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Reality TV Casting Calls This Week!

Mar 12th, 2010 by Lynn DeVries

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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:

Now Casting for Losing It with Jillian Michaels!

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!

Now Casting Big Brother 12!

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:

Los Angeles Saturday, March 27 11AM-3PM 650 NORTH 650 North La Cienega Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90069	Catoosa, Oklahoma Saturday, March 27 11AM-3PM Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 777 W. Cherokee Street Catoosa, OK 74015
Bee Cave, Texas Hill Country Galleria Amphitheater Thursday, April 1 2-6PM 12700 Hill Country Blvd. Bee Cave, TX 78738	South Tampa The Dubliner Irish Pub Saturday, April 3 12-3PM 2307 Azeele St. Tampa, FL 33609
Greensboro, NC Wednesday, April 7 4-8PM Battleground Kia 2927 Battleground Avenue Greensboro, NC 27408	Santa Fe, NM Saturday, April 10 10:30AM-4PM Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino Pueblo Ballroom 30 Buffalo Thunder Trail Santa Fe, NM 87506
Nashville Friday, April 30 5-9PM McFadden’s Restaurant and Saloon 134 Second Ave. North Nashville, TN 37201

Last Comic Standing is Casting for Season 7

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:

Los Angeles
March 6, 2010
Improv Comedy Club
8162 Melrose Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90046

New York
March 21, 2010
Gotham Comedy Club
208 W. 23rd St.
New York, NY 10011

For additional information, please contact lastcomic7@gmail.com. You can also get info at Facebook, MySpace or Twitter.

Biggest Loser Season 10 is Casting

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:

DETROIT SATURDAY, MARCH 13 GARDNER WHITE FURNITURE 45300 HAYES RD. MACOMB, MI 48044 10 AM – 6 PM	NASHVILLE SATURDAY, MARCH 13 DAVE AND BUSTERS 540 OPRY MILLS DR. NASHVILLE, TN 37214 10AM-6PM
NEW YORK CITY SATURDAY, MARCH 13 NBC EXPERIENCE STORE 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA NEW YORK CITY, NY 10112 10 AM – 6 PM	ALBUQUERQUE SATURDAY, MARCH 13 SANDIA CASINO 30 RAINBOW RD. NE ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87113 10 AM – 6 PM
LOS ANGELES SUNDAY, MARCH 14 PERSHING SQUARE PARK (SHAPE UP AMERICA HEALTH & FITNESS EXPO) 532 SOUTH OLIVE ST. LOS ANGELES, CA 90013 10AM – 4PM	OKLAHOMA CITY SATURDAY, MARCH 20 COCA COLA EVENTS CENTER 425 E. CALIFORNIA OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73104 10 AM – 6 PM
SALT LAKE CITY SATURDAY, MARCH 20 NBC STUDIOS 55 NORTH 300 WEST SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84180 10 AM – 5 PM	DALLAS SATURDAY, MARCH 20 METHODIST DALLAS MEDICAL CENTER – HITT AUDITORIUM 221 W. COLORADO (AT BISHOP AVE.) DALLAS, TX 75208 10 AM – 6 PM
NEW ORLEANS SATURDAY, MARCH 20 RIVERWALK MARKETPLACE 1 POYDRAS ST. (2ND LEVEL) NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130 10 AM – 6 PM	PHOENIX SATURDAY, MARCH 27 SUPERSTITION SPRINGS CENTER 6555 E. SOUTHERN AVE. MESA, AZ 85206 10 AM – 6 PM
PORTLAND SUNDAY, MARCH 28 OREGON CONVENTION CENTER 777 NE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BLVD. PORTLAND, OR 97232 10 AM – 6 PM	LOS ANGELES SATURDAY, APRIL 3 CITADEL OUTLETS 100 CITADEL DR. LOS ANGELES, CA 9 AM – 2 PM

* 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

Good Luck!!

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Biggest Loser: All Black & Blue

Mar 4th, 2010 by Lynn DeVries

This week on the Biggest Loser, we began by finding out that Darrell lost the challenge with Cheryl and was eliminated.

It was tough for me, since I liked them both and didn’t want either one to leave.

Then, Alison Sweeney told them that the competition was now becoming Team Blue vs. Team Black. And there would be a competition to determine which person would divide the teams.

The only two people who wanted to participate were Michael and Drea. They had to play a game of high stakes “Memory” where they would match items behind little doors. If they matched two food items, their opponent had to eat that item. If they didn’t match in that turn, they had to eat a cookie worth 100 calories. If they matched two golden tickets, they would decide the teams.

After Michael had eaten a total of 2310 calories, he won the challenge. Drea had eaten a total of 1120 calories. Those are all going to be tough to take off during the week!

He stacked all the deck, so to speak. He put all the heavy-hitters on one team and the lightweights on the other. He felt that would give him a better chance of staying. Instead of taking Immunity for himself, he gave it to O’Neal. O’Neal would join the losing team for the week.

Everyone, including Bob & Jillian, were upset with Michael for the way he divided the teams. So they all had to work harder than ever that week.

Next, the teams had to compete in a challenge and the winning team would get letters from home. They had to hoist their team flag to the top of a tall building first. The Blue team won, so they and O’Neal all got letters to enjoy.

The contestants all went to see Dr. H for an update on their weight. All of them found out that they had already improved their weight and lengthened their life expectancy in the 7 weeks on the ranch. It was a great incentive to continue working hard to lose the weight.

Here’s how the weigh-in went this week:

Team	Person	Prev. Wt.	Curr. Wt.	# Loss	%
Yellow	O’Neal (immunity)	325	316	-9	2.77%
Blue	Michael	432	417	-15	2.70%
	Sunshine	239	232	-7
	Lance	305	300	-5
	Miggy	199	195	-4
	Daris	274	267	-7
	Koli	326	316	-10
Black	Andrea	255	250	-5	2.82%
	Cheryl	191	187	-4
	Sherry	177	171	-6
	Sam	298	290	-8
	Stephanie	221	213	-8
	Ashley	311	301	-10

There was a difficult and emotional voting session when the Blue team voted to send home Miggy.

Miggy was an incredible competitor. She had her appendix removed and still worked to lose lots of weight that week.

Darrell continues to work hard at home too. It’s going to be exciting to see how well he and Miggy do from home.

What did you think of this week’s episode? Do you feel that Michael was justified to divide the teams the way he did? Which team are you for now? Let us know!

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Biggest Loser: Trainer Tips

Feb 23rd, 2010 by Lynn DeVries

We haven’t gotten to see a new episode of the Biggest Loser for a while because of the Olympics. [sigh] But to keep you motivated, here are a couple of trainer tips from the show.

In this first one, Celebrity Chef Curtis Stone gives us a great cooking tip for weight loss. (Be sure to also watch for him on the new season of Celebrity Apprentice!

In this clip, Jillian Michaels gives us a great low-calorie snack recipe! It sounds delicious!

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Biggest Loser Recap: Students & Teachers

Jan 19th, 2010 by Lynn DeVries

Tonight’s Biggest Loser episode began with Alison Sweeney explaining the week’s challenge. Each team would have a “Teacher” and a “Student”. The teachers would get instructions and information from Bob & Jillian, and they would have to teach their teammate student. Then, the students’ weight would be the only one that counted at the weigh-in.

In order to find out who would assign the team members to their roles, they had to do a Temptation Challenge. The person who ate more than anyone else would assign everyone’s roles. Then, Alison revealed two giant vats of candy. Yikes!

The Pink team won in by only eating two pieces of candy totaling 10 calories. They assigned the roles, but regretted the pressure they felt doing it.

Migdalia had a bad attitude about the program of the week and emotionally shut down. When Jillian tried to get her to open up, she said she wanted to go home. Luckily, Miggy & Bob talked her into staying on the ranch.

The teachers were happy to see celebrity chef Curtis Stone in the kitchen to teach them about cooking healthy. Of course, then they had to go teach their teammate.

This week’s big Immunity Challenge had each of the teachers unraveling 1000 feet of ribbon all over a playground. Then, the Students would draw for the ribbon they would follow and re-wind. The winning team got immunity. They would also get the ability to switch one team’s teacher & student.

Once the ribbons were in a huge tangled mess on a playground, Alison told them that each team’s student would be untangling their own teacher’s ribbon…blindfolded.

The Gray team won immunity and at the weigh-in, they decided to switch the White team’s roles. Michael had been slacking and they wanted him to know he needed to step it up.

Here’s how the weigh-ins went:

Team	Person	Start Wt.	Indiv. Wt.	# Loss	Student Loss	%
Gray	Sam	345	334	-11	-13	immunity
Gray	Koli	366	353	-13	-13	immunity
Green	Migdalia	245	237	-8	-7	3.20%
Green	Miggy	219	212	-7	-7	3.20%
Black	Andrea	279	272	-7	-12	3.22%
Black	Darrell	373	361	-12	-12	3.22%
Orange	Cheryl	210	203	-7	-9	2.90%
Orange	Daris	310	301	-9	-9	2.90%
Brown/Purple	Stephanie	243	236	-7	-14	3.10%
Brown/Purple	John	451	437	-14	-14	3.10%
Red	Melissa	215	214	-1	-12	3.57%
Red	Lance	336	324	-12	-12	3.57%
White	Maria	258	254	-4	-10	2.08%
White	Michael	481	471	-10	-10	2.08%
Pink	Sherry	196	190	-6	-12	3.48%
Pink	Ashley	345	333	-12	-12	3.48%

Michael’s less than enthusiastic work all week really did him in. Maria begged the others to send her home in order to help Michael, but they were torn about what to do. The teams voted and Maria was sent home. And Michael got a serious wake up call…if he decides to use it.

We got to see Maria today and she’s lost 51 lbs. so far. She even looks healthier. And Jillian helped her see that she could overcome her fear of water so she went home and got a coach who taught her to swim. Good for her!!

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Biggest Loser Winner Danny Cahill Says He Was a Bad Role Model

Dec 17th, 2009 by Lynn DeVries


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This week’s issue of In Touch Weekly includes an interview the the latest Biggest Loser winner, Danny Cahill. He started the season at 430 lbs. and lost a record 239 lbs. on the show! He’s a real hero!

But here’s some of what he has to say in the interview:

“I would sit on the couch, watch TV, eat tons of food… I was the worst role model for my kids,”

“My wife, who met me when I was 175 pounds, believed in me. She was a big reason that I was able to do it,” says Danny of Darci, who shed 65 pounds on her own. “What she did was bigger than what I did at the ranch!”

Be sure to pick up your copy of this week’s In Touch Weekly, on newstands tomorrow.

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The Biggest Loser: Amanda Tells How Her Life Has Changed

Dec 10th, 2009 by Lynn DeVries

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All the buzz has been about how much the two male finalists lost on the most recent season of the Biggest Loser. But the third finalist, America’s choice, Amanda Arlauskas did a fabulous job of taking off the pounds too! She lost 80 lbs. during the season!

In this week’s issue of In Touch Weekly, Amanda shares her diet secrets and how her life has changed after losing so much weight.

“I feel wonderful, and I’m the happiest I’ve ever been,” says Amanda, 20. “I can admit that I love myself for the very first time, so I feel like a winner!”

Here’s an excerpt from the interview:

Do you find you act differently in social situations now?

Amanda: In the past, I was kind of the girl who stayed to the side, never wanting to be the center of attention. Now I walk into a room and I’m glowing and happy, and I want to be the center of attention. I’m confident, and I don’t feel like I have to hide anymore. I’m not shy for people to see my new body and how hard I’ve worked.

Do you notice people treating you differently?

Amanda: I get a lot of male attention now, and it’s a lot for me to take because I never really had that before! I was always told, “You have such a pretty face,” but I knew my body was always keeping me back from anything really happening. Now I have a lot of guys trying to talk to me and get in touch with me, and it’s flattering — but I’m definitely not used to it!

Do you have any tips on staying motivated?

Amanda: My biggest motivation is looking at before pictures and thinking about how sad I was. I worked so hard, and I can’t imagine going back. I just felt like a horrible person when I was overweight because that wasn’t who I was inside. I was tied to this ball and chain because I was overweight. Right now, I feel the best I’ve ever felt.

What was the hardest part of being on the show?

Amanda: Exposing your life to millions of people and allowing cameras to film you 24 hours a day, getting on a scale in almost no clothes and letting people see that dreaded number on the scale. But then the next day, they can catch you at your best moment. That was the ultimate reward!

Be sure to read the rest of Amanda’s interview in this week’s issue of In Touch.

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Biggest Loser 8: Danny Wins!

Dec 8th, 2009 by Lynn DeVries

Tonight was the season finale of the Biggest Loser and it’s always so fun to see how everyone has transformed during the competition. The excitement started when we found out that Amanda was chosen as the third finalist, along with Danny & Rudy. It’s a shame that Liz couldn’t be a finalist too.

Here’s how the first 13 contestants did in their final weigh in together:

	Start	Finish	Lost	%
Alexandra	309	218	-91	29.45%
Antoine	367	215	-152	41.42%
Sean	444	289	-155	34.91%
Julio	407	227	-180	44.23%
Coach Mo	355	263	-92	25.92%
Dina	253	174	-79	31.23%
Abby	247	147	-100	40.49%
Tracey	250	132	-118	47.20%
Shay	476	304	-172	36.13%
Daniel	312	201	-111	35.58%
Rebecca	279	140	-139	49.20%
Allen	325	209	-116	35.69%
Liz	267	176	-91	34.08%

Rebecca won the $100,000 prize for losing the highest percentage of weight of those who were eliminated. She looks absolutely incredible! All of them are totally transformed.

Then they called Shay out of the group to surprise her. They told her that Subway will pay her $1000 for every additional pound she loses between now and the season 9 finale. She’ll be back to weigh in then. This is wonderful news! I so wanted her to be able to get to her goal!!

Antoine surprised Alexandra by dropping to his knee and proposing to her. Of course, she said yes! How cool!

Then finally we got to see the three finalists weigh in:

	Start	Finish	Lost	%
Rudy	442	208	-234	52.94%
Danny	430	191	-239	55.58%
Amanda	250	163	-87	34.80%

Danny won the $250,000 by losing over 55% of his body weight! The numbers are incredible! I’ll be posting photos of the transformations tomorrow, so be sure to check back!

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Matt & Suzy Tied the Knot

Oct 27th, 2006 by Lynn DeVries

Two of last season’s Biggest Loser contestants, Matt Hoover and Suzy Preston, got married recently in Jamaica. According to People magazine, it was a small, intimate ceremony on the beach.

I’d say that this has to be one of the couples in contention for the showmance of the year, even if they weren’t shown as a dating couple on the show. I guess we’ll have to keep watching this season to see if any of the current contestants fall in love on the show.

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Get Your Copy of the Biggest Loser Cookbook

Oct 26th, 2006 by Lynn DeVries

Every week we watch the cast of the Biggest Loser make the most healthy and tasty-looking food and still manage to lose huge amounts of weight each week. I don’t know about you, but I am curious to get my hands on the The Biggest Loser Cookbook to see if cooking with it can work some magic for me too.