Question: I was such a die-hard fan of Project Runway until the episode when they kicked off Alison instead of Vincent. To make decisions based on drama (Vincent and Angela) and not on talent (Alison and Michael) just turned me off. I find Tim Gunn's explanation of kicking Keith off for having pattern books a joke now. There is no integrity on that show when they send away someone who has far more talent than that boy. I can already foresee kooky Vincent making it to the final three because they need another Wendy Pepper or Santino Rice to become the talentless underdog who causes drama every week.
Answer: I agree that Vincent should have been booted instead of Alison — and even worse in my mind was robbing Jeffrey of the win that week, favoring Michael's blander design. But I don't see Vincent as anywhere near as dynamic a love-to-hate character as Santino or Wendy. He is bizarre, and maybe the judges are just fascinated by him for some reason. Still, I don't feel nearly as manipulated
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Big Brother 7: All-Stars host Julie Chen
Voyeur alert! CBS' Big Brother — that wildly addictive, Orwellian peep show — will launch its seventh season tonight at 8 pm/ET with Big Brother 7: All-Stars, featuring 12 of the show's most popular houseguests. During the kickoff, host Julie Chen will introduce the 20 semifinalists, then unveil which six were picked by fan votes and which six were chosen by executive producers Allison Grodner and Arnold Shapiro. The winner collects half a million bucks — but not bef
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Allie Jablon and Roxanne Wilson, The Apprentice
It was girls' night out — literally — on NBC's The Apprentice last week when Synergy's dressing of Embassy Suites staffers drew a sour reception from employees, leading the Donald to dispatch Allie Jablon and Roxanne Wilson, Season 5's remaining ladies. Did their culottes campaign get short shrift? Which of the guys has their votes to win this thing? And what was up with that lingering hug? TVGuide.com chatted up the runners-up.
TVGuide.com: Allie, were you sad to see your single-handed effort to resurrect culottes get thwarted?
Allie Jablon: I thought they were really cute! This is the thing: We really took a lot of time to interview about 30 different housekeepers, and it w
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The ApprenticeNot long ago, the Onion ran a hilarious piece titled "F--- Everything, We're Doing Five Blades," mocking the inanity of razor marketing. Well, meet the Gillette Fusion "shaving system" featuring — wait for it — five blades. Is there an expression for when real life can't keep up with satire? The 17 remaining Donald wannabes (Donnabes?) are tasked with creating a text-message marketing campaign for the Fusion. But first, Trump takes a quick break from product placement to engage in corporate America's other favorite pastime: nepotism. Donald's daughter, Ivanka, will be playing the role of Carolyn in tonight's episode, while old-school Apprentice Bill Rancic fills in for George.
Team S
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Wilson Pickett, the soul pioneer defined by his raspy voice and passionate delivery and best known for the hits "Mustang Sally" and "In the Midnight Hour," died on Thursday of a heart attack. He was 64. "I loved him and I'm sure he was well loved," the singer's son, Michael, told Washington's WRC-TV. "I just hope that he is given his props."
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The Office Well, I'm ashamed to admit this, but Michael Scott behaves pretty much exactly like I do when I've suffered any kind of mild injury. If there's pain involved, my melodrama knows no bounds. And while I've never managed to burn my own foot on a George Foreman Grill, I do have some vague memories of trying to fall asleep with my thumb in a glass of ice water after a bad experience with a frozen pizza. (Yes, yes, I know now that you're not supposed to use ice on a burn. You're not supposed to put butter on it, either, Michael. Even if it is Country Crock.) Oh, and speaking of Michael's change of heart in the buttering-his-foot debate, how hilarious is it that at first he said there was no need for it, since he burned himself on a nonstick grill? That slayed me. Almost as much as
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The Book of Daniel's Susannah Thompson, Aidan Quinn and Alison Pill
I'm pretty sure I'm still dreaming. As far as I can tell, this dream started a year and a half ago, so it's actually still June 2004, it's 3:30 in the morning, and I "wake up" with the first scene vividly playing out in my head: His daughter's been arrested. This guy (I hadn't even come up with names yet) has to go pick up his teenage daughter at a police station, way down in Riverdale, in the middle of the night. What the heck was she doing in Riverdale?! He's worried to death. He's angry. He's scared. But more than anything... he's uncomfortable. He is a WASP, after all — they don't go to police stations. And certainly not in the middle of the night! By the time he gets her and his wife home, it's dawn; they have to get ready for church. As he sits alone in his car, he reaches for the biggest obstacle in his life right now — his Vicodin. Then... Smash Cut to: the Pulpit. He's a priest! That's it. That's my way in. I finally found my way into a world that's bee
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So Janelle is out and Maggie and Ivette are the final two. I can't imagine a less exciting finale on Tuesday. I really thought that Ivette, knowing that she could win the half million dollars, would pick Janelle. Instead, she seems happy that she's winning the $50,000 runner-up prize for her family. Did she not think that this is the Summer of Secrets, and perhaps she won't get that cash? I mean, it is unlikely, but still.... Anyway, I was pretty proud of myself for using my middle-school math skills to come up with the answer to the HOH tiebreaker. But the best part of the entire episode was seeing the ousted houseguests again. I loved Sarah's T-shirt that bore Janelle's famous "Bye-bye, bitches" quote. I want to know where I can get one. And I loved seeing Kaysar and Michael looking online to see who America thought was the more attractive. Anyway, I think maybe the sequest
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Comparing this reality show to Gordon Ramsay's BBC programs (e.g., Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares) is like comparing cooking sherry to moonshine. Then again, unlike us puritanical Yanks, the British have a noble tradition of profane boorishness that encompasses Henry VIII, Winston Churchill and Derek & Clive. Still, even in his most diluted form, this cursing culinary petulant from Merrie Olde makes Simon Cowell look like Leo Buscaglia. Take last night: Ramsay roused Jessica, Michael and Ralph at 4:00 am to ready the bread for a "packed house of customers" that night. Of course, Gordo neglected to mention that their families would be among those invited (and would be unaware of which chef cooked which dish). The stars in their courses seemed to be against Jessica from the outset after she overdid it on the celebratory champagne. Not only was her chicken entree the worst-received dish, but she was totally
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Janelle Pierzina
Who on Big Brother literally paid the piper for a past crime just days before the reality contest's season debut? Here's a hint: Michael's lips sure do miss her! That's right: Janelle Pierzina, 25, was charged with petty theft in December 2001 for lifting some merch from Macy's — then failed to appear for not one, not two, but three court appearances, reports TheSmokingGun.com. As BB viewers know, bubbly Janelle is smarter than she appears, so she plead guilty to the charge two weeks before BB premiered, coughing up just shy of $1000 in the process. Oh, and she can't go within 100 yards of Macy's. Helloooo, Bloomie's!
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