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Jack Black gets nutty on Yo Gabba Gabba. (Here, sans camel toe.)We all know TV is NOT recommended for kids under 2, right? Right? At least, that’s what the American Academy of Pediatrics has been mandating for the last few years. That doesn’t actually stop parents from letting their little ones watch TV. Heck, Kavya gets plenty of small screen exposure, given the fact that I make my living working from home in my pajamas, writing mostly about TV. It can’t be helped.
In fact, lately, at 9 months old, I’ve noticed she pays …

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The second season of of the annoyingly ubiquitous MTV hit Jersey Shore – which the network had considered relocating to a hipper beach town, like Miami — is staying in the Dirty Jerz after all. Snooki, the Situation, JWoww, and the rest of the gang will head down south to Miami for a few fun-filled days before decamping back to their Seaside Heights, NJ, beach house. All new episodes begin airing July 29 on MTV.
Which means another season’s worth of har-de-har-har “I can’t believe you’re from there” jokes for this …

Tweet WHO WILL BE THE NEXT FOOD NETWORK STAR?
Happy to report that season five of the Next Food Network Star kicks off June 7th.
With four contestants from LaLaland, it would seem California cuisine is in this season.
Sadly, there isn’t much diversity in this bunch — the majority are white, though we’ve got a Korean-American celeb caterer and an African-American personal chef whose specialty is Caribbean cuisine.
Oddly, it seems the network is hoping to cash in on the popularity of last season’s quirky-cute runner-up Adam Gertler — two of the All-American …

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Variety reported today that as part of cost-cutting measures mandated by the networks, TV shows are slashing their writing budgets, reducing once-bloated writing staffs sometimes by half (if not more). This blow comes on the heels of a Writers Guild strike that has contributed to a major change in the way the networks develop and staff shows — the concept of “staffing season” as we knew it (or not) is quickly disappearing, along with the multi-million dollar development deals that high-level writers had grown accustomed to.
Back in the day, …

TweetThe Hills Hottie Gets In the Family Way Worried about what the Hills star Lauren Conrad will do for an encore once her fifth — and final — season of the MTV reality hit ends? 
Well, fans can relax — turns out Lauren's Plan B includes a successful career in voiceover. In fact, a brief three-line cameo on Family Guy two years ago went so swimmingly that creator Seth MacFarlane asked Lauren to make a repeat performance.
So this Sunday, Lauren shows up to shatter Brian's stuff illusions about how dumb …

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Tori Spelling’s Mommy Issues
TheDailyBeast.com
April 2009
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You’ve commented that Jessica Alba, who had her daughter Honor Marie two days before you had Stella, was back in her pre-baby body two weeks after giving birth, while you could barely move. Did you feel pressure after your pregnancy ended to be physically perfect?
When I wrote Mommywood I was still losing my baby weight, so when I talked about the pressure, yes, it was very much there. It took [Jessica Alba] two weeks to get back to her pre-baby …

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Tori Spelling’s Mommy Issues
TheDailyBeast.com
April 2009
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With a new memoir on parenting, the TV scion turned reality star dishes on her feud with her mother, Candy, her kids’ love of paparazzi, and her return to 90210.
Tori Spelling has survived a lot longer than most people thought she would. After a decade on her father’s young-adult juggernaut, Beverly Hills, 90210, she, like the rest of the teen-idol cast, spent a decade in relative oblivion. But then something changed—not in Tori, but in pop culture. TV veered sharply into high-drama, …

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This week, you can check out a short piece I wrote about Supernatural stars Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles for American Way.
I have to admit, the whole time I was interviewing the boys, all I could think about was — steak.
Perhaps it has something to do with Ackles own particular brand of
Texas-drawl smooth-talking. “Oh, you’ve got to check out Nick and Sam’s
steakhouse in Dallas,” he told me, and I could practically hear him
drooling. “I get as big as a filet as I possibly can, some steak fries
and maybe …

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Don’t Mess with Texans
American Way
April 2009
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DON’T MESS WITH TEXANS
They may live and work in Vancouver, but Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki left their stomachs in the Lone Star State.
Just how close are Supernatural costars Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki? So close that they decided to buy a home together in Vancouver, where they film the show. But these roommates share more than just a mortgage: Both guys hail from Texas, and they credit their similar Southern upbringings with their instant connection. “Texas is its own country,” says Ackles, …

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Changing Her Colors
American Way
April 2009
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Forget the schmaltzy, feel-good fare: Amber Tamblyn’s tackling some tough stuff in her latest series.
Amber Tamblyn is shedding her PG past. Until now, she’s been busy talking to God (on CBS’s Joan of Arcadia) and sticking by her BFFs (in the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants movies). But the 25-year-old is finally ready to tackle some adult material. We’re not talking about anything too crazy, mind you. For instance, you won’t be seeing Tamblyn, who is a bit of a brainiac and reads The …