Blog Posts by Peter Chakerian

  • Black Sheep’s “The Choice Is Yours” Inspires Timewarp, iTunes Buy And Road Tunes

    TV advertisers must hate shrewd commercial blockers like me.

    Like Mick Jagger, I don't care how white my shirts can be. With two toddlers less than 4 years old at home, those shirts are usually mottled with PB&J, mustard or sweet potato puree anyway.

    Translation: All I want to do is get through my shows with limited interruption because I never know when "Pride" and/or "Joy" might wake. This makes the DVR fast-forward remote button my best friend.

    That said, I'm not sure who is doing Kia Motors America's latest round of commercials. But you got me, people. Just not the way you might have hoped.

    Burning through a late-night NBA game one Thursday, my Sony Bravia and I have a double-take: a group of hoodie-cloaked hamsters have foregone the Hartz Habitrail for rapping and low-riding around the inner city in a Kia Soul and a toaster.

    OK, wait. What?

    Pause. Rewind. Play from point of the red "Hamstar" hood toss.

    Next thing I know, I've played this commercial five times--taking in

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  • NYers furious over photos taken through windows

    NEW YORK (AP) — In one photo, a woman is on all fours, presumably picking something up, her posterior pressed against a glass window. Another photo shows a couple in bathrobes, their feet touching beneath a table. And there is one of a man, in jeans and a T-shirt, lying on his side as he takes a nap.

  • Denmark's de Forest wins Eurovision song contest

    MALMO, Sweden (AP) — Denmark's Emmelie de Forest has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune "Only Teardrops," despite tough competition from spectacular stage shows by performers from Azerbaijan and Ukraine.

  • Dior presents cruise fashions amid stars in Monaco

    MONACO (AP) — The glittering star power of Cannes migrated up the coast to Monaco for front-row seats at Dior's colorful, sexy cruise fashion show.

  • Denmark favorite to win Eurovision Song Contest

    MALMO, Sweden (AP) — An ethno-inspired flute and drum tune from Denmark is the bookmakers' favorite to win this year's Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday, which also features a bizarre opera pop number from Romania and an Armenian rock song written by the guitarist of Black Sabbath.

  • Native American actress proud to walk Cannes red carpet

    By Belinda Goldsmith CANNES (Reuters) - Native American actress Misty Upham never dreamt she would be walking the red carpet at Cannes to showcase a film shot on her reservation. Upham features in "Jimmy P. Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian", focused on the relationship between World War Two veteran Jimmy Picard, a Native American Blackfoot, and Georges Devereux, his psychoanalyst. Upham said like Picard, played by Puerto Rican actor Benicio Del Toro, she is Blackfeet, the largest tribe in Montana state. ...

  • 'American Idol' finale draws record low ratings

    NEW YORK (AP) — Ratings for the "American Idol" finale plunged to a record low for the 12-year-old show.

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