entertainment - "celebrities"

It’s always worth taking note of the reading recommendations of Nancy Pearl, Seattle’s celebrity librarian and book lister par excellence.

Poker fans are already familiar with some music stars participating in the biggest poker game on the planet, the World Series of Poker: rock stars such as Sully Erna have proven that musicians can hold their own in a professional poker world, and country music has finally joined the game. Country music artist Andy Griggs played in the main event and did fairly well for his first time. He doubled his chips by the end of the first day and made it deep into day three as the last celebrity playing...

Does the world need another reality show talent competition? That's a rhetorical question, but it's worth answering: No. Twice: Hell no. But if we must suffer through another one, we could do worse than the revival of The Gong Show, which debuts on Comedy Central tonight at 10, followed by a new satirical reality show that's a lot better than it should be.The new Gong Show is basically America's Got Talent with more humor and less talent. Dave Attell hosts, but really the judges provided the most comic relief, primarily Triumph the Insult Comic Dog/Robert Smigel. For example, a woman farts into a microphone, and Steve Schirripa gongs her and says, 'She sounded a little pitchy.' After the judges are introduced on the first episode, Triumph mocks his fellow judges' celebrity status.The rules or reward are never really mentioned; the judges just start awarding points (which go up to 500, although that's not clear until later) and the winner gets handed $600 in cash. Ultimately, that's