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“The View” to unite all 11 past and present co-hosts for Barbara Walters farewell

April 16, 2014 Jeff Pfeiffer

On Thursday, May 15, ABC’s The View will feature all 11 co-hosts from the show’s 16-plus-year history, as they celebrate series creator Barbara Walters. Walters, the last remaining original co-host of The View since its premiere in August 1997, will make her final co-host appearance on the May 15 episode of the show. She will be saying goodbye to daily television the next day, after more than five decades. The co-hosts featured in the May 15 celebration of Barbara Walters (not including Walters herself) on The View are: Meredith Vieira (moderator, 1997–2006, Season 1–9) Star Jones (1997-2006, Season 1–9) Joy Behar […]

The Little Couple sneak peek and photos: “San Fran, Here We Come!”

April 15, 2014 Lori Acken

It’s Will whirling at the Wharf in tonight’s all-new episode of The Little Couple on TLC! Though it’s been less than two weeks since her final chemotherapy treatment, Jen — who serves as medical director of the Pediatric Simulation Center at Texas Children’s Hospital — decides to take advantage of her invitation to be a keynote speaker at the Society for Simulation in Healthcare’s international meeting in San Francisco. Because Bill wants to make sure she doesn’t overextend herself, the couple packs up the kids and makes a family adventure of the journey. And when Jen is done with her professional duties, […]

My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding preview: sister brides and Al Burke raps

April 10, 2014 Lori Acken

On tonight’s My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding, a pair of thoroughly modern gypsy sisters plan a double wedding to their gorger fiancés, and a 34-year-old Irish Traveller tries make a splash in the world of rap music. Louisville sisters Kayla, 21, and Kandace, 20, already live with their fiancés, much to their traditional Romanichal mother Sandy’s dismay. Evan, 19, is Kayla’s man; they’ve been together for three years. Steven, 22, is Kandace’s man. Together five years, they already have two kids. In addition to fretting over their living in sin and having babies out of the bonds of matrimony, […]

Video: My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding Season 3 preview

March 27, 2014 Lori Acken

The brawls, bling and teenage brides are back and bolder than ever as TLC’s My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding premieres eight new episodes beginning Thursday, April 3 at 9/8CT. Ellen K. returns as narrator along with Boston’s bling queen Sondra Celli, the go-to designer for even the most far-flung gypsy communities. The Season 3 premiere, “A Love Worth Fighting For,” revisits a love story that blossomed in the Season 2 finale, when spiral-haired, whip-smart Romanichal Heather Small, 18, met her long-distance, online suitor, 16-year-old Brandon Boswell, at a Valentine Ball. Turns out it was love at first sight. Brandon […]

Nigel Barker gets personal on Season 2 of Oxygen’s The Face

February 27, 2014 Lori Acken

Having spent 17 cycles as a judge and photographer on America’s Next Top Model, Nigel Barker understands what makes a modeling show compelling. But even he had no idea when he left ANTM to host Naomi Campbell’s The Face how quickly that series would become a worldwide sensation, too, with Campbell helming British and Australian versions, and an international field of hopefuls auditioning for Season 2. This time, Barker will also serve as confidant to the 12 “modeltestants” vying to become the face of Frédéric Fekkai’s 2014 ad campaign — a role he says allows him to ask the same questions viewers would and […]

The Bachelor: Sean and Catherine’s Wedding airs live Jan. 26 on ABC

January 23, 2014 Lori Acken

Just nine days before their much-anticipated wedding, Season 17 Bachelor Sean Lowe and his beautiful, brunette bride-to-be Catherine Giudici were the picture of serenity at an ABC press soiree — handily blowing the minds of reporters still mildly traumatized by our long-ago pre-wedding jitters. Petite and glamorous in an animal print dress and matching heels, Giudici rested her hand comfortably on Lowe’s leg as they chatted about the couple’s love story, their future and — yes — this Sunday’s The Bachelor: Sean and Catherine’s Wedding. In addition to the actual ceremony, the two-hour event — the first-ever live Bachelor wedding […]

Interview with Andrew Mayne of “Don’t Trust Andrew Mayne,” new A&E series

January 13, 2014 Barb Oates

Magician Andrew Mayne helps people get even using magic in his humorous “OMG, how did he do that” series Don’t Trust Andrew Mayne. In our interview with Andrew Mayne, the prankster didn’t reveal his secrets but did give us insights on his 13-episode new series that debuts Monday, Jan. 13 at 10pm. Mayne uses his in-your-face, man-on-the-street magic style to punk unsuspecting wrongdoers with hilarious results. Consider the series a little bit Punk’d mixed with a little bit Penn & Teller. “I’m very sneaky,” Mayne says about his craft. “I go about this in a way that I don’t advertise […]

Cake Boss Buddy Valastro helps struggling bakeries in Bakery Boss on TLC

December 2, 2013 Barb Oates

Cake Boss’ Buddy Valastro is taking to the road in his new series Bakery Boss on TLC debuting Monday, Dec. 2 at 9pm. It looks like Cake Boss superstar Buddy Valastro is picking up some cues from Gordon Ramsay when it comes to turning around the baking industry and helping save struggling family establishments. Valastro hits the road on a mission to help save a number of family-run neighborhood bakeries from extinction. He’s unapologetic for calling out problems and problem people as he sees them (although that’s nothing new for Valastro as he does that on a regular basis at […]

HGTV Holiday House coming to Santa Monica

November 8, 2013 StayTuned Staff

HGTV will be putting the Santa in Santa Monica (sorry, couldn’t resist) this Christmas with the HGTV Holiday House. The Southern California shopping and lifestyle center is a “modern-day, life-size gingerbread house that will serve as Santa’s home in Center Plaza through New Year’s Day,” the network said in a press release. Consumers who are able to stop by might find it was worth their while in a big way, as there will be an opportunity to enter the HGTV Home Holiday Cash Giveaway that comes with a chance to win $10,000, meet HGTV stars and take photos with Kris […]

Food Network Star winner Damaris Phillips tells us about her new show ‘Southern at Heart’

October 29, 2013 Lori Acken

En route to her Food Network Star Season 9 victory, Kentucky-born culinary instructor Damaris Phillips won over the judges and viewers alike with her quirky Southern charm and heart-on-her-sleeve openness. So when Phillips looked positively subdued during the live season finale — and even after she was declared the winner — fans of her sunny style couldn’t help but wonder what was going through her mind. In a word, says Phillips, nothing. “I just wanted to shut my eyes,” Phillips recalls. “I was like, ‘I’ll just close my eyes and when it happens I’ll know if I won or not […]