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February 16, 2012
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Coach House
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October 13, 2011
Yvon Goetz And Mary Sue Milliken Throw Down This Weekend In Irvine, Courtesy Of Cadillac
Cadillac Facebook pageThe Cadillac Culinary Challenge Test Drive pulls up to Irvine Spectrum this Saturday and Sunday. Why this sounds more like a hybrid between Cars and Coffee and the Top Chef Tour is a conundrum we'll never know the answer to. At least they're offering sleek cars and free eats ... More >>
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September 26, 2011
Canadian Band The Sheepdogs Sell their Souls to Rolling Stone, Tim Gunn
Persephonemagazine.comIf this blog seems less than timely, I apologize. But I just can't get last Thursday's episode of Project Runway featuring Canadian rock band The Sheepdogs out of my mind.
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August 16, 2011
'The Real Housewives' Go On Tour
On the list of things you need less of, The Real Housewives probably hovers somewhere in the top five. Bravo disagrees: The corporation plans to renew The Real Housewives of Orange County for a seventh season.
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July 20, 2011
Bravo Damns The Real Housewives of the Bible
Bravo is accusing The Real Housewives of the Bible of breaking No. VIII of the Ten Commandments: Thou shalt not steal. First, let's back up a bit. Yes, The Real Housewives of the Bible is a thing, a two-part, straight-to-DVD series that uses stories from the ancient Christian text to help w ... More >>
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June 16, 2011
Top Chef Coming to Tustin Market Place TODAY
As Top Chef Masters heads into the finale this week, the timing is just right for a visit from some of the Jedis-in-training. Oh yes, the Top Chef Tour has reached Orange County. With promises of games, prizes, photo and autograph opportunities, the question remains: When will they find time for ... More >>
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March 17, 2011
FOX's Kitchen Nightmares Looking for OC Restaurants That Need Gordon Ramsay's Tough Love
FOXIf you know of an OC restaurant that needs a big kick in the pots, FOX wants to hear from you. In his reality show Kitchen Nightmares, Gordon Ramsay spends a week at sinking restaurants, trying to whip them back into shape--and now he's looking for his next stops. We got an e-mail from a casti ... More >>
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February 25, 2011
Camille Grammer's 5 Memorable Moments on the Road from Newport Beach to the Oscars
In its infinite wisdom, CNN has hired Camille Donatacci--who you know better as Kelsey Grammer's most recent ex-wife Camille Grammer--to co-host its Oscar red carpet coverage Sunday. (And you thought Piers Morgan was stunt casting!)In honor of Newport Beach-born Donatacci-Grammer's gig, we presen ... More >>
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February 10, 2011
[UPDATED] Shane Sheckler, Superstar Skateboarder Ryan's Brother, Popped for DUI
Randy and Shane ShecklerUPDATE, FEB. 10, 11:15 A.M.: Guess what I just pulled out of my spam folder? It's apparently a letter from Shane Sheckler's father, Randall A. Sheckler.The communique begins, "Hey Matt Douche Bag Coker . . ."If I had nickel!The full letter, followed by my thoughts, after t ... More >>
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January 31, 2011
Lake Forest Christian Crusader Gets an Entire Chapter in American Idol: The Untold Story
Idol InfernoLeesa Bellesi with Idol-judge-no-more Paula Abdul What does a pastor's wife in Lake Forest have to do with Fox's top-rated singing contest? Enough to fill an entire chapter in American Idol: The Untold Story, the new book by LA Times writer Richard Rushfield that gives a behind-the-sc ... More >>
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December 16, 2010
Pauly D
The Grove of Anaheim
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November 8, 2010
Taco Bell Crime of the Week: Jon Gosselin and New Chick Supposedly Humiliated!
The only reality shows I watch are the Top Chef franchise and America's Next Top Model (go, Ann!), so I don't know too much about Jon Gosselin except he had a reality show and is supposed to be some kind of man whore. All that said, you know it's tough times on the D list when you're ordering dri ... More >>
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October 25, 2010
The Real Housewives Orange County Enters Skanky New Jersey Territory
Beotch fight!!! Beotch fight!!! Current Real Housewives of Orange County cast member Tamra Barney and original cast member Jeana Keough are reported to have had a drink-throwing, attempted-retaliatory-pool-tossing, post-battle-Twitter-warring cat fight on the set of Season 6. TheImproper.com put ... More >>
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October 21, 2010
Set TiVo for Real Ex-Wives of Orange County
Viewers of Bravo's The Real Housewives of Orange County last season will recall Donn and Vicki Gunvalson renewing their 16-year-old wedding vows.Viewers of the recent The Real Housewives of Orange County reunion special will recall Vicki foreshadowing there is trouble in paradise.And viewers of c ... More >>
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October 14, 2010
Matt Keough, Ace Pitcher-Turned-Town Drunk, Gets Year in Jail (Sorta) for Latest DUI
Former Oakland A's pitcher, probable ex-husband of Playboy Playmate-turned-founding The Real Housewives of Orange County cast member Jeana Keough and current boozehound Matt Keough was sentenced today to a year of jail for his latest DUI incident.On the bright side, Keough was granted credit for ... More >>
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September 24, 2010
Margaret Cho at the Grove of Anaheim Last Night
Ali Lerman/OC WeeklyMargaret ChoGrove of AnaheimSept. 23, 2010The Hype: Gays and straights packed the house and laughed in perfect harmony last night at Margaret Cho's "Cho Dependent" comedy show at the Grove of Anaheim. For a Thursday "school night" the size of the crowd was pretty impressive. T ... More >>
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September 24, 2010
Tamra Barney of Real Housewives of OC Files for Restaining Order Against Estranged Hubby
BravoTVThe Barneys before ...Tamra Barney, one of The Real Housewives of Orange County, has reportedly filed for a restraining order against her estranged husband Simon Barney.Under the order, he can't go within 100 feet of her and is confined to seeing his kids two nights a week and every other ... More >>
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August 4, 2010
Peggy Tanous to be Newest Real Housewives of Orange County Blonde
Another blonde is set to join the cast of The Real Housewives of Orange County, and this one already has had camera time on Bravo's reality show.Peggy Tanous, who will appear next season, is a friend of Alexis Bellino, the Real Housewife who really almost lost her twins to the Balboa Bay Club poo ... More >>
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July 26, 2010
Josh Waring, Son of One of The Real Housewives of Orange County Jailed Yet Again
The son of one of the original housewives from Bravo's The Real Housewives of Orange County is back behind bars--and this time he is being held there without bail.Josh Waring, the son of Laura Waring, got picked up Friday night on a warrant for a probation violation.
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July 8, 2010
Bat Boy: The Musical
Hunger Artists Theatre
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May 11, 2010
Local Bloggers Judge This Week's Top Chef Masters
Photo Courtesy of Eddie LinFrom left to right: Jay Rayner, Kelly Choi, Andrew Zimmern (Bizarre Food), Eddie Lin, Marc Moss (Weird Food Festival), Bill Esparza (Street Gourmet LA).I know we write a lot about Eddie Lin. He--the author of Extreme Cuisine and the blog that started it all, Deep End ... More >>
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May 6, 2010
Mario Lopez Signing
Barnes and Noble
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April 12, 2010
Five Food Network Shows First In Line For Reanimation
Believe it or not, children, there was a time when the Food Network actually concentrated on teaching people to cook. The idea of ten hours a day of inane food "battles" was unheard of, Iron Chef still came to us from campy Japan, the appetite suppressant known as Sandra Lee hadn't yet created her f ... More >>
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March 31, 2010
Reality TV Show for Orly Taitz?
Christopher Victorio / OC WeeklyHer life on the B-List?Don't want to jinx it or anything, but we so, so hope this ends up happening.
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September 17, 2009
Taste Of Newport, featuring David Cook
Fashion Island
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August 25, 2009
Octomom Cleans Up the Floor With Kate Gosselin
Mom fight! Mom fight!In last Wednesday's Fox TV "special" Octomom: The Incredible Unseen Footage, Nadya Suleman takes potshots at Jon & Kate Plus 8's Jon-less, down-on-her-luck Kate Gosselin."It's so staged," Octomom said of tabloid pictures of Gosselin in a bikini on the beach. "She's doing ... More >>
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July 24, 2009
Slideshow: Kelly Clarkson at the Pacific Amphitheater
Ah, yes, the only American Idol winner that ever mattered--not to mention the only one we don't hate--Kelly Clarkson visited the Pacific Amphitheater in Costa Mesa last night. It was beautiful, it was crowded, there was plenty of kettle corn and beer strewn about... and photographer Chris Victorio ... More >>
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June 18, 2009
We've Got a Price on Villa Rockledge
Turns out we were waaaay off in our guestimate as to the asking price for Villa Rockledge in Laguna Beach. Like, $26,250,000 waaaay off. Here's the price according to Unique Homes: The World of Luxury Real Estate:$26,500,000Laguna Beach, CARockledge By The Sea. Boasing 190 feet of oceanfront with se ... More >>
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June 1, 2009
Octupdate: Life Imitates Art Imitating Life
Perhaps you saw the May 14 edition of OC Weekly--excuse me--OctoWeekly--wherein all manner of reality-show mayhem is imagined for Nadya Suleman, the La Habra resident and mother of the world's longest-surviving octuplets.Our lampoonage came hot on the heels of lilliputian Los Angeles attorney Gloria ... More >>
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May 5, 2009
Taylor Hicks is Signing at the Wal-Mart in Orange. Apparently.
As music editor, I'm trained to be on the lookout for HOT SCOOPS wherever they may be. Like a couple days ago when I was at the Wal-Mart at the Village at Orange, and made this enticing discovery: that American Idol season five winner Taylor Hicks will be signing CDs at that store this Thursday, May ... More >>
Music
April 30, 2009
[Sound Guy] Local Bands Invade Your TV Set
As music editor, I'm trained to be on the lookout for HOT SCOOPS wherever they may be. Like a couple days ago when I was at the Wal-Mart at the Village at Orange, and made this enticing discovery: that American Idol season five winner Taylor Hicks will be signing CDs at that store this Thursday, May ... More >>
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April 8, 2009
Top Chef Masters Contestants Announced; O.C. Chefs Shut Out
Bravo TVThe food blogosphere is on FIRE (pun intended) right now over the announcement of Top Chef Masters, airing on June 10th. Think of it as Top Chef meets Iron Chef America meets WWE Smackdown. If there's such a thing as a foodie-gasm, this is the thing to inspire it. The judges will be celeb ... More >>
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April 2, 2009
Top Chef Judges Do Madison Avenue
It started with Tom Colicchio hawking Diet Coke during the Superbowl. That opened the door to Padma Lakshmi doing naughty Paris Hilton-like things to a Western Bacon Cheeseburger. I admit it: I like the sandwich, and yes, I avidly follow every season of Top Chef. But this? I don't know. ... More >>
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March 26, 2009
Plain White T's; Vedera; Danger Radio
It started with Tom Colicchio hawking Diet Coke during the Superbowl. That opened the door to Padma Lakshmi doing naughty Paris Hilton-like things to a Western Bacon Cheeseburger. I admit it: I like the sandwich, and yes, I avidly follow every season of Top Chef. But this? I don't know. ... More >>
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February 16, 2009
Is Real Housewives a Real Guide to OC-Style Parenting?
Ginia Bellafante writes in today's New York Times that The Real Housewives of Orange County reveals much about Orange County-style parenting.Parenthood supplies a strange and fascinating dimension of The Real Housewives of Orange County, which increasingly feels like Mildred Pierce: the habit of ind ... More >>
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January 28, 2009
Venus Infers on MTV's 'The City'
We're big fans of Venus Infers here, so it's rather heartening to hear that this week they've made it to one of rock music's pinnacles. Namely, they had their music played on the back ground of one of the many spinoffs of MTV faux-reality sensation "The Hills."
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January 12, 2009
Kitchen Nightmares Taking Suggestions
Unlike Hell's Kitchen, which seems just a sadistic exercise to embarrass its cheftestants, Gordon Ramsay's other show, Kitchen Nightmares is educational, enlightening, and sometimes, even feel-good. And what's more, his help seems to actually turn around failing restaurants. I got a nice e-m ... More >>
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December 4, 2008
KIIS-FM's Jingle Ball 2008
Unlike Hell's Kitchen, which seems just a sadistic exercise to embarrass its cheftestants, Gordon Ramsay's other show, Kitchen Nightmares is educational, enlightening, and sometimes, even feel-good. And what's more, his help seems to actually turn around failing restaurants. I got a nice e-m ... More >>
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November 19, 2008
Sex on the Beach ... With Mom and Dad?
A local mom is pissed that her daughter was recently approached at Huntington Beach Pier by MTV staffers looking for teens to appear on Sex … with Mom and Dad, which has so shocked the executive director of the Downtown Business Improvement District that she plans to take the matter up with the Ci ... More >>
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November 6, 2008
Raving Genius
Network
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October 9, 2008
Funny Factor
Joe Rogan
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September 18, 2008
Hot Soup
Joel McHale
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June 12, 2008
Electric Boogaloo
Groovaloo
Music
February 7, 2008
[Aural Reports] Sweet Seoul Music
Korean immigrant Bella oughta be starring in her own High School Musical
Blogs
January 28, 2008
MTV's Best American Dance Crew: Kaba Modern
Though UC Irvine hip-hop dance team Kaba Modern has been making a name for themselves in underground circles and national and global competitions for some years now—including winning first place at the USA World Hip-Hop Championship and taking second at the International World Finals—it looks li ... More >>
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November 15, 2007
Six Steps to Rock & Roll Godhood
FEEDBACK: Goth-Metal Clown Fifi Larue’s Advice Can Help You Attain It
Culture
June 8, 2006
Trendzilla
Fashion Co-Op OC
Columns
September 11, 2003
The People Love Loud
Notes from the American Idol Tour
Culture
July 31, 2003
Smirk at This!
Stung by Cupid
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November 25, 1999
Big Brother Award
Stung by Cupid
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