One of Shankman's movies will be filming outside my office tomorrow. Must try to see the Shankman.

There aren't as many acrobatics this time around, which I find interesting.

I think the crews that do that kind of thing (SuperCrew, for example) are amazing to watch, but there are times when it all starts to look like a gymnastics routine set to music more than dancing. Not that it doesn't take incredible physical strength and years of practice, but sometimes I find myself thinking it just looks like a lot of flipping and not so much with the choreography. But damn I enjoy watching them.

Well, any good will that Chiarello won from me last week he lost with that monstrous display of douche-dom. Though it WAS funny watching him and Spike have a douche-off.

Also, loving both Rick and Hubert. They seem to have a great attitude about the whole thing, and are keeping their heads in a good way. LOVED Hubert's dig at Spike, though. I'd forgotten just how much I loathed that guy and his Stupid. Fucking. Hat.

Blah blah blah Masters, but: FABIO!! Sweating like a goat at the beach! Or whatever.

I miss Fabio.

And anticipate missing Anita.

Top Chef: Masters

I love this show so much! I'm so glad they made them do the palate test, but I think it was a little mean to give them peanut butter, which would totally coat your mouth for anything next. But seriously, Rick, you didn't actually call hoisin sauce ranch, did you? Hee! I cannot believe that Hubert lost this. I kind of wish they'd done the Lee Anne version of this, with them having to name ingredients in a sauce. I would have liked to have seen how well the masters did with that.

Agree that Hubert & Rick seem to be the most mellow, and are therefore doing the best with the competition. It was really fun to watch them excel at doing their thing.

Definitely will miss Anita, but I agree that she could have rescued the raw bar if she'd been able to keep her cool. She could have seared the tuna, maybe, and done something with the scallops.

I thought Chiarello was getting the loser edit. But they said his dishes had their ups and downs, and they only talked about the downs. They must have talked about the ups, but we didn't hear it.

Although Anita's mistake was going raw, and the "you didn't cook" element has figured before. So who knows. But I'll miss her. And I can't believe she didn't get hoisin sauce either!

I just saw ABDC for the first time (because of what you've been saying about it here, actually!). Now, I don't know much, if anything, about hiphop dancing (or music), but I really liked a lot of those crews! (And the SYTYCD camera operators should be taking lessons from the camera crew here, btw.)

Favorites: We Are Heroes, Rhythm City, Southern Motion, and Vogue Evolution. That back lean that Heroes did was a-mayyyyy-zing!! Rhythm City was a terrific example of what I've always thought was hiphop, Southern Motion was really tight in their choreography and so together (I was surprised they ended up in the bottom 3), and Vogue Evolution was probably my fave of the night--just fabulous in every sense of the word.

I will definitely be tuning in on Sunday. I want to see if Southern Motion breaks away from the "hick-hop" and goes more towards what they did in the dance-off (very impressive). Can Vogue Evolution also go more traditional hiphop, or is vogueing their forte? And can Heroes and Rhythm City continue to impress?

Could I love Rick and Hubert more? No, I could not.

I was disappointed by all of them in the taste test though. Given the ingredients we did see, I can't believe 7 was the best. And to only get 5? Quelle honte!

I can totally see why Hubert won over Rick with the judges (as I think Rick won the highest with the crowd). As they said, this was right in Rick's comfort zone, while Hubert pushed himself (if only in the sheer number of dishes - seventeen?!??!?).

I did like that the two who most relied on their sous chefs won the highest marks. Although you know that Spike is fuming somewhere about how he didn't get credit from Hubert for the gazpacho (vs. how much credit Richard got from Rick for the ice cream). Ahhhhh, happy place.

The Anita/Jaime relationship cracked me up, too. "I had forgotten some things about her...."