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With the official announcement of The Celebrity Apprentice’s cast apparently coming tomorrow, there’s news of a high-profile addition to the show: Tyra Banks, who won’t be a contestant, but instead will serve as Arnold Schwarzenegger’s adviser, in the George/Carolyn/Ivanka/Donald Jr. role.

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NBC executives were challenged this morning on their relationship with Donald Trump, who they publicly dumped last summer. Things did not go well.

If NBC was looking for a no-nonsense man who excels at barking down perceived stupidity to host The Apprentice, it should have looked no further than its reality TV executive, Paul Telegdy. This morning at the Television Critics Press tour, he Trump-ily responded to a question about NBC’s perceived hypocrisy over its firing Trump and then hiring him to host SNL, among other appearances.

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Terminator star and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will replace Donald Trump as host of NBC’s The Celebrity Apprentice. He will bring a “fresh take” to the series. In a press release, NBC reality executive Paul Telegdy called Arnold “the epitome of a global brand in entertainment and business” and said that “Arnold’s personal passion …

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