September 2008 News Archive (Page 3)

According to Bertram van Munster, co-creator and executive producer of The Amazing Race the, viewers may need a seat belt when they watch this season, which begins Sunday night.

He told Reality TV World the competition will be kicking the danger level up a few notches during this fall's thirteenth edition.

"[This season] you will see a tricky one where you will wonder 'How in the world did they have the guts to do this?' You are really going to wonder," van Munster said. "I look[ed] at it and I [went] 'Oh what was I thinking? Oh my god, this could go very wrong.'  And then it does."

Overall, the goal was to increase the pressure and the challenges facing contenders.

"What I've done [for this season is] I've come up with so many insane challenges that it should do the trick and I think it will be plenty exciting for an audience to watch it," the producer added.

After earning 12 points total on Monday night, Jeffrey Ross was voted off Dancing with the Stars before getting a chance to redeem himself last night. Tough break.

As awful as that comedian was, however, another celebrity has established herself as the early favorite this season: Brooke Burke and Derek Hough earned the top score for the second consecutive night.

Other highlights from the evening included:

• Cloris Leachman once again cursing off the judges; is this an act, or the raving of an old woman?
• Kim Kardashian doing the Mambo to "Baby Got Back." Why fight it, right, Kim?

Read our complete Dancing With the Stars recap now and let us know which couple you think will stand up to Brooke and Derek as the weeks roll on.

Ever had a question for Paulina Porizkova?

In the video below, the America's Next Top Model judge answers numerous inquiries from fans of the show. Maybe one of them will be yours!

Dancing With the Stars kicked off last night... with a series of mediocre performances.

Brooke Burke and Derek Hough earned the top score of the evening, but a 23 isn't anything either of them could write home about. Here's this tandem in action:

Who might give Brooke and Derek some competition? Karina Smirnoff and Rocco DiSpirito didn't totally suck:

Finally, here's a look at Cody Linley and Julianne Hough in action. No matter how many false steps that encounter, these two will always look good doing it:

** You can catch up on the latest Dancing with the Stars performances following every show in our DWTS video section. It's updated daily. Enjoy!

Toastee Toof epitomizes everything that is right - and wrong, we suppose - with reality TV.

She has a cool nickname, a past filled with amateur pornography and zero inhibitions. Sadly, none of this was enough to keep Toastee alive on I Love Money.

But she did sit down with VH1 to discuss her experience on the show:

Were you surprised to go when you did?
I was. I really thought Megan was going to go home. I’m not mad at Hoopz, but I think she had the chance to get rid of someone who was a big manipulator in the house. I was sneaky, but I think Megan was a lot worse than I was. Pumkin was right when she said that Hoopz was basing her decision on revenge, and that was not the smartest thing to do.

You and Pumkin betrayed your secret alliance with Brandi and Megan. Was that just inevitable?
I knew eventually it would be me and Pumkin versus Brandi and Megan, but I didn’t know it would be that soon. Hoopz was the Paymaster and three people had to go in the box. She was not going to vote off Whiteboy or Real. We had no choice but to turn on each other. Brandi probably would have been safe if she did turn on Megan. Megan and Brandi were never my friends. We just used them as far as we could and it had to end at some point.

What are you looking at now? Are you still aiming to go to med school?
Yeah. That’s still my main goal. I really don’t have the time to devote to going full-time now. I’m only 24, and I think I need to take whatever opportunities come along now. I’ve gotten some offers, some films that I’m going to follow through with. But they aren’t porn. (Laughs)

Note to readers: If you're ever in the ER, and they page Dr. Toof over the intercom, make a run for it. As quickly as you can.

Former star of The Bachelor Andrew Firestone and his wife, Ivana Bozilovic, are expecting their first child, he told Us Weekly this week.

"We're just over the moon, we're so happy," the 33-year-old, who got married in July, said. "It's possible it's even a honeymoon baby!"

Andrew Firestone and Ivana Bozilovic wed in July and honeymooned in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. How did they find out about the kid?

"Ivana had a feeling in the middle of the night so she got up and she took the pregnancy test and then came and jumped on the bed, screaming and yelling," Firestone recalled. "We ended up staying up the rest of the night, laughing and talking about it. Ivana's just been glowing and beaming."

Their baby is due in the middle of April.

"We decided that we're not going to find out the sex of the baby," Firestone said. "There's very few surprises left and I already wasted a big one on Ivana when I proposed to her. This will be our big life surprise."

There were tears, a possible farewell and a stunning, successful audition for Tiffany Pollard on the season finale of New York Goes to Hollywood last night.

After VH1 arranged for Pollard to land a role in a movie, Tiffany made it sound as though she was being forced to give up on reality television forever in order to pursue her acting career. Then, of course, she said this:

Who in the hell am I kidding? If this thing doesn’t work out, I’ll be back for I Love New York Season 3 through 13. And if it does work out, I’ll be back for New York Goes to Hollywood, Part 2. I am not turning down a paycheck!

That's our girl.

Why is Tiffany Pollard crying? Perhaps our New York Goes to Hollywood episode guide will reveal the answer!

As this episode of The Hills gets underway, Lauren Conrad packs for a trip to Italy. Right after, Stephanie Pratt tells Audrina Patridge how Doug Reinhardt - yes, Lauren's Doug - asked her out. LC is not gonna like this.

At the club, Audrina and Lo are hanging out and the great Spencer and Heidi arrive! Heidi says hi. Lo, however, looks like she wants to kill herself.

Heidi cannot believe about Doug Reinhardt and Stephanie Pratt either, then invites Audrina and Lo to a Bolthouse X-Games Party the next night.

Even Spencer is telling Stephanie that the date is a bad idea, but she's not getting the message. She goes through with the date with Doug.

LC and She-Pratt's friendship will be put to the test by this.

Stephanie asks Doug about Brody Jenner, his buddy, and tells him how she did not tell Lauren Conrad about the date. Then the unexpected happens.

No, Doug doesn't say something intelligent. Brody's mom arrives and says hi to both of them. One could say it was an awkward run-in.

Lauren Conrad finally gets home and hears the details on Stephanie and Doug from Audrina and Lo. The reaction was predictably bad.

That night, Brody makes it even worse when he tells her how his mom caught them and Doug had lied about where he was going.

When the highest combined score given out to any of the 13 dances is a 23, all we have to say is this:

Thank goodness an 82-year old actress was around to flash her legs, her cleavage and curse out the judges backstage.

Indeed, Cloris Leachman stole the show on last night's Dancing with the Stars premiere. Review our full recap right now and watch Cloris in action below:

The Bachelorette’s DeAnna Pappas and Jesse Csincsak may have gotten engaged on national TV, but they are looking for a more intimate feel for their May 9, 2009 nuptials. The bride-to-be said of the process:

“I think we want to enjoy ourselves and our day versus having to talk to a bunch of people all day long. So, we’re dwindling it down."

Hard to argue with that. How's the planning going?

“I don’t know how people plan a wedding,” DeAnna Pappas told People. “I know what color I want my dresses to be, and bridesmaids’ dresses. He wants a cheesecake. And that’s about as far as we’ve gotten.”

“Our relationship obviously is our main focus right now,” Jesse Csincsak added. “It’s not this huge thing everyday. We’re both so busy. We don’t have time right now to plan a wedding, and we’re planning a wedding, which is crazy.”

As for The Bachelor stars on the invite list?

“I’m friends with a lot of the guys from the same season I was on, Jason [Mesnick] being one of them,” said Csincsak. “[Chris] Harrison is a great guy. Trista and Ryan [Sutter] have been super-influential to us. We’re psyched to have all of them there.”

Andy Baldwin is scheduled to officiate. Really.