Under Your Thumb

October 4th, 2010 | Posted by James K in PodCast - (0 Comments)

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Tristan Couvares could become a new media darling… or America’s biggest fool.

The 25-year-old former UConn student, now living in Los Angeles, is the subject of “Control TV,” a new Web reality series from “Robot Chicken” producers Seth Green and Matt Senreich.

“Control TV,” which launches Wednesday, is billing itself as a “a real life `Truman Show.’” Like the Jim Carrey movie, Couvares will have cameras following him all day long, while viewers on the Web vote to make Couvares’ decisions.

Green told the AP that “Total Control” is “part entertainment and part vicarious improvement of another human being.”

“We’re going to guide it so that none of the decisions are really detrimental to him. It could be as simple as putting him in funny clothes when he goes to a job interview or insisting that he has a hidden agenda when he speaks to a girl for the first time, or whether he’s going to eat oatmeal or an English muffin to start his day.”

Viewers, who can follow at http://controlTV.com and sign up for cellphone alerts, will get the opportunity to decide things for Couvares approximately 10-15 times a day. Voting will be for multiple choice options — A, B or C — which means Couvares won’t be forced to do anything the show’s producers haven’t already prepared.

Couvares sounded non-chalent in a Boston Globe interview:

My biggest trepidation? I don’t think I have one particular fear. I’d like to try not to cry on camera. . . . There’s anxiety about exposing yourself. Day-to-day life. When you go home, whatever you do in front of the mirror before you go to bed, pick your nose.

At first I’ll probably be conscious [of the cameras] but eventually that’s going to slide away and then I’m going to fall back to my habits of the last 25 years.’’

Winter Vacation?

November 19th, 2009 | Posted by James K in PodCast - (0 Comments)

Sailboat Lady Winter Vacation?
Thinking of a winter vacation? Surfboards or ski poles? These are the top five bargain destinations, according to USA Today:

  1. Key West
  2. Salt Lake City
  3. St. Lucia
  4. Budapest
  5. Los Cabos

Mexico Bids For ‘Thriller’ Record

August 30th, 2009 | Posted by James K in News | PodCast - (0 Comments)

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Mexico celebrated Michael Jackson’s birthday on Sunday with 12,937 people dancing to “Thriller” in front of Mexico City’s Monument of the Revolution. The Guinness Book of World Records will decide if it’s authentic. The current record was set in May by a group of 242 College of William & Mary students who performed the routine in Williamsburg, Virginia.

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Dressed For Success

August 28th, 2009 | Posted by James K in News | PodCast - (0 Comments)

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Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, fashion stars. The New York Times has a profile of the twins and the surprising success they are enjoying in the business world.

“Very few celebrities are either so fascinating or appalling that they manage to get under our skins, as Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have, and it may be because they are twins. Yet their success in a field as competitive as fashion is impossible to deny. The Olsens, who are 23, have succeeded with two different labels simultaneously — The Row and the hip, less expensive Elizabeth and James — and without formal design training.”

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JoyHog’s Patrick Sarni braved the crowds and traffic to bring you these pictures of all the crazy commotion going out outside the Staples Center in preparation for the Michael Jackson Memorial. The ceremony begins tomorrow at 10am so stay tuned for more possible pictures of tomorrows shenanigans.

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Special Report: Dedication

August 21st, 2007 | Posted by Joy Hogger in PodCast - (0 Comments)

JP sits down with director Justin Theroux and Mandy Moore to talk about their new film “Dedication.”

Special Report: The Fringe

August 8th, 2007 | Posted by Joy Hogger in PodCast - (0 Comments)

JP checks out the New York International Fringe Festival and takes a peak at Williamsburg the Musical and more!