OCT22

Britney does Glee, but does anyone benefit?

It's broken the Beatles' record for the most top 100 songs, but is Glee at risk of becoming a platform for dodgy rockers and past-it poppets to milk more from their languishing back catalogues? Audiences are still lapping it up, but we reckon Glee's treading a fine line dedicating large chunks of an ep recreating music videos frame for frame at the expense of story development. Sure it's smart, and it's clever and it's helping to sell soundtracks by the truckload, but we beg you Glee: pleeeease don't lose sight of the values that make you so good.

Andrew debriefs with Tiffany Dunk (Dolly) and Scott Ellis (The Sun Herald) after enduring Season 2's Britney Spears episode,


LABELS:    Animal Planet    FOX8    Ten

OCT18

Carrie Fisher

She survived bad buns and infamous parents, and has spent a lifetime coming to terms with her crazy Hollywood life.  A lesser mortal would have been destroyed by it, but Carrie Fisher used it as fodder for (at times acutely personal) books and screenplays. 

We love that she keeps popping up on TV in superb cameos too - look out for her in Entourage season 7!

In Australia with her Wishful Drinking stage show, Carrie Fisher squeezed a visit to The Playlist into her busy trip.


LABELS:    Arena