Hello, everybody. So much to get to as always, so on with the show!
First up...the announcement heard 'round the world, as Oprah Winfrey on Friday told her audience that she's ending her show in 2011 after 25 years. This comes just a few days after her one-on-one with Sarah Palin (who'll I get to in a moment) aired, and Winfrey actually broke the news to her Harpo staff a day before she went public with it.
It's no secret that ratings for her show have declined a bit in recent years, but Oprah does want to move on to other ventures like launching her Oprah Winfrey Network. A couple of months ago, she shut down Chicago's Michigan Avenue for her 24th season premiere, and her push to bring the 2016 Summer Olympics to the Windy City flopped with Rio de Janeiro being awarded the rights in the end.
But I'm sure Oprah will be pulling out all the stops for her farewell season; she has had the #1 daytime talk show since going national in 1986 and she'll end her reign still at #1. And unlike Johnny Carson, she will be irreplaceable.
Now...Sarah Palin as she's on the road -- and the airwaves -- as her new book, "Going Rogue", is out. On Tuesday, the former Alaska Governor kicked off her tour in Grand Rapids, Michigan as well as getting grilled by Bill O'Reilly and Barbara Walters in new interviews.
However, the precautions for those book signings are far different than the others. One, mobile phones had to be turned off and you had to have an armband to be admitted. Two, no photo-ops with Palin; and three, media is off limits.
With the holiday shopping season drawing near, don't expect "Going Rogue" to be a stocking stuffer. My guess for the hottest gifts this year will be Blu-Ray players and tapeless video cameras, as they've been going down in price this year.
"The Twilight Saga: New Moon" opened very, very big last week, and over the weekend grossed $140 million...the third highest opening ever. And at the American Music Awards on Sunday, there were spills and thrills aplenty, from Jennifer Lopez's fall (which was edited out for the West Coast) to Adam Lambert getting a little out there during his performance. Of course, the big winners were Taylor Swift and the late Michael Jackson, whose sister Janet opened the show with a hot medley.
And last but not least...the latest iPhone ad is now playing, and the app count is now at 100,000. But they must've produced it in one hell of a hurry because rival mobile provider Verizon just put out the Motorola Droid in an attempt to out-iPhone the iPhone.
Well, to cut a long story short, iDon't care. By the way, there were those rumors earlier this year about the latest generation iPod Touch to include the same capabilities as the iPhone like a camera and microphone, but Apple squashed them though there are actually microphones for the iPod.
Wait a minute...doesn't the latest iPod Nano shoot video as well? But then again, I said last time about the hundreds of cameras of all sizes at concerts, and that's no big deal. But if they're going to add a camera to an iPod Touch, they'll have to go to great lengths to increase the storage capacity; in other words, increase the price. Then again, it's thinner compared to the iPhone, so no dice. Oh well, at least it's better off as a pocket rocker/computer/game machine than a camera, and that ain't bad. So long, stay strong, and enjoy your Thanksgiving turkey (or duck or goose or cornish game hen or whatever else you're having)!
First up...the announcement heard 'round the world, as Oprah Winfrey on Friday told her audience that she's ending her show in 2011 after 25 years. This comes just a few days after her one-on-one with Sarah Palin (who'll I get to in a moment) aired, and Winfrey actually broke the news to her Harpo staff a day before she went public with it.
It's no secret that ratings for her show have declined a bit in recent years, but Oprah does want to move on to other ventures like launching her Oprah Winfrey Network. A couple of months ago, she shut down Chicago's Michigan Avenue for her 24th season premiere, and her push to bring the 2016 Summer Olympics to the Windy City flopped with Rio de Janeiro being awarded the rights in the end.
But I'm sure Oprah will be pulling out all the stops for her farewell season; she has had the #1 daytime talk show since going national in 1986 and she'll end her reign still at #1. And unlike Johnny Carson, she will be irreplaceable.
Now...Sarah Palin as she's on the road -- and the airwaves -- as her new book, "Going Rogue", is out. On Tuesday, the former Alaska Governor kicked off her tour in Grand Rapids, Michigan as well as getting grilled by Bill O'Reilly and Barbara Walters in new interviews.
However, the precautions for those book signings are far different than the others. One, mobile phones had to be turned off and you had to have an armband to be admitted. Two, no photo-ops with Palin; and three, media is off limits.
With the holiday shopping season drawing near, don't expect "Going Rogue" to be a stocking stuffer. My guess for the hottest gifts this year will be Blu-Ray players and tapeless video cameras, as they've been going down in price this year.
"The Twilight Saga: New Moon" opened very, very big last week, and over the weekend grossed $140 million...the third highest opening ever. And at the American Music Awards on Sunday, there were spills and thrills aplenty, from Jennifer Lopez's fall (which was edited out for the West Coast) to Adam Lambert getting a little out there during his performance. Of course, the big winners were Taylor Swift and the late Michael Jackson, whose sister Janet opened the show with a hot medley.
And last but not least...the latest iPhone ad is now playing, and the app count is now at 100,000. But they must've produced it in one hell of a hurry because rival mobile provider Verizon just put out the Motorola Droid in an attempt to out-iPhone the iPhone.
Well, to cut a long story short, iDon't care. By the way, there were those rumors earlier this year about the latest generation iPod Touch to include the same capabilities as the iPhone like a camera and microphone, but Apple squashed them though there are actually microphones for the iPod.
Wait a minute...doesn't the latest iPod Nano shoot video as well? But then again, I said last time about the hundreds of cameras of all sizes at concerts, and that's no big deal. But if they're going to add a camera to an iPod Touch, they'll have to go to great lengths to increase the storage capacity; in other words, increase the price. Then again, it's thinner compared to the iPhone, so no dice. Oh well, at least it's better off as a pocket rocker/computer/game machine than a camera, and that ain't bad. So long, stay strong, and enjoy your Thanksgiving turkey (or duck or goose or cornish game hen or whatever else you're having)!
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