The NFL and Pepsi announced today who will be rocking the Super Bowl Halftime Show, and it is quite the lineup. We are all going to be bustin’ a move to Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, and Kendrick Lamar on February 13th.
“The opportunity to perform at the Super Bowl Halftime Show, and to do it in my own backyard, will be one of the biggest thrills of my career,” said Dr. Dre. “I’m grateful to JAY-Z, Roc Nation, the NFL, and Pepsi as well as Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar for joining me in what will be an unforgettable cultural moment.”
Together the five of them have 43 Grammys and 22 No. 1 Billboard albums. Take that The Weeknd. He was a snoozefest; they are going to wake us up.
I still haven’t figured out how Lamar fits in with the other GOATs, but I am sure they all need someone they can boss around and get them joints and coffee.
The SBHS airs on NBC. I am surprised they didn’t ask The Voice coaches to do it. Oh, yeah, the last time one of them did it, he left the singing competition a few months later.
On November 1st, Judge Judy Sheindlin is going to be back doing what she does best. She will be overseeing cases in Judy Justice on IMBD.TV.
Her new courtroom show will be airing daily, so she needs cases to fill the airtime. Do you have a case that you think will be perfect for the most famous judge in the country? Then you apply here.
Who knows, she might select you, and then you can be berated by her on the streaming service. How cool would that be? So go through the list of people you want to sue, and apply to be on the series.
Ever since Sarah Drew was fired unceremoniously on Grey’s Anatomy, I thought that Ellen Pompeo was somehow responsible for it. Then, when excerpts from Lynette Rice’s book started being published in Entertainment Weekly about the medical drama started to come out, I thought I can’t wait to see what people have to say about Pompeo. It turns out the person who told the worst story about the actress was herself.
Pompeo shared a story about the time 2-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington directed an episode in the 12th season. Meredith Grey was attacked by a patient who left her with a broken jaw. At the end of the episode, the patient apologizes to her, and that is when the trouble began behind the scenes.
“He [the patient] made this choice to speak very softly. And [Meredith] was pissed that [she] had to sit there and listen to this apology, and he wasn’t looking at [her] in the eye,” Pompeo recalled, wavering between talking about herself and the guest star as actors and characters. “Again, we love actors who make choices, right? And I yelled at him, and I was like, ‘Look at me when you apologize. Look at me.’ And that wasn’t in the dialogue, and Denzel went ham on my ass.”
She continued: “He was like, ‘I’m the director. Don’t you tell him what to do.’ And I was like, ‘Listen, motherf‑‑‑er, this is my show. This is my set. Who are you telling?’ Like, ‘You barely know where the bathroom is.’ And I have the utmost respect for him as an actor, as a director, as everything, but like, yo, we went at it one day.”
It is not her show. She is part of an ensemble. The same way ER was not George Clooney’s show, Seinfeld is not Jerry Seinfeld’s show, Everybody Loves Raymond was not Ray Romano’s show, and Two and a Half Men was not Charlie Sheen’s show. The show belongs to the networks and the studios. You are just a face who can be fired or replaced. I bet you ABC could’ve killed her off last season, and it still would’ve gone on.
She thinks she is all that, but what has she done since Grey’s? Nothing. Do you know what she is going to do after Grey’s? Pray that the show remains in syndication so she can get residuals.
She is also going to pray that her co-stars don’t start talking about her like they did Patrick Dempsey. I have a feeling that what they will say will make Katherine Heigl look sweet compared to Pompeo.
After this story started trending on Twitter, I started to think that Rice’s group might put the final nail in Grey’s coffin, as in this might be the final season. I could be wrong. But I feel another show is going to get cancelled because of the Ellen effect. Case in point Ellen, the sitcom, was not Ellen DeGeneres’ show, but Ellen, the talk show, is.
Get your calendars out, and turn to November 1st. That is the date that the McRib is back at McDonald’s for its 40th anniversary.
So when you wake up from your Halloween candy hangover, you can run to MickeyD’s to get the seasoned boneless pork dipped in a tangy BBQ sauce, topped with slivered onions and dill pickles, all served on a toasted homestyle bun delicious sandwich.
I can’t wait. Most people have pumpkin spice season; I have McRib season. Now, I just need McDonald’s to be finished renovating the Toluca Lake store by then, so I can walk over and get mine whenever I want. Walking the two blocks to get it, walks off the 520 calories I ingested from in each McRib. Lie to me and say yes.
The Wendy Williams Show was supposed to debut on Sept. 20, but due to health issues, including contracting a “breakthrough case” of COVID-19, it was delayed until Oct. 4. Today, they revealed the season premiere is being pushed back again.
“Wendy will not be returning with new shows on Oct. 4. She has been and continues to be under a doctor’s care and is still not ready to return to work. We plan to return with a new show on Oct. 18,” the statement reads. “Her breakthrough covid case is no longer an issue and she has tested negative, but she is still dealing with some ongoing medical issues.”
They still have not disclosed what her medical issues are, but she suffers from Grave’s Disease.
