For your eyes only (or so wished the producers of 1982's Oscar telecast)

White Hot Mess Alert! Wow, remember the days when the Academy Awards had horribly entertaining musical numbers sometimes choreographed by Debbie Allen? Yes, good times.
But like all good things wonderfully cheese, the over-produced musical numbers have gone moldy, been discarded, and instead we get treated to gems like Beyonce singing all 5 nominees at 2005's Oscars (cute in theory, but thankfully we were too distracted wondering how B's weave went from blowout to updo to ponytail in between each song).
From 1982's Oscars comes this way over the top slice of cheesecake: Sheena "Sugar Walls" Easton performing "For Your Eyes Only" from the James Bond flick of the same name. I'm not sure which is my favorite part, but watching the whole thing reminds me of long cherished trips to Universal Studios in the 1980s. I mean, it's like I'm right there on the set of Battlestar Galactica!

Thanks to Entertainment Weekly for the tip.

Telenovelamazing!

Ugly Betty just got so freakin' fantastic it almost makes you want to cut your own bangs. Fresh off a double doozy win at the Golden Globes (Best Comedy Series and Best Comedy Actress for America Ferrera), Betty had much to prove on its first showing of the new year. And boy did the ugly come out flying. Viewers were quickly reminded of the key story plots that have been building since the pilot. Perhaps the best "i didn't see that coming" moment of the season occurred in classic cliffhanger style. The unveiling of the mysterious bandaged woman turned out to be ... (Spoiler Alert!) Alexis "Don't Call me Alex" Meade, the post-operative transsexual brother of Daniel Meade, EIC of Mode, and thought to be very, very dead from a freak skiing accident. Telanovelamazing!
Fortunately, Betty never takes itself too seriously, so this plot twist really works. And it doesn't hurt that the former Alex Meade has been cast as the former Mrs. John Stamos, Rebecca Romijn. Upgrade!