American Idol Fans Get More And More Rabid Each Day

For those of you who don't know, I am a moderator at the American Idol-related site Vote For The Worst. I am also a co-host of the site's weekly podcast.

A few days ago, we had a very special guest: Season 7 finalist and former VFTW pick Amanda Overmyer. We love Amanda, and if you listen to the show, you'll know why. I'll post a link further down in the article.

I posted the show on YouTube, in six parts. One part featured one of my co-hosts, Deb, going off on the Jason Castro family for accepting (and in some cases, blatantly asking for) frivolous gifts from their fans, out of their own pockets. His mother, Betsy, has gone as far as to threaten teenagers for making homemade fan shirts with his likeness on them. To sell to a few friends from school. Hey, every penny counts, right?

Anyway, Deb's rant is love. Listen to it here.

It only took a group of Jason's most rabid fans a couple of hours to find the video and to start a flame attack of their own. They must have Google alerts set up for the guy, because they came fast and furious. They defended him, with nothing to back up their case, as usual.

That was Part 3. Remember this for later.

Part 5 is also interesting, because one of the tags was Carly Smithson. Why? Have a listen, and go about 2 minutes and 45 seconds in. Well, again, Carly's crazed fans came in to the comments section with NO regard for Amanda, and started crying like a bunch of little bitches about a fan's question. I mean, who cares? Don't people have a right to not like someone? Lighten up, folks.

Here's the ass kicker, though. Here's a list of the number of page views. It's been about 70 hours since I've posted them:

Part 1: 84
Part 2: 65
Part 3: 310
Part 4: 55
Part 5: 224
Part 6: 56

Do you see what I mean? These people didn't even want to hear Amanda. They're just on watch to see if anyone dare say anything negative about some hacks who care nothing about them (but I'm sure they love what's in their fans' wallets).

L O S E R S

This article is dedicated to Smartie. You can listen to the show (and catch the ridiculous fan comments), starting with Part 1.

Sept. 20 Tropics Report

"Invest 93" is moving into the Eastern Caribbean. There is a moderate possibility that this storm will develop into Tropical Storm Kyle.

We're still looking at Invest 93, which is just southeast of Puerto Rico, moving to the northwest. Its development has been rather slow due to strong upper-level winds (which inhibit the circulation needed to form a tropical storm/hurricane). However, these are forecast to decrease as the storm moves northwest to north, tracking parallel to the US East Coast.

Whether or not this storm develops or even comes close to making landfall remains to be seen. A storm like this tends to skirt past Bermuda and race up to the Canadian Maritimes. We'll see.

90210: Full Of Anorexics?

Interesting thing. Someone asked me yesterday if I thought the actresses from the new 90210 are too skinny. I actually do think that most of the women there could snap like a twig if bent in half.

Then, I saw this article in Yahoo. Here is juicy excerpt:

It is scary. Two of "90210's" stars -- 18-year-old Shenae Grimes and 21-year-old Jessica Stroup -- are significantly and horrifyingly underweight, especially when you take into consideration that what we're seeing on TV includes 10 additional "camera pounds."

The gossip from the set is that Shenae and Jessica have gotten even thinner since the show started and that some of their cast members have become so concerned that they are planning an intervention.

And of course, there's this article:

Actor Penn Badgley has a message for shockingly slim Beverly Hills, 90210 stars Jessica Stroup and Shenae Grimes:

"I hope they eat a double cheeseburger or something," the Gossip Girl actor told PopEater.com


He added that he's "never been a proponent of the thin L.A. girls."


See photos of Gossip Girl stars: then & now.

Stroup, 21, and Shenae, 18, are so skinny that show producers and costars are poised to take action, Us Weekly reports in its latest issue, on newsstands now.




Badgley revealed he thinks it's "healthy" that his female cast mates "aren't bone-thin."

Wanna see how thin they are? Here.

(L-R) Shenae Grimes (Annie), Jessica Stroup (Silver). Ironically, the old 90210 had an episode where then 8-year-old Erin (Silver) went on a diet because Drunk Jackie told her that fat chicks get no love.

Who knows what the truth is? Yeah, they're thin, especially Jessica up there. But who really knows whether or not they have eating disorders?

The silver lining (no pun intended)? The rumormongering is a very good sign of the show's lasting power. It should be around for a while.

In any case, they should try to be shaped more like Jennie Garth. She looks fantastic, and she eats.

I'll have what she's having! ;-)

Sept. 19 Tropics Report

It's been almost a week, but it looks like we may have something brewing in the tropics once again.



See that blob up there that kind of looks like an embryo? That's what the National Hurricane Center is calling Invest 93, and it's moving right over the Lesser Antilles into the Caribbean Sea. It currently has a 20-50% chance of becoming a named Tropical Storm, and it will be called Kyle should it develop that much.

Stay tuned...

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