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Long Island Medium Season 3 finale recap, Caputo family goes to college

November 7, 2012 Barb Oates

Long Island Medium Season 3 finale, “Hello College,” culminated with Theresa Caputo in tears as she hugged Victoria goodbye at her new college. It was a bittersweet event for the Caputo clan as they helped Victoria pack, unload and get settled in her new home. No surprise that tough-buy Larry took it the hardest, letting out a sob, as he kissed and hugged his little girl goodbye. Theresa told us earlier this year that sending Victoria off was a milestone for the family: “We all did pretty good with Victoria leaving for college, of course we cried!!! But she is […]

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“Bada Bling Brides” unfurling on TLC Thursday

November 6, 2012 StayTuned Staff

According to TLC, “Italian brides want three things: drama, attention and over-the-top couture wedding gowns.” I can’t say that that’s entirely true, as my Italian wife hates drama and attention, and while she appreciates couture, she’s no fan of over-the-top wedding gowns. But never mind — Bada Bling Brides (premiering Thursday, Nov. 8 at 10pm ET/PT) obviously isn’t about her. It’s about the brides who have to have things “just so” and for whom “just so” is nothing short of being a total princess for a day. The D’Agostino family, the family at the center of Bada Bling Brides, runs […]

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Family

Matt and Amy Roloff talk “Little People, Big World: Wedding Farm”

November 2, 2012 Lori Acken

After six seasons, nearly 250 episodes and a quartet of specials, Little People, Big World stars Matt and Amy Roloff found themselves at a personal and professional crossroads. Their four kids were growing up and preparing for life away from the family’s home and the enormously popular TLC series they created there. The couple had just purchased land adjacent to their farm. And a major marital milestone loomed. “Matt and I looked at each other, like, ‘What are we going to do with each other?’” Amy chuckles. “‘What are we going to do?’” They found the answer in their new […]

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Documentary

“Catfish” star Nev Schulman helps other online lovers on MTV’s “Catfish: The TV Show”

November 2, 2012 Lori Acken

If you’re a fan of the 2010 hit documentary Catfish, you know Yaniv “Nev” Schulman as the 24-year-old New York photographer who formed a long-distance, technology-driven relationship with “Megan,” a luscious but evasive Michigan woman, then discovered that his online dream girl was actually a troubled middle-aged mom name Angela. In the wake of the film — which concludes with Schulman making peace with his deceiver — Schulman heard from an astounding cross section of people worried that their own online lovers aren’t really who they seem. • RELATED: Will Manti Te’o hoax become an episode of Catfish? The result is […]

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“Long Island Medium” Season 3 recap of “Theresa and the Tent”

November 1, 2012 Barb Oates

Long Island Medium Season 3 recap of “Theresa and the Tent” found Theresa Caputo comforting a couple who lost a child, helping new home owners rid their house of any negative spirits and trying to overcome her fears of claustrophobia. Although Episode 13 had a humorous ending, the first segment was simply heartbreaking as it involved the death of a child. Parents Rob and Theresa visited the Caputo home for a private reading hoping to better understand why their daughter Angelina passed away two years ago. “Do you know someone who lost a child?” Theresa started. [Good guess, right!? — […]

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“Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition” recap: Put Your Big Girl Panties On and Gid’ Out

October 17, 2012 Lori Acken

Dear Abby, Richy and Robin: You may not cause Yvette to go home, because I will have to go back to thinking up my own names for these blogs and I’d rather not. Unless, of course, Yvette stops dropping Yvettisms. Then you go right ahead and do how you do whenever you do it. Sincerely, Lori OK. Now that we have that little bit of business handled, let’s get to the episode. With introductions out of the way in last week’s outing, we resume getting to the bottom of what the mothers are all about. Yvette says the $100,000 cash […]

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Interview

“My Life Is A Lifetime Movie” spotlights real-life ladies at the center of scandal

October 16, 2012 Lori Acken

Saluting its much-discussed movies’ place in American pop culture, Lifetime’s newest unscripted series My Life Is a Lifetime Movie recounts real-life “truth is stranger than fiction” stories as told by the ladies who lived them. The show’s most high-profile participants are Hailey Glassman, the then free-spirited coed who found herself at the center of Jon & Kate Plus 8 stars Jon and Kate Gosselin’s very public marital implosion, and Kristin Davis, the former finance executive turned high-end madam who spent four months in Rikers Island for her role in the Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal. Both women say they welcomed a […]

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Interview

TLC star Lori Allen chronicles her breast cancer battle in “Say Yes to the Cure: Lori’s Fight”

October 15, 2012 Lori Acken

As the owner of Atlanta’s Bridals By Lori, Lori Allen — the sunny, spunky and beloved star of TLC’s Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta and Say Yes to the Dress: Bridesmaids — has helped many brides whose lives and families have been affected by breast cancer. On April 13 of this year, Allen, 53, learned she, too, would battle the disease. “I got the phone call at 7:05am and it felt like somebody had hit me on the side of the head,” Allen recalls of the early-stage cancer caught by a routine 3D mammogram and follow-up MRI. “For days, […]