No more dinette sets or speedboats for TV game show “The Price is Right.” Now they’re featuring lots of American Apparel clothing for bidding games. How much would you bid on the selection? (We were pretty surprised to see how far-off our imaginary guess was.) Anyhow, we don’t know which to lament more—the downfall of American Apparel or of “The Price is Right.” We miss the days of Bob and Winnebago trailers. [YouTube] Keep reading »
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No More Dinette Sets, “The Price Is Right” Now Features American Apparel
No more dinette sets or speedboats for TV game show “The Price is Right.” Now they’re featuring lots of American Apparel clothing for bidding games. How much would you bid on the selection? (We were pretty surprised to see how far-off our imaginary guess was.) Anyhow, we don’t know which to lament more—the downfall of American Apparel or of “The Price is Right.” We miss the days of Bob and Winnebago trailers. [YouTube] Keep reading »
Starz Cancels “Party Down”!?!? WTF?
I can accept that everything I love will die eventually. But I refuse to accept that Starz has canceled “Party Down.” I’ve been obsessed with the show from its inception—the series follows cater waiters who are all struggling to catch their big break in Hollywood. It was an exceptionally well-written show with one of the best casts on television. I want to blame vampires and reality TV, but I think in the case of “Party Down,” it was either the fact that all the actors got poached for other shows, that advertisers just weren’t going for it, or the fact that no one I know pays for Starz. Maybe all of the above. Keep reading »
“ANTM” Cycle 15 Winner Gets Vogue Italia Photoshoot
The winner of next season’s “America’s Next Top Model” can look forward to the standard prizes — a contract with a major modeling agency, up close and personal views of Miss Jay’s legs — but also an Italian Vogue cover. “ANTM” followers will know that the standard editorial prize offering is a shoot with Seventeen and the switch to Vogue is a major upgrade. Don’t get us wrong, Seventeen is a decent magazine, but it’s no Vogue Italia. Where Seventeen features models trying to make it, Vogue is more or less for the ones who’ve already arrived. Given that “ANTM” has always claimed to be a career-maker but generally had limited success in actually launching a successful career, this seems like a step towards making good on the promise of being a real supermodel machine. [NY Post] Keep reading »
Oh, How I’ve Missed Ye, “Dawson’s Creek”
When “Dawson’s Creek” first aired, I was in 7th grade and was caught in a blissful lust-cloud of my first “relationship.” Gregory Ware* was the self-appointed Dawson of Pine Cobble School, not because he was so arty or into film, but mainly because he had blond hair kind of like Dawson’s, dressed like him (oh, how I don’t miss the days of baggy khakis and unbuttoned plaid shirts), and was the most attractive guy in our class. (However, it’s not like he had a ton of competition, considering the average class size at our teeny private school in Western Massachusetts numbered 20 or so.) If Greg was Dawson, then I took after Jen, because, well, I was a blonde. But I’d also become the school’s new girl, an import from New York City. At the time I transferred to Pine Cobble, Greg was “going out” with Haley, the Joey figure; the two had been friends for a while and lived close by. Although Haley and I became part of the same group of friends, we maintained a competitive relationship for years.
Just as quickly as partners swapped on the show, so too did hand-holding change at Pine Cobble. Keep reading »
Justin Timberlake Wants To Be Your “Friends With Benefits”
Usually, this story would just be about Justin Timberlake landing a role in a new film called “Friends With Benefits.” But there is a bigger issue here, other than questioning whether JT can successfully act in something that isn’t “Saturday Night Live.” See, Justin’s “Friends With Benefits” is just one of three projects currently in the works with the same title. You’d think this title would’ve been used already, since the term has bopped around our lexicon for years, but it hasn’t. It looks like the entertainment world can use a little help deciding whom to bestow the coveted title to. Read on and decide who you think deserves the prize. [Deadline] Keep reading »
10 Shows Kate Gosselin Should Try Out For After She Gets Kicked Off “DWTS”
I don’t think anyone has failed as monumentally as Kate Gosselin has on “Dancing With the Stars.” Her co-stars call her a diva, the judges tell her she sucks, and her partner got so frustrated in rehearsal that he ran out on her. Kate threatened to quit the show but it looks like her team probably won’t make it to the next round. This gig’s days are numbered, and if we know anything about Kate it’s that she’s already plotting her next move. Since we’re super helpful, we thought we’d round up 10 shows that Kate should try out for next! Keep reading »
Iran Bans Makeup On Female TV Hosts
Though millions of Iranian women wear makeup daily, the state television channel has officially banned its use by female presenters. In a perplexing effort to explain the decision, the station’s top manager told The Washington Post that, technically, it’s illegal. We get that things like makeup and overly sexy mannequins are big “issues” in Iran, but give a girl a break. Intense TV lighting and multi-angle shots don’t exactly make it easy to look good. Keep reading »
