Batson's Blog

Another season of TV shows is just starting. In fact, tonight is the season premiere of White Collar on the USA Network . I can’t personally attest to the quality of the show since I’ve only seen a few episodes of it. However, the fact that the show is on its fifth season says something. The couple of times I did watch, I watched for one reason: Tiffani Thiessen . She, among a few others, is the topic for my blog today. At this point she has got to be considered one of Hollywood’s most sustainable stars. Thiessen’s first major success was as Kelly Kapowski on Saved By The Bell . That show is still on reruns in syndication (the same can’t be said for Saved By The Bell: The New Class ). After SBTB , Thiessen went on to 90210 , keeping things interesting as the vampy Valerie Malone after Shannen Doherty’s departure from the show left a possibility of boredom on the Beverly Hills-themed drama. Thiessen floundered a bit after her run on 90210. Shows like Fastlane , Good Mor...

As you start off the New Year, why not do it with some humor and entertainment sent straight to your Twitter feed? I’m not one of those who has Twitter updates sent to my phone, so unless I’m at work, at my desk (yep, I use Twitter for work purposes all the time), I’m not inundated with updates. I work in news media, so I get all the updates from the Associated Press, CNN, Fox News, and the local police. There’s some light-hearted tweets as well, but a lot of what I see is about vehicle accidents, fatalities and criminal investigations. When I am on Twitter, I like a little variety. A little bit of entertainment to be sprinkled in with the death and destruction. Here are 12 celebrities I follow that usually provide me with a laugh, if not a break from the hard news: 12. Barbara Eden ( @Barbara_Eden ) Jeannie is on Twitter. Doesn’t get much better. Watching Barbara Eden in her revealing pink outfit on “I Dream of Jeannie” re-runs was something I did a lot of. Now, you’...