Da Lohans Vs. Denise Richards

Their new shows air back to back on Sunday nights on E! Entertainment Network and we know Denise Richards' "It's Complicated" is doing a little better in the ratings than fame-hungry Mama and Little Sis Lohan's train-wreck of a reality disaster "Living Lohan" (scoring about 1.5 million viewers). But is any of the two actually watchable?

I may look back at this post and regret saying this, but "It's Complicated" has become my guilty pleasure of the summer of 2008. Not to mention my little gal crush on Ms. Richards.

Several tedious pig-related moments aside, the show gets into full gear as Denise goes out on a date with a Matt Dillon fan; gets into a juicy catfight with a People Magazine celebrity reporter; and discusses the possibility of doing another racy Playboy shoot with her disapproving family.

I don't remember the last time I found someone throwing expletives around cute. But Denise certainly knows how to pull it off. And she fires them off with her trademark smile.



A classic line from the show? After Denise left the obnoxious Lycia Nuff's People Magazine office she exclaimed: "Well that went well. I called her a c***. Oh boy!" as if the confrontation was entirely out of her control.

Former Bond girl Richards whose parenting skills have been questioned over this production courtesy of her former husband Charlie Sheen and the media, has been involved in Hollywood's nastiest divorce and custody battle ever.

Now, as for the other telecast on the E! menu, I could barely sit through the pilot episode of the aggravatingly irritating "Living Lohan," so I might as well save some virtual ink on that. "Denise Richards: It's Complicated" airs Sunday nights at 10:00pm on E!

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Victoria Beckham Guest Judge on Tonight's "Project Runway" Finale

Victoria Beckham is the "secret guest judge" on tonight's season finale of Bravo's hot reality contest "Project Runway" (airs at 10/9c).

Posh Spice says she will be honest, but will avoid being mean, because the contestants have worked very hard.


Earlier this week, the fashionista was not so posh as she went for some low-key shopping at a Target store with her son Romeo.

The former Spice Girl has recently returned from Canada where her girl band's reunion tour came to an abrupt end following rumors of a bitter feud and flagging ticket sales.



The 33-year old mother of three boys continues to market her dVb fashion line, which is expected to bring her $30 million this year.

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Andy Baldwin: A Hot Slice of "Bachelor" Beefcake

APRIL 9, 2007: You may have thought that ABC had been better off putting its tired old franchise "The Bachelor" out of its misery. That's before the network rolled out its tenth cycle last Monday pulling out a top gun. A shirt came off and the ratings went up.



An accomplished All-American triathlete, US naval lieutenant Andy Baldwin returns to ABC tonight, finding himself in the middle of battling bachelorettes. Only one of the ladies is singled out to spend a romantic evening aboard Andy's private yacht.



Here are a few promotional stills taken from tonight's mindless-fun-filled episode along with some more images that depict His Royal Hotness Dr. Baldwin that America has gone completely goo-goo ga-ga over.

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"American Gladiators" to Replace "Chuck"

Following last night's Christmas-themed episode, NBC's "Chuck" is moving to Saturday nights where the network will air reruns of the show starting with the pilot episode this weekend. Meanwhile, a "Deal or No Deal" special, a limited run daily reality series "Clash of the Choirs" and a Hulk Hogan hosted program called "American Gladiators" will replace the show in its original timeslot.

"Clash of the Choirs" is described as "the next big live holiday event series that follows five celebrity singers back to their hometowns in search of the talent needed to assemble America's best choir."

The show will air four nights in a row, Monday to Thursday, going head-to-head with ABC's 4-day event "Duel" a "high-stakes tournament-style competition."

Both networks are hoping these shows can build momentum during the week before Christmas to grow into hits as did NBC's "Deal or No Deal" which also began its run with a 4-day event in December 2005.

In January, the network will premiere the "classic physical competition series with a big-arena attitude" called "American Gladiators" on Sunday, January 2 (2-hour episode, 9-11 p.m.) before moving it to Mondays at 8 p.m. the following day.

As for Saturday nights, the network will air "Chuck" at 8 p.m., followed by repeats of "30 Rock" at 9 p.m. and "Saturday Night Live" specials at 9:30 p.m. "The Best of Chris Farley" and "The Best of Will Ferrel" will air first.

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David Beckham Gets Own Reality Show

Soccer star David Beckham is getting his own reality show on British television similar to his wife's one-hour NBC special, but more football-focused. The program will follow the 32-year-old from his final match for Europe's Real Madrid to his new career with Major League Soccer's Los Angeles Galaxy. More on the story, plus several images taken at last Sunday's match, after the jump.

British tabloid The Sun reported on Tuesday that ITV special will chronicle Beckham's move across the Atlantic, but it will feature very little footage of his wife Victoria or their 3 sons Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz.


The special will give an insight into Beckham's own thoughts about the move. The network previously aired "David Beckham: A Footballer's Story," which followed his preparation for the 2006 World Cup.


The network hasn't decided when David's show will air on ITV.

It also plans to buy the rights to "Coming to America," which went from an originally planned six-episode series to a one-hour special after David was recalled to play for the English national soccer team.


"Coming to America" will premiere on NBC on Monday, July 16 giving the viewers an exclusive inside peek into the lives of former Spice Girl Victoria and her family in the US.

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Beckham Reality Series to Turn into Special

Hollywood press reports that Victora Beckham's new reality series will be turned into an NBC prime-time special. "Football wife" is pictured above shopping for furniture at L.A.'s trendy Minotti store on Monday.

There has been a lot of speculation in British media that production on the 6-episode series focusing on the Beckhams' transition to Los Angeles would be canceled altogether.

Problems on the show allegedly arose once Victoria's husband, soccer star David Beckham, was recalled to play with the English national team late last month.


According to sources, NBC cameras were following Beckham, a.k.a. Posh Spice, as recently as Sunday.

David Beckham is set to play with Major League Soccer's Los Angeles Galaxy after his contract with Real Madrid expires June 30.

NBC has yet to comment on the story.

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Paris & Nicole Film "The [Not So] Simple Life"

Trashy Hollywood socialites Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie who put bimbo-chic back in vogue are returning to the E! cable network on May 28 (Memorial Day) with a new season of their reality show "The Simple Life," an impressive achievement given the season's rocky path to airwaves.

The show originally premiered on FOX in 2003 pulling in over 13 million viewers during its limited summer run. The two subsequent seasons however attracted 10 and 7 million viewers respectively. When it became clear the two friends had fallen out FOX canceled the series in 2005.

7 million may be peanuts for FOX, but it is more than enough for E! Online. In fact when the fourth season of "The Simple Life" premiered on E! in early 2006 to only 1,3 million viewers that was still four times the prime-time average for the network which happily greenlighted a fifth season.



Although Hilton and Richie in the meantime rekindled their friendship, the production of the 5th season ran into a lot of trouble. Originally scheduled for November, the production was delayed till March due to Nicole entering health facility to tackle her weight issues.




There were additional complications stemming from both Richie and Hilton's DUI arrests and facing jail time as well as a revelation on Courtney Love's website about Paris' birthday party and a big pile of "white powder" in her bathroom. The network however went ahead with the production.




The fifth season entitled "The Simple Life Goes to Camp" follows Paris and Nicole working as counselors at Camp Shawnee. Following the Memorial Day premiere, the show will regularly air on Sunday nights. 10 episodes have been ordered.

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Is "Idol" Hunk Dating "Laguna" Babe?

Reality television universes collided on Friday night when "American Idol" hunk Chris Richardson was spotted with potential sex tape mama Lauren Conrad at Hollywood's Les Deux in a hardcore flirting session, TMZ reports.

"I'm so mad at you right now, hurry up!" LC playfully said into her cell phone just moments before Chris appeared out of nowhere prompting a "future sex" smile of relief on her face.

The couple then quickly bypassed a long line of people standing outside the club with some of them recognizing "The Hills" star and shouting "Hi, darling." Here is the TMZ video of their encounter.

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VIDEO: Evangeline Lilly Got Punk'd

MTV aired the entire final season of prankster Ashton Kutcher's reality show "Punk'd" on the weekend making fun of a bunch of celebrities, including one of the most beautiful women on television today, LOST's cutie Evangeline Lilly.

Helping Ashton pull a prank on "Freckles" was her former LOST co-star Harold Perrineau who invited her over to meet some friends at his home. When Harold goes out of the house for a second, something strange happens.

Before the segment Ashton does another one his loud intros (the boy is steaming hot, but he may want to keep that voice down a bit... I know that's his whole schtick, he can't do that) saying Lilly should date someone hotter than Dominic. Snappy snap!

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Posh Spice Show On Ice?

FOX News is reporting today that Victoria Beckham's reality show that she had signed on to do upon her arrival in the United States may have been canceled before it even made it onto the air.

According to Neil Sean, a Sky News showbiz correspondent who reports for FOX - Sky's sister network - from London, production on Victoria Beckham's reality show was ceased after the studio realized "it didn't really work out."

The producers then brought on some scriptwriters to help Victoria appear funny. When that failed, too, they realized they needed her husband football star David Beckham to also appear on the show as the viewers would probably be interested to see their day-to-day interaction Nick-and-Jessica-style.

Due to his heavy schedule David could not appear on the show and since, as the Sky reporter said, the footballer is anyway "not exactly the brightest bulb in the box" and Victoria is not far behind, the project may have been axed.

Originally, the 6-episode series was going to focus on Victoria setting up her new home in Los Angeles, finding school for her children and jump-starting her career as a fashion designer.

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