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So they took place tonight. Not that I particularly care, but Kanye has another manufactured “George Bush hates black people” moment, only this time he goes Joe Wilson (in keeping with the jangly political metaphor) and interrupts Taylor Swifts acceptance speech. Ahhhhhh, fake controversy to get people to talk about your lousy, meaningless awards show. Damn you MTV, damn you to hell.

Nicole Harwood of the NY Post takes The Food Network to task for straying from what made it great in the first place.

Not so long ago, cooking shows were stacked back-to-back all day and all night long.

You could follow “Molto Mario” right into “Barefoot Contessa,” add a dash of “30 Minute Meals” and wrap it all up in the evening with a festive episode of “Emeril Live.”

No more.

The Food Network, in keeping up with the rest of the TV world, has switched a good chunk of its primetime programming from its bread-and-butter, “cook it yourself” programming to flashy competition shows like “Iron Chef America,” “The Food Network Challenge,” and “Throwdown with Bobby Flay,” not to mention reality shows like “Ace of Cakes.”

This is a cautionary tale indeed for the Food Network, whose empire has progressed from TV to a popular Web site (foodtv.com) and even a magazine.

By sticking the traditional cooking shows on the back burner in favor of food-prep competition shows like “Chopped,” the network is risking its soul.

Harwood goes on to compare the change at Food Network to the programming changes MTV made in the early 90s when it stopped showing music videos in favor of reality programming.  The difference, however, is that you can only watch so many standard cooking shows before it becomes repetitive.  Food Network is at least keeping with programming about food.  MTV made the mistake of forgetting that it was supposed to be a channel devoted to music.

You know, I’m a bit ashamed to admit that I’ve never seen Rocky Horror Picture Show. It’s the granddaddy of them all, the midnight showing cult movie that people still go out out to see and get dressed up for.

According to Variety, MTV is remaking the 1975 movie with  “the original screenplay by Jim Sharman and Richard O’Brien but may also include music not featured in the original.”

Producers are aiming to start soon and have the movie in theaters for Halloween next year, but as of right now there is no cast, no director and no new music.

The original movie, starring Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Meatloaf and Barry Bostwick has grossed about $140 million dollars over the years due to those midnight screenings.

And though I’ve never seen the original this sounds like a disaster.  Who are you making this movie for?  The people who’ve never seen it like me?  No thanks I’d rather see the original.  Are you remaking it for the people who dress up and go to the midnight shows?  Again, I doubt they are gonna wanna see a remake, I’m sure they’re just fine with the original.  A newer, younger generation?  High school or college kids?  I suppose, but ultimately how do you sell them on a musical horror parody about a couple that breaks down and finds refuge at the castle of a sweet transvestite named Dr. Frank-N-Furter from Transexual, Transylvania?

The answer is you don’t.  This is the film that has been in theatrical release longer than any film in the history of the business.  Though I haven’t seen the movie this just has disaster written all over it.

Mp3: The Rocky Horror Picture Show – “Time Warp”