Reality Television (genre)

There's no debate

2012-10-17 11:48:00

Considering my line of work, I bet you think I am watching the presidential debates. I bet you think I get together with like-minded friends and root for President Barack Obama, or Vice President Joe Biden, and then my friends and I critique, or excuse,...

White House crasher, 'Housewife' finds true passion

2012-10-12 06:30:00

Take away the glamour, the TV cameras and the tabloid headlines, and Michaele Salahi's latest drama could almost be an Anne Tyler plot: Disaffected housewife risks it all to walk away from a stale marriage and into an entirely new life. But, hey —...

Star watch at the weekend's Fashion Week events

2012-09-09 13:56:00

Christiane Amanpour was spotted Friday by our own Hilary Phelps at Bar Boulud, a restaurant near Lincoln Center frequented by New York Fashion Week attendees. The veteran journo was eating soup and sipping on what appeared to be a pink grapefruit...

Fame followed the Henn quads

2012-08-19 13:21:00

At nine months of age, they hadn't yet left the hospital, the babies standing at the crib rail. And yet the Henn quadruplets, photographed weeks before they left St. Agnes in October 1947, were already veterans of the international media spotlight —...

'Bachelor Pad' recap: Episode 3, 'It's Not You, It's Me'

2012-08-07 04:09:00

We may have bigger problems than being fans of "The Bachelor" series, watching it every week and writing this blog. "The Bachelor Pad" is now consuming our random thoughts. Questions like, "do these people have full time jobs?" come to mind while I'm...

'America's Got Talent' returns tonight with YouTube semifinals

2012-08-14 04:34:00

After a three-week hiatus during the Olympic games, or as I like to call them, "Planet Earth's Got Talent," the seventh season of "America's Got Talent" returns tonight. From here on out, I will be your recapper. And who am I? Well, I'm a Baltimore-based...

Armchair fishing aims to hook fans

2012-02-15 15:01:00

Boyd Duckett grew up a NASCAR fan in North Carolina, played golf on some minitours in Alabama and Mississippi, and has spent the past decade as one of the country's top professional bass fishermen. So he knows something about niche sports and their...

Talk about the devil dancing: Nancy Grace gets ABC's 'Stars' for being bad

2011-08-29 21:50:00

I am too tired to go crazy about this. And there really are so many hugely more important things going on the world practically every day. But ... I cannot let the addition of HLN host Nancy Grace to the lineup of ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" pass...

Bethenny Frankel: The Healthy 'Housewife'

2011-03-11 00:00:00

Bethenny Frankel has turned her one-time unhealthy obsession with being thin into a multifaceted empire. Her Skinnygirl brand features supplements and reduced-calorie margaritas. She has cookbooks, exercise videos and soul-baring tomes. The natural food...

Regional amusement parks: Fun for all

2011-04-21 05:42:00

Think amusement parks are just for kids? Think again. There's nothing like screaming aboard a careening roller coaster, gorging on funnel cake and popcorn, or splashing in a spray of water to bring out your inner child. The advent of spring means...

'Bachelor Pad': Make it stop

2010-08-31 16:22:12

Bucky takes on another episode of Bachelor Pad. Poor Bucky.:OK, while I’m waiting for Bachelor Pad to start tonight, I have a pretty good idea and I’m giving it to ABC free of charge. On the next season of Bachelor......

'Project Runway' recap: City scapes and inspiration

2010-10-15 16:22:11

Janell reports on last night's Project Runway. And makes me wish I was a lot funnier, as per usual:Previously, Ivy became a national nightmare, but then we woke up and she was still eliminated. Oh, and so was Christopher. Now,......

lawyer Robert Kardashian married Kris Houghton. The couple had four children together -- Kourtney in 1979, Kim in 1980, Khloe in 1984 and Robert Jr. in 1987 .

2013-01-19 14:38:00

Producer Monica Martino was injured while working on the reality TV show "Bamazon" in Guyana.

2013-01-05 18:19:04

Duff Goldman got a lot of attention for his bakery Charm City Cakes through the Food Network Show "Ace of Cakes." *** Since the 2006 broadcast of Duff Goldman's "Ace of Cakes," the pastry-chef-gone-reality-star has been no stranger to reality television.

2012-10-19 09:12:00