The Celebrity Apprentice was promoted with several ads that made fun of the show for using charity as an excuse for reality TV drama. It was a clever way to acknowledge that, while charities really do benefit from the pretty incredible fundraising that happens on the show, the real entertainment comes from watching them attempt… continue reading

Donald Trump endorsed Mitt Romney yesterday, a brave, unexpected choice, considering how Romney just easily won Florida. The endorsement has already inspired an ad comparing Trump and Romney’s firings. Upon his endorsement, Trump said that people love to follow him, including viewers of The Apprentice, but in fact, the opposite is true. “I bring a… continue reading

This morning, NBC announced the cast of The Celebrity Apprentice 5, confirming what we’ve known since October, when the cast started filming challenges in New York City. Here’s how NBC describes the 18 participants, who look like they may make Donald Trump’s typical and annoying superlatives (“the best cast we’ve ever had”) come true, because… continue reading

The Apprentice star Donald Trump is moderating a Dec. 27 debate between some Republican candidates for president–Ron Paul and Jon Huntsman have opted to not participate–but says he may face off against the eventual nominee if he doesn’t like who that is. Trump said he did not run last time because the sacrifice was too… continue reading

The Celebrity Apprentice is now filming in New York City, and appears to be casting for extras who will watch the teams present and then vote on which team did the better job. An ad on OnSet Productions web site offered “$40-$50” cash for three and a half hours work today. Here’s how it described… continue reading

The cast of The Celebrity Apprentice started filming earlier this week, and yesterday, the cast hit the streets of New York to sell sandwiches and reveal who they are. The cast consists of American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken; IndyCar driver Marco Andretti; alleged comedian Adam Carolla; actor Tia Carrere; Incredible Hulk Lou Ferrigno; Debbie Gibson;… continue reading

With production of Celebrity Apprentice 5 starting next week, names of likely cast members are being reported. In addition to Cheryl Tiegs and Marc Andretti, two people who’ve been on other reality series have been confirmed as cast members: The Real Housewives of New Jersey‘s Teresa Guidice and Growing Up Gotti‘s Victoria Gotti, daughter of… continue reading

The Celebrity Apprentice stars production next week, and two cast members have been identified: model Cheryl Tiegs and Marco Andretti, the grandson of Mario Andretti. It also seems likely that Clay Aiken will be a cast member. EW’s Dalton Ross reports that the show “will begin filming next week,” and cites “an insider close to… continue reading

The Celebrity Apprentice has another likely contestant: The Real Housewives of New Jersey table-flipper Teresa Giudice. That’s according to a report in Life & Style, which quotes an unspecified “source who said, “Following in NeNe Leakes’ footsteps, Teresa is on the next season of the show.” Besides Teresa, it seems likely that Clay Aiken will… continue reading

American Idol alum Clay Aiken is filming a network television show this fall, and he most likely is joining the fifth season of NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice. Clay announced Thursday that an event that he was hosting and performing at had been rescheduled, citing “an unavoidable scheduling conflict with a network television show.” The original date… continue reading

Donald Trump will make $65 million a year over the next two years for his work on The Celebrity Apprentice, which is only part of the $160 million that NBC is paying the franchise’s other owner, Mark Burnett, for the show. If that’s accurate (Update: a statement below from NBC says that it is not),… continue reading