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The Office: Weight Loss

Posted by Mike, Ryan and johnnysweeptheleg Synopsis: The Scranton branch competes in a company-wide Dunder Mifflin weight-loss challenge, with a prize of three additional vacation days … and loses. Pam leaves for New York to attend design school for the next three months, and is replaced first by Ronnie and then by disgraced former VP Ryan, who is now keeping a list of the people who wrong him so he can get his revenge after he works his way back to the top. On Jim’s recommendation, Michael continues to court new HR rep Holly very slowly, and she counters by […]

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Reality TV

Survivor: Gabon, Week 1: Negative Nancy and Elephant Dung

After the preliminary shots of African wildlife and the 18 Survivors walking through the savannah, the contestants stand in a line and introduce themselves, telling their name and what they do for a living. It’s interesting to see what people choose to reveal about themselves. Crystal doesn’t let on that she’s a 2004 Olympic gold medalist in track and field, Charlie calls himself a “management consultant” instead of an attorney, which is what the CBS website calls him, and Marcus just says he’s “in the medical field,” although the CBS website calls him a doctor. The oldest folks on the […]

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ANTM Takes a Walk into the Gutter

by Ruth Anne Boulet Analeigh does not want to be in the bottom two ever again. Then Hannah tells Analeigh and Marjorie to stop with the pity party. TyraMail says something about being in the gutter. Yes, that’s a bowling alley gutter. I so want the bowling alley high heels. Seriously want them. They’re uber cool. The girls have to strut the runway on the bowling lane. Hannah gets the Miss Jay impression, which is never good. Samantha discusses how she’s going to rock her bow legs. Elina gets told she needs to let go. In other words, the feedback […]

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Music and Fashion Collide on Project Runway

by Ruth Anne Boulet So we’ve come to the point in the Project Runway season when we know enough of each contestant’s personality to make things interesting. It’s also when some of the more blatant backstabbing and testiness comes out. Leanne figures that Suede’s model Tia gives him an advantage. Oh, Leanne, she hasn’t helped Suede so far? That’s just pouring salt on a wound at this point. So Tim tells the designers that their next challenge is to design for each other. The look they create has to be inspired by a certain musical genre. They have to explore […]

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"Highway 18" Quick Nine: Finding The Keys

Posted by Ryan 1. It’s a monster! The three remaining teams — Peach and Jay, Rob and Charlotte, and the Ashleys — start the day at the Blue Monster at the Doral Golf Resort and Spa. So why is the monster blue? Is it sad? Is it Cookie Monster? This question haunts me throughout the episode. I’m also a little confused as to why they have to start the day with what is essentially a clubhouse challenge that they usually save for the end. I guess they felt a simple pitch ‘n’ putt challenge wasn’t going to eat up enough […]

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Drama

“Fringe”: The Ghost Network

Posted by SH Ever since its fairly original pilot, Fringe has been checking off a greatest-hits lineup of paranormal storylines. Last week, it was the bit about cloning. This week, it’s the man-is-envisioning-disasters-before-they-happen story. But thankfully the writers keep finding other ways to keep things fresh, sprinkling plot twists and bits of mystery about the characters’ pasts throughout. We start off with a guy — let’s call him Roy, because that’s his name — going to a confessional, asking his priest to take away the pain. He’s also saying something ominous about a bus. Cut to — uh oh — […]

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How I Met Your Mother: Do I Know You?

Posted by Mike Synopsis: Shortly after Stella accepts his proposal, Ted begins to suspect that he doesn’t know enough about the woman he’s going to marry. So he sets out to find out everything about her. Or at least, the one thing that matters most: Does she like Star Wars? After watching it for the first time, she tells him she loves it, which Marshall quickly realizes is a lie. But she’s willing to keep up the charade till death do they part, and that’s enough to convince Marshall that his best friend is not making a mistake with this […]

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“One Tree Hill”: The Slippery Slope NEVER ENDS 4

Posted by: haro1d Tonight’s OTH was what you might call a lot for a little. Not much really happened, but like Samuel Beckett once suggested, doing nothing sometimes takes a lot of doing. A lot of time in tonight’s OTH episode was spent on both the Deb/Skills relationship as well as the ongoing mourning for Quentin. Deb and Skills broke up initially, as Nathan just couldn’t handle her living in the house while she was mackin’ on his best friend. (Of course, Jamie was cool with it all, giving his dad the “What’s your beef, Dad?” speech.) Brooke entered therapy […]

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Dexter: Season 3 Approaches And So Do More Big Changes!

By ElaineB For those of you who do not subscribe to Showtime Insider, which allows fans to see the “unedited” first episode of the new season, I will give no spoilers here. Instead, I’m posting some of the conversation I had recently with David Zayas, who plays Angel Batista on the series. So what does this season hold for Angel? Any well-deserved romance on the horizon? Zayas: This year you will find Batista having a lot more responsibility on the police department and there should be some interesting developments in his personal life. I asked this question of Erik King […]

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8 Questions With … Antonio Sabato Jr.

1. What has been your strangest fan encounter? Antonio Sabato Jr.: I don’t want to say strange. I’ve never had anything too crazy. I have great fans that come up to me, and they just want me to sign stuff. I have a restaurant in Beverly Hills — Prego — and they come in all the time asking for me to see when I’m going to show up. That doesn’t really scare me. I feel that my fans know who I am by now. I haven’t had anything crazy, nothing dangerous yet, and I hope that never happens. 2. You’re […]