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The Bachelorette Season Finale: LIVE Recap

We’re down to the final two on The Bachelorette. The last two men standing: hot speed racer Arie Luyendyk, Jr . and skateboarding cutie Jef Holm . Which one of these men has stolen bachelorette Emily Maynard’s heart? Find out NOW in our THG LIVE Recap! If you don’t want to wait, you can always check out The Bachelorette Spoilers , but we think you’ll want to stick around for this. Chris Harrison reminds us that this is a super special finale with a super special After the Rose special! Yay for three hours of Emily Maynard! Minus 8 Curacao. It must suck to be there, right? And to be in love with two guys while there? That’s tough. Oooh look, Ricki sighting! Plus 5. Jef’s meeting the family, including the future sister-in-law, but not Ricki. And he brought flowers for her mom. What a sweetheart. Plus 10. Mom’s a little leery because Brad really stole HER heart. She’s going to grill Jef about Ricky and how he feels about being a dad. Jef’s ready to be a dad and wants to marry Emily. I’m totally Team Jef right now. Plus 20. Oooh, now big brother’s going to grill Jef. Except they end up talking about Rick, her late fiance’ and father of her child. Which is a little odd. But big brother’s impressed, so score one for Jef with one F. Plus 8 . Jef wants Daddy’s blessing before he proposes to Emily if she’s the one he chooses. Daddy gives the blessing and says it’s obvious they care about each other. Hooray for Jef! Plus 10 . Emily underestimated just how much her family would like Jef and says she hopes they have to meet Arie tomorrow. Then she says she hopes they’re open-minded and for half a second I wonder if she wants to choose them both. Which would definitely be a first for The Bachelorette . Back in the studio audience, Chris Harrison says this is one of the most dramatic finales in Bachelorette history. And now it’s Arie’s turn to meet the family. Arie didn’t bring flowers for Mom. Minus 3 . Dad says Arie has his work cut out for him and he isn’t sure why they’re going through with meeting another guy today. Arie tries to make small talk about fishing and then he just keeps on talking. And no one else talks. This is just not going well. Minus 4 . Arie DID bring flowers! All of the roses Emily gave him this season. Now I’m Team Arie! Plus 6. Mom gets Arie alone to talk and Arie drops that he’s dated a single mom before. Mom’s impressed! And now she loves Arie, too. Plus 7. Big Brother says Arie’s a smooth talker and worries that he’s not in this for the right reasons. The smile plastered on his face says that he’s not buying what Arie’s selling. After their talk, Big Brother is confused. Arie tells Dad that Emily’s the love of his life and asks for his blessing. Dad gives it. Plus 10. Arie and Emily make out for a bit and then she calls him “Honey.” Awww. Plus 2. Emily’s sitting down with her family to see what they think of the two guys. None of them can pick one guy over the other. Emily says she’s in love and that she loves both of them in different ways. She wanted help choosing which of them would be better with Ricki and they didn’t have any answers. Mom encourages her to hold off on an engagement until she’s seen how the guy she chooses is with Ricki. Plus 10. Mother knows best. Now Emily’s not sure she’s ready to get engaged when this is all over and isn’t sure if any of the guys we’ve seen this season has been the one for her. What have we been DOING all summer? Minus 3. Chris Harrison asks the studio audience who they think is best for Emily. While they clearly cheer more loudly for Jef, Chris pretends they were split evenly. Minus 2 . Another Ricki sighting! Ricki’s favorite place on this jet-setting adventure has been Curacao. Mine too, Ricki. Mine too. It’s Jef and Emily’s last date. Jef sees everything in Emily that he’s ever wanted to see in the woman he’d spend his life with, but says that there’s one big obstacle in the way: Meeting Ricki. Emily says she’s stressed and Jef says he’s not stressed at all. Jef brings up the fact that he hasn’t met Ricki yet and says that he thinks about her every day, even if he’s never met her. Plus 10. Emily says it’s just a big decision. Jef asks how she’d feel if the roles were reversed. She says it would be weird. And then they stop talking and it’s awkward. Minus 12. Emily decides to introduce Jef to Ricki because she “has all the faith in the world” that this time will be different. Plus 4.

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Madonna Swastika Use: Run Back in Paris, Likely to Result in Lawsuit

It’s all fun and games until someone flashes a Swastika in concert. During a concert in Tel Aviv earlier this year, Madonna aired a video that included a shot of the infamous Nazi symbol, using it as a way to call out National Front leader Marine Le Pen, a political leader with extraordinarily conservative views. She then did so again in Paris on Saturday, with 70,000 attendees looking on, and will likely now face legal consequences.

Marissa Mayer Named Chief Executive of Yahoo

Marissa Mayer is leaving Google for its major competitor. One of the top players at the top search engine on the planet, Mayer was named chief executive of Yahoo today, instantly bumping her way up on the corporate America food chain and making her possibly the most prominent woman in Silicon Valley. She had been listed as employee number-20 at Google. An engineer by trade, Mayer was considered responsible for many of Google’s best-known features, from its simple homepage design to Gmail to Google News and Images. Her appointment as the President of Yahoo is considered a significant get for a company trying to compete with Google and Facebook. She begins her new gig tomorrow. Referring to Yahoo as “one of the best brands on the Internet,” Mayer showed appreciation for her time at Google but told The New York Times in an interview: “It was a reasonably easy decision.”

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The Bachelorette Recap: Time To Kiss And Tell All

Tonight the men spill the secrets of this season of The Bachelorette and single mom, Emily Maynard. They’ll talk douchebaggery and heartbreak. There might even be man tears. But will they spill the biggest secret of all? That is, will they spoil which man won Emily’s heart ? Well, no. Probably not. Oh well. The big teases. Chris Harrison, a.k.a. Mr. Hostman, (get it? Mr. Hostman? Mr. Postman? Bring me a dream …okay, I’ll stop.) reminds us that the finale will be Sunday and Arie and Jef will be absent from tonight’s tell-all. But we’ll get plenty of Kalon and Ryan. Joy. Before we meet the men, Chris and Emily dish on the season. They start out rehashing Ryan’s fantastic first date and following it up with every awful thing he said all season. I had such high hopes for him in the beginning. And then his ego got bigger than his heart. Minus 7. And then we get a recap of Kalon and Emily’s “West Virginia Hood Rat” send-off. He was absolutely horrifying. Minus 4 for not getting rid of him sooner. Oh, Doug. Poor Doug. And that awful, awful excuse for a kiss. What, is he 12? Minus 2 . Emily has quite the potty mouth, judging by the outtake from her date with Joe. And Travis kept Shelly the Egg in a bed. He even asked her to sing “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.” To the egg. And she didn’t send him home immediately? Minus 8 . Arie’s two younger brothers were peering through the bushes while they made out. Plus 12 . If you want to know why Chris finally went home, look no further than his lack of moves. Dance moves. Oh look! ABC’s plugging the upcoming Bachelor Pad with the one and only Kalon McMahon. And Chris. And was that Single Dad Tony I saw? Finally, Chris calls the guys and their spray tans to the stage! Seriously, the gym, tan, laundry that took place before this reunion show must have been epic. Minus 2 Sean’s the first one to call Emily a goddess. And it only takes about two seconds for John “Wolf” to rip on Kalon for his helicopter entrance. Chris Harrison says that any time you have 25 guys and one hot blonde together, you’ll get “drama, jealousy, and a little bit of crazy.” It’s clear they didn’t like Kalon from the get-go, thought Doug was the House Dad, and thought Ryan was cocky. Plus 12 . Chris says he was immature because he loved Emily so much. All of his man tears were from the heart. Minus 6. He’s still all offended by the talk that 25 year olds weren’t old enough for Emily. The older guys still think he was being ridiculous. Kalon’s convinced his helicopter entrance was completely cool. The guys all call him on it. He says he wasn’t himself after a few weeks and neither was anyone else. Charlie checks him and says he was upset that Kalon stuck around longer than he did because he was himself 100% of the time. Points to Charlie. Plus 8. Apparently, the guys should’ve just found Kalon confident and not narcissistic. Oh, and he’s really good friends with Chris and Tony now that they’ve all done Bachelor Pad together. How…nice? Kalon’s in the hot seat with Chris Harrison. (Does that sound like a late-night talk show or what?) In the recap reel of Kalon’s time on the show, it’s amazing how big of an a$$hole he was. Amazing. Kalon and Chris clarify that he didn’t know that single mom Emily was the bachelorette when they signed up and he felt like backing out after learning that would’ve said more about him than going forward with it. Chris point blank asks Kalon if Kalon thought he was rude to Emily in London. Kalon says “obviously it’s a very unique scenario and some people thrive and some people don’t.” Kalon, THAT IS NOT AN ANSWER. Minus 30. The guys just do not like him. That’s clear. Ryan’s the most spray-tanned of them all tonight and he’s in Chris’ hot seat next. Ryan says he’s confident in himself and that’s part of his success in life. Chris is shaking his head. He clearly disagrees. I disagree with how much bronzer Ryan’s wearing. Minus 12 . Chris asks Chris to clarify why he was shaking his head and Ryan just keeps interrupting him, mostly just to get under Chris’ skin. Chris Harrison asks “Is there a chance that you might just be an arrogant ass?” Ryan’s answer? “No.” Minus 15 . Ryan interrupts contestant Chris a couple more times and then Host Chris lets everyone know that Ryan will not be the next Bachelor. Thank Cheez-Its. Plus 10. Contestant Chris hits the floor. Host Chris reminds us all that this young whippersnapper was the first to say he was falling in love with Emily. He looks grumpy watching through his recap. I guess all those ladies on Bachelor Pad were just rebounds. Minus 3 . And the man tears are on the verge of flowing. Minus 13 . It seems that no one can understand why Sean didn’t make it to the final two. So he’s in the hot seat next. Poor guy. He still has feelings for Emily and never thought she’d send him home. He was ready to be a dad. I feel pretty awful for the dude. They would’ve made some pretty blonde-headed babies together. Oh look! Emily’s here! Tony has to hug her. She better go wipe off those Bachelor Pad cooties. This is the first time she’s seen any of the guys since they were cut. She did the ugly cry when she watched the episode where she had to let Sean go. Then she says “What girl wouldn’t want Sean?” Well, you wouldn’t Emily. Minus 13. Chris repeats everything Sean said, nearly verbatim. Apparently Emily’s really good at opening men’s eyes. Emily addresses the awkward kiss with Doug and then thanks him for reporting on Kalon’s shady behavior. Without him, she could’ve ended up engaged to Kalon! After Kalon spouts off something that was supposed to be an apology, she says he should become a politician. Because he’s really good at bulls******g. Plus 12 Emily! Kalon quips that he wouldn’t have her vote. And we all (did not) guffaw. Chris H. asks Emily about Ryan. They had fun together, but their values just didn’t line up. They seem amicable. Plus 4. The blooper reel reveals more of Emily’s potty mouth. And apparently she likes men who are tattooed and look slightly homeless. The tally so far: EPISODE TOTAL: -57 SEASON TOTAL: +114 Sunday night we’ll find out whether Emily will choose to spend the rest of her 15 minutes of fame life with Arie Luyendyk Jr. or Jef Holm. Which bachelor should Emily choose?

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Emily Maynard: Rejected on The Bachelorette Finale?!

As the Emily Maynard rumor mill turns … According to a tabloid report, The Bachelorette star herself was shot down on the finale by one of her two remaining hopefuls, Arie Luyendyk, Jr. and Jef Holm. If that’s true, which we doubt, it would make her choice a lot easier! In Touch “reveals” (i.e. fabricates) today that the man who proposes to Emily Maynard on the season finale Sunday, July 22, was not her first choice. “He won by default,” an insider spills . Supposedly. The man who captured Emily’s heart rejected her at the penultimate hour, according to the insider, in an emotional scene filmed for The Bachelorette season finale. Emily was enjoying a date with one of her final two candidates – read The Bachelorette spoilers to see who wins – when he got a sudden case of cold feet. “He said, ‘I don’t think we know each other nearly enough to even be entertaining this; I don’t think we should get engaged,’” says the insider. “She was crying and begging him to reconsider,” says the insider, who says the single mom even blurted out, “You’re the one I want to pick!” This bombshell revelation, which would run contrary to everything he’s said so far, is allegedly followed by her dream man walking off for good. Whether viewers will get to watch this shocking twist play out on air is still uncertain – convenient, as this story may be BS. Also convenient? Despite being ditched by her dream man in stunning fashion, Emily is now happily engaged and living with the other finalist this season. Whatever works … for her and good celebrity gossip . Regardless of whether any of this is true, who do you think is a better fit for her, Arie Luyendyk Jr. or Jef Holm ? Vote in THG’s poll below!

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Jef Holm on The Bachelorette: Playing Hard to Get With Emily Maynard

Jef Holm (with one F) says taking it slow with Emily Maynard and making her pursue him too was his plan from the start on ABC’s The Bachelorette. The 27-year-old entrepreneur – like Arie Luyendyk, Jr. and Sean Lowe – is rumored to be a finalist this summer, and spoke about it with reporters. Emily’s alleged final three (according to The Bachelorette spoilers , anyway) have all given interviews while still on the show, a first for the TV franchise. Here are some things Jef Holm shared about his pursuit of Emily: On taking it easy : “Every guy was going full steam ahead for Emily, surrounding and swarming her. That’s not how I am with girls. I was the only guy who played it cool. I wanted her to know she’d have to fight for and pursue me, too.” On not kissing Emily until London : “I wasn’t ready to take it to the next level. If we developed feelings, I want them to [go] both ways.” “We started off slowly but we developed a really good friendship. As time goes on, that friendship turns into more and more of a romance.” On falling for Emily Maynard : “She’s the most amazing girl I’ve ever met.” “I had no idea how well spoken and smart she is. She’s a great mom – patient, loving, good in difficult situations, composed, sassy, sarcastic. And she’s gorgeous.” “She’s always herself and doesn’t care if cameras are watching her.” On potentially being a stepfather : “I would love to skateboard and play soccer with [Ricki] and that’s something Emily and I connected over.” “I can’t wait to be a dad. At this point on the show, in Prague, I could definitely see myself being a father to Ricki and a husband to Emily. On his competition : “There were some amazing guys there. I think the world of Arie. Sean Lowe is a faithful, genuine guy. Chris and Doug are great.” On whether he’d be The Bachelor : “I learned a lot about myself and met an amazing person so I’m glad I went … but probably not.” Who do you think Emily should choose?

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