Wednesday, July 29, 2009

More To Love Fox

Tonight, “More to Love” — a new reality show about “real women” fighting for the love of a heavier-set guy — debuts on Fox to a surprising lack of controversy. The program, hosted by plus-size model Emme and the brainchild of “The Bachelor” mastermind Mike Fleiss, was greeted with skepticism when it was first announced, and dismissed as a exploitative dating show for overweight people.
However, now that critics have received a chance to screen the show — which centers around Luke Conley, a 330-pound, 26-year-old real estate developer — most have concluded… it could have been worse. A sampling of reviews: “It’s better than ‘The Bachelor.’ There’s an added dimension of reality and of simple, relatable human emotion. In a way, this is ‘The Bachelor’ for the rest of us. The downside is that the rejection element on ‘The Bachelor’ is ho-hum.
“Not that these people aren’t pretty. They may be larger than most, but they are young and shiny and dressed to the nines. (And there is nothing homogeneous about them; they come in a variety of shapes and styles.) Conley, who also wears his bulk well, seems like a nice guy, but he is also a bit of a kid in a candy store, finagling kisses right and left.”

Chris Harrison Blog

Chris Harrison's blog is more highly anticipated sometimes than the show he hosts. The Chris Harrison blog about the previous night's Bachelor or Bachelorette episode is always a big feature on Entertainment Weekly's website. Chris Harrison gets to write a blog over these episode becauseChris Harrison Blog Goes into Hibernation he hosts The Bachelor and Bachelorette, and can give fans a behind-the-scenes perspective on all the drama.
Chris Harrison is already famous for hosting The Bachelor franchise, but has extra Internet fame for the blog he posts after every episode. Harrison blogs about everything that went into making the previous episode, and the actions of the contestants before they made their choices.
The Chris Harrison blog approached its season finale, much like The Bachelorette itself. Since Harrison himself was part of the drama, when he talked things out with Bachelorette Jillian Harris before she chose Ed Swiderski, many wanted to read his blog and get his take on the scene. Harrison wrote that Jillian "needed a friend to talk to" who would lead her back to where she really wanted to go - with Ed. Despite Reid Rosenthal making a final pitch, Harrison helped Jillian gather herself and make the choice to marry Ed.

Kai Chase

Michael Jackson's chef, Kai Chase, is speaking out about the day the King of Pop died and the role played by the singer's personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray. Chase said she knew something was amiss when Murray didn't come downstairs to get the juices and granola he routinely brought Michael Jackson each morning.
Kai also said she was also used to seeing the doctor coming down the steps carrying oxygen tanks. But Murray didn't come downstairs on the morning of June 25. "I thought maybe Mr. Jackson is sleeping late," Chase said. "I started preparing the lunch and then I looked at my cell phone and it was noon. About 12:05 or 12:10 Dr. Murray runs down and screams, 'Go get Prince!'" "He's screaming loud. I run to the den where the kids are playing. Prince runs to meet Dr. Murray and from then on, the energy in the house just changed."
Then, a small group consisting of the three children, their nanny (Grace , a housekeeper and Chase held hands and began to pray in a circle, Chase recalled. As paramedics raced to the room - with Jackson already dead - Chase said, "We were all praying, 'Help Mr. Jackson be O.K.' "Then everyone was very quiet." At about 1:30 p.m. she said that security guards told her and other staff to leave the property because "Mr. Jackson was being taken to the hospital."
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