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Kira Wills
Hi, I'm Kira. I was born in the Midwest in the '80s with a love of pop culture! I'm all grown up now, and I still live in the Midwest and still love pop culture. I'm just fortunate enough to be able to write about it here. In my blog, you'll find some humor, a lot of snark, and a love for all things celebrity, but don't worry, I'm not too serious here. I love mocking them too! Stay tuned!
Twitter: @KiraJW
November 5th, 2012 8:14am EST
With the release of her fifth studio album just two weeks away, Christina Aguilera has been hard at work promoting her album on television with appearances on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” and NBC's telethon, "Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together."
On Nov. 3, the multi-platinum singer and "The Voice" judge took to Twitter to release an exclusive song from her upcoming album, Lotus. "Sharing a special song from the new #LOTUS album - Blank Page. Enjoy! XoXtina," she wrote.
"Blank Page" is a stripped-down piano ballad that displays her incredible talent, a rare vulnerability in the often ou...
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Rumor Patrol: 'The Voice' Judge Situation, Mariah Carey Lip-Synching, Mo'Nique's Weight Loss
Christina Aguilera, CeeLo Green, Adam Levine & Blake Shelton On Board For 'The Voice' Season 5
Christina Aguilera, The Voice
November 1st, 2012 9:53am EDT
Last week, "Supernatural" took a big artistic risk with "Bitten," the found-footage episode that delved into the very short lives of three co-eds turned werewolves with the two leads rack up scant minutes of airtime. For this blogger, the risk was worth it. This week, "Supernatural" took another gamble by wading into the back-story Dean's ally in Purgatory—a vampire named Benny—and unfortunately, it went bust. It's a shame, especially since this episode aired on Halloween and didn't contain a single jump-out-of-your-skin scare that “Supernatural” has mastered.
For years, I've always wa...
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TV Upfronts: The CW Has New 'Vampire' Spinoff 'The Originals,' Confirms End Of 'Nikita'
'Supernatural' Finale Recap: Fall From Grace
Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Liane Balaban, Supernatural, Ty Olsson
October 25th, 2012 9:55am EDT
One of my favorite episodes “ER” was one that actually focused on the drama of the patient, not the doctors. An oafish but loveable Jim Belushi played an oafish but loveable father and coincidentally, a young Jared Padalecki was his hockey player son. Then in its seventh season, the show turned its focus on the complicated, emotional inner workings of a Chicago hospital outward into an small and terrifying experience as passing through said hospital as the victims of a violent car accident. It was an intimate and imaginative glimpse at an life-altering experience—one that the show’s char...
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TV Upfronts: The CW Has New 'Vampire' Spinoff 'The Originals,' Confirms End Of 'Nikita'
'Supernatural' Finale Recap: Fall From Grace
Supernatural
October 18th, 2012 9:53am EDT
Over the last few seasons, it’s become lauded tradition that the star, Jensen Ackles, steps behind the camera to direct an episode of “Supernatural.” This week’s episode was an Ackles family affair as it also featured Jensen’s real life father and actor, Alan (If you couldn’t tell the relations by the nose, the voice was a dead giveaway). It also marked the return of the show's monster-of-the-week format, and somehow managed to pack some pretty loaded brotherly angst in-between the heart-eating plotlines. Let's break it down.
The Case
Sam wanted to work on tracking down the geeky lit...
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TV Upfronts: The CW Has New 'Vampire' Spinoff 'The Originals,' Confirms End Of 'Nikita'
'Supernatural' Finale Recap: Fall From Grace
Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Supernatural
October 11th, 2012 9:46am EDT
To the outside world, the Winchesters, who have saved the world a few times over at great personal sacrifice, are giant weapon-wielding psychopaths who fondle corpses when they're not mowing people down with machine guns. I’ve always found that dichotomy perversely entertaining, more than a little sad, and a brilliant foil to keep Sam and Dean from ever really winning anything. To Kevin Tran’s tigress of a mother (played by an unfortunately nip-tucked Lauren Tom), they’re wild men who haven’t been taught any manners, like greeting people by slashing them in the face with holy water is rude...
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TV Upfronts: The CW Has New 'Vampire' Spinoff 'The Originals,' Confirms End Of 'Nikita'
'Supernatural' Finale Recap: Fall From Grace
Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Misha Collins, Supernatural
October 8th, 2012 1:50pm EDT
One of the biggest things I’ve learned in life is never to give much weight to first impressions. If I did, I wouldn’t have ever hung out with a girl who came to be my best friend in high school, and a pretty good one today as I thought she was a tree-hugging weirdo and she thought I was stuck up. Both judgments couldn’t be further from the truth. This is the same reason why I give new television shows three chances to hook me. I’m so grateful that I have, otherwise I would have given up on some pretty spectacular shows, the most recent being Fox’s "The Mob Doctor" before the freshman d...
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Fox Finally Whacks 'The Mob Doctor'
Fall TV Report Card: Grading 7 New and Returning Shows
Jordana Spiro, Michael Rapaport, The Mob Doctor, Zach Gilford
October 4th, 2012 9:44am EDT
As much as I love dishing out juicy spoilers for my favorite television shows, I actively avoid them for “Supernatural” premieres and finales. So I went into last night’s season opener not entirely sure of what to expect, especially since the show—now in its eighth season—has a new showrunner in former writer and producer, Jeremy Carver.
I was pleasantly surprised to find that in Carver’s hands, this paranormal drama, like the Impala, is slicker, sharper and burdened with history, but there are still some issues under the hood.
“We Need To Talk About Kevin” began with a new, post-Purgat...
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TV Upfronts: The CW Has New 'Vampire' Spinoff 'The Originals,' Confirms End Of 'Nikita'
'Supernatural' Finale Recap: Fall From Grace
Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Supernatural
September 27th, 2012 1:00pm EDT
Ever since USA’s “Monk” nabbed a bunch of a viewers and a trunk-load of Emmys for lead actor Tony Shalhoub, shows that delve into the anti-hero hero have cluttered the television landscape. There was the painfully acerbic crippled doctor who compulsively diagnosed the undiagnosable in “House”; the former con-man turned consultant to the California Bureau of Investigation in “The Mentalist”; and now there is “Elementary,” CBS’s new show about a vaguely familiar genius British detective who is a slave to his crime-solving compulsions.
After watching the pilot, an alluringly shot series sta...
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5 Season Finale Spoilers You Need To Know On 'Hawaii Five-0,' 'Supernatural' And More
2012 Television Premiere Dates
Elementary, Jonny Lee Miller, Lucy Liu
September 25th, 2012 3:00pm EDT
I love the smell of season premieres in the evening! The 2012-2013 television season is finally upon us, but fret not, there are still more spoilers to spill. I’m honing in on the geektastic “The Big Bang Theory” as my last show to spoil. Last season, Leonard (Johnny Galecki) proposed to Penny mid-coitus while Howard and Bernadette got married mere hours before “Froot Loops” was launched into the space. The show premieres on Sept. 27 at 8 p.m. EST, so here are five spoilers you need to know…
Amy Farrah Fowler’s bitchin’ harp solos are no more. Amy Farrah Fowler is a gem of a girl:...
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5 Season Finale Spoilers You Need To Know On 'Hawaii Five-0,' 'Supernatural' And More
TV Ratings: Basketball Gold For CBS; HBO's 'Veep' Returns Strong
Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki, Kaley Cuoco, The Big Bang Theory
September 18th, 2012 1:00pm EDT
“Once Upon A Time,” the fantasy drama that saw fairytale characters cursed with ordinary lives, became last year’s most successful freshman television show. The second season will explore what happens after the curse was lifted; Regina was exposed as a true villain, and when Operation Cobra is kicked into overdrive. Before the premiere bows on Sept. 30, here are five spoilers you need to know…
Magic and memories return. Life will be even more “complicated” for Storybrookers, especially for one Emma Swan (Jennifer Morrison). TVLine.com reports that the normally tough-as-nails Sherif...
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'Once Upon A Time' Season 2 Finale Recap: 'And Straight On Til Morning'
'Once Upon A Time': 'Second Star To The Right'
Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, Once Upon A Time