Down for the Countess on Real Housewives of New York City

Fri, Jun 04, 2010 11:10 AM by Peter Gilstrap

Evidentally the Real Housewives of New York City haven't learned a fundamental lesson from their Tri-State-area counterparts in New Jersey: It's a lot more entertaining to watch ruthless character assassination, shame-based personality meltdowns and overblown acts of petty rage in public places than it is to suffer through bad disco singing.

Welcome to Countess LuAnn deLesseps's irony-pushing public debut of her song "Money Can't Buy You Class," wherein the Housewife not only gives a lip-synched performance that would humiliate a tipsy drag queen, but teaches a valuable life lesson to stunned Jill Zarin and Kelly Bensimon.

While we're on the subject, here are a few other things money can't buy ...

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Electrifying Nerds on America's Got Talent

Thu, Jun 03, 2010 12:25 PM by Peter Gilstrap

Echoing the wondrous melting pot that is these United States, America's Got Talent opens its arms to the huddled masses of those who believe they have been blessed with the ability to entertain. Whether you believe that is another matter. Which brings us to the, uh, unique group ArcAttack.

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Howie Mandel Challenges United States on America's Got Talent

Wed, Jun 02, 2010 04:03 PM by Peter Gilstrap

Once again, British people Piers Morgan and Sharon Osbourne are going to prove to our apparently dubious nation that America's Got Talent. And, now that career-move-savvy David Hasselhoff has bailed on AGT to reprise his role as Dr. William "Snapper" Foster Jr. on The Young and The Restless, the duo have drafted Canadian germophobe Howie Mandel to help in their quest.

Be forewarned, citizens: The picky star of Gremlins 2: The New Batch is raising the bar.

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This One Time, at Dad Camp ...

Wed, Jun 02, 2010 03:24 PM by Peter Gilstrap

What do you get when you cross Undateable with 16 and Pregnant? Welcome to VH1's Dad Camp, where we get to spend some quality time with knocked up young girls and the men who don't love them.   

Meet Tiffany. She's 19 and pregnant with a taste in men that runs to greezy, tatted-up, irresponsible bad boys.

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Fun With Half-Naked Men on Brandy and Ray J: A Family Business

Thu, May 27, 2010 12:42 PM by Peter Gilstrap

It's Brandy's b-day, and sweet Ray J has a special surprise planned that any caring, tasteful brother would give to his big sister. Seven shirtless studs who will carry her around like Cleopatra.

Apparently she's never been in the writer's room of I Love Toy Trains.

Tyra Looks to the Future of Tyra

Wed, May 26, 2010 02:15 PM by Peter Gilstrap

The Tyra Show may be in its waning days, but if you think that's going to stop Tyra Banks from promoting Tyra you've got another thing coming. With a mere three episodes to go, Tyra took time to inform us of "exciting and amazing" postshow Tyra-centered projects.

Of course, we didn't actually suffer through the whole show to hear what she's doing. Instead, we have a few exciting and amazing suggestions of our own. Vote for your favorite ...

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Chucky Returns on Real Housewives of New Jersey

Tue, May 25, 2010 12:30 PM by Peter Gilstrap

In New Jersey, it's not the beach, it's the shore. They're not Italian-Americans, they're guidos. And—thanks to pregnant Real Housewife Teresa, who introduces us to yet another taste of quaint Garden State vernacular—it's not a vajayjay, it's a chucky.

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Bret Michaels Gives Back on The Celebrity Apprentice

Mon, May 24, 2010 01:00 PM by Peter Gilstrap

America is finally resting easy knowing  that overworked Donald Trump has a new Celebrity Apprentice. And yes, it's Bret Michaels. The enduring bandanna enthusiast overcame tremendous odds—a brain hemorrhage and an appendectomy—to appear on the final episode, rising from his sickbed to nab the coveted job from fierce contender Holly Robinson-Peete. And among the many attributes that won the favor of the picky Donald is Bret's selfless charity work.

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