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Chrissie Hynde: Whatever your feelings were about the Pretenders’ country-dusted 2008 album, “Break Up the Concrete,” the power of this frontwoman cannot be denied. Have you seen her lately? We caught a Pretenders performance on HDNet last weekend, and seriously, the woman sounds like not a day has passed since 1984. Can someone check her closet to see if there’s a photo of her aging?

Vin Diesel: Just look at that name -- simply reading it makes you tougher. We didn’t realize how much we missed a good monosyllabic action hero until the third sequel to “The Fast and the Furious” hit theaters. And did you know Vin provided the guttural voice for the title character in “The Iron Giant”? As long as he steers clear of roles requiring actual human emotion, this man could be our governor one day.

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Lady Gaga: Forgive us for running a bit behind here, but we’re haunted to this day by what we witnessed from the dance music star du jour on “American Idol.” What’s with the violin? Are we sure that wasn’t Christina Aguilera? And why doesn’t this woman wear pants? We give her props for the clearly insane sewing work that goes into her stage outfits, but we’ll be glad when this Euro-tinged electro-pop storm passes.

‘Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern’: We almost feel guilty knocking this show, as this chef/digestive adventurer is clearly as eager to please as he is to eat unmentionables, but Zimmern’s nerdy energy and foodie-baiting oohs and ahhs just aren’t as fresh as its Travel Channel cousin “No Reservations.” Call us cynics, but if all we wanted was sightseeing enthusiasm, we’d turn to Huell Howser. Bring back our Anthony Bourdain.