ATLANTA -- He is a basketball prototype, a
6-foot-9, 240-pound blend of size, skill and
abnormal athletic ability capable of, as
teammate Jamal Crawford put it, "lifting a
team on his shoulders." There aren't many
players in the NBA as talented as Josh
Smith. There aren't many as maddening,
either.
No one understands Smith's duplicity
better than Atlanta, the only NBA city Smith
has ever known. At his best -- which Smith
was in the Hawks' 100-88 win over Chicago
on Sunday -- Smith is virtually peerless,
capable of finishing acrobatic shots at the
rim on one end and erasing teammates'
mistakes on the other. In the fourth
quarter of this critical Game 4, Smith
scored 11 points, pulled down five
rebounds and dished out two assists,
completing a stat stuffing 23-point, 16-
rebound, eight-assist, two-block night.
"I tell him all the time, when he plays
where he is flying around, showing that
energy, he just makes our team totally
different," said Hawks coach Larry Drew.
"We don't have anyone else on our team
like that."
Indeed, Smith is unique. He also requires a
lot of work. After practice on Monday,
Smith will wander into Drew's office and
player and coach will watch film, a routine
Drew established after most of Smith's
notable nights. Its purpose is to show
Smith what kind of player he can be when
he doesn't wander out beyond the three-
point line, when he doesn't let his raw
emotion get the better of him.
Because occasionally they still do. No,
Smith is not the same player who once
waged a very public war with Mike
Woodson, who jacked up 152 three-
pointers in the 2006-2007 season (making
just 38 of them), whose sometimes
boorish behavior threatened to define him.
In those days, Drew said he wasn't sure
Smith would ever reach his full potential.
"Honestly, yeah I did think that," said
Drew, an assistant under Woodson from
2004-2010. "But we have been able to
maintain open lines of communication so
that when I do correct him, we are OK. The
thing about Josh is he is his worst critic. I
get on him and he'll jar back but I don't
mind that. That tells me his heart is
pumping. For the most part, he respects
me. When I get on him and I chastise him,
he may not like it but at the end of the day
he will come back and say 'Coach, you were
right.' And I believe in him."
Of course, Smith doesn't always make it
easy. Old habits like to resurface. He was a
combined 7-for-25 in the first two games
of this series (including 0-for-3 from three-
point range) and confessed to reporters
after Game 2 that he was "searching" for
his game. He drew the ire of the home
crowd in Game 3 when jumper after
jumper clanked off the rim in a 17-point
loss.
It wasn't a question of adjustments in
Game 4, of reading defenses or recognizing
coverages. When Smith saw cracks in the
defense, he attacked. When his man left to
double team, Smith flashed in the paint. "I
did a good job of not settling," Smith said
after the game. For him, that's more than
half the battle.
The Hawks will need more of this Smith as
the series shifts back to Chicago. The Bulls
have become startling one-dimensional in
the fourth quarter. Derrick Rose took 12
shots in the final 12 minutes of Game 4; no
other teammate took more than two. Rose
continues to make getting to the rim look
effortless, making Smith's long arms and
springboard legs critical to Atlanta's
success.
Drew believes they will get that Smith in
Game 5. Smith's teammates do, too. They
were there for him while he struggled early
in the series, offering positive
reinforcement when he hung his head.
Smith "can do everything," Crawford said,"
the kind of player the Hawks know they
need if they are to pull off this upset.
"There are some things about him I'm just
going to have to live with and hope he gets
better," Drew said. "He's not going to be
perfect out there with his decisions. But he
has matured. He is a unique talent. He's
special."
Minggu, 08 Mei 2011
Amazing Race Winners Meghan Rickey and Cheyne Whitney Tie the Knot!
It's official! Amazing Race winners Meghan
Rickey and Cheyne Whitney are married.
The reality show-winning duo tied the knot
at the Hard Rock Hotel San Diego Saturday
evening in front of over 200 guests,
according to People.
So which of the show's contestants made it
into the bridal party?
Three teams of Amazing Racers made the
cut: Sam and Dan McMillen, Brian
Kleinschmidt and Ericka Dunlap, and Tiffany
Michelle and Maria Ho. (Meanwhile, two
teams from the couple's winning season
were competing in tonight's finale.)
In a strapless satin dress, the bride made
her way down a rose petal-covered aisle,
and later hit the dance floor post-nuptials
with her hubby for their first dance to "Is
This Love" by Bob Marley.
"It's been perfect," Whitney told the mag.
"The ceremony couldn't have been better."
Rickey added, "I'm a little bit hoarse, a little
sick, but I'm excited. This is our day!"
Congrats to the couple!
Rickey and Cheyne Whitney are married.
The reality show-winning duo tied the knot
at the Hard Rock Hotel San Diego Saturday
evening in front of over 200 guests,
according to People.
So which of the show's contestants made it
into the bridal party?
Three teams of Amazing Racers made the
cut: Sam and Dan McMillen, Brian
Kleinschmidt and Ericka Dunlap, and Tiffany
Michelle and Maria Ho. (Meanwhile, two
teams from the couple's winning season
were competing in tonight's finale.)
In a strapless satin dress, the bride made
her way down a rose petal-covered aisle,
and later hit the dance floor post-nuptials
with her hubby for their first dance to "Is
This Love" by Bob Marley.
"It's been perfect," Whitney told the mag.
"The ceremony couldn't have been better."
Rickey added, "I'm a little bit hoarse, a little
sick, but I'm excited. This is our day!"
Congrats to the couple!
Selasa, 03 Mei 2011
Hawaiian Airlines Turns in Profit despite Rising Fuel Costs
Even with the increase in fuel costs over the past year, Hawaiian Airlines was able to turn a profit thanks to some good planning and strategy. The rise in fuel prices is hitting everyone hard in the United States as they fill up at the pump. For the average person the $1.00+ increase in the price of gas is equal to an extra $40 per month for a small car to $80 or more for larger vehicles and SUV’s. Now imagine that same dollar per gallon added to the hundreds of thousands of gallons of fuel used by major airlines like Hawaiian. For every penny change in the cost of a gallon of jet fuel, Hawaiian’s income can change by as much as $1.6 million.
By hedging their fuel costs, which is essentially locking in the price of fuel for a period of time by committing to a purchase agreement, Hawaiian was able to save about eight and a half million in fuel costs. It’s a little like locking in a mortgage rate for a fixed amount of time. If rates go up, you win. If they go down, you miss out.
While it can be a bit of a gamble, when it works, like it has recently for Hawaiian, and like it did for Southwest Airlines when prices skyrocketed in 2008-2009, it can put an airline in a much more advantageous position over its competition.
As fuel prices rise for a competitor they are forced to raise fares, while those who locked in their prices for fuel can keep fares low. If fuel costs drop, of course, the exact opposite can happen.
For Hawaiian Airlines the strategy paid off giving them a net income of $855,000 for the last quarter. At the same time, the five largest U.S. carriers lost over a billion dollars combined.
source : http://newstaar.com/hawaiian-airlines-turns-in-profit-despite-rising-fuel-costs/353273/
By hedging their fuel costs, which is essentially locking in the price of fuel for a period of time by committing to a purchase agreement, Hawaiian was able to save about eight and a half million in fuel costs. It’s a little like locking in a mortgage rate for a fixed amount of time. If rates go up, you win. If they go down, you miss out.
While it can be a bit of a gamble, when it works, like it has recently for Hawaiian, and like it did for Southwest Airlines when prices skyrocketed in 2008-2009, it can put an airline in a much more advantageous position over its competition.
As fuel prices rise for a competitor they are forced to raise fares, while those who locked in their prices for fuel can keep fares low. If fuel costs drop, of course, the exact opposite can happen.
For Hawaiian Airlines the strategy paid off giving them a net income of $855,000 for the last quarter. At the same time, the five largest U.S. carriers lost over a billion dollars combined.
source : http://newstaar.com/hawaiian-airlines-turns-in-profit-despite-rising-fuel-costs/353273/
Not Quite Ann Coulter, But Close
It’s important that you know that I hardly ever — all but never, in fact — watch Sean Hannity on Fox News.
Life is too short. Hair must be washed. Fingernails must be clipped.
But there happened to be wild political news last Wednesday.
President Obama released his birth certificate. Donald Trump took credit for this extraction and then changed course to suggest that maybe Obama, even if a real American, didn’t deserve by grades and scores to get into Columbia and then Harvard.
This was racist, of course. First this hideous being, this thing called Trump, questioned the natural-born Americanness of a president who was of a different skin color and of an uncommon, vowel-ending surname. Then, foiled, Trump essentially was given to wonder publicly how a man of that complexion could get into an elite school.
So I wound up surfing that evening onto MSNBC, where Lawrence O’Donnell was going off deliciously on Trump for this offensiveness and racism.
O’Donnell was lambasting his own network for keeping around such a clown as Trump on a tragically popular television program and for apologizing for him merely by having an unidentified executive remark as follows to The New York Times: “That’s just Donald being Donald.”
I became curious as to how Fox might be handling this news about its presidential front-runner, this Trump. That is to say I was wondering how Fox would spin this uncomfortable development in service to its ongoing missions of Republican apologia and Obama hatred.
That is how I came to click over to see that Hannity was lamenting this diversion into race politics that took vital attention away from how we need to cut taxes and remake Medicare.
Hannity was moderating a three-member panel’s full agreement with him, anchored in the middle by a thin blonde whom I took to be Ann Coulter.
When this thin woman of long blonde hair commenced talking, spouting angry right-wing talking points angrily, I continued to believe I was beholding Coulter.
But then the camera offered a close-up and an identifying line across the bottom of the screen. This was not Ann Coulter. This was the press spokesman for the Arkansas Secretary of State, Mark Martin, he of the famous blundering, the chronic overspending and the FOI resistance.
This was Alice Stewart, former press aide to Mike Huckabee and, before that, a Little Rock television news personality. She was identified as a “Republican strategist.”
She told Hannity that Obama was playing the race card. She said it wouldn’t work because the nation, in 2012, would elect an economic conservative as president.
I was beset by mixed emotions. Half of me was laughing at the ludicrous notion that Obama was the one playing the race card. The other half was curious as to what the Arkansas secretary of state’s spokesman was doing on Hannity ridiculing the president and getting identified not as what she was, but as some supposed Republican strategist.
So, two days later, I called her at the secretary of state’s office and asked. She was terse, but sufficiently responsive.
She explained that she was known to Fox from her work as a spokesman for Huckabee’s presidential campaign. She got invited to come to New York and appear. She took a day’s leave from Martin’s office, exercising her right as a free-speaking citizen. She got Martin’s permission, she said.
She said she might do the same thing again if asked and if Martin could spare her services for the day.
She got identified as a “Republican strategist” mainly for the broad convenience of the phrase and not because she maintains any ongoing business concern as a Republican strategist, she said.
Was her appearance inappropriate? It’s a tough call, one I’ll fudge by saying I am less certain of its inappropriateness than of its poor judgment.
The secretary of state’s main spokesman — his deputy secretary of state for public affairs — is entitled, of course, to express her personal political views on her own time and if invited to do so by a news network.
But the secretary of state has certain election services duties. Stewart’s Coulter imitation on national Republican television showed an insufficiency of respect for the professional appearances of fairness and objectivity in her boss’s performance of his obligations to voters and taxpayers.
Florida showed us in 2000 the bad things that can happen when your secretary of state is a hyperpartisan.
The only way Stewart could serve these two masters seamlessly would be if they were approximately the same. Let us hope, nagging and growing appearances to the contrary, that our secretary of state is not the same as a Fox blowhard.
source : http://www.swtimes.com/columns/john_brummett/article_fc51a950-7583-11e0-8049-001cc4c03286.html
Life is too short. Hair must be washed. Fingernails must be clipped.
President Obama released his birth certificate. Donald Trump took credit for this extraction and then changed course to suggest that maybe Obama, even if a real American, didn’t deserve by grades and scores to get into Columbia and then Harvard.
This was racist, of course. First this hideous being, this thing called Trump, questioned the natural-born Americanness of a president who was of a different skin color and of an uncommon, vowel-ending surname. Then, foiled, Trump essentially was given to wonder publicly how a man of that complexion could get into an elite school.
So I wound up surfing that evening onto MSNBC, where Lawrence O’Donnell was going off deliciously on Trump for this offensiveness and racism.
O’Donnell was lambasting his own network for keeping around such a clown as Trump on a tragically popular television program and for apologizing for him merely by having an unidentified executive remark as follows to The New York Times: “That’s just Donald being Donald.”
I became curious as to how Fox might be handling this news about its presidential front-runner, this Trump. That is to say I was wondering how Fox would spin this uncomfortable development in service to its ongoing missions of Republican apologia and Obama hatred.
That is how I came to click over to see that Hannity was lamenting this diversion into race politics that took vital attention away from how we need to cut taxes and remake Medicare.
Hannity was moderating a three-member panel’s full agreement with him, anchored in the middle by a thin blonde whom I took to be Ann Coulter.
When this thin woman of long blonde hair commenced talking, spouting angry right-wing talking points angrily, I continued to believe I was beholding Coulter.
But then the camera offered a close-up and an identifying line across the bottom of the screen. This was not Ann Coulter. This was the press spokesman for the Arkansas Secretary of State, Mark Martin, he of the famous blundering, the chronic overspending and the FOI resistance.
This was Alice Stewart, former press aide to Mike Huckabee and, before that, a Little Rock television news personality. She was identified as a “Republican strategist.”
She told Hannity that Obama was playing the race card. She said it wouldn’t work because the nation, in 2012, would elect an economic conservative as president.
I was beset by mixed emotions. Half of me was laughing at the ludicrous notion that Obama was the one playing the race card. The other half was curious as to what the Arkansas secretary of state’s spokesman was doing on Hannity ridiculing the president and getting identified not as what she was, but as some supposed Republican strategist.
So, two days later, I called her at the secretary of state’s office and asked. She was terse, but sufficiently responsive.
She explained that she was known to Fox from her work as a spokesman for Huckabee’s presidential campaign. She got invited to come to New York and appear. She took a day’s leave from Martin’s office, exercising her right as a free-speaking citizen. She got Martin’s permission, she said.
She said she might do the same thing again if asked and if Martin could spare her services for the day.
She got identified as a “Republican strategist” mainly for the broad convenience of the phrase and not because she maintains any ongoing business concern as a Republican strategist, she said.
Was her appearance inappropriate? It’s a tough call, one I’ll fudge by saying I am less certain of its inappropriateness than of its poor judgment.
The secretary of state’s main spokesman — his deputy secretary of state for public affairs — is entitled, of course, to express her personal political views on her own time and if invited to do so by a news network.
But the secretary of state has certain election services duties. Stewart’s Coulter imitation on national Republican television showed an insufficiency of respect for the professional appearances of fairness and objectivity in her boss’s performance of his obligations to voters and taxpayers.
Florida showed us in 2000 the bad things that can happen when your secretary of state is a hyperpartisan.
The only way Stewart could serve these two masters seamlessly would be if they were approximately the same. Let us hope, nagging and growing appearances to the contrary, that our secretary of state is not the same as a Fox blowhard.
source : http://www.swtimes.com/columns/john_brummett/article_fc51a950-7583-11e0-8049-001cc4c03286.html
'The Voice': Brave singers attempt Miranda Lambert songs for Blake Shelton
You've got to have some serious cojones to sing Miranda Lambert songs while her fiance, Blake Shelton, is sitting in his big turny-chair judging you. After all, he's got to have a pretty high opinion of the original.
Two contestants on "The Voice" risked their careers with this gutsy move on Tuesday night's episode. The first contestant, Cherie Oakley, sang "Gunpowder & Lead," Lambert's 2008 hit. While Blake didn't turn around, Christina Aguilera did.
"I'm sitting there listening to you sing my fiancees song," Blake said when she'd finished singing. "That's really cool. But by the same token, you're stepping into some big shoes for me because i know how she sings that, and I wanted you to beat her. I did! I wanted you to beat her and I didn't think you did."
Aguilera felt she had a catch, though, and Cee-Lo was impressed by "such a big voice coming out of a little bitty cute little thing."
The next contestant, Angela Wolff, sang a more recent Lambert song, "The House that Built Me," but she was noticeably pitchy in places. She threatened to unfollow Blake on Twitter, but he still wasn't impressed enough to choose her -- though he couldn't help but smile during her song. Unfortunately, she wasn't chosen.
Wolff no longer follows Shelton on Twitter. She does, however, follow Cee-Lo, Adam Levine, and yes -- Miranda Lambert.
Two contestants on "The Voice" risked their careers with this gutsy move on Tuesday night's episode. The first contestant, Cherie Oakley, sang "Gunpowder & Lead," Lambert's 2008 hit. While Blake didn't turn around, Christina Aguilera did.
"I'm sitting there listening to you sing my fiancees song," Blake said when she'd finished singing. "That's really cool. But by the same token, you're stepping into some big shoes for me because i know how she sings that, and I wanted you to beat her. I did! I wanted you to beat her and I didn't think you did."
Aguilera felt she had a catch, though, and Cee-Lo was impressed by "such a big voice coming out of a little bitty cute little thing."
The next contestant, Angela Wolff, sang a more recent Lambert song, "The House that Built Me," but she was noticeably pitchy in places. She threatened to unfollow Blake on Twitter, but he still wasn't impressed enough to choose her -- though he couldn't help but smile during her song. Unfortunately, she wasn't chosen.
Wolff no longer follows Shelton on Twitter. She does, however, follow Cee-Lo, Adam Levine, and yes -- Miranda Lambert.
Glee: 'Rumours' has it. It being Fleetwood Mac.
It’s a great night for Glee fans who love Fleetwood Mac and a not-so-great night if you’re a Glee fan who hates Fleetwood Mac. (I can’t possibly speak for non-Glee fans who either love or hate Fleetwood Mac, since I tend not to associate with non-Glee fans.)
Me? I’m somewhere in between. Little Lies is definitely in my Top 25 songs of all time, maybe even in the Top 10. I was aggressively disinterested in the tracks off of “Rumours” when I was younger and I still start to dry-heave at the sound of “Don’t Stop.” While the group tore through Fleetwood Mac’s 1977 album, I warmed to most.
While the songs fit nicely into several emotional arcs, one in particular seemed a little sudden and a little too “very special episode” for me. One of the best parts of the episode centered around Brittany and Santana, but I think all the principals — Artie, Finn, Rachel, and Quinn too — did a great job portraying the tension and distrust pervading the team.
Still, why aren’t we more worried about Nationals? Do we even have a set list yet? Guys, I think we need to be more concerned about who’s going to make the costumes, sing the solos and choreograph this nonsense. Pretty sure Vocal Adrenaline doesn’t make it all up the week of, right?
Fine, let’s take a minute to learn a valuable lesson about rumors first if we absolutely have to, but I swear to Kabbalah Monster we better get serious about this noise next week, capice?
In a nutshell: Spotted: Brittany S. Pierce filming her Vlog Fondue For Two with Mercedes, Tina, and her cat, Lord Tubbington. She’s not the one and only source into the scandalous lives of McKinley’s elite. Sue’s quest to crush Shue and the kids involves a full-blown media blitz. And everyone knows the media doesn’t need pesky things like facts to grab people’s attention. She resurrects the school’s newspaper (which was previously shutdown “due to lack of interest”) and start fanning the gossip flames to destroy the glee club. The first involves Santana “playing for the other team,” which Brittany intended to imply she’s with New Directions now, but not the Cheerios. Of course, it sends Santana into a fit and she confronts Brittany in front of Artie. With his suspicion arisen, he asks Brit directly about her relationship with Santana. She’s totally naive to the whole thing and he tries to convince her that Santana is taking advantage of her, he gets frustrated and calls her stupid. Brittany storms off and their relationship is over. She tries to convince Santana to come out and be her date to prom, but Santana keeps getting cold feet. Instead, Santana dives deeper into the closet and tells a reporter for the school paper that she’s ready to be crowned prom royalty alongside Karofsky. They’re not the only targets of the rumor mill. A blind item also insinuates that Quinn is hooking up with Sam behind Finn’s back. When Finn and Rachel stake out a local motel, they catch Kurt coming out of Sam’s room. Could the two boys be swapping more than harmonies? (Oof. Sorry.) The New Directions are all atwitter until another stakeout reveals Quinn leaving Sam’s room next. Things take a turn for the ham-fisted when Sam reveals he’s not sleeping with either Quinn or Kurt. They’re helping him out becausehe doesn’t know how to read! his family lost their house and now they’re living in a motel room! It’s a bit RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES with all the we lost our job and house and how’s that hopey-changey thing working out for ya and it just all felt a little too desperate to be topical. I don’t know. Kurt and Quinn had just been helping Sam out and now the rest of the glee club felt like jerks for assuming he was just a bisexual manwhore, which, on this show, isn’t really a huge leap, right? Anyway, they buy him back his guitar from the pawn shop (seriously? He’s got his six-string in hock? Nothing about that is cliche) and then they sing a song with his siblings on the stage and I guess everyone’s happy now. Sure. It’s not just the kids on Sue’s radar, obviously. Terri recruits April Rhodes to return and get Will to help her with staging her autobiographical musical. With the seed planted, Sue starts to run a series of stories about Will leaving McKinley to join April on the road(s). He’s briefly torn between following his dreams and leading the kids to Nationals. As the the team finishes their big, happy closing performance with Trouty Mouth and his non-fishy lipped siblings, Will glances over at April and maybe, just maybe has a second thought. WHATEVER WILL HE DECIDE TO DO? Oh wait, he will definitely decide to take the kids to Nationals, duh. Tension: WE HAZ NONE.
Best Pop-Culture Reference: “Stakeout. It’s so exiting. It’s like an episode of Hart To Hart.”
Best Sue Sylvester Line: “Think about that next time you prop your butt-chin up on one of those little face toilets.” (Runner-up: “I’m sure you don’t dispute that legendary Bratwurst-gobbler April Rhodes is in town and you’re helping her get back to Broadway.”)
Reezen 2 Luv Brittany: “Question one: Do you think The Aristocats is an accurate portrayal of the feline relationship?” (Runner-up: “Just because we’re doing this interview doesn’t mean I’m still not mad at you, because I know you started smoking again.”
April Rhodes Is My Spirit Animal: “”I sold mine for drugs. Kidding! Nope, actually did that.” (Runner-up: “You know what I call an afternoon when I’m getting drunk? An afternoon.”)
Kurt Keeps It Fabulous: “Oh, how I’ve missed your insanity.”
Someone Check Santana’s Weave for Razor Blades: “He’s just furniture.” (Runner-up: “Ever since that muckraker thing, people have already started treating me differently. I got asked to join the golf team.”)
Naughtiest Line You May Have Missed: “Santana told me never to speak alone with you because you would try to steal all of my gold.” (Runner-up: ” I want to talk about the rumor about Asian men – not true.”)
Best Musical Number: Oof, is there a worse song than “Don’t Stop?” It’s like the soundtrack to a commercial for an electronics store’s Super Bowl sale. Anyway, I enjoyed all the smaller numbers tonight because I felt like the kids really sold the performances and infused some nice emotional context. I am particularly fond of Rachel’s “Go Your Own Way.” It had great energy and I’m just a sucker for a Lea Michele solo.
The Gold Star: Brittany. She and Santana have really anchored the second half of this season and I could not be more impressed with both Heather Morris and Naya Rivera. Their relationship defies a lot of conventions, not just because of their genders, but due in large part to the writers setting them on an uncommon trajectory that seems to have its roots way back in the first season. It feels like their relationship is developing organically and not like a sudden lesbian twist. Morris has proven her comedy chops, but she’s showcasing her more dramatic side now as well. I for one can’t wait to see more.
Blingee of the Week: Behold, the cover of my imaginary Blingee gossip rag.
source : http://blog.chron.com/tubular/2011/05/glee-rumours-has-it-it-being-fleetwood-mac/
Me? I’m somewhere in between. Little Lies is definitely in my Top 25 songs of all time, maybe even in the Top 10. I was aggressively disinterested in the tracks off of “Rumours” when I was younger and I still start to dry-heave at the sound of “Don’t Stop.” While the group tore through Fleetwood Mac’s 1977 album, I warmed to most.
While the songs fit nicely into several emotional arcs, one in particular seemed a little sudden and a little too “very special episode” for me. One of the best parts of the episode centered around Brittany and Santana, but I think all the principals — Artie, Finn, Rachel, and Quinn too — did a great job portraying the tension and distrust pervading the team.
Still, why aren’t we more worried about Nationals? Do we even have a set list yet? Guys, I think we need to be more concerned about who’s going to make the costumes, sing the solos and choreograph this nonsense. Pretty sure Vocal Adrenaline doesn’t make it all up the week of, right?
Fine, let’s take a minute to learn a valuable lesson about rumors first if we absolutely have to, but I swear to Kabbalah Monster we better get serious about this noise next week, capice?
In a nutshell: Spotted: Brittany S. Pierce filming her Vlog Fondue For Two with Mercedes, Tina, and her cat, Lord Tubbington. She’s not the one and only source into the scandalous lives of McKinley’s elite. Sue’s quest to crush Shue and the kids involves a full-blown media blitz. And everyone knows the media doesn’t need pesky things like facts to grab people’s attention. She resurrects the school’s newspaper (which was previously shutdown “due to lack of interest”) and start fanning the gossip flames to destroy the glee club. The first involves Santana “playing for the other team,” which Brittany intended to imply she’s with New Directions now, but not the Cheerios. Of course, it sends Santana into a fit and she confronts Brittany in front of Artie. With his suspicion arisen, he asks Brit directly about her relationship with Santana. She’s totally naive to the whole thing and he tries to convince her that Santana is taking advantage of her, he gets frustrated and calls her stupid. Brittany storms off and their relationship is over. She tries to convince Santana to come out and be her date to prom, but Santana keeps getting cold feet. Instead, Santana dives deeper into the closet and tells a reporter for the school paper that she’s ready to be crowned prom royalty alongside Karofsky. They’re not the only targets of the rumor mill. A blind item also insinuates that Quinn is hooking up with Sam behind Finn’s back. When Finn and Rachel stake out a local motel, they catch Kurt coming out of Sam’s room. Could the two boys be swapping more than harmonies? (Oof. Sorry.) The New Directions are all atwitter until another stakeout reveals Quinn leaving Sam’s room next. Things take a turn for the ham-fisted when Sam reveals he’s not sleeping with either Quinn or Kurt. They’re helping him out because
Best Pop-Culture Reference: “Stakeout. It’s so exiting. It’s like an episode of Hart To Hart.”
Best Sue Sylvester Line: “Think about that next time you prop your butt-chin up on one of those little face toilets.” (Runner-up: “I’m sure you don’t dispute that legendary Bratwurst-gobbler April Rhodes is in town and you’re helping her get back to Broadway.”)
Reezen 2 Luv Brittany: “Question one: Do you think The Aristocats is an accurate portrayal of the feline relationship?” (Runner-up: “Just because we’re doing this interview doesn’t mean I’m still not mad at you, because I know you started smoking again.”
April Rhodes Is My Spirit Animal: “”I sold mine for drugs. Kidding! Nope, actually did that.” (Runner-up: “You know what I call an afternoon when I’m getting drunk? An afternoon.”)
Kurt Keeps It Fabulous: “Oh, how I’ve missed your insanity.”
Someone Check Santana’s Weave for Razor Blades: “He’s just furniture.” (Runner-up: “Ever since that muckraker thing, people have already started treating me differently. I got asked to join the golf team.”)
Naughtiest Line You May Have Missed: “Santana told me never to speak alone with you because you would try to steal all of my gold.” (Runner-up: ” I want to talk about the rumor about Asian men – not true.”)
Best Musical Number: Oof, is there a worse song than “Don’t Stop?” It’s like the soundtrack to a commercial for an electronics store’s Super Bowl sale. Anyway, I enjoyed all the smaller numbers tonight because I felt like the kids really sold the performances and infused some nice emotional context. I am particularly fond of Rachel’s “Go Your Own Way.” It had great energy and I’m just a sucker for a Lea Michele solo.
The Gold Star: Brittany. She and Santana have really anchored the second half of this season and I could not be more impressed with both Heather Morris and Naya Rivera. Their relationship defies a lot of conventions, not just because of their genders, but due in large part to the writers setting them on an uncommon trajectory that seems to have its roots way back in the first season. It feels like their relationship is developing organically and not like a sudden lesbian twist. Morris has proven her comedy chops, but she’s showcasing her more dramatic side now as well. I for one can’t wait to see more.
Blingee of the Week: Behold, the cover of my imaginary Blingee gossip rag.
source : http://blog.chron.com/tubular/2011/05/glee-rumours-has-it-it-being-fleetwood-mac/
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