Aug. 16 show

On tonight's show, Tanya Kim was back in front of her beloved TelePrompTer in the eTalk studio. With so much going on in the world of entertainment, what's tonight's top story? An interview with Nicole Richie and her dad Lionel. Thank God we didn't have to see grubby David Giammarco, although we did hear his cackle. Next, a plug for an upcoming show on CTV's sister station, MTV Canada about Nelly Furtado. Please, Nelly bonding with goats is not entertainment news. Neither is a recap of Canadian Idol, which airs on CTV. Welcome to "Canada's #1 source for everything Bell Globemedia." Next, a filler segment on Canadian celebs who have been out of the picture for awhile, including Kalan Porter (of CTV's Canadian Idol fame) who's back home in Medicine Hat caring for his ailing mom. Speaking of celebs no one cares about, next up was a piece on the Canadian movie Bon Cop, Bad Cop, which Kim described as being "on its way to making Canadian blockbuster history." Riiiight. This was followed by a junket interview with the cast of The Illusionist wherein Kim asked the most over-asked and boring question in history: "What about the story appealed to you?" What the fuck is she expecting? "Well, Tanya, I did it strictly for the paycheque." Zain Meghji showed up wearing a shirt decorated with what looked like Giammarco's vomit to give us the "news" -- or what is really a collection of stuff some intern read online. For the second day in a row, we were subjected to Giammarco's junket clips for Snakes on a Plane in which he once again made it all about him, suggesting sequels like (I kid you not) Sharks on a Subway and Mongooses on a Monorail. The sad thing is, he probably spent a lot of time coming up with those. And yes, there he was cackling like a crazed schoolgirl. Also, to keep the attention of the teen audience, the segment had a bizarre music track behind it. After a break we got the "world premiere" of the trailer for the Trailer Park Boys movie. Riiight...the world premiere. Because this movie is opening around the world. Not. The show wrapped up with a segment on a Canadian working in the touring production of the Bombay Dreams musical. As usual, you've got to sit through a lot of crap to get a little bit of substance.