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Woman addicted to eating cat hair, licking cat “My Strange Addiction” returns

February 7, 2013 Barb Oates Comments Off on Woman addicted to eating cat hair, licking cat “My Strange Addiction” returns

I thought I saw it all last season with the urine drinker episode of My Strange Addiction, but TLC has sucked me again — this time into the bizarre world of a woman addicted to eating cat hair and licking her cat. My Strange Addiction returns for a fourth season on TLC Wednesday, February 13 at 10pm ET/PT, where we meet Lisa, a 43-year-old woman from Detroit, Michigan, who enjoys eating cat hair and licking her cat as a way to bond with her pet. “Just chewing it is relaxing. It’s a comforting feeling,” she tells. “Her fur is such […]

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Competition

The Face premieres Feb 12 on Oxygen: See the kickoff special Tuesday

February 4, 2013 Lori Acken Comments Off on The Face premieres Feb 12 on Oxygen: See the kickoff special Tuesday

Oxygen will air its The Face casting special The Face: The Fight to Make the Final 12 on Tuesday, Feb. 5 at 9pm in advance of the modeling competition’s Feb. 12 series premiere. Hosted by America’s Next Top Model vet Nigel Barker, The Face features a dozen modeling hopefuls from varying backgrounds and experience levels competing in teams of four coached by supermodels Naomi Campbell (who picks a team full of spitfires), Karolina Krukova (who chooses classically stunning beauties like herself) and 24-year-old It Girl Coco Rocha. If you’re not familiar with the confident Canadian, she’s the stunner who danced on […]

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“Hotel Impossible” revisits some old haunts on “After Anthony” special

February 4, 2013 Channel Guide Staff Comments Off on “Hotel Impossible” revisits some old haunts on “After Anthony” special

Things you expect from a show about a guy who goes in full throttle to fix failing hotels: Scenes of dirty rooms, bad service and hopeless business practices followed by wondrous makeovers. What you don’t expect is to get choked up. But that happened to Anthony Melchiorri every time he went to some far-flung location to shoot an episode of his Travel Channel series Hotel Impossible, currently in its second season. The straight-talking New Yorker gets caught up in the personal stories of the hotel owners he meets, many of whom open their hearts to him and are clearly desperate […]

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Lifestyle

Long Island Medium Season 4 returns May 2013

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Fans of Long Island Medium Theresa Caputo will need to wait a few more months for new episodes, as Long Island Medium Season 4 returns on TLC Sunday, May 12, 2013. Although it seems – FOREVER – since the hit medium and her lovable family have graced our screens with a new episode (after all, Season 3 finale was Nov. 2), Theresa’s nearly 3 million weekly viewers, and growing, will be thrilled to know that Long Island Medium Season 4 will include 30 half-hour episodes, which guarantees at least a three-month run of all-new Theresa. Theresa has been more than […]

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Family

Something Borrowed, Something New premieres Feb. 8 on TLC

January 31, 2013 Lori Acken 1

It’s loved one’s pride versus fashion-conscious bride in TLC’s new BrideDay Friday series, Something Borrowed, Something New, which premieres Feb. 8 at 10/9C. The show taps into a quagmire familiar to generations of newly-betrothed ladies: They’re dreaming of dress shopping when mom/sister/bestie sidles up with dewy eyes and offers her own (often outdated) gown for the occasion. Looking for a happily-ever-after for everyone involved, Something Borrowed, Something New taps Georgia-born, LA-based designer Kelly Nishimoto to revamp the borrowed gown into something new — without making the anxious bride feel blue. As Kelly works, stylist to the stars Sam Saboura — who […]

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Food TV

Chef Wanted Season 2: Anne Burrell says the tests are even harder

January 30, 2013 Lori Acken 2

In her nearly 25 years in the restaurant business, Food Network star chef Anne Burrell has seen and done it all — right down to teaching the tricks of the trade at New York’s Institute of Culinary Education. That’s why, she says, she feels right at home scouting executive chefs for some of America’s top restaurants in the network’s fascinating Chef Wanted With Anne Burrell, which launches its second season Thursday night at 10pm/9pmCT. “I have been in the restaurant industry since I was 19 and one thing that I love about this show is that it really shows people what restaurants […]

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Lifestyle

Who are the models on Built? Style’s handyman, model series

January 28, 2013 Barb Oates Comments Off on Who are the models on Built? Style’s handyman, model series

So who are these hot new handymen and models on Built? Style Network turns the camera on guys who model and remodel in its new 10-episode series Built, airing Mondays at 9pm ET beginning Jan. 28. The series follows five male models – Shane Duffy, Sandy Dias, Gage Cass, Donny Ware and Mike Keute — along with interior designer Kim Gieske, as they work on high-end home renovations. While the guys claim that some of their jobs are secured based on their good looks — well, it’s part of their moniker, isn’t it — their reputation for quality work and […]

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HGTV 2011 Dream Home for sale

January 22, 2013 Barb Oates Comments Off on HGTV 2011 Dream Home for sale

The HGTV 2011 Dream Home for sale? Not really a surprise, as most winners can’t afford the property taxes or the time commitment of owning two homes on average incomes. The spectacular ski home in Stowe, Vt., is up for sale for a mere $2,995,000. Of the 76 million people who entered the 2011 sweepstakes, Eric and Catherine Makstenieks of Hinsdale, Ill., were the lucky winners of the luxuriously furnished HGTV Dream Home 2011, a new 2011 GMC Acadia Denali and $500,000 — a grand-prize package worth more than $2 million. According to TopTenRealEstateDeals.com, the young couple was only able […]

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Interview

Beth Chapman on Baby Lyssa and Duane Lee’s absence from CMT’s Dog and Beth On The Hunt: “You can’t force your kids to stay with you forever”

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When I sat down with Leland, Dog and Beth Chapman to talk about their upcoming new CMT reality series Dog and Beth: On The Hunt and told them that my own family loved watching theirs on A&E’s smash Dog the Bounty Hunter, Beth wanted to know what I liked best about the show. I told her it was her family’s bond. • NEW INTERVIEW: Dog Chapman talks business family, and CMT’s Dog and Beth: On the Hunt Season 2 Much to my surprise — and with Dog and Leland looking on — she offered candid insight into what the Twittersphere has been discussing […]