Articles by: Kasey

Calling All ‘The Amazing Race’ Fans! Questions Please!

Calling All ‘The Amazing Race’ Fans! Questions Please!

by / on May 3, 2012, 10:04 am

Next week, the Yak will get to chat it up with all the four remaining teams from The Amazing Race 20 and we want your questions! The four teams (one of which will be crowned the winner and have one [...]

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Tech Tuesday: Comcast, Fox and Hulu

Tech Tuesday: Comcast, Fox and Hulu

by / on May 1, 2012, 2:36 pm

You know I have been one of the biggest cheerleaders of cutting the cable cord. It’s difficult with the networks and big cable companies trying very hard to thwart any progress in that area, rather than coming up with ways [...]

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ABC’s Glass House, Now Casting

ABC’s Glass House, Now Casting

by / on May 1, 2012, 12:54 pm

Did you try out for Big Brother and get no answer? Did you always want to be on a show like Big Brother? Well, ABC is giving you that chance, kinda. Instead of Big Brother, why not try out for [...]

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Dick Clark, American Bandstand, Dies at 82.

Dick Clark, American Bandstand, Dies at 82.

by / on April 18, 2012, 1:05 pm

Dick Clark, “America’s Oldest Teenager”,  the music industry maverick, longtime TV host and powerhouse producer who changed the way we listened to pop music with “American Bandstand,” and whose trademark “Rockin’ Eve” became a fixture of New Year’s celebrations, died [...]

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Upcoming Movie ‘Bully’ Gets “R” Rating

Upcoming Movie ‘Bully’ Gets “R” Rating

by / on March 8, 2012, 1:48 pm

As you already know, the Yak is very anti-bully, working with many different reality stars and the online community at large to help bring awareness to the problem of bullying and help to seek out ways to end it. As [...]

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Whitney Houston, Dead at 48

Whitney Houston, Dead at 48

by / on February 11, 2012, 6:17 pm

As you have probably learned already, the great Whitney Houston has died. Whitney has had a notorious drug problem and a tumultuous relationship with her ex-husband, Bobby Brown. Her death, for most of us, was not unexpected, but it’s still [...]

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Choices, Coming to a TV Near You

Choices, Coming to a TV Near You

by / on February 8, 2012, 9:49 am

Netflix has made some terrible mistakes in the past year. First it was the idea to separate the DVD service from the streaming (with a huge price hike), then the announcement they will be splitting out the DVD and streaming companies all together, then changing their [...]

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Shake Up at the X-Factor

Shake Up at the X-Factor

by / on January 31, 2012, 11:17 am

As you may have already heard, there has been a huge shake up at the already shaky X-Factor. First we heard about host Steve Jones not coming back. Apparently, he was let go after a dismal season as he tweeted [...]

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SOPA Strike, Coming to an Internet Near You

SOPA Strike, Coming to an Internet Near You

by / on January 17, 2012, 3:38 pm

The Yak may be a small site, but we too are very much in agreement with the damage that the bills currently running through the Senate and House can do to the Internet and free speech. We are an Entertainment [...]

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Netflix: N8107-154-5006 Back to One Stream at a Time

Netflix: N8107-154-5006 Back to One Stream at a Time

by / on December 28, 2011, 9:28 pm

You may remember back in September, many Netflix members were complaining about a new error code they were receiving, N8107-154-5006, which apparently is the error code for too many streams running at a time. (Which for subscribers of the “unlimited” [...]

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