We ALL Love Money

VH1 has managed to achieve in one season what MTV has never been able to do in the past 10 years. They have the awesomest Survivor type- challenge show ever. I Love Money which features cast members from all the seasons of Flavor Of Love, I Love New York and Rock of Love uses the same elements as the Gauntlet and Inferno shows. However, the alliances and challenges make for the most entertaining hour of TV of this type that I have seen in a long time.

Miscasting Alert: White Boy from season 2 of I Love New York should definetly be on From Gs to Gents. He punked this ish out of his WHOLE team this week and made Mr. Boston cry. He is so much more of a G then anyone on that show.

Seriously though, the people on this show come across as some of the dumbest people to be cast on TV show in history. Yet they have made some of the most sneaky and complex alliances that this type of show has ever produced. Plus they are pretty good at playing the hell out of each other by acting weaker then they truly are to be saved from being voted off. The concept is great. Check it out Sundays Vh1 9 PM EST

Tacky, nouveau riche, antics

Let me preempt this by saying the following post will probably offend some people. I will warn you if you don't understand the French in the title you may want to skip over this because it's not for you. That being said:

The Real Housewives of Atlanta: Preview Special

I would like to take a moment to shout out my partner in crime. You know who you are :). This individual alerted me to the preview to the latest edition to the Housewives franchise based in Atlanta. Bravo snuck this in at midnight last night after a repeat of that yawnfest known as Shear Genius.

I personally get super excited when any cast of people on a show is predominately Black and its not on BET or TVOne. Sidenote: When the cast of Real World Hollywood had 4 minorities for all of 2 weeks I nearly died of happiness.

Anyways by midnight I am pretty deep into my bottle of red wine when the show begins. Within the first three lines one of the wives declares "Atlanta is NEW money". And the show goes downhill from there.

Admittedly, Bravo has cast all previous seasons with tacky, opulent, over the top, new money women who live in both California and New York and I have laughed and enjoyed every moment. However, I did not enjoy this half hour one bit.

Let's begin with the obvious..Kim Zoliciak the only White women on this season is CLEARLY being pimped. Her segment consisted of her introducing herself and her two young daughters. She mentions that her current boyfriend wants to remain off camera so she will be calling him "Big Papa" WHHHHAATTT???!!! and more importantly WHY? In her finest TV moment, Kim calls the local Cadillac dealership, demands that they have a fully loaded Escalade ready for purchase then drags her kids (from a previous realtionship) to pick it up. She writes a $65,000 check and then declares that she "doesn't know if she got a fair price or not". Turns to her girls in the backseat and states "We are lucky! Thanks Big Papa!" Thanks Kim for adding two more career gold diggers to the future of America. Moving on...

Nene Leakes. Bless her heart, I actually think she is a wonderful person with a good heart and a loving marriage. But, this chick is seriously Hood Fab or maybe she is just country? I don't know but she is all the bad qualities of Ramona and Alex from NYC. Bad hair, loud mouth, social climber and a husband who is more into looks then she is. He nicely told her to reasses the potatoes that she ordered at dinner. Nene listen to your boo..carbs def need to be eaten in moderation.

DeShawn Snow. This is where things got ugly. DeShawn states she knows she was destined for something great as she shows off her custom built mansion. She is married to the an NBA player and is a mother of 3. However, DeShawn doesn't actually do anything. I did a little research and she "runs" her husband's non-profit organization which means she damn sure doesn't do anything. DeShawn's segment consisted of her hiring her house staff, which was to include a governess, nanny, chef, estate manger, head maid, and maid staff. Which leads me to ask what is so great that YOU are doing? SMH

In summary, this show features those women and you know who they are. The ones who made it to EVERY football and basketball game in college. Even the away games. The ones who when it snowed and campus was shut down were seen sneaking away from the football dorm at odd hours. The ones who wanted to mush you or give you the stank face if you came within 10 feet of an athlete when you were clearly trying to get to the bar. They have their own TV show.

They should have never given ya'll N&**S Money!! Yep I said that.

September 16th 10PM EST Bravo

I am grown and can admit when I'm wrong...

I love, love, love the MTV show Buzzin'. Shwayze holds such a special place in my heart after the first episode.

I will also be picking up the album..the music is super chill. Based on the reading materials and the bloodshot eyes that the group had on their Cribs episode I can only guess the inspiration.

Check it out Wednesdays at 10:30 PM EST MTV.

CNN Black in America?

Sorry people until I become a professional writer my paying job takes precedence over this. I didn't mean to leave you hanging.

CNN's Black in America

Well this may upset some people but I'm Black and I'm in America so I didn't think CNN especially Soledad O'Brien could tell me too much more about this. Mind you, Soledad calls into the Howard radio station here in DC every once in a while. They usually play a little trivia game where they play an old school black song and she has to name it. I haven't heard her get one right YET! Her credibility on the subject matter is on E (empty).

Anyways...I did catch some random feedback on Facebook and through conversations with friends. My personal favorite status update was "CNN needs to catch-up, I have been watching Gangland on A&E for years". I have no further comment on that except a nice *snicker, snicker*

I was then alerted to a website discussed on the segment regarding the Black family and Single Mothers. Please check-out this website regarding Marry Your Baby Daddy Day. As a non-married, college educated, single woman with no plans for children until marriage, I applaud the intentions of this site. But I know for a FACT this escaped the very audience that it was intended for which is people with "baby's daddys" and those trying to understand the phenomenon (IE others outside of the Black race).

I can't really speak too much because like I said I didn't watch and don't plan to watch. I dont think any one group of people can tell me what is like to be ANY one race in ANY country. Everyone has unique experiences and to label certain issues as Black is very disturbing to me.

That being said the general consensus I got was HATED IT.

Just a quick one...

Unfortunately the job that PAYS me is demanding my time today. The upside, I am 45 minutes away from Happy Hour. But I couldn't leave you all hanging. Christian Siriano the Winner of Season 4 Project Runway has made a line exclusively for Bluefly. I call the gold dress!!! So I better not see anybody else rockin' it. J/K



Christian's Collection

Not this again...

Ok how many people thought last season of The Hills was going to be set in Paris? I am still not over that creative commercial editing job. So I watched Season 3 with a huge chip on my shoulder and honestly nothing happened to sway my final decision which was...THE MAGIC IS OVER.

To take my rant even further, the magic was over when they gave LC a show instead of Kristin on Laguna Beach. LC is seriously the most devoid of personality person on TV. She literally goes on dates and stares at guys.

Needless to say, my boyfriend has strict instructions not to call on Mondays at 10pm. Because just like every other idiot who is left wishing for that 30 minutes of their life back at 10:30, I keep watching and they keep making seasons.

So we are now on Season 4. It's looking like LC goes on a 2nd date with someone (FINALLY), Lo has met her match (Audrina isn't trying to hear all that boo) and Spencer is STILL the biggest diva of them all. So tune in August 18th 10PM EST

Check out the trailer...

Fool Me Once...

Jo and Slade: Date my Ex, Bravo Mondays 10pm EST

Ok time to watch an uncomfortable situation unfold... one of the "housewifes" from the first season of Real Housewives of Orange County has her own show. Jo De La Rosa, the one with the HUGE canary yellow engagment ring who sat around the house bored to tears and was too young to be tied down, ultimately left her fiance Slade in the end of the second season.

Well...in a twist that only those FAB writers at Bravo could throw at us, Jo and Slade have paired up in a dating show in which Slade helps Jo find a new boyfriend.

Now in my personal opinion, Slade is a cool dude. Never one to get played (remember him coming to the neighborhood BBQ at the end of Season 2 with a NEW even HOTTER boo?) I have been asking myself for 3 weeks how is Slade going to come out on top?

Well all my questions were answered in last night's premiere episode. Jo is still head over heels in love with him and though he tries to play it cool he is totally gone over her. So that being said it is an hour of fake googly eyes and some of the best male -on -male hating since I Love New York.

Each week 4 men live in a house WITH Slade and each takes a stab at an individual date with Jo. At the end the week she kicks 3 men out of the house allowing one to stay. There are four new contestants each week until the house fills up and she is forced to chose her new boyfriend (or Slade).

This week the winner was "David" whose title throughout the show was "talent manager". As I viewed this particular date I kept thinking "Why do I know this person? And more importanly why do I feel like I don't like this person?"

THAT'S IT!!! David is David Wientraub of Sons of Hollywood! We already know how I feel about THAT show. Well clearly the only two people who watched the show were Slade and I becuase he pulled Dave aside and told him to gracefully bow out. Of course Dave gets to the elimination ceremony and tattles on Slade, thus causing Jo to keep Dave around.

Uggg....Jo I expect soo much more of you. I am warning you now he is a total DOUCHEBAG..not to mention he is short..get it together!

Miss Google Me Baby

So I don't know if you remember this chick from Sweet Sixteen. But she's the one who ASKED for a bike instead of a car. I mean the bike WAS sick and so was that Heatherette dress she popped out of the Barbie box rockin'.

Anyways she was clearly short term memory material until that lil song Google Me Baby (I'm soooo glad that didn't catch on).

Well here is Miss Thang in the Diesel Swim show at Miami Fashion week. I must say she's looking good!!! We are now on minute 13 of 15...holla!

Weaven Steven

I woke up Sunday morning and I stuck my toe outside the front door of my spot in Atlanta and decided it was just way too HOT to do anything but watch TV.

Furthering my laziness were the biscuits, sausage and eggs that mom and grandma whipped up, so I grabbed the remote and committed to a mini marathon of some old episodes of Split Ends.



This show probably isn't a favorite of the casual TV watcher so to sum it up, it's basically Wife Swap for hairdressers. Two stylists swap salons for 4 days and have to try out a different culture and different styles than what they are accustomed to. Obviously with some creative casting this CAN get juicy. With that being said...



Meet Weaven Steven (AKA Steve Noss). Steven hails from Pittsburgh, PA. NEVER leaves the house without his gold grill, rhinestone covered Air Forces, gold chains and a printed hoodie. Steven's claim to fame is weaving African American hair and doing "fantasy hair"

So the creative geniuses at Style Network send our boy Steven to Nashville, TN. Here he is expected to do blowouts and cater to the women of the bible belt. Hair styles that include helicopters just aren't what's up. Needless to say, Steven has trouble embracing change so when Johnny Cash's sister comes in for a blowout before church the following occurs:







Check out Steven's MySpace LMAO!!!

Jason Taylor "dances" his way on to an even WORSE team

I live in the DC Metro area. Currently I am on a quick getaway to Atlanta but, I can only imagine touching down tomorrow and seeing the headlines about this...

Let me premept everything I am about to say with this: I AM AN EAGLES FAN!!! and though they say you can only have one team in the NFL I am also a Tampa Bay Buccaneers fan (shout outs to Dre Moore). This being established I relish watching the Skins eat dirt and by now I am sure they are pretty full.

A favorite saying of the millions of sad Skins hopefuls is "This is our year." Yes lots of people start off the season with this same statement regarding their respective team. However, each and every skins fan who utters these words ACTUALLY believes this (snicker, snicker). Usually this statement is followed with some "well thought out" philosophy on why this season will be different from the previous.

"We dug Joe Gibbs up from his grave...This is our year"

"We have a new stadium...This is our year"

"We spent (blew) millions of dollars on talent...This is our year"

"They opened a new beer stand on the 3rd level concourse...This is our year"

And the latest will certainly be "We got Jason Taylor...This is our year"

Well Jason I can go ahead and say it can't get too much worse then the Dolphins. So maybe this is a good look for you but let me warn you that things will look great all the way till the last possible moment of the fourth quarter and then...they will ruin it.

Social Networking Violations

Admittedly I have an addiction to Facebook and MySpace. I love to update my status, post fun pictures and add quotes from both meaningful and silly sources. However, due to the relative novelty of these sites people don't quite have a grasp of acceptable versus unacceptable behavior.

Violation #1-Hood Fab Pictures

Ok you scraped up some change to buy a bottle of Moet. Please we don't need to see 59 pics of you holding the bottle much less drinking straight from it.*GASP*

Another common occurence is the "I was able to afford something besides chicken at the grocery store pic". This is when people take pictures of plates of food that they have prepared at home to show us that they can afford a steak, some shrimp or the ultimate a LOBSTER tail. *WOW*

-this is a real picture from facebook

Violation #2-Posting Your Sonogram Pics

Yea...no. ..Peace and Blessing to you and yours but that is def not something we ALL need to check out.

Violation #3-Making a Group to Invite me to Your Wedding

Yes...true story. If you can't afford printed invitations, I need you to reassess this very monumental step in your life.

Please leave that in the store

Not everything in fashion is cyclic. Including these horrible pants from the 80s. Sometimes I still see older women rocking these. They do nothing for anyone.

I will forgive the Olsen wearing this mess. I don't expect too much of them these days.

50 dollars...

..to the first person who can tell me the names of any of the other chicks in The Pussycat Dolls

As a member of Bally these chicks pics are ALL over my gym. They have joined with the gym to promote their second album.

Nicole Schelaithenezs (or whatever) has def pulled the greatest trick in Hollywood history, 2 albums and I couldn't pick any of the other members out of a line up much less tell conjure up a name...hmmmm

Who? and more importantly Why?

I have collected many an US Weekly and In Touch over the years. Every once in a while the character in the picture to the right(Sisco Adler) would grace the pages on the arm of some "It" girl of Hollywood. I never thought much of this mangy looking man and didn't get the hype. I later found out what the BIG deal was but never knew he had any real talent.

So imagine my suprise as I am watching my MTV Hits to see that he has a music video with some very forgettable song. Later, as I am watching regular MTV I am plunged into even further shock when I see he will star in the show Buzzin'. Ok time to check wikipedia. I CLEARLY missed something. Nope there are literally 3 sentences mostly full of blue links to other much more significant characters that he has managed to tag along with over the years.

Anyways, I think MTV is attempting to replace the beloved duo of Rob and Big who in my opinion had a good 3 season left in them. So I guess its time for another crew of West Coast boys participating in questionable antics. This can go one of two ways. They can be the cool kids or they can be douche bags like the losers on Sons of Hollywood. I have a sneaky suspicion that they are already feeling themselves a 'lil too much. Big did you really have to kill the show with the whole kid deal?

Don't Sleep...

It's time for us to be saved from the boredom of the summer hiatus. After that snooze fest of a Real World Finale, followed by an equally subpar reunion special (who was that bootleg hostess and where was Greg?) I am looking forward to some fresh midsummer TV and there IS some promising programming on the horizon. Try to keep up with me...time to decide what's worth it and what might go down the road of "Making Menudo" and "Viva Hollywood"

Classics:

Project Runway-Bravo NEW TIME 9pm EST, Wednesdays

Obviously I don't need to sell you on this. Interesting characters, new challenges, fierce clothing. But, please be aware of the fake Christian this season. There can only be one sweetie.

New York Goes to Hollywood-VH1 Premiers August 4th 10pm EST

I'm on the fence about this one. New York was getting a little old with her "HBIC act". I got a little tired of her bra straps ALWAYS showing and shrill voice. I think she might even be sick of herself. The following press release worries me because I am thinking watching New York berrate Tailor Made might have been a tad bit funny. However, I cannot deny that VH1 has a knack for making something old new again, so I will give Ms. Pollard a chance.

"New York is ready to tackle her other life dream: superstardom. Don’t get it wrong - New York is already a star but she wants to be on the A-list – as a legit actress.

In order to focus on her new mission, New York has to put her last conquest, Tailor Made, on the backburner as she tries to take on Tinsel Town. She’s moving out west to see if she can climb the Hollywood ladder. Question is, will she reach for the stars or fall flat on her face?"

Baldwin Hills Season 2-BET Tuesdays 10pm EST

As a long time anti-BET watcher, I am happy to say that they have fit one show into my VERY packed TV watching schedule. Baldwin Hills season one gave us a peak into the lives of upper class Black children of doctors, lawyers, athletes and actors in the the exclusive neighborhood of Baldwin Hills located in Los Angeles, California. I supported the first season simply to let BET know someone was out there watching. But I can admit the show was quite the sleeper 90% of the time.

Sadly, I need some cat fighting and hating to keep me entertained. And season two is delivering this on a silver platter. With the addition of Lorena (and please get the pronunciation right) to the cast we have the element of the "scheming on YOUR man 24/7", loud mouth, "not nearly as cute as she thinks she is" character. This parallels nicely with Gerren's character who also is always scheming but handles her business in a much more refined, dare I say slick way. This promises to make for an entertaining standoff in the near future.

Don't be the idiot at the water cooler:

Mad Men Season 2 AMC Premieres July 27th 10pm EST

Mad Men is destined to be a classic, up there in the ranks of the Sopranos and Lost. Please don't be that person who is trying to watch 6 seasons in one weekend when EVERYONE is talking about the season finale 10 years from now.

Because I am a professional TV watcher, I was up on this during season one. There are many different elements that make this show refreshing and entertaining. Set in the 1960s in a successful Manhattan advertising firm, the viewer is thrownback into a world where smoking during pregnancy, drinking on the job, and not using a seatbelt are far from taboo. The costuming and set design are characters of their own.

Full of scandal, subtle social commentary, and amazing acting this is a must see. Check your on-demand and get caught up and have something to say when the co-workers are dishing on TV.

And if you don't believe me check the 16 emmy award nominations.


Yea..No

Secret Diary of a Call Girl SHO 10:30pm EST

HBO is in it's "rebuilding years" and it seems like everything that Showtime throws out on the airwaves is gold. However I think they have made their first John from Cincinatti.

Diary of a Call girl opened up its first episode with the main character declaring "I am a whore". And folks, that pretty much all that the show is about. Kinky sex shows can only be so intriguing, there is absolutely no plot and really nothing else to say except "Where the hell is Californication?"

Ignorant Tees

Every once in a while I come a cross a shirt that causes me a lil "snicker, snicker"



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