We had all never seen anything like Once Upon a Time that's what made it so cool and different. We all didn't need second option, not when there's so much other good stuff on these days. Do you think the days of the CSI, Law and Order and NCIS franchise type thing are over?

-Syfy gave Helix some good news on Friday and renewed it for another season for all you fans of that one.

-Apparently NPH and Jason Segel have done "The Confrontation" from Les Mis before, but during their appearance with the rest of the cast on Inside the Actors Studio, they performed it again. Check it out…it is Legen…WAIT FOR IT…DARY!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz1MwhjTWIw

Monday's How I Met Your Mother Trivia Question: Which one of Ted's girlfriends left him for a baking fellowship in Germany.

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Daylight Savings Time Got Me...Sooooo Late today!

THE ANSWER TO FRIDAY'S TRIVIA QUESTION: All of last weeks trivia answers were all Ivy League graduates. I'm actually shocked at how many people got that right. Some of you amazing readers knew the theme on Tuesday! 

FIRST FIVES: Mike O'Dea, Alex Nagler, Monica Caraffa, Katie McCartney, & Larry Price

HONORABLE MENTION:Karen Feldman

THE NUMBERS 

Thursday's Broadcast Top 5
The Big Bang Theory-CBS 5.2/17.9
The Millers-CBS 3.0/11.7
Scandal-ABC 2.8/8.4
Two and a Half Men-CBS 2.7/10.4
Grey's Anatomy-ABC 2.6/8.1

Thursday's Cable Top 5

Pawn Stars-History 1.2/4.5
Vikings-History 1.1/3.2
NBA Basketball-TNT 1.1/2.6
Big Bang Theory-TBS 1.0/2.6
American Dad-Adult Swim .8/1.9

Thursday's Top 5 Primetime Twitter Ratings

Scandal-ABC  310,500 Tweets
The Vampire Diaries-71,200 Tweets
Grey's Anatomy-ABC 62,500 Tweets
American Idol- FOX 47,800 Tweets
The Tonight Show-NBC 13,700 Tweets

Friday's Broadcast Top 5

Shark Tank-ABC 2.0/7.4
20/20-ABC 1.8/7.6
Dateline-NBC 1.5/7.4
Grimm-NBC 1.5/5.6
Blue Bloods-CBS 1.4/11.8

Friday's Cable Top 5

NA

Friday's Top 5 Primetime Twitter Ratings

Hannibal-NBC 36,700 Tweets

WWE Friday Night Smackdown-Syfy 33,200 Tweets

Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon-NBC 13,800 Tweets

Shark Tank-ABC 11,900 Tweets

Beyond Scared Straight-10,100 Tweets 

THE SHOWS 

Girls 

Lena Dunham warned us all on SNL that this weeks episode of Girls would be something to see. I'll admit, the warning made me nervous. I knew I'd hate it more than I normal and I was right. First we had a very drunk Hannah, then a vomiting Hannah, then a wet, naked-in-front-of-a-co-worker Hannah. You'd think that'd be enough right? Nope! Hannah actually missed the twisted stuff Adam used to make her do in bed before he fell in love with her and tried to recreate it all by donning a blond wig and a crazy black outfit and pretended to be a married bar slut for him. He wanted very little to do with her insanity. Of course he did have sex with her, he is Adam after all, but he had it out with her as soon as he was done. Marnie took a job with Su Chin and then sang with Adam's co-star and just when you thought that you've seen every possible bizarre hairdo on Shoshannah, she came up with a new one. I don't know how she finds the time to do that hair, study, find AND find Jessa's boyfriend's daughter.  How many episodes til the finale?  

Resurrection

Okay, so remember that French show I told you guys about on The Sundance Channel called The Returned? This show, Resurrection, isn't an identical twin of it, but it seems like it could be a fraternal one. Lots of similarities but a VERY different look, feel, and tone. The premise is the same so far. People in this one town that were dead just reappear alive at the age at which they died. Their loved ones have moved on and aren't sure what to make of the situation...yet. Of course there's a "secret" in the town which is just like The Returned. The French version got super creepy and scary. I hope this one doesn't take that turn.  I'm in...for now. 

Vikings
My theory about Rollo, Lagertha and Teen Bjorn was totally wrong. I thought for sure that they'd all hook up and come back to the village but it was 4 years later and the Princess is still around. She's pumped out 2 sons and is knocked up with another. Rollo's a homeless drunkard and Lagertha and Teen Bjorn are nowhere to be found. Ragnar's been building boats and training his guys and was finally ready to set sail for Northern England to get back to what he loves...raiding. Problem on the high seas though...a huge storm sent them to Wessex instead. Thanks to Google I figured out that Wessex is in the South of England and according to Ragnar's priest pal, who's became a brave warrior himself (and who is no longer celibate from what I can tell) is ruled by a King just like Ragnar. We met him for a second in this episode chillin in a massive bathtub. I can tell you this...looks wise, he's no Ragnar Lothbrook!  

THE OTHER STUFF 

-FOX has already renewed New Girl, The Mindy Project, Brooklyn Nine-Nine & The Following.  Yeah the Bacon's are going to be okay now. They're in a rebuild mode ever since they got screwed by Madoff. 

- For anyone who hasn't jumped on the Orphan Black bandwagon. You still have time to watch the first season before the second one starts on 4/19. The entire season is available now on Amazon Prime!  It's good...trust me! 

-Of course I had to watch Lena Dunham on SNL. I mean I HAD TO! There were two hilarious skits. The Scandal one and the Romeo & Juliet one. The Scandal one had me dying...if you didn't see it. Don't go Googling it...here they both are for your convenience: http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/scandal/2755296
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/biblical-movie/2755294

Monday's Trivia Question: When all else fails...go with a Seinfeld question. Name the opera the gang went to see in the Joe Davola episode.

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WWTM'S OSCAR NIGHT-I went with the Asian Chop Chop for dinner

The winner of February's Trivia Contest is... Monica Caraffa

We wipe the slate clean and start a new month. Reminder to get your answers in as ALL correct answers count towards the monthly prize.

THE ANSWER TO FRIDAY'S TRIVIA QUESTION: All of last weeks trivia answers were Oscar Nominees who started out on TV

FIRST FIVES: Dan Realson, Phyllis DiCesare, Larry Price, Caryn Vitolo & John Romeo

HONORABLE MENTION: Monica Caraffa

Just a note that quite a few people figured out the theme earlier in the week and were given credit at that time. 

THE NUMBERS 

Thursday's Broadcast Top 5

The Big Bang Theory-CBS 4.9/17.5
Scandal-ABC 3.3/9.2
Grey's Anatomy-ABC 3.0/9.3
The Millers-CBS 2.8/11.2
Two and a Half Men-2.5/10.0

Thursday's Cable Top 5

Vikings-History 1.3/3.5
Pawn Stars-History 1.3/4.9
NBA Basketball-TNT 1.1/2.7
Big Bang Theory-TBS 1.1/2.5
American Dad-Adult Swim 1.0/2.3

Thursday's Top 5 Primetime Twitter Ratings

Scandal-ABC 584,900 Tweets
Grey's Anatomy-ABC 139,700 Tweets
The Vampire Diaries-CW 69,900 Tweets
American Idol-FOX 47,800 Tweets
Parks and Recreation-NBC 16,200 Tweets

Friday's Broadcast Top 5

Shark Tank-ABC 2.1/7.8
20/20-ABC 1.8/7.3
Hawaii Five-0-CBS 1.4/10.4
Grimm-NBC 1.4/7.8
Blue Bloods-CBS 1.4/11.8

Friday's Cable Top 5

NA

Friday's Top 5 Primetime Twitter Ratings

Hannibal-NBC 56,800 Tweets
WWE Friday Night Smackdown-SYFY 40,300 Tweets
Beyond Scared Straight-A&E 17,800 Tweets
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon-NBC 14,800 Tweets
Undercover Boss-CBS 3,100 Tweets

-Vikings Season 2 Premiere delivered 3.6 million viewers. 1.7 million A18-49. This puts it third overall as cable's top program to date with only The Walking Dead and American Horror Story in front of it. 

THE SHOWS

ACADEMY AWARDS RED CARPET COVERAGE

• Red Carpet Crew recap: Ryan's white on white tux was fine, Giuliana's dress was hideous, Ross just bugs me altogether and I REALLY want Kelly to get rid of the lavender/grey hair already
• Viola Davis lost a ton of weight, but now she sort of looks like a man with cockeyed boobs
• Kristin Chenowith's dress was very pretty but from above you could see EVERYTHING
• Liza Minnelli's face just keeps getting tighter and tighter. Only Liza could get away with a blue streak matching her blue pantsuit 
• Olivia Wilde was the most beautiful pregnant person ever. Her Valentino dress was perfect. Jason Sudekis's button covers were cool but I didn't like the bow tie not matching his suit. Loved that he was studying the names for his presentation while walking the Red Carpet. Maybe John Travolta should have done the same thing?
• The neckline on Portia DiRossi's dress had to bug the crap out of her all night. I bet she SO regretted her choice about an hour in.  
• The pointy finger nail trend is a problem for me, but hey MOM...good news for you...it's back, you're trendy again! 
• Amy Adams looked beautiful and classy in her blue Gucci dress
• Hopefully Barkhad Abdi now has dental
• Idina Menzel's green dress and crazy bling was pretty awesome
• Kristen Bell and Dax Shepherd looked really good together
• The 12 Years a Slave guy's sister sent a video to Ryan Seacrest from the CNN news desk...over achievers make me sick
• Kellan Lutz's tux didnt fit right and I hate the shiny material it was made of
• I know I'm going to go against the grain here, but, Lupita Nyongo's dress wasn't right for her. She looked to harsh with that headband and then if you have NO boobs get a dress to deal with that situation right. I sort of felt that if we didn't know that Lupita was a girl, you could possibly think she was a guy in "transition". Okay I'm ready to accept the crucifixion.
• John Legend and Chrissy Teigen always look good. Loved that Monique Lilier gave Chrissy some pockets in that dress. Still not sure how she gets any air in that tiny nose
• If you cut the bottom of Anna Kendrick's dress off it would have been perfect for an Olympic figure skater to wear 
• Pharrell left his hat, the bottom of his pants and his socks backstage apparently
• Laura Dern's dress was SOOOO tight up top that she had back fat and over abundance of upper chest skin. Is there a name for that?
• Julie Delpy's dress was HORRIBLE 
• Michael B. Jordan is a fave. Good to see an FNL'er on the Red Carpet 
• Naomi Watts's dress was beautiful, but she should have bagged the necklace, she didn't need it. Awesome art deco bag too
• June Squibb's dress was very appropriate. So were the enormous emerald earrings 
• I hope that Jimmy Fallon and Joseph Gordon Levitt get along. I'm adding him to my sleepover list. 
• Jared Letooooooo was tooooo cute with June Squibb 
• Calista Flockhart aged quite a bit. Now she doesn't look too young for Han Solo anymore
• Apparently Ryan Seacrest hung out with Jared Leto's Mom at a basketball game the other night. So Ryan could end up becoming Jared's step dad. Look at me starting rumors. 
• Benedict Cumberbatch is a very strange looking guy
• Kevin Spacey in a blue tux...perfect. My son drew my attention to his exceptionally large ears
• Jessica Biel's dress reminded me of Easter
• Bette Midler looked very nice and is a lot younger than I thought (68) 
• Kerry Washington is SO having a girl and has definitely gained more weight than her OBY/GYN has advised
• Sarah Paulson's dress matched her skin...no likey
• Cate Blanchett's dress matched hers and Sarah Paulson's skin but I did like it. I just didn't like those earrings 
• If You See Something Say Something: Mysterious creepy African American woman looking like she was sneaking into the Oscars or something...did you see her?
• Matthew McConaghey's Mom was beautiful, so was his wife in pink. I didn't love the  White jacket, black vest super white shirt
• Jennifer Lawrence fell on the red carpet, hilarious. She thought so too!
• Midway through both E! and ABC's Red Carpet Coverage huge lull, no stars, it became coverage of the coverage. WTF???
• Jonah Hill and Bradley Cooper together with Robin Roberts was cute
• Julia Roberts dress was hideous but love her anyway. Do you think she's had any work done? 
• Jimmy Kimmel's skit on ABC where he jumped through the TV and snagged a couple for their mean tweets was hilarious
• Will and Jada irritate me
• Sandra Bullock looked lovely in Navy

ACADEMY AWARDS

• The Oscars are coming, The Oscars are coming and Ellen's outfit was perfect right? (Paul Revere reference...hope that made sense)
• The real Captain Phillips and the real Philomena in the house
• Heroes in Hollywood was the theme of the show 
• John Travolta's hair looked good but he overdid the bronzer
• Leonardo DiCaprio didn't look that impressed with the fact that Meryl Streep had been nominated 18 times
• Ellen killed, kept it relatively short and we were rolling by 8:40pm with the first award
• Anne Hathaway looked good but she still bugs the crap out of me
• Jared Leto is just perfect. I hope that he gets along with Jimmy Fallon and Joseph Gordon Levitt. I'm going to need another pull out couch and more snacks.
• Enough already. Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence NEED to be together
• Samsung integration alert
• Why do I sort of feel sad when I see Jim Carrey?
• Pharrell DIDN'T forget the hat...LOVE "Happy" and seeing the "A" listers out of their seats dancing! 
• I always think that Samuel L. Jackson is going to scream at someone or something at any given time
• Double kisses take up extra time...one kiss please Great Gatsby chick.  
• Bradley Cooper's date had no idea who Harrison Ford was. Harrison seemed like he was struggling to get the words out no? He's 71
• Channing Tatum's HOT! 
• Ellen's consolation prize idea was cute...lottery tix
• I admit I had no idea who Kim Novak was when she first walked out with Matthew McConaghey. I had to look her up
• Winner of Best Animated Short...Shakey McShakester
• Sally Field's looking good...she's 67
• Okay so I hope that Jimmy, Joseph and Jared will all accept Zac Efron to the sleepover too.
• I didn't remember the song from HER, and I didn't love it so I took a bathroom break 
• Goldie and Kurt looked so proud of Kate. Kate DID look lovely
• Ellen's ordering pizza...let's see who actually eats on camera
• Bradley Cooooooper
• Darlene Love's spontaneous song got people off their feet. I didn't move from my couch
• FRANK UNDERWOOD! Loved that Jennifer Lawrence and I said the same thing at the same time...see Stars...they ARE just LIKE US!
• Just leave the camera on Angie and Brad...that makes me happy
• Nice diamond pin Tyler Perry. Why do I think that Oprah bought it for him?
• 9:54pm, Ellen went with the white tux and sneaks
• Brad Pitt is STILL and will forever be...HOT
• 10:01pm level 329 of Candy Crush completed
• Ellen and Liza selfies. I think David O. Russell photo bombed it
• Ellen's group selfie, best photo ever
• Friday Night Lights ALERT...Michael B. Jordan in THE house
• Charlize Theron toooooo pretty
• What's the black film ribbon on the lapel represent? 
• What do you think Christof Waltz said to Lupita when she won? 
• Lupita so beautiful and SO eloquent and perfect to play the Willie Wonka song to play her off the stage
• I stand corrected, quite a few celebs were SO hungry after starving for weeks, they actually ate the pizza.
• That movie museum plans look CRAZY
• It's hard to tell of Gaborey Sidobey's eyes are open or closed
• Whoopi was doing the Julia Roberts button down shirt tucked into a gown thing. Didn't like it on Julia, didn't like it on Whoopi
• P!NK!!!!!!
• WWTM FACT: I've NEVER seen The Wizard of Oz all the way through...I get totally scared and freaked out
• Ellen in a dress! Funny, but not worth the time it took for the big changeover
• Jennifer Gardner will be the first girl invited to my sleepover with Jimmy, Joseph, Zac and Jared. I'm betting she's an ice cream person.
• I always get Chris Evans and Chris Pine confused 
• Tuesday's episode of The Goldberg's looks like a good one
• In Memoriam time...then Bette Midler "Wind Beneath My Wings" Standing O and I admit, she got me.
• Kate Hudson's Mom looked FROZEN just like the movie
• John Travolta's hair had me mesmerized and then after rewinding a few times, I came to the conclusion that he introduced Adele Dazeem and NOT Idina Menzel. That'll haunt him and be played on a loop for eternity
• Idina Menzel's too good. I was lucky enough to see her in Rent and in Wicked. Tooooo talented
• No lip syncing at the Oscars
• I saw Gravity...I didn't love it. Was it me? 
• "Let It Go" winners acceptance speech - well done
• Ellen got a lot of pizza dough out of the "A" list...Harvey Weinstein coughed up 200 bucks alone
• Angelina Jolie and Sydney Poitier...I honestly could stare at Angelina Jolie forever. For the record Sydney Poitier is 87 years old
• I really loved Philomena. Bummer it got so lost in the shuffle
• Cate's speech killed
• Jennifer Lawrence fell earlier in the evening on the Red Carpet so no need to reprise her performance from last year DURING the show
• We waited for the "Alright, Alright, Alright" and the "Just Keep Living" and we got it. Another great speech from McConaghey even though I don't think any of that hero conversation actually happened
• Best Picture: 12 Years a Slave...Star of the show...ELLEN!

AWARD RECAP 

Best Picture - 12 Years a Slave-CHECK
Best Actor - Matthew McConaghey-CHECK
Best Actress - Cate Blanchett-CHECK
Best Supporting Actor - Jared Leto-CHECK
Best Supporting Actress -Lupita N'yongo-CHECK
Best Costume Design-The Great Gatsby
Best Makeup/Hair-Dallas Buyers Club
Best Animated Short-Mr. Hublot
Best Animated Feature Film-Frozen
Best Visual Effects-Gravity
Best Live Action Short-Helium
Best Documentary Short Subject-The Lady in Number 6
Best Documentary Feature-20 Feet From Stardom
Best Foreign Language Film-The Great Beauty
Best Sound Mixing-Gravity
Best Sound Editing-Gravity
Best Cinematography-Gravity
Best Editing-Gravity
Best Production Design -The Great Gatsby
Best Original Score-Gravity
Best Original Song-"Let It Go"- Frozen EGOT AWARD WINNER ALERT for Robert Lopez
Best Adapted Screenplay-12 Years A Slave winner was ULTRA serious, no???
Best Original Screenplay-Spike Jonze for Her WOW! That one I got wrong!
Best Director-Alphonso Cuaron

VIKINGS

Vikings was back on Thursday night and started out with a big time brother against brother bloody brawl. Not sure why Rollo chose not to wear a shirt or armor during the battle. Bit of a show-off I suppose. "Look at my overdeveloped pecs."  "Look at how much blood I spilled."  None of that mattered, he lost the battle and was locked up. The gods were on his side though. Some regular dude who stood on a sacred stone said that the gods wanted Rollo set free. So he packed it up and left the village since everyone hates him now. After that you'd think Ragnar could breathe easy, but he didn't get a chance. That princess he cheated on Lagertha with last season showed up preggers. Ragnar thought an open relationship where they all lived together was a greatttt idea, but Lagertha would have none of it soooooo she packed it up and left too. Bjorn, Ragnar's son (wish he was younger so I could call him Baby Bjorn) was going to stay with Ragnar but changed his mind and left with his Mom. My guess is that they'll both go hook up with Rollo and come back to the village in the not so distant future. 

HITRECORD

I don't have the Pivot network on my cable system, but the folks at Pivot were nice enough to send me the entire first season of Joseph Gordon Levitt's amazing show HitRecord. I'm guessing none of you guys have ever seen it even though I begged anyone who has Pivot to watch it a few weeks ago. This show is so cool, interesting and innovative.  The first show was about the Number 1 but there was a show about trash, space, the other side, money patterns and more. I loved the one about space. You have to see it to understand what it's all about. I still think it's a game changer and just want people to check it out. If Joseph Gordon Levitt is miraculously reading this blog. Bravo bud.

EPISODES

OMG, best episode so far. The scene with Matt LeBlanc and his Dad was classic. I have no idea how many times the "F" bomb was dropped, but it could have given Wolf of Wall Street a run for its money. Carol confronted Bev about the secret meeting with FOX but since Bev knew nothing about it they checked in with Sean who came clean.  Castor had his meds JUST right but decided to thrown them all out the window and crashed...mentally, not physically but I guess he had some spares at home because he was better the next day for the meeting with his boss. Of course Carol saved the day and served up Bev and Sean's show. Now she's got to figure out how to keep them from heading home. 

GIRLS
Who eats salad in the middle of the street? Hannah does
Whose aunts are out of their minds? Hannah's 
Whose grandma is June Squibb? Hannah's
Whose Mom wanted her to lie to her dying grandmother about marrying Adam? Hannah's
Who calls their grandmother Flo, Flojob? Hannah does.
Whose cousin Rebecca is a total b*tch? Hannah's
Whose relatives sat around divvying up their Mom's drugs? Hannah's
Whose relatives were fighting over grandma's ring? Hannah's
Whose cousin calls her privates a "chachi?" Hannah's
Whose family made a scene at the hospital? Hannah's
Whose Mom is brutally honest with her daughter? Hannah's
Whose dress revealed way too much back fat-Hannah's
Who wants this season to end? ME! 

THE OTHER STUFF 

If you've been watching my FBFF's show, then you know that the Mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emmanuel, challenged him to take the Polar Plunge into Lake Michigan yesterday to benefit the Special Olympics. My guy, dressed in a suit and tie showed up and hit the 10 degree water. He tweeted that he "Officially Plunged". Looking forward to hearing more tonight. Love that guy! 

The Independent Spirit Awards were given out Saturday Night on IFC. 12 Years a Slave won all the big movie awards. Acting wise, seemed like a deja vu from all the other award shows. Cate, Matthew, Jared and Lupita.  

On a separate note, The Razzie Awards, the awards for the worst in film, were also given out on Saturday night. Worst Movie went to Movie 43. The Smith family cornered the market in worst acting trophies with Jaden taking home worst actor and Will taking home worst supporting actor and the two of them took home the worst screen combo award as well. I'm sure they're crying all the way to the bank. 

Monday's Trivia Question: What drama school did Lupita Nyong'o graduate from?

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