After battling with Bravo over money, Kathy Griffin has officially signed up for another season of My Life on the D-List, which started production today and will focus more on Kathy's contact with celebrities. "It's season 5. We start shooting [Wednesday]. Literally, it's our first day. I know, what am...
November 19th, 2008 | Posted in What Others Are Saying | Comments Off
Survivor's behind-the-scenes Life at Ponderosa series is back, and so far there are five web episodes, three following Marcus' eviction and two following Charlie's. In episode one, Marcus gets voted out, and the most fascinating part--besides the hooded robes they wear when being transported--is that he stays overnight at base...
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MTV is negotiating to acquire the former CW series Beauty and the Geek, but will change the format so that the beauties are "celebrities," emphasis on the scare quotes. "MTV wants a celebrity version of the show, where average geeks compete for semi-famous" women, according to the Hollywood Reporter, and...
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The second of Whale Wars' seven episodes aired Friday and its ratings increased significantly and performed better than any other recent show the network has aired that night. It was Animal Planet's "best performing Friday primetime telecast in five years," the network said in a press release. Episode two was...
November 19th, 2008 | Posted in What Others Are Saying | Comments Off
Survivor Gabon cast member Ace Gordon's Sunday arrest outside a bar was preceded by an altercation in the bar, but the bar owner says early reports that Ace struck a woman were incorrect. While the Collier County Sheriff's Office report cited Sway Lounge staff members who said Ace hit a...
November 18th, 2008 | Posted in What Others Are Saying | Comments Off
Isis King, the first transgendered contestant on America's Next Top Model, will get sex reassignment surgery thanks to Tyra Banks, who arranged for a doctor to provide it free of charge. That will happen on today's episode of syndicated Tyra Banks Show, which has already been taped. "This is not...
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Chris Harrison, the host of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, says he'd host a same-sex version of either show, although no one is talking about such a version yet. "If ABC and Mike Fleiss have created the show and signed off on it I'll be happy to host," he told...
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NBC has ordered a new competition series from American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance producers Nigel Lythgoe and Simon Fuller. Superstar Dancers of the World will air early next year and "pit the masters of various dance genres from eight countries against each other," according to the...
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Tonight, PBS' Independent Lens airs a documentary with a fascinating set-up and three unlikely stars: March Point is both about and by three Swinomish Tribe teenagers who landed in drug rehab, but were let out to make a documentary on the impact of oil refineries on their community. PBS says...
November 18th, 2008 | Posted in What Others Are Saying | Comments Off
Dancing With The Stars: Semi-Finals Week!
November 18th, 2008 | Posted in What Others Are Saying | Comments Off