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Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Britney Spears Adds Bulimia & Bipolar Disorder To Already-Impressive Resume Of Problems

070226_spears_vmed_2pwidec The Britney Spears Experience has become quite a ride. Each new twist seems to eclipse the last. Now at least one source is reporting that Spears suffers from bulimia and bipolar disorder. These two conditions seem to compliment her multitude of other problems quite nicely. In case you’re keeping score at home, we’ve got alcoholism, drug addiction, postpartum depression, exhibitionism, and now bulimia and bipolar disorder.

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Tonight's Picks: Tuesday, March 13

Amheiress American Heiress -- Series Premiere on MyNetwork
It's Lost meets Days of Our Lives when a wealthy (and totally hot) heiress suffers a nasty plane crash in the middle of the jungle. With her private jet destroyed and her brother scheming to steal her millions, what's a poor heiress to do? Get out the claws.

Idol_3American Idol -- Performances
The 12 remaining hopefuls dust off their pipes, trying to convince the world they're worthy of the title "American Idol Finalist." Hilarity and vocal stylings will no doubt ensue.

21634_mThe Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll -- Episode #102
The nine remaining would-be dolls move into a glamorous Sunset Strip loft. The trio of critical thinkers includes judges Ron Fair, Robin Antin, and the always demure Lil' Kim. Watch as the girls are divided into groups, and asked to perform a different song and dance. Which cats can sing the best tune?

Rocknrollcircus2Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus -- The 1968 film airs on PBS
Finally released in 1996, this highly controversial rock documentary features old-school performances by The Stones, The Who, Marianne Faithfull, Eric Clapton, and many more music gods. This is how we used to roll, yo.

Casting Call: Strike a Pose, Hit the Catwalk, Be America's Next Top Model

Ccclapboard_46_5_9_1_1_16_12Admit it: It’s your dream to be a model. It’s time to hightail it to the San Francisco Bay Area and prove that you’ve got the stuff to wow the world.

America’s Next Top Model is holding open calls, and they need fresh, fabulous talent. Impress the one and only Tyra Banks, and you'll start your path to total model mania.

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MeeVee Video Top 5: Reality Shows, Raines Premiere

Reality American television is thriving in its "reality phase." More and more reality shows debut on the networks each month. As these recycled shows come and go, we all realize that they have one undeniable thing in common: TV reality is far from reality. People in the real world are not that beautiful. Some of us have crooked noses, yellow teeth, and receding hairlines. When are we gonna see a real reality show?

The answer: Probably never. And so, this week's Video Top 5 salutes some of the ubiquitous reality shows that entertain us "real" people daily. In addition to some web videos from reality shows, you can also watch Jeff Goldblum as he answers a barrage of random questions.

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Grease: You’re the One That I Want -- Elvises and Pelvises

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Title: Episode 9
First Aired: 3/11/07

It was a nail-biter of a night for legions of horrified Austin Miller fans, who found their contender voted into the Bottom Two Danny Zukos on the live semifinals installment of Grease: You're the One That I Want. In the end, “Psycho Danny” soccer stud Chad got greased during the last-ever Judges' Panel sentencing. That gusty breeze you heard whistling across the dark horizon was a vast collective sigh of relief.

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Totally Frakked: Battlestar Galactica -- Son Rise, Son Set, Son Match

Galactica_1_2 Battlestar Galactica
Title: The Son Also Rises
First Aired: 3/11/07

Q: On Battlestar Galactica, what do you call a bunch of dead lawyers?

A: Baltar’s legal defense team.

In the first episode following the shocking loss of Kara “Starbuck” Thrace, greasy little pimpstick Baltar is still causing mayhem for the handful of surviving humans he didn’t doom the first time around, when the Cylons laid waste to the Colonies.

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Amazing Race: All-Stars -- Journey to the End of Rob and Amber

27400502The Amazing Race: All-Stars
Title: “No Babies on the Race”

First Aired: 3/11/07
OMG, pray tell this isn’t a cruel dream -- Rob and Amber are All-Stars no more! Everybody’s most loathed reality TV couple lost their cool on this week’s Amazing Race: All-Stars, and shockingly, they were axed. It’s the end of Rob and Amber, at the end of the world -- "apropos" doesn’t really say it. In one of the greatest episodes in the Race’s history, the world watches greatness succumb to blatant arrogance. Ah, the sweet taste of a well-deserved elimination!

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Comedian Richard Jeni Dies In Apparent Suicide

021207_jeni_wi2 Journeyman comic Richard Jeni died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound on Saturday morning. The 49-year-old comedian was a regular on The Tonight Show, starred in three HBO comedy specials, and appeared in several films and TV shows, including -- most recently -- Everybody Hates Chris. Jeni’s girlfriend placed a desperate 911 call on Saturday morning:

My boyfriend just shot himself in the face.

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Tonight's Picks: Monday, March 12

Thp_103abrfThe Riches -- Series Premiere on FX
Minnie Driver and Eddie Izzard star in this devilishly offbeat dramedy about two American con artists living their version of the American dream. Witness a typical midlife crisis for the most atypical family since Twin Peaks.

111x71_1I Love New York -- Gettin' Hot in the Desert
New York and her four remaining boy toys hit Palm Springs with a vengeance. Witness the always classy New York smash and crash a golf cart and burn her weave on an ill-fated hot air balloon ride.

24sixjack75a01080724 -- 6 PM - 7 PM
Gritty cop show hottie Rick Schroder joins the cast as CTU newcomer Mike Doyle. Meanwhile, two highly unlikely enemies go toe-to-toe in a heart-pounding attempt to defuse an international situation. All in an hour's work for Jack ...

Casting Call: Hey Twins, Tyra Banks Wants to See Double!

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America’s Next Top Model guru and queen of The Tyra Banks Show is looking for feuding twins. Could you and your sibling be the dynamic duo Tyra and her team are searching for?

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