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   <title>Interview: What Happens In Vegas Red Carpet</title>
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   <published>2008-05-09T18:14:02Z</published>
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   <summary>Hey Gasmii, my What Happens In Vegas Red Carpet is up on Channelgasm if you want to check it out! ;-) Be back in a few hours, we have a TVgasm meeting. xo. Nads...</summary>
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      <name><![CDATA[<a href=http://www.nadinerajabi.com>Nads</a>]]></name>
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      <![CDATA[Hey Gasmii, my What <strong>Happens In Vegas Red Carpet</strong> is up on Channelgasm if you want to check it out!  ;-) Be back in a few hours, we have a TVgasm meeting.  xo. Nads]]>
      
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<entry>
   <title>Hollywood Junket Queen</title>
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   <published>2008-05-09T18:04:15Z</published>
   <updated>2008-05-09T18:09:50Z</updated>
   
   <summary>EP 2: &apos;What Happens In Vegas&apos; Powered by maniaTV.com...</summary>
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      <![CDATA[EP 2: 'What Happens In Vegas'<br/>
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<entry>
   <title>Oh Great!  Another VH1 Show With Has-Beens</title>
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   <published>2008-05-09T10:36:30Z</published>
   <updated>2008-05-09T10:53:28Z</updated>
   
   <summary> Ride the VH1 wave, it&apos;s all you have left I think it&apos;s time for a VH1 re-brand. Don&apos;t get me wrong, I&apos;m the biggest sucker for mindless television, but VH1 has just announced another show, with yet, MORE HAS-BEENS....</summary>
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      <name><![CDATA[<a href=http://www.nadinerajabi.com>Nads</a>]]></name>
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<center><strong>Ride the VH1 wave, it's all you have left</strong></center>

I think it's time for a <em>VH1</em> re-brand.  Don't get me wrong, I'm the biggest sucker for mindless television, but <em>VH1</em> has just announced another show, with yet, MORE HAS-BEENS.  Sorry pals at <em>VH1</em>, but it's time you hung up the has-been hat for now...or at least get a new batch of has-beens, I'm sick of seeing recycled out of work actors.  

Their new show they just announced is a series executive produced by none other than, recycled heartthrob Scott Baio, in which eight male teen idols from the 80s and 90s live together in a house and get life coaching from industry pros to see if they should continue their career or hang up their hats.  Basically, it's the surreal life with has-been models...so really, it won't even be interesting because models don't talk for a reason, they don't have much to say!  It's supposed to air next year sometime, and I'm sure I'll watch it, but give me some NEW trash television <em>VH1</em>.  No more Scott Baio induced comas, please!

*<em>Note: I really need to stop blogging after certain hours, bitter Nads comes out when I'm tired.</em>
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   <title>Beauty and the Geek:  Cabin Fever (Now With Deflowerings and Snowballing!)</title>
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   <published>2008-05-09T08:12:36Z</published>
   <updated>2008-05-09T17:04:14Z</updated>
   
   <summary>To many Californians, a trip to Big Bear is either 1. mandatory by order of parents or 2. mandatory by order of school field trip. But not for the Dorks and the Bitches; in fact, for them, having the CW...</summary>
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      <![CDATA[To many Californians, a trip to Big Bear is either 1.  mandatory by order of parents or 2.  mandatory by order of school field trip.  But not for the Dorks and the Bitches; in fact, for them, having the CW send them off to Big Bear is like witnessing the reformation of The Beatles, or seeing God, or tripping out on some gooey <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenkem">Jenkem</a>.  Elation aside, one can only wonder WHO WILL DIE UNDER AN AVALANCHE?  WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN AN EPISODE WHEN FACTORING IN VERY COLD WEATHER CONDITIONS?!  WHERE AM I GOING TO FIT IN THE WORD "SNOWBALLING" IN A SEXUAL CONTEXT IN THIS ENTIRE RECAP!?!!?!?!?

<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_H3ahDn0zaF0/SCOM0Jq8FeI/AAAAAAAAAhU/bmeTEq7ZCnQ/s1600-h/01.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_H3ahDn0zaF0/SCOM0Jq8FeI/AAAAAAAAAhU/bmeTEq7ZCnQ/s320/01.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198153222492788194" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jessie Spano-grade Excitement</span>
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      <![CDATA["...It's like a vacation!"  says Leticia.

Yes.  Yes, it is.

After finding out that their next adventures will include a couple days in Big Bear Lake, the Dorks and the Bitches headed to the kitchen to eat a cake that just-eliminated Gaysian had baked earlier in the day; it was a moment that could only be described as "inappropriately morose" seeing that their cake worship was along the lines of mourning Gaysian's death.  Bizarre, and truly a milestone in awkward time-filling.

<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_H3ahDn0zaF0/SCOOMJq8FfI/AAAAAAAAAhc/qLW3xUnHffM/s1600-h/02.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_H3ahDn0zaF0/SCOOMJq8FfI/AAAAAAAAAhc/qLW3xUnHffM/s320/02.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198154734321276402" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">That is one very, very delicious and gay cake.</span>
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In classic Cowboy Joe fashion, Cowboy Joe gave a eyelids-half-open reflection on the elimination of Gaysian.  While the rest of the gang were silently hurling, CJ was completely oblivious to their disinterest.  Camaraderie, party of 1!

<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_H3ahDn0zaF0/SCOPNJq8FgI/AAAAAAAAAhk/tJvkbqUGOvM/s1600-h/03.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_H3ahDn0zaF0/SCOPNJq8FgI/AAAAAAAAAhk/tJvkbqUGOvM/s320/03.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198155851012773378" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Goodbye, English rose...</span>
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Sweatervest alluded everyone eating Gaysian's cake to<span style="font-style: italic;"> taking in the body of Christ</span>.  That isn't a joke.  In fact, it's quite accurate.

<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_H3ahDn0zaF0/SCOPqJq8FhI/AAAAAAAAAhs/tXtDqYfOFMg/s1600-h/04.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_H3ahDn0zaF0/SCOPqJq8FhI/AAAAAAAAAhs/tXtDqYfOFMg/s320/04.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198156349228979730" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Our Gaysian, who art in Brentwood...</span>
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Before they left, the Dorks and the Bitches agreed that this trip to Big Bear would put all drama behind, and that they would all now be one big happy fucking family.  All I was thinking was, "Wow, this looks like that Saved by the Bell movie where they all go to Vegas for that one wedding."

<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_H3ahDn0zaF0/SCOQjpq8FiI/AAAAAAAAAh0/nIYD9Y8bP64/s1600-h/05.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_H3ahDn0zaF0/SCOQjpq8FiI/AAAAAAAAAh0/nIYD9Y8bP64/s320/05.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198157337071457826" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Road trip omfgz!!!!</span>
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Upon arrival, the Dorks and the Bitches are seemingly impressed, especially with all the cabin perks that have convinced them they are, in fact, living in heaven.

Cara and Chris, though, well, they're on the rocks:  in the final stretch of this game, they're not communicating and it's bugging the living shit out of Cara.  Fortunately for Chris, this could actually mean his first handjob should he fulfill his partner's need for attention.  Now THAT'S strategy.

<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_H3ahDn0zaF0/SCOSopq8FjI/AAAAAAAAAh8/HVD3q4Dsrkg/s1600-h/06.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_H3ahDn0zaF0/SCOSopq8FjI/AAAAAAAAAh8/HVD3q4Dsrkg/s320/06.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198159621994059314" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">"...checkmate."</span>
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Meanwhile, BuffGeek is in the sauna, and he convinced Cowboy Joe to join him in ball sweating, manly-man bonding.  Could this mean a new alliance?

<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_H3ahDn0zaF0/SCOTUJq8FkI/AAAAAAAAAiE/pQ_UY1hvueg/s1600-h/07.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_H3ahDn0zaF0/SCOTUJq8FkI/AAAAAAAAAiE/pQ_UY1hvueg/s320/07.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198160369318368834" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Once our taints are dripping, how 'bout we go get a drink?"</span>
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Cowboy Joe leaves BuffGeek alone to search for Tara outside.  It is then we find out that Joe not only has a crush on her, but LOVES her.  "She is the best ...person in the world."  And I am Brad fucking Pitt.

Tara's TOTALLY not digging the fact that his partner's TOTALLY crushing on him, so she's in that really awkward spot, like when you're at prom, and you feel your date totally growing a boner when you're both dancing to "Careless Whisper."  Yeah, it's really bad.  But Joe, like most other cowboys, loves the hurtin'!

<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_H3ahDn0zaF0/SCOUopq8FlI/AAAAAAAAAiM/xyqmPspFEt4/s1600-h/08.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_H3ahDn0zaF0/SCOUopq8FlI/AAAAAAAAAiM/xyqmPspFEt4/s320/08.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198161821017314898" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">"DO IT AGAIN, YOU DIRTY WHORE, SNOWBALL ME AGAIN."</span>
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That is so hot.

Anyway, the feelings aren't mutual, and it's like high school all over again.  Smell the progress!

Later that night, everyone shifts from the cold outside to the heat in the jacuzzi, which was no hotter than Laticia's BANGIN' body.

<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_H3ahDn0zaF0/SCOVf5q8FmI/AAAAAAAAAiU/KRsPnWZ5vHE/s1600-h/09.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_H3ahDn0zaF0/SCOVf5q8FmI/AAAAAAAAAiU/KRsPnWZ5vHE/s320/09.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198162770205087330" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Happy Birthday, Mr. HugoStopppppp</span>
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Only on TVGasm is the objectification of women fun AND acceptable!

It really looks like a ComicCon and AdultCon orgy in the making, and you get the sense that shit is going to get NASSSTYYYY SEXXXUUALLLISSSTIIC when Tara -- the apple in Cowboy Joe's eye -- IS TOTALLY RUBBING OFF SWEATERVEST!!!!  LISTEN ALL OF Y'ALL, IT'S A SABOTAGE!!!

<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_H3ahDn0zaF0/SCOWiJq8FnI/AAAAAAAAAic/x9YRdvTNOGU/s1600-h/10.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_H3ahDn0zaF0/SCOWiJq8FnI/AAAAAAAAAic/x9YRdvTNOGU/s320/10.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198163908371420786" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sweatervest's O-face.</span>
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Cowboy Joe is PISSED.  For the first time ever, we actually sympathize for him.

In the other room, by a candlelit piano, are Cokebottle and Cara, totally sharing a moment in playing something other than Chopsticks.  I have to say, for being a geek, Cokebottle knows the way to a woman's boobs:  tickling some serious ivories.

<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_H3ahDn0zaF0/SCOXiJq8FoI/AAAAAAAAAik/uuvUZPQgUI0/s1600-h/11.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_H3ahDn0zaF0/SCOXiJq8FoI/AAAAAAAAAik/uuvUZPQgUI0/s320/11.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198165007883048578" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Have you ever heard of... BILLY JOEL??????"</span>
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...which inevitably led to a cuddle session --

<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_H3ahDn0zaF0/SCOYA5q8FpI/AAAAAAAAAis/0bhE9X5MVU0/s1600-h/12.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_H3ahDn0zaF0/SCOYA5q8FpI/AAAAAAAAAis/0bhE9X5MVU0/s320/12.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198165536164026002" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">She's got a wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy...</span>
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The CW has redefined "cabin fever" to "THE DEFLOWERING OF YOUNG MALE ADULTS."  Gotta love it.

Before going to bed, Tara knew she didn't want to sleep with partner Cowboy Joe in the same bed, so she created a Berlin Wall of sorts on their mattress.  This, like most things the world, upset Joe again.

<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_H3ahDn0zaF0/SCOZJ5q8FqI/AAAAAAAAAi0/CBntCVUkg9w/s1600-h/13.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_H3ahDn0zaF0/SCOZJ5q8FqI/AAAAAAAAAi0/CBntCVUkg9w/s320/13.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198166790294476450" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">"MS. TARA, TEAR.  DOWN.  THIS.  WALL!!!!"</span>
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Oh god, I made that Berlin Wall pun just before Cowboy Joe called it the Iron Curtain.

There is something dreadfully wrong with that.  I am becoming them.  I am becoming them.  I am becomMOM CLOSE THE FREAKIN' DOOR, GOSH!!!

<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">The next day...</span>

The Challenge is announced.  It's quite complicated, so bear with me.

-  There are a bunch of snowmen, totally lodged with a bunch of construction tools.  The men will standby their snowman stations to send over tools the women have to explicitly ask for, one by one to create...

- ... a sled the women will have to construct in their own building stations.  Knowledge of tool names is essential to make the build speedy.

- Once the sled is built, the partners must to up a slope and ride down their (likely) poorly constructed.  If they fall, they lose.  First couple who makes it to the finish line wins!

The entire challenge is just a MESS; the Bitches don't know names of tools, and they're having their Dork partners run up and down to their tool stations wondering what the fuck these girls are asking for.  It's a slow process, and you start feeling for the geeks who, like Cokebottle, are wearing really big pants during this challenge.

<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_H3ahDn0zaF0/SCOcRJq8FrI/AAAAAAAAAi8/p6KoaZd7tRk/s1600-h/14.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_H3ahDn0zaF0/SCOcRJq8FrI/AAAAAAAAAi8/p6KoaZd7tRk/s320/14.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198170213383411378" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">"NO, GET THE RED SCREWY THING THAT LOOKS LIKE A BLACK STICK WITH THE THINGIES AT THE END!!!!!  HURRY!!!!"</span>
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Just watching it is painful.

The Bitches are struggling just as much in their cherry popping of building something from scratch.

<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_H3ahDn0zaF0/SCOdT5q8FsI/AAAAAAAAAjE/vw6u5TaW3SI/s1600-h/15.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_H3ahDn0zaF0/SCOdT5q8FsI/AAAAAAAAAjE/vw6u5TaW3SI/s320/15.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198171360139679426" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Suck my balls, Bob Vila."</span>
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I believe the last time I've ever seen anyone work so hard on their knees, a Clinton was in office.  HEY-YO!

Christina and BuffGeek were the first to build their sled, and after their exhausting hike up, they careened super fast down the snowy hill...

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...only to be stopped in their tracks!  They must completely restart the hike and give it another go before being declared the winners.

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Their second attempt failed, and meant a third run for Christina and BuffGeek.  Little did they know that Tara and her geek were right on their tails.

But they fell and failed, too.

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Then Sweatervest and Amanda go up.

First attempt and they WIN.

<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Back at the lodge...</span>

Host Mike announces that the couple who goes home will be decided in a Survivor-esque vote.  A first in the season, and a MASSIVE upset for the gang.  In the result of a tie, Sweatervest and Amanda are the tie-breaking vote.

The bonds made new during this field trip have proven to contaminate everyone's reasons in their voting decisions.  Personal feelings are getting really muddy in the mix of the game, and there's absolutely no way of finding out who'll be the couple to go home.  Essentially, everyone's FUCKING.  RETARDED.

<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">At the voting ceremony...</span>

Everyone voted for each other, which resulted in a 4-way TIE that put winners Sweatervest and Amanda as the deciding vote.

They chose to eliminate BuffGeek and Christina from the game.

It was a cry fest loaded with hugs and goodbyes, a sentimental send off that challenged all other cheesy reality TV moments; luckily for you guys, my telepathic gift had me read the minds of BuffGeek and Christina just before their emotional departure...

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   <title>Top Chef: Next Time, Just Elope</title>
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   <summary> This week on Top Chef, the chefs compete in two all-time favorite challenges while both old (Twitch v. Richard, Fleasa v. soap) and new (Dale v. Evangelass) rivalries emerge. &quot;I only married you for your money!&quot; &quot;I know. And...</summary>
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This week on <strong>Top Chef</strong>, the chefs compete in two all-time favorite challenges while both old (Twitch v. Richard, Fleasa v. soap) and new (Dale v. Evangelass) rivalries emerge. 
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<br /></span><strong>"I only married you for your money!"
<br />"I know. And once those start to sag, I'm trading you in for a younger model."</strong>
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We open the morning after Mutton's elimination with the Douche Twins mourning the loss of their bubble bath buddy. Hey, if there's an opening guys, I'm sure Richard will throw his name in for consideration. Rad hairstylin' tips AND mediocre television-character impressions? What more could you want? We're down to the final 8 out of 16 chefs, and the women are pumped that it's an even-gender split for once. I'm all for girl-power, but in looking at the remaining chefs, I'm hoping this week ends with the men having the numbers advantage because either Nikki or Fleasa have. to. go. home.
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Everyone arrives at the kitchens for the Quick Fire, and instead of a guest judge we see Scar with Daddy Tom. More Daddy Tom is always a good thing in my book! Scar announces that QF winners will no longer receive immunity, and that this week the chefs will be completing two all-time favorite challenges. The chefs are forced to draw knives and divide into two teams -- forks (Yoda, Richard, Twitch, and Antonia) and spoons (Dale, Evangelass, Fleasa, and Nikki). Looking around, Dale echos my thoughts by noting his team doesn't have the strongest people on it, although he does optimistically call them capable. That's more credit than I'd give them. I think the most credit I'd give Nikki is to heat me up a Lean Cuisine, and it's still possible she'd burn my place down.
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<br /></span><strong>"Yeah, the oil from my hair started to drip into my food... so what? Why shower when you've got this bitchin' bandana?"</strong>
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Once the teams are sorted, Scar reveals the details of the QF -- they're doing the mise en place relay race! Yes, I love this shit! Yoda reminds us of how awesome this was last year, when Hung violently dismembered a chicken without breaking a sweat and Bunny Foo Foo chopped an onion more delicately than doctors cut an umbilical cord. Daddy Tom steps up to explain the tasks -- 1) peel and supreme (take the flesh out of the interior membrane) five oranges, 2) peel and turn two artichokes, 3) clean a gigantic, nasty monkfish into two filets, and finally 4) make one quart (ugh) of mayonnaise. DT promises that even though immunity's not available, the winning team will get a useful advantage, and then gives the teams two minutes to strategize.
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On Team Forks, Antonia orders that Yoda do the mayonnaise since Yoda evidently makes it by the bucketful in her spare time. Poor Yoda -- between that and Gail's comment last week about her never being at home, no one thinks this girl has any life. Although her Star Wars obsession isn't doing herself any favors on that front. I will say though that it's a good idea to keep Yoda away from any of the knife-related tasks, given her history of shaky hands during QFs. I really don't need to see anyone sever a finger. As for the other teammates, Antonia takes the oranges, Twitch takes the artichokes, and Richard will be handling the monkfish. On Team Spoons, Nikki's having a mini-meltdown over the thought of making mayonnaise without a food processor, while Dale bugs out his eyes and gives someone off-camera the "are you fucking kidding me?!" face. I'm already cracking up when in the confessional Dale shakes his head in disgust over Nikki's stupidity and rhetorically demands "Why are you still here?!" LOL thank you! That is my quote of the season thus far. Oh man, I love Dale. Well, despite her fears, Nikki gets stuck with the mayo while Fleasa takes the oranges, Evangelass takes the artichokes, and Dale will be squaring off against Richard and the monkfish.
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The teams line up, and with a whistle blast, they're off! Fleasa and Antonia start on the oranges, and Fleasa's shaking like a leaf holding a very sharp knife. That isn't stopping her though from kicking Antonia's butt, who doesn't seem to get the whole race part of "relay race." You're not making lunch for the kid you abandoned to come on this show -- move your ass, lady! Daddy Tom gives Fleasa his okay on the oranges, and Evangelass starts in on the artichokes. He works quickly, maintaining his team's lead as Antonia finally moseys through her last orange and Twitch is allowed to begin. 
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<br /></span><strong>"La di da... cutting an orange... I wonder what the ladies on 'The View' are talking about today?"</strong>
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As the Douche Twins square off on the artichokes, each guy takes a different approach. Evangelass chops the outer leaves off his artichokes with a knife, while Twitch violently begins tearing them off with his hands. Both techniques seem to work until it comes to trimming down the woody part of the stem. Evangelass, using some sort of scraping tool, accidentally snaps the stem of his second artichoke, forcing him to start a whole new one, while Twitch's idea to use a peeler is a little slower but a lot safer. When the tweaked out crackhead is calmer than you, that's when you know you need to get a grip. As a result of Evangelass's fuck-up, both teams finish the artichoke task at the same time, as we move on to the monkfish and Richard and Dale.
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Okay, I'm not gonna lie -- this is some nasty ass shit. There's gigantic fish carcass and guts flying around, as both guys hack and saw into their monkfish a la Hung and the chicken. I have some tilapia in my refrigerator right now that I think is going into the freezer for a few days -- which will probably be how long it's gonna take me to look at raw fish without feeling nauseated. Lisa comments that Dale's doing a pretty amateur job at cleaning his filets, but it's a moot point as he and Richard finish at the same time and Daddy Tom approves both of them.
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Which brings us finally to Yoda and Nikki, and the horrifying concept of making mayo by hand. From what we saw during the strategy session, Yoda should have this one easily, but we all know how she likes to cave under pressure in QFs. Now making this mayo basically comes down to drizzling oil in a bowl of egg whites while stirring as fast as you can until your arm falls off. It has nothing to do with knife skills or any other chef-related technique -- this is a physical competition, and Team Spoons chose the wrong person as their anchor. Nikki's chicken arms can't keep up, and Yoda wins the QF for Team Forks!
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<br /></span><strong>"Psst... Since you're so good at it, I've got something else you can beat... my bunk bed, 11 o'clock?"</strong>
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As Team Forks hugs and celebrates, Team Spoons looks on with varying degrees of annoyance and sadness. Dale especially is taking the loss hard, given how big of a lead Fleasa built for them. Now in case you haven't noticed, Dale can be a bit too competitive at times, and isn't the most mature of the contestants. Still -- slamming your fist into a locker and screaming "fuck" in front of all the remaining chefs and 2 judges? Not the best idea, dude. As Antonia points out, someone needs to get his diaper changed. And check into anger management.
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<br /></span><strong>Seeing as though these lockers hold Richard's chemicals and Twitch's meth lab, Dale's lucky he didn't blow up half of Chicago.</strong>
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Once Dale's been wiped, powdered, and strapped into a new Luvs, it's time for Scar to announce this week's Elimination Challenge, which is the second of the all-time favorites the chefs will be doing this week. She begins by talking about restaurant wars -- where each team opens a competing restaurant, responsible not just for the food but also decor, service, etc -- and how they're not going to do that challenge this year. The majority of the chefs aren't happy about that, and are still getting over their disappointment when a young couple joins Scar at the front of the room. Turns out they're engaged and whoring themselves out for free wedding shit -- and accordingly the EC this week is wedding wars, a challenge we haven't seen since the disaster of Season 1!
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The chefs are staying in their same teams from the QF (poor Dale), and will each cater half the McBland wedding (125 guests/team), according to either the bride or groom's culinary preferences. Adding to the pressure is that the engaged couple runs their own restaurant and wedding venue (aka a Holiday Inn?), so they will be much harder to please than a normal couple. As the winners of the QF, Team Forks gets to decide whether they want to cook for the bride or groom side -- and they pick the bride, leaving Team Spoons with the groom. Evangelass is shocked the other team picked the bride, given how there's a good chance she'll go all bridezilla on their asses whereas the biggest problem Evangelass foresees with the groom is dying of sheer boredom from trying to talk to him. Scar announces they have 45 minutes to meet with their client, an hour to shop at Whole Foods and Restaurant Depot, and a $5,000 budget. They'll do most of the cooking here in the kitchens, and at the wedding they'll have two hours to prep. Oh and one more thing -- they'll be pulling an all-nighter in order to get everything done. Twitch is all excited about the prospect of an all-nighter, and drops that "culinary boner" phrase those of us whose TiVos didn't cut out caught last week. He tells us he won't have any problems staying up for as long as it takes, as he starts creating rails on the mirror perched on his lap.
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<br /></span><strong>Other things that give Twitch boners: poodles, Rock Band, and Rainbow Brite.</strong>
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Team Spoons (to be renamed Team Groom) begins grilling the groom on his preferences, and when he reveals he likes Italian, Nikki grins and writes PASTA in block letters on her notepad. As the groom continues to talk about his love of seafood, Nikki gets all hot and bothered, breathing that they have the same exact palate. Until he says "I do", this piece of man meat is fair game in her book, evidently. I half expected her to start rubbing her nipples. Over on Team Forks (to be renamed Team Bride), the bride is busy describing how she's a fat girl at heart, for she loves red meat, starchy sides, and anything that's fried. Personally, I'm right there with her, but I don't think I'd want the equivalent of the Sizzler's menu at my wedding. The bride and Richard bond over their Atlanta connection, while Antonia snottily informs us that even though the bride vetoed a few classic catering dishes, she's going to get them anyway and better fucking like it. Both of the future McBlands end by describing what kind of cake they want -- him wanting German chocolate/hazlenut, and her wanting a multi-tiered traditional job -- while Yoda freaks out, reminding us that there are whole businesses built around wedding cakes because they often take days to make and cost thousands of dollars. Yep, sucks to be you. Get to work.
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After the future McBlands leave, the two teams meet to plan their menus. Team Bride's busy talking about how to make comfort food wedding-appropriate, and Twitch tells us that he's really excited about his team, since all four of them have won ECs and QFs before and have proven to be good chefs. Cut to Antonia, who bitches to us about Twitch's lack of experience and how she guesses they'll "survive."  Why don't you take a gander across the room before you start complaining -- you've got the greaseball, the angry midget, the douchebag, and the incompetent Italian. I'm pretty sure Dale would sell his sister into prostitution to be on your team, so shut up. Speaking of Team Groom, Nikki is taking charge while the other three basically defer to her judgment. Oh man, they're so fucked. As Nikki outlines her plan to make sure they're the losing team, Dale interrupts a few times while Fleasa and Evangelass stick their thumbs on their asses. Annoyed, Nikki tells us in the confessional that Dale is a finger-pointing pain in the ass, whom half the house doesn't want to work with. I definitely believe that, but Nikki... I also believe the entire house doesn't want to work with you.
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<br /></span><strong>What about if I sold her to some dude in Amsterdam? They have like, health care or some shit for their whores, right?</strong>
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Time to go shopping. Each team sends 2 chefs to Whole Foods, and the other 2 to Restaurant Depot. At Restaurant Depot -- which looks like the inside of the Costco -- we have Yoda and Antonia from Team Bride and Dale and Fleasa from Team Groom. Evangelass wisely stuck Dale with Fleasa, knowing that Fleasa's the only one on their team bitchy enough to handle Dale's outbursts -- and able to stomach his humping-cheese jokes. At Whole Foods, Twitch is doing his best to prevent Richard from assuming too much of a leadership position (although he rarely steers people wrong) on Team Bride while they pick out flowers. Richard thinks he'll do a good job picking out flowers because he has pink shoes and a lot of other douchey things.
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At 9pm, the teams arrive back at the kitchens for their 14-hour cook time. Here's the menu breakdown for both teams:
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<br /></span><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Team Groom:</strong></span>
<br />Assorted flatbreads (app)
<br />Bruschetta (app)
<br />Tortellini
<br />Mixed veggies/cheese
<br />Fliet Mignon
<br />Chilean Sea Bass
<br />Orecchiette with ragu
<br />Chocolate hazlenut cake
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<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Team Bride:</strong></span>
<br />Pizza (app)
<br />Pulled pork sandwich (app)
<br />Short ribs &#38; bleu cheese in phyllo (app)
<br />Crispy chicken
<br />Brisket
<br />Filet Mignon
<br />Creamed Spinach
<br />Potato Gratin
<br />Dark chocolate and lemon cake
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On Team Groom, Nikki's making the pasta, Evangelass is dealing with all the veggies, Dale's handling all the proteins, and Fleasa is focusing on the cake. On Team Bride, Antonia's doing the appetizers, Richard has all the meats/sauces, Yoda has the cake, and Twitch is handling what's left. 
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Right at the start, Team Groom appears to be falling apart. Everyone keeps trying to defer to Nikki, who alternates between saying she doesn't care to having no idea how to answer. Meanwhile, Dale --who has already taken on more than his fair share of the workload -- is running around, picking up the slack for the other three as they ask them. He handles this with his usual bright, cheery demeanor, of course. After a while, though, his teammates realize that maybe spreading Dale so thin that everything he makes is sub-par wasn't the best idea... even though they blame it on him half-assing things. I sincerely doubt Dale is half-assing anything. First, that's not his style. Men who risk breaking all their fingers over a lost relay race do not half-ass competitions. Second, it's his goal to bolster a weaker team, not drag them down even further. Evangelass steps in to take the sea bass dish away, but for entirely selfish reasons of course -- he simply wants to make sure he can point to at least one successful dish he directly created when they inevitably lose.
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<br /></span><strong>"Why does everyone keep asking me questions like I'm some self-proclaimed expert Italian chef? God!"</strong>
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By 2 am, most of the chefs are starting to feel the strain, especially knowing there's still 9 hours to go before they even head over to the wedding. Even Mr. I-Can-Go-All-Night Twitch (ugh, really unpleasant images just came to mind) is getting cranky, complaining to us that it's been hours since he's been able to sneak in a fix, and comparing his creamed spinach prep to Popeye's wet dream. Close, but I think Olive Oyl would have to be swimming in the spinach to be 100% accurate. And maybe Bluto as well. When Richard helpfully offers his teammate some advice on how to make the creamed spinach more presentable for the wedding, Twitch gets all pissy about it and tells us Richard should mind his own business. Hey, douche, you're on the same team! Ah, irrationality brought on by exhaustion. And drug abuse.
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Back on Team Groom, Nikki's cranking out her pasta while telling us she was kinda forced into doing it by her teammates. Bullshit on that, dude. She so jumped on the chance to make the one thing she thinks she won't fuck up. Checking in on Dale, she tells us she's worried about the way he's making the ragu, since he's not using a typical tomato base within the sauce. Looks like Dale keeps changing ingredients and aspects of dishes without really clearing it with everyone first, although it's hard to imagine he's making anything any worse. I think to do that, he'd have to urinate in something. Not that I put that past him.
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Daddy Tom decides to make an appearance at 7:30 am, after a good night's sleep. He better be careful or someone may just punch him in the face for it (coughDalecough). He stops by Team Bride first to taunt them a bit and see what they've been up to. An exhausted Richard explains their menu with a slack-jawed stare and drool at the corner of his mouth, but Daddy Tom seems comfortable with what they're doing and moves on with a warning not to fuck up as bad as Stephen &#38; Co. on season 1. Yoda says she won't have any eggshells in the cake, but when it comes to the Han Solo action figures, she's not making any promises. Turning to Team Groom, Daddy Tom amusedly looks at Fleasa's sad, ugly little cake and asks them about their Italian theme while Nikki awkwardly tries to shift the responsibility off her shoulders. This group definitely gets a colder reception than DT gave Team Bride, and he warns them not to dumb-down their menu too much. DT, I'd be more worried about being served raw food than whether it's wedding-appropriate if I were you.
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<br /></span><strong>Richard tries to impress Daddy Tom with his impression of Corky from 'Life Goes On.'</strong>
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Daddy Tom leaves the kitchen to give us his assessment. He thinks Team Groom has an advantage by cooking Italian food, given that it's a crowd pleaser. As for their cake, DT acknowledges the groom requested a simple cake but hilariously adds "Well I hope he didn't say ugly, because that's kinda what we have... it looks like a battleship of some sort." LOL. As for Team Bride, he knows they're the stronger team, but is worried their comfort food could be a disaster, given that it all hinges on the S-word... seasoning.
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With that, the chefs head over to the wedding. The future McBlands both look great, as we see the bride head down the aisle, wearing a beautiful strapless gown. Guess you can splurge on the dress when you save $10,000 on catering bills by whoring yourself out. With 30 minutes left before service, the chefs are bustling around the kitchen when Scar comes in to announce the judges -- herself, Daddy Tom, Gail, and Gale Gand, executive pastry chef (okay that's just cruel)/co-owner of Tru, which is only a few blocks away from my place and is supposed to be excellent. Yoda, realizing that Gale is big-time pasty chef, pees her pants a little as she ices and decorates Team Bride's cake (which looks a million times better than the stack of pan-shaped rectangles Team Groom is serving).
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Time's up, and the waiters arrive as we learn a bit too much about the future of the McBlands -- overhearing the bride talking about how she used to wish the groom loved her the way she loves him, until one day he suddenly did. AKA the day he realized he's getting a bald spot and a beer gut and needs to lock her in before his appearance completely goes to hell. The chefs begin sending out their appetizers, and the guests love Team Bride's short ribs, pulled pork sandwiches (even though they're messy), and pizza. As for Team Groom, while the flatbread is well-received, the bread in the bruschetta is too thick and hard, causing the toppings to drop all over the guests like pigeon poop.
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<br /></span><strong>"Oh fuck, did I just chip my veneers?"</strong>
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Moving inside a large tent for the dinner service, the McBlands are officially announced, with the bride wearing a totally different gown than before. How much free shit exactly did these people get? Buffet service begins, with Antonia and Richard working the table for Team Bride, Twitch staying in the kitchen (good call on not needlessly scaring the guests), and Yoda running in between. Once they grab their plates, the judges begin chowing down, complimenting Team Bride on both the brisket and the filet mignon, while criticizing Twitch's crispy chicken (that Antonia had told us she thought was a bad idea when he first suggested it -- way to be strong).
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Team Groom has Nikki and Evangelass up front, Fleasa as the middle man, and Dale in the kitchen, bitching away about having to cook all the hot dishes alone. I feel bad for the camera guy who had to stand there and listen to him for the entire length of the reception. The groom and various guests work their way through the offerings, with everyone seeming very excited and pleased with the choices. But once the judges sit down to eat and critique, things start looking not so good for Team Groom. Not only do they find Nikki's tortellini poorly made, but the filling is too sweet. The judges also criticize Evangelass's mixed vegetables as being visually unappealing and unoriginal. They do however like Dale's ragu, despite Nikki having bitched away about it earlier.
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After dinner, it's time to cut the cakes. Yoda's looks beautiful, and if I didn't know better, I'd think an actual pastry chef created it. As for Fleasa's.... I don't think I'd serve that thing at a five-year-old's birthday party, let alone a wedding. Yeesh. But don't judge a cake by its frosted-by-a-blind-man appearance, as the guests rave about its moist texture.
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<br /></span><strong>"Hey stud, lemme give you my number in case this whole marriage-thing doesn't work out."</strong>
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With the wedding over, everyone heads back to the kitchens for Judges' Table, where Scar calls in Team Bride. But instead of announcing them as the winning team, the judges begin grilling them. Specifically, Daddy Tom scolds Twitch for making the crispy chicken, which was too similar and inferior to the chicken he made last week for the kids challenge. When asked how else he contributed, Twitch mentions the creamed spinach  -- which Scar didn't like, and Twitch blames on Richard for adding a last-minute ingredient. But enough fucking around -- Team Bride is the winning team! Dropping their stern personas, the judges heap on praise for the cake, brisket, and pizza -- with Richard getting the win for both his leadership skills and his dishes. In a sweet gesture, he "gives" the win to Yoda instead, and they ultimately agree to "share" the win when the judges announce there is a $2,000 prize for the winner. At home, Richard's wife breathes a sigh of relief and just barely refrains from beating the crap out of him. Bitch likes her stemware, I guess.
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Team Groom heads in before the judges, and after asking what each person's responsibilities were, Daddy Tom demands to know who was the team leader. Nikki jumps in to say "definitely not me!" while Dale suffers a mini-aneurism and Daddy Tom and Scar stare at her like she's batshit crazy. Turning to Fleasa, guest judge Gale asks about the cake's fug appearance, and seems satisfied when Fleasa explains the groom's instructions to make sure it didn't outshine the bride's cake. Also helping Fleasa out is that it definitely tasted better than Yoda's. Daddy Tom then begins cataloguing the problems -- the tortellini was dried out and the filling was gross, the flatbread was likewise too hard, some of the meat was overcooked, the horseradish sauce was flavorless, etc. 
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But when the judges start in on the hard bruschetta bread, Dale snaps, complaining that he did so much more than anyone else. Daddy Tom interrupts to ask if Dale is implying that someone else didn't do enough, and although Dale doesn't technically name names, he clearly looks in Evangelass's direction. A pissed-off Evangelass goads Dale on, saying he's not going to stand here and let Dale pretend he's some God-like figure who did everything for the entire team. Dale accurately points out that Evangelass foisted off some of his veggie work on Dale, which leads to a round of beeps and Evangelass accurately calling Dale a little bitch. The judges finally regain control, and Gail timidly tells Evangelass that they really liked his sea bass, as if afraid he's going to call her a bitch next.
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<br /></span><strong>"This is more confusing than the instructions for Salman's penis pump."</strong>
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The judges shoo the losers out for deliberations. Starting with Evangelass, they agree they liked the fish, but it wasn't a large enough contribution. As for his veggies, they sucked, so that's not helping matters, either. With Dale, they recognize he did a shitload of work, but argue that he then should have made the team cut a few things once he saw how much there was to do. Turning to Nikki, they're clearly annoyed by the way she refused to take a leadership position as well as any responsibility for a failed Italian menu, given her "expertise." They don't mention it here, but Nikki's also responsible for several of the dishes called out as being poorly executed. Fleasa is evidently in the clear, as she's not even brought up.
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After Nikki chastises her teammates in the waiting room for pointing fingers and acting like children, the judges call the four of them back in for results. Daddy Tom briefly rehashes the reasons why Dale, Nikki and Evangelass are each at risk for being eliminated, before turning to Scar... who tells Nikki to pack her knives and get the fuck out. Finally! I think they definitely made the right decision.
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So what did you think? Did Dale or Evangelass deserve to go home over Nikki? Whose side are you on -- Dale or Evangelass's? And which team would you rather have cater your wedding?
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   <title>Viva Hollywood: Introducing The Psycho Bimbo Stalker From Hell</title>
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   <summary>Hola Chicos, This week we get all kinds of psycho-drama with our past-life regressing, genital switching, chihuahua loving contestants. It&apos;s definitely a chow down, face stuffing week, so grab your booze and chips and take the jump...My husband thinks he&apos;s...</summary>
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      <![CDATA[<p>Hola Chicos,</p>
<p>This week we get all kinds of psycho-drama with our past-life regressing, genital switching, chihuahua loving contestants.  It's definitely a chow down, face stuffing week, so grab your booze and chips and take the jump...</p><p><p style="text-align: center"><img alt="four%20weeks%20and%20Ill%20never%20be%20the%20same.jpg" src="http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/VivaHollywood1/four%20weeks%20and%20Ill%20never%20be%20the%20same.jpg" width="283" height="207" /><br/><strong>My husband thinks he's a chihuahua.  A chihuahua, I tell you.</strong></p>]]>
      <![CDATA[<p>We join our chicos at the dinner table shortly after Vinci has ousted Janet in last weeks duel.  It quickly becomes apparent that things are a wee bit tense at the Casa de Locos between Vinci and his brethren and Vinci is out for revenge.  He is a little flushed and generally pissy as he slouches in his chair slurring his word like he's an extra acting the part of a thug from Scarface.  You've got to love a drunken cheeseball who's convinced that he's a legend, except that it's restricted to his own mind. I'm kind of appreciating the opportunity of seeing Vinci is his full glory, since it goes a long way toward obliterating any lingering images of potential hunkiness on his part. </p>
<p>Poor Vinci, he so wants to be seen as dark dangerous force, maybe a Latino spin-off of the Sopranos, except that Tony would have whacked him before the first commercial.  So, you know, it's kind of a serious insult when Silvia feels bad for Vinci, instead of fearing the dark revenge he plans on wreaking on the housemates.  Sort of like when Mom busts in on the playground to make sure the class bully washed behind his ears.  When Silvia starts to explain to Vinci why she voted for him, Vinci is having none of it.  His tough guy image don't want none of her stinkin kindness, but Vinci puts it a little differently.  He poetically tells Silvia that if she wants to be Mother Theresa she should go be a religious girl and that if Silvia wants to be nice she should go do customer service.  Not surprisingly, this kind pisses Silvia off, so Vinci decides to show how really bad he is. And he calls her a bad word.   Seriously, don't f**k with this dude.  But what's killing me is that I have no idea what the word was.   It sounds like he called her a "chickenshit", but that seems a little lame to get such a strong reaction from Berto and Enrique.  Berto intervenes calling Vinci a "son of a bitch" and little Enrique comes storming out into the kitchen all bare-chested to remonstrate with Vinci.  I've got to say that, even with a bandana wrapped around his wrist, the bare-chested look might not be the way for Enrique to go when he's trying for the machismo thing, though he does have kind of a cute little potbelly.  Vinci is giggling because he said a bad word and nobody washed his mouth out with soap. Now, he's all brave so he goes on to call Silvia a puta/whore, or at least I'm pretty sure that's what he said but the bleep made that a little unclear as well. It might be a little premature for Vinci to get so confident that he's getting away with all of this.  I'm pretty sure that Maria Conchita isn't going to be happy when she hears about it; she wants her telenovela men hot in the flesh, but pure of heart. And you don't want to mess with Maria Conchita.</p><p><p style="text-align: center"><img alt="vinci.jpg" src="http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/vivaHollywood1/vinci.jpg" width="282" height="208" /><br/><strong>In Webster's, pictured under Asshat.</strong></p>
<p>Eventually, only Vinci and Berto are left at the table and Vinci is definitely looking a little worse for wear.  Berto, on the other hand, pretty much has a flashing sign over his head proclaiming 'alpha wolf stud' and 'don't f**k with me'.  So, of course, I'm hoping that Vinci says some bad words to Berto as well, because it would be nice to see Berto snap Vinci in two like a toothpick. Vinci accuses Berto of playing a game by being nice and playing it cool.  But he warns that someone is eventually going to put Berto in the duel.  Berto tells Vinci that if he's playing games with him, he's going to put Vinci down like a f**king idiot.  Yay Berto!!  Go for it!! Woo hoo!! Ass kicking time. But sadly, no, Berto isn't going to go that route.   Instead, Berto gets just a little in Vinci's face telling him that if he wants to play games with Berto, he's out of his mind. Personally, I don't think Vinci's out of his mind; I just think he's more of short bus kind of kid all grown up.  Berto, losing patience with Vinci, tells him to go back to Miami because he doesn't belong in the house and, now that he's alienated everybody, he's on an island all by himself.  And, oh yeah, Vinci's an idiot.  As entertaining as Vinci has been, he's definitely begun to wear on me.  But I can't help thinking that he's pretty much an ideal candidate for a stint on The Surreal Life, which is pretty much short bus heaven, and he could even follow it up by the obligatory stay at Dr. Drew's rehab clinic. It's heartwarming to know that there is place for everybody in TVland. </p>
<p>The next morning, we find Gisel once again perched hopefully on Berto's bed bitching about Vinci.  Seriously, sitting at the foot of the bed doesn't count as playing hard to get. Gisel needs to get some self-respect and move on.  Sure, Berto groped her the first night; he was drunk and she was there.  But, there's that pesky reality of Berto's live-in girlfriend. Sadly, Gisel's bulb is decidedly on the dim side.  </p><p><p style="text-align: center"><img alt="I%20bet%20you%20can%20see%20my%20hoo%20hoo.jpg" src="http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/vivaHollywood1/I%20bet%20you%20can%20see%20my%20hoo%20hoo.jpg" width="278" height="207" /><br/><strong>Can you see it now? What if I move my leg a little?</strong></p>
<p>In an effort to model her personal integrity and stellar personality, Gisel tells Berto that regardless of her personal feelings for Vinci, she's only going to vote for him to go to the duel if his performance is poor. Berto takes it on himself to try and explain to her that this is a game and people are acting according to the game.  Gisel tells him that she's not as stupid as she pretends to be, because, you know, pretending to be stupid not only gains men's respect, it's also important to maintaining personal integrity.  And, now, I'm feeling a little nauseous and it's time for some chips and dip to make me feel better.  Carb loading is definitely a must for this show. Especially, with the clips of Gisel telling the camera that there's an attraction between her and Berto, while Berto apparently naked, at least from the waist up, confesses in the chapel that there's some sexual tension between them and that Gisel's obviously taken a liking to him. Now, I'm not exactly in the habit of frequenting chapels, but, somehow, I've always assumed that shirts are kind of mandatory. And Berto, God bless him, is scratching everything but his balls.  We wind up this romantic little interlude with Gisel and Berto flirting and grinning at each other like total morons as they agree that they're not friends. I can honestly say that if it had been my husband I was watching in that scene, castration would be way too pretty a word for my reaction.  For his sake, I hope Berto's gone into deep hiding somewhere, maybe a witness protection program.</p><p><p style="text-align: center"><img alt="Maybe%20I%20should%20be%20a%20priest.jpg" src="http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/vivaHollywood1/Maybe%20I%20should%20be%20a%20priest.jpg" width="278" height="209" /><br/><strong>What would Jesus do?</strong></p>
<p>It's still early morning when the chicos are called to the dining room.  And they're surprised to see a beautiful woman seated at the head of the table quietly crying.  Carlos is standing off to the side looking a little uncomfortable in a handsome telenovela star kind of way. And I'm going to add that Carlos one of the few men that can really wear an awesome black shirt and not look at all cheesy. In an understanding voice, similar to the one my husband uses when my hormones are active and I'm near knives, Carlos asks if they can stop filming, I'm assuming so the woman can have a chance to pull herself together.  She insists defiantly that she's fine, just fine.  I can remember having this exact convo with my hubby last month.  So, Carlos continues like nothing is amiss and introduces Lorena Rojas, recording star and telenovela star, to the chicos.  The chicos are all looking nervously at the woman sniffling at the head of table, like WTF?  How are we supposed to be taking this?  Carlos, bless his heart, asks the woman if she wants to retape, since she's obviously upset.  She again says no, then in Spanish tells the chicos that she was supposed to have been there for several days, but "they" have found a replacement for her and she's only going to be there for that one day.  The chicos expressions range from nervous support to rising panic at the thought of dealing with tears and drama before they've had their caffeine for the day.</p><p><p style="text-align: center">
<img alt="So%20do%20you%20want%20some%20more%20motrin.jpg" src="http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/vivaHollywood1/So%20do%20you%20want%20some%20more%20motrin.jpg" width="279" height="207" /><br/><strong>So do you want another Motrin, or what?</strong></p>
<p>Once again, Carlos gently asks Lorena if she's okay and she smiles and says she's just fine, because she tricked their pansy asses with her awesome acting.  All the chicos oooh and aaah while applauding, no doubt relieved to know that they will be dealing with an ordinary actress instead of a histrionic women suffering from borderline personality disorder.  Actually, I have to admit that she did a pretty good job, she didn't overdo the drama, she just sniffled quietly and still managed to look pretty. So the chicos are told that this is all about their 4th telenovela sin and it's time for Uncle Walty.  Uncle Walty tells us that this week's deadly sin is drama.  Hmmm, lust, vanity, and anger I kind of remember from the deadly sin list, but drama not so much.  Or, if it is a sin that I've forgotten, my family's in big trouble; drama is kind of a way of life for us. </p>
<p>So, Lorena tells them that they are going to play the "Crying Game" and I can get on board with that. A little gender confusion is good for drama.  Maybe, Gisel will reveal that she's really a tranny and we'll get to see Berto's breakdown, while his girlfriend laughs her ass off.  But then I realize that this game has nothing to do with the movie. Instead, they each have two minutes to tell a sad story, either fiction or real, and cry.  The winner of the game will have the option of changing their assigned partner for the elimination challenge.  Then, the chicos bring it on, we hear stories of sexual abuse, death, physical abuse, more death, cancer, children and death and, of course, lots of tears.   Enrique even has a table pounding conniption over abuse and more abuse. Poor Enrique, he tries so hard to be powerful and dramatic, but he just seems like a nerdy kid crying over a bad test grade.  Vinci shows his sensitive side when he tells the camera that it's just too much and that nobody wants to see somebody crying so much, especially the girls because its uncomfortable.  Then, sadly, he can't seem to muster anything beyond slightly watery eyes.  Now, if this game had been more about the Crying Game movie you can bet your ass that Vinci would be howling with the best of them.  He's already proved that it doesn't take more than a gay challenge to send him into a locked bathroom to sob his eyes out.</p>
<p>Before they announce the winner, Carlos reads off the list of assigned partners for the elimination challenge: Enrique and Gisel, Vinci and Roseny, Giovannie and Silvia, and Jenn and Berto.  Then Lorena tells the chicos that some of them were great, others not so great and Silvia is the winner. So, Silvia has the option to switch partners. Giovannie is shocked that Silvia is even considering switching partners.  On the other hand, I'm thinking that Giovanni doesn't really seem to be that great of an actor, even if he's quick to take off his clothes.  He has about two facial expressions and he's pretty quick to grope.  And then, of course, there's Berto sitting at the end of the table looking mighty fine and he does seem to be able to act.  Of course, as we know, Berto is a man-ho with commitment problems and in my sensible mind any practical girl would be grabbing at little Enrique who would probably kill himself trying to make a woman happy.  But who wants to be practical? Silvia promptly ditches Giovannie for Berto. Gisel, showing a scary stalker like intensity is pretty pissed that Silvia scooped up her man, because, you know, that "liking" someone is the same thing as owning the rights to them. On the other hand, Berto is looking pretty pleased at Silvia's bold move, which leaves Jenn with having to work with Giovannie. Poor Jenn, at least she has a legit reason to be pissed.</p><p><p style="text-align: center"><img alt="Berto%20and%20Gisel.jpg" src="http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/VivaHollywood1/Berto%20and%20Gisel.jpg" width="278" height="211" /><br/><strong>She did not.  Oh, yes, she did!</strong></p>
<p>Since the chicos have shown themselves to be such an emotionally repressed group unable to create their own drama, they are going to get some special help for this week's challenge. Lorena explains that to help the chicos to get in touch with their emotions they are going to go see a hypnotherapist.  Personally, I suspect that the families of a few of the contestants would really appreciate it if they learned how to repress instead of express their emotions. </p>
<p>The hypnotherapist, who goes by the title The Mind Coach, which is really beyond creepy, has the chicos tap into sad memories. Everybody promptly starts crying except for Roseny, who is bitching that the sound of everybody crying is making it hard for her to concentrate on her own sad memory, because, you know, it's just so hard to feel sad when everyone around you is grieving.  And beside, it's just so rude to emote into another person's space when you're an actor.</p>
<p>After the cryfest, the hypnotherapist has a new and exciting mindbender for them.  She decides to send a few of them on past life regressions.  Little Enrique goes first and in his past life little Enrique gets to be King Louis of France and to wear these really cool pointy black-toed shoes, probably the Jimmy Choo's of the Middle Ages.  Hmmm, a little nerdy guy with almost no power in the world changing into a major monarch in under three minutes, no repressed fantasies there.</p>
<p>Silvia's up next and she returns to a simpler life when she lived in a forest with leaves in her hair and watched her father beat her mother.  And as if that's not uncomfortable enough she starts heaving with uncontrolled sobbing before informing The Mind Coach that she killed her father.  I'm telling you this is one freaky girl and if her regression was even remotely real she's going to need some serious therapy or maybe past life experiences don't come with PTSD.   Of course, the other chicos aren't buying any of this and are pretty much rolling their eyes and shaking their heads during all the drama.  While Silvia is having her Lizzie Borden convulsions, Vinci is slouched down in his chair looking like he's ready for an afternoon snooze.  By the time the chicos leave the hypnotherapy center, Silvia has not only swooped in on Gisel's man, she's also managed to become the center of attention. And I'm beginning to suspect that our blond bimbo Gisel is all about getting in touch with her inner Glenn Close and acting out a few scenes from Fatal Attraction. </p><p><p style="text-align: center"><img alt="silvia%20coming%20out%20of%20trance.jpg" src="http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/VivaHollywood1/silvia%20coming%20out%20of%20trance.jpg" width="283" height="206" /><br/><strong>A reality show moment that's even too cheesy for it's own contestants</strong></p>
<p>When the chicos, exhausted from their afternoon of unbridled emotion, arrive back at the house, Carlos is waiting for them in the driveway.  Showing no pity, Carlos tells them that their next challenge is waiting inside the house and to successfully complete it they must fully commit to their characters and improvise.  For the challenge, the chicos will be working with their assigned partners and will portray couples suffering from the following relationship problems: Silvia and Berto have switched their personalities; Gisel and Enrique's life has been ruined by telenovelas; Jenn and Giovannie are recovering nudists that keep falling off the wagon, those 12 step meetings must be a hoot; and, Vinci and Roseny are trying to cope with Vinci's delusional belief that he is a chihuahua. </p>
<p>The couples go off to rehearse for ten minutes, while, unbeknownst to them, their living room has been transformed into a talk show set complete with an audience. Carlos introduces a perky blond woman as Maria Celeste, a best selling author, host of a news show and their guest talk show host for the evening. Maria Celeste greets the audience and welcomes them to that night's episode of Agua Caliente (Hot Water), then without further ado introduces Silvia and Berto. </p>
<p>When Silvia and Berto come out, Silvia is doing her feminine best to look macho, but she's not very convincing.  Maria Celeste asks what happened to them and Silvia explains that on their honeymoon Berto wanted to make love on the stairs and they fell down and cracked their heads, knocking themselves unconscious. Since then, Silvia has felt like she has a penis. Berto joins in sobbing that he feels like he has a vagina. Which is really pretty funny.   Maria Celeste asks if this extends to their roles in the bedroom and Berto continue to sob saying he is flaccid in the bedroom, which causes the men in the audience to crack up, because nothing is funnier to men than stories of another man's impotence. Berto pretty much steals the scene; it's just too bad that he didn't have a stronger partner. </p><p><p style="text-align: center"><img alt="silvia%20and%20Berto.jpg" src="http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/VivaHollywood1/silvia%20and%20Berto.jpg" width="283" height="206" /><br/><strong>Do you know how hard it is to get a strap on to work?</strong></p>
<p>Gisel and Enrique are up next and after taking their seats, try to explain to the audience why telenovelas have ruined their lives.  Seeing little Enrique paired with Gisel, is a lot like a flashback to the days of Sonny and Cher, with little nerdy Sonny jumping around the stage singing the high parts to their theme song, while Cher patted him on the head, flipped her hair back over her shoulder and sang tenor.  So, you know, that there's no way in hell that this is going to work. </p>
<p>Gisel starts out by blaming their problems on Enrique's constant absence from their home, adding that he complains that she watches TV all the time.  Enrique kind of lamely says that he has to work a lot to give her everything.  And then performance anxiety overcomes him.  Maria Celeste tries to help him out by prompting him along, but little Enrique is frozen like a virgin on prom night.  Gisel describes it by saying that they were just going along and suddenly he stopped giving her anything. For his part Enrique tells us that, while it's not an excuse, he was exhausted from being King Louis, so, when it came to down to execution, he didn't go all the way with it. Which is, I'm sure, very similar to what Sonny and Cher said when they were in marriage counseling.</p><p><p style="text-align: center"><img alt="gisel%20and%20enrique.jpg" src="http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/vivaHollywood1/gisel%20and%20enrique.jpg" width="276" height="204" /><br/><strong>We're so going to lose and then I'm going to chop his cojones up into little pieces.</strong></p>
<p>Giovannie and Jenn are introduced and take their seats to talk about life as recovering nudists.  They maintain emotionally defiant and angry attitudes for about one minute before they start ripping their clothes off. I actually didn't think that there was too much to this performance.  Their characters both felt forced, and overexposed to me. Of course, given the nature of their problem over-exposure was probably unavoidable, but that was pretty much all there was to their improv.  On the other hand, this challenge was about drama and they were both seriously dramatic.  Jenn says that she thinks they have the challenge in the bag because she's an improv performer and Giovannie has no trouble taking his clothes off.  Maybe, Giovannie should look into some good wholesome porn as a fallback career.  I don't know how his equipment measures up and he'd have to work on expanding his range of facial expressions, but it's worth considering.</p><p><p style="text-align: center"><img alt="flattest%20ass%20ever.jpg" src="http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/vivaHollywood1/flattest%20ass%20ever.jpg" width="284" height="211" /><br/><strong>Even with the sombrero this has got to be the flattest ass. Ever.</strong></p>
<p>Roseny and her husband, Vinci the chihuahua, come out last.  Except that Vinci isn't walking or barking like a dog and I'm thinking, "Damn, did he change his role again?"  But it turns out that Vinci just doesn't have a clue how to improvise. Maria Celeste asks if there's a specific trigger to turn Vinci into a dog, while Vinci stammers that when Roseny looks at him it just happens.  Suddenly, a little light bulb clicks on above Vinci's head and he's hit with a great rush of inspiration.  Like a flash, he's on the ground on all fours at Roseny's feet and I think, but I'm not sure, he's maybe trying to do a little doggie dry humping interspersed with burying his head in her lap.  I have to admit that I'm a little disappointed with his acting abilities. I'm pretty sure that this is just normal date behavior for Vinci.  Afterward, neither of the chicos is feeling good about the performance.  Roseny says that they started out wrong and Vinci, like the class act that he is, blames everything on Roseny because she didn't tell him what to do like a master would tell a dog.  Apparently, Vinci ain't no Lassie.  He's incapable of executing basic behaviors like sit, stay and rollover without a command.</p><p><p style="text-align: center"><img alt="Vinci%20as%20a%20dog.jpg" src="http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/vivaHollywood1/Vinci%20as%20a%20dog.jpg" width="280" height="209" /><br/><strong>Foreplay the Vinci way</strong></p>
<p>The chicos come together for Maria Celeste and Lorena Rojas to judge their performances. The winner will get a helicopter ride over LA and an X-Box which Lorena Roja pitches by saying in a monotone voice, "more games, more choice, more fun." Then explains that the performances were judged according to originality, the chicos ability to access their emotions, and their improvisational skills as a team.</p>
<p>Gisel and Enrique didn't do too well. Maria tells them that it would have been great if they had taken advantage of the telenovela theme of passion and emotion.  Lorena tells Enrique that he needs to make some bold moves to distinguish him from the crowd.  In other words, these two were a snooze fest and Enrique needs to grow some cojones to lend him some charisma. </p>
<p>Silvia and Berto basically did a good job.  They can both act and improvise, but Maria felt that some parts of their improv got a little too sketchy.  They loved Jenn and Giovannie, but felt that sometimes it seemed as if Jenn was leading more and Giovannie was following more.  Of course, Giovannie was the first to rip his shirt off, but he didn't think to beat the ground with it like Jenn did, so I guess it didn't count.</p>
<p>Maria Celeste would have liked to see Vinci acting like a dog from the beginning of their improv and Lorena Roja feels that Vinci really needs to work with his partner to reach the next level.  Vinci, displaying a lethal combination of narcissism and stupidity, throws all the blame on Roseny. Roseny isn't taking any of the blame and tells the camera that this is the big dogs now and Vinci's a little dog and so he can't be at this level of competition.  This is kind of cute, but it would have been cuter if she had said it to Vinci's face.</p>
<p>Jenn and Giovannie win and the loser, not surprisingly, is little Enrique.  Then, we get to see a clip of Enrique doing some manly whining in the chapel about how he was exhausted and it's not fair that he might go home.  It's too bad that Enrique wasn't cast as the Chihuahua, it's a role that would have suited him perfectly, exhausted or not.  </p>
<p>Meanwhile, Berto is sitting next to Silvia with his hand around Silvia's leg kind of cuddling it.  Gisel sees this and her expression looks like she just saw Berto pawing through a giant pile of donkey poo.  Turning her nose in the air, Gisel says, in a voice dripping with frigid disapproval, "Wow, you guys are a regular couple now, that's so cute."  Because that kind of cattiness always works when you're competing for a guy. But I'm guessing that Gisel has moved beyond that kind of concern and is well on her way to becoming a psycho stalking bimbo bitch from hell, as she tells the camera that she wants to put her foot up Silvia's ass.  On the bright side, she might cure Berto of his man-ho ways.  At this point, Berto's girlfriend has got to be seriously laughing her ass off.</p><p><p style="text-align: center"><img alt="gisel%20checking%20out%20berto.jpg" src="http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/VivaHollywood1/gisel%20checking%20out%20berto.jpg" width="255" height="214" /><br/><strong>Is that a boner or are you just happy you won.  Oh, wait, you didn't win.</strong></p>
<p>After the elimination challenge, the chicos retire to try and sort out who they're going to send to the duel. Once again, the bimbo psycho stalker is sitting in Berto's room, but this time she's saying that she has to find a way to get Silvia to the duel. Berto is a little confused by this and asks her why she wants to send Silvia.  My God, men are so stupid about these things. Gisel's uber lame reason is that Silvia doesn't seem to have a personality, because she's not quite so far gone as to explain to Berto that Silvia was coming between them.  The bimbo is planning on saving that line for when Berto discovers her standing over Silvia's bloody corpse. Berto tempers Gisel's criticism of Silvia with, "maybe that's just her personality." Gisel kind of agrees and I'm thinking, you must be kidding me.  This bimbo from hell is actually going to try and derail Vinci going to the duel, which means that I have to watch him for another week.  It's definitely time to open another bag of chips. Oh, Gisel, what a wicked web you are weaving. And even more sadly, it seems like the other girls are jumping on board as well.  Even Jenn, who I want to think is above clique warfare.  Silvia seems fairly unfazed when she leaves the bathroom.  And, more importantly, she's seizing the moment to make an empowering fashion statement with a blue sequined halter that is just the right thing to wear with a towel after a shower.  </p><p><p style="text-align: center"><img alt="silvia%20after%20shower.jpg" src="http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/vivaHollywood1/silvia%20after%20shower.jpg" width="276" height="214" /><br/><strong>Seriously, other than strippers who wears this after a shower?</strong></p>
<p>The next morning the chicos have gathered by the pool in small groups.  Jenn is talking to one group by the pool about voting Silvia out, while Vinci sits a few feet away talking to Berto.  Now, if Vinci had even a few working neurons, he might have figured out that Gisel's obsessive stalker like jealousy could work in his favor and send Silvia to the duel instead of him.  But, instead of keeping his big, fat mouth shut he jumps in yelling, "If you're talking about me, why you talking at my back," and  "I can't believe your talking about another Puerto Rican."  Jenn, even less emotionally repressed than normal after her encounter with the mind coach, yells back at Vinci waving her arms and gesticulating. Vinci, looking absurdly proud of himself, tells the camera that he wants to get people all riled and confused because he's really good at getting people mad. So, what does he think? That they'll run around in circles and vote for themselves?  Vinci is proof that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.  Somewhere, he picked up a few tenets of offensive strategy, but never really grasped the concepts behind them. Jenn starts to walk off and Vinci always wanting to get the last word in tells her that the cross she is wearing is too big for her.  Then we have an uncomfortable moment of Jenn fake laughing at Vinci, you know, trying to be cool and, well, failing.  The heels and the white bikini aren't working so well for her either.</p>
<p>Carlos joins the chicos at the dinner table and tells them that it's time for them to go to the chapel to place their votes. Little Enrique movingly wipes away tears at the reminder that he could be going home.  </p>
<p>As the chicos place their votes, it seems to be pretty evenly split between Vinci and Silvia.  When Carlos comes in after counting the votes, he confirms this impression but names Vinci as the loser.  Vinci, ever the cocky bastard, says that it's too bad because Enrique's a good guy but you know he's clearly going to lose to Vinci's superior skill.</p>
<p>Right on cue Uncle Walty's voice intones, "Be brave my friends," and it's time for the duel. The chicos are spread out on the balcony when Maria Conchita makes her entrance looking like the cover of a romance novel with her all of her thick black hair swept up on to the top of her head, except for two seductive tendrils draped alluringly over her bosom, which is revealed by a full length emerald green shiny dress.</p><p><p style="text-align: center"><img alt="Maria%20conchita.jpg" src="http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/VivaHollywood1/Maria%20conchita.jpg" width="274" height="204" /><br/><strong>I so want to be her when I grown up.</strong></p>
<p>Maria Conchita seated between Carlos on her right and Lorena Rojas on her left tells Enrique that his acting choices have been safe and they lack star quality. Then she tells Vinci that this is the second time the chicos have sent him to the duel and she's beginning to wonder if it's not because they don't want to work with him. She implores them both to perform for them making this a great telenovela moment and asks Vinci why he deserves to win this prize.  Vinci tells her that he really likes learning things he's never learned before like how to lie and how to kill.  Maria Conchita cuts him off abruptly adding, "or to be a dog." This seriously disconcerts Vinci and it's the first time I've seen him look honestly uncomfortable, which is kind of awesome.  I love that what Vinci is prizing about his experience is the instruction in lying and killing, like it's a competition for serial killers not actors.  And the part about not knowing how to lie before the show is just too precious.  Not only is Vinci unbelievable dumb, he cherishes the charming belief that everybody else is dumber.  No wonder Maria Conchita drinks so much when she enters the house, it's like judging America's Most Smartest Model rejects.</p>
<p>Then Maria Conchita tells Enrique that he is a very friendly, good, safe guy, but she's not seeing him take the risks that he needs to take to be a telenovela star. Enrique is incredulous that she should think this and tells her that he takes that risk every day.  Remember the buckteeth and the Shakespeare? How could she forget about the shrinkage issue that came from being the first to drop his pants? He waves his arms gesticulating passionately and promises that he will not be back in front of them if they will just give him another chance. Vinci, obnoxiously, but truthfully, interjects that Enrique will have to be back in front of the judges anyway.</p><p><p style="text-align: center"><img alt="enrique%20and%20vinci.jpg" src="http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/vivaHollywood1/enrique%20and%20vinci.jpg" width="277" height="213" /><br/><strong>Can you get me out of here? Seriously, I'll give you $50 if you get me out of here.</strong></p>
<p>Maria Conchita tells them to face each other and we've got some pretty dramatic background music going on.  She asks Enrique, "What advice can you give to Vinci"</p>
<p>Enrique squares his shoulders and sets his jaw as he manfully tells Vinci, that he doesn't think he belongs in the house because Vinci has a lot of work and soul searching to do.  He would suggest that Vinci go home and find himself, because from that foundation, Vinci will be able to create stronger characters, become a stronger person and a stronger man.  Go Enrique!! I have to admit I didn't think you had it in you, but you done good!!</p>
<p>Then it's Vinci's turn to give Enrique advice, which is just garbled and a little pathological, so to do it full justice I'm going to the quote: "Listen, I didn't got in trouble like you did, I got in trouble because a lot of group of people against one people. My advice to you is to don't ever tell me what to do, because you are nobody and now I know you are double-faced. So, if you want to lie to these people and to these people over there, I'm not going to stop you, but this is the truth; I don't lie. I'll tell you the truth in your face." Okay, so maybe Vinci might have done better if he had a chance to think that one through first, or maybe not. In Vinci's mind this might be a stellar example of grand strategy.</p>
<p>Maria Conchita asks Enrique if he did in fact lie and I'm trying to figure out what Enrique said that could have been a lie.  But, before I can sort it out, Enrique is assuring her that he did not lie, not even one word, which comes out sounding a bit like a Dr. Seuss character.  Then, to the camera, Enrique has a short ranting moment aimed at Vinci where he points out that Vinci's strategy of 'taking out' all of the chicos is pointless because at the end Vinci will still be a lousy actor.  I'm kind of wishing that Enrique had thought to say that in the duel. </p>
<p>So, Maria Conchita, Carlos and Lorena start to debate whether Vinci or Enrique should go home.  Vinci is arrogant and not that good of an actor and beside he opted out of playing the gay character, which disappointed Carlos.  Carlos says that he personally would have no problem playing a gay character, just no tongue.  Maria Conchita says that she does use tongue when she kisses as and they all toast.  The judges agree that Vinci has star quality and that when he walks into a room everybody notices him; a common trait among star actors and people with narcissistic personality disorder.  Whereas, Enrique has passion, but you don't notice him in the house.</p>
<p>Then the chicos are called back in and Maria Conchita informs them that based on their performance in the challenge, their behavior in the house, and the duel they've made their decision.  And, now, its time for Masacre de la Mascara.</p>
<p>Enrique is playing with the mask and says that this is his lucky day, when Vinci comes in with syringe and shoots Enrique in the neck grabbing the mask.  One of the chicos gasps, "Vinci's back, I don't believe it. " Then a masked man enters the room with a gun and surprise, surprise, it turns out to be Enrique arriving to kill his twin brother.  But, unfortunately, Vinci has just killed him, so Enrique obligingly shoots Vinci.  And I have to say that waving a gun around kind of works for Enrique, it's definitely the most attractive look he's had. </p><p><p style="text-align: center"><img alt="enrique%20gun.jpg" src="http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/vivaHollywood1/enrique%20gun.jpg" width="281" height="209" /><br/><strong>Sometimes, compensation works.</strong></p>
<p>Maria Conchita says nice things to Vinci.  But Vinci, a classy guy until the end, leaves saying that he has more talent than any of the losers in the house and he'd rather be alone than with the wrong group of people.  Because he's a moneymaker and people want to see him on the screen 24/7. While our disembodied narrator intones, "Adios Vinci."</p>
<p>Enrique is clearly taking this victory to heart, possibly healing some deep-seated trauma in the process.  In the chapel, he fervently tells the camera that the important thing is that he won. He took out the bully.  I'm thinking that beating Vinci may have, at least symbolically, paid off a few lingering playground vendettas.  Then Giovannie takes a cue from Berto and shows up in the chapel without a shirt to tell the camera that it was so relieving that Enrique beat Vinci's ass to the floor.  And we leave the chicos partying like there's no tomorrow.  Next week, a national treasure, Charo, shows us how she brought the hoochee koochee to the U.S. of A.  And we get to see Enrique's 2 left feet.</p>
<p>So, are you guys sad to see Vinci go or do you think that Gisel will bloom into enough of a drama queen to fill his place?  And does anybody know of a good dictionary for Spanish swearing?</p>

 












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   <title>SEEING RED: Iron Man &amp; Redbelt</title>
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   <summary>Comic book adaptations are notoriously difficult to achieve with exceptional results. The two outstanding contributions to the cinematic world of superhero films are Sam Raimi&apos;s Spiderman series and Guillermo Del Toro&apos;s Hellboy. Chris Nolan&apos;s Batman Begins is serviceable (granted, to...</summary>
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      <![CDATA[Comic book adaptations are notoriously difficult to achieve with exceptional results. The two outstanding contributions to the cinematic world of superhero films are Sam Raimi's Spiderman series and Guillermo Del Toro's Hellboy. Chris Nolan's Batman Begins is serviceable (granted, to many it is an exceptional film), and Bryan Singer's X-Men flicks work on at least a mechanical level. What is noteworthy, however, is that the artistic success of these films is directly related to the inherent artistry of its director, in general. Iron Man director Jon Favreau, is not, by any stretch of the imagination, a cinema artist, and the picture suffers because of this.

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      <![CDATA[Raimi and Del Toro are known as cinema stylists for their work in such films as Darkman and The Devil's Backbone, respectively. Nolan, thanks to Memento and Insomnia, is known for his commitment to character development, as well as plot contrivance. And Singer (X-Men 1 & 2, and Superman Returns) is increasingly becoming a reliable studio hired hand. What these guys all have in common, however, is that they are directors, first and foremost. They are directors with preoccupations, themes they hope to research and investigate and delve into, aesthetic ideas they explore over and over again in their movies.

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Favreau, on the other hand, is just a guy, an actor, who sometimes directs a picture here and there, because he likes to. And he does it well. Made is an interesting little picture, and Elf works (in large part because of the cast). How Favreau landed the helming role on such a tent pole picture as Iron Man though, I have no idea. But I guess the proof is in the pudding. The box office is boffo, and as far as I can tell, audiences are loving it. Which is too bad, because it is an utterly forgettable motion picture. I would go so far as to call it boring, bland, and unimaginative. The most impressive thing in Iron Man is Tony Stark's suit. And you can see that for free in the Arclight lobby.

Iron Man is boring because it plays it safe every step of the way. In terms of production, cinematography, performance and narrative construction, the film delivers nothing that anyone would describe as exciting or thrilling or wild or crazy or super or fun or amazing or heart breaking or tragic. Iron Man's greatest offense is that it is not offensive at all. It is wholly lacking in provocation. It is the very definition of fast food cinema. 

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The film's uniform blandness is the reason they open the film with an action sequence - because there is no other, formal, reason to start with "a bang", so to speak. If the filmmakers had set that opening action scene in the movie where it belongs in the narrative, then people would have been walking out in droves, because nothing, absolutely nothing interesting happens for the first fifteen minutes. The audience would have realized they were trapped in a yak fest disguised as a superhero film, and they would have bailed. With Iron Man, the audience is repeatedly tricked and seduced into thinking that just around the corner the shit you've all been waiting for is about to happen, but it never does. 

In David Mamet's Redbelt, however, the shit the audience is waiting for starts happening right from the jump. Those things that are missing most from Iron Man - narrative tension, character depth, formal unity, and uniqueness of vision - define every frame of Mamet's picture about a mixed martial arts instructor whose personal code and life philosophy nearly destroys his life, as it does many of those around him. 

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The always-brilliant Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Mike Terry, the mixed martial arts instructor who inspires his students with his discipline, and frustrates his family for the same resolve that makes him such an admirable figure in the ring and on the mat. His small dojo is in financial straits, and when too much Good starts coming his way, it isn't too long before the Bad starts coming to keep the universe in balance. 

Mamet is a purveyor of Man. His preferred subject matter is Man, and he works almost exclusively in Men's milieus: the military (Spartan), high-end crime (Spanish Prisoner, Heist), film production (State And Maine). And like his subject matter, Mamet's directing style is tough. His camera work is no-nonsense, muscular, direct and to the point, but decidedly stylish. He is not lazy with the camera in the way some writers allow themselves to be. Rather, he very forcefully uses the camera in ways that recall directors of the classic studio era: Howard Hawks, John Ford, Hitchcock. 

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Like those directors and their films, Mamet's approach to storytelling is nuanced but not opaque, swift but not rushed, and powerful but not overbearing. This method of his is precisely why Redbelt succeeds so thoroughly. It is that rare film where the form and the content are united, where both the story and the way in which it is told hold equal value. While the studios are letting guys like Favreau direct Iron Man, they ought to be chasing down men like Mamet to direct these comic book adaptations. 

If they really wanted to tell the story of Tony Stark, an alcoholic, womanizing, jet-setting arms dealer who uses an iron suit as a means of liberating his tortured soul, then they could have found few better qualified for the gig than David Mamet. 
























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   <title>American Idol: America&apos;s Most Smartest Idol</title>
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   <published>2008-05-08T22:14:17Z</published>
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   <summary> This week on American Idol, Yoko got another free plug and I ate over 10,000 depression calories. Thanks, Nigel! Being rich means never having to say you&apos;ll practice proper hair maintenance....</summary>
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This week on <strong>American Idol</strong>, Yoko got another free plug and I ate over 10,000 depression calories. Thanks, Nigel!
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Fifty one million votes came in for last night's craptacular "rock" episode, which both scares the bejeezus out of me and makes me hope that 49 million of those calls were from irate Americans demanding an excuse from Nigel for the charisma free zombies we are left with after stadiums full of singers auditioned last Summer. If you're not pissed, you should be. This show is making this country seem extremely watered down and uninteresting talent wise, and we know that's just not the case. 
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<br /><strong>Wait. What was I saying? </strong>
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Tink adds that the top three vote getters were within one million votes of each other, which means nothing to me. I am still stuck on fifty one million votes. Damn. Maroon Five will be here tonight, as will BO BICE?!?!? Is it too late to call in sick? T.Vo! ANSWER YOUR PHONE!
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Tink calls Randy out on being mean to Syesha and making her cry, and I applaud Randy for showing America that the girl is actually human, since she's been unable to do that herself the past couple of months. Randy says that he didn't make her cry, Paula did by being so understanding of her emotional journey. Riiiiight. In other news, Paula is dressed like an extra from Tony n' Tina's Wedding. 
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<br /><strong>Cute beret or hideous shoulder poof? Let's let fifty one million people decide. </strong>
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Paula tries to be calm and professional and say something touching, but it just sounds like bad formalwear. Tink asks what was up Simon's butt last night and he says that the song choices sucked ass. Agreed. To remedy that, "Reelin in the Years" is is chosen for the group number. Yikes. 
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The Fetus looks terrified about nailing the rhythm, but he does fine. When it's Castro's solo turn, he starts blowing bubbles with his spit. Professional, dude. The most notable thing about this performance (besides the AMAZING choreography, of course) is the forty tracks playing behind the final four. Subtle. There's one Syesha, but a whole choir of girl voices. LOL. This show isn't even taking itself seriously. 
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Poor Syesha gets stuck next to Castro at one point and he messes up her moves because he's doing them wrong. Fetus motions to the back panels, which open to reveal...some guy playing a guitar. It took me a minute to figure out it wasn't Bo Bice because I was covering my head in terror. And look! In the audience! Talk about reelin' in the years...
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<br /><strong>Nancy Reagan is still kickin!</strong>
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After that musical master class, Tink leads us through a recap of last night. Just in case you missed it...
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Tink tells us that it's time to crush someone's dream. YAY! The Fetus is out first, and he mumbles and stutters and smiles and gee gollies. Tink asks him what his game plan was and he smiles all cute and sucks on an inhaler. Seriously, I would tell you what he really said, but I couldn't tell. He and Paula should have a televised dinner together and confuse the hell out of all of us. Fetus, of course, is safe. And just in case Shamu comes and splashes the safety couch, he's wearing a plastic jacket. 
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<br /><strong>Better safe than sorry. Thanks, Ross!</strong>
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This week's shameless plug is for The Cirque Du Soleil show, Love, which is a Beatles fest. The final four were flown to Vegas on a private jet, which the Fetus describes as "the nicest plane I've ever seen". You don't say. When they get off the plane, Castro is almost gang raped by a gaggle of fat tweens before he and the other three are taken to the dolphin habitat. Syesha talks in a five year old voice and squeals about loving dolphins and unicorns, and then some stick of a homo grabs them all and "makes them over". Syesha's Sideshow Bob hair is accentuated, perfume is sprayed on Castro's nasty ass dreads, and Cook and the Fetus are given Tink's three years ago fauxhawk. Way to represent, gay guy. I bow my head in shame and press pause. Thank god I have some cookie batter. I need it. 
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<br /><strong>Fetus! Your bad haircut has grown another forehead with an equally bad haircut! Stay away from skinny queens in Vegas. That's where we send the worst offenders. </strong>
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The kids watch the show (which is done with remastered versions of the Beatles originals), and when it's done, they all sigh like oh shit, so that's how those songs go. As they leave the theater, Yoko is standing there saying thank you to everyone who dropped two hundred bucks for the show and offering to sell them locks of Lennon's hair for a thousand bucks a pop. 
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Back on the Idol stage, Cook is the next to be called out. I know I've said this already in this recap, but poor Syesha. The torture never ends. Randy tells Cook just to keep being original (LOL) and he will do fine. Cook says that he was feeling a little out of it yesterday and it threw off his performance.  Whatevs. He's safe. 
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Tink brings Sy and Castro on stage and the tension is high...then Castro asks "you're gonna tell us now?" No, dumbass, it's a commercial break. He laughs and says "it's too early!" Quick, that one. This week's Ford commercial is to the song "Ring of Fire" by mister Johnny Cash, and if he wasn't rolling over in his grave, it's because he was too drunk. For some reason, everyone's in psychedelic bullfighting costumes. Oh, I get it! Instead of a bull, they're fighting a car! If you weren't rooting for the Ford Mustang to run them all over, you weren't paying attention. No one comes off well in this one, but Cook and Castro get screwed the hardest. Cook looks like a beer bellied dad at a circus wedding and Castro...well....
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<br /><strong>Is that your belly button or are you happy to see me? </strong>
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Viewer questions! Emily from Pennsylvania asks Cook if he will go on a date with her when he plays in her town. YIKES. She even sounds fug. He squirms and asks for the producers to play that Ford video again so Emily's boner can go down. Sarah, 14, asks everyone what their biggest challenge to overcome has been. Syesha says her grating personality, the Fetus says his evil father and his lung issue, Cook doesn't answer (forehead) and Castro says it's his dead brain. LOL. You can say what you want about Castro, but at least he's amusing.  
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Allison from South Carolina asks Simon why he hasn't been knighted by the Queen. He says because he told her once that she looked like an old rotten thumb that had spent too long in a hot tub. Well, that's an understandable reason, you brute. Another caller asks him if he's ever been asked to play James Bond. He answers that yes, Gold Bond does a great job with his athlete's foot. Tink would have repeated the question, but we have a lot of time to fill with useless bs, so let's bring on Maroon 5!
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They're singing "If I Never See Your Face Again", which is the most perfect choice for an elimination episode EVAH!! Adam Levine pulls out that Minnie Mouse voice that has made him millions and I wish that I hadn't just eaten a tube of cookie dough, because I can't tell if it's this crap song making me sick or my own gluttony. Probably a little bit of both. When he's done, I unmute the TV right when he's explaining to Tink that he sang solo today, but it's Rihanna on the album with him. Sweet! Don't ever do that without her again, please. It hurts. His advice to the kids? You're gonna have to work your asses off and then you're gonna get all jaded and bitter and stop eating and then wonder why you were born but just keep working. Uh...thanks?
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<br /><strong>The dolphins in Vegas would totally get this performance. 
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Next up is Bo Bice, who still refuses to use any kind of hair product. His song is the same one he told us about earlier in the year in the "are they working at Denny's yet?" episode, and it's just as awesome. "I need a witness when you talk to me." Let me guess, you wrote that  yourself. The song is stoooopid as ever, but I have to say, at least the guy is credible as a rocker.  He could start choking on his own vomit right now and I don't think anyone watching would bat an eyelash. No faux hawk for BICE. I swear I tried to pay attention to this song but all I heard is "people die of weed and ha la every day". HUH? I wouldn't have it any other way. 
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When he's done, he tells Tink that he's thankful to Idol and all that good stuff. He is asked what he thinks of the contestants being allowed to use instruments this year, and he says that it's good but bad and it helped and hurt and good bad yay boo who the hell knows where am I is Amanda here?
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Finally! Something entertaining happens! A commercial for Bones comes on. This week Ace Young will get his head chopped off. LOL and YAY!!! 
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<br /><strong>Can I have it?</strong>
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Back to the show. Castro and Sy are brought on stage to listen to the judge's comments again. Castro says that he did, in fact, pack his bags after Simon told him to and adds that someone pulled him aside after the show and told him that he shot the tambourine man. LOL, random uncredited wiseass. He says that he is sucking so hard because he is inexperienced, and I really like this kid right now. Syesha is sweet and humble too, which makes my job really boring. Shocker, Castro's out. In his parting video, we are shown a love story that has been untold until tonight, and it breaks my heart. 
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<br /><strong>Finally! Someone who understaaaaaands!!!</strong>
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Time for his bye song, but no music starts. He threatens to do a monologue, so the band caves and starts playing. I have never seen a more jubilant goodbye number. He is thrilled to be given the axe.  If he had shown this much charisma and personality the past three weeks he would have had a serious fighting chance, but he didn't want it. The kid has talent, and it has been sad watching him give up. That said, it's also kinda awesome to see someone get a shot at what Nigel would describe as the American dream and realize it's all a load of bullshit. So for that, I will always love him. Besides, how can you not have some warm feelings for the guy who, after Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber dissed him for choosing to sing "Memory", responded with  "I didn't know that song was sung by a cat." LOLOLOLLLLLLL. Thanks, Castro. And remember, guys, next time you see him singing with a hat out in front of Pinkberry, drop some coin. 
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<br /><strong>For ten cents a day, this child could live a very happy life. 
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   <title>The Season Finale Of The Bad Girls Club</title>
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   <published>2008-05-08T21:04:15Z</published>
   <updated>2008-05-08T21:09:49Z</updated>
   
   <summary>Do you guys watch this show? I just recently became obsessed, and I wish I was with it from the beginning. They told me this is the &quot;going out with a bang episode&quot; because Tanisha is still about about her...</summary>
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      <![CDATA[Do you guys watch this show?  I just recently became obsessed, and I wish I was with it from the beginning.  They told me this is the "going out with a bang episode" because Tanisha is still about about her jail time and blames Hanna, Naveen and Darlen for what happened.  Drrrraaaammmmaaa!

Either way, the season finale of <strong>The Bad Girls Club</strong> is this coming <em>Tuesday on Oxygen at 10PM ET/PT</em>

Here's a teaser:

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   <title>Contest: Cloverfield DVD</title>
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   <published>2008-05-08T20:49:16Z</published>
   <updated>2008-05-08T20:56:09Z</updated>
   
   <summary> Hey Gasmii, we&apos;re getting so many DVD giveaways! The Family Guy contest is closed, and I managed to get 3 more Tila DVD&apos;s so that contest is still open. Here is another for you for the Cloverfield DVD... Draw...</summary>
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Hey Gasmii, we're getting so many DVD giveaways!  <strong>The Family Guy</strong> contest is closed, and I managed to get 3 more <strong>Tila</strong> DVD's so that contest is still open.  Here is another for you for the <strong>Cloverfield</strong> DVD...

Draw me a picture of the Cloverfield Monster.  The first three I get, win.

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   <title>I&apos;m So Happy I Could Cry</title>
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   <published>2008-05-08T20:16:18Z</published>
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   <summary> I&apos;ve been waiting for this day for a long time, Paris Hilton&apos;s hair extensions are here! I can finally have the long flowing blonde hair I&apos;ve always wanted, it&apos;s just a clip away. It pays to dream big, because...</summary>
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I've been waiting for this day for a long time, Paris Hilton's hair extensions are here!  I can finally have the long flowing blonde hair I've always wanted, it's just a clip away.  It pays to dream big, because dreams really do come true.  

In all seriousness, how do I get a piece of this action?  I can maybe brand my own eyebrow extensions to make it a unibrow.  Just clip it on and viola: Bert's sister.  It'll be cooler than the eye patch.

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   <title>The Ugly Betty Crew Is Placing A Full Page Ad In Tomorrow&apos;s Variety</title>
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   <published>2008-05-08T19:23:05Z</published>
   <updated>2008-05-08T20:15:44Z</updated>
   
   <summary> Fly Away Ugly Betty The crew of Ugly Betty is so upset, that they&apos;ve wrangled the troops and took out a full page ad that will run in tomorrow&apos;s Variety paid by the Ugly Betty vendors begging Arnold Schwarzenegger...</summary>
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<center><strong>Fly Away Ugly Betty</strong></center>

The crew of <strong>Ugly Betty</strong> is so upset, that they've wrangled the troops and took out a full page ad that will run in tomorrow's <em>Variety</em> paid by the <em>Ugly Betty</em> vendors begging Arnold Schwarzenegger and the state officials to keep production local. I understand it's a bit much, but I fully support their decision to do this, because I'm sure a lot of other productions will start to make the move too.  I'm not against productions being in NY at all, in fact, I don't know why there aren't more show in NY, but I do think that California should also have some sort of a tax incentive, after all this is where most of studios are.  I know this doesn't affect a lot of you because you're not in California, but people complain about how poor our California economy is and how it's slipping, and they're still driving business away.  At the end of the day, we elected our governor, so I guess we'll have to deal with him.  

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      Here is the ad:
To Whom it Should Concern
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Members of the State Senate and State Assembly, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, the Los Angeles City Council, and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors:

We are writing to you because we just lost our jobs. We are the 300 plus members of the crew of the television show Ugly Betty. We were informed this Tuesday that the production of our show is moving to New York primarily because of the 35% tax incentives being offered by the state of New York. Instead of making good wages and paying our fair share of California state income tax, we will all be collecting Unemployment Benefits. In addition, we will certainly be cutting our spending back to the bone, which will not only cut back our sales tax contributions substantially, but it could end up costing the jobs of the people who provide services and products to us. Not only are these crew positions being lost; all of our local vendors are losing our business.

Our production buys: lumber, paint, wallpaper, cabinets, other building materials, office products, fabric, art supplies, computer equipment, food, beverages, flowers, film, makeup &amp; hair products, wigs, insurance, jewelry, clothing, etc.

Our production rents: lighting equipment, sound equipment, video playback equipment, heavy machinery, office equipment, backdrops, costumes, furniture, scenery, props, soundstages, offices, parking facilities, cars, trucks, storage facilities, computers, camera equipment, grip equipment, editing equipment, drafting equipment, cell phones, computers, toilets, dumpsters, live plants, production trailers, tools, hardware, artwork, walkie talkies, etc.

Our production also uses the services of: dry cleaners, printers, location companies, Special Effects companies, utilities, caterers, payroll services, restaurants, security, Post Production Services, Clearance Houses, etc.

When we shoot on locations around Los Angeles we pay for permits; we pay homeowners &amp; businesses for the use of their property, we hire police and fire department personnel, we pay for facility engineers, etc.

So, while the loss of our individual positions may be insignificant, the loss of this production is staggering. Now multiply this by all the other productions going to New York, New Mexico, Illinois, Louisiana, North Carolina and other states with incentives, not to mention Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Eastern Europe, etc. and the cost to the California state economy is monumental. We implore you to do everything in your power to level the playing field and bring our jobs back to California by enacting meaningful incentives to keep film and television production in our state.

Sincerely yours
The Crew of Ugly Betty
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<entry>
   <title>Real World Hollywood: Meathead Soliloquy</title>
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   <published>2008-05-08T15:00:02Z</published>
   <updated>2008-05-08T15:00:41Z</updated>
   
   <summary> Hello dolls and welcome back to the Real Word Hollywood! On tonight&apos;s Pre-True Hollywood Story, a young man in search of fake reality show fame moves to Hollywood. He rides the heady wave Real World notoriety - VIP status...</summary>
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Hello dolls and welcome back to the <strong>Real Word Hollywood</strong>!  On tonight's Pre-True Hollywood Story, a young man in search of fake reality show fame moves to Hollywood.  He rides the heady wave Real World notoriety - VIP status at sparsely attended dive bars on Hollywood Blvd., women with weaves of synthetic yellow,  drinking Brandy over ice in plastic cups with his worldly Ohio-bred roommate. But the harsh glare of the cameras following him 24-7 quickly begins to destroy him.  Really quickly.  Like, in three weeks.  See how this br