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[Project Runway - You Can Totally Wear That Again]

Without the hindrance of ‘Models of the Runway’ we can have a challenge on ‘Project Runway’ that has nothing to do with the models.

This week Heidi announced that the contestants would have to transform a bridesmaid’s dress into something fashionable and hip, but not anything wedding related. Everyone was still reeling from the drama of last week, with Michael C. still wiping the truck tire marks off his face.

Since the contestants had to use most of the bridesmaid’s dress in their new dress, they were given only $50 and a maximum of two yards of fabric. Obviously, the loophole was that they could grab as much trim, feathers, buttons and zippers that they needed. Interestingly, most of the contestants picked the two yards of fabric. Christopher got tossed a wrench almost immediately when his client was changed; ironically, we don’t hear much from him the rest of the episode

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Did you know that Steve Buscemi once wanted to be a stand-up comic? It didn’t work out, so he had to fall back on the whole acting thing. But why didn’t it work out? Well, according to Steve, it’s all Paul Reiser’s fault.

Buscemi tells his sad tale on ‘The Tonight Show With Jay Leno’ (weeknights, 11:35PM ET on NBC). Back in the ’80s, Steve was trying to “make it” as a comic, and would show up at the Improv Comedy Club in New York City — along with other young comedians like Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David. These guys were picked to perform, but Steve never was … because the club manager didn’t like his act.

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[Big Brother 12 - 'Live Eviction #9, HoH #10] Another summer of ‘Big Brother’ is wrapping up as tonight’s show gets us down to the final four hamsters. Who would have thought that the final five would be the Brigade minus one, Britney and Ragan?

It’s time for all those remaining in the house to step up their game. In the Brigade, the guys have basically jumped in to win — once they were up against the ropes. Well, now they’re all up against the ropes and each one should be thinking of their own end game, not their friendships. That is, if they want to win the half-million.

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Well, according to the news, Chelsea Handler is single again. On Wednesday, she announced that she had broken up with her latest boyfriend — ‘Animal Planet’ host Dave Salmoni. Earlier this year, she dumped her previous boyfriend, Ted Harbert, CEO of the E! Network. (And yes, Chelsea certainly likes dating fellow TV people and/or her boss.)

But Ms. Handler is now 35 years-old — the age when many single women start to think about settling down. On the latest ‘Chelsea Lately’ (weeknights, 11PM ET on E!), she welcomes British singer Mel B, and the two of them discuss the whole dating issue. Mel is also 35 (but happily married), and she has some advice for Chelsea: Maybe consider dating black guys.

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… And the short answer to the question posed in the headline is: No. And that’s pretty sad. On the new ‘Extreme Cuisine’ (Thu., 8PM ET on Food Network), host Jeff Corwin travels to the United Kingdom to sample some of the local dishes. The food enjoyed by the natives there includes jellied eels, stuffed sheep’s stomach and saltwater snails. Gee, maybe this is the reason that some people aren’t that “into” British food.

The saltwater snails that Jeff hunts for are called “limpets,” and they aren’t that hard to track down. Mainly because they live on rocks, and almost never move — sometimes a limpet will stay on a single rock for its entire life. Removing the creature from its rock proves to be more problematic, though.

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Celine Dion and her family posed for the cover of Canada’s famous weekly magazine 7 Jours. I love it. In fact, this might be my favorite Celine Dion Joint since her epic Larry King appearance a few years ago. What do we love about it? Here are 7 things:

1. Celine Dion is a goddess — this I believe we can all agree on — and as yet more proof, she sat for a magazine cover photo with no makeup on. And given that she is 11 months pregnant, we think she looks pretty beautiful. You know… for her. (Ed. Note: She was given her vocal chords by the same person that molded Mozart’s brain, so who gives a sh*t what she looks like? Annnyway…)

2. Ah!! Is that her son, Rene-Charles??? He’s such a little man now!! Though we do miss his luscious locks (which could have easily been turned into a wig for her bald husband, Also Rene):

3. …And then he could keep it knot-free using a “Comblée,” which we will forever assume is French for “comb” without Googling.

4. Why hello there, Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge. Cool leather necklace! Wait, is Thivierge the French word for “anonymous sex”? Because, in that case, I would probably Thivierge him.

DOG FACE CLOSE-UP AHEAD.

5. Even 13 years after her death, Canadians are still trying to figure out if Princess Diana was assassinated or not. Next week:

6. SO PREGGERS! Another Little Dion in this world is more than OK with us. We want her to have a litter of children, as the odds of one of them being a MANIACAL MUSICAL GENIUS would greatly increase.

7. DOG FACE. This is our favorite thing about the cover, actually. Close up!

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You know how we all love dates? Not awkward romantic dates, but calendar dates wherein the actual numbers are signifcant? Like, remember when it was 12:34 and 56 seconds on July 8, 2009? That was something, right? Or maybe it wasn’t.  It’s stupid either way. A bit more interesting was the Back To The Future date hoax. Basically, we love when dates are something to be noted. Because what the eff else would we Twitter about? Today is no exception. It’s probably the most notable date…of note in a while. Because it’s everyone’s favorite 90′s teen soap opera day: 9/02/10. In honor of this day and those who begat him, Josh Schwartz twittered this:

Cute. Hey, do you ever just wonder what Ian Ziering is doing right now??

Via NY Mag

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Splash News Online has some sneaky photos of some of our most beloved Mad Men cast members shooting an upcoming episode of the series.

Because we are ladies like that, we won’t give away any spoilers before the jump. Although, to be fair, there really aren’t ANY spoilers… just things… that are strange… and make very little sense.

OK! First up, we’ve got Hamm being dressed by a Cesar Milan lookalike:

I think we can all agree Miss Blankenship did it better:

PS Wait, did Cesar Millan join the cast? I smell Sal love interest!

So what can we figure out from these photos? Well 1:

Sally and Bobby go to the pool wearing full knit jumpers. Sticking their hands in the pool is the most childlike happiness they’ve experienced in the past three years.

2: The pretty secretary with the teeth, Maggie Siff, is there. And we think she may have had Don’s illegitimate baby? (Update: A commenter writes that this is not, in fact, Maggie Siff — who was actually Rachel Menkin. We still, however, think it’s weird-toothed secretary… The jury is out.)

Maggie, SUPPORT THE HEAD!

But, in all seriousness, why is she there? Is she Don’s new girlf? CAN THIS MAN NOT NOT PUT HIS PENIS INTO SOMETHING?

Of course not, can you blame him? LOOK. AT. HIM.

Leave your best guesses as to what’s happening in the comments. Are the in California for you know who’s secret cancer funeral? We hope not.

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Zoolander jokes, am I right? But seriously. In the film Zoolander the fashion line Derelicte, as conceived of by Will Ferrell’s Mugatu, is homeless person style. And, behold: A homeless Gaga. If homeless people sculpted their hair into Statue of Liberty points, burned paper, had shopping carts and collected Marc Jacobs’-yep. That’s basically the perfect description of a homeless person in NYC. Check, check, check, check. The fashion industry, as ever, is a parody of itself. Congrats!

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Well aren’t I glad I dragged myself into the office today after about seventeen weeks of working from home. (Thank you Dan Hopper for leaving so that I may sit at your desk, go through your things, rearrange your computer files, frame you for international espionage). Otherwise, I would have never ridden the elevator and caught the elevator news. We have elevator news here at Viacom. It’s pretty 21st century. And on the elevator news it said that Ferrari has recalled the 458 Italia model SUPERCAR because they’ve been EXPLODING. That is so effing metal! I bet it’s not a design flaw, it’s just that there’s a self-destruct button built in and all the people who drive the SUPERCARS realize that they’d rather die with their secrets than be caught by Interpol. I assume all these explosions took place while speeding through the Swiss Alps en route to Monte Carlo (does one get to Monte Carlo via the Swiss Alps?). I really hope Paul Walker wasn’t hurt. What’s that? You want to watch Paul Walker’s blooper reel from Fast & Furious? Me too!

Wow, I really hope you didn’t watch all of that. I’m sorry, I owe you a coke.

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