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Ahhhh it must be Summer! Damn near close! Because Big Brother is soon coming! I believe it is going to start this July!

Not many details have been revealed but we’ll keep you posted so come back here and also visit TV Robot’s Big Brother page for the latest!

Big Brother 8 will be executive-produced by Emmy Award winner Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan, in association with Endemol U.S.A.

Arnold Shapiro has left Big Brother production, the show will take on yet a newer format.

Well, Lost may be “lost” but at least the mid-season replacement Daybreak is a good show!

So far it has shown us that the same day need not be too similar. Days evolve and change and that has kept the Ground Hog Day type show fresh and interesting.

I wonder where it will end up in the ABC line up - if at all… I hope it does. I am now a fan of Daybreak!

Boy - there is just too much on tv! I don’t have the time - even with the aid of my Tivo DVR!

Sorry, but I had to dump some shows to make room for all the great new Fall programming… oh yeah… it’s not even Winter yet and they’ve had their sweeps finales??? Go figure…

Hey, ABC and Lost - what’s up with the lame finale??? So, what… we get 8 episodes and that’s it? Now we have to wait till February from early November??? That is lame.

OK, back to housecleaning.

I dumped Boston Legal, The OC and Vanished.

3 shows I liked but simply not good enough to deserve a season pass.

Boy, I just can’t say enough good things about my TIVO DVR!

It’s there when I need it… oops! They are there when I need them! (I have 2).

Seamlessly recording in the background yet so there when I want to sit down and enjoy my favrite television shows!

And you know you just can’t beat the fact that the average 1 hour tv show can be watched in less than 40 minutes in most cases! Speed through those pesky commercials!

And here is one application that TIVO just rocks on! It cuts downn Rock Star Supernova from a bloated 2 hours to 40 minutes! Yes, I’ll record both episodes each week on Tivo and can watch the 2 hours in around 40 minutes.

I mean hey - how cxan anyone take half of those “cover songs” being retreaded again… sure Paula nd the band make them tolerable by playing them in the best possible way, but sorry - if I hear “White Wedding” by a wannabe rock star one more time I will scream!

and that’s where my Tivo and the fast forward make it fin to watch the bloated 2 hours in 40 minutes!

Rock on Tivo! You’re my dream DVR!

Trump throws his mansion open for Crist’s campaign (Miami Herald)
It’s pretty clear who Donald Trump wants voters to hire as Florida’s next governor. Trump, the mega-developer and star of TV’s The Apprentice, hosted a fundraiser at his opulent seaside Mar-a-Lago mansion Friday night for Republican candidate Charlie Crist. About 400 people attended the $500-a-person event, with some getting a photo op with Crist and Trump in exchange for $5,000 in contributions.

Chantelle’s Secret Past (Ananova)
Celebrity Big Brother’s pseudo-celeb has a bit of a past, we can reveal…

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Cross-over hit
Freeport Journal Standard, IL - 10 hours ago engineering students, and a team of special effects technicians went to Wattamolla to meet the challenge of Animal Planet's new reality TV series, Chasing

Donald Trump brings reality TV touch to golf
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - Jan 11, 2006 Entrepreneur Donald Trump on Tuesday announced plans to turn his reality-TV touch to Tiger Woods wannabes in the Trump Million Dollar Invitational.

Anti-war British lawmaker Galloway a contestant on reality TV show
Canada.com, Canada - Jan 9, 2006 AP) - George Galloway, the anti-war British lawmaker who has faced questions about his relations with Saddam Hussein, has a new role - reality TV contestant.
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CD reviews: Marty Casey, Josh Turner, P.O.D.
The State - Rock Star:

Concerts, Nightlife (01/26 - 02/01)
Daily News - This category includes regional concert venues, dates for local artists and regional music festivals and series. Concert tickets purchased through Ticketmaster are subject to service charges. Prices listed in the Max calendar do not include those

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We already knew this guy was trouble
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription), WI - Jan 26, 2006 CBS and reality show maven Mark Burnett have yet to realize that they've got a socko-boffo epilogue to the very first season of "Survivor," as the aggressively

Let the Games — and the sweeps — begin
Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX - Feb 2, 2006 Survivor: Panama — Exile Island: This Survivor comes with the latest in executive producer Mark Burnett's bag of twists, as the game starts off with four

CBS announces another 'Rock Star'
Canoe.ca, Canada - Jan 19, 2006 made the announcement Wednesday at the Television Critics mid-season press tour and confirmed the return of reality show creator king Mark Burnett to executive
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live music
Omaha World-Herald - Triple threat. Local bands Sarah Benck & the Robbers, the Scott Severin Band and Anonymous American, which is celebrating the release of its new single, “World War III,” perform a 9 p.m. show at Sokol Underground, 13th and

Clubs and Organizations
Elkhart Truth - The club met Jan. 9 to discuss plans for the annual Mardi Gras, scheduled for Feb. 25. The event will be at Elcona County Club and is titled “Wild, Wild West.” Tickets are $35 per person and all proceeds benefit Lifeline — Youth for Christ in

As Black History Month approaches, the local calendar
Providence Journal - Black History Month in southeastern New England offers a rich variety of events, including separate plays starring Ricardo Pitts-Wiley, Nehassaiu deGannes and the ensemble of the Providence Black Repertory Company; lectures by NAACP chief Julian Bond

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A Taste Of Flavor (University of Connecticut Daily Campus)
With reality shows being all the rage these days, everybody seems to have one. From Donald Trump to Ted Nugent, more and more celebrities seem to be jumping on the reality show bandwagon. There is no better place to find celebrities on reality shows than on VH1.

9. Moby Slams Trump Over Silly Lawsuit (ContactMusic)
Dance star MOBY is amazed property tycoon DONALD TRUMP is suing TRUMPNATION: THE ART OF BEING THE DONALD author TIMOTHY O’BRIEN for $5 billion (GBP2.

Donald Trump enraged at being called millionaire (Miami Herald)
Real estate and casino mogul Donald Trump sued New York Times reporter Timothy O’Brien and Warner Books, claiming their TrumpNation: The Art of Being Donald defamed him by vastly understating his fortune.

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PM gives TV a reality check on manners 
ABC via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News - Jan 30 10:02 PM
Prime Minister John Howard says there has been a marked deterioration in good manners in Australia.Save to My Web

Yahoo to Feature Links to Super Bowl Ads 
AP via Yahoo! Finance - Feb 02 2:03 AM
Super Bowl party so much fun you’ve missed some of those vaunted TV commercials? No worries: Just go online. Yahoo Inc. will feature on its video home page, at http://video.yahoo.com, links to this year’s Super Bowl ads, hosted at MTV Networks’ ifilm.com.Save to My Web
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Donald Trump s Apprentice 3 Winner Kendra Todd Will Share Insider Tips On How To Build A Real Estate Empire During Free (PR Web)
Donald Trump’s Apprentice, Kendra Todd will be part of a free teleconference on Thursday, February 2 at 5 p.m. Pacific time, where she’ll share real estate investment tips with all interested callers. [PRWEB Feb 1, 2006]

AOL, Mark Burnett to Launch Reality Show (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
America Online, the Internet division of Time Warner Inc., said Monday it signed a deal with Mark Burnett Productions to develop a reality treasure hunt airing exclusively on the AOL.com web site.

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Newton-John Honored by Aussies in L.A.
BackStage.com - Australian entertainer Olivia Newton-John received the Lifetime Achievement award at the annual G’Day LA: Australia Week gala Saturday night in Los Angeles. “I’m just thrilled,” Newton-John, 57, told AP Television News. “Listen: I’ve lived several

‘Project Jay’ proves too much for one sitting
Bangor Daily News - It’s not bad in small doses. Bravo’s new “Project Jay,” a spinoff of “Project Runway,” isn’t quite what I expected, but I should know better than to try and expect anything with unpredictable designer Jay McCarroll. His family describes him as a

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Give Me a Good Reason to Root for the Seahawks: Scott Soshnick 
Bloomberg.com - 2 hours, 0 minute ago
Feb. 1 (Bloomberg) — Why would anyone outside of the Pacific Northwest root for the Seattle Seahawks to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Super Bowl? Give me one good reason not named Lofa Tatupu.Save to My Web

Treasure to be found on internet 
CBC - Jan 31 1:43 PM
The man who pulled in TV viewers with The Apprentice and Survivor is going after web surfers with a game show to be played online.Save to My Web
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island time 
Pioneer Press - Jan 29 1:10 AM
ARIMA VALLEY, Trinidad ‘R Harold Diaz is a guide at the Asa Wright Nature Centre and Lodge high in the rain-forest mountains overlooking the Arima Valley of Trinidad. But even he is impressed by what he sees each day out the back door.Save to My Web

ACROSS THE NATION Carib Institute of Technology celebrates seventh - anniversary - Ground was broken for the project  
Jamaica Gleaner - Jan 28 7:18 PM
WESTERN BUREAU: THE CARIBBEAN Institute of Technology (CIT) at Cazoumar Free Zone, Montego Bay, launched its Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Week, as a part of its seventh anniversary celebrations, on Wednesday.Save to My Web

Never underestimate the sublime power, variety of cheese 
Pioneer Press - Jan 31 1:12 AM
How often have you gone to a party and been confronted with large trays piled high with small squares of medium-hard yellow and white cheeses and undistinguished crackers and crudites? Personally, I have lost count of such occasions, and I usually pass up the offerings and instead think about how easy it would be to improve upon such a cheese plate or platter, and what I would choose to put out Save to My Web
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Births and Nubs of the News
Bismarck Tribune - Son, Nate and Lynae Palezewski, Bismarck, 11:34 a.m., Jan. 23. Daughter, Cristin and James Lawson, Bismarck, 5:53 p.m., Jan. 24. Son, Roberta Brown, Bismarck, 1:36 a.m., Jan. 25. Son, Kelly and Patrick Schmitz, Bismarck, 2:25 a.m., Jan. 25. Daughter

Collected lives
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - The new exhibition “Possessions, Personalities and the Pursuit of Refinement,” which opened Saturday at The Frick Art & Historical Center in Point Breeze, will be a sight to behold. That’s true not only for those who consider themselves lovers of art

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Business Calendar (The Star-Ledger)
Newark Insiders Forum: The Regional Business Partnership is hosting the forum at 8 a.m., where Randall Pickett of “The Apprentice” will be the guest, at the RBP Conference Center, 744 Broad St., 26th Floor, Newark. For information and registration, visit www.rbp.org.

Donald Trump Appoints “Original” Apprentice to Train Bill Rancic (Multi-Housing News)
JULY 22, 2004 — New York–Donald Trump’s famed Apprentice, Bill Rancic, hasn’t moved to Chicago yet. Instead, he is in training with Greg Cuneo, a New York construction executive who was given his first job by Trump 15 years ago.

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World's First Ever Reality TV Convention Coming To Nashville
Reality TV Magazine, AZ - Jan 25, 2006 On June 3 & 4, 2006, the world s first ever Reality TV Convention will be held in Nashville, Tennessee. The Reality TV Convention

A life like reality TV
Arizona Republic, AZ - Jan 19, 2006 Although some critics have said reality shows have peaked, Hervey said they remain profitable become hot in the past three years because of the TV shows Biker

It gets easier to be more media-selective
Biloxi Sun Herald,  USA - Jan 29, 2006 known), users can develop a list of Web sites that will deliver their updates automatically to the computer - from Time magazine to the reality TV-focused Web
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INXS kicks off tour in Vancouver 
Jam! Showbiz - Jan 19 6:35 AM
VANCOUVER (CP) - A joyous, reborn INXS rocked into a world tour with a new Canadian frontman and an anthem. J.D. Fortune was so excited to be performing at home with his favourite band, he led the crowd in a heartfelt, bilingual O Canada.Save to My Web

To Do: Your Weekend Back From The Snow 
Defamer - Jan 27 5:20 PM
Friday A Friday night of musical delights: Morningwood at the Roxy, Of Montreal at The Echo; INXS at the Gibson Ampitheatre at CityWalk; Morris Tepper at Tangier, with PJ Harvey sitting in…Save to My Web

Black History Month honored by Rock Hall 
The Tribune Chronicle - Jan 25 10:34 PM
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum will bring in the funk - and several of its practitioners - as part of its Black History Month celebration.Save to My Web
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