The Amazing Race Asia (TARA) Season 3 Contestants

The Amazing Race Asia Season 3 is finally here! And the makers say it's the toughest race ever! The contestants were introduced yesterday, and it's sure to be quite the cast. We have a handful of eccentrics, obsessive compulsive's; as always, the pretty faces; then we have the extremely competitive teams (who I surmise will be Team Korea); and finally, the heiress and the actress, who I'm currently rooting for - Ida Nerina (actress) and Tania Khan (heiress) of Malaysia.

Their chemistry together is just great! They're funny, witty, intelligent, and surprisingly, despite their social status, are not afraid to make an outright fool of themselves (Their answer to the superhero nickname was pretty funny - Ida saying she'll use the power of her big eyes, and Tania saying that she's going to use the power of her smile then laughing like hell after).

What I feel is most interesting about them is that they're totally clueless about this whole race thing. They haven't gone backpacking yet, and are only used to a glamorous way of traveling, complete with Four Season pillows! (the two actually asked TARA if they will be providing those huge thread-count comfy pillows for them). So it will be a laugh to see them adjust to this high-paced 'cowboy' race!

I'm guessing they're going to be like Danny and Oswald of Amazing Race 2, stopping by midway through the race to go shopping in a nearby boutique, or taking a sip of espresso at an outdoor cafe.

47 reasons why Matthew Bomer (Bryce Larkin) can be the next Tom Cruise

Ever since I watched episode 7 of Chuck (the episode where Chuck Bartowski goes back to his former alma mater and takes a trip down memory lane, a time when he and his ex-good ol' buddy Bryce Larkin were still friends), I've had one thought in my head. Bryce Larkin (played by Matthew Bomer) may very well be the next Tom Cruise. He's got it. He has the good looks of Tom Cruise, Orlando Bloom, and Hugh Jackman combined. He's got the presence of a gun-slinging kick-ass spy. He has the moves. He's got charisma (but not to an excessive amount - nothing as overdone as Tom Cruise's extremely toothy grin or his couch jumping). Plus, he looks good in a suit (the name's Larkin. Bryce Larkin). Hell he'd look good wearing a potato sack.

And since photos are worth a thousand words, here are 47 reasons to reiterate my point. If you want to use this on your blog, please credit my site (because screen capping is a tedious task). The images aren't very high quality, I apologize for that. I'll try to get some higher quality caps in the future. For now, enjoy the eye candy. Special thanks to http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/b4sE6gK8bm4/ where I was able to do some of the screencapping. ;) I didn't put a lot of captions on them anymore since I'd just be redundant with the word "hot" and "gorgeous".


These are pics of Bryce Larkin in Chuck Episode 10. This is the most Bryce-packed episode of season 1.









Is the Bryce Larkin looking straight at me???

















Funny scene where Morgan comes up to Bryce saying he looks a lot like this jack-ass friend of Chuck named Bryce Larkin :))





We can only imagine all the thoughts going on in Bryce's head right now - Numerous ways to kick this shrimp's ass?


























Bryce and Chuck are friends again!










Start Mission Impossible theme here!






















Those molten eyes!








One of the few superspy Bryce smiles!





The name is Larkin. Bryce Larkin.






Who can blame the girl?!




Super spy Bryce working the trench coat, while Band of Horses' "No one's gonna love you" swells. Lovely part.












Bryce Flashback Version (as shown in Episode 7) is cute, playful, sorta doe-eyed. ;)

















Playful Bryce Larkin - we don't see much of this face once he becomes a CIA spy.

Quality TV going down the toilet

This just in from "Watch With Kristen" gossip (http://www.eonline.com/gossip/kristin/index.jsp?uuid=a646413a-9a63-486b-96b6-8c9f5b6aa503)

Veronica Mars' future is bleak. The article says, and I quote:


"At a CW press conference, Dawn Ostroff told reporters that Veronica as we know it is over, but that she is talking to Rob Thomas and Kristen Bell about a future project.'

I just checked in with Rob Thomas, who tells me:

'I haven't heard about a future project yet, but I suppose I'd listen. Would love to work with Kristen again, however.'

When I ask point-blank if VM is over, Rob tells me:

'I believe we're out of hope.'"

This news absolutely sucks. This clearly tells me that quality TV viewing as we know it is going down the drain. Hell, Veronica Mars has only been the show that's allowed me to say that there are still quality TV shows left.

I don't know why shows I love get cancelled prematurely - eg. Roswell. What are the majority of TV viewers looking for that the can't find in Veronica Mars? What is it about the common TV viewer that is different from the cult fanbase of Veronica Mars? What could possibly be more interesting about farmers looking for a mate?

And what good was winning 2nd place in the Save One Show and getting 1st place in Teavee to our cause? When are they going to review that whole Nielsen box rating scheme anyway?

This is absolutely depressing.

Let's still vote at Teavee for Veronica Mars to show how much we love the show and how much we believe in the witty private investigator and her awesome cast. Let's hope that they realize what a mistake they're making, cancelling Veronica Mars.

Sanjaya is getting very Cocky

Sanjaya is now suffering from what season 4 Scott Savol suffered from as well - a large amount of cockiness. The feeling of being invincible tends to get into people's heads. It's the feeling that they can sing as crappy as crap itself and still escape the bottom 3 - the feeling that even Simon Cowell's influential words cannot sway the voters.

This cockiness will be the downfall of Sanjaya. I absolutely felt like his comment about Simon being jealous of his hair, the way he smiles and grins even though the judges are speechless in disgust, shows that he is starting to love the power that he has over his fans. And I think (at least I hope) this will be his demise. Fans absolutely do not love cocky Idols. This, I think (and as I recall), is why Scott Savol got eliminated after he expressed his confidence in making it to the AI finals. And Scott Savol sings way better than Sanjaya.

Sanjaya, please do leave with your faux mohawk and your faux nice guy personality. Please, for the love of all who know what real good singing is.