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Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Project Runway: Holla at Cha Boy!
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The high: Sandra Bernhard is always a scream, sort of.
The low: Suede is always Suede.
Loved this episode! This is the first time this season that we felt like the designers were really pursuing inspiration as opposed to making do in a grocery store or a slower market.
We were just the tiniest bit surprised, though, at Kenley’s big win. We (by which we mean, I) thought the dress had waaaaay too many tricks going on: loud print, side pouf, high neck … and yet the judges liked it. Go figure. Besides, I didn’t think they were so effusive with the praise. I thought Terri and Leanne got more love.
Speaking of which, Terri’s dress/pants ensemble was clever and daring, but I thought the way the fabric bunched up in front detracted from its drama. On the other hand, Leanne’s sewer-grate design really did look polished and sophisticated, but it was too black. She needed just a smack of color or glimmer somewhere south of the bold gold necklace, which I also liked.
I’ve always wondered if they dole out early wins to people whom they plan to bump off midseason, whom they think might not go anywhere. You know, spread the love around. This isn’t based on any statistical evidence, just me trying to get inside a “Project Runway” producer’s mind.
But I can’t see them letting Emily go so soon — I thought she had real talent, even if her dress looked like a flamenco dancer’s (near right). At any rate, Blayne’s (far right) looked worse, sort of like those crumpled-paper paintings we all made in elementary school.
The last word: Did you know you, too can have your own Tim Gunn bobblehead doll for only $24.95. Get one and stash it where your husband used to keep his Josh Childress bobblehead.
Was Kenley the right winner? Did Emily deserve to go home? How long will it take for Stella to get booted, and will you rejoice?
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7/30: Preview of “Real Housewives of Atlanta,” Kristen Gates talks about new gig, “Baby Borrowers” ends
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
(l-r) Lisa Wu Hartwell, DeShawn Snow, Kim Zolciak, NeNe Leakes, Sheree Whitfield.
The five women from the already-maligned Bravo spinoff reality show “Real Housewives of Atlanta” have done some press, including Entertainment Tonight. I’ll talk to them closer to air date in September.
In the meantime, here’s a little teaser from the women themselves via video.
NeNe Leakes: “I know the viewers are going to love, love, love the real housewives of Atlanta.”
Lisa Wu Hartwell: “We have a lot to offer. We have the music scene. We have the film scene. We have fashionistas. We have athletes. We have everything. It’s hot. It’s hot in Atlanta!”
Leakes: “Being in the South is totally different, just being in the South. The women in New York are wound a little tight. Orange County? They were fun. We’re funner.”
“More fun,” corrected DeShawn Snow.
Snow then added: “We’re five strong dynamic women. We have very strong personalities. We know exactly what we want. You put five people together like that, there will be a couple of disagreements. At the end of the day, we’re like a family, like sisters.”
Show starts Sept. 16, but there’s a 30-minute preview tonight at midnight (or, technically, tomorrow) right after “Project Runway.”
-Kristen Gates, formerly of Star and Kicks 101.5, said she joined 94.9/The Bull earlier this month with part-time/weekend fill-in status in hopes of getting a full-time gig. She didn’t realize how quickly it would happen.
Thanks to Jamie Massey’s move to Phoenix, Gates has taken over as the female sidekick to Cledus T. Judd. Although she started last week without Cledus, he returned Monday. She knew him going back to the days when he would visit her in the studios at South 107 in Rome and they’d see each other at roundtables and awards shows. “He was one of the first people to call me the day the firings happened” at Kicks Feb. 29.
“I’ve known her forever,” Cledus said after the second day they started working together at the Bull. “It’s like having an old friend in there. When I got the job at the Bull, she was supportive, wished me the best. I never thought I’d be able to work with her. She’s the consummate professional— funny, obnoxious, makes my job easier. She is definitely one of the guys.”
Kristen said being at the Clear Channel building “is like a breath of fresh air. It’s such a healthy environment.” (That is perhaps the first time I’ve ever heard someone say that!)
“Slam and I are here to guide the show and deal with the business aspects,” she said. “All Cledus has to do is be entertaining and be himself.” The show’s new producer, Todd Veal, used to work with Rhubarb.
In just two days, she said, “it’s been a very smooth transition. We’ve instantly gelled.”
- NBC’s “Baby Borrowers” ends with a snoozer of an episode tonight with the teens learning from some seniors. Here’s the Buzz item I sent over to Richard after talking to the two Dunwoody teens:
The reality show stirred controversy because it featured parents giving up their babies and toddlers to teenagers they had never met.
Some critics said it would damage the kids psychologically. The two Dunwoody teens who took part in the show, which ends its six-episode run tonight at 9 p.m.(7/30), pooh-poohed this line of argument.
“It was literally safer than day care,” said Austin Trizzino, 19, a rising sophomore at Auburn University. “Any given time, you had 10 people watching a single kid. There was an EMT there.” In the end, nobody needed the EMT, he added.
Neither he nor his girlfriend during the show, Kelly Young, now 20 and a rising junior at Auburn, regretted taking part, even though Kelly went into an emotional tizzy a couple of times. She doesn’t even recall why she got mad the second time and started screaming at Austin in a tirade so over the top, E! comedy show “The Soup” mocked it last week.
“We were extremely stressed out,” Kelly said. “We had been questioning our relationship before we went on the show. During the interviews [with producers,] we were kind of egged on.”
The show was taped a year ago. Austin and Kelly broke up, got back together, then broke up again three weeks ago. Such is life with young couples. Both remain friends and agree: No kids anytime soon for either of them.
“I learned I was a lot more patient than I expected,” Austin said. “But I also learned I like being young and having the freedom to sleep eight straight hours.”
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