I was hugely excited about Sci-Fi's original mini-series "Tin Man," which just wrapped a three-night, six-hour run last night. The dark fantasy adapts L. Frank Baum's "Oz" stories, a property ripe for the picking, as several comic series have done their own takes on the rich subject matter, which can be used by anybody now that it's in the public domain. And I love me some "Oz" stories. The cast and previews looked impressive, and the possibility of a spin-off series like the net's superb "Battlestar: Galactica" has been bandied about. So I wanted to love "Tin Man."I did not

The initially promising Cycle 9 of "America's Next Top Model" came to its inevitable, pathetic conclusion last night as Saleisha was crowned our winner. I am shocked, shocked I tell you. It's funny that Tyra actually said that she never imagined that she'd have a final two consisting of Saleisha and Chantal (CHANTAL!), since I don't think anyone else who watched the first half of this season would have either. The show has apparently abandoned fierceness for mediocrity. In Saleisha's defense, she absolutely commanded the final runway. But walking has always been her strong suit. Her pictures have been largely

Earlier this week MTV's "The Hills" wrapped up its third season (except that it didn't; read on) as the network's highest-rated show. I'm not an expert on the program, but I've caught a couple episodes here and there. And I am deeply confused. Why, exactly, is this show popular?"The Hills" is a spin-off of "Laguna Beach," itself a reality version of Fox's once-hot "The O.C." It follows a fairly pretty young woman, Lauren Conrad, as she leaves high school behind for the "real world." Of course, Lauren's real world is pretty unreal. She got an internship at Teen Vogue right

I was initially going to write about how much I'm enjoying this new kinder, gentler "Project Runway" season. The drama has been turned WAY down from the Jeffrey/Angela, Jeffrey/Laura, Vincent/reality feuds we had last season, and the show is focusing much more on the talent. But then Bravo went and put on a repeat (already!) this week, so I'll skip that dissection for another time.Instead this week I'll write on how I'm finished with the CW's newest reality competition, "Crowned," after two episodes. I was excited about this show at first-it's a mother/daughter beauty pageant overseen by Shanna Moakler (former

Celebrities had quite a year. It seemed like only yesterday that the most incendiary Hollywood scandals were Man-Eating Actress A snatching up Milquetoast Actress B’s husband, Leading Man C getting caught diddling the help, or Has-Been Z wandering through the Valley claiming to be the reincarnation of a space god. (Oh, Celestia; come back soon, you nutty funster.) Well, the celebutantes of 2007 put those losers to shame, ably demonstrating why Americans spend millions of dollars and countless hours poring over tabloid rags and gossip blogs, cackling all the way. By the time December 31 rolls around we’ll have had