TV Etc... There was a big spike in the number of people reading this last week. Looks like the GF thing had legs. Saw it quoted again today... nice to know some big shot LA producer is ignoring my input along with everyone else's. The Inside struggled with its second episode... the only way I'm going to buy throwing the fluffy FBI kitten to the wolf every episode is if it turns out that her boss is the guy that abducted her when she was a kid. Now that would be fucked up and with Peter Coyote anything is possible - have you seen Bitter Moon? Damn. 30 Days is also worth a look - Morgan Spurlock, the guy from Super Size Me, takes his personable show on the road investigating what it's like to live someone else's life for a month. Some of what's planned seems less interesting, but the opener in which he and his fiance try and get by on welfare is an eye opener. There'll be those calling it exploitation of course and when the 30 days is up they go back to having real money and health insurance and all that good stuff, but there are a few times there when you get just plain old fashioned angry. Once or twice you feel like donating money to help the poor starving Americans... interesting show. It'll probably fill the gap that Michael Moore left after he moved to the big screen - nice to see this kind of thing back on the idiot box even if it is wrapped up as a 'show' rather than a documentary. Speaking of which, I got invited to a screening of my friend Heather's documentary on Thursday. No news yet on a public one, but it did well at the Amnesty Film Festival in LA and looks set to be eligible for Academy Award nominations. Pretty awesome :) Tomorrow I'll be celebrating the Summer Solstice by getting drunk with the Londonist gang. Wednesday is scriptwriting in a pub of my choice with one of the few people I've met who is a fan of Phase IV... Today depends on the weather - if it gets nice and stormy I'll stay in and get something done. If it gets hot again I'm going out on the roof with a gun. I'm still trying to exorcise that annoying Eurovision reference from Saturday's drivel fest and brains simmering in the sunlight may just be the way to go... Never mind - this just made my day: Hollywood heart-throb Leonardo DiCaprio was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital after a madwoman slashed his face with a broken beer bottle. The Gangs Of New York superstar needed urgent treatment and 12 stitches to his celebrated features after the horrific attack, which occurred as the actor was leaving producer Rick Salomon's party at 4am on Friday. And DiCaprio narrowly dodged an early death, as the bottle-wielding maniac nearly tore through a vital artery near his ear. Actor Jonah Blechman, who was at the scene, told a friend, "Leo's been attacked. She smashed his face in and we rushed to help." DiCaprio's publicist Ken Sunshine says of the crazed attacker, "(She had) been repeatedly asked to leave the property. She was reportedly looking for an ex-boyfriend, who she'd apparently physically assaulted on prior occasions. Law enforcement authorities have now begun a criminal investigation into the matter." But why is she automatically mad? There's a nice long list of reasons for her to do this over on the IMDB. PS What the fuck did they do to TVtome? Idiots. Back to Television Without Pity I go... Mike is writing to the BSG soundtrack