Studio: Gaiam Release Type: Season Boxed Set Release Date: 5/04/2010 Number of Discs: 3 Run Time: 599 mins
Retail Price: $24.98
Studio: Showtime Release Type: Season Boxed Set Number of Discs: 2 Number of Episodes: 9 Running Time: 251 mins Retail Price: $29.98
The seventh season of this award-winning series featuring master showmen Penn & Teller, delivers viewers an aggressive, humorous exposé of taboo topics, using the duo’s trademark humor, knowledge of carnival tricks as well as hidden cameras and blatant confrontation. Nominated several consecutive years for the Emmy for Outstanding Reality Program and Outstanding Writing for Non Fiction Programming, Penn & Teller: Bullshit! continues its controversial muckraking throughout season seven by confronting many of the institutions society holds dear.
Please note: The set does not include “The Vatican” episode.
Studio: Virgil Films and Entertainment Release Type: Complete Series Number of Discs: 6 Number of Episodes: 18 Running Time: 792 mins Retail Price: $29.99
Studio: Image Entertainment Release Type: Individual Episodes Number of Discs: 2 Running Time: 218 mins Retail Price: $14.98
Join America’s first line of defense against the supernatural as Jason and Grant – plumbers by day, ghost hunters by night – lead their team on five hair-raising explorations of America’s most haunted military locations. Prepare to be scared with these 100% real investigations from the spine-tingling TV series: Ft. Mifflin, the historic battlefield where apparitions still linger from America’s bloodiest battles; Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, the site of a decade-long pattern of escalating paranormal activity; the USS Hornet, an aircraft carrier known as the most haunted ship in the Navy; Race Rock Lighthouse, the US Coast Guard lighthouse featuring one of the TAPS team’s most startling adventures; and the National Guard’s New Bedford Armory, where the team experiences one of the most terrifying, still-unexplained moments of their entire career!
It’s no secret that I love reality TV competitions. That’s why I’ve been excited to watch the current season of Bravo’s Top Chef Masters. The competition is down to the final four chefs. Incredibly, none of them will walk away with money in their pocket from this competition. All of their winnings go to their charities. But that doesn’t stop them from giving it their all.
These superstar chefs all have huge talent and enormous egos. So they pull out all the stops in the competition. Some of them have served as guest judges on the original Top Chef series, but they are given a true wake-up call when they are the ones competing in those impossible challenges. It’s a lot of fun to watch.
So it’s great news for Top Chef Masters fans that the first season of the series will be released on DVD tomorrow. You’ll want be sure to get to your retailer tomorrow so you can get your copy.
As a side note, Top Chef lso has a cookbook out that you may want. The book is entitled How You Can Cook Like a Top Chef. This is how the book is described:
“Covering everything from knife skills to sauces and sous-vide, How to Cook Like a Top Chef teaches aspiring chefs what it takes to be a star in the kitchen. Packed with exclusive content including a foreword by Top Chef: Masters winner Rick Bayless, original recipes from contestants, behind-the-scenes interviews, juicy trivia, and tons of tips and tricks this volume is as indispensable on the cook’s countertop as it is essential reading for Top Chef fans.”
I know I really need this guide!
This week, there are several good casting opportunities for all you reality star hopefuls. If none of these is right for you, be sure to keep checking back here. I’ll be posting regular updates on casting news.
Here are this week’s casting opportunities:
THIS TIME…THERE ARE NO MORE EXCUSES!
FAMILIES, this is your chance to have one of America’s top health and wellness experts, Jillian Michaels move in, kick butt and change you and your loved ones’ lives! She is ready to teach your family how to exercise, eat right, and be healthy in every facet of your life.
Have you or members of your family packed on the pounds? Have you let yourself go? Do you have terrible eating habits and a destructive lifestyle?
If you feel helpless, frustrated, powerless or disappointed, it’s time to step up and take your life back!
Now, get off the couch and tell us why you and your family are ready to start losing it with Jillian!
Wouldn’t it be fun to be one of the next group of Big Brother houseguests? It could be a reality, but you need to let them know about how wonderful you would be for the Big Brother house! You can download and complete the application for Big Brother 12, then get to one of these casting sessions:
Last Comic Standing is back with lucky Season 7! This season promises to be bigger, better and more competitive than ever! This season there will be holding east coast auditions in New York and west coast auditions in Los Angeles. If you think you have what it takes to be the next Last Comic Standing, perform your best two minute set at either of their open calls:
For additional information, please contact lastcomic7@gmail.com. You can also get info at Facebook, MySpace or Twitter.
Are you ready to cha nge your life? Do you have at least 100 lbs. to loser? Are you outgoing with personality? Do you have the want, desire and competitive edge to vie for this once in a lifetime opportunity to change your lives forever and compete for $250,000?
If so, apply today and change your life forever! The show is looking for individuals and teams of two. Check out the casting site, then head to one of these open casting calls:
* You must be at least 18 years old by May 24th, 2010* Please do not line up more than 3 hours before the open call start time * If you cannot attend an open call you may submit a videotape
Last summer, we saw former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich’s wife on I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! She turned out to be a pretty cool person!
Now, with the third season of Celebrity Apprentice premiering on Sunday, Rod Blagojevich appeared on David Letterman’s show to read a very funny Top Ten List. Be sure to stay for the #1 reading. It’s hilarious!
The lovely host of So You Think You Can Dance, Cat Deeley was snapped by the paparazzi recently when she attended The Lancome and Harper’s Bazaar Pre-BAFTA Party in London on February 19. I love the tiny pearls sewn onto her dress and think she looks great, as always. But for some reason, when the photos were taken, she looks like she was unhappy or bored.
Fellow reality TV fan April Mueller has organized what is turning into a well-attended event to support animal rescues in the Glen Allen, Virginia area. She’s already gathered dozens of reality stars to attend the event and more are joining the effort all the time. All it takes for you to spend a day with some fun and interesting reality stars is to attend the event.
I’ve been to reality stars’ charity events in the past and can tell you that the reality stars are chosen to be on the shows because they are fun, outgoing and easy to talk to. So imagine a place with tons of them, wine to taste and the day to enjoy them. You don’t want to miss this event!!
The event is called Reality Rescue Fundraiser Festival for Angel Dog Rescue Inc. and Heavenly Hounds.
There will be wine tasting, great food, meet and greet with over 65 reality stars, book signings, silent auctions, live music, doggies on site to find their forever homes and much more!
Confirmed Guest List of Reality Stars:
Saturday, October 9, 2010 Time: 3:00pm – 9:00pm Location: James River Cellars Winery Street: 11008 Washington Hwy City/Town: Glen Allen, VA
Tickets are $100.00 per person and on sale now!! Call (804) 355-7835 and leave a message, a representative will call you back shortly. You can find out all the latest details on the Facebook page for the event too.
Note: Any reality star who wants to attend this event is more than welcome. No one is excluded! It’s a great cause, so come join us! Thanks!
America’s Next Top Model is now casting Cycle 15. Applicants must be 5′ 7″ or taller, 18-27 years old and a US citizen. Please respond with your name, age, height, weight, and a recent photo.
The CW along with the creator and producers of “THE BIGGEST LOSER” have come together to give one lucky couple their DREAM WEDDING. With help from our fitness experts, couples will compete in weekly challenges to shed those extra pounds. We are looking for OUTGOING, COMPETITIVE couples that want to lose between 30 to 60 lbs each. Here’s where you can find all the information about how to apply.
Are you outgoing with personality? Do you have the WANT, DESIRE and COMPETITIVE EDGE to vie for this once in a lifetime opportunity to change your lives forever and compete for $250,000? Here’s where you can find out more about applying for the show.
The Discovery Channel invites you to participate in an extraordinary, once-in-a-lifetime experience: in the second season of this critically acclaimed docu-reality series deemed a “social experiment”, a group of eleven strangers must co-exist in a simulated, post-apocalyptic world. Here’s how you can apply.
ENDEMOL USA is currently casting season 2 of the hit ABC show Dating In The Dark. It’s the show that puts a whole new spin on “blind-dating”. Is dating getting you down? Are you open to a unique social experiment? Are you single, outgoing, attractive and looking for a long-term relationship? Are you open to making that connection with looks taken out of the equation? Here’s how to apply for the show.
This morning, Bethenny Frankel, one of Bravo’s Real Housewives, was a guest on the CBS Early Show.
She showed how to make a three course meal spending less than $40. The recipes looked amazing and she assures us that the chocolate cake is healthy, in spite of the fact that it’s yummy and moist!
I think I’m going to go get her latest book, Skinnygirl Dish!
There’s horrible news for Dancing With the Stars finalist Marie Osmond. Her 18-year-old son has committed suicide. This is of course also a tragedy for last season’s DWTS winner, Donny Osmond because the young man was his nephew.
Marie Osmond’s teenaged son, Michael Blosil, has killed himself by leaping to his death around 9 p.m. Friday in Los Angeles, reports Entertainment Tonight, which quotes Marie’s brother, Donny Osmond, as saying, “Please pray for my sister and her family.” Through her rep, Marie Osmond release a statement Saturday. It says, “My family and I are devastated and in deep shock by the tragic loss of our dear Michael and ask that everyone respect our privacy during this difficult time.” According to ET, Michael left a note explaining he intended to end his life after a lengthy battle with severe depression that left him, he said, feeling as if he had no friends and could never fit in. [Source: People]
Marie Osmond’s teenaged son, Michael Blosil, has killed himself by leaping to his death around 9 p.m. Friday in Los Angeles, reports Entertainment Tonight, which quotes Marie’s brother, Donny Osmond, as saying, “Please pray for my sister and her family.”
Through her rep, Marie Osmond release a statement Saturday. It says, “My family and I are devastated and in deep shock by the tragic loss of our dear Michael and ask that everyone respect our privacy during this difficult time.”
According to ET, Michael left a note explaining he intended to end his life after a lengthy battle with severe depression that left him, he said, feeling as if he had no friends and could never fit in. [Source: People]
What a tragic loss! My thoughts and prayers go out to Marie and her entire family.
As promised, here’s another review of the best one-episode competition reality series. This time, I’m reviewing Chopped on the Food Network.
Former Queer Eye member, Ted Allen, hosts the show and each episode/competition has three very well known chefs to judge the finished dishes. Sounds pretty simplistic, right?
That would be wrong!
We get a chance at the beginning of the episode to find out a bit about each of the competing chefs, then they are tossed to the sharks, so to speak.
In each of three rounds, they will be given a basket of crazy ingredients that absolutely do not go together and they will have an insanely short amount of time (like 20 minutes) to prepare a delicious dish. The first round is an appetizer, second round is a main entrée, and third round is predictably the toughest, dessert.
After frantically cooking as fast as they can, when the time is up, they must present a finished dish to each of the judges. Each dish must include all of the mystery items in some way, but with such a short time frame, often one will be left out or not cooked properly. That sets the chef up to be “Chopped.” After each round one of the competitors is cut from the competition, i.e. Chopped.
When all three rounds are over and the one chef is left standing, he or she wins a $10,000 prize. Not bad for a day’s work!
I haven’t seen many dishes that I would actually want to make or even eat, but to watch these talented people pushed so hard is fascinating. Some buckle under the pressure, some stay calm and collected. And we’ve seen more than our share of blood from them trying to cut things too quickly. And don’t get me started about the people who “double dip” while they cook. The judges can scold them, and they continue to do it! I hope I never eat in their restaurants!!
I do enjoy this series. And surprisingly, I almost always have a favorite chef that I hope will win each episode. I recommend that you watch and see if it’s a show you’ll enjoy too.
