Fabulous Halloween Programs (For Your Viewing Pleasure)

Here are my favorite movies for Halloween

Scream


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Carrie


The Haunting (1963)


And for those of you who don't have such strong stomachs

The Haunted Mansion




TV

There's the classic staple of Halloweek

Charlie Brown


The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror is different every year. Always fun.


That 70's Show


Last but not least, Alvin and the Chipmunks!


Joey's Favorites

Ugly Betty-Season 1, Ep 5: The Lyin', The Watch, and The Wardrobe

Sabrina the Teenage Witch-Season 2, Ep. 7:A River of Candy Corn Runs Through It


The Office-Season 2, Ep. 5:Halloween
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Another TV Update

When I'm not preparing my comprehensive and genius coverage of fashion week, I like to partake in the great American pastime of TV. TV is having sort of a renaissance, with the lesser programs of the season (hello Do Not Disturb and Knight Rider) either canceled or extremely close to it. TV is arguably better than what's showing in theaters these days, so I'm happy to be a viewer! I give you my thoughts on Ugly Betty and The Office, after you click

Ugly Betty
Ugly Betty is one of my favorites, so I waited for this with baited breath. After the predictable but most likely necessary solution to last season's cliffhanger, Betty returned home from a cross country trip where she went to "find out who she was." Cheesy, but the checklist that Betty came up with for a more successful year served as a good outline for the episode. 1.More responsibility at work. Betty returns to a revamped Mode (Marc and Amanda stole the show once again.) only to find that Daniel's office is now a nursery, and he no longer works there. She travels downstairs to Player magazine, Daniel's brainchild and the "third bestselling no-nudity men's magazine in the country." The new receptionist got a lot of laughs, but my reaction to this change of scenery was similar to Betty's, not good. Luckily I have faith that the writers will find some way to get Betty back to where she rightfully belongs. 2.Her own apartment in the city. Betty, wonderfully naive, fell for the ways of a fast talking New York City real estate agent and ended up with the worst apartment ever. Luckily, her family pulled through and fixed up the place, and I have a feeling she'll Betty-ize it enough. 3. No more romantic entanglements. Easy enough, until she meets Val Emmich's character in her building. I think I like him better than Henry and Gio, mostly because he's pretty much Betty's polar opposite. Also of note:Lindsay Lohan began her role. I can't tell whether it was amazing or awful, really. She didn't have a lot of lines, but she was pretty funny at some parts! All in all, it's a good role for her to restart her career with.

The Office
I have to say, this just may go down in history as the best episode ever! Fan favorites Jim and Pam are finally engaged, and of course it was in front of a gas station/rest stop. My favorite character, however, is Kelly, and this was a great episode for her! There was a company-wide weight loss competition, and of course she was all over it. She went for the lemonade diet, and looked a lot like death. Hands-down the funniest moment of the episode was when she fainted on the scale. I could go on and on about the goings on, but I think I...won't. Just watch it!
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Ugly Betty Can't Stop Finding Love

A lot of stuff went down on last season's finale of Ugly Betty. Lindsay Lohan guest starred in a random and confusing opening flashback sequence, Wilhelmina finally became editor and chief of Mode, leaving Daniel out of a job, and Betty had some decisions to make. For someone considered so ugly, she sure does have a lot of romantic interests. First there was Walter, a nerd who worked at a Best Buy-like establishment and then moved to Maryland, and eventually there was Henry, a nerdy accountant at Mode who's had some romantic drama of his own, and then all of a sudden a sandwich maker named Gio showed up. As Betty got over the loss of Henry in her life, she agreed to go to Rome with Gio. Almost on cue, Henry showed up begging her to move to Tuscon with him. The end of the last season showed Betty leaving the house with a suitcase, but didn't exactly give any hints. Now it seems we know what she did, so to find out
It looks like Betty chooses neither. Christopher Gorham, who plays Henry, is signed on to pilots for CBS, and Freddy Rodriguez is reportedly signed on for only more episode, as well as multiple projects including the thriller Identity with Timothy Hutton. That doesn't mean that Betty's loveless. Val Emmich, who guest starred in 30 Rock last season as Liz Lemon's younger love interest, will appear on Ugly Betty next season as a possible new love interest. Elsewhere in the UB world, Eddie Cibrian will reprise his role as Justin's gym teacher who is having his own thing with Betty's sister Hilda. And make sure to watch out for Lindsay Lohan again when she returns for a series of episodes.

Val Emmich
pictures from Popcrunch and Stephen Bailey
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