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Thursday, December 14, 2006

Casting Call: Biggest Loser

Ccclapboard_50Do you want to rock out on New Year's Eve with Dick Clark, but find that your weight holds you back? Have you ever wanted to be America's Next Top Model, but knew you were just a little more plus-sized than the rest? Are you ready to shed those extra pounds once and for all, with the help of expert trainers and nutritionists?

Now's your chance -- The Biggest Loser is back! Producers are now casting Season Four of the hit NBC reality show.

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Nip/Tuck: Miami is So Last Year

19Nip/Tuck
Title: “Gala Gallardo”
First Aired: 12/12/06

Season Four is out the door, and I miss those crazy surgeons already. Nip/Tuck quite literally went out with a bang: murder, mutilation, heartbreak, and one finally-single-again Dr. Troy. Christmas came early!

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House: Physician, Heal Thyself!

Haus_4_1House
Title: “Merry Little Christmas”
First Aired: 12/12/06

FOX made a big mistake last week by airing a rerun of House. Don’t get me wrong: the mistake wasn’t in airing an old episode that was dull or obsolete. The blunder was in the airing of an old episode that puts the current season to shame. The episode boasted edgy flashbacks, fantasy-reality switcheroos, novel camera work, and drama that was close enough to the fictional main character’s heart and history to be meaningful and compelling to the real-life audience. This week’s All New! episode, by contrast, has House kinda sorta not really begging for pills and his boss kinda sorta not really threatening to fire him until he kinda sorta gets in trouble with the police again, which may or may not play out.

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Dec. 13: Peter Boyle Dies, Duchess Signs On for Dancing, Tricia Helfer Poses Nude

*Tricia Helfer hopes her Battlestar fans have a very merry Christmas [The Hollywood Gossip]
*USA introduces Nashville Star finalists [The Futon Critic]
*Everybody Loves Raymond's Peter Boyle dead at 71[TMZ]
*iTunes has your Veronica Mars fix [The Hollywood Gossip]
*The good doctors of Nip/Tuck are heading to Hollywood [Popbytes]
*The Duchess of York signs on for Dancing with the Stars 4 [Reality Blurred]

Peter Boyle: Hollywood Loses A Very Grumpy Legend

151351__boyle_l_2 Everybody Loves Raymond co-star Peter Boyle lost his long fight with multiple myeloma and heart disease on Tuesday evening, at the age of 71. The ubiquitous character actor made a living playing angry, crotchety, or just plain bizarre characters for nearly 40 years.

The Emmy winner took an unusual route into show biz, leaving his former life as a monk to pursue his dream. Yep, Raymond’s daddy was an actual Christian Brothers monk.

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Tonight's Picks: Wednesday, Dec. 13

American_gangster American Gangster - Ricky Ross
Narrated by Ving Rhames, this episode recounts the life and crimes of "Freeway" Ricky Ross, a Los Angeles-based crack-cocaine dealer. Was he the mastermind behind an international drug ring or just its pawn?

23456789 Top Chef - Social Service
The remaining chefs must create mouth-watering fare from leftover animal parts, including chicken feet, pigs' blood and lamb hearts. Chef Michelle Bernstein serves as guest judge.

Bones4 Bones - Judas on a Pole
Brennan and Booth investigate the murder of an ex-FBI agent who was working a case on corrupt members of a task force in the 1970s. Directed by David Duchovny. Guest starring Ryan O'Neal.

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