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I get really envious when I read about all the benefits guys like Robert Scoble get from using their Tivo PVRs.

The only folks offering a PVR up here in Toronto are Bell ExpressVu and a dish just won’t work in my apartment set-up. You’d think Rogers Cable would offer some form of PVR. Sigh…

Fox is unwrapping a new one time only reality show in January called Joe Millionaire.

In this show, 20 eligible women vie for the love of a wealthy bachelor.

Wait a second, you say, isn’t that ABC’s The Bachelor?

Well, yes and no. You see the twist with this show is that the wealthy bachelor is really a struggling construction worker and the show is trying to show up the type of contestants who sign up for these shows as golddiggers.

I might actually tune into this one…

I spend a lot of time in the PATH, Toronto’s underground walkway that connects blocks and blocks of downtown buildings. I can’t believe the number of able-bodied people that can’t open their own doors, instead smashing, and wearing out, the buttons that open the doors for folks in wheelchairs. It bugs me.

Bachelor 2 results: Helene yes, Brooke no, who cares?

I can’t necessarily name all of James Coburn’s films, but I was always aware of his presence in the industry.

The Digital Hit team was in the press room when he won his Oscar for Affliction and when he came back to the press room, you could tell the guy was as pleased as punch.

He’ll be missed.

Why is Diana’s butler still getting so much attention from the mainstream press? That’s it. I just want to know WHY.

Our congrats to the Academy for choosing Steve Martin as the host of the 75th Annual Academy Awards®.

Martin did a great job hosting the awards in 2001 and we were actually able to get back to the hotel early that night.

Hey CNN! Did ya hear about the election?

A day after midterm elections put the GOP firmly in control of the USA agenda for the next two years, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Reports spent the first 10-12 minutes of the show covering the Winona Ryder verdict. Okay, Robert Blake is charged with murder, but this is a flipping shoplifting case. I’m an entertainment reporter and even I don’t care about this story!

I wonder if Disney World has one of their Mickey’s running around wearing a big purple fedora, because the folks at ABC are still televising their pimping efforts with The Bachelor 2.

I noticed that the women aren’t as attractive this time around. I guess they’re really scraping the barrel to find women who’ll humiliate themselves like this, especially after seeing what the gals in the first series went through.

This story doesn’t have anything to do with entertainment, but a friend’s mother is involved in this case and the more media outlets that cover it, the more likely a coroner’s inquest will be called.

It’s a tragic story about a pregnant mother, a careless EMS team, and an awful landlord. So many unanswered questions. Apparently, the only working elevator was being used to move someone in. I know in my building only one elevator has the emergency recall feature, but surely this points out that all elevators in an apartment should have this feature.