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American Idol Recap: Top 12 Tackle The Stones

March 17, 2010
By Petra W.

Tuesday night, the Top 12 got to show what they were made of and why America chose to keep them, which was good, because many of them had a lot of ‘splainin’ to do. They all looked the part; the stylists at American Idol worked overtime on this group getting all of them looking...
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Remember Me Review

March 15, 2010
By Petra W.

Judging by the attendance in the movie theater on Friday night, the 14-30-something ‘Twilight’ fans are getting their R-Patz fix from ‘Remember Me’, considering that approximately 95% of the audience was female between the ages of 14 and 40 and the remaining 5% (including my husband) were their male counterparts, dragged along for “date...
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American Idol Recap: The Surprising and Sad Final 12

March 12, 2010
By Petra W.

OK America. I realize part of the American Idol drama is the fact that good people are going to be voted off  early and sucktastic people are going to be allowed to stay. But this is getting a little ridiculous. Katie Stevens and Paige Miles are allowed to sing another day, but Lilly Scott and...
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American Idol Recap: Top 16

March 11, 2010
By Petra W.

Girls, girls, girls! Motley Crue said it the best back in ’87, and I will re-iterate. This year’s American Idol is all about the girls. And they proved it on Tuesday night when the top performers gave us solid performances and some of the ones we were ready to give plane tickets home stepped...
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Actor Corey Haim Dies at 38

March 10, 2010
By Petra W.

Unfortunately, the death toll in Hollywood (especially for young, 80’s teen celebrities) seems to be rising, as we learned this morning that beloved Teen Beat Hall-of-Famer Corey Haim, 38, died of an apparent accidental prescription drug overdose in his Burbank home, where he was taking care of his cancer-stricken mother. First Boner, now Lucas? What...
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American Idol Recap: And Then There Were 16

March 5, 2010
By Petra W.

An impressive 27 million people voted this week to decide which two guys and which two girls would be saying goodbye on the American Idol results show last night.  Whether they voted for the best voices, cutest faces or most sparkling personalities was the question. Thank God they weren’t voting on group performing ability,...
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American Idol Recap: Guys and Girls Battle for the Top 16

March 4, 2010
By Petra W.

Tuesday night’s American Idol surprised the audience with a strange twist of events. People at home tuned in to see the girls perform and instead the boys hit the stage because contestant, Crystal Bowersox was taken to the hospital that morning for an undisclosed medical problem that would prevent her from performing. The guys...
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Growing Pains Co-Star Commits Suicide at 41

March 1, 2010
By Petra W.

If you grew up in the 80’s and 90’s, you knew him as the lovable, somewhat dim-witted sidekick to Mike Seaver on Growing Pains. He played Boner Stabone and he provided plenty of comic relief on the prime time sitcom that ran from 1985-1992. Andrew Koenig is still most remembered for this role, and...
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