Email Author Ali Trachta

2012 Stories by Ali Trachta

• My Money's on the Walrus

  published January 19, 2012

  In this corner, we have the mop-topped boys from Liverpool known as the Beatles: shaggy hit-makers who were gods to girls next door and... More >>

• Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Bravo to Bravo

  published Jan 24, 2012

  Holy Jeebus, Paul Nassif, are you dyingr You have to be dying. Has anything more horrifying than your post-colonoscopy fart festival ever happened on reality TVr Why in the name of Andy Cohen would yo... More >>

• Anthony Bourdain's The Layover Uses Jonathan Gold as a Guide

  published Jan 23, 2012

  The Travel Channel obviously saved the best for last. The season finale of Anthony Bourdain's The Layover airs tonight, in which Tony will enlighten viewers on how to get the most out of the L.A. foo... More >>

• Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Lisa Vanderpump's SUR-prise! Party

  published Jan 17, 2012

  Was it just us, or did Lisa Vanderpump's launch of SUR Lounge feel less like an upscale restaurant opening and more like a sorority formal afterparty gone wrongr There were ex-bffs at the door, "the o... More >>

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  If You Don't Like Country Music You're a Blue State Elitist

  published Jan 17, 2012

  See also: Toby Keith's "Red Solo Cup": Why This Song Sucks Asking people what kind of music they like can be a loaded question. People want to seem open-minded, yet cool, which for some reason tends ... More >>

• Andrew Zimmern's Pop-Up Dinner at Royal/T: How It's Different from Every Other Episode of Bizarre Foods America

  published Jan 13, 2012

  Royal/T, the Culver City cosplay cafe, is in shambles right now -- a chaotic mess of boxes, dust, overturned tables and yes, TV cameras. It will be spic and span by 6 p.m., though, when Andrew Zimmern... More >>

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  Napoleon Dynamite Animated Series Panel at the Paley Center: Does the Show Make Fun of Ugly, Weird Peopler

  published Jan 12, 2012

  In 2004 when Napoleon Dynamite -- a low-budget indie film about the strange and awkward characters in a small Idaho town -- took mainstream America by storm, were we laughing at Napoleon, or with himr... More >>

• Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Mauricio Umansky Truths All Over Kim Richards

  published Jan 10, 2012

  Don't you just love when double standards are disprovedr Case in point: that persistent belief that when men speak their minds, they're "assertive," but when women do it, they're "bitchy." Well, last... More >>

• Nathan Myhrvold on Top Chef: Who Will Be the "Modern-estr"

  published Jan 04, 2012

  Even if you're kind of over Top Chef (Quickfire challenges! Padma in halter tops!), you might want to tune in tonight to check it out. Because tonight's guest judge is none other than Nathan Myhrvold,... More >>

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  Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Is Brandi Glanville the New Kim Richardsr

  published Jan 03, 2012

  My how the meth head tables have turned. In last night's episode, the better part of the RHOBH gang headed to Hawaii to celebrate Mauricio Umansky's birthday (because, of course, who needs a trip wit... More >>