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“The Bachelor” went on the hometown dates this week. He went to New York City to meet Gia’s family, to Williamstown, Massachusetts, to meet Ali’s family (including seeing her dead grandmother’s house), to Newberg, Oregon to see Tenley (who choreographed a dance for him), and to Sanford, Florida to see Vienna (the daddy’s girl).

Ali told Jake that if he asked her today, she would tell him yes and he gave her a big old kiss. However, she found out that her employer said she needed to come back right now or she’d be fired. Boring! We’ve already seen this on last season’s “The Bachelorette” when Ed left Jillian (then later came back and won the show). Of course, she told Jake and he was no help. He said he couldn’t promise her he would put a ring on her finger, but he also couldn’t look her in the eye and tell her he couldn’t.

Before the rose ceremony, Ali asked to speak to Chris and he led her back to Jake. She looked like someone had died when Jake said he knew what he wanted and what he wanted her to tell him. He finally said he didn’t want her to go, but she kept whining about not knowing what to do. When he told her he didn’t want her to leave again, she said, “I love you.” If I had had commercial time built up on the DVR, I would have fast forwarded through all this dribble and crying.

Ali finally told Jake she was so sorry, but she had to go, so Jake walked her out. He gave her another big kiss and told her he felt like she was slipping through his fingers, but he didn’t know how to stop it. She’s not going to return at the finale, is she? She did more crying in the limo after Jake closed the door. There was no rose ceremony, but Jake had them come and get their roses anyhow.

And of course, during the preview, we saw Jake pick up the phone and guess who it was? Ali.

Tonight on MTV there’s an all new episode of the reality program The Buried Life, airing at 10:00 pm.  Here are a few clips from the newest episode where the guys get to help deliver a baby.

It was only a matter of time on “Project Runway” before Jesus was out. I mean, I think he’s been in the bottom the entire season.

This week’s challenge was to design a fashion week gala look for women with heart problems who would be attending the Red Dresses Awards. Because the awards were hosted by Campbell Soup, the designers had to incorporate their brand somehow into the look.
Continue Reading Project Runway: Jesus is Out

The contestants on the ABC reality show The Bachelor haven’t been a fan of Vienna since day 1.  Maybe they know something Jake and the viewers didn’t.

In an article in the most recent US Magazine (click here for a link to the online story) Vienna is not portrayed in the most positive light.  Her ex mother in law has stated that she drained her ex-husband’s bank account of $5,000 to get breast implants while he was deployed in Iraq. 

There’s more information in the print edition of the magazine, but the tidbits given online are pretty good too!

If you love this season’s reality show The Bachelor then you might want to check out this web site where you can find out spoilers about the show – www.realitysteve.com.  Entertainment Weekly’s website, EW.com, has a story about this web site, run by Steve Carbone, and how it’s become a small thorn in the side of the producers of the ABC reality program.

The Bachelor Executive Producer Mike Fleiss tells EW that it bugs him that information about the show is being leaked out before the general public gets to watch it.  Carbone, however, says that he has never received a complaint from ABC or the show about his web site and the spoilers.  In fact, he believes that his web site doesn’t get enough traffic  to ruin the show for the viewers.

Of course with the publicity he’s receiving on EW.com his visitors are sure to go through the roof.   Here’s a link to the article on EW.com where you can read the entire story.

Jeff Schroeder and Jordan Lloyd, the couple from Big Brother 11, are now competing on The Amazing Race 16. EW.com has a story about them on their website, and according to the couple their relationship is strong even though they’ve had a few bumps on the show. Jordan said at one point they were both ready to strangle each other but being together in this stressful situation has made their relationship stronger.

You can read the entire story on the EW web site by clicking here.

This was the last “American Idol” episode before Hollywood Week and thank God for that! We got to see some recaps, like fake outs (people who pretended they didn’t get tickets when they really did), those that were trying out for a second, third, and even seventh time, the incredible 16 year olds, and those that shined through adversity.

At least this show focused mostly on the good singers. Of the 181 total that got golden tickets to Holllywood, tonight, we saw Jessica Furney, Amanda Shectman, Lee Dewyze, Crystal Bowersox, Lacey Brown, Rachel Hubbard, Thaddeus Johnson, Genesis Moore, Michael Lynche, Di Di Benami (who was auditioning for her best friend, who died four years ago), Aaron Kelly (whose aunt and uncle had to adopt him), and Hope Johnson. Hope’s story was my favorite. Idol is known for tear jerking stories – people almost dying in wrecks, cancer survivors, those stricken with diseases, and those raised in poverty. Hope’s story was the last and it didn’t get to me until she said she’d bring home her free lunch from school to give it to her little brother when he was crying because he was hungry. I hope we see more of her.
Continue Reading American Idol: Audition Highlights

Oh, “Biggest Loser” teased me this week, getting my hopes up that Melissa and Lance would fall below the yellow line. This episode saw Miggy go to the hospital to have her appendix and a cyst removed, the Blue and Yellow team returning (Yellow lost 63, but Blue lost 76 to win the opportunity to return to the ranch), and Michael winning immunity at the blocking pads challenge. One contestant from each team had to hit alternating blocking pads and Michael, because of his size or stretch, didn’t even have to step in either direction, which allowed him to get to 1,000 hits before the Red or Gray Teams.

Jillian talked to Ashley about her father. He died of cancer and was verbally abusive to Ashley about her weight. When he fell ill, she didn’t visit him for a long time and by the time she got there, he couldn’t speak. It seems that most contestants have some type of trauma like that that is keeping them eating out of control.
Continue Reading Biggest Loser: John Goes Home

He said it didn’t matter, but you have to wonder if Corrie’s confession to saying herself for marriage had any effect in “The Bachelor” sending her home last night. Certainly, it looked as if Vienna was willing and able. She and Gia went on a one-on-one date at a castle in Napa Valley. It went surprisingly well, but after Jake sent the girls to their room, Vienna decided to go looking for him. He was in bed and he said dirty thoughts passed through his mind, but he thought it wasn’t fair to Gia.

Tenley got a one-on-one date. She and Jake took a trolley to Chinatown, and then had dinner. He said he was starting to feel a real chemistry with her. Ali got a one-on-one date with Jake. She lives in San Francisco, so she took him around to see the town. Jake confronted her about all the Vienna bashing and she said he would let it go.
Continue Reading The Bachelor: Jake Sends Corrie Home

There’s an all new episode of the MTV program My Life as Liz airing tonight at 10:20 pm ET. Here are some clips from the show.