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‘Beautiful’ Bodies, Er, ‘Life’
August 21st, 2009
Watch out Vanessa Hudgens, one of your “High School Musical” classmates is stealing your nude pic spotlight!
The CW just released these promo photos for Ashton Kutcher’s upcoming series, “The Beautiful Life,” which also stars “OC” alum Mischa Barton as the lead supermodel in the fashion series.
Below, Corbin Bleu gets naked for the photos, which were Twittered by Kutcher. See how “Beautiful” co-stars Sara Paxton, Ben Hollingsworth and Ashley Madekwe are after the jump.
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Cast Talks ‘Guiding Light’ at Wrap Party
August 21st, 2009
Running from 1937 on radio and hitting TV in 1952, “GL” is the only show to live long enough to have multigenerational characters and viewers, and only 200 fans were lucky enough to score tickets. The rest packed into a room and wept via closed circuit.
When asked about his least favorite story line, Michael O’Leary (Dr. Rick Bauer for 26 years) joked with real-life best pal Aleksander about a time long ago Rick was to give Phillip a stuffed lamb to remember him by since he was leaving town. Written into the script was a scene where Rick would throw the stuffed lamb at the wall in frustration that his best friend was leaving him, fall to the ground on his knees crying, and then proceed to surgically sew up the lamb (He is a doctor, after all.) “I was like, ‘Seriously, what’s with the lamb?’” he said. Laughing hysterically and patting his leg, Aleksander replied, “Reginald! The lamb! I wish he were here now!”
“And then there were the men,” chuckled Aleksander.
Reality TV Tryouts: ‘Design Star’
August 18th, 2009
How to get your 15 seconds of fame.
MONDAY
“Amazing Race”
Here’s your first leg of the race around the world: the casting call in Wollman Rink.
When: Aug. 24, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Where: Victorian Gardens Amusement Park (a.k.a. Wollman Rink) in Central Park
For more info: Go to cbs.com.
“Design Star”
Do your star ambitions run toward showing your audience how to make over their bathroom? Then season 5 of HGTV’s “American Idol” for designers is for you.
For more info: Take your paint chips to hgtv.com.
Deadline: Oct. 30
“Living Like Carried Bradshaw”
BBC Worldwide wants New York women who are using the bill-paying money to buy shoes. They’re offering financial advice to control spending without losing your lifestyle.
For more info: Check out realitywanted.com.
ATL ‘Wives’ Takin’ It to the Streets
August 14th, 2009
File this under Best Clip of the Week…
When “The Real Housewives of Atlanta’s” Kim, Sheree and NeNe meet for dinner with intentions to patch up their deteriorating friendships, the sit-down does not play out exactly as planned.
Fast forward to Kim and Sheree hurling obscenities at each other on the streets of Atlanta, where Sheree makes a daring move — toward the wig on top of Kim’s head.
“I felt the need to tug on her wig,” explains a very calm Sheree after the fact. “I did not try to pull it off, I did not want to pull it off, I just wanted to shift it a little bit.”
Omarosa Entering a Seminary
August 14th, 2009
Reality TV villain Omarosa, who came to fruition on the first season of “The Apprentice,” is entering a seminary to study for the ministry.
Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth is scheduled to begin her studies Monday at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio where she will spend close to two years pursuing a doctor of ministry degree.
The school’s associate dean Ivan Hicks believes that the Youngstown, Ohio, native’s dichotomy between good and bad will make her more relatable and, in turn, help her as a minister, according to the Associated Press.
Sounds like the basis for a reality show, if you ask us. What do you think?
Reality TV Casting: ‘What Not to Wear’
August 14th, 2009
TLC is launching a search for the worst-dressed woman in America.
It’s tied into the network’s “What Not to Wear,” which is celebrating its 250th episode with hosts Stacy London and Clinton Kelly.
To nominate that certain someone, go to tlc.discovery.com for details.
Drama Mama: Why aren’t you ‘Mad’?
August 14th, 2009
“Mad Men” (Sunday, 10 p.m., AMC)
Everybody’s been telling you to watch it. So what’s been keeping you? It can’t be the impeccable ’60s period details, the drop-dead beauty of cast members like Jon Hamm and Christina Hendricks, or the decadent delight in recalling when everyone smoked and drank at the office. No, it’s probably the storytelling, which you’ve heard is slow-paced and contemplative, more complex than your average done-in-one crime drama. Well, let Mama put it in perspective. You remember the awesome episode that kicked off the final season of “The Sopranos,” when a friendly game at the cabin suddenly turned into a blood battle between Tony and Bobby, with Carmela and Janice looking on? Well, one of the guys who wrote that? Wrote this. Watch it. Your vegetables never tasted so good.
Would Paula Abdul Look This Posh?
August 14th, 2009
Victoria Beckham dresses to impress “American Idol” wannabes and fans outside a hotel in Denver, CO where the former Spice Girl will guest judge the first-round of auditions in the vacant seat left by longtime judge Paula Abdul.
Kourtney Kardashian Reveals Baby Daddy
August 14th, 2009
Kourtney Kardashian is pregnant and on-again boyfriend Scott Disick is the father.
The fact that Kourtney’s eggo is preggo comes as perplexing news to those who have been “Keeping Up With the Kardashians,” as the oldest of the Kardashian girls broke up with Disick last year on the show.
But the 30-year-old reality star said she and Disick are “really happy” being together again on this morning’s “Today Show.”
We wonder how her December due date will effect the future of her and younger sister Khloe’s upcoming spinoff series, “Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami,” which premieres this Sunday at 10 p.m. on E!
Kate to Regis: My Marriage to Jon is Over
August 14th, 2009
Kate Gosselin, who looked fresh-faced and sounded somber, slammed the door shut on her marriage with Jon on “Live With Regis and Kelly.”
After taking some of her own shots at the paparazzi, Kate took a few deep breaths and answered co-host Regis Philbin’s pressing questions about “Jon & Kate Plus 8″ and her and Jon.
“I think the separation is gonna come to an end and I think he’s gonna come back and he’s gonna say, ‘Please, marry me again,’ and I think you’re gonna live happily ever after,” says Philbin. “What do you think of that?”
“Wow,” Gosselin politely responded before assuring the new “8″ watcher, “I can’t say that I think you’re right, at all.”
“Anything that you see has been very much filtered… what you see is what I want my kids to see,” she said before disagreeing once again with Philbin, who believed that if the show went away so would the marital problems.