The lucky folks who made this week's countdown of dumb celebrity and entertainment news include Lifetime, The L Word, and The View's Sherri Shepherd (two words: "lesbian lifestyle").

We also take on the media coverage of Hillary Clinton, and a Fox employee run amuck. Because black SUV's aren't weapons, boys and girls!

We're only a week into 2008 and there's already plenty of fodder for our weekly countdown of of dumb entertainment and celebrity news stories — from bad Cashmere Mafia headlines, to an idiotic Texas mom, to teenage slumber parties being turned into lesbian orgies.

And I'll give you $10 (not really) if you can correctly guess what product these women are hawking in this commercial (but no fair guessing if you already know!):

The #1 worst celebrity/entertainment news of the week? You'll just have to watch to find out... … continue reading

You know those movies you go to see simply because of the cast, telling yourself, "with Meryl Streep and Claire Danes, it has to be good, right?" And how sometimes you discover that no amount of good acting can make up for terrible lines, a boring plot, or bad directing?

This week on Who Thought THAT Was a Good Idea?, Lori and I count down the five most god-awful movies we were innocently duped into watching because of the cast, only to end up feeling burned, wishing we had those two hours of our life back (not to mention the $20 we forked out for the DVD/movie ticket). … continue reading

This week we count down the worst effects of the writers' strike — from Cashmere Mafia's delayed debut, to no female president until '08, to having to get our news from actual news sources (instead of The Colbert Report).

And then there's the spate of new reality TV shows in the works, like American Gladiators and A Shot at Love 2 ... yes, it's getting downright ugly, people! … continue reading

"My eyes, my eyes!" That's the theme of this week's Who Thought THAT Was a Good Idea? in which we count down the week's most cringe-worthy entertainment and celebrity news and moments.

Topics covered in this episode include awkward interviews, gratuitous lesbianism, Maxim cover girls, lesbian look-alike lovers and Gabrielle Christian hooking up on-screen with a guy twice her age (yikes!).

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It's all about bad lesbian TV in this week's Who Thought THAT Was a Good Idea?, as Lori and I count down some of the worst lesbian story-line decisions on American television — starting with Serena Southerlyn's coming-out on the way out of Law & Order, and ending with ... well, you'll just have to watch and find out for yourself.

Give us your thoughts on the worst lesbian moments in American TV history in the comments — and if you missed it, check out our favorite lesbian moments in last Friday's episode of She Made Me Watch This! … continue reading

This week in dumb celebrity and entertainment news: Angelina Jolie gets CGI'd in Beowulf, some desperate TV exec gets the bright idea to remake the '80s series Knight Rider, and Dog the Bounty Hunter's racist tirade isn't the first dumb move he's made (that would be having twelve children, and then pissing one off enough that he rats you out to the media).

Plus, Pierce Brosnan and the paparrazi, what Silk Stalkings and Different Strokes have in common, and an update on how minorities are faring behind and in front of the TV camera (bottom line: white people still run everything).

After you watch our rants, leave your suggestions for other classic (or not-so-classic) '80s TV shows should never be re-made. Yeah, I'm talking about you, Mr. Belvedere. … continue reading

In this week's countdown of dumb celebrity and entertainment news, we cover the outing of Dumbledore, moms cashing in on their celebrity daughters' fame, and Law and Order: Criminal Intent's wonderful contribution to the canon of evil, psychotic lesbians on TV (for more background on that, read Malinda's 2005 overview on Lesbian and Bisexual Women on Law and Order).

You may notice this week's episode is a little shorter than usual. That's wasn't intentional, it just worked out that way this time given the topics we had to work with. And the fact that Lori accidentally erased the video of some of our first takes, so we had to rant about the same topics a few times, and we somehow got more succinct along the way. We won't let that happen again! Next week we promise to be get back to our usual long, rambling rants.

(If you can't wait that long, check out Friday's She Made Me Watch This, where there's plenty of ranting and rambling). … continue reading

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In this week's countdown of dumb, annoying, and downright exasperating celebrity and entertainment news, Lori and I take on Iggygate, the escalation of the Jennifer vs. Angelina war, and the debut of the new CBS show Viva Laughlin, which may well be the worst show in the history of television. Seriously.

Also, why Kate Walsh's good news makes us sad, and what Rose McGowan and Helen Mirren have in common.

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In the great tradition of Maude and CSI: Miami (hopefully not of Joey and Private Practice), Lori and I are doing a video blog spin-off of She Made Me Watch This called Who Thought That Was a Good Idea?

Why? I blame Michelle Rodriguez. And Fox. And the writers on Women's Murder Club and Degrassi.

And even Katherine Heigl, God love her.

They've finally pushed us over the edge and driven us to dedicate a whole vlog to the week's most ridiculous, unbelievable, annoying, or just plain stupid moves made by celebrities, TV writers, movie directors, studio execs, actors, and other entertainment folks. In our opinion, anyway.

In our first episode of the new vlog, we count down the week's 5 dumbest news items — next week it might be a few more, or a few less. Depends on how dumb the week is.

See if you can guess where Degrassi's latest episode fell on the list this week... … continue reading