Posted by Dustin on 11.30.2009 at 6:48 pm

I’ve never watched “The Amazing Race” on CBS, but now I might have to. Since “Big Brother” ended people have wanted and hoped Jeff and Jordan would appear on “Amazing Race.” Well a college student saw them at an airport in LA and snapped this photo, which she put on Twitter . . . . (the photo gets cut off, click through for the full one, it’s them!)

CBS hasn’t released any details on the cast yet, but the same student posted other photos of probable teams she saw at the airport as well.

See also: Zap2It

Posted by Dustin on 02.23.2009 at 7:36 pm

“How do I look?” For those missing the flair, the glamor and the bitchy queens of “Project Runway,” try giving “RuPaul’s Drag Race” on Logo a look. The show airs Monday nights at 10pm, with last week’s episode at 9pm. I imagine soon they’ll have a marathon of all episodes shown one weekend soon. I believe you can also watch past episodes online at Logo’s website.

The show is pretty much what you’d expect, a bunch of drag queens competing for the crown. However each week there are different challenges. One week it was to make an outfit out of thrift store goods. Another week it was to put together girl groups and lip sync to a selected song (but they had to do the hair and costumes). Last week was an Oprah challenge, they not only had to put together an outfit that represented what Oprah was, but do an interview (Tori Spelling and husband Dean were the guests).

It’s amusing, and the guest stars and judges are just insane. As I said Tori and Dean were on once, for the lip sync challenge they had Kelly Williams from Destiny’s Child. It’s become a guilty pleasure that I have been tuning into every week. It’s no “Project Runway” for sure, but it’s a damn good substitute!

Posted by Dustin on 12.20.2008 at 9:15 pm

For those who love all things “Project Runway” and are looking for a fresh new spin, look no further! I found out about this upcoming show tonight. Logo begins airing RuPaul’s Drag Race on February 2nd. Think of a cross between “Project Runway” and a drag show? The idea appears to be to design the most fabulous drag queen costume in various weekly challenges, to become the next supreme drag queen? It seems to be a mix of fashion and music. Oh wait, the best part includes the judges! Santino from “PR” will be there! Also Lucy Lawless from “Xena” fame. Tori Spelling appears to be a guest judge, along with her husband. I have to say, I can’t wait to see this. It will either be amazing or a “hot tranny mess.”

Posted by Dustin on 10.29.2008 at 7:34 pm

So I haven’t been following any “Big Brother” gossip lately, but I did pay attention to this story that showed up in my inbox. Apparently there are rumors there will be another “Winter Big Brother,” but this time it’s a celebrity version! The U.K., which originated the show, has done a few of them. The last time they had Dennis Rodman, Dirk Benedict (A-Team Fame) and Pete Burns (Dead or Alive front-man) as contestants.

Yazmar.com has posted a rumor flying around that for the U.S. version, they’ve apparently signed both Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston to appear together on the show, which begins airing in January 09. Oh my lord, talk about some serious drama! That’s worth buying the feeds for!

Posted by Dustin on 10.09.2008 at 12:17 am

The first part of the two part season finale of “Project Runway” happened tonight. The designers were all sent home to make their collections as well as a wedding dress as their final piece. Upon returning, their challenge was to make an accompanying bride’s maid dress. They would show those two to the judges, and the final 3 would be chosen.

In the end the final three going on to fashion week are Kenley, Korto and LeAnne. Jerrell is out! However in fact the poorly guarded secret is that because of production, the final four always design a collection and always show. Usually they just edit it in a way that only shows the final three. So even though Jerrell isn’t in the running to win, he still showed at Bryant Park.

Even though I hate her attitude, I do feel like Kennely deserves to be in the end. I think she may have a very good chance of winning from the sneak peak we saw. LeAnne will give her a run for her money, though her color pallet just reminded me of the 2nd season’s winner who did her whole collection around a Tiffany box. Korto I think is a good designer, I just wasn’t feeling what little she showed. I could however be blown away.

The finale is next week!

As a side note, “Project Runway” may not be leaving for Lifetime as soon as we thought. It was expected the next season would be on Lifetime, but NBC/Bravo filed a lawsuit to try and keep the show on their network. It seems for now, it may be staying put on Bravo until the whole nasty mess is straightened out.

Posted by Dustin on 08.24.2008 at 6:57 pm

On “Project Runway” this week, Chris March from last season returned to give the designers their new challenge, to design an outfit for a drag queen. I thought this was going to be the best challenge ever, but I think for the most part it fell flat. With no Austin Scarlett or Santino in the cast, there was no one to really go insanely over the top I don’t think. Some of them were good, others not so much.

In the end Joe won for his skin tight and very green superhero like outfit. I didn’t think he should have won though, I really thought the the girl who did the kimono like outfit should have won. Fortunately they did finally send poor little Daniel home. His outfit was ironically the best thing he’s made on the show to date, but it was not a drag costume. It was more of a costume for a woman going out dancing. Zzzzzzzz!

Over to “Shear Genius,” Nicole won the short cut challenge at the opening of the show, which got her immunity and a spot in the top three. Honestly without that, I don’t think she would have made it. This meant either Dee, Charlie or Daniel would go home.

The challenge this week was the magazine cover challenge. Each designer had to do an avant guarde haircut dealing with one of the four seasons. Nicole had winter, and had not expected her model to be laying down in fake snow, which pretty much wrecked her haircut. However she was safe. Daniel put too much of the focus in the back of the head, which wasn’t seen in the photo. Meanwhile Dee did her usual funky banged cut, which looked terrible when the model was jumping up and down as required for the shoot. Charlie did a good job, but was a little bit of a diva on the set.

Charlie won the challenge, Nicole was safe, so it came down to Daniel and Dee. Daniel was sent home, which got Jacklyn a little misty eyed. Honestly I really felt Dee should have gone home, basically because over the past few episodes someone on the panel always seems to note “she does the same hairdo every time.” That’s what got Paulo sent home, so why not Dee?

Finally, VH1 started “The Cho Show” this week, which is a reality show much like “Kathy Griffen’s Life On The D List,” but staring comedian Margaret Cho (who I love!). The first episode dealt with her getting the “Korean of the Year” award, which was something she was thrilled about but had mixed feelings over because of the reception she had gotten years ago from the Korean community. It was a good show, only a half hour. The best part of it is her parents. If you’ve ever seen her stand-up routines, then this is a treat because you get to actually see how they compare to what she makes fun of. However I doubt I’ll do much commenting on the show. It’s one of those shows that doesn’t lend itself to comments easily.

Also for “New York” fans, she should have her new show starting up soon (if it already hasn’t). Then on Oxygen is “The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency” which is always good for some drama (usually made by Janice).

Posted by Dustin on 06.28.2008 at 9:04 pm

“Kathy Griffin’s My Life On The D-List” is a Bravo show I love, but it’s not the most easy to write about or discuss really. I mean it’s not something one can recap, and unless other’s watch it it’s not easy to discuss why it’s so outrageously funny. We’ve gotten up to the third episode this season. So what’s been going on?

Well the first episode surrounded Kathy’s Emmy win for a primetime reality show, her getting into trouble because of her acceptance speech, as well as her dating Apple Co-Founder Steve Whatshisname. Let me just say, mis-match! These two have nothing in common, and watching them is so funny.

The second episode dealt with Kathy’s assistants all getting celebrations and days in their honor in their hometown for, well being the most famous people in the town. Ironic because they are Kathy’s assistants! I guess since they are on TV, that makes them famous, in a way. Also Kathy has decided she needs a Grammy to go with her Emmy, so she recorded a CD to try and get a Grammy nomination.

The third episode dealt with Kathy going to Australia for Mardi Gras and meeting Oliva “Newter” John, Margaret Cho and Cyndi Lauper. This was my favorite episode so far as I love the Cho and the Lauper. Oh and yes I know I spelled Olivia’s name wrong, that was a pop-culture reference. Those who get it know what I’m talking about Lance Bass showing up out of the blue was hilarious, I had no idea he and Kathy were such good friends.

So if anyone is watching, feel free to leave comments on your favorite moments so far.

Posted by Dustin on 05.25.2008 at 11:25 am

With this past Thursday night, my TV season is pretty much over I’m afraid. “Grey’s” was the last season finale of my main serials. (BTW I’m working on the recap/thoughts on Grey’s now).

Once again we are about to enter a Summer of reality TV mostly. There is a bunch of stuff I plan on watching. Right now I’m actually watching “Workout” on Bravo, but haven’t had the time to comment on those dysfunctional trainers. I always wonder every time I go to my gym if they are like the people on that show? Also on Bravo I plan to watch “Shear Genius 2,” and “Kathy Griffen: My Life on the D List.”

On CBS there is of course “Big Brother 10″ to watch. I might give “Swingtown” a shot mainly because it’s gotten a lot of controversial hype.

NBC will once again be showing “America’s Got Talent.” I’ll tune in, but often I get bored with this show. I also want to see “Celebrity Circus” because the premise is like the old “Circus of the Stars” TV show.

VH1 is supposed to show Margaret Cho’s “The Cho Show” at some point this summer. That’s going to be a must watch for me!

Finally “Weeds” returns on Showtime. Last season started off too dark and boring for me, but by the end of the season it had gotten good. This time Nancy and her family are said to be living near the border of Mexico, after having to flee Agrestic.

I’m sure I’m forgetting some stuff of course. Anything you all plan on tuning in for?

Posted by Dustin on 05.01.2008 at 2:31 pm

It was no “Project Runway,” but in its own way it was fun. For those who enjoyed “Shear Genius” the first go round, it’s set to return this summer on Bravo. It will go on the list of things I’ll be watching, along with BB10 and whatever else comes along.

BRAVO’S ‘SHEAR GENIUS’ RETURNS FOR SEASON TWO AND STYLISTS CUT OR GET CUT

Series Premieres Wednesday, June 25 At 10 PM ET/PT

NEW YORK – April 30, 2008 – Lather. Rinse. Compete. Bravo turns the spotlight on high-end hair styling with the premiere of the second season of the creative competition series “Shear Genius” on Wednesday, June 25 at 10 PM ET/PT. Hosted by Golden Globe nominated actress, designer and entrepreneur Jaclyn Smith, “Shear Genius” offers a behind-the-scenes look at the competitive and creative world of high-end hairstyling. Famed celebrity hairstylist Kim Vo and Allure West Coast editor Kelly Atterton join the series this season as lead judges, and accomplished stylist Rene Fris returns as the competitors’ mentor.

Bravo’s nationwide search for talented hair stylists unearthed a group of gifted competitors from all over the country who will vie for the ultimate title of “Shear Genius,” $100,000 in seed money courtesy of Nexxus Salon Hair Care, an apprenticeship with Nexxus and a chance to style hair for an Allure magazine feature. This season, every challenge will be done on living hair models, and with challenges that range from cutting hair blind-folded to styling with food products that include caramel and even mustard, you can bet the drama will be bigger than ever. In each episode, host Smith, delivers the news to the chosen winning and losing stylist with input from Atterton and Vo, as well as a lineup of guest judges. Some stylists will get “cut” early and others will “blow away” the competition.

The stylists face two challenges per episode – the short cut challenge – testing technical hairstyling skills – and the elimination challenge, testing creativity and advanced skills. Every challenge will be inventive and extraordinary, pushing them out of their comfort zone and requiring more than just finesse with a comb and scissors. The stylists will also need to possess the ability to service the client’s needs, manage a staff and work as part of a team, simultaneously, in order to make it in the competition.

To meet the cast of “Shear Genius,” visit www.BravoTV.com. Photography and bios are available at www.nbcumv.com. Following are the 12 stylists competing on the series:

· Charlie – 38, Hometown: Denver, CO.
· Daniel – 28, Hometown: Tallahassee, FL; Resides in Dallas, TX.
· Dee – 37, Hometown: San Antonio, TX; Resides in Miami, FL.
· Gail – 25, Hometown: Dayton, OH; Resides in Columbus, OH.
· Glenn – 36, Hometown: Los Angeles, CA; Resides in Decatur, AL.
· Matthew – 37, Hometown: Dallas, TX.
· Meredith – 36, Hometown: Cleveland, OH; Resides in Chicago, IL.
· Nekisa – 29, Hometown: San Francisco, CA; Resides in: Concord, CA.
· Nicole – 24, Hometown: Houston, TX; Resides in: New York, NY.
· Oshun – 31, Hometown: Cleveland, OH; Resides in Los Angeles, CA.
· Parker – 31, Hometown: Miami, FL.
· Paulo – 37, Hometown: San Jose, CA.

“Shear Genius” is produced by Reveille Entertainment. Mark Koops, Julie Laughlin and Howard T. Owens serve as executive producers.

Posted by Dustin on 04.08.2008 at 12:42 pm

Tim, Heidi and the others from “Project Runway” may have a new network come fall. Lifetime Television made a deal with the shows creators The Weinstein Company to purchase the show for their network from Bravo/NBC. NBC, as one can imagine, is fighting this with a lawsuit. “Project Runway” is basically the cornerstone of Bravo’s reality based television shows, it was among the first and inspired many of the various reality shows the network has done since (“Top Chef,” “Top Cut,” “Make Me A Supermodel,” etc. . . .). The next season of “Project Runway” will begin shooting in June and air . . . . somewhere . . . . this fall. Tim and Heidi are expected to make the jump to Lifetime. No word yet on Michael Kors or Nina Garcia.