LA Times writer Mary McNamara moved into the critic's chair, and all those years of writing nicely--maybe too nicely-- about the stars have fallen away. She roasts Bravo's reality series, Hey Paula, to perfection, and carves it up. She writes:

But what Abdul may think makes her look wacky in a lovable and artistically driven way instead creates a portrait of a tightly wound, isolated woman who clearly thinks she is a much better version of what she actually is.

McNamara's talents had been wasted on those celebrity profiles--as a critic, she's got claws and a fresh manicure.