Dancing with the Stars

Last Tuesday, one of televisions most talked about shows on ABC, Dancing with the Stars - Season 10, came to a close. Never before had I watched Dancing with the Stars, until I was introduced to it by my mother. In the last couple of weeks, it had become a habit of my mom to rush home and finish all her household duties before 8pm every Monday and Tuesday. After hearing her retell events in the show I decided to see what all the fuss was about and watched it for myself. In the show Dancing with the Stars, several C list celebrities that need a boost to their career compete against each other with a professional dance partner to win the title as the best dancer. Every week a celebrity and their partner are sent home until there are three couples left for the season finale.

The real catch about the show is that the competitors list from a wide range of celebrities including: actors, musicians, athletes, and of course the fame-whores. The biggest one of them all is Kate Gosselin, known for popping out eight kids and making a show out of it. It upset me Kate Gosselin was on the show because she has done nothing to be recognized as a "star". If anyone should be considered a "star" it should be her vagina for stretching out wide enough to release six children at once.

Besides the fact that Kate Gosselin does not deserve to be on the show, she is a horrific dancer; clip of one of her performances. Not only does she have no rhythm, but she also lacks dedication. During the season finale all the stars were brought back including Gosselin. In an interview she stated that "even from the beginning she was the target, no matter how good she would perform everyone was ready to pick out the negative aspects of her performance". After hearing what she had to say I was annoyed that she played the "victim" role. I would think an adult with eight children could admit her flaws and act in a classy manner. Instead she acted like a child and made me lose every bit of respect I possibly had for her. People in general need to stop playing the "victim" role. If a person wants to be respected they need to be able to recognize their flaws and own up to it.

A Defeated Team

As many may know within the last month there has been a hotter climates, finales of TV shows, and the NBA playoffs. This year in the conference finals (step before finals) the Boston Celtics and the Orlando Magic have gone head to head in a series of seven games to claim the title of conference championships of the east. Before the series began, Orlando Magic had a winning streak of over ten games. With the Magic's leading scorers Dwight Howard and Vince Carter nothing seemed out of reach. In the sports world, many anticipated the series to be an easy victory for the Orlando Magic against the Boston Celtics, a team made up of veterans. Within the first three games between the two teams in the last week basketball fans across Americans have become shocked.

Instead of a head to head series the Boston Celtics have taken a 3-0 lead against the Orlando Magic, only needing one more game to advance to the finals and sweep the Magics. While watching these games I was shocked and appalled by the Orlando Magic. Their defense was horrible; the team did not gel well together, instead they looked like a defeated team. It goes to show that even though the Orlando Magic's have a team filled with young talent, the Boston's Celtic's veterans experience is a more dominant factor. Only time will tell who will win the series and advance to win a championship. Will you be rooting for the team with experience or the underdogs?

I'm Not Myself Tonight

From time to time I like to watch MTV’s Hitlist to see the latest music videos for my favorite songs. MTV’s Hitlist is a single channel that solely focuses on showing the latest videos of the billboard’s top one hundred artists. While tuning into the station I happened to come across Christina Aguilera’s new video “I’m not myself tonight” off her new album, Bionic. Christina Aguilera has been in the pop music industry since the early 2000s battling against other pop artists like Madonna and Britney Spears. Since it was her first video in a year or so I expected “I’m not myself tonight” to be a catchy, vivid, different form of entertainment. Instead I got a blah video that was trashy, unoriginal, and not memorable.

The point of the video Christina is trying to show is that she is not herself for a night and acts out of her comfort zone. It was clear to me that she was not herself tonight because every other scene in the video looked similar to other works of art I’ve seen before. For instance, in one shot Christina’s hair is in the same style as Beyonce’s in a previous video. As well, in the video Christina demonstrates that since she’s not herself tonight because her sexuality sways. While watching this I kept thinking “THIS HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE” by pop princess, Britney Spears, in her video “3”

Throughout the decade that Christina has been in the music business to this day I cannot tell you what her true identity is. Every year she’s following a new artist’s videos or concepts, never creating something original. She’s not the only one, many old and new artists do not know how to appeal to the public and get swayed to displaying music that is “in”, which is what a good artist does. A great artist is able to start their own trends and artistic movement to change the form of music not to conform within the business. Hopefully, artists like Christina can become more original before they bore us all with their played out performances and auto-tuned voices.

Titanic is back!

One of the greatest movies of all time, Titanic, may have its return to theaters. James Cameron, the director of Titanic, stated in an interview that he plans to release Titanic in 3D. The reason behind the revival of the film in theaters is because of the popularity of 3D films in Hollywood. Putting together Hollywood’s second most grossing film in the box office and spectacular 3D effects will lead to huge profits. As a fan of the movie Titanic I can’t wait for it to be released again. Cameron says that he plans for the movie to be released in the year 2012 for the 100th year anniversary of the historical event when the ship sank. Even though that may seem like a while to wait for many, I don’t mind the wait as long as the movie does follow through to be shown in theaters. Titanic is one of the best movies I’ve ever seen. It is one of the few that can be watched numerous amount of times and can still be compelling from beginning to end. I think Cameron’s new move will be successful to keep his fans and to make a profit.

Don't let words bring you down

Glee, Fox’s newest original series, has captivated audiences throughout the country including myself. On last week’s episode, Mercedes, an overweight teen, was forced by her cheerleading coach to lose ten pounds in one week, otherwise she would be cut from the squad. As crazy as it may sound, Mercedes did not want to give up her spot on the team so she ate fewer meals and ended up fainting. After realizing she was sacrificing her health to fit another person’s stereotype of a “perfect cheerleader” she announced that regardless of how she looked she wouldn’t let others bring her down.

The point the episode was trying to make was that nothing should stop a person from following their dreams. I agree that no one should be limited by how they look to accomplish a goal. Even though a person may stereotypically not be at the standard to perform a certain task, they shouldn’t give up. Everyday there are people who defeat the odds, take Oscar Pistorius for example. Oscar, also known as the fastest man on no legs, uses prosthetic legs to race on the track. Despite losing both his legs at young age, Oscar did not let it stop him from continuing his passion for running; even though stereotypically track runners have both legs. No matter what the odds are against a person it should stop them from pursing the goals they want to accomplish.