On TV - The Two Coreys
‘THE TWO COREYS’ ANSWERS ‘WHERE ARE THEY NOW?’
By Elizabeth Meyer
This week, dubious purveyor of culture A&E, proving that the words “arts” and “entertainment” are only words, unleashed “The Two Coreys,” a painfully staged reality show starring ’80s teen heartthrobs Corey Feldman and Corey Haim. In the days since appearing together in The Lost Boys, Dream A Little Dream and License To Drive, the lads, now in their mid-30’s, have fallen on some hard times, with drugs, bankruptcies and failed marriages defining their careers since their fall from favor. The series reunites the two friends after a decade apart, with Feldman enjoying prosperity and his new life with his new wife, Susie Sprague, whom he married on another reality show, “The Surreal Life,” in 2002. Naturally, the meat-eating heavy smoker Haim, recently clean and supposedly broke, clashes with hosts the Feldmans, vegetarians who support PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of […]
Original post by Robert Newton
On TV (But For How Long?) - On The Lot
ON THE LOT [TV-PG]
For a guy who touts purity of the cinematic arts, Steven Spielberg has some balls in dropping this stinker of a Fox reality show on the public and unintentionally showcasing all that is wrong with his beloved Hollywood. Its debut episode last week (watch it at www.TheLot.com) had fifty aspiring filmmakers battling for a $1,000,000 development deal at Spielberg’s beleaguered DreamWorks, running through a task-oriented movie business obstacle course of sorts. Their fates on the forced, twice weekly “American Idol” patterned show are ultimately determined by an audience call-in vote, with their work appraised by judges Carrie Fisher, Jon Avnet, Garry Marshall and Brett Ratner. Yes, Brett Ratner — the man who dropped the Baby Ruth in the swimming pool of comic book fans the world over with X-Men: The Last Stand. What, was Michael Bay too busy? M. Night Shyamalan not taking your calls? Naturally, there […]
Original post by Robert Newton