Madonna Monday

October 06, 2008

Tonight is opening night of Madonna at Madison Square Garden. She's playing all week so it's nice to know she's a few blocks away singing and dancing. We got great seats for tonight and I believe we are a few rows away from Tabatha, so that's very Bravo. There's a review in the Times today that looks bad, but I'm not reading it until tomorrow.

One of the two (within a block of each other) West Village fancy chocolate places closed recently and here's what's in the window:

It's a poster of Barack, and one of "Eight is Enough" cutie Adam Rich. Ummmmm... I don't completely get the connection, but I love it! Side Note: who didn't want to be Adam Rich and have all those amazing older siblings?

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Folksy Friday

October 03, 2008

I was glued to the debate last night. It was pretty damn exciting.

Sarah P. has been studying her books and she passed the test. I thought Joe B. was kind of drifting there for the first half hour or so but man he caught a wind and kicked into high gear. I thought he did what McCain did in the first debate, which was remain on the offensive and basically kick butt.

I am not into the folksy Joe SixPack talk, especially when it is delivered in the Fargo accent. I guess it's not a surprise that I find 'leavin' the 'g' off the end of every '-ing' word unappealing and stupid. I don't care about 'doggone' and 'you betcha'. Call me old fashioned, but I want my elected officials to sound smarter than me, but people loved George W's stoopid talk too. It would be nice to respect the English language.

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The World According to Kenley

October 02, 2008

Before I get into last night, let me remind you that there's a new episode of "Tabatha" followed by the premiere of "Tim Gunn's Guide to Style"... Tim's show is phenomenal - we took everything you loved from last season and built on it. Tim has a new fashion accomplice, Gretta Monahan, with whom you're going to fall in love. Let me know what you think of the show!

We had a really great after show last night (watch the whole thingHERE) breaking down that incredibly intense "Runway" episode with Daniel V and Jack Mackenroth. Kenley called into the show and was a total sport for 10 minutes of questions and analysis about everything from her feelings for Tim to her disrespect of the judges.

Here's a taste of the first couple minutes of Kenley's phone call...

Tuesday Is For Lovers

October 01, 2008

It's two hours of power tonight with a new "Runway"/"Top Design" stack starting at 9 P EST. Put your 'pooter on your lap and log onto the After-show at 10 P EST. We’ve got Daniel V, a special guest, and someone from this season that will knock you out.

Wasn’t Anthony a good sport on yesterday's blog?

Last night I celebrated the Jewish New Year with Tabatha Coffey, Rene Fris and a gaggle of gays at Beige at B Bar. I hadn't been in forever and it was great to be back. That place is always packed and it is packed with a lot of people you don't really see anywhere else.

To say that the gays love Tabs is an understatement of epic proportion, kinda like saying America is screwed right now. She was like the People's Princess last night. I've not seen anything like it.

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Is Anthony 'In' Or 'Out'...

September 30, 2008

Here at Bravo, we're obsessed with fashion (new episode of "Rachel Zoe" tonight, people!), so when my trusty assistant Anthony showed up the other day with a questionable outfit, I decided to turn Andy's Blog into the Bravo Office Fashion Police.

Check it out - and let us know what YOU think!

Happy New Year

September 29, 2008

It is a beautiful day here in NYC and let me be the first to wish the two of you (my Parents) a happy new year.

I can't shake the cold I picked up on Emmy night, so I spent most of the weekend in bed watching TV, thus today's blog about TV.

Watching the debate was like sitting on pins and needles for 90 minutes. I was surprised by how well people thought Obama did. I thought he could've returned a lot of McCain's punches harder and stronger. I guess that's not his style and I guess it worked to some people.

Pre-debate, there was an amazing hour on ABC that juxtaposed McCain's life story with Obama's. Before he turned into a crazy old man, McCain looked like a movie star. His POW story is always incredible to hear. My friend Lynn was one of the producers and I bet they'll be getting some Emmys next year (unless they're up against "Amazing Race".) Part 2 airs next week.

Did anybody see the two hour "Survivor" premiere? That show is so damn great. I still fast-forward through the challenges though. Roll the ball, latch the chain, light the fire, blah blah blah. Jeff Probst is a great host. Why isn't THAT show up for Best Competitive Reality??? It is superb.

I wasn't crazy about the season premiere of "The Office", but I saw last season's finale for the first time over the weekend and loved it. I prefer a half-hour episode to an hour.

Saturday night was a viewing party for the premiere of my friend Troy Roberts' unbelievable story on "48 Hours". He's spent much of the past year with Shawn Hornbeck and his family. Shawn is the kid who was abducted and basically held hostage for 4 1/2 years while he endured unspeakable abuse. He made it out alive and told his story a year later to Troy. It was a blow away hour of television.

I didn't think the SNL Palin-Couric skit was so funny because the original was so jaw-dropping that it needed no parody. It was parody itself. Roll the original tape!

I watched a ton of movies like "Dolores Claiborne", "Best in Show" some documentary about Broadway that's running on Showtime, and "The African Queen". (That is a very gay list of movies, I know.)

CAB REPORT: Do I want to have easy access to my cabbie? You betcha! Thus, I love a cab without a passenger-driver barrier and Alexander Burgos' ride suited me just fine till I spilled hot tea in my crotch due to his jerky lurky driving. ALEX!?!?! We laughed about it later and I good naturedly massaged his shoulders. (I didn't.) The fare was $10.90 and I gave him $13.

K is For Kenley

September 25, 2008

We had Tabatha and Suede on the After Show last night and all anybody really wanted to discuss was Kenley. She's a lightning rod hot topic: Dissing Tim! Sassing Nina! Eye rolling on the Runway! We played a game called "Hot or Freaking Disgusting" and we all agreed that Kenley is "hot".

I am mad for Tabatha and her show. There's a new episode tonight. In the meantime, you can watch the after show HERE.

I have a lot of random thoughts this morning...

** There is now WiFi on American Airlines, so I was instant messaging from LA to NYC yesterday. I like being able to read Drudge, but I'm still grateful that my BlackBerry doesn't work up there. I treat it like a rash when I am on a plane. Do. Not. Touch.

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