Tuesday, April 1, 2008

The Justin Files, 4/1/08

Paula breaks her traditional mid-season silence
Normally, at this point in reality competitions, judges are reluctant to make predictions (well, unless it's Simon). Paula Abdul has traditionally shied away from picking favorites. But she did just that this morning...well, at least she narrowed it down some. She's predicting the top four to be Carly Smithson, David Archuleta, David Cook, and Michael Johns.

Tonight on Idol, it's Dolly Parton night, with this season's first celebrity mentor.


Get ready for a new tween obsession
The High School Musical franchise has been such a huge hit for Disney that they're planning an unprecedented launch for their next kiddie musical. Camp Rock will debut on The Disney Channel, ABC, ABC Family, and Disney.com all in mid-June. The soundtrack will be out a few days beforehand, and the DVD is already scheduled for mid-August.

Don't say I didn't warn you, parents!


A new frontier in advertising
Apparently nothing is sacred anymore. Rolling Rock beer announced their upcoming foray into "moonvertising". At the next full moon, they'll attempt to project their logo onto the moon with high powered lasers, kind of like the bat signal.




The whole thing is, of course, an April Fools joke.


Quick Hits
* Kristi Yamaguchi continued her streak of highest scores yesterday with a 27 on Dancing With the Stars. The lowest score of the night went to Broadway star Marissa Jaret Winokur (19). Kylie Minogue performs on the results show tonight.

* ABC looks like it'll be all reality all the time this summer. After a couple years off, both The Bachelorette and The Mole will be back. New reality shows will include a High School Musical themed competition, yet another dance competition (Dance Machine) and I Survived A Japanese Game Show.......seriously.

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