Idolator: great moments in awkwardness

"Lily Allen And Friends" Still Not Forming Many Bonds With Viewers

Maura Johnston — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:00:08 EST

In case you were wondering just how much of a disaster Lily Allen's ratings nightmare of a TV chat show is, someone's gone and put the most recent episode on YouTube. Part one is above; Lily is in totally wooden mode when she's forced to read the teleprompter, which only serves to make her flirting with Martin Freeman even more awkward. Plus: there's footage animals doing it with Perez Hilton-style scrawl over them, Chris Crocker takes the "Internet celebrity" role that Tay Zonday had in episode one, and there's found YouTubage of some woman who can "make her butt clap." Poor Martin, looking absolutely mortified while trying to explain to Lily the Web 1.0 definition of "friend." I want to give him a cookie. [YouTube via The Daily Swarm]

The Plain White T's Muse Speaks: What She Really Wants To Do Is Run

Maura Johnston — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:15:56 EST

This morning, Today sat down for a chat with Delilah DiCrescenzo, the young Olympic hopeful who inspired the Plain White T's "Hey There Delilah" and who'll be attending the Grammys next month as lead singer Tom Higginson's date. Even though she has a boyfriend! Who, she claims in her delay-plagued chat with Meredith Vieira and Matt Lauer, is actually completely fine with her going on said date, although one wonders how much he was gritting his teeth when he reiterated that fact. DiCrescenzo is, bless her heart, saying that her Grammy appearance will be a good opportunity for her to humanize track and field before this summer's Olympics in Beijing, although one does wonder if her definition of "humanize" means, in part, "getting a sweet correspondent's gig if the whole running thing doesn't work out come Olympic Trials time."

Toby Keith Does Not Want To Discuss Natalie Maines' Hotness

mjohnston — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:53:14 EDT

Last night, professional patriot Toby Keith appeared on The Colbert Report; the whole interview was cringe-inducing, with the hulking Keith seemingly trying to hide underneath his baseball cap the whole time. At least he got Colbert to switch topics from Natalie Maines' comeliness to his new album—or, at the very least, the shilling for Ford that takes up the last page of the liner notes. (Honestly, if Keith was in on this game, he should pair up with Colbert and create one of those comedies-of-awkwardness that are probably going to be rushed into development now that the US version of The Office has been so successful.)

The Colbert Report [Comedy Central]