Suffice it to say, Shakira and Usher on The Voice works. NBC’s singing competition hit is pulling off a rare feat, increasing its ratings since the Season 4 premiere, with a switched-up judging panel to boot! Adam Levine and Blake Shelton are still holding it (and throwing it) down, but the show has not been dinged by the hiatus of Christina and Cee Lo. Three weeks in, The Voice is up 4 percent from the previous cycle, hitting a season high 13.7 million viewers and a 4.9 rating among adults 18-49 last night. The show still could tank as we head deeper into spring, but it certainly doesn’t look like it. In fact, Usher and Shakira are re-igniting the fire if anything. The blind auditions conclude this evening on NBC. Grade Usher and Shakira on The Voice: Love them! They’re great! They were okay. We’ll see if they improve. Not a fan! Get Christina and Cee Lo back in here ASAP! View Poll »
Spartacus keeps spurting out the nudecomers in its final season, with T-Ann Robson Manora baring it all this week as slave girl sexing up Caesar. It’s a great T-Ann-A scene, and not to look a gift hairpie in the merkin, but do you all remember the glorious first season of Spartacus when there was less fake fur blocking the view down below? Take this classic Season One scene from Viva Bianca . What happened, Spartacus ? Meanwhile, the season premiere of Mad Men brought us the pendulously peaked Jessica Pare wearing a bikini on the beach, a white bra while smoking a joint in the bedroom, plus a couple of great side boob shots from behind. Check out her Mad Mams in Hot Tube Time Machine (2010) if you want to get the full picture! See pics after the jump!
The ORH (that’s “Original Real Housewives”) are back as the Real Housewives of Orange County season 8 premieres! This season promises drama, babies, and lots of blonde headed women–and Heather–knocking back wine and ” champs ” on Bravo’s flagship franchise. With new cast member Lydia McLaughlin joining in and former cast member Lauri Peterson set to return this season, there’s sure to be some drama. This should be awesome. Vicki’s redecorating to celebrate Donn’s exit and Brianna and Ryan’s entrance. She’s ready to dive right into her role as grandmother. Plus 10 . A quick minus 5 for calling Brianna huge. Plus 3 for moving the furniture with her assistant instead of waiting for a man to help her and another plus 5 for the wine break while moving it! Still reeling from Slade comparing her to Miss Piggy during his stand-up gig last season, Vicki’s been working out in the off season. And by working out, we of course mean getting a nose job, cheek injections, and a chin implant. But hey, at least she’s not hiding behind “sinus surgery.” Plus 12 for honesty. Except she hasn’t told the other women. Her relationship with Brooks is “unsettled.” After hearing it from so many people, she finally started to see him for the opportunist he is. Can we keep New Vicki? I kind of like her right now. At Casa Dubrow, Heather’s planning a clambake for the ladies. All the ladies except Alexis. Since they don’t get along, Heather doesn’t want Alexis in her life. Plus 5? Minus 5? I can’t decide. So, both. We’ll call it a wash. Terry really, really likes onion rings. Plus 15 to Heather and Terry for being awesome together. Tamra and Eddie are co-habitating, with her kids, in preparation for their impending nuptials. She’s moving forward with her fitness studio with Eddie as an investor. They’re splitting things 51 and she likes to let him know. She also likes to let him know she hates his taste in decor. It does kind of suck. Oh, hooray! It’s baby day! Briana’s in the hospital. How long before Vicki will try to find a way to make this all about herself? Gretchen and Tamra are out shopping and Heather calls to let them know that Briana’s in labor. Heather suggests Tamra shoot Vicki a text and Tamra says she’ll text Briana instead. She and Vicki are still on the outs. Tamra hasn’t talked to Alexis either. Apparently, Alexis took offense to being called “Jesus Jugs” during the reunion show and she and Jim have thought about suing Tamra . Minus 8, Alexis. Tamra’s mean, but Alexis walked into everything she said. Briana’s been in labor for 18 hours. Still no baby yet. The doctors are talking c-section and Vicki’s freaking out. Baby Troy is here! Plus 50! He’s so tiny and cute and the little baby sneeze! Oh my god! The cute and I die!! Briana makes babies and Gretchen can’t figure out how to make coffee. Minus 8 . Slade has a new job as a radio DJ and without him there, Gretchen’s morning routine is suffering. Minus 10 more for good measure. Now that Slade has a real job, Gretchen has hired Cindy to help her manage her business and life. But Cindy is no Slade. The Bellinos have moved into a new home, one which they own. But Alexis and Jim keep arguing about how to decorate the space. Alexis wants to change the art and Jim takes the opportunity to ask her what she knows about art. He’s such an ass. Minus 12. Alexis maintains that she was bullied by the other women last year. That they intentionally attacked her repeatedly because she was weaker than they were. She knows about Heather’s clambake and knows that she wasn’t invited. She’s not ready to be around those women and Jim agrees that Alexis is right to avoid them all. While preparing for the clambake, Heather’s micro-managing the people she hired to design and plan the party. Minus 7. She’s also putting Tamra and Vicki across from each other at the table without bothering to find out if they’re even talking. Eddie and Tamra are picking up Gretchen and Gretchen’s nervous about seeing Vicki. Vicki’s also nervous about seeing the other women but plans to be honest about the work she had done. At Heather’s house, the chef Heather hired has prepared a meal that’s making my mouth water. Terry asks about onion rings. Again. Tamra, Gretchen, and Eddie arrive at Heather’s house and after her last shindig, Heather has hired bodyguards. Minus 8 for overkill. Heather has Gretchen seated next to Vicki and she and Tamra immediately go to work to try to needle Heather into changing the seating chart. Heather’s not budging. Tamra and Gretchen also think that Vicki hasn’t actually broken up with Brooks like she says she has. What happened to honesty, Vicki? Vicki has arrived and she’s ready to be a bitch to Tamra if Tamra’s a bitch to her. Cat fight! Bring it on, ladies! EPISODE TOTAL: +37 SEASON TOTAL: +37
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It’s a day many fans of The Real Housewives of Atlanta never dreamed they would see: NeNe Leakes and Kim Zolciak have buried their very contentious habit. The two are BFFs again!!! “Just had the best chat wit @Kimzolciak!” Leakes Tweeted yesterday. “Now I see @BrielleZolciak is following me! I just pulled off the road 2 cry. This is 2 much.” Added Zolciak of the chat between close pals-turned-enemies: “My heart is at such peace @neneleakes best chat ever! See u soon! #onwardandupward.” Season 2 of Kim’s spinoff, Don’t Be Tardy… , premieres April 16 on Bravo. And now the reality star has a second reason to be thrilled, as she just could not contain herself on Twitter: “I must say I am very happy too that @neneleakes and I had a heart to heart! We made a pact!” And we’re sure that pact has nothing at all to do with ratings.
The Houston Astros will open the season this Sunday, making their first appearance as an American League team after switching from the National League during the offseason. While the switch allows them an extra hitter in the form of a DH, nobody expects that to matter. Why? Because the Astros have the lowest salary in baseball. Their salary is so low, in fact, that injured third baseman Alex Rodriguez is making more than the entire team in Houston! And he may not even see the field this year! Yikes! A-Rod is the highest-payed player in the Majors, and he plays for the New York Yankees, who have had the biggest salary in baseball for fifteen years running! In fact, the Yankees have four of the top six highest-payed players on their roster, with a projected total salary of $228 million, compared to the Astros’ measly $25. The Yankees tried to void A-Rod’s contract of $29 million per year after he was under investigation for PED use. But that didn’t happen, and now Rodriguez is on the disabled list while his hip surgery recovery will keep him out for at least half the season. So the Yankees are paying almost 10 times more for their team than the Astros! Is this getting out of hand? Should Major League Baseball finally institute a salary cap? Heck yeah, level the playing field a bit! No way, the more you pay, the better you play! View Poll »
Bossip’s Ryan Hankley sits down with Rashidah Ali of Love & Hip Hop New York Season 3… to talk about her stabbing incident, crazy hair color, and more.
With the sixth season of Mad Men set to premiere in just a few weeks, the big release on Netflix this week is the complete fifth season. It’s technically non-nude, but with Jessica Par
Steve Jobs is somewhat of a sacred cow. And with every sacred cow, there’s gonna be someone making fun of it. With two dueling Steve Jobs movies in the works– jOBS starring Ashton Kutcher famously being the first one to be released, while the Aaron Sorkin film is still in production– Funny or Die has announced that the comedy website will in fact release the first Steve Jobs biopic. Sneaky. The movie, called iSteve , will run about 60-75 minutes and star Justin Long in the title role. According to writer/director Ryan Perez, the started as a fake trailer and escalated into a full movie. It too three days to write and five days to shoot, with most of the biographical information coming from Wikipedia. Should be a pretty interesting experiment. Watch iSteve on Funny or Die beginning April 15.
Christina Aguilera is taking this season off from The Voice, but she still made quite an appearance last night at an event for the hit NBC show. The singer and her noticeably thinner figure turned heads at the Season 4 premiere screening at the TCL Chinese Theater in L.A. Take a look below: In a little black-and-white dress that showed off the weight she’s lost – not to mention legs accentuated by Louboutin heels – Xtina looked fabulously toned. Aguilera, whose over-the-top style, curvy figure and dramatic makeup provided frequent comment fodder on The Voice, also toned down the makeup a bit. Speaking briefly with reporters outside, Aguilera was coy on when, and if, she’ll return to the show she helped make a smash hit for three seasons. “I can’t say anything right now. I can only do what feels right for me in the moment, and this is why I love the show, and why I’m coming back in support.” She certainly leaves the people wanting more. With Aguilera and fellow mentor Cee-Lo also out for Season 4, they’ve been replaced by Usher and Shakira, who join Blake Shelton and Adam Levine. Her advice for Shakira in particular? “You know, it is a juggling act, it’s a balancing act to take on your responsibility in front of the camera, and then be Mommy behind,” said Aguilera. “Shakira seems like a tough girl that can hold her own, especially with these boys!”
