Season 20 of The Amazing Race Starts Tonight Sunday February 19 on CBS

It seems like only a few weeks ago I watched Ernie & Cindy be the first to cross the finish line in Atlanta on The Amazing Race 19.

I don't know if I am ready to start another Amazing Race, but my DVR is set to record tonight's premiere of The Amazing Race 20 at 8/7C on CBS.

I don't think there are any football games on that might muck up the launch of The Amazing Race, but I added a couple hours to the record time anyway.

Near as I can tell there are no casting stunts on this iteration of The Amazing Race, unlike the previous iteration, which saw Survivor millionaires, Ethan Zohn & Jenna Morasca be the first to get eliminated from the race.

UPDATE: Season 20 of The Amazing Race is off to a good start.

Many Viewers Not Happy With The Unexplained Dismissal Of Johnny Keyser

It seems like only a week or two ago we saw Johnny Keyser audition for American Idol, with the judges, particularly Jennifer Lopez, heaping praise on the boy.

Ms. Lopez said something like, "you know you're going to be a superstar, don't you?"

Johnny Keyser got a lot of airtime. The last we actually saw him sing was in Hollywood during the notorious groups when a girl in his group fainted, with Johnny breaking her fall.  And then continuing to sing until Randy Jackson put a stop to it.

Then it was off to Las Vegas where we never heard Johnny Keyser sing again. We did see him enjoying a hot tub, with the editing making it seem as if he was not taking the need to practice too seriously.

And then at the end of the most recent episode of American Idol we got told that Johnny Keyser did not make the cut and was heading home.

Now, after the fuss made after his initial audition, viewers could not help but be curious as to what it is that Johnny Keyser did that got him the boot. And what he had to say when he was told he got the boot. Did Jennifer Lopez tell him she's made a mistake in thinking he'd be a superstar?

That annoying cowboy made it, but Johnny Keyser got cut? Why, after giving this kid so much airtime, did American Idol not show his group performance in Las Vegas, that apparently got him sent home?

I am not the only one who thinks something is hinky with this scenario and that the viewers deserve an explanation, as evidenced by the comments below, gleaned from an article about the episode of American Idol that sent Johnny Keyser home........

Johnny eliminated from Idol?  Something rotten in the state of Denmark!!!!

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Johnny Keyser gone? Done with Idol.  Too much drama and too many mediocre singers put through.  Keyser could have won the whole thing and will probably have a contract soon.  Idol did him a favor.  Something was fishy about the whole thing.  Did they think no one would notice??

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I've quit watching Idol because of Johnny Keyser being cut.  Rehersal or not, his performance was flawless.  The show is rigged.

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The dismissal of Johnny Keyser left me speechless and we didn't even get to observe the performance that supposedly sent him packing.  My interest in this show after that has waned.  I just hope their decision to send him packing frees him to be picked up by powers that propel this kid into cyberspace.  Johnny rocks and there is no denying this kid has the chops.  I just wish they would lay us all on the floor and bring him back like Simon did Melanie Amaro.  It would send the show over the top for me and many other of his fans.  Melanie took the baton and won at the end of Xfactor - Johnny could make our hearts sing the same way. The rest of the talent pales for me.  Sorry - but I'm looking for something that will take this future generation forward like mine did.

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I agree with your comments. It is ridiculous. He was one of the best singers I have heard in a long time. The show would be boring to watch from now if it wasn't for Joshua ledet, Heejun (mostly because he is funny), and Lauren Gray. Joshua Ledet has that kind of timbre that sets him apart from even the most gifted singers. The thing I miss from these kind of shows is when you get that artist that makes you go, "I wonder how he would sing this kind of song". American Idol was terrible last year with jack all talent, and this year they are already cutting the best artists. At the end of the day this is about singing.

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Johnny was the only reason I was going to watch this season he is the best and has the total package.  I am really disappointed they kicked him off.  He didn't even perform on 50's night Thursday night either.  What is up with that????

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Johnny Keyser got screwed.  His group was awful.  One girl was terrible, the other guy forgot the words, and the other girl fainted,...again.  She had been fainting multiple times right up to the performance.  They were about half way through when she was singing her part and she fainted again.  The judges then booted everyone except John.  He sounded great as usual. I did some digging around and found the footage. Had him pegged to win it all.  If I was a producer, I'd sign him right now.

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the cowboy makes it and johnny doesn't? if they were going to brutally eliminate johnny like that they should have at least featured it aha he was legit my favorite and I'm watching this and "we say goodbye to ____ and JOHNNY KEYSLER and ___". WHAT!??! :( !

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Is there any way to watch Johnny Keyser's performance on AI last night that led to him being cut?  Or footage of anyone talking about it?

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EVERY performance from Vegas is available on the American Idol website EXCEPT Johnny's group.  That link is oddly not working...

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There is definitely more to that story....it bothered me that they tried to project Johnny and his group as a "slacker" when they showed them in the hot tub.  Since they were part of the Day 2 group - you know they don't rehearse 24/7 and probably had some down time to chill...but instead AI made it sound like he got cocky and didn't prepare.  This is the guy that had there wherewithal to plant himself behind the girl that kept fainting because he knew she might faint again.  So annoying that he was cut and then everyone was left in the dark as to the real reason why....

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Johnny Keyser has the best voice I've heard in a long, long time.  WTF?  Why is he gone?  I had him pegged to win the whole thing.

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Totally agree with all of this! that cowboy is terrible. Johnny was my favorite from the beginning and they just show a 2 second elimination in a sequence? wtf so messed up.

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Personally I think he got a record contract already and left the show.that can be the ONLY explanation of why his exit was so quick and why they never showed Jlo sending him packing with huge tears in her eyes.watch this space,Johnny Keyser will be a star by December.record producers know how he can manipulate runs in songs and probably have the perfect song ready and waiting for him to record……sounds far far fetched?then WTF else could’ve made them send him home? Randy must have been high on food,and it effected his hearing.Jlo probably has Marc anthony on her brain,so she couldn’t concentrate and Tyler must have been his normal high-as-a-kite self otherwise. Or they'll call him back like Anoop and Casey.

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It may be that he got picked up by a label and under his contract any new footage of him belongs to his new label.  That would explain the "broken" video.

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Your theory just may have some weight to it. Just for curiosity I checked Keyser's facebook page. AI lists him from Pompano Beach, FL but his page says he live in Los Angeles.

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Yea. Maybe you're right about the record deal.  I find it strange that as high profile dude that he was that they just cut him loose. I too had him picked for the final 4 or 5 the minute I heard him. Kind of strange. Unless he just totally dropped the ball and spent too much time in the hot tub.

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Shocked about Johnny! I thought he was one of the best voices for sure and agree about that stupid cowboy who cant sing at all! My favs are Creighton Fraker, Heejun Han, Reed Grimm, Joshua Ledet, Deandre and Jessica Sachez! Cant wait to see who makes it next week!

Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for February 6 - February 12

The Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for February 6 - February 12. The first number is the ranking, the second number is the season average, then the show name and network. The last number represents the number of viewers in millions. An asterisk * indicates a tie.

Rank	Show name	Network	Viewers in millions	Season-to-date average(in millions)
1.	Grammy Awards	CBS	39.9	--
2.	NCIS	CBS	21.0	19.8
3.	American Idol (Wed.)	Fox	19.3	22.0
4.	American Idol (Thu.)	Fox	18.1	19.2
5.	The Voice	NBC	17.8	24.6
6.	NCIS: Los Angeles	CBS	16.3	16.7
7.	Big Bang Theory	CBS	16.2	16.0
8.	Person of Interest	CBS	15.1	13.6
9.	The Mentalist	CBS	14.7	14.2
10.	60 Minutes	CBS	14.3	14.4
11.	Criminal Minds	CBS	13.3	13.7
12.	Two and a Half Men	CBS	13.0	16.8
13.	Modern Family	ABC	12.9	13.9
14.	Unforgettable	CBS	11.9	12.8
15.	Blue Bloods	CBS	11.8	12.0
16.	2 Broke Girls	CBS	11.5	12.6
17.	Smash	NBC	11.4	11.4
18.	Mike & Molly	CBS	11.0	12.5
19.	CSI	CBS	10.9	12.7
20.	Rob	CBS	10.7	12.3

Home Alone's Macaulay Culkin Has Gotten Way Too Skinny

In the picture that is Macaulay Culkin looking not too healthy. Apparently there are a lot of people concerned about Macaulay Culkin's sickly, thin appearance.

It has been 22 years since Macaulay Culkin  rose to fame, in 1990, playing Kevin McCallister in the late John Hughes' Home Alone.

Macaulay Culkin  was born August 26, 1980, which makes him, currently, in 2012, in his early 30s.

Is Macaulay Culkin  working on a movie about a Nazi Concentration Camp? Does that explain his gaunt appearance?

Macaulay Culkin actually was a married man for a year or two. He married an actress named Rachel Miner in 1998, while he was still a teenager. The marriage lasted til 2002. After his divorce, Macaulay started up a long assignation with That 70's Show's Mila Kunis that lasted from sometime in 2002 til sometime in 2010.

Macaulay Culkin testified at Michael Jackson's final child molestation trail, testifying that while he had sleepovers in Michael Jackson's bedroom, nothing unseemly occurred. Macaulay Culkin described the allegations against Michael Jackson as "absolutely ridiculous."

Macaulay Culkin seems to have had some substance abuse problems. On September 17, 2004 he was arrested in Oklahoma City for possession of marijuana and two controlled substances, Alprazolam and Clonazepam. Eventually Macaulay plead guilty and plea bargained to three one-year suspended sentences.

It appears there is a lot of concern regarding Macaulay Culkin's current state of extreme thinness. There have been statements made that while he is extremely thin, he is in good health.

But.

Looking at the above photo of Macaulay Culkin I don't think I am looking at a person who is looking like he is in good health.

Real Housewife of Beverly Hills Adrienne Maloof Is Saving Her Failing Financial Empire With Hooker Shoes

The disturbing behavior of the lying grifter whose most recent name is Taylor Armstrong, was not the only disturbing behavior that perplexed viewers on the 2nd season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

Adrienne Maloof's fall from grace, morphing into a humorless, hypersensitive shrew, has also been perplexing.

In season one we were led to believe that Adrienne Maloof was a fabulously wealthy Beverly Hills dweller, with part of her fortune enhanced by her supposedly very successful plastic surgeon husband, Paul Nassif.

I thought it odd that this season we saw so many iterations of the shilling Paul's plastic surgery practice, in various forms.

But, the plastic surgery shilling was nothing compared to the spectacle of seeing Adrienne desperately hawking her, supposedly, self-designed line of what appear, to me, to be hooker shoes.

Shoes of the sort I have only seen in real life whilst driving the Hooker Alley in Dallas, Texas, known as Harry Hines Boulevard.

Well.

It turns out the Maloof Empire is actually in a lot of financial trouble. The Maloofs have lost their lucrative beer distributorship, which, I believe, is what their papa based the family fortune on.

The Maloofs have lost financial control of their Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, the place about which Adrienne nagged Lisa relentlessly because Lisa's daughter, Pandora, did not send some Bachelorette party business to the Palms.

Apparently the Maloofs have had to borrow money from the NBA to keep their Sacremento Kings franchise alive. And the Maloofs do not have the funds to contribute their part to the proposed new downtown Sacramento arena for the Kings.

In other words, the Maloof Empire is in shambles. Bordering on broke.

And so, to make a few bucks, Adrienne has turned into a shoe salesman, selling her hoofware in malls across America.

And on her own website.

Yes, you can go to Adrienne Maloof's online store and purchase your very own Maloof Hoof Hooker Ware.



The prices seem quite reasonable. For less than $300 you can have your own Adrienne Maloof designed pair of Hooker Shoes.

I must add that each shoe comes adorned with a diamond encrusted into the heel, which the wearer can view, if she wears the shoes to bed and has a mirror on the ceiling.

I am ordering the Veronica Platform for my favorite hooker girlfriend.

That is not my favorite hooker girlfriend, laying prostrate in the photo below.

That is Adrienne Maloof on the home page of her website, I assume laying down, with a hand to her forehead, to represent exasperation at the current state of her financial affairs. This is a very flattering photo of Adrienne....

NeNe Leakes On Her Way To An Emmy Award For Playing Roz Washington On GLEE

Roz Washington Confronting
Sue Slyvester About Baby Making

After Tuesday night's second appearance on GLEE by NeNe Leakes, playing synchronized swimming coach, Roz Washington, it appears NeNe is on the fast track for a Supporting Actress in a Comedy Emmy Award.

On the Watch What Happens Live episode which followed this week's 2nd part of the multi-part Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Reunion Fight Fest, Ryan Murphy, he being the writer, producer, director responsible for the musical phenomenon known as GLEE, said NeNe delivered her rant at Sue Sylvester in one perfect take that had the crew cheering.

Murphy said a cheering reaction to a performance is very rare on the GLEE set. He also said that NeNe has a natural comedic gift.

As annoying as NeNe can be on the Real Housewives of Atlanta, I can see where she does have a bit of a natural comedic gift, when she's not in Angry Woman Mode.

The poll question on Watch What Happens Live asked which other Housewife would viewers like to see on GLEE.

If I remember right, to my shock and horror, the repulsively reptilian Kyle Richards of Beverly Hills came in first, with Kim Zolciak, of Atlanta, second. Murphy said he is considering writing a part for Kim. That should be interesting. To make it less of an acting stretch he can write a fight for Kim and NeNe.