Last night was Big Brother 10‘s double-eviction night, which always challenges the houseguests and the crew, particularly Julie Chen. These episodes always feel on the verge of falling apart, even more than the normal live shows. But there are just a few of those live shows left, as Julie Chen announced the season will end… continue reading
Archives for August 2008
Grizzly Man Diaries debuts tonight, features bear footage shot by Timothy Treadwell
Tonight, Animal Planet debuts Grizzly Man Diaries, which follows Timothy Treadwell, the man killed by the bears he lived among in Alaska. Back-to-back half-hour episodes air at 9 p.m. ET for four weeks as part of Animal Planet’s increasing focus on edgier but still animal-focused unscripted TV. Treadwell was the subject of Werner Herzog’s documentary… continue reading
Big Brother’s Joshuah quit working at Abercrombie because of his blond highlights
Big Brother 9 moron houseguest Joshuah Welch became so famous from his time on the show that he was working at Abercrombie & Fitch in Dallas, training to be a manager, at least until he quit because his bosses didn’t like his blond highlights. Joshuah told the Dallas Morning News that Abercrombie has “a hierarchy… continue reading
Kevin Covais stars in R-rated College, says he’d date Paula Abdul, doesn’t “have a whole lot of shame”
A few weeks ago, I saw Tropic Thunder, and perhaps the most shocking thing I saw that day in the theater was a drunk girl going down on American Idol 5‘s teenage finalist Kevin Covais. A friend turned to me and said, “Is that…?” “It can’t be,” I replied–but no, there was Kevin’s name in… continue reading
Keesha was topless in a horror movie
Keesha Smith, who’s currently a houseguest on Big Brother 10, once acted in a movie, The Fear Chamber, as her IMDB profile revealed. As it turns out, she was topless in that movie, and as B-Side Blog shares, there’s now a clip of Keesha in her starring role as Nancy, a woman who’s in the… continue reading
Shear Genius 2 won by Dee after her red eyes gave her win away
The second season of Shear Genius, which saw increased ratings, concluded last night, and Dee Adames won the $100,000 cash prize, plus other sponsored things. Annoying arrogant ass Charlie Price was the runner-up, while Nicole Obert, who’s more than a decade younger than the other two, came in third. That Dee won was obvious throughout… continue reading
America’s Got Talent renewed as injured man performs
NBC’s summer talent competition America’s Got Talent has unsurprisingly been renewed for a fourth season. The series “is the most-watched show of the summer and ranked third among programs in the adults 18 to 49 demographic,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. Meanwhile, on Tuesday’s episode, opera singer Donald Braswell joined the top 40 thanks to… continue reading
Dan was the most likable Survivor Gabon cast member, while Kelly, Matty were the most awful
After meeting and talking one-on-one with each of the Survivor Gabon cast members at pre-Ponderosa, the location where they stay and wait until the game starts, I decided to try to rank them based upon how they’d do in the game. Having watched every episode of every season of Survivor except the very first episode,… continue reading
Designer tells model to not breathe, sit down on another subdued Project Runway episode
If this season of Project Runway proves anything, it’s that it desperately needs a shake-up and makeover, especially because Bravo and its producers seem intent on ruining it. Last night’s episode was a good example of what’s wrong: It’s boring even when it shouldn’t be. There was high drama as a designer blamed a model… continue reading
Marcel Vigneron arrested for DUI
Top Chef 2 runner-up Marcel Vigneron was arrested and jailed for DUI early Saturday, but made bail and attended a scheduled appearance that night. Marcel “was initially stopped on suspicion of speeding” early “Saturday off of Pacific Coast Highway in Laguna Beach,” the Orange County Register reports, and “he was given a blood test when… continue reading
Ruben Studdard owes $171,920 in taxes
American Idol 2 winner Ruben Studdard owes the federal government $171,920 in taxes, and “also owes $21,730 in state income taxes,” The Birmingham Business Journal reports. Liens have been placed on his property by state and federal authorities as a result. The paper reports that his “unpaid taxes stem from 2003, the year he won… continue reading
Survivor Gabon cast revealed, includes an Olympian and an actor
The cast of Survivor Gabon was announced this morning, and it includes an Olympic gold medalist, a doctor, an actress/pin-up model, and a world champion gamer. Crystal Cox won a gold in relay during the 2004 Olympics, while Jessica “Sugar” Kiper has been on many TV shows. The 18 players include seven are from California… continue reading
Kara DioGuardi was a judge on The One and Paula Abdul’s roommate
Kara DioGuardi, the new and fourth judge on American Idol 8, previously appeared on a musical competition reality show as a judge, and her time on that show provides some insight about what kind of judge she’ll be. Pretty much no one remembered this, probably because she judged The One, the forgettable ABC musical competition… continue reading
Ollie freaks out after stupid Dan makes the “worst deal in Big Brother history”
The Big Brother 10 house has apparently eaten away all of Dan’s brain, because he’s quickly proven himself to be a dumbass. He basically alienated and pissed off everyone in the house, including his own alliance, following his moronic decision to let Ollie make nearly all of the HOH decisions for Dan. And after he… continue reading
Paula Abdul is “concerned” about new judge Kara DioGuardi, who says she’s “really honest”
New American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi joins Simon, Paula, and Randy today in New York, adding a permanent fourth judge for the first time in the show’s history. However, there was long-forgotten fourth judge Angie Martinez, who had never seen the show and quit after three auditions because she’s couldn’t deal with crushing the dreams… continue reading