http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/oswald all blog posts in chron order (most to least recent) en-gb Wed, 22 May 2013 07:44:26 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/oswald/Whos-the-boss-HEs-the-boss-100197389.html On a day when the U.S. cable networks served up chats with and glimpses of the most dubious class of celebrities — the Kardashians, and the cast of Jersey Shore — it took former boxer turned sitcom star turned song-and-dance man turned high-school teacher, in the person of Tony Danza,... Sat, 7 Aug 2010 18:17:56 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/oswald/Jury-still-out-on-Idol-judges-99779364.html The hope that Fox's portion of the TV press tour would include a major announcement regarding who will fill the empty chairs on American Idol's judging panel was dashed, quickly and completely, when the network's top programming executives met with media types here in Hollywood on Monday Mon, 2 Aug 2010 14:30:31 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/oswald/A-Glee-ful-night-at-the-TCA-Awards-99720524.html The surprise-hit Fox series Glee was the big winner Saturday night at the annual Television Critics Association Awards, taking home three trophies -- outstanding new program, program of the year, and an additional honour for series star Jane Lynch for individual achievement in comedy. The Sun, 1 Aug 2010 12:01:38 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/oswald/Not-so-proud-Peacock-golfer-gets-gurud-a-moment-for-Maury-99699479.html Peacock: not quite proud yet, but feeling slightly better about itself.... Catching up on things after a jam-packed day of NBC interviews and preview screenings, followed by another celeb-filled network party atop yet another nearby parking garage.... NBC's top execs met the press on Friday, and Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:49:07 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/oswald/Storytime-times-three-90567314.html Saturday was all about the spinning of yarns -- some funny, some serious, and some a little bit of both while also waxing nostalgic about a departed friend. My chuckle-seeking tour of the 2010 fest continued with the Storytellers session at the GST (I was forced, by other commitments, to miss Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:06:30 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/oswald/Canada-homes-and-native-lands-90534679.html The "where to go?" aspect of Friday's fest-bound wandering got the simplest of "where to stay?" answers when I observed that the best strategy for seeing acts I'd not yet seen at this year's fest was staying put at the Playhouse for back-to-back galas. Which made the evening Sat, 10 Apr 2010 15:31:00 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/oswald/Too-cool-for-school-90396544.html It goes without saying that classrooms and gyms are two places folks don't need all that much of a reason to skip out on. And apparently, some related principle was at play Thursday night when it came to the book-learnin'-themed Edumacation Show gala and the iron-pumping late-night effort, Fri, 9 Apr 2010 16:46:36 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/oswald/Under-the-B-90249952.html Wednesday evening; McPhillips Street Station -- the night/show when the Comedy Fest usually gets off to its meandering opening-night start; this year, the whole goofy deal had already been in motion for 24 hours and was operating at full speed by the time host Trevor Boris takes the stage. The Thu, 8 Apr 2010 13:55:32 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/oswald/2-gays-a-girl-and-a-DVD-free-place-90088332.html I guess it's kind of fitting that this year's edition of the CBC Winnipeg Comedy Fest jumped the gun on its usual Wednesday-night opening by, well, jumping the gun. Tuesday's special-event/pre-opening-opening show was touted (true Freudian-slip story: as I tapped out this part on the keyboard, I Wed, 7 Apr 2010 13:11:40 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/oswald/Ellen-on-Idol--nothing-to-dance-about-yet-84023582.html All the pre-show hype surrounding Ellen DeGeneres's arrival on the American Idol judging panel proved to be much ado about not much on Tuesday night, as the first of Idol's Hollywood-round episodes focused mostly on the performances and personalities of the contestants and very little on Ellen's Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:07:32 CST