Hello, everybody.
First up...The eyes of the world this week were focused on Iran, where alleged discrepancies following its elections that apparently led to a landslide victory for incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have caused turmoil throughout the country. His opponent, Mirhossein Mousavi, smelled something rotten and may have claimed victory thanks largely in part to rigging of the ballots tilted in Ahmadinejad's favor.
Protests were covered by the world's media for the first couple of days before the Iranian government ordered a cease and desist on them. That's where the Twitter and YouTube universe springed into action, providing us the true images of a post-election drama that blows 2000 and Florida out of the water.
I have never seen this much uprising since what happened in Tiananmen Square 20 years ago. Broadcasts of the protests were played out all over the world on live television, until the Chinese government pulled the plug. And that of course was followed by the money shot: an unidentified man versus four tanks face-to-vehicles at a street near the Square.
If all this appears to be true, then a wind of change will finally be blowing in Iran 30 years after the revolution.
Meanwhile, on this side of the world, there were some jubilation over in Los Angeles as their Lakers made the Orlando Magic disappear to claim their 15th NBA Championship with Kobe Bryant as Finals MVP and coach Phil Jackson earning an unprecendented 10th career title. And Detroit's continuing woes never end with the Red Wings' Stanley Cup loss to Sidney Crosby's Pittsburgh Penguins.
Now I didn't care one bit, but it seems that David Letterman's apology for an off-color joke he made on his "Late Show" on Bristol Palin (our governor's daughter, of course) have helped him surge ahead of Conan O'Brien in the ratings. At one point earlier this week, there were only a handful of protestors outside the Ed Sullivan Theater who want Dave canned. The end result? One sponsor dropped, which was the Olive Garden restaurant chain owned by Darden Restaurants (who also owns Red Lobster, which I finally dined at almost four summers ago while in North Carolina visiting my grandma Mildred for what would be the final time).
But expect Dave's ratings to hang around temporarily, as we're hoping Conan would get them back thanks to Jay Leno's 10:00 show this fall. And I agree with one person on Twitter: Palin should be Jay's first guest on his new time slot.
And last but not least...one of the most-watched shows on cable right now is TLC's "Jon & Kate Plus 8", and for good reason: There is all sorts of infidelity troubles brewing between Jon and Kate Gosselin.
To refresh your memory: The couple have been cheating on each other; Jon with a 23-year-old schoolteacher and Kate with her bodyguard. Coverage of this has been all over the tabloids and just recently, one of them ran photos of Kate spanking one of the children. The season premiere a few weeks ago set ratings records for TLC, even beating out the NBA playoffs and "WWE Raw", and now comes what will be a major decision by the couple on Monday's episode.
Have we had enough of them? Probably not, as this is summer and we need a hit like "Jon & Kate" to tide us over until the fall season starts. But I can agree with you on this: Based on the bikini shots taken of her the other week, Kate does look great for a mother of eight! So long and stay strong!
First up...The eyes of the world this week were focused on Iran, where alleged discrepancies following its elections that apparently led to a landslide victory for incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have caused turmoil throughout the country. His opponent, Mirhossein Mousavi, smelled something rotten and may have claimed victory thanks largely in part to rigging of the ballots tilted in Ahmadinejad's favor.
Protests were covered by the world's media for the first couple of days before the Iranian government ordered a cease and desist on them. That's where the Twitter and YouTube universe springed into action, providing us the true images of a post-election drama that blows 2000 and Florida out of the water.
I have never seen this much uprising since what happened in Tiananmen Square 20 years ago. Broadcasts of the protests were played out all over the world on live television, until the Chinese government pulled the plug. And that of course was followed by the money shot: an unidentified man versus four tanks face-to-vehicles at a street near the Square.
If all this appears to be true, then a wind of change will finally be blowing in Iran 30 years after the revolution.
Meanwhile, on this side of the world, there were some jubilation over in Los Angeles as their Lakers made the Orlando Magic disappear to claim their 15th NBA Championship with Kobe Bryant as Finals MVP and coach Phil Jackson earning an unprecendented 10th career title. And Detroit's continuing woes never end with the Red Wings' Stanley Cup loss to Sidney Crosby's Pittsburgh Penguins.
Now I didn't care one bit, but it seems that David Letterman's apology for an off-color joke he made on his "Late Show" on Bristol Palin (our governor's daughter, of course) have helped him surge ahead of Conan O'Brien in the ratings. At one point earlier this week, there were only a handful of protestors outside the Ed Sullivan Theater who want Dave canned. The end result? One sponsor dropped, which was the Olive Garden restaurant chain owned by Darden Restaurants (who also owns Red Lobster, which I finally dined at almost four summers ago while in North Carolina visiting my grandma Mildred for what would be the final time).
But expect Dave's ratings to hang around temporarily, as we're hoping Conan would get them back thanks to Jay Leno's 10:00 show this fall. And I agree with one person on Twitter: Palin should be Jay's first guest on his new time slot.
And last but not least...one of the most-watched shows on cable right now is TLC's "Jon & Kate Plus 8", and for good reason: There is all sorts of infidelity troubles brewing between Jon and Kate Gosselin.
To refresh your memory: The couple have been cheating on each other; Jon with a 23-year-old schoolteacher and Kate with her bodyguard. Coverage of this has been all over the tabloids and just recently, one of them ran photos of Kate spanking one of the children. The season premiere a few weeks ago set ratings records for TLC, even beating out the NBA playoffs and "WWE Raw", and now comes what will be a major decision by the couple on Monday's episode.
Have we had enough of them? Probably not, as this is summer and we need a hit like "Jon & Kate" to tide us over until the fall season starts. But I can agree with you on this: Based on the bikini shots taken of her the other week, Kate does look great for a mother of eight! So long and stay strong!
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