72 Days of Publicity

  Kim Kardashian filed for divorce from her husband of 72 days Kris Humphries this morning..... this was less shocking to me on my Twitter feed than who I tried to flirt with on Friday night.

  If anyone is surprised by this news you should watch the E! special on their "Fairytale Wedding" The whole wedding, marriage, and "true love" they saw in each other was a scam and total publicity stunt in my eyes. The immature ogar-esque Humphries was easily manipulated into making a few bucks off of the Kardashian Royal Wedding event. Most people didn't even know who this guy, Kris Humphries, was before he made an appearance on Season 6 of Keeping Up as we tilted our heads and asked he is in the NBA why haven't I heard of him?

  The wedding event brought in 10 million viewers, the highest watched show or special for E! As a person who was involved with ratings and scheduling the on a daily basis this summer for E! this was a fantastic accomplishment, but what is an accomplishment if it is unjust or immoral and just for publicity. Ratings = ad sales = $$$ into the Kardashians Hermes handbags.

   I used to love the Kardashians, some may say I am Kardashobsessed. After experience with E! this summer and their lives getting more and more in the public eye and new business ventures that are going more off of their brand and brand equity I have to say I am no longer a fan. I miss the days of watching them work at the Dash store, go out to eat, talk about their relationships. I don't care that you have to go to another photo shoot or that your Bentley is in the shop yet again.

  What used to be a fun show to watch on E! has turned into a momager who will do anything for 10% and her kids just looking to make as much money and get publicity until their relevance diminishes.

   With Kourtney and Kim Take New York premiering in less than a month we will have a chance to see Kim and Kris fighting and their quick marriage quickly go down the tubes. No word yet on if her filing for divorce and his reaction will be on film... Kris released a statement this morning in which he stated he is "bummed"

                 
                       They'll be back together before we know it....

                                              

Outward with the Housewives

    This week was part two of the Real Housewives Reunion and boy did I wish there wasn't even a part one. The combination of the drama, the fake tans, nails, and high pitch voices made me cringe. These women, specifically Teresa Giudice are middle aged and yell and fight like 16 yr. olds.

    As an avid Real Housewives viewer I must say that New Jersey along with New York and Atlanta are going down hill. Bravo built their brand around the franchises but since 2005 when the first season of Orange Country premiered the network has moved upward and onward.
No longer are we seeing the housewives and what they normally
would do on their daily lives or how these women are living the fantasy lifestyle 99% of Americans do not live, instead we are seeing fights at a babies christening, high heels races, and enough leopard and animal print for the Central Park Zoo. New Jersey along with OC, New York, and Atlanta has had many cast changes due to lack of interest in some of the housewives as well as housewives leaving for various reasons. The network brings on new, younger, more hip housewives for different viewers to connect with but, sometimes that fails to bring in viewers ie: Cindy Barshop from New York season 4.

    Beverly Hills Housewives, in the the middle of its second season has a very much different vibe and feel compared to the other franchises. Yes they live in one of the richest areas in the United States and still have drama on the show, but the story lines and fabulous outlandish lives of the housewives draw the viewers in. The two new "friends" of the housewives Brandi and Dana will add quite the one two punch to the season as Brandi calls herself a slut and Dana flaunts around her $25,000 sunglasses. With housewife Taylor Armstrong's estranged husband's suicide days before the premiere they have edited him out from the season although the looming story line of their terrible and rumored abusive marriage is strong through every episode adding some personal ethos for the viewers. 

    With Miami and D.C. canceled, a revamp of the New York Cast, and lack of a strong audience ratings for the New Jersey season one has to wonder are the Housewives headed for cancellation land?

Playing No More

It's the middle of October... a month after network shows premiered for the first time. There have been many hits but many shows have already been cut from the lineup for their poor viewership and lack of followers. Some are surprised and some you have to wonder what was the network thinking in the first place?

   The Playboy Club... when I saw that this show was canceled I did not even flinch. The idea and concept was good, unique, interesting but the show lacks in audience. Being on the Peacock network with a strong Thursday night comedy lineup male viewers do not tune into NBC as often as they may tune into CBS to watch How I met Your Mother and Two and a Half Men.

 The Playboy brand may have ultimately prevented audiences from even sampling what was ultimately a rather tepid period crime drama. It's a soap, which inherently appeals to women. But it's a brand so tied to men. It was doomed from the start. Early on, the idea of building a primetime series around the Playboy brand seemed like a novel plan. After all, E! Entertainment's The Girls Next Door had helped push Playboy and founder Hugh Hefner into the mainstream — and 60 years after the magazine first launched, Playboy now seemed almost quaint and tame.

    The Playboy Club was doomed from the premiere.

The CW premiered a new reality show H8R which was promoted as a "celebrity confrontation show" The host, Mario Lopez creates situation where celebrities surprise, confront and hope to win over their biggest detractors. Or h8rs, in text-message speak. From my perspective this whole concept is just dumb. Whoever was the producer and made the programming decision to put this on air should reevaluate their priorities.... haters are going to hate especially if the biggest celebrity you can get is Scott Disick, Kourtney Kardashian's boyfriend/baby daddy. 

Pregnant in the City of Angels

Something must be in the water of the Hollywood Hills this year, everyone and anyone who is a A list star is pregnant, wanting a baby or just had a baby. From the power couple of Hip Hop Beyonce and Jay Z to Jessica Alba and her husband Cash Warren to our favorite Disney star Hilary Duff, babies are in the air! I have to admit that I am a sucker for a good celebrity pregnancy... I anticipated the Beckham's baby girl being born almost as much as the royal wedding. I love seeing that a celebs baby was born and the name that seems to top the last celeb baby. Are celebrity babies outshining their celeb parents? 

Recently I had a conversation with a friend who bought into the whole Beyonce's baby bump is fake theory and does not believe that she is actually pregnant. They think it is a publicity stunt for her to gain album sales or that she doesn't have to diet post delivery. You have to wonder why in the world would B want to do this? She is a 30 year woman who is happily married and it is a natural step for her and her husbands life to have a baby. She has said in many interviews that she can't wait to have children not just for increased album sales.... even if her recent album plummeted on the charts.
Celebrities want to grow their families with their significant other... or their "fling" of the moment, they are just like any other woman who has a growing belly we just see that growing belly on a daily basis on Perezhilton.

One of the many pregnant stars that I admire for trying to live a normal family life and raise their children as normal as they can be are Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck. Garner pregnant with her third child seems to be a hands on mom as possible compared to many of her peers. She kept her pregnancy quiet amongst rumors over the summer as it is a family decision and matter to share with the world that they are in fact pregnant. Jennifer and Ben know that even though they are some of the biggest stars but they are also normal people trying not to drink too much of Hollywood's water.

Why is is that when two or three or ten celebrities are pregnant at the same time we get all abuzz and wonder what the gender will be, will they get divorced right after the baby is born, what will be it's name? As a culture we love to obsess over popular culture, especially over celebirites and when they are pregnant and have kids we can't keep from reading and obsessing how adorable they are taking their kids to ballet, to karate, or going to the farmers market. We memorize their names, how many kids they have in their family, and find fashion inspiration in one certain 5 year old.
The new celebrity obsession..... celebrity babies.

long lost blog

After a 6 month hiatus I have decided to get back to blogging!

Talk Show Shakeup

With the exit of long time talk show queen, Oprah, there is an enormous gap to fill. While some networks will try to brand the next Oprah or sail troubling waters with shows like "The Talk" ABC has decided to give the longtime favorite and America's sweetheart news anchor, Katie Couric her own talk show.

Couric who was a Today Show host from 1991 to 2006 went on to be the only female solo evening news anchor on CBS. With Emmy awards showing she succeeded as a solo evening news anchor many viewers could not disagree more. Not only were ratings terrible, but critiques and viewers alike could not gain connections with Couric as she was not taken seriously. Hopefully this new show will bring in the viewers who loved seeing Couric laugh, cook, and plan weddings with long time co-host Matt Lauer on the Today Show.

The big question is will Couric take the show in a route that Oprah found herself on..... one day Oprah could have Jennifer Anniston and chat about her upcoming movie and dating life and the next day have a very serious 45 minute show about rape in the Middle East. Oprah was able to connect with her viewers on various levels emotionally, spiritually, and showed her raw core especially with her struggle with her weight.



If Couric wants to survive with the other afternoon talk shows such as Dr. Phil, Rachel Ray, Ellen, and others she needs to connect on a personal level and gain back those viewers who woke up for 15 years to her shinning face on the Today Show.

Couric's show is supposed to premiere the Fall of 2012 leaving viewers anxious to see what she and her team have up their sleeves for another year.

Red White and sign for a Divorce Here

If you have been living under a rock or just do not pay attention to current events Arnold Schwarzenegger has a love child! When I saw the news this morning I had to think what the hell! Why do men in power think that it is okay to sleep with their staff or have affairs and have a secret relationship and a CHILD with a woman other than their wife or significant other while still in their relationship? 

Arnold and Maria Shriver seemed to have an All American marriage with fame, money, notoriety as well as a long line of strong Kennedy genes. What could possibly go wrong? Exactly what they have: fame, money, notoriety, and she has the strong Kennedy name and tie to uphold. Such demands as well as their whole relationship and his race and time as the Governor of California has been in the public eye, maybe grass wasn't so green on their side of Wilshire Boulevard. 

who's choo are you on?

Meet Melissa Gorga. Teresa Giudice's sister in-law as well as one of the newest cast-mates to Real Housewives of New Jersey. Unlike some of the other Bravo RH franchises the cast-mates are family. And as we have learned in the past two seasons in Jersey "blood is thicker than water." The first episode sure put this saying to test as the Giudice's attended Teresa's brother, Joe, and his wife, Melissa's sons' christening. Of course Bravo showed only a 30 second clip from the actually christening at the church and focused on the wedding like reception held at an upscale hall. 

Sparkles, gold, and everything gaudi could not mask the tension between Teresa and her brother Joe as well as Teresa's husband Joe... I know confusing. What was supposed to be a lovely evening celebrating the christening of a beautiful baby turned into an all out brawl between the Guidice's and the Gorga's as well as their respected cohorts and sidekicks. 

This scene was ridiculous! Middle aged men wrestling around and yelling at each other in both English and Italian what I assume were some pretty nasty Italian swear words... 

This scene looks like it is the theme of season as we divulge more into Teresa and Melissa's family history and why there is so much underlying tension between the two..... the scenes with the Manzo's and Lauritas were all heart warming and brought some of the more REAL and down to earth moments to the episode.... hopefully the new girls don't steal the spotlight..

I can't wait for the rest of this what looks like JUICY season! 

new goal for the summer: meet chelsea handler

Yes I do have a goal to meet ms handler. i mean come on now it shouldn't be tooooo hard...... she is one celebrity and comedian that i admire for her wit as well as her hard to explain charm. I amm just dying to meet her!

Her newest book, Lies Chelsea Handler Told Me, arrived on bookshelves all across America this morning and you know that I just had to buy it, i mean come on who are we kidding. already 50 pages in i have caught myself crying of laughter and literally rolling on our living room floor as her staff, friends, and family share their stories and shenanigans that are Chelsea Handler.



I have always known that Chelsea is quite the character but I did not know that she was THAT MUCH OF A CHARACTER. From the practical jokes she pulls on Johnny, to telling and lying for a week to Heather that she is pregnant, to telling Stephanie to put a baggie of ecstasy in her cervix through airport security (when it really was Excedrin), Handler knows how to be the life of the party while still packing a punch.

new city. new friends. new summer.

 School is out.... for now and it is SUMMER! This summer is going to be quite different than being in Spokane Portland or Central Oregon. This summer I will be in Los Angeles. As my new internship grows nearer and nearer I am joined with many mixed emotions. Excitement, nervousness, bravery, timidness, and many more mixed emotions are getting me excited for my first day at E!

I am going to use my experience in the Los Angeles area to my full advantage. Make a list of different things I want to see, do, and experience all around the area. I know that the three months will go by quick and I can't let it pass me by with out going out of my comfort zone!

Now it's time to pack up the car and head down I5 straight to California!

ROYAL WEDDING

Yes, I watched THE Royal Wedding in the middle of the night last night. Was it worth it????? Absolutely!!! From the music, to the church bells, to the crowd, to the array of hats and headresses, to the gowns and dresses to the bride and groom this wedding will be remembered forever.

The commentators on the network I watched kept reiterating how in love the now Duke and Dutchess looked compared to when Will's Father and late Mother married in the early 80's. The love between the two is undeniable. The smiles, the hand holding, the kiss all had amazing chemistry I could not stop ooing and ahhing.

This Royal Wedding was perfect in all shapes and form. I am sure that many things went wrong but to the viewer this wedding was out of a storybook.

Every Girls dream to become a princess happened...

end of the year

tick tock tick tock end of the year is so close.......

i am loving this show love love love love loveee

I can sleep when I get older

This week has been hell. I have never had so many projects, tests, papers, presentations, etc due on the same day and thank god it is all over.

Throughout this week a couple of things have kept me sane as well as some sort of calm... with a few singing/yelling sessions in the shower.

1. Gym sessions- even if it was 45 minutes exercise is the perfect way to destress in college when everything is crazy and you need a little time out of the classroom or library

2. Music----- different music for the different time of day/ degree of stress has defiently helped me through this week
        My top picks: My Girl, The Temptation.... yes surprising but this song with its soul and good     time theme puts me a good mood
                              Waiting on an Angel, Ben Harper... perfect and mellow
                              Let's Go Crazy, Prince.... need a pick up.. Prince. Enough Said

3. Friends-- Seeing some of my close friends this week even for 5 minutes brightened my day as well as kept me sane as well as to keep on studying, writing, editing, and see the light at the end of the tunnel.

And now I am off to bed. So excited to be able to sleep 7 hours!
Here is a PSA I worked on for one of my broadcasting classes.... could be worked on a lot more butttt its due in the morning and this girl needs some beauty sleep! 

Mastering Augusta

Phil, Tiger, Fred, Vejay are all in the last round of the 2011 Masters at Augusta National Course in Georgia. Many people may be surprised but I love golf. I am not the best player but I have grown up around golf and have the ability in Central Oregon to walk 100 yards to one of the best courses in the Nation from my bedroom.

The Masters is the first of the Majors to be played in the golf season, as well as the most coveted. The iconic green Masters jacket is a symbol of golf greatness around the World. To have achieved a green jacket, or multiple as Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Arnold Palmer, and my favorite Phil Mickelson have is monumental in the history of the Masters.

The Masters may be boring for some to watch, but for a golf girl like me 8 hours on the green is bliss.

Happy Birthday Dad!

Today is not only the final day of the Masters, but also a memorable day in my family, it is my Dad's birthday. No fuss or demands are ever made on my Dad's birthday even though we have had family get togethers and may make a bigger deal out of his birthday than he would like. Celebrating my Dad's birthday makes me realize how much I appreciate what he does for not only my family but the company he runs. He is the most dedicated and hard working person I have ever met. Work for him does not stop when he leaves the office nor does it stop on family get aways. My Dad deserves a day of celebration for all that he has accomplished and all of the lives he has changed.

Happy Birthday Dad!

My main girl Oprah

Love her or hate her but Oprah Winfrey has changed lives across the world. I have been an avid viewer for year and years, I grew up with the big O and wouldn't have it any other way.

With her daytime talk show, in its 25th season, own production company, magazine, school, charity, and now her own network this lady can do it all. As a young woman I respect what Oprah has been able to accomplished and where she has come from. Oprah grew up with a mother who neglected her and did not want to have Oprah as a child from the start. This makes me heart broken thinking that ones own mother would not want their child.

Last night I had the opportunity to watch Oprah's Master Class as well as Oprah 25th Season Behind the Scenes. Both of these classes had inspiration to me in two different ways.
The Master Class showed Oprah on a deeper level as well as telling her inspiration and her mantra of creating a better self and reaching farther and farther for your goals. Oprah with all of her money and fame was sitting there so raw and organic back to her roots.




Oprah Behind the Scenes provides inspiration but in a very different way. This path of inspiration is very personal to myself as the viewer dives into production of a day time talk show. To see the different ranks of producers, production assistants, supervising producer, and the woman behind the Oprah Show, the executive producer, is a dream. Getting nearer and nearer to graduation and making a career decision or path it makes women and men in these jobs seem more real and gives me hope that I could and may do their jobs. Producing a show like Oprah is like nothing else... hopefully I can land a job at the Oprah Winfrey Network sometime in my life.

Is Britney even worth it?

worth $300 ?

teen pregnancy free for all

Wherever I look today on websites, the television at the gym, blogs, etc teen pregnancy shows are everywhere and I mean EVERYWHERE! Teen pregnancy seems to be a "trend" in the media... more and more people prevalent in the public eye seem to be making a trip to the maternity section even if they haven't taken a trip to the DMV.

1. There was a Secret Life of an American Teenager marathon on at the gym, and from the sub titles all the teens at this typical American high school could talk about was who was having a baby. Was I the only one that went to a High School that no girl was clearly pregnant ? 

2. Dr. Phil's show today was Child of a Child, a take on young teen mothers, who are clearly still children, raising their own children. I saw ten minutes of this show and had to turn it. The so called mothers on the show who ranged from the ages of 16 to 18 all lived with their parents and seemed to neglect their children or duties that may be part of motherhood.

3. My all time favorite teen pregnancy/ mom show has to be.... TEEN MOM. Now this season is basically a shot to the head to watch compared to the previous Teen Mom series, but it still brings drama, excitement, and horror. As I caught up on my gossip websites this afternoon headlines of "Teen Mom Janelle Evans in a Brawl", was all over Perez, People, E!, Us. Now this is no surprise to me, Janelle and her boyfriend Kiefer stink of trouble.

Is it me or have there never been so many teen pregnancy shows on television before? Unplanned teen pregnancy is very prevalent in the United States, but what message are these shows telling?
I have to wonder if all of these shows scripted, talk shows, as well as reality shows, are providing any message whether negative or positive?

amigos

i couldn't go through my daily life with out my friends. old, new, young and old. i love my friends and will continue to make friends throughout my life (well i hope so) i have always been a very outgoing person making friends in the most random places and hold every friendship close to my heart.

 

GO ZAGS!

As a broadcast media student I can thoroughly appreciate this video, and am sort of obsessed. the footage, the editing is great put also the passion of Gonzaga Basketball.... Men are out of the tourney but the Women are still dancing !

-parental units-

thanks to school and a busy social life i have not posted on my blog in two weeks! eeekkkkk
need this time to get out some stress!

on to the topic....
I have a very close relationship with my mom. Being the only girl with two older brothers, I grew up always hanging out with my mom at bunco games, auction meetings, the grocery store, and now the athletic club where gossip among 40 year old women spreads faster than Gonzaga!   My mom and I are very differently physically she is 5'4, petite, with no bossums, and I am close to 5'10 and well, well endowed. As i got older and my brothers were at college and my dad traveled (250 + days of the year) my mom and grew closer and developed a friend relationship but at the same time i can turn to my mom for anything including celebrity gossip.

Now I do not know when my fascination started with popular culture and celebrity culture, I have a book on Prince William from 6th grade, so maybe then? All of my friends know (and probably some teachers) that i love love love popular culture. At first everyone laughed at me saying it is dumb that you know so much about celebrities but do not know all of the elements of the periodic table.... but I have geared my college and hopefully post undergrad work in popular culture.

Right now my parents are in Los Angeles staying at a nice hotel in Beverly Hills where many celebrities and crew stay on a nightly basis. Where am I... in Spokane. I wish I could hop off the plane at LAX but that is not in the cards right now.

Now my mom and I discuss pop culture an odd amount for her age... as she once texted me about  Chuck Bass' eyebrows. Comments like that sometimes make me wonder about her.

When I was home for Spring Break a few weeks ago we had quite the routine of watching some show on Bravo each and every night, (Bravo is my thing. In love with Andy Cohen) then discuss the nights episode(s) afterwards.

Never before had I noticed that my own mother, was so into popular culture as much as me. Had she created this monster, or vise-versa? Yes we did watch Entertainment Tonight a lot when my dad/brothers were out of town before dinner.... but recently I have been asking myself, am I turning into my mother as I did laundry this afternoon and watched Oprah, or is she living vicariously through her almost 21 year old daughter?

example : text I recieved from my mom at 12:10 this afternoon: OMG on elliptical next to Mick Jaggar!!!!!

pray for japan

Words cannot describe how saddened I am by everything that is happening in Japan. I continue to pray for the people that are missing, their families, those who experienced the earthquake and tsunami as well as those who unfortunately were killed in this terrible act of mother nature. We need to not only pray but act and help hundreds of thousands who have been and continue to be affected by this tragedy.








Follow World Vision's blog for updates, and visit its website or text "4japan" to 20222 to send a $10 donation to the group. It will show up on your next mobile phone bill.

The American Red Cross sent a disaster expert from Washington to Japan on Monday and the Japanese Red Cross has dispatched dozens of response teams. If you'd like to donate to the Red Cross efforts, text "redcross" to 90999, and you can make a $10 donation to the organization.

vinchenzo

I am a die hard Jersey Shore fan. Yes, I know some people have a look of disgust when they hear anyone talk about the Shore, but me, I find the show amusing. The one liners and sayings that some of the characters on the show reuse over and over again have become iconic in the past year. "Cabs are here" "T shirt time" "GTL" just to name a few.

I recently stumbled upon Vinny's blog and god I am more in love with him than I was before. He is the most intelligent and presents himself in the best manner and at the same time likes to have fun at the shore. Reading Vinny's blog posts I found myself laughing and was able to see the true man behind the reality star.

http://vinnyguadagnino.blogspot.com/

who is watching dancing with the stars....?

The new season of Dancing with the Stars premiers March 21st on ABC. I have to wonder for a second who in the world is going to watch this season! Yes I know Brooke Burke draws in millions with her fabulous body and gregarious personality, but who really wants to see Kristie Alley do high kicks?

These "stars" were certainly not present at the Academy Awards, and most were somewhat A list before I was born. Romeo and Kendra will draw in the younger crowds, as Kendra is the projected winner. Wendy Williams will for sure put on a show and bring drama, but is it me and is this show DONE and DONE.

At least we get to see fabulous dressed from Brooke week after week!

spring into spring

 

I can't wait wait wait for warmer weather. Here in the pacific northwest spring may not be the same as other parts of the world, as we don't usually see above 60 degrees until may, but this years april showers bring may flowers and beautiful clothes full of vibrant colors, the most crisp whites, feminine lace, as well as a trip back to the 1970's 

can these two be more perfect?

 

 look at those loubs! 

Here they are. Hip Hop's royal couple. She's got the sass and the curves that stopped this once bad boy. Together between them they are worth over $650 million dollars and are expanding their fortune on a daily basis. 

I found this photo this morning of the couple attending a NJ Nets game last night. 

Happy, laughing, enjoying each others company...

In Hollywood, New York, Chicago, Des Moines and everywhere in between it is so hard to see happy couples in this day in age, and especially in the show business. 

Its comforting to see this couple who deal with the paparazzi, stockers, and the pressure of being in the lime light being able to be themselves as a happily married couple. 

I just want them to have kids already!

caught in a whirlwind week

 Thank goodness for Gonzaga's Rudolf Fitness Center or else I would not survive this week. Papers, tests, campaign plans, and getting ready for a spring break trip are all happening in the next 72 hours. oy vey. After last nights Oscars filled with glitz and glamour my night approaching me at the library with a cup of coffee and a lara bar seems pretty dismal and sad. I guess that I will have to chug on through and hopefully the light at the end of the tunnel with have some pizaz...maybe... lets hope!

Two cheers for Natalie Portman for winning Best Actress, all of the nominees were well deserving of the award but Natalies grace, charisma, charm, and big Buddha belly took up the statue.

shut it down ladies

wow wow wow or in the words of stylist rachel zoe, "I DIE!"