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Back On The Runway: Project Runway Kicks Off Season 6 With An All-Star Challenge

For the first time in Project Runway history, eight former fan favorites and Project Runway superstars are returning to the catwalk to compete against one another in the two-hour special, Project Runway: All-Star Challenge. The spirited competition premieres Thursday, August 20, at 8PM ET/PT and will be followed by the highly anticipated premiere of the sixth season of Project Runway at 10PM ET/PT and the debut of the all-new companion series, Models of the Runway, at 11PM ET/PT. The announcement was made today by Lifetime Television and The Weinstein Company. At stake for the designers are not only the ultimate […]

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Drama

C.S.I has Jorja on its mind

By Lori Acken Smile a while, Sara Sidle lovers! CBS announced today that SAG Award winner Jorja Fox will reprise the role on multiple episodes of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation when the show returns for its tenth season September 24. “We’re thrilled for Jorja’s return to CSI,” said executive producer Carol Mendelsohn. “The viewers and longtime CSI fans will be excited to discover where life has taken Sara Sidle and what brings her back to the CSI team in Las Vegas in our premiere episode.” Fox, a series regular and fan favorite since the show’s first season, left in the […]

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Reality TV

“The Bachelorette:” Here’s A Peek At Wes’ Other Gal … Who Was Also Brad’s Other Gal … And Collin’s

By Lori Acken Bachelorette fans, if you’re like me, you long ago passed the, “Well, DOES he or DOESN’T he?” thing about ol’ Wes The Silver Tongued Maybe-Not-A Bachelor and his waitin’-at-home alleged girlfriend, and moved right on to “Who the hell is she, and why isn’t she pissed?!” Well, we finally know who the hell she is. And why she isn’t pissed. And if you’re picturing some sweet little Austin-grown posey in a flowery dress and cowboy boots who, like Jillian, is completely snowed by her man’s tender tunes … well … not so much. Before she spent three […]

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TV News & Program Updates

RAW Deal: Did Vince McMahon Really Sell WWE’s RAW To Trump?

By Lori Acken Good one, WWE. You had me going there for a little minute. After boring, confusing and irritating me right into the arms of the UFC with dopey-even-for-wrestling story lines, loathsome new characters, switcheroo casting and just the general feeling that thee and I had been together entirely too long, you almost got me back with Monday night’s announcement that The Vince had sold The Raw to his long-time frenemy The Donald. “The terms of the deal were not disclosed” said today’s ensuing press release. “This was an offer I couldn’t refuse,” said Vince (WWE Chairman Vince McMahon). […]

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Reality TV

“The Bachelorette”: Mr. Invisible And The 30 Dudes Who Did Show Up

By Lori Acken First of all, just let me say that you, Jillian Harris, are my kind of girl. I didn’t catch enough of last season’s The Bachelor to get much of an impression of the freewheeling Canadian, whom — despite having what appears to be a nimble mind, open heart and giddy willingness to do any number of things that might mess up her hair and run her makeup and not involve the bedroom — might have forever gone down in Bachelor/ette history as the cheery chick with the goofy hot dog theory and mad hot-tub-lovin’ skills. I am glad she did […]

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Magazine Archive

“Inked” Alum Thomas Pendelton Makes Memorable Friends Along A&E’s “Tattoo Highway”

If you’re a fan of the defunct A&E hit Inked, you remember the last time you saw Hart & Huntington Tattoo Company’s former part owner Thomas Pendelton on your TV screen. Frustrated by the trendy Vegas inkery’s increasingly circus-like atmosphere — overrun with flaky employees, minor celebs and major chaos — Pendelton stormed out to reclaim his tattooed Cinderella, former shop manager Monica Rizzolo, and he never looked back. The duo married, had twin daughters (there are since two more children) and launched a successful textile, art and jewelry business they call Ministry of Ink. Then Juma Entertainment came calling. […]

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Magazine Archive

Today’s Top Talent React To The Changing Landscape of Cable News

Remember The News? You know, the news, that 6-and-10pm staple folks watched every night, selecting their favorite newscast by their favorite anchorman, secure that the actual news was news no matter what network they turned on? If you answered yes, you’re probably over 30, remember the satisfying “clunk” of a television dial and can tell Rather from Brokaw with ease. Under 30? Could be you’ve never watched an evening newscast at all. And the words “[reporter name here] filed this report” are as foreign to you as “don’t trip on the phone cord,” since the news medium has all but […]

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Comedy

“Real Housewives Of New Jersey” Keeps It In The Family — Mostly — Beginning Tonight On Bravo

I’ll admit it. I enjoyed a deliriously happy 2-season relationship with Bravo’s Real Housewives of Orange County — until my fellow thirty- and fortysomething ladies bid their goofy little twentysomething pal, Jo, adieu and summarily had their turf invaded by a parade of giggly bleach-blonde trophy wives and earthy, defeated-looking brunettes who seemed to render Gina, Vicki and Lauri as disdainful, annoyed and territorial as I was. We stopped talking about the gall of our overprivleged children and the cluelessness of our never-present husbands over backyard barbecues, and started getting pissy about Botox and nightclubs. I didn’t actually the live […]

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HBO Spotlights The Future — And The Faces and Families — Of Alzheimers

I first met Ann Mickow when we were both part of a loosely knit, tri-state band of 20-something merrymakers who spent summer weekends congregating at Nitty Gritty Dirt Band concerts across the Midwest. At the time, she was a translator for an international law firm based in Minneapolis, living in a cozy home in Edina that served as a refuge for her friends when real life took to chafing. Having lost a brother to a drunk driver, she was also our constant designated driver — the person who could always find her way back to the hotel no matter how […]

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Drama

WE tv Celebrates Mother’s Day With A “Locator” Marathon

By Lori Acken In honor of Mom’s big day, WE tv will air a special, mom-centric marathon of emotional and heartwarming episodes from Seasons 1 and 2 of its hit series, The Locator. So grab your mama and your tissue box and tune in Sunday, May 10, beginning at 2pm ET for these encore eps: A Mother’s Last Wish: When Carolyn and her ex-husband, Donald, split, he was granted full custody of their daughter, Cassie, who was three years old at the time. Following the divorce, Carolyn was able to stay in touch with Cassie until she turned 12, when all […]