Posted by Dustin on 07.29.2010 at 11:43 pm

The latest, and expanded, season of “Project Runway” hit Lifetime tonight. Not only was it an hour and a half, but they had more contestants than normal. So the first challenge was one they had about five hours to do in order to weed out some of them right off the bat. They called it an “Extended Audition.” They had to make an outfit out of a garment belonging to another one of the designers.

I really don’t remember many of their names at this point, except for Kristin cause she’s from Philly, Ivy because of her fugly pants, and Cesar for his Princess Leia slave outfit . . . . and the fact that a pair of $1000 pants of his got destroyed as part of the challenge. Who pays that much money for pants that isn’t a movie star? Honestly, even if you are a movie star . . . that’s insane!

In the end this one girl with dreads got eliminated . . . while Cesar and his slave outfit and this other guy (Jacob) who basically turned a kimono backwards and stapled it (awesome, you made a snuggie!) got to stay. Really? Sometimes I wonder what in the hell goes on in the judges heads. At least the girl they sent home sewed something!

I hope this season will be good, cause this show needs a really awesome and exceptional season.

Posted by Dustin on 07.19.2010 at 5:28 pm

A bunch of new fashion reality shows are about to hit the airwaves!

Tonight on Logo is the premier of “RuPaul’s Drag U,” where real women get schooled in proper drag etiquette and more. Yes the concept is taking real “frumpy” women and giving them drag makeovers. The commercials for tonights show say you’ll learn how to make a proper ghetto drag queen corset. I know you all need one of them!

July 29th isn’t far off, and is the premier of the new season of “Project Runway.” You can head over to Lifetime TV and meet all the new designers. Yay for a local from Philly!

Right after “Runway” is the premier of “On The Road With Austin And Santino.” Yes two of the most memorable “Runway” designers now have their own show. I’m not sure how Austin Scarlet and Santino are going to get along honestly. I think they might kill each other, or Santino will kill Austin.

Posted by Dustin on 07.05.2010 at 7:27 pm

If you are one of the (possibly few?) people (left?) still hooked on “Project Runway,” well the 8th season premiers on Lifetime on July 29th. Here is their sneak peak! No, it’s not much to go on

Posted by Dustin on 04.28.2010 at 9:29 pm

So several of the few reality shows I actually regularly watched* have ended. At this point I think in terms of reality all I have to look forward to is “Big Brother” over the summer.

“Shear Genius” ended with the underdog Brig winning the whole thing. I literally stood up and yelled “YES!” when she won. I loved her final performance, it was different and unique. I think mostly I was just so sick of “The Wonder Twins” just constantly talking down about her and thinking their $@#$@ didn’t stink at all. I also didn’t enjoy Jonathan Antin as one of the judges this season, he too thinks his #$%#$ doesn’t stink. He was the only one who didn’t like what Brig did, so again that helped in my love that she won.

Seth Aaron meanwhile won “Project Runways.” Honestly as long as Mila didn’t win, I was happy. I was somewhat surprised by Emilio’s reaction that he in fact didn’t win. He looked as if he was about to cry, yet at the same time go postal as he thought he should have won the whole thing. He was too certain of himself, and again, lead to his downfall. Honestly though, his collection was colorful, but boring. He got too caught up in putting out something that was marketable and forgot part of this was also a SHOW. Had he put more out of what he had done throughout the season, rather than something marketed to the everyday woman, he could have won it all.

Finally “RuPaul’s Drag Race” crowned Tyra Banks as the season 2 winner. This was a world of NO for me, as I loathed her through the whole show. She’s another “My @#$@#$ don’t stank” person, but unfortunately her stanky @#%@#% took the prize. After seeing the reunion show though, I’m somewhat glad that Raven didn’t win. She was just fairly nasty on it to numerous contestants! I really wanted JuJuBee to win, but it wasn’t meant to be. “RuPaul’s Drag School” is airing this summer though, which could be fun!

* In spite of trying, I still haven’t gotten back into “Dancing With The Stars.” I think Shannan being voted off early didn’t help, and Kate sticking around as long as she did just irked me. I would turn it off half way through when “RuPaul’s Drag Race started.” As for “American Idol,” I watch it sporadically, but

Posted by Dustin on 04.03.2010 at 4:27 pm

What the hell Maya, walking out so close to the end? I don’t care about Seth Arron’s speech to the audience not to judge, I’m judging cause now that Milla woman has a better shot at winning!

I was so sad to see Jonathan go, but that potato sack dress he made was fugly. If he turned it around it might have worked!

Anthony being back is fine with me, and not only did he win this week, it appears that Michael Koors tells him next week that his garment is his favorite of the season. That could be editing though.

Two are out next week, I just ask that Milla be one of them

Posted by Dustin on 03.27.2010 at 7:30 pm

So I haven’t blogged about it in awhile, but I’ve kept up with “Project Runway.” At this point I’m going to call Seth Aaron as the winner. Funny thing though, he’s the guy I initially pegged as being the nasty villain of the season. That title goes to Mila. I can’t stand her and if she wins it will be like last season with Meena Irena all over! She is a one trick pony, all her stuff looks the same. They gave Anthony the boot for that this week, but have let Miss Black and White Stripes glide through the whole season. I thought her dress this week was the worst of them all honestly. I mean her model couldn’t walk, it was like she just wrapped a piece of fabric around her.

If Seth Aaron doesn’t win, then I hope it goes to Maya who is just as talented. Anyone but Milla! I think these will be the top three of the season though.

Posted by Dustin on 02.13.2010 at 2:41 pm

I’ve tweeted (or retweeted) these over the past few days, but wanted to include them in a post before they disappear from the side bar . . .

Kathy Najimy (Sister Act) will be the one to un-brace Betty later this season on March 24th! (Via EW.com )

In other “Betty News,” it looks like indeed it is Hilda that is getting married at the end of the season/series.

Supermodels of the world Heidi Klum and Paulina Porizkova are set to appear on “Desperate Housewives” in March, presumably as themselves as it’s part of a story with Gabby (once a model herself). (Via E! Online )

Side note with some “Runway” news. Because of the way it worked out schedule wise this season, the show is sending 10 designers to Bryant Park to showcase their works. The news broke awhile ago, Tim Gunn ended up confirming it on a video blog. However only 3 will be the finalists shown on TV and only one can win. Still, as many have complained, it takes the specialness out of the show as this is what they are all competing for, to make it to Bryant Park/Fashion Week.

SNL funny lady Molly Shannan is set to appear on “Glee!” as a new astronomy teacher Brenda Castle, who is Sue’s archnemesis! ( Via E! Online ) )

Posted by Dustin on 02.05.2010 at 8:15 pm

Okay I remember Marla and Maya, I think, the two girls that are clones of each other and Angelica Houston when she starred in “The Witches.” However with Ping and then Jesus (HaySus) going home, I don’t remember anyone else’s names. I know two of the guys (white “straight” boy, and bitchy gay black guy) I loath along with Marla (the one who has been winning?). I think they are all full of themselves.

I was actually sad to see Ping go, but not shocked. I thought Jesus should have gone weeks ago and was glad to see him gone.

I have befriended a few past contestants on the show via Facebook, and according to them the season finale is now being taped. So if your one that can’t wait to find out who is in the finals, you should be able to Google soon enough. Me, I want to savor the bitchiness and drama for a bit more

Posted by Dustin on 01.26.2010 at 6:40 pm

So I saw the entire 2nd episode of “Runway” and the last 20 minutes of the first one, which means I missed all the intros of the designers. However I can read that online, and by week 4 Lifetime will start their weekend marathons of the show for sure.

As always, I don’t know anyone’s name except for Ping, because it’s a name that sticks with you, and she made that dress with the girl’s ass hanging out!

I haven’t decided on who I like and don’t like yet, and who I think will be a problem. The one guy who dresses really outrageous and flashy (reminds me of Jeffery actually from a few seasons ago) I think could be the jerk of the season. He seems really full of himself and in the previews for this week a complete jerk.

So far it seems like they actually have a lot of people with real talent this season. That was a problem last season I feel, nobody was a real “WOW” factor in the show.

I was shocked on this last show that the girl who made the denim dress was booted. I thought for sure Jesus (yeah his name is easy to remember too) with his ribbon covered outfit would go simply because he used more ribbon than the potato sack (and usually they hate when the designers cheat like that in these specific challenges).

As a final note, I am thrilled though that they are back in New York, as it seems like Michael Koors and Nina Garcia are back as full time judges. Their lack of presence last season I think really hurt the show.

Posted by Dustin on 12.31.2009 at 8:03 pm

“Project Runway” Season 7 airs on Lifetime January 14th. If it seems a little fast, it’s because Season 6 had been in the can for awhile, but when the show jumped from Bravo to Lifetime, the legal disputes put airing it on hold.

Lifetime’s Website already has some previews of the next 16 designers up right here. I am hoping this season is better than last for sure.