Lipstick Jungle: March 2008 Archives

For the first 11 minutes of last night's season finale of "Lipstick Jungle," the character of Kirby (Robert Buckley) didn't have a shirt on. No wonder I love this show! Well, that's one of the reasons. The truth is, I love the three leads - Brooke Shields, Kim Raver and Lindsay Price - and their glamorous lives as a movie studio head, magazine editor and fashion designer, respectively.

Sadly, Nico's (Raver) steamy affair with Kirby hit a snag when her boring hubby had a heart attack and now she's freaked. I loved tonight's subplot which had Wendy (Shields) trying to get a reclusive old-school screenwriter to finish her script so they can begin a tight production schedule. The awesome thing about this was having the screenwriter played by the glorious Marsha Mason who I haven't seen much of since she did a buncha episodes of "Frasier" several years back as Martin's (John Mahoney) boisterous fiance who Frasier and Niles did not much like.

Marsha was a major movie star in the 70s and 80s - nominated for four Academy Awards - starring in such films as "The Goodbye Girl," "Only When I Laugh," "Cinderella Liberty," "Chapter Two" and "Max Dugan Returns."

It was great to see her again...

What I get from watching this interview is that if you are as goodlooking and buff as Robert Buckley, good things happen for you.

Duh.

This is a visit he had on an LA entertainment show when he was doing all those MyTV soap operas like "Fashion House." The season finale of "Lipstick Jungle" is tomorrow night b ut I reserve the right to post one more picture of Robert (shirtless, of course) just to remind you!
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A long day at the office trying to finish a series of newspaper columns meant I missed the screening of "Never Back Down" last night. But I got home just in time to catch "Lipstick Jungle" which will have its first season finale next week.

The previews look great as Nico's boring hubby has a heart attack while she is in bed with young stud Kirby! Kim Raver is a beautiful woman and terrific in this role but whenever there's a scene that calls for Kirby (Robert Buckley) to have his shirt off, I sorta forget about everyone else in the frame! What an absolute hottie and how smart of the show to have a shirtless scene almost every episode. They did get out of the bedroom last night though to go to Ireland on a business trip. Brooke Shields comes too - unexpectedly - and finds out about boytoy. The fight between she and Raver was so terrific because the harsh words were said - real bitchy stuff - but like the "Sex and the City" girls, you could see the deep hurt and pain they cause on both sides.

If I have one quibble it's the romance between Lindsey Price and Andrew McCarthy. It was fun at first, him flying her to Paris for dinner and all these grand gestures, but now he's coming off as too clueless and creepy. She moves in and he has waiting for her basically every pair of shoes, dress, nightgown etc. that a woman could want there waiting for her. It's a bit much. I like both actors a lot and hope they can be put on a more realstic path when the show returns. I know at least seven more episodes have been ordered and I hope they will be aired in the fall and not held for mid-season. Keep the buzz going NBC!

It's official: "Lipstick Jungle" has surpassed "Gossip Girl" as my favorite guilty pleasure.

I don't care what critics say, I love this show and I love Andrew McCarthy's character even more now that he's given up trying to do some kind of weird accent. Brooke Shields is good and Lindsay Price is lotsa fun but my real fave is Kim Raver and her sizzling hot storyline with hunky Robert Buckley. I mean, it is on!

Last night, things really got fun with Kirby not wearing a shirt in about 80 percent of his scenes.
Spectacular. I am hooked, pure and simple. Next week is another original episode - Thursday at 10 p.m. This is so much more fun than watching "ER."