'Pretty Wild' is Pretty Ridiculous

Home of the crazy reality shows, E! Network has debut their newest, trashy-yet-mesmerizing show, "Pretty Wild." The show premiered this month, Sunday nights at 10:30 p.m. right after the all new season of "Kendra." The show centers around a family of Hollywood socialites, particularly the three up-and-coming "celebrity" (or so they think they are) daughters. The girls, Tess, Alexis and Gabby are crazy, loud, provocative and are enough to give you a headache after 5 minutes of watching but for a TV junkie like myself, I cannot stop watching this show.

The mother, who used to be in Playboy Magazine, even says herself in the introduction of the first episode that she's getting back what she did to her mother by how erratically her daughters behave. Within the second episode the two older daughters, Tess and Alexis, have undressed in front of the cameras numerous times and bare all with no shame. The funny part about this is I googled the family after the first episode because I surprisingly had no idea who they were. What I found though, made my mouth drop open with shock. Tess and Alexis, who shamelessly bare their naked bodies are only 19 and 18 years old, respectively. Let's just say if I were to ever bare my body like that at a barely legal age, my mother would certainly not be giving me my own reality show but maybe a good kick in the butt would serve justice.

In the second episode of the show, it is finally revealed as to just why these girls are in fact "famous" or for better lack of terms have their own reality show. The middle sister, Alexis, is arrested by LAPD for burglarizing celebrity houses such as Rachel Bilson and Lindsay Lohan. Alexis is claiming to be innocent and that her "friends" dragged her name into it for no reason but evidence shows that some property stolen from the celebrities were found in Alexis's bedroom. It has yet to be decided in court whether or not she is found innocent or guilty.

Although this show is probably more ridiculous and trashy than MTV's "Jersey Shore," it is still something I can't stop myself from watching, although, just like "The Secret Life of the American Teenager," I always ask myself why I continue to watch this stupid show.

And The Oscar Goes To...

For those of you with cablevision and were oh so upset to miss the Oscars on Sunday night, don't fret, you didn't miss much. Although I love all award shows, the Oscars are the only one I choose to Tivo so that I can fast forward through pretty much all of it except for Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Picture. I know I can just look on the internet the next day but it sucks the joy out of it for a person who's obsessed with television, such as myself.

What I was generally surprised with was just how hysterical Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin truly were. Normally the Oscar's hosts attempt at being funny but we just laugh at how not funny they really are. My roommates and I were laughing so loud at everything the two funny hosts said and when they referenced the "threesome" they had with Meryl Streep in "It's Complicated," I fell on the floor laughing. Many of the winners were predictable considering they all won previously for the same nomination in different award shows such as the SAG Awards.

I honestly was overjoyed when Sandra Bullock won for Best Actress for "The Blind Side," because she truly deserved it with such a great dramatic performance that blew everyone away and made them think twice about Sandra's acting career. I even cried like a baby during her emotional speech, especially the part when she thanked her mother and the cameras showed her husband choking up with tears; I went through at least 40 tissues.

I usually enjoy the fashion at the Oscars as well but there were only a few mentionables that I thought were worthy of a "Best Dressed" award. I thought that Miley Cyrus looked absolutely breath-taking and so grown up in her dress and I also really loved Carey Mulligan's black, crystal-studded Prada dress as well.

The only way I think I'll tune in next year is if Martin and Baldwin return again as hosts to make me cry from laughing so hard.