good evening y'all! is everybody ready for the second season of rupaul's drag race?! it premieres on LOGO next week - monday, february 1st (produced by the good people from world of wonder again!) i loved the first time around - i can't wait to see what competitions & challenges rupaul has up his sleeve this time for the twelve drag contestants (all pictured below) vying for the top spot! tonight i'm heading over to west hollywood to cover the red carpet premiere plus attend the party where they'll be showing the first episode! unfortunately it's raining - i can't imagine all these hot drag queens running down the red carpet in the rain (although i'm sure it will be covered) it should be interesting to say the least! below is a quick video preview of the upcoming season - oh there's definitely going to be loads of crazy drama going down! check out some fun stuff on the show's website (become a drag superstar with the dragulator!) including a downloadable calendar plus you can follow the show on twitter! also if you haven't picked up a copy of rupaul's latest album champion - you must - i named it one of my top favorite albums of 2009 - it's super awesome! popbytes over & out for now ... xoxo
i told myself i wasn't going to watch the jacksons: a family dynasty - the new reality show kicking off tonight on A&E - focusing on four of the jackson brothers: marlon, tito, jermaine, and jackie (who are prepping for an unnecessary reunion of the jackson 5) but now i think i'm going to tune in - i can't pass up a train wreck - curiosity's got a tight grip on me! sadly this series seems to be totally trying to capitalize on the increased interest in the jacksons simply because of michael jackson's untimely passing this past june (i guess strike while the iron's hot?) i'm curious to see how many times they will mention him - i'm betting a whole lot! maybe i'll change my jaded opinion after i see the show because right now all i can see is dollar $igns in their eyes - sad but true! i highly doubt michael would have partaken in any part of this show if he were still alive! popbytes over & out for now ... xoxo
Behind the headlines lies a captivating family, whose lives have been unwillingly played out before cameras for decades. After 40 years in the business together, Jackie, Jermaine, Tito and Marlon, have sold more than 250 million albums worldwide. Now, the brothers allow unprecedented access into their world as they record new material and rehearse for the 40th anniversary celebration of The Jackson Five. The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty will chronicle the brothers' relationships with each other, their parents and their children, while also balancing the demands of their professional commitments and celebrity. The series will also document the brothers' coming to terms with Michael's tragic loss and how to properly honor his legacy.
oh my gosh - this is way exciting! i loved the first season of rupaul's drag race (the search for america's next top drag queen) and now it's coming back in february for season two over on logo - there's a teaser video posted below! (you can see all the contestants vying for the title here) i've been a huge fan of rupaul's for years now - and now that holiday season is here - it's totally time to toss on his super fun and hilarious 1997 holiday album ho ho ho again - i listen to it religiously every year! (plus his latest album champion is pure pop excellence!) popbytes over & out for tonight ... xoxo
hey kids! did anyone else catch the 5th season premiere of the hills last night? it's been a guilty pleasure of mine for a few years now but i was worried about the loss of main character & narrator lauren 'LC' conrad - and everything i was fretting over turned out to be true - i don't think i can deal with the show much longer - it felt really awkward without LC at the helm!
as for the new girl in town kristin cavallari - who now narrates the show - i didn't care for her on laguna beach and she totally rubbed me (and audrina patridge) the wrong way during last night's episode! we all know the show isn't really based in reality at all but i kind of went along with it until now - every conversation last night seemed so scripted - i didn't believe anything - especiallythe initial fight scene which set-up (lame) tensions between audrina and kristin over that scuzzy character justin bobby (i used to think he was super sexy but he looked like crap during the premiere)
i totally forgive LC for wanting to move on (she's pictured below leaving lauren 'lo' bosworth's birthday party last night) i would have done the same thing (just today it was announced her book L.A. candy is being turned into a movie - good for her!) but LC's departure has definitely put a huge nail in the show's coffin - i'll be surprised if MTV squeezes out another season! (however you know they'll probably try) after the show ended i did stick around for the city which i was never a huge fan of but i actually enjoyed that fakery way more than all the faux drama on the hills! of course i'll keep watching since i'm a glutton for punishment - i can't keep my eyes off a train wreck - i must see how the hills comes to a very necessary end! (the best ending would be for heidi montag & spencer pratt to get permanently lost ... i'm so over those two idiots!) popbytes over & out for now ... xoxo
PS if MTV is really paying audrina $100K per episode and kristin $90k per episode - then that network is literally throwing money out the window - what a freakin' waste! yet they're kind of known for that - trust me i know - i used to work there back in NYC!
good evening! today i had to fulfill my civic duty - which meant answering the jury duty call - thankfully i only had to do one day of service! i almost got put on a case but i was dismissed because the case involved an accident at my favorite ralphs grocery store (on labrea & third) once they heard i shopped there all the time - the plaintiff's attorney let me go - phew! even though i was bored most of the time - it was actually more interesting than i thought it would be (it certainly wasn't glenn close in damages but i did learn a few things about our legal system) anyways - we all know new york's (aka tiffany pollard) attempt at an acting career didn't exactly pan out so she's back to the reality TV circuit doing what she does best with a brand new show premiering may 4th on VH1 called new york goes to work! each week ms. pollard will be tackling a different job plus viewers get the chance to vote on which jobs she should try her hand at! i love her overly dramatic & crazy ways yet i don't think i'd want her to be my stewardess in the friendly skies - and i bet that cow doesn't want ms. pollard tugging at her udders! (both activities are pictured below) i can't wait to see what other crazy adventures she takes us on - it's bound to be a total riot! popbytes over & out for tonight ... xoxo
PS i hope her mom sister patterson shows up - she's always out of control!
PHOTO | ERIK DREYER/GETTY IMAGES / NEW YORK BY PIOTR SIKORA
Tiffany "New York" Pollard, resident reality queen, is back on VH1 in a new series, "New York Goes to Work." Each week, Tiffany will gear up to tackle America's work force while you choose from a list of three possible job opportunities for her to try. Based on weekly viewer voting, "New York" will try a new job each week, with the possibility of cashing out $10,000 if she excels. Will she be a Cal Trans sewer worker, a mortuary beautician, or a fast food employee? It will be up to you!
PHOTO | PETER PARKS/AFP/GETTY IMAGES/ NEW YORK BY PIOTR SIKORA
hey hey! i'm beaming over the news that project runway's legal battle has finally ended (at first i thought this was an april fool's joke - but thankfully it's not (kudos to popsugar for their trick rob pattinson post - i totally fell for it!) although i would have preferred to watch the 6th season of the show on bravo - it was lifetime that won out in the end (the show will air in the summer) perhaps this can help give the channel's image a makeover (without completely disenfranchising their built-in mom crowd - they need TV too!) after the news broke - bravo released more details on their new (rip-off) show the fashion show (debuting may 7th) with isaac mizrahi and kelly rowland (meet the contestants) i don't think i'll be tuning in for that - one fashion design show is enough (however i might change my mind) i'm going to have to stick with tim gunn and heidi klum - even if they are switching networks!
speaking of ms. klum - she was doing a photoshoot earlier today for german vogue down on beverly hill's rodeo drive - check her out below trying to be sexy ... on a street bench (with swarms of people and paparazzi all around) those big black (drag queen) boots are awful looking - they definitely don't help the sexy factor - i have a feeling she feels the exact same way (i'm curious to see how the actual photos turn out - stay tuned!) popbytes over & out for now ... xoxo
so who else watched dancing with the stars last night? i'll go out on a limb and say that most of you would agree with me when i say 'i don't care for denise richards' (i'm still a staunch player on team heather locklear) her appearance on the show didn't change my mind at all - in fact it totally confirmed how i felt all along - she's so damn annoying - and was the only one who cried during rehearsal - her oh so sexy partner maksim chmerkovskiy looked like he was at the end of his rope with her a few times (watch the clip below) from first-hand experience - he definitely has a new understanding of how charlie sheen must have felt when he was married to her lame ass (it's pretty shocking someone can actually make mr. sheen appear sympathetic) she's totally the type of girl that forces people roll their eyes all the time (just like i did while watching her reality show - i love a good train wreck) then to top it all off - denise looked like a dolled up wooden nutcracker while dancing - she so damn stiff and overly aware of what she was doing - her brain was working overtime - you could see it in her face - she wasn't relaxed at all! the judges weren't thrilled at all with her performance (she was scored 18 out of 30) bruno tonioli compared dancing to acting to get his point across about appearing natural - all i could think was - girlfriend can't really do that either! hopefully maksim will be put out of his misery next week - denise should go first (although she's busy rehearsing - there's pictures below of denise & maksim leaving the studio) popbytes over & tonight ... xoxo
oh my word - the new season of america's next top model (cycle 12) is going to be one hot mess - just watch this 'grand entrance' clip from tonight's premiere episode as tyra banks descends upon the issue-riddled (insane) hopefuls claiming she's the goddess of fierce ... complete with roman soldiers by her side! (this train wreck took place in las vegas at caesars palace) once they saw ms. banks the girls went berserk like they were witnessing the second coming of christ - the situation was out of control! i was thinking to myself 'am i really watching this?' yes i am - and you should too - it's a total guilty pleasure! popbytes over & out for tonight ... xoxo
good morning! even though we all know the hills is about as real as santa claus - i just can't help getting wrapped up in all the faux drama - i got all teary eyed watching the emotionally charged trailer for the new season (#5) it looks like heidi montag and lauren conrad finally may be able to put their friendship back together - although i am not a fan of ms. montag at all i would like to see her patch things up with LC! there's also drama over douchebag spencer pratt flirting with a bartender - i'd love for heidi to break up with spencer (along with her mom) but i doubt that's going to happen anytime soon - the new episodes start airing on MTV in the spring which is right around the corner! popbytes over & out for now ... xoxo
HEIDI & SPENCER STILL A COUPLE AS OF VALENTINE'S DAY - UGH! (LAS VEGAS, 02/14/09)
good evening! did everyone catch the season #4 finale of the hills last night? it's totally one of the most annoying shows ever but i can't help myself from getting wrapped up in the (fake) drama - really the only way to enjoy the show is to forget about all the real-life happenings we hear about on practically a daily basis - and just go with the flow - if you start to obsess over what's real and what's not - the show quickly becomes quite lame - take it for what it is - a drummed up soap opera! of course spencer pratt is an asshole but in the context of last night's episode he actually came out lookin' a little more decent (he pulled the plug on the 'marriage' at the courthouse - so girlfriend heidi montag can have the big wedding she's always dreamed of...)
however once you realize the couple is just doing this so MTV can film their big wedding (for season #5 which will be happening) and probably make more than a few bucks off the entire affair - it kills the drama! i know it's hard to forget about what's really going on behind the scenes in 'real-life' yet it's seriously the only way i can enjoy the show - i even shed a few tears when lauren conrad had her long overdue meeting with ms. montag! below there's tons of pictures from last night's bash held at NYC's tavern on the green - where 'mr. & mrs. pratt' arrived by horse drawn carriage (quick - someone get PETA on the horn!) popbytes over & out for now...xoxo
hey hey! tonight was the season finale of greatest american dog over on CBS (i hope it comes back for a second season - for a dog lover it was a great show) i've been watching the competition faithfully and in the end cutie pie travis and his boxer dog presley (pictured below) took the title along with a $250,000 cash reward (although i did really like runner-up laurie and her little maltese andrew) i had the pleasure to head downtown earlier this evening with my dog candy to a party held at pussy and pooch (the hottest pet spot in downtown los angeles) to celebrate the finale and winners travis & presley! although i did have a lot of fun my dog was more nervous than i had ever seen her (at one point a news van opened and she wanted to jump inside...she was totally looking for a quick escape by any means) but thankfully before i had to take off i got to snap a few pictures - including one with ms. candy (looking like a nervous wreck) and preston (hands down the cutest dog on the show - we have matching mohawks) and his very lovely owner laura (who is totally gorgeous in person - she needs to get with travis...they'd make a stunning couple!) many thanks go out to popbytes' pals shannon and karen for helping a blog out tonight - you both rock! popbytes over & out for tonight...xoxo
hey hey! i simply had to do a post about this new reality show premiering tomorrow night over on VH1 called glam god (watch the trailer below) with host & judge vivica a. fox - because of course i do love all things related to fashion & style BUT one of my dear friends (and fellow long islander) from college jess zaino (adorably pictured below with the heart shaped glasses) is one of the people competing in hair, make up and wardrobe to be crowned a new 'glam god' along with winning $100,000 and a career boost! week after week one star stylist hopeful will be eliminated by ms. fox with help from celebrity stylist cutie phillip bloch and us weekly'smelanie bromley - i can't wait to see my pal jess kick some ass - she's awesome and super nice (i do remember one very hilarious incident that happened back in college...but i'll save that for another time...) popbytes over & out for tonight...xxoo
good evening! tomorrow the second season of sunset tan kicks off on E! (total reality guilty pleasure) which features two of the most entertaining dizzy blonde girls on TV - holly huddleston and her partner in crime molly shea (collectively known as the olly girls - they're pictured below together dressed like a banana & a hot dog helping to bring in new (and pale) customers) i know you're probably thinking how much drama can really go on at a tanning salon - well the answer is surprisingly a lot - make sure to tune in! just this past week ms. huddleston was posing in a photo shoot for FHM when that recent earthquake struck los angeles - below are some of the pics from that very shoot where she was all shook up (there's a ton of more sexy pictures over on the magazine's website) popbytes over & out for tonight...xxoo
PS i need to rest up tonight since tomorrow is a big day - i'm covering red carpet arrivals at the teen choice awards and then heading over to the greek theatre to see one of my favorite people in the entire world ms. dolly parton!
hey hey! last night the season finales of both denise richards: it's complicated & living lohan aired over on E! - i'm only semi-ashamed to admit i watched each & every episode of the two shows (which i believe was only like six episodes per show) my opinions of denise richards & dina lohan pretty much remain the same (denise's dad irv richards is surprisingly really cool) although i did warm up to both ladies but just a very tiny bit (shocking - i know! yet i still don't know who i'd save from a burning building if i could only pick either denise or dina...)
the one person who i actually like a lot is lindsay's little sister ali lohan who seems like a decent kid and has to put up with a lot of crap (kids were teasing her left and right - saying such things like when are you going to rehab like your sister? and stop trying to be like lindsay - i swear kids can be so fucking cruel) plus i've been finding her new track all the way around to be a total guilty pleasure (take a listen here)
without skipping a beat E! is serving up another dose of reality starting next sunday (august 3rd) starring pamela anderson entitled pam: a girl on the loose (produced by world of wonder) i don't know if using the word 'loose' was the smartest idea when it comes to referencing ms. anderson but for the most part i do love pamela 1000x more than denise & dina combined! there's two promos embedded below along with the poster for pam's show - i adore the whole retro vibe! popbytes over & out for now...xxoo
UPDATE hey hey! i just got back a little while ago from the whole 'hills' finale shindig which was semi-fun - all those events tend to be a little on the tiring side but it's always fun to run into people you know (hello jennifer from buzznet) and meeting vera from i'm not obsessed was a total highlight of the evening - she's so damn funny - we totally got along great - i know if she lived closer we would be best of friends! as far as red carpet interaction - the person i chatted with the most was stephanie pratt - sister of spencer (absent this evening along w/ girlfriend heidi montag) she was actually really nice and i asked her about the nickname she-pratt which she didn't like at first but after i explained how i ended up really liking her character (way more than lo - who i basically can't stand) she told me that i'm allowed to call her 'she-pratt' - i'll upload the video i shot in the next few days!
i also ran into brittny gastineau who i chatted with for a few minutes - she was totally pleasant - we might be seeing her again on TV...stay tuned! i decided to scramble out of there fairly quickly - the location was gorgeous but it was located atop this big hill and access was very limited - there were shuttle buses taking people to and from the party and i knew once it ended the wait would feel like forever - the shuttles could only take maybe 20 people at a time! right now i'm watching the finale on TV - way more comfortable - and i'm dying to see what transpires as audrina possibly prepares to move out! popbytes over & out for tonight...xxoo
hey kids! tonight is the third season finale of one of my top guilty faux reality pleasures the hills and i was invited to head over to a beverly hills mansion to catch all the finale festivities plus i should be getting a drop of interview time in with a few of the cast members as they stroll down the red carpet (don't worry i promise to be oh so nice to heidi montag & spencer pratt if i have to...but my fingers will be crossed behind my back - ha) i'm also meeting up with ms. vera from i'm not obsessed who has been one of my good bloggers pals for quite some time now - it'll be great to finally meet her in person! below is a clip from tonight's episode (it looks like audrina will be moving out...) no worries for all you 'hills' addicts out there - it has been confirmed there will indeed be a fourth season! when i get home tonight i'll update this post with a few quick thoughts about the night's events - i'm hoping it will be a blast (i even have a new t-shirt for the occasion!) popbytes over & out for now...xxoo
tonight was the finale of one of my guilty pleasure reality shows pussycat dolls present girlicious - originally the new pop group was supposed to be composed of three girls but creator & PCD 'maven' robin antin decided to make it four girls - so girlicious came down to natalie, chrystina, nichole, and tiffanie! the group's first (and possibly last) music video for their new single like me which debuted during tonight's show is embedded below - it's actually pretty decent but i don't see the gals hitting it big time - it'll be interesting to see just how much ms. antin actually puts into making girlicious a big success - they all need to strike while the iron is still semi hot! (there's already a full on website for the ladies...and a second video for a track called stupid shit - gosh that's a bad title for a song - yikes!) popbytes over & out for tonight...xxoo
good morning everyone! who else caught the hillslast night? the show is so damn predictable (of course lauren conrad was going to get a job with BFF whitney port at people's revolution - LC simply couldn't bear being all alone at 'teen vogue' w/ lisa love!) but i totally love it! ms. conrad hit the hollywood scene last night at katsuya (another piece of the bolthouse family) with her pals brody jenner & frankie delgado and girlfriend must have been knocking back some kind of green drink - when she left the photographers caught a glimpse of her tongue gone green (heck it's earth day soon right? she fits right in!) now that MTV has this mega hit of a show on their hands - they're casting for a UK version of the show - which i hope we'll get to see over here as well - but no worries we've still got plenty more of LC and the rest of the gang (including loser spencer pratt who i sometimes find cute...i know that's so wrong!) there will be a fourth season that will kick-off in august - for sure the network is going to squeeze every last drop of faux reality out of 'the hills' it can! as for ms. conrad - next time she goes out she might want to think twice before having a colored drink! popbytes over & out for now...xxoo!
hey hey! is everyone enjoying their weekend so far? i managed to get a little much needed retail therapy this afternoon plus i'm looking forward to tonight's SNL since mariah carey is the musical guest - i'm curious to see her perform her new addictive single touch my body (she just nabbed the gig this past week when janet jackson came down with the flu) as you may have heard already paris hilton is entering the reality TV ring once again with her new show coming up later this year on MTV called paris hilton's my new BFF where she'll scour the nation to find one person she can befriend for life and i guess trust with her most 'inner thoughts, dreams, and hope for world peace' (take that statement with a heavy dose of sarcasm) we all know how well relationships tend to work out after being set-up on reality TV...my word of advice to the winner is to snap some pictures of paris doing something naughty and then sell 'em when she drops you! no doubt that if the shows does well in the ratings we will be subjected to many more seasons of paris hunting for 'true' friendship...ugh!
i don't have anything against ms. hilton in particular - she's just a total easy wonky eyed target good for a few laughs! the other night there was a press conference held here in los angeles to announce the new reality venture (paris' sister nicky was there along with her new 'boyfriend' benji madden) i actually was invited to cover the event but i had to go to the dentist that night - and when pressed to choose between going to paris' press shindig or the dentist - i chose the latter! however i did gain access to a few pictures from the event which you'll find below (when asked about if she'll have a catch phrase like donald trump's 'you're fired' - she said that's still in development...) of course i'll be tuning into the show when it premieres - i don't think it will be as much of a trainwreck as the upcoming dina lohan's 'hot tranny mess' of a reality show living lohan but it will probably provide plenty of amusing blog fodder for us bloggers! if you're secretly dying inside to be a BFF of paris - head over to parisbff.com where you can upload an audition video of yourself for a chance to be one of the chosen competitors! popbytes over & out for now...xxoo!
PS make sure to watch the hilarious video of 'ultimate fan' jake byrd (a fictional character portrayed by comedian tony barbieri) at the press conference which was shown last night on jimmy kimmel's late night talk show!
good evening! how was everybody's weekend? today was a beautiful sunny day in southern california and i took my parents over to the los angeles zoo which i had never been to - it's a fairly decent enough zoo but i much prefer NY's bronx zoo - i quickly became annoyed when i kept noticing a number of kids who were tossing food at the animals, taunting them with faux animal noises, and even banging on the glass on some of the exhibits w/o the intervention of their parents...how quickly people forget what happened at the san francisco zoo! the line was so damn long to buy tickets that i ended up becoming a member of the zoo to bypass the line - now i can go free for the entire year!
so next tuesday (march 11th) marks a new season of beauty & the geek - one of the first challenges between the geeks & the girls involves going to a nightclub to see who can score the most phone numbers - of course the ladies think they've totally got the challenge in the bag but little did they know - make-unders were coming! each pretty lady was 'made under' (some pics are below) to look unattractive & homely thus leveling the playing field! (yes i know beauty is in the eye of the beholder...) i might just give this show another shot - i did watch the first season but lost interest after that...
however you should totally check out pussycat dolls present: girlicious - my new favorite guilty reality obsession - the whole thing is totally ridiculous but it's so much fun to watch - the girls are so bitchy and catty to each other plus there's robin antin being way serious and over dramatic - i do wonder if the 'girlicious' group (which will consist of the three remaining ladies) even has a chance of breaking onto the pop scene! i'd say probably not...although i may just have to eat my words on that one! to round out the whole CW reality scene - i think this 10th cycle of america's next top model i'm going to skip - i need a break from tyra banks - although i've heard it has been a decent season so far - she just starts to grate on your nerves but maybe i'll give tyra one more chance to hook me this time around!
right now the reality shows are coming fast and furious - i'm getting ready to catch orpah's big give tonight - plus i'm also addicted to this 9th season of big brother (i love watching big brother after dark over on showtime from midnight until 3am) which is the craziest 'sexiest' season - those people are way out of control! (oh and there's american idol too!) yet the reality show with the best quality clearly goes to project runway - i know christian 'fierce' soriano is going to win - i'm convinced of it! he has consistently been the best designer - in second place i would put jillian lewis who is also fab! hopefully we won't have to wait for the next season as long as we did for this one! popbytes over & out for tonight...xxoo!
good morning! has anybody else seen the commercials running for oprah winfrey's new reality show oprah's big give? ten contestants will be competing against each other to give away money and make dreams come true in order to become america's greatest unknown philanthropist! each week one person will be given the boot - and the last person standing will actually walk away with one million dollars - although that's a surprise - the contestants don't know about the final grand prize! (the ten are pictured below with hottie nate berkus) of course ms. winfrey will be having a few of her celebrity friends join in on the fun including jennifer aniston and john travolta! i'm a sucker for reality shows - and of course i love oprah too - i certainly will be tuning in for the show's premiere on sunday march 2nd - it will be a nice break from the usual reality messes like flavor of love 3 which just premiered last night - and once again flavor flav has his hands full with a bunch of nut jobs - including twin sisters which he nicknamed 'thing #1' & 'thing #2' - just to give you an idea of the insanity! popbytes over & out for now...xxoo!
Watch the drama and emotion unfold in this unprecedented competition as determined contestants from all walks of life transform the lives of others. Millions of dollars are given away in this intense cross-country adventure that twists and turns in ways that test the nerve, passion and stamina of each contestant. Each week, a mystery challenge is unveiled, and in order to win, contestants must out-give one another. Big-name stars join "Oprah's Big Give" as the stakes get higher and the emotions intensify in every episode. The judges continue to make the tough call of who will go home before the final episode, when the Biggest Giver is named and the surprise ending is revealed.
