Steven Tyler is suing his bandmates in Aerosmith, in order to keep his place in the group, as he goes through rehab. Apparently, Joe Perry and friends are auditioning temporary replacement singers for the period while Tyler recovers. Names like Billy Idol and Lenny Kravitz have been floated around. Tyler's legal rep has suggested a meeting on the 9th, to discuss the band's future. I've love to be the porverbial fly on the wall for THAT meeting, you, too?
Last night was the annual Grammy Awards. The usual strange stuff happened (ANYTHING Lady GaGa does tends to qualify), Pink wore next to nothing while she performed, Taylor (the prom queen) Swift won four awards, and Brtiney looks like she put on a few pounds, when she showed up with her boyfriend-agent at the red carpet. The Zak Brown Band gave a fun performance, BUT, the legendary Leon Russell was almost useless, as he sat in.
Entertainment Weekly had an article about the "50 biggest TV bombs ever". They rated the "Jay Leno Show" as #1. I don't agree. I think #1, should have been reserved for one of two 1960's bombs that only aired one episode "You're in the Picture", a 1961 game show that starred Jackie Gleason, or the notorious "Turn-On", a 1969 attempt by the producers"Laugh-In", to re-create the "Laugh-In" magic. The show: a) was not funny, and b) so offended the network affiliates, that ABC decided to cancel the show, while the episode was still running! "You're In the Picture" actually seemed like a good idea-It was a charity celebrity game show, hosted by a TV superstar, Gleason. The execution, however, was boring, and Gleason appeared on a blank set the next week, to apologize for the disaster. As we know, he recovered, and had a succesful variety show, which ran for years. Compared to these bombs, Leno at least had four months.
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