Saturday, April 17, 2010

Hello, everybody. We've got tons of territory to cover, so enough with the bull and let's get on with it!

First up...For the eighth time, Larry King is headed to divorce court. On Wednesday, the 76-year-old CNN talk show host has filed for divorce from his seventh wife Shawn after 13 years citing, of course, irreconcilable differences. At the same time, Shawn filed her divorce papers as well and she's seeking sole custody of their two children, Chance and Cannon.

Like I just said, this is King's eighth divorce, and he has had more marriages than Elizabeth Taylor! Now with the current one, this has the makings of one of Hollywood's nastiest divorces to go along with Burt Reynolds and Loni Anderson, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston, and of course (even though they're far away from Hollywood), Jon and Kate Gosselin. Sandra Bullock and Jesse James may not be far behind, but we're keeping a watch on that.

Now Larry King has been a proud member of the Turner networks family for almost 25 years, but this fall there'll be a brand-new addition: Conan O'Brien! That's right, it was announced this week that he'll be taking his late night act to TBS in November, bumping George Lopez's show to midnight. Dunno if Andy Richter and Max Weinberg will join him, but I'm sure the popular comedy bits like "In The Year 3000" will return under new names (NBC owns the intellectual properties). We'll see what happens.

And speaking of Kate Gosselin...she is perhaps one of the reasons why "Dancing With The Stars" has become the weekly television event this season. It is so hot that for the second time, it has beaten the once-powerful juggernaut known as "American Idol" in the ratings! Kate does get to dance for another week, but despite juggling between rehearsals and his "Stars On Ice" tour, favorite Evan Lysacek is still coming on strong.

But of course, we're watching to see if Pamela Anderson really is wardrobe malfunction-proof, while Chad Ochocinco is doing all it takes to make his partner Cheryl Burke a three-time winner. So far, we've seen Shannen Doherty, Buzz Aldrin, and now Aiden Turner being kicked out of the dance floor; who will be next? Kate???

Now I'm old school when it comes to watching TV shows right on my television as it's airing, but of course watching it anywhere, anytime has become the way of life these days. There is now an ABC Player app for the iPad where you can watch its shows such as "Dancing With The Stars" anywhere there's a WiFi connection available.

Yes, Apple's new iPad is out and starting at $500, it's slowly but surely starting to sell like hotcakes...at least here in North America. In Britain, the launch date there has been delayed for some time. Maybe it's because of high demand here, or that some general election coming up on May 6 -- to see whether or not Gordon Brown will live a few more years at No. 10 Downing Street -- is more important than the iPad.

I've said last summer that the whole world's gone app crazy. There is already a growing number of apps that are made only for the iPad while most of them are compatible for that and the iPhone/iPod Touch. While some of those paid apps start at 99 cents, the iPad apps ain't cheap: they start at $10 a pop.

Of course, I'd love to get my hands on one of those iPads myself, but I better wait till a) my 32nd birthday, b) Christmas, or c) when I feel I have enough money to shell out for one.

And last but not least: Dove skin care products aren't for women anymore, as recently they've rolled out a men's line.

For the last few months now, we've seen the skin care aisles beefed up with Dove Men+Care, Nivea for Men, Neutrogena for Men, and Suave Men. With those products, the days of Old Spice are already long gone.

But what is it with those once only women's brands catering to men as well? Then again, one section at most stores is set aside to black hair care/skin care products that I buy on occasion.

I'm hunching that within a year or two, we'll be seeing Pantene for Men, Olay for Men, and god forbid, Crest for Men (Procter and Gamble, are you listening?). And in the case of Crest for Men...how are they going to promote it? So long and stay strong.