June 30th, 2008
Indulge me if you will…
My good friend Alan sent me the link to this amazing video. I didn’t have any idea of what to expect when I started to watch, but it grabbed me and pulled me right in. As a person who managed to hike the Grand Canyon down and out in one day, several years ago, I was intrigued by the journey this camera wielding person was on. The sights are breathtaking, but as this person ascended this mountain, I found my heart beating faster and I was feeling a fear of heights!! This is nothing short of amazing! You have to watch it:
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June 29th, 2008
Have you ever wondered if the host of The Mole knows who the mole is? And how did he get involved in the show? Here’s an interview with Jon Kelley talking to Hollywood 411 about the show and the cast. Check it out!
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June 29th, 2008
Fans of Project Runway, get ready for season 5 to premiere on July 16 at 9/8c on Bravo. I will give you details about the designers and what we can expect, as soon as details are announced. But to tide you over, here’s a preview video:
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June 29th, 2008
Here are the latest locations for casting sessions for the next cycle of America’s Next Top Model:
Pittsburgh
June 27, 2008
12:00p-6:00p
Philip Pelusi salon
The Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills
Pittsburgh Mill Blvd. |
Augusta, Georgia
July 4, 2008
11 AM - 5 PM
CW Augusta Studios
905 Broad Street
Augusta, GA 30901 |
South Bend
July 8, 2008
12:00pm-4:00pm
July 9, 2008
4:00pm - 8:00pm
Martin’s Supermarket
7355 Heritage Square Dr.
Granger, IN 46530 |
Missoula, Montana
July 10, 2008
4-8 PM
The Elks Club Lodge |
Greensboro/Winston Salem
July 10, 2008
3:00-7:00pm
Hanes Mall
3320 Silas Creek Parkway
Winston Salem, NC |
Albany
July 10, 2008
5:00pm - 8:00pm
Vapor Nightclub at
Saratoga Gaming and Raceway |
Quincy, Illinois
July 11, 2008
5:30pm - 9:00pm
Emerald City Jewelers
3236 Broadway Street
Quincy, IL 62301 |
Oklahoma City
July 11, 2008
10:00am
Remington Park
#1 Remington Place
Oklahoma City, OK |
Clarksburg-Weston
July 11, 2008
2:00pm - 7:00pm
Meadowbrook Mall
2399 Meadowbrook Road
Bridgeport, WV 26330 |
Norfolk
July 12, 2008
12:00pm - 3:30pm
The Gallery at Military Circle
880 N. Military Hwy.
Norfolk, VA 23502 |
Louisville
July 12, 2008
11:00am - 6pm
French Lick Resort Casino
8670 West State Road 56
French Lick, IN 47432 |
Fresno
July 12, 2008
9:00am - 2:00pm
The Island Water Park
6099 W Barstow Ave
Fresno, CA 93723 |
Alexandria, Louisiana
July 12, 2008
2:00pm -5:00pm
Alexandria Mall
Masonic Drive
Alexandria, Louisiana |
Grand Junction, Colorado
July 12, 2008
9A - 5P
Wax It
2454 Highway 6
Grand Junction, CO 81505 |
Lubbock, Texas
Registration: July 11, 2008
4-7 PM and July 12, 2008 9-10 AM
Casting Call: July 12, 2008
10 AM - 12 PM and 2, 2008 PM - 4 PM
South Plains Mall
6002 Slide Road
Lubbock, Texas 97414 |
Fort Myers, FL
July 12, 2008
10am - 3pm
Hyatt Regency Coconut Point
5001 Coconut Road
Bonita Springs, FL 34134 |
Lexington
July 13, 2008
Mod Boutique
828 E. High Street
Lexington, KY 40502 |
Providence
July 13, 2008
12p-5p
Hope Artiste Village
1005 Main Street
Pawtucket, RI 02860 |
Charleston, South Carolina
July 15, 2008
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Tanger Outlets
4840 Tanger Outlet Blvd.
North Charleston, SC 29418 |
Hartford
July 16, 2008
Begins 10:30a
Six Flags New England
Route 159
Agawam, MA 01001 |
Shreveport
July 16, 2008
8:30a - 11:15a
7:00p-8:30p
July 17, 2008
8:30a-11:15a
7:00p-8:30p
KPXJ CW 21
312 East Kings Highway
Shreveport, LA 71104 |
Davenport
July 17, 2008
12:00p-6:00p
Modern Woodmen Park
209 South Gaines Street
Davenport, IA 52802 |
Tallahassee
July 18
5:00pm - 8:00pm
Baja’s Beach Club
2020 W. Pensacola Street
Tallahassee, FL 32304 |
Helena, Montana
July 19
1 - 4 PM
Capital Hill Mall
1600 11th Avenue
Helena, MT |
Buffalo
July 19
12:00pm - 4:00pm
Bryant & Stratton College
Southtowns Campus
200 Red Tail
Orchard Park, NY 14127 |
Columbia - Jefferson City
July 19
10:00am - 6:00pm
The Holiday Inn Executive Center
2200 I 70 Drive SW
Columbia, MO 65203 |
Asheville/Spartanburg/Greenville
July 19
9:00am-12:00pm
Westgate Mall
205 West Blackstock Rd
Spartanburg, SC 29301 |
Billings, Montana
July 19
2 PM - 5 PM
Bones Brewing
1425 Broadwater
Billings, MT |
Northwest Arkansas
July 19
10 AM - 5 PM
Northwest Arkansas Mall
Mall Drive
Fayetteville, AR |
Montgomery, Alabama
July 19
10 AM - 2 PM
Eastdale Mall
Montgomery, AL |
Madison
July 19, 2008
10:00am - 3:00pm
The Pink Poodle
6017 Odana Road
Madison, WI 53719 |
Columbus, Georgia
July 19, 2008
10 AM
Zoo City USA
2301 Airport Thruway
Columbus, GA 31904 |
Ft Wayne
July 19, 2008
10 Am - 1 PM
Jefferson Pointe Mall
4110 W Jefferson Blvd
Ft Wayne, Indiana 45804 |
Salt Lake City
July 19, 2008
12pm - 3:00pm
Layers Clothing
79 West 4500 South, Suite 23
Muray, UT 84107 |
Roanoke
July 19, 2008
11:00a-4:00p
202 Market
202 Market Street S.E.
Roanoke, VA 24011 |
St. Louis
July 19, 2008
8:00a
St. Louis College of Health Careers
1297 N Highway Drive
Fenton, MO 63026 |
St Joseph, Missouri
July 20, 2008
1 - 5 PM
Stoney Creek Inn
1201 N Woodbine Road
St Joseph, MO 64506 |
Little Rock, Arkansas
July 22, 2008
Doors Open at 2:00pm
First 300
Metroplex Event Center
10800 Colonel Glenn Road
Little Rock, AR 72204 |
Check back periodically for updates on casting in your area. Many more calls are coming soon!
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June 29th, 2008
Solitary 3.0 Now Casting!
One of the most offbeat, unusual reality competitions ever, FOX Reality’s Solitary 3.0 is looking for new victims, er, I mean cast members. ;-)
It’s one of my guilty little peasures to watch the competitors in Solitary compete in the most extreme challenges each week and I’m thrilled that the show will be back for version 3.0. If you want to be a part of the fun, get to know Val up close and personal and compete for the grand prize of $50,000, be sure to follow these rules to enter:
- To be considered you must be over 18 years of age.
- All applicants will need to be available to shoot in the Los Angeles area in/around August 2008
You can find out more about how to apply here.
(Click on “Read More” for lots more great casting calls!)
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June 29th, 2008
Discovery Channel’s reality adventure series The Alaska Experiment is now casting for season 2. I’m so happy to be able to give you some actual information about this, since I have been getting a ton of questions by email about casting calls for this show. Be sure to go to the official casting site and see how you can be apart of the next adventure!!
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June 29th, 2008
Big Brother fans can rejoice because we are getting close to the Big Brother 10 season premiere! There are tons of rumors circulating about what the 10th season of the voyeuristic reality show has in store for us, but I’ll highlight the more reliable sounding facts for you.
- Big Brother 10 Starts July 13th.
- There will be 13 houseguests this season.
- The feeds will go live after the 1st airing of the show.
- The show will broadcast on CBS Sunday, Tuesday & Wednesday nights.
- There will be live audiences for live show evictions!
Here’s the promotional clip for the show:
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June 21st, 2008
What an amazing 24 hours this has been! (Ok, for you 24 hours, for me, and for the guest bloggers, it’s been a week-long project.) I thought I would wrap-up the event with a summary of all the coverage. Here are the Blog-Off articles:
- America’s Best Dance Crew 2: You Don’t Want to Miss It!
- Kat Von D is Maxim’s #62 Sexiest of 2008
- Past Reality Stars Rising Money for Charity [Guest Post: Tim Lawler]
- Jackie Warner is AfterEllen’s #56 Sexiest of 2008
- Reality Celebrities & Shows Get Teen Choice Nominations
- Where Are They Now? Katie Gallagher – Survivor: Palau [Guest Post: Betsy Hijazi]
- Where In the World is Bruce Kanegai? [Guest Post: Bruce Kanegai]
- Where Are They Now? Bobby “BobDawgsta” Mason – Survivor Panama [Guest Post: Betsy Hijazi]
- Who Are Reality TV’s Worst Villians?
- Billy Garcia Talks About “Gimmick Infringement” [Guest Post: Billy Garcia]
- Where Are They Now? Lea “Sarge” Masters – Survivor: Vanuatu [Guest Post: Betsy Hijazi]
- My Favorite Contestant So Far on America’s Got Talent
- Mookie Lee’s Charity: Bigfoot Triathlon Volunteers Needed… [Guest Post: Mookie Lee]
- Where Are They Now? Mary and David Conley - Team Kentucky: The Amazing Race [Guest Post: Betsy Hijazi]
- Where Are They Now: Lisa Keiffer - Survivor: Vanuatu [Guest Post: Betsy Hijazi]
- Where Are They Now: Earl Cole - Winner of Survivor: Fiji [Guest Post: Betsy Hijazi]
- Where Are They Now? Stephannie Favor - Survivor: Cook Islands [Guest Post: Betsy Hijazi]
- Where Are They Now? Brian Corridan - Survivor: Guatemala [Guest Post: Betsy Hijazi]
- Where Are They Now? Billy Garcia - Survivor: Cook Islands [Guest Post: Betsy Hijazi]
- Where Are They Now? Elsie Ramos - Hell’s Kitchen [Guest Post: Betsy Hijazi]
- Heidi Klum is Maxim’s #33 Sexiest of 2008
- Where Are They Now? Cindy Hall – Survivor: Guatemala [Guest Post: Betsy Hijazi]
- Padma Laksmi is AfterEllen’s #85 Sexiest of 2008
- Billy Garcia Answers the Ultimate Survivor Question [Guest Post: Billy Garcia]
Today, I have been honored with some amazingly creative, fun and thought provoking articles offered for posting on this site by some of reality TV’s biggest fans & stars. I have laughed with our guest bloggers and I have been happy to find out where some of the former reality stars are these days. Personally, I have enjoyed every one of the articles contributed by these dedicated and talented people.
I want to thank each and every one of you who took the time out of your busy schedules to write and contribute articles to help support our Charity Blog-Off.
So what do the rest of you think of the guest posts we’ve received today? Should I plan to do another marathon blogging day sometime in the future? I’d love to know what you think!
What is your opinion of the 24-hour Charity Blog-Off and its guest bloggers?
The purpose of this 24-hour Blog-a-thon is to bring in support for the Actors’ Fund. You can help by making a donation here.
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June 20th, 2008
I first met Billy Garcia from Survivor: Cook Islands at last year’s Reality TV Convention in Nashville, Tennessee. Instantly, it was obvious that this New Yorker is warm, friendly and has a fantastic sense of humor. I enjoyed talking with him several times at that event, at the Survivor Dodgeball event last year, online and through emails ever since. He’s a great guy and has a big heart. He plays guitars in a heavy metal rock band called Forsakken and a MySpace site.
I get asked a lot of different Survivor-related questions by fans all of the time. But one question that I am hearing more and more frequently is “will the next season of Survivor be the last?”
I feel I owe it to both Survivor and Survivor fans to give the best answer I can to this very serious question. Especially since the answer is not a simple yes or no.
Firstly, we have to understand were Survivor is today. We hear all the time that the ratings are dropping and that it’s not the phenomenon that it once was pre-all-stars. That the main stream media doesn’t cover it like it once did. And, that the cast members are not instantly rock stars like before either.
But on the other hand we hear that Survivor has a very loyal core of fans that tune in for every episode regardless of how good or bad the season is, purchase tons of merchandise and memorabilia, hold conventions all over the United States and beyond where past cast members are flown in for autograph and photo sessions and that this legion of fans are millions strong. Well, the numbers don’t lie so both things we hear are true.
This reminds me of another entertainment franchise, Star Trek.
Survivor has become the Star Trek of Reality TV. The fan base is that loyal. Just like Trekkies, Survivor fans are as excited to see and meet that one cast member that was there for only one episode several years ago as they are for any movie star with a blockbuster currently in theaters. They can tell me details about my time on Survivor that I didn’t even notice though I was there. They spend absurd amounts of money for Survivor-related memorabilia. They dedicate a massive amount of websites, forums, myspace and Facebook profiles and groups to Survivor just like Trekkies do with Star Trek. These fans dedicate their lives to Survivor. It’s a subculture to them.
While I was on Survivor I was fond of saying that my culture was Heavy Metal. Little did I know that as I was saying this, I was in the process of diving head first into the Survivor culture.
In 1969, CBS canceled Star Trek and it’s safe to say nearly 40 years later that it was the biggest blunder in the network’s history. Now here we are again, CBS is in the same position again. Will they cancel Survivor? I’d like to think they’ve learned from their past mistake but let’s examine for a moment the possibility of what would happen if Survivor did get canceled. Would Survivor disappear? Would the fans abandon ship? It’s hard to believe that millions of people that have invested that much time and money into something would just let that something go. Here’s what I think would and should happen:
My idea is for Survivor to go into a once a year production with that season being aired as triple episodes once a month, for five straight months in the movie theaters. Each episode is 50 minutes long. So a triple episode would be 2:30 hours long. Survivor’s worst ratings were 12 million viewers. With the average movie ticket in the U.S. being $11, at Survivor’s worst they would gross $132million per triple episode domestically. So with five triple episodes per “season” Survivor would gross $660 million per year in the U.S. alone.
There would be no competition from The Amazing Race or Big Brother or American Idol. Their merchandise sales would increase as movie merchandise always out sells TV merchandise. And with only one season in production per year, filming would not be so taxing on Jeff Probst, Mark Burnett and the others.
They would find out what Star Trek found out. That getting canceled is not the end; it’s only a transition to bigger and better things. Even if Survivor only retains their core fans, their hardcore fans, that’s more than enough to easily make Survivor the greatest movie serial in cinematic history, far better than the Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon serials of the 1930s. That’s one hell of a selling point to the main steam media. They would also become one of the highest grossing entertainment franchises since Star Trek and Marvel Comics.
Like a lot of the former Survivor-turned-bloggers out there, no matter how much I rant and rip my fellow former castaways, Reality Media, and even a member of production from time to time, I’m just stirring things up because I find controversy on Survivor fun. I love Survivor and am proud to be part of the greatest reality franchise ever. So all of you long time fans, former cast members, and hardcore loyalists can join me in answering the very big and serious question, will the next season of Survivor be the last? OVER MY DEAD BODY!
This 24-hour Blog-a-thon is to bring support for the Actors’ Fund. You can help by making a donation here.
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June 20th, 2008
That’s right, Padma Laksmi, the lovely host of Bravo’s Top Chef is ranked #85 on the AfterEllen.com Hot 100 list for 2008. She brings a certain sweetness to the show and balances some of the strong personalities. Not to mention that’s she’s unbelievably beautiful.
And she cooks too! Yes, Padma has even published her own cookbook.
Congratulations, Padma!!!
[Photo: © 2008 NBC Universal, Inc.]
This 24-hour Blog-a-thon is to bring support for the Actors’ Fund. You can help by making a donation here.
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