antm cycle 9

first impressions from episodes 1-3:

heather - has a form of autism, was the awkward girl in high school, completely rooting for her!

lisa - rough childhood, is a "bikini" dancer, seems really nice, completely gorgeous

saleisha - really cute face, she's just adorable

sarah - heavier girl, face photographs beautifully, seems nice

chantal - at certain angles, she looks like trishelle from RW Vegas but less hoochie

ambreal - reminds me of yaya vaguely

jenah - said something about pretty was in her genes = thus annoying me since day 1

ebony - was cocky in ep 1 but has since tried to keep a low, slightly meek profile pictures aren't great but looks good in person

bianca - just can't say anything nice to anybody, gets into it with saleisha and tells her she's borderline plus-size, if saleisha is plus-size, then the rest of the world is mammoth

ELIMINATED - WEEK 2

kimberly - good riddance to this bitch,

completely insensitive to heather and complaining how she didn't want to be friends with her bc she didn't want to be her "go-to" person, she looks like a skanky adriana lima

ELIMINATED - WEEK 1
mila - just annoyingly happy

what happened to britney's VMA act??

britney 2007 VMA's

old school britney - totally hot

poor britney - i was really rooting for her. i wanted her to be able to put her troubles behind her and start anew, but her performance was completely lacking. the camera pans in on britney's face - she's sporting blue contacts and looks good. Wearing a sparkly bra and panty-esque set, she seems slimmer but still not her hot bod from pre-kevin federline days.

blah and mediocre, she lip-synced and seemed to half-ass her performance. her dancing was minimal and consisted of some thrusting with alot of walking around the stage. i can understand not wanting to provide any more fodder for paparazzi, but this was her opportunity to show us and the world that britney was BACK.

also, i didn't see any of the hyped criss angel mirror and magic act. did i miss something??

man band? seriously?

vh1 is now airing a show called Mission Man Band - a culmination of has-beens from boy bands of yesteryear. so who exactly is in this show?

bryan abrams - color me badd
- don't remember him, but now he's 300 lbs or something

rich cronin - lfo
- you remember this asswipe? he's the guy who was in the short-lived boy band singing "summer girls" and professing his love for jennifer love hewitt
- first impression when i saw him on the show: who the f#%* is this guy? so i looked him up on wikipedia...oh it's that guy... and then i thought: what in the world happened to his face?
- upon deeper digging, i found out he has leukemia - then i felt really horrible about the above comment
- after even more digging, i found he's still a prick and having leukemia hasn't changed him. case in point: he's clearly still obsessed with making fun of chinese people - not sure what's up his ass (see "chinese salsa" on youtube and you'll see what i mean)
- also see this perverted email to someone he dated under "dulcejesus 2007-08-04 01:01pm" (http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/14388366.html)

jeff timmons - 98 degrees
- looks the same and is still relatively attractive
- don't really know much about him

chris kirkpatrick - n'sync
- ahh, the least successful of the 5 former n'sync members
- looks the same
- did you see the picture of him on perezhilton.com with mary carey? (http://perezhilton.com/?p=2468#more-2468)

Real World Sydney - 1st Impressions

L to R: kellyanne, parisa, shauvon, isaac, dunbar, cohutta, trisha

the 19th season of MTV's the real world started out with cattiness galore. the 4 girls in the house almost immediately divide into 2 factions - bimbos vs. non-bimbos. let's start with first impressions of each cast member.


the girls:

parisa - persian new yorker, love the name, seems to be a tad on the dramatic side, but definitely has a brain, the only girl thus far that doesn't seem to be an idiot

shauvon - blonde #1 with large boobs, friends with parisa, makes out with isaac, kinda seems like she belongs on bimbo side more than parisa's

kellyanne - i'm already seeing her being referred to as "kellyanus", texan, young, slutty, catty, immature, very high school "prep"

trisha - dumb & bitchy, blonde #2 with large boobs, friends with kellyanus, kinda racist??? made a remark about how she couldn't handle talking to a recent immigrant who didn't have perfect english speaking skills, also slutty and stupid, the perfect embodiment of an airhead

the guys:

cohutta - cute guy from georgia

dunbar - already the object of affection between kellyanus and parisa, though i'm not sure he's worthy of the attention, cohutta is cuter

isaac - not a big impression on me thus far, made out with shauvon, is obsessed with breasts

the cast seems overwhelmingly americana???

perfect french manicure

this is a little off-topic of what i usually discuss, but i couldn't resist sharing this little tip i learned yesterday.

i recently purchased the sally hansen french manicure set with the white tip pen. i was hoping that this would be the end-all be-all of at home french manicures. the kit came with the pen, a base polish, a sheer nail color polish, and tip guides. pretty self-explanatory. i put on the guides and went to town with the pen. when i peeled off the guides, i was disappointed that the white polish seeped underneath the stick-on guide and made a mess on the rest of my nail. i tried correcting it with nail polish remover - but i'm not coordinated enough to make it look like it never happened.

then i thought, well maybe i just need to practice. 5 full painting and removing cycles later - i was annoyed and extremely frustrated. i googled french manicure and found a forum comment saying that they tried painting underneath the nail and it was pretty goof proof.

lo and behold, it works! the white polish i got on my skin was easily removed and what's left are nice and even white tips. the white isn't as bright as in a typical french manicure - but i'll take less than blinding white tips over endless, demanding precision of normal application.

for those people who actually are coordinated, i also saw that you can use scotch tape instead of buying stick on guides. i love the internet!

poor paris

after yesterday's mind boggling prison release, paris has just as quickly been escorted back to jail. her "medical reason" is rumored to be claustrophobia caused by her 23 hours / day spent in the solitary confinement cell. originally, sheriff lee baca was responsible for her release.

he had this to say, "The problem here is that there is a medical issue and it isn't wise to keep a person in jail with her problem over an extended period of time and let the problem get worse. In my opinion, justice is being served by the decision to have her serve her time at home. She would still be in the county jail if it were not for the medical advice. My message to those who don't like celebrities is that punishing celebrities more than the average American is not justice."

instead of 23 days the heiress now must serve 42 more days of her sentence in prison. seeing paris crying in the picture above (click on pic for link back to tmz.com) makes me actually feel bad for her. i didn't think it was fair when she traded prison for house arrest but it doesn't seem like a traffic violation should be grounds for 45 days of imprisonment either. i wonder if she can switch to a white collar prison now...

paris released!

after serving just 3 days of her sentence, paris hilton has been released from prison due to "medical reasons." the heiress will serve 40 days under house arrest instead.

here's what paris had to say, "I want to thank the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and staff of the Century Regional Detention Center for treating me fairly and professionally. I am going to serve the remaining 40 days of my sentence. I have learned a great deal from this ordeal and hope that others have learned from my mistakes."

what a difference! from solitary confinement in a stark prison cell to living in luxury in your own home!

posh as a zebra

presenting at the mtv movie awards, victoria beckham dons a bright zebra print adorned with a hot pink bra peeping out the top. taking a cue from her new digs in california, posh goes valley girl with her too dark tan and platinum blonde hair.

by the way, since when did she get boob implants???

paris in prison

after making an appearance at the mtv movie awards last night, paris turned herself in to begin her 23 day prison sentence.

here's what she had to say:

'I am trying to be strong right now. I'm really scared but I'm ready to face my sentence and even though this is a really hard time, I have my family, my friends and my fans to support me and that's really helpful. It's a really scary time.'

'I did have a choice to go to a pay jail but I declined because I feel like the media portrays me in a way that I'm not, and that's why I wanted to go to county, to show that I can do it and I'm going to be treated like everyone else. I'm going to do the time, I'm going to do it the right way. '

the socialite confides that the Bible has been helping her get through these tough times. i never would have pegged her as a devout Christian...

behind bars, paris will be in solitary confinement for 23 out of 24 hours, yikes!

maxim hot 100 - 2007

who is this megan fox person and why is she #18 on the list above halle berry, penelope cruz, keira knightley and cameron diaz?


while we're talking about weird picks for the list, since when is lindsay lohan the #1 hottest chick in 2007??? see below for the full list.

100. Noureen DeWolf 99. Mia Maestro 98. Yunjin Kim 97. Kim Kardashian 96. Shanna Moakler 95. The Avatars of Second Life 94. Kelly Carlson 93. Christina Milian 92. Mary Elizabeth Winstead 91. Isla Fisher	90. Salma Hayek 89. Haylie Duff 88. Raquel Alessi 87. Padma Lakshmi 86. Michelle Trachtenberg 85. Kelly Ripa 84. Hometown Hottie 83. Ivanka Trump 82. Dita Von Teese 81. Emmanuelle Chriqui
80. Abbie Cornish 79. Adrianne Palecki 78. Joss Stone 77. Hilary Burton 76. Diora Baird 75. April Scott 74. Tara Conner 73. Mena Suvari 72. Ciara 71. Willa Ford	70. Stacy Keibler 69. Danica Patrick 68. Evangeline Lilly 67. Gabrielle Union 66. Joanna Krupa 65. Autumn Reeser 64. Lena Headey 63. Bianca Kajlich 62. Danneel Harris 61. Nadine Velazquez
60. Jessica White 59. Jamie-Lynn Sigler 58. Penelope Cruz 57. Tricia Helfer 56. Michele Merkin 55. Halle Berry 54. Missy Peregrym 53. Adriana Lima 52. Kate Walsh 51. Alessandra Ambrosio	50. Miss Maxim 49. Mischa Barton 48. Mandy Moore 47. Katharine McPhee 46. Kristen Bell 45. Bar Refaeli 44. Rose McGowan 43. Kate Mara 42. Minka Kelly 41. Jessica Simpson
40. Moon Bloodgood 39. Rachel Bilson 38. Shakira 37. Ashley Olsen 36. Jamie King 35. Jennifer Garner 34. Vanessa Minnillo 33. Roselyn Sanchez 32. Lacey Chabert 31. Amy Smart	30. Rebecca Romijn 29. Sarah Silverman 28. Carmen Electra 27. Kate Hudson 26. Nelly Furtado 25. Elisha Cuthbert 24. Sophia Bush 23. Hilary Duff 22. Nicole Scherzinger 21. Kate Beckinsale
20. Keira Knightley 19. Cameron Diaz 18. Megan Fox 17. Maria Sharapova 16. Ashlee Simpson 15. Avril Lavigne 14. Katherine Heigl 13. Beyonce Knowles 12. Angelina Jolie 11. Sienna Miller	10. Fergie 9. Eva Longoria 8. Rihanna 7. Eva Mendez 6. Ali Larter 5. Jessica Biel 4. Christina Aguilera 3. Scarlett Johansson 2. Jessica Alba 1. Lindsay Lohan

most beautiful

a little late in its inception, here’s my list of the most beautiful in the world (originally planned to coincide with people magazine’s annual list):



angelina jolie – her humanitarian efforts as well as her physical form are both impressive and beautiful

patrick wilson – hard candy and little children star with beautiful baby blues and the nicest male butt i’ve ever seen

nelly furtado – absolutely gorgeous facial structure, love the combination of blue eyes with dark hair

hugh laurie – in a scruffy professor way, he exudes sexiness

gaspard ulliel – playing a creepy serial killer has never been so hot! and he’s french to boot!

gong li – she’s over 40 but looks 10+ years younger, i can only hope that i age that gracefully

sendhil ramamurthy – there’s just something about a professor that’s hot, love his hair and cheekbones

james franco – james dean good looks, enough said

kristin kreuk – stunning hair and eyes, this canadian import is perfect as lana
julian mcmahon – loved him in charmed as cole (i had my fingers crossed the whole time for a phoebe/cole reconciliation that never happened)

top chef - season 1 vs. 2 all stars

season 1 contenders: dave, tiffani, harold and stephen

season 2 contenders: ilan, sam, elia, and marcel

june 6th marks the preview of the 4 star all stars on bravo at 10/9c. where is lee ann? she is now a culinary producer of the show - congrats to her! she was an awesome competitor during season 1 and though i thought she should have been in the top 3 over tiffani, it looks like she's doing well for herself.

Reunited - Real World Vegas

Before: Las Vegas 2002

Now: Las Vegas 2007

one of the hottest and most sex-crazed casts to hit the airwaves returns for a short reunited mini-season wherein they stay in the same Palms suite as before.

frank, irulan, and alton look about the same - beautiful as always.

frank is out for a no holds barred good time in vegas this time around and proof of this is the girl he brought home, theoretically had sex with, and when asked her name, replied "who the f&*# knows?"

irulan and alton are brought together for the first time since the end of their 3 year relationship. both now have separate significant others. will sparks fly for these 2 again?

brynn and trishelle - i think they actually look better now. i like brynn's long brown hair and trishelle's bright blonde looks - it fits them.

brynn is now a mother of two with husband austin (the guy who visited her in vegas in 02) - they have gorgeous family and it seems that motherhood has really taken to her.

trishelle posed for playboy and starred in other reality tv shows like the surreal life, kill reality, and the gauntlet.

steven more or less looks the same - just less hair this time around.

arissa looks bad! since real world, she also posed for playboy and is now supposedly living a peaceful drama free life with her cat in california. she's even thinner than before - her face appears almost hollow, but she's still a spitfire.

Return of Paradise Hotel

4 years after it's initial airing, paradise hotel is finally making a return. completely scandalous, a little trashy, and a true to form guilty pleasure, paradise hotel had all the makings of great "reality" with a splash of jerry springer.

the tentative start date is january 13, 2008, i can't wait!

Fire Elisabeth Hasselbeck

fireelisabethhasselbeck.com

one of the most annoying television personalities of all time, elisabeth hasselbeck never should have plagued america with her whiney presence. from survivor to the view and her own show on the style network (wtf????) - she has been small-minded, self-righteous, and holier-than-thou. the whole rosie thing is blown out of proportion, but anything that riles people up against her is definitely a good thing. this uppity conservative deserves to have her "fame" ripped away.

other people who need to be knocked off their pedestal and never seen again:

ann coulter - funniest book title ever "The I Hate Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage, Sean Hannity. . . Reader: The Hideous Truth About America's Ugliest Conservatives"

kirsten dunst - [on Spiderman 4] "Audiences aren't stupid. It'd be a big flop without me, Tobey, or Sam. That would really not be the smartest move. But they know that already. [Sony chief] Amy Pascal would never do that." F&%$ you kirsten, you're not half as great as you think you are.

avril lavigne - arrogant, talentless, and an all-around bitch who needs to fade rapidly from the limelight

beyonce - just seems really self-centered and egotistical

ANTM - Review of All Cycles

Cycle 1:
The Bitch: Robin Manning – a Bible-toting, hate-spewing, know it all
Top 2: Adrianne vs. Shannon
Winner: Adrianne. Very well-deserved!
Judges: Tyra, Janice, Kimora, and Beau Quillian (blah magazine fashion editor)

Cycle 2:
The Bitch: Camille – arrogant to a fault
Top 2: Yoanna vs. Mercedes
Winner: Yoanna, pretty face, but Mercedes should have won based on the catwalk.
Judges: Tyra, Janice, Nigel (handsome photog/former model joins the ranks), and Eric Nicholson (barely remember him)

Cycle 3:
The Bitch: Eva – just mean, but improved towards the end
Scandal: Shandi cheating on her boyfriend
Top 2: Eva vs. Yaya
Winner: Eva, but Yaya did much better throughout the competition and had a great look
Judges: Tyra, Janice, Nigel, and Nole Marin (stylist?)

Cycle 4:
The Bitch: Keenyah – whiny bitch
Top 2: Kahlen vs. Naima
Winner: Naima. Both were good, but I personally loved Naima’s look and was glad she won
Judges: Same as Cycle 3

Cycle 5:
The Bitch: Nicole – bratty, immature bitch
Top 2: Nik vs. Nicole
Winner: Nicole. Nik should have won hands down. She performed well through-out and Nicole sucked almost the whole way. So why did Nicole win? I think it was because of new judge Twiggy’s rampant support.
Judges: Tyra, Nigel, J. Alexander (runway coach), and Twiggy (famous model known for launching the mod look – horrible judge though. Lackluster supporter of horrible contenders)

Cycle 6:
The Bitch: Jade – picked on people, particularly on Gina, incredibly self-centered, very old looking
Top 2: Joanie vs. Danielle
Winner: Danielle. I liked Joanie’s personality and performance better though.
Judges: Same as Cycle 5

Cycle 7:
The Bitch: Melrose – fake and stuck-up, self-centered
Top 2: Melrose vs. CariDee
Winner: CariDee, despite a not-so-great runway, CariDee thankfully won
Judges: Same

Cycle 8:
The Bitch: Renee – mean and snide, but made improvements toward the end
Top 2: Natasha vs. Jaslene
Winner: Jaslene. Go Cha Cha!!!! I loved Jaslene for returning to win after she didn’t make it as a finalist in the last cycle. She took beautiful photos. I don’t even know why Natasha was runner-up, she sucked it up the first few pictures, had a bad “My Life as a Cover Girl” commercial, and a bad Aboriginal picture. She only started to stand out towards the end – Renee should have taken 2nd.
Judges: Same

the end of LOST????

according to e! online gossip columnist, kristin veitch, LOST is set to end production after 2 more seasons. since january, the writers have been talking about scheduling an end date in order to start revealing some answers to the many mysteries of the island and the show.

another shocking point to the story is that the show may not return for it's new season until january '08. their reasoning behind the late start is to air all of the new episodes back to back without a brief hiatus in between.

the only good news is that there is likely to be a time slot change in favor of an earlier start time. i don't know about you, but thursday mornings are my groggiest of the week.

ANTM

this week's adventure in australia consisted of the go-sees and photo shoots for both a men's and women's magazine. as you all probably well know, the most important elements of the go-sees are punctuality and personality. brittany showed neither and was the first model in antm history to not book even one job. this on top of being late led to her downfall. jaslene rocked it in both segments - she needs to win this whole damn thing!

both renee and natasha did well in their photo shoots. renee in particular has been doing really well lately. dionne and brittany were in the bottom 2. personally, of the 2, dionne deserved to get kicked off. brittany takes gorgeous photos (above example notwithstanding) week after week, but was surprisingly cut because of her go-see performance. a little harsh considering her track record. dionne has been a so-so performer all along, is reverting back to her "mall" look of sideswept bangs even though she was specifically told not to do that, and requires too much direction to achieve the right shot.

hopefully dionne will get cut next week. at this point, top 2 will probably be renee and jaslene, but who knows? natasha has been steadily climbing up as a judge favorite.

RW/RR Challenge: Inferno III

the first episode of the season was certainly an exciting one. once again pitting the "good guys" versus the "bad asses", the sparks were destined to fly.

representing the good guys:
alton - las vegas RW: a one man powerhouse and a hot one at that
cara - south pacific RR: probably best known for posing in playboy, otherwise blah
tim - 2nd RR: really old, but always nice
susie - down under RR: am i the only one who thinks she looks exactly the same as she did on RR?
ace - paris RW: poor ace, he never gets very far in these challenges
rachel - austin RW: the super-emotional nurse who went to Iraq, sweet girl but melodramatic
paula - key west RW: her season revolved around domestic abuse and an eating disorder, she's the girl to root for
john - key west RW: so blah
colie - denver RW: big flirt, kinda slutty on her season, semi-blah
davis - denver RW: gets punched by CT in the 1st ep

bad asses:
aneesa - chicago RW: fiery, almost always gets in an argument with someone
tonya - chicago RW: the promiscuous one of the group, can you believe she's married now?
abram - south pacific RR: who keeps inviting this guy back? he almost always winds up decking someone
ct - paris RW: gets kicked off in the 1st ep, the intimidating meathead type
derrick - i love derrick! he seems like such a good guy/competitor but he never makes it all the way
danny - austin RW: best known for whining throughout his season after a drunken brawl and hooking up with the hot melinda
evelyn - fresh meat: who?!?!?!?!?!?!
kenny - fresh meat: pretty boy who never makes it far
janelle - key west RW: blah, the whole cast of this season aside from tyler, svet, and paula were blah
jenn - denver RW: former cheerleader, slightly promiscuous in her season
tyrie - denver RW: exhibits quite a temper in his season, not unlike nehemiah

at first glance, it looks like the bad asses are stacked to win. ct and abram are 2 big competitors for the bad asses versus the 1 big competitor (alton) for the good guys. things evened out briefly when ct decided to punch davis in the eye and got sent home soon after. but with the departure of ct came the arrival of derrick, and the teams were once again unbalanced in favor of the bad asses.

cutting to the chase of the 1st few episodes: davis and abram are chosen to go in the inferno, but alton and tyrie wind up going in the face-off with alton coming out as the champion. susie and jenn are then chosen for the inferno, but susie wins the life shield allowing her to choose rachel to compete in her stead. rachel starts out strong but winds up losing to jenn in a jousting-type event. predictably, rachel has an aneurysm and is so overcome with emotion that she can't say goodbye to her teammates. she walks herself out sobbing all the while. i feel bad for the girl, but it's just a game.

fyi: eventually you find out who the hell this evelyn chick is. she was danny's partner in fresh meat and was kicked off so quickly that no one i know had the slightest idea who she was. apparently, she's very athletic and naively confrontational (about really stupid things).

america's next top model

a loyal viewer since season 1, i can't turn away from this show. the cattiness and drama are way too addicting! cycle 8 has been interesting. i expected several girls to make it much farther than they did and several to get cut much earlier.

my first glance predictions:

who i thought would be first to go - whitney, renee, diana, & natasha

middle tier - sarah, jael, kathleen, samantha, & dionne

final four - jaslene, brittany, felicia, & cassandra

this week's cut was jael. she had a good personality, but she made it farther than i thought she would, so props to her. her pictures were hit and miss. she looked better blonde than brunette - it seemed to fit her better.

so who's left now? jaslene, natasha, dionne, brittany, and renee are the five left. i have to admit that i disliked renee immensely in the beginning for starting so much shit on the show, but now she's growing on me. my favorite is still jaslene. her photos are awesome, especially her earlier ones.