Gossip Girlfriend

The oh-so-clever use of “gay” as an insult did not sway us: Gossip Girlfriend is back for one last hurrah. Yes, last night was the season finale, and since Sarah and I can’t plan anything past, say, this weekend, we’re declaring it the end of the feature youse all love so much, Gossip Girlfriend. But not before a recap of last night’s episode!

(Note: If you actually like the show, or hate it, or something, New York pretty much owns the Gossip Girl recap genre; one of the co-writers of NYM’s blog is Jessica Pressler, etc., etc.)

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NBC 10 Still Asking The Tough Questions

If you haven’t heard, Dustin “Screech” Diamond is selling t-shirts in order to raise money to avoid a foreclosure on his Wisconsin house. (If you want one of the shirts — they’re ugly, but it’s for a good cause, I guess — you can get them at getdshirts.com.) The AP story led NBC 10 to run this poll:

What, those two kids from last night’s Entourage episode aren’t on the list?

90s TV Star Faces Eviction [AP/NBC 10]
Entourage: Season 3 [Wikipedia]

Basketball players: They’re just like us!

I’m a big fan of Sixers guard Kyle Korver. He’s a great shooter, he came from a small college, he reminds me of Ashton Kutcher — hm, this is probably a knock on him, actually — and he’s one fo the young guys on the 76ers who could be a fan favorite for years to come.

And, after reading Michael Klein’s column in today’s Inquirer, I like him even more. For a promotional item for the soon-to-be-at-the Spectrum “Incredibles on Ice,” they asked local athletes who their childhood heroes were. And they got the usual responses: the Lone Ranger, the Hulk, parents. Boring.

Kyle Korver selected the same hero I had when I was little:

We got a kick out of 76ers forward Kyle Korver’s idea of a childhood hero: Zack Morris. Yes, Mark-Paul Gosselaar’s character on the early ’90s sitcom Saved by the Bell — “because he got to date Kelly Kapowski.”

Yeah! And he dated Stacey Carosi!

Sports heroes’ heroes [Inky, last item]