Not That The OC Would Sway Our Political Views or Anything... (YM.com)
Rock the Vote launched its 2004 Get on the Bus tour in Los Angeles last week with a little help from Snoop Dogg, Tom Cruise, Kelly Osbourne, and The O.C.'s Rachel Bilson and Adam Brody. The celebs attended a kick-off party at the Avalon hotel to celebrate the traveling extravaganza, which will hit 50 cities with concerts that include artists Maroon 5 and the Dixie Chicks.
The Vote Mobile is hoping to get 20 million people ages 18 to 30 to register to vote along the way. "Young people have an unprecedented opportunity to be the swing vote in this election…the bus tour will be a catalyst for bringing young people together to talk about the issues at stake, such as jobs, health care, and the war in Iraq," said Rock the Vote president Jehmu Greene in a press release. Visit www.rockthevote.com to find out when all the action will be coming to your town.
Get yourself a copy of People's 50 Bachelors. Why?
There is an entire two page spread of TV's Most Dateable Show. Who's mentioned?
Josh Schwartz, Tate Donovan, Adam Brody, Chris Carmack & Ben McKenzie. Everyone except the shaggy-browed, married Peter Gallagher. Oh, Sandy! ____________________
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NEWS!!
There is a new O.C. book coming out in early August. Be on the look-out for Stop Being a Hater and Learn to Love the O.C. by Alan Sepinwall. It's an unofficial look at the appeal of the show to twentysomethings and thirtysomethings. Oftentimes hilarious, this book is written by a fan FOR fans.
Thank you to Rachel Kempster for this fantabulous info. ____________________
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Chris Carmack, a former regular on "The O.C.," is in negotiations to team with Amanda Bynes (news) in the romantic comedy "Lovewrecked."
Bynes an 18-year-old who is ecstatic when she learns that her favorite rock star -- to be played by Carmack -- is a guest at the tropical resort where she is working for the summer. When they are thrown overboard during a cruise, they find themselves stranded on what they think is a remote beach. Randal Kleiser ("The Blue Lagoon") will direct the independent project.
Carmack is best known for his role as Luke Ward on the freshman year of Fox's hit series "O.C." His other credits include a starring role opposite Dennis Hopper (news) in the USA Network TV movie "The Last Ride." Reuters/Hollywood ____________________
TV Gal Throws Open the Voting (Monday, June 21 08:02 AM) By Amy Amatangelo
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - Welcome to the Amy Awards, bitch. Oh, you have no idea how long I've been waiting to use that joke. First of all, thanks to all of you who took the time to post your nominations for the 2004 Amy Awards to the TV Gal message boards. In the words of the great 50 Cent, I love you like a fat kid loves cake. Or to put it in TV Gal lingo, like Sydney loves Vaughn, like Seth loves Captain Oats, or Simon Cowell loves himself. One of the best things about the Amy Awards is that I learn sooo much about you. Because, I think I know, but I have no idea. It's a crash course in what you are thinking. Clearly, it's the remote control, not the eyes that are the window into your soul. See, I feel like we are always on the same wavelength. You know what I like, I know what you like. We are of one mind. It's all one big TV love fest.
So I must confess that I was shocked to learn your utter dislike of Kem on "ER" and how much you really didn't care for Madison on "Everwood." But that's exactly what makes the Amy Awards so great (if I do say so myself). You pick the categories, you pick the nominees and now it's time for you to pick the winners. We here at Team TV Gal aim to please, so I have a couple of caveats about the nominations. After receiving numerous complaints from readers last year, I decided that a show could only be nominated once in any given category. So it was the show's most popular nomination that made the cut. Let's be honest, we hate it when "The West Wing" takes up four out of the five nominations at the Emmys and well, I'd like to make the Amy Awards a little more equitable. If I had not done it this way, "24" and "Angel" would have dominated the "Best Death or Character Exit" category and every quote might have come from "Angel" or our beloved Seth Cohen (surprisingly Seth's witty one-liners were not the most popular uttering to come out of Orange County). And I did only consider specific nominations, therefore "all of 'Smallville'" could not count as the "Most Ridiculous Storyline or Plot Twist." So let's get out the vote. Call your friends, wake your neighbors, tell your family, the moment is here, the hour is now. It's time to vote for the 2004 Amy Awards.
Here are the 2004 Amy Award Categories:
• Tell Me It's Not Over, aka Beloved Show (either new or seasoned) That Was Cancelled "Angel" "Boomtown" "Friends" "Karen Sisco" "Wonderfalls"
• The Amnesiac Cougar Award, aka Most Ridiculous Storyline or Plot Twist Chase's baby on "24" Joey and Rachel date on "Friends" Madison is pregnant and doesn't tell Ephram on "Everwood" Oliver comes to "The O.C." Sydney has a half-sister on "Alias"
• The Bennifer Award, aka TV's Worst Couple Carter and Kem on "ER" Ephram and Madision on "Everwood" Ross and Rachel on "Friends" Ryan and Marissa on "The O.C." Vaughn and Lauren on "Alias"
• Get Off My Show, aka Worst New Character or Guest Star Eve on "Angel" Jason ("Digger") on "Gilmore Girls" Kem on "ER" Lauren on "Alias" Oliver on "The O.C."
• Rewind: Let's Hear that Again Award, aka Best Quote "Chloe, I'm getting really tired of your personality." Tony to Chloe on "24." "I hate you, but I love Sydney more. That's the only reason you're not dying tonight." Vaughn to Lauren on "Alias." "Well, personally, I kind of want to slay the dragon. Let's go to work." Angel's final line in the series finale of "Angel." "Will you just stand still?" Lorelai to Luke and vice-versa before they kissed on "Gilmore Girls." "Welcome to the O.C., bitch." Luke to Ryan on "The O.C."
• 'Til Death Do Us Part, aka Best Death or Character Exit Ben (Brendan Fraser) on "Scrubs" Lauren on "Alias" Ryan Chappelle on "24" Dr. Robert Romano on "ER" Wesley on "Angel" • Emmy -- We Don't Need No Stinkin' Emmy, aka Great Performance that Probably Won't Be Recognized Amy Acker as Fred/Illyria on "Angel" Reiko Aylesworth as Michelle on "24" Adam Brody as Seth on "The O.C." Lauren Graham as Lorelai on "Gilmore Girls" John C. McGinley as Dr. Cox on "Scrubs"
• Character You Love to Hate and Hate to Love, aka Best Villain Julian Sark on "Alias" Julie Cooper on "The O.C." Sherry Palmer on "24" Lindsey McDonald on "Angel" Boston Rob on "Survivor: All-Stars"
• Did I Have a Life Before This Show, aka Best New Show "Arrested Development" "Joan of Arcadia" "Nip/Tuck" "The O.C." "Wonderfalls"
• I Want that Hour (or Half-hour) of My Life Back, aka Worst Episode of the Season "Blowback" (episode told from two different perspectives) on "Alias" "Makemba" (Carter meets Kem) on "ER" "An Affair to Remember" (Rory finds a study tree) on "Gilmore Girls" "Cheers" (series finale) on "The Practice" "I Do and Oh No You Di-in't" (season finale) of "Will & Grace"
• Episode Most Worthy of an Immediate Rewind, aka Best Episode of the Season "6 a.m to 7 a.m." (Chapelle dies) of "24" "Not Fade Away" (series finale) of "Angel" "The Last One" (series finale) of "Friends" "Raincoats and Recipes" (season finale) of "Gilmore Girls" "My Screw Up" (Brendan Fraser dies) of "Scrubs"
• It's Like a Freaking Car Wreck, aka Best Guilty Pleasure "American Idol" "Las Vegas" "The O.C." "One Tree Hill" "Superstar USA"
• Fat Lady Is Singing but Nobody Is Listening, aka Show That Should Be Cancelled "7th Heaven" "Charmed" "ER" "The Swan" "Tru Calling"
You have until Friday at 5 p.m. Eastern Time to vote via the TV Gal message boards. ____________________
North Shore: To borrow a line from that glorious — and Tony-minted! — musical Avenue Q, there's a fine, fine line between an addictive prime-time soap and a waste of your time. I don't think I can improve on our esteemed Matt Roush's evisceration of this series, but I will say that Brooke Burns rivals Captain Oats — aka Seth Cohen's plastic horsey — for the title of Least Expressive Performer on Television. Speaking of The O.C., why are they pretending that Newport Beach refugee Amanda Righetti is playing a character other than Hailey? She may suffer from rage blackouts now and is apparently involved in vaguely illegal activities with a Baldwinesque beach bum, but c'mon that's still everyone's favorite slutty younger sis up there onscreen. Besides, just think of all the crossover opportunities if Hailey actually had hightailed it off to Hawaii. Peter Gallagher could show up to give James Remar his patented "Your Eyebrows Are the Window to Your Soul" lecture, Mischa Barton could try and fail to out-act the hotel swimming pool and Benjamin McKenzie could punch out that annoying bartender who's always meddling in everyone else's relationships. The dude has it coming...
Summer Bummers These shows may make you pine for repeats
The networks say they're fighting the good fight, trying to stem the summer migration to cable by offering more original programs than ever. OK, but why are they using such lousy ammunition?
Take North Shore. (As the comic said: Please!) Fox scored last summer with The O.C., so it's only natural the sex-and-sun formula would get another workout, this time at a Hawaii hotel. The only problem: North Shore is too listless and dumb to ever qualify as a guilty pleasure. Saying it's no O.C. is an understatement. It's a no-see.
A rained-out luau would generate more sparks than the zombie-like romantic leads, Kristoffer Polaha and Brooke Burns. The former Baywatch babe has the emotional allure of a dry lava bed. The show would be laughable camp if it weren't all so derivatively drab.
Fox, the most aggressive network this summer, also stumbles with Quintuplets, an insipid waste of Andy Richter as the dim dad of five annoying teens, and the muddled legal drama The Jury. (One possible bright spot: the crudely silly Method & Red, a hip-hop Beverly Hillbillies about wealthy rappers living in a stuffy gated community.)
Still, none of this is as depressing as NBC's deluge of reality retreads, a grisly bunch of dating shows and amateur talent competitions.
Someone should have told the networks that just being new isn't enough. A little originality would be nice.
While the networks give us Who Wants to Marry My Dad? and the misbegotten final season of the Drew Carey Show, cable will keep siphoning away viewers with new seasons of Monk, Nip/Tuck, Reno 911! and Six Feet Under, to name just a few. It's not even much of a choice, is it?
Question: What should I be watching this summer? The O.C. was a real nice surprise last year! Your advice would be helpful. — Rob J.
Matt: I wish there were an O.C. on tap for this summer, but I'm afraid Fox has let us down, and the others aren't even trying. Beyond a new season of The Amazing Race next month, your best options for summer entertainment, as in recent years, is mostly on cable. Among the shows revving up new seasons: Monk, Nip/Tuck, Six Feet Under, Reno 911!, The Dead Zone, Stargate SG-1 and its spin-off, Atlantis, to name just a few. And I'm very eager to see TNT's new espionage series, The Grid, which begins in late July, the same week as Denis Leary's new show about firefighters for FX, Rescue Me. ____________________
Buzz Saw - The OC Airport Word of the Week: Faux C: What does that mean? It means all the shows that look like The O.C. imposters. Ex Summerland and North Shore.
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