Celebrity Apprentice winner and Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? star Joan Rivers has died at age 81. Her daughter and fellow Apprentice reality star Melissa Rivers announced her death today, saying that “She passed peacefully at 1:17pm surrounded by family and close friends.” Her death comes one week after Joan stopped breathing and suffered… continue reading
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Jillian Michaels calls her GoDaddy ad “tragic”; Joan Rivers says it’s her body
Departing The Biggest Loser trainer Jillian Michaels appeared in ads for GoDaddy that aired during the Super Bowl last night, as did Celebrity Apprentice winner Joan Rivers. Like most of the company’s ads that objectify women for absolutely no reason at all except to be edgy and drive traffic to its web site, the ads… continue reading
Joan Rivers claims Paul Newman was going to be on Celebrity Apprentice
Celebrity Apprentice 2 winner and Donald Trump BFF Joan Rivers claims in a new documentary that she signed on for the show only because Paul Newman was going to participate, too, although he died a month before production began. In Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work, she says she signed on “because NBC assured her… continue reading
Little People’s FCC complaint says Celebrity Apprentice’s “midget” commercial was “highly offensive and obscene”
The Little People of America are encouraging members to file complaints with the FCC over the “highly offensive and obscene” usage of the word “midget” during an episode of The Celebrity Apprentice 2 that aired in April. The organization plans to “use this to our advantage and notify and send a message to other broadcasting… continue reading
Party planner calls Joan Rivers “a monster” and “unprofessional”
The party planner who quit Celebrity Apprentice 2 and caused its finale’s greatest conflict says Joan Rivers is an “unprofessional” “monster,” but also blames her focus on product placement over charity, and the producers’ rules that prevented him from offering creative input. First, on his web site, David Tutera posted a statement that said, in… continue reading
Celebrity Apprentice 2, Amazing Race 14 finales both down from previous seasons
Despite two exceptionally compelling seasons and strong season finales, both The Amazing Race 14 and The Celebrity Apprentice 2 had fewer viewers for their finales than they did in previous seasons. Victor and Tammy’s race win was watched by 10.43 million people, which made it the number-one show at 8 p.m. CBS said in a… continue reading
Joan Rivers wins Celebrity Apprentice 2 after being outraised by Annie Duke
At the end of The Celebrity Apprentice 2, an Oompa Loompa–I mean, an oddly bright orange Donald Trump–chose Joan Rivers as this season’s winner, giving her charity, Gods Love We Deliver, an additional $250,000. Trump’s rationale for choosing Joan over Annie Duke was very after-school special, because when he “hired” Joan, emphasis on the scare… continue reading
Joan Rivers and Annie Duke will face off in “biggest blood feud on TV”
The Celebrity Apprentice 2 will conclude next Sunday with a three-hour finale and the epic showdown that’s been brewing all season: Joan Rivers versus Annie Duke. Donald Trump’s decision to fire Brande Roderick and Jesse James–which came after Piers Morgan interviewed everyone and offered his advice–actually made sense: Although I’d hoped Jesse James would make… continue reading
Melissa Rivers in post-firing interview: “I’m walking away with my pride”
During her spectacular post-firing blow up, Melissa Rivers stormed out and yelled at a producer, “David, you’re not getting an interview. Lying motherfuckers.” But guess what Melissa did after being fired? She gave an interview! And guess how much better it makes her look? Not much! “I wanted to take part in Celebrity Apprentice for… continue reading
Melissa and Joan Rivers have apoplectic response to Melissa’s firing
The Celebrity Apprentice 2 expanded its episodes to two hours this season, but last night it needed a third hour just to give us more of the awesomeness that came after the firing of Melissa Rivers. The firing should have been the biggest surprise, since Joan Rivers told Howard Stern that Melissa made it to… continue reading
Celebrity Apprentice ratings rebound then slip; Trump says regular, celeb editions may air together
Despite airing its best and most insane episode yet, The Celebrity Apprentice 2 lost 1.6 million viewers Sunday night, after rebounding in the ratings last week. It averaged 7 million viewers airing against the Academy of Country Music Awards, Variety reports. It was also “down 15% in the 18-49 demo from last week,” TV By… continue reading
Clint Black masturbates with laundry detergent, Khloe Kardashian punished for DUI on crazy Apprentice
Holy shit, what an episode of The Celebrity Apprentice 2: Clint Black pretended to masturbate with All laundry detergent and pissed off Joan Rivers so much she’ll throw away his CDs; Donald Trump ripped Khloe Kardashian for her DUI and fired her, saying she’d never have been on the show if he’d known about it… continue reading
Dennis Rodman intervention, firing ends with AA promo as Celebrity Apprentice gets even better
The Celebrity Apprentice, which is now airing its second season, is easily the best celebrity reality show on the air because its format and tasks allow us to really see celebrities for who they really are. That they tend to be even more type-A than the contestants in the non-celebrity version makes the show work,… continue reading
Celebrity Apprentice drama up, ratings down
The return of Celebrity Apprentice last night was a much better TV show than the first celebrity episode last year, but not as many viewers tuned in. In its first half hour, according to TV By the Numbers, 8.243 million tuned in, while 9.028 watched the last half-hour; overall, it averaged 8.81 million viewers. That’s… continue reading
Celebrity Apprentice 2 debuts Sunday
NBC brings back The Celebrity Apprentice for its second season on Sunday night, with a two-hour premiere that starts at 9 p.m. ET. Its cast of 16 quasi-celebrities includes Joan and Melissa Rivers, Herschel Walker, Dennis Rodman, Tom Green, Annie Duke, and Clint Black, and Joan Rivers already spoiled the end of the season by… continue reading