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"Today" Unravels Top-Secret Canadian Codeword Because of the Olympics (Journalism Is Not Dead, Eh?)
February 17th 2010 at 2:25pm by RobbTodd

Just give "Today's" Willie Geist the Pulitzer right now for public service journalism. No more pressing question has perplexed and befuddled Americans about the Great White North than why its residents use the word "eh." And without knowing why, there really wasn't any way to understand the Olympics. So, why do they say "eh"? How can we make them stop? Or should we start saying it? We should! Let's steal it from them. Nothing is more American than that. More after the jump.

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The Early Show
Kate Gosselin Gets New TLC Show Without Kids or Husband
January 13th 2010 at 1:41pm by CharlotteCowles

TLC has signed up Kate Gosselin for a new reality series that will feature her "trying new things" without Jon or her brood, TheWrap.com reports. The reality star and her new litter of hair extensions has been reclaimed by the network "because they are worried if they don't do it with Kate, someone else will," according to a shady-sounding unnamed source.

The new show, which is slated to debut in late spring/early summer, will supposedly have an "interactive" factor in which viewers can suggest new challenges revolving around Kate trying various different professions. I'm picturing something kind of like "The Simple Life," only set on a farm for one week, then a restaurant the next, and perhaps a hardware store after that. I'm sure there will be plenty of fame-mongering businesses that would love to have her around. No fashion-related jobs, please, though -- for all our sakes.

The show is unnamed as of yet, but hopefully will be titled something like, "Kate For Hire," or "Working Mother of Eight," or "Jon Doesn't Pay Child Support." I'm going to make a totally wild prediction that the series ends with Kate getting "challenged" to host her own talk show, and then...she gets hired! Pure conjecture, though.

 

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Today
Tiger Woods Roundup: $300 Million Reconciliation? Going to Hell? Prison Photos? Lock to Win Tournament in 2010?
January 4th 2010 at 3:21pm by RobbTodd

Nothing says "I'm sorry for cheating on you with dozens of women" quite like $300 million. But, look, it's not about the money, okay? It's about love and the power of forgiveness (and money). There's lots of speculation about the status of Tiger Woods' marriage. Is it wrong not to really care whether Tiger and Elin Nordegren reconcile? I just like to watch Tiger hit golf balls. And, honestly, even that is kind of boring. Golf is boring, and it is Tiger's fault for being so awesome at it. Oh, Tiger won again? Snore. But Tiger makes up for that every time he pumps his fist. Love that. There's much, much more juicy Tiger news after the jump. You just HAVE to hear what Brit Hume said.

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Today
"99 Red Balloons" Singer Is a Granny: Panic Lads, It's a Red Alert
December 30th 2009 at 11:33am by RobbTodd

If that headline means anything to you, then you are officially old. In fact, you were probably officially old a few years ago, and are just now coming to grips with it. But watch the video above and it's hard not to feel like you might have a few more decent years to enjoy as we march into the '10s. Now THAT lady is a granny. More after the jump.

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Jimmy Kimmel Live
The Top Best Worst Most Biggest List of Lists for the End of the '00s
December 29th 2009 at 2:47pm by RobbTodd

While everyone is trying to forget the '00s, the media refuses to let us. Every kind of list is popping up, from the all encompassing summaries of the ten years of torture we just endured. Look, we get it. It sucked. So thank you, Time.com, for wrapping up the stinky pile of p00 with a nice bow and some sprinkles. It is not helpful to relive nightmares: The '00s: Goodbye (at Last) to the Decade from Hell. The Wall Street Journal won't quit, either, because the U.S. stock market is putting the finishing touches on its worst decade ever. Yes, worse than the 1930s and that little thing called The Great Depression. So, sure, read all about that. Or, here's another list: The Twenty Most Beautiful People of the Decade. Ugh. You can also relive all the disgusting '00s fashion from hipster ridiculousness to Juicy Couture tracksuits and UGGs. Stop wearing UGGs!

But it wasn't all bad. Someone invented the iPhone. How awesome is that? Too bad nobody invented a telephone carrier that won't drop its calls or stall when loading a web page. Oh, I'm so negative! See what the '00s does to people? Guess what cracked the best list of the decade's top gadgets? That's right: Slingbox! Awwwww, yeah, that's a little something called place-shifting, what-what!

And we can't just ignore some of the important lists, like Best TV Series of the '00s. That's an important list, so it's important to find the best Best TV Series of the '00s list. That would be the A.V. Club's list. Top 10 comedians of the decade? We have to have that, too. Here's your source: Paste Magazine. (No, Larry the Cable Guy is not on the list.) Top 25 Web Searches of the Decade? I thought for sure Britney Spears would be at the top, but no. Top 10 Worthless Sports Teams of the Decade is pretty solid. No arguments here. The Top 10 Biggest TV Blunders of the Decade (Jay Leno?). The 10 Worst Decisions of America's Worst Decade is pretty much Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, but it is still pretty good.

So much of this is common knowledge, though. Few surprises, little to learn or argue about. So here is a list of lists. Let's call it the Top Best Worst Most Biggest List of Lists for the End of the '00s. Continue reading after the jump.

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Today
I'm Not Sure Which Is More Upsetting: Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins Splitting Up or the World's Tallest Dog Is Blind, Deaf, Epileptic
December 28th 2009 at 4:12pm by RobbTodd

Not Tim and Susan! Nooooooo! Please let this be a hoax like the JFK photo that TMZ said would have changed history except that it's really a picture from Playboy. Seriously, there is something very depressing about the idea that after more than two decades together a couple decides that they'd like to spend what little time they have left on Earth alone...or at least away from each other. More after the jump.

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