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It’s been a long time since I’ve posted and now here’s a long one! For awhile my silence was partially because it was Winter and a lot of the good shows ended or went on hiatus and pretty much the only thing on was Beauty and the Geek. It’s also been because I’ve been immersed in writing my new book. But now there is SO MUCH TO WATCH it is really quite ridiculous. I’m currently following The

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...or the taxi driver!That's a quote from one of the models -- I never did learn to distinguish one from the other -- as they finished up the last leg of The Amazing Race. And thanks to God, or the Taxi Driver, they won... Sort of a boring finish, but as the guys would say, whatever dude. I'm glad I don't have to listen to Rob and his girlfriend argue anymore... good luck to them if they get

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I was sorry to see The Barbies go this week on The Amazing Race. I was hoping they'd win and show the world that you can be blonde and not dumb, but it seems they showed the world you can be blonde and overconfident. (They fell behind last week when they drove past the turnoff they needed while they were chuckling to themselves on how well they were doing.) Anyway, somehow the three couples left

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The end of The Bachelor (I liked Lorenzo, but could they not put him opposite some women who were a little more mature?)I'm guessing Jen gets the loan of the ring until her father chases Lorenzo off with his gun and Sadie rides of crying in the limo thankful her virginity is intact.)Getting hooked on Heroes after The Bachelor ends.Getting through the winter without Project Runway or Dancing With

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It's a dreary Monday night with no Wifeswap and no Bachelor on tonight. Fie on those Country Music Awards! I miss Prince Lorenzo. If you ask me, none of the women are right for him. An uninspired bunch. Anyway...Up on the Girlfriend's Cybercircuit is Laurie Stolarz, whose YA novel BLEED has just come out.As Laurie describes is: Over the course of a single day, the lives of ten teenagers will

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So the very unpleasant Jeffrey won Project Runway. I did like his collection the best (the artist can make beautiful things even if the artist is not a beautiful person) but do I want to have to see him on future shows making little guest appearances with his ugly neck tatoo? And can someone please explain to me how finding a receipt can determine whether he had other people help him sew his

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The next couple who be back next week...Congratulations...In no particular order...You're still in the running...Joey Lawrence and Edyta Sliwinskato be America's Next Top ModelThe couple who will not be returning next week.will immediately pack her bags...Vivica Fox and Nick Kosovich...Monique"It's all good!" (Viveca)"This was a waste of time..." (Monique) HOW IS A PERSON SUPPOSED TO WATCH TWO

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If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?(Comment overheard under the hair dryer at the Dazzling Do’s in Karin Gillespie's new novel DOLLAR DAZE.)Up this week on the GCC tour is our co-founder Karin Gillespie. (So I want to do a good job here, and I will try not to digress into writing about the multitude of shows I've watched over the past couple days. Her novel is DOLLAR DAZE, and it has a

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How is a person supposed to watch the results show for Dancing With the Stars, the two hour premiere of America's Next Top Model AND The Biggest Loser all at once? Actually, I think there is something cosmic about going back and forth between the anorexic models and the chubbies trying to lose weight. Maybe they should do a show called The Biggest Gainers -- skinny people trying to put on a few

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I saw STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP (is that bulky title or what?) last night and it put me in a cranky mood. I like Amanda Peet, but was she high or something? That show made me cranky. It was just so... so... so... WHAT? Umm.... arrogant! There were too many successful people being successful. (I'm not sure if I'm talking about the creators or the actors or the characters, but whatever.) And it

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The next day you’re out. And the next day you’re in again.I missed writing about the last two shows, but in a way it doesn’t matter, because Vincent Libretti and Angela Keslar were brought back. I was not too thrilled to see them. Neither were the remaining designers, of course. Heidi Klum said something like, “they wanted to make sure the right people won.” We all know Angela and Vincent are not

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It’s time again for Dancing With the Stars, and once again I found I had to overcome a huge amount of shame and embarrassment at the idea of watching this show. Whenever a family member passed through the room I'd pretent to flip some channels just to throw them off my scene. Last week, when I saw the line up of sub-lebrities, I thought that this time around would be blah and the show would lose

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Confessions of a Super Mom by Melanie Lynn Hauser is up this week on the GCC, and it sounds like a fun read. Birdie Lee is an average hard-working single mother of two teenagers, PTA lackey, and mild-mannered grocery clerk at the local Marvel Fine Foods and Beverages. One morning, while getting ready for work, Birdie is sidetracked by a stubborn Stain of Unusual Origin on her bathroom floor.

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There's a 20 questions Q & A with me on Popgurls, a fabulous pop culture-crazed website. They asked me some scary questions, like Do you avoid writing sex scenes because your kids might think you're writing about their dad?pop culturepop-culture

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The less than illustrious stars who will be dancing on the guilty pleasure reality show DANCING WITH THE STARS will be Mario Lopez, Emmitt Smith, Harry Hamlin, Shanna Moakler, Joey Lawrence, Willa Ford, Jerry Springer, Vivica A. Fox, Sara Evans, Tucker Carlson, and Monique Coleman. I find the women to be particularly unexciting. The only one I've heard of is Viveca Fox, and I don't see that there

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Up this week on the GCC Tour is Anne Frasier, who likes to make your skin crawl. Her new novel is PALE IMMORTAL. Welcome to Tuonela, a sleepy Wisconsin town haunted by events of 100 years ago, when a man who may have been a vampire slaughtered the town's citizens and drank their blood. Now, another murderer is killing the most vulnerable...and draining their bodies of blood.Watch the music video,

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I am proud to say that I'm in a collection of stories that's just been published called THIS IS CHICK-LIT. The other authors are Jennifer Coburn, Harley Jane Kozak, Ariella Papa, Cara Lockwood, Kayla Perrin, Karen Siplin, Deanna Carlyle, Lauren Baratz-Logsted, Heather Swain, Caren Lissner, Julie Kenner, Karin Gillespie, Andrea Schicke Hirsch, Gena Showalter, Raelynn Hillhouse, Johanna Edwards,

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Up this week on the GCC is Ellen Meister, author of SECRET CONFESSIONS OF THE APPLEWOOD PTA, which sounds like so much fun. It's about three women in a Long Island suburb whose friendship is tested when Hollywood comes to town to film a George Clooney movie. And totally exciting -- she has a blurb from Lisa Kudrow."The best time I've had in years. Ellen Meister's characters are so funny, smart,

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The task last night on Project Runway was for the designers to make an outfit for the mothers (and in a couple cases sisters) of the other designers. Of course, these were "real people," not size 0 young things, and this proved to be the biggest challenge of all -- even harder than last week's challenge of using garbage to make a dress. The results were incredibly ugly. I mean yuck. Really bad. I

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I was away last week, but am all caught up on Project Runway. God knows, they rerun the episodes so many times it's almost impossible to avoid them. I am actually a little bit mad at the Project Runway powers-that-be right now, so I can't even comment on last week's show. (Except to say can you please tell me how Bradley Baumkirchner can really be so ignorant about who Cher is?) But what I really

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Next up on the GCC is Diana Peterfreund, whose novel Secret Society Girl takes us into the heart of the Ivy League’s ultra-exclusive secret societies when a young woman is invited to join as one of their first female members. I asked Diana the usual questions...Are you a TV watcher?No. In fact, I haven't had TV in more than a year. We have a set at our house, but it only plays DVDs. It doesn't

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So Keith was kicked off Project Runway. Just when I was really enjoying not liking him. Arrogant people are always so fascinating, plus the guy looks like a model. It's too bad... and I bet the producers didn't want to have to let him go either. But as we know, this was not his first infraction. He didn't design an outfit for his dog last episode, either. The guy is just "above" the rules. On the

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Up this week on the GCC is Martha O'Connor, whose novel THE BITCH POSSE is coming out in paperback. My novel YOU COULD DO BETTER is theoretically out today! However, I did not see it at my local bookstore. Maybe sometime soon, though...Now back to our regularly scheduled programming.THE BITCH POSSE has been described as a taut, psychological thriller and is the story of three girlfriends. It goes

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Have I ever mentioned I love dogs? Five more days until YOU COULD DO BETTER is out in stores!And now back to our regularly scheduled programming...I had a dachsund when I was little, but we had to give him away because my brother was allergic. Anyway, I was delighted last night when the task was to design matching outfits for the models and little doggies. So cute. The main drama on the show

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A Native Oklahoman, Jennifer Lynn Barnes has been a competitive cheerleader, a volleyball player, a dancer, a debutante, a primate cognition researcher, a teen model, a comic book geek, and a lemur aficionado.Eight more days until YOU COULD DO BETTER is out in stores! And now back to our regularly scheduled programming... Jennifer wrote her novel GOLDEN when she was 19. GOLDEN, a young adult

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I didn't expect to like Malan. As a matter of fact I thought he was going to be one of the evil players this season. But he actually seemed kind of nice this episode, and he said how he was glad to have the chance to be meeting the other designers, and I thought "awww, how sweet." And I began to care for him when he mentioned how his mother told him when he was 13 that his designs would go

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A message from our SponsorYOU COULD DO BETTER is coming out August 1st. That's 13 more days!And now back to our regularly scheduled programming.Lauren Barnholdt's YA novel REALITY CHICK has a fun premise. Five college students shack up together to be filmed for a reality show. It's like REAL WORLD goes to college. It was a Teen People pick: “An oh-so-accurate portrayal of what goes on behind

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1. Who was the RCA executive whose determination to promote the development of TV earned him the title "Father of the American Television"?2. Who was the son of a Philadelphia cigar manufacturer who turned the CBS network into a money-making venture?3. Who was the first scientist to develop a working all-electronic television system?4. Who was the CBS newsman who set the standards for broadcast

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Did I actually watch The World Series of Pop Culture on VH1? Yes. Two nights in a row. Why am I being entertained by this? First of all, I was in shock to see that Pat Kiernan has a profile. I’m used to seeing him on NY 1 news, where he anchors in the morning. Does this count as his big break? Or has he now lost all credibility? Second of all, I saw that it takes place at the Ziegfeld Theatre in

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Joshilyn Jackson's second novel BETWEEN, GEORGIA is out and, like GODS IN ALABAMA, it's a number 1 Booksense pick. Joshilyn has been compared to Fannie Flagg, who was born in Alabama and is the author of the amazing book FRIED GREEN TOMATOES.(And used to be the lover of Rita Mae Brown, who outed her as a lesbian.)But I always will think of Fannie Flagg as an actress who used to be a contestant

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Next up on the GCC is Kyra Davis, whose new chicklit mystery novel PASSION, BETRAYAL AND KILLER HIGHLIGHTS is out. This is a follow-up to SEX, MURDER AND A DOUBLE LATTE. Kyra has been compared to Stephanie Plum, and is known for her sharp and funny writing. Kyra, who is half black and half Jewish, has had an interesting life. She was raised in my own hometown San Francisco, went to the Fashion

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Next up on the GCC tour is Sara Rosett. Her new novel MOVING IS MURDER is a mom lit mystery about a military spouse who runs a professional organizing business. Our heroine plans ahead, packs efficiently, and even color-codes the boxes. But nothing could prepare her for her new neighborhood… where one of her neighbors commits murder. Added bonus: evidently the novel is packed with helpful moving

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The most important thing you need to know about born and bred horror maven Deborah LeBlanc is that she's a licensed death scene investigator and an active member of two, national paranormal investigation teams. Her debut novel, FAMILY INHERITANCE, includes some of her experiences as a trained treateur (Cajun Healer), and her second novel, GRAVE INTENT, incorporates some of her unusual encounters

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SHANNA SWENDSON, author of ENCHANTED INC., has a new novel that's just come out called ONCE UPON STILETTOS. She lives in Dallas, TX, and her novel is about en ex-Texan whose moved to Manhattan where she's an executive at Magic, Spells, and Illusions, Inc. This is a paranormal-romantic-comedy-urban-romp-fairy-tale and the city book! She's also contributed to FLIRTING WITH PRIDE AND PREJUDICE and

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Is this freaky, or what? Yesterday I blogged about Alison Pace and her new novel Pug Hill. Today I find out that the next Bachelor has been announced for the ninth edition next Fall -- and he has his own company selling high end grooming products for dogs!According to the ABC press release, the new Bachelor, Prince Lorenzo Borghese, is "a handsome 33-year-old cosmetics entrepreneur" who is

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Alison Pace is the author of the novels IF ANDY WARHOL HAD A GIRLFRIEND and PUG HILL. She doesn't actually own a pug, but she has had twelve dogs over her lifetime, including: a St. Bernard, an English mastiff, a Scottish terrier, a Corgi, and three Chinese shar-peis. I did have a dachshund when I was, like, ten, and have never quite gotten over my parents making me give it away because my

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Because he was just a couple blocks from where I live and work, I went to check on David Blaine a few times last week. I saw him sleeping at the bottom of his bubble. Talking through the glass to fans who lined up to have their pictures taken with him. Handing his bag of pee to one of his helpers. I appreciated his suffering -- both for the entertainment value of seeing if he would die while on

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Alana Morales wrote a non-fiction book called Domestically Challenged. It's for Stay at Home Moms who want to get over the myth of needing to be the Super Mom. Considering my daughter is now telling me that when she has kids she's going to discipline them much more than I did (can you believe it?), I'm all for saying "no" to the Super Mom thing. Especially when it comes time to insist that I get

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The hair. What was with those brushed back bangs? What decade are we in? Does that still look good in the South? She must've consulted the same hair and make-up person who allowed Ace Young to appear in a pony tail last week. Let this be a warning to the remaining contestents. Only Chris Daughtry is immune, since he doesn't have any hair, so I guess I'm predicting a winner here...Kellie

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I saw five minutes of Pepper Dennis tonight. It was just so stupid, I couldn't watch. It should've been a satire of itself, but instead it was trying to be funny by being just what it was -- a comedy about a TV news reporter. Is that really interesting to anyone? I recommend renting Anchorman with Will Ferrell instead. The most interesting thing was watching Brooke Burns, who used to be on

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I saw AMERICAN INVENTOR for the first time last night. It was sort of amusing to see the INVENTIONS, but unfortunately there were also the AMERICANS to contend with. What is happening to us, people? Judging by the reactions of the contestents whose mediocre-to-lousy inventions are turned down (reminiscent of the lousy singers who are rejected on American Idol auditions) all Americans seem to

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Yet another writer on the Girlfriend's Cyber Circuit is not into television. What's with all these authors? You'd think they were into, like, books and reading and stuff... Natalie was born in Utah, raised as a Mormon, and uses (and scrutinizes) that background as material. Her novel SISTERWIFE came out in 2003 from Zumaya Publications and her thriller WIVES AND SISTERS was published by St.

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Next up on the Girlfriend's Cybercuit Tour is Young Adult author E. Lockhart, and no, I don't know what the E. stands for -- very mysterious. In the bio on her website E. says she has a tattoo, cuts her own hair, has worn the same perfume since high school (Kiehl's Chinese Flowers). Most exciting, though, is that she has two Betty & Veronica dolls in her office. I want those! I love Betty &

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Janice Dickinson was her usual entertaining self when she visited America’s Next Top Model last week. (I know, I'm a little behind, but I teach my novel writing class on Wednesday nights so I can only see the show in reruns...) She gave a lesson on “editorial” vs. “commercial” poses. Editorial, if I got this right, is a more serious, edgy Diva look -- the kind of shots where models seem to be

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Tanya Lee Stone is up next on the Girlfriend Cyber Circuit Tour. Her young adult novel A BAD BOY CAN BE GOOD FOR A GIRL sounds totally intriguing. As she puts it: Why are so many women attracted to the “bad” boy? You know him—you went to high school with one, and maybe were involved with that boy yourself. He’s the golden boy, maybe a star athlete, and always in the “in” crowd. And he is BAD with

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Author of YOUR BIG BREAK Johanna Edwards is my guest this week on the Girlfriend's Cyber Circuit. Johanna wrote THE NEXT BIG THING, a bestselling novel about a woman who goes on a weight loss reality show. And this was before The Big Loser was ever on. I read the book, and it's lots of fun! Her next one sounds great too. It's about a woman who "breaks people up" for money. But company rule #5 (do

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Next author up on the Girlfriend's Cyber Circuit tour is Cindy Cruciger. She says her novel is "not your typical romance. This is not a romance for normal people. Revenge Gifts is a romance for the lunatic fringe."The story?REVENGE GIFTS takes place over thirteen days spanning a full moon. Tara Cole is an extremely powerful attractant to ghosts, specifically ghosts seeking revenge. One spirit

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Well, according to Tennessean.com -- "Middle Tennessee's #1 Online News Source" -- Travis and Sarah were never able to get things going again after returning from Paris, so it's official. The ring he gave her to wear as a necklace will never make it to her finger. And I suppose they realized what many of us viewers already knew: we are boring together. Travis makes excuses about the time they

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Next up on the Girlfriend's Cyber Circuit is Michelle Richmond. She grew up in Alabama but now lives in my hometown San Francisco, where she publishes the online literary journal Fiction Attic.Her novel DREAM OF A BLUE ROOM is about 32-year-old Jenny, who finds herself sitting on the deck of a Chinese cruise ship and on her lap is a tin containing the ashes of her best friend, Amanda Ruth,

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Fans of The Bachelor are wondering if Travis Stork and Sarah from Nashville are still together. Did the proposal mean anything? Was Travis ever really excited about the girl from down the street? Rumor has it that they’ve already broken up. And there doesn’t seem to be any “After the Show” show with them appearing happily together. And then there’s Skating with Celebrities. Where Kristy Swanson

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Well, I'd say this has to be my least favorite season of The Bachelor of all time. I really felt the sadism of the show. How the women get so emotionally involved, and how manipulative the whole set up is, and how hurtful it is in the end. (Yes, we all know this going into it, but it seemed worse this time, or am I jaded?) And unfortunately for Moana, she got it bad in the last episode. I felt

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I have to admit that I felt a bit of (okay, a lot of) smug satisfaction that Stacy Keibler was eliminated before Jerry Rice and so came in third. Obviously she's the better dancer, but the show is also a popularity contest, and I'm betting all the women out there (and let's face it, women must be the vast majority of viewers for this show) just did not want to see her take the trophy. Why? Okay,

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I'm travelling this week and missing all my favorite shows. I feel so cut off! (Isn't this pitiful?) At least I found a place that has wireless internet. The places I'm staying in have had TVs in the room, and almost all the shows are in English with Spanish subtitles. But nothing seems to be current. They did have American Idol on last night, but it was from a couple weeks ago when they were

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Or maybe not so surprising. After Len Goodman insulted Jerry Rice the other night, I was wondering if people would vote for nice guy Rice and Lisa Rinna would be saying good-bye. Even Len seemed to be eating his words and kissing up to Jerry tonight. Lo and behold, Lisa was voted off. Everyone was so sad -- particularly, I thought, emcee Samantha Harris -- you'd think we were watching a drama

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Dancing with the Stars has become Squabbling of the Judges. They can't seem to stop bickering, and neither of the guy judges will let the lone woman Carrie Ann Inaba get a word in edgewise. Which is pretty annoying to me, since in my opinion she's the only one who still has any sanity left when it comes to Stacy Kiebler. When she criticized Stacy's footwork last night, Bruno Tonioli made a

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Okay, well, here's the link to the online Star magazine piece on Lloyd and Kristy. Star evidently is getting their info from his wife Marcie. I still don't know whether to believe this is for real, but it sure did look like something was going on in their last performance. On the other hand, Kristy is an actress, right?

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So someone posted that Kristy Swanson and Lloyd Eisner are having some kind of affair and maybe he's leaving his wife and child... Does anyone know if this is true -- or is it just a naughty rumor?Lloyd Eisler

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Next up on the Girlfriend Cyber Circuit is Julie Kenner, author of twenty books all pubbed in the past six years. This woman must not have time to watch TV, you must be saying, right? Especially since she was also working as a lawyer until 2004. Well, you're wrong. I asked her about her TV watching habits and here's what she had to say:Are you a TV watcher? Oh, yes! What's your favorite show

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On the heels of sending George Hamilton home on Dancing With the Stars, they sent the sentimental father-figure Bruce Jenner home on Skating With Celebrities. It had to happen of course. It was so obvious that his skating doesn’t come close to Jillian Barberie and John Zimmerman. Scott Hamilton and Summer Saunders did their best to hype the end as if there was any real question who would win.

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So Michelle Kwan has given up her spot in the Olympics. When I heard last night that she was not in good shape, I really felt like she should resign. But this morning, when I saw AOL's announcement that she did indeed give up, I felt so bad for her! But at least she has a bright future ahead of her as a judge and/or contestent on future seasons of Skating with Celebrities.Was that mean?michelle

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It was truly a sad end to tonight's show when George Hamilton was voted off. He is the sweet kind charming funny daddy figure, and I guess his chicken dance during the Viennese Waltz last night wasn't enough to save him for another week. At least he sounded just a little bit relieved that he didn't have to learn two more dances for next week. I called it wrong -- I thought Jerry Rice would be

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I think Jerry Rice should get ready to go home. He seems like such a nice guy... but I think his main competition is George Hamilton, and after the chicken dance during the waltz, I don't see America voting George out. Lisa Rinna looked pretty in her lilac dress, but I don't know why they had her dancing to 9 to 5, it totally got in the way. Stacy Keibler was fantastic as usual and her splits

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Moana’s dad was annoying. It was the first time I saw Travis struggling to please someone else, and her father just let him stew. It was actually kind of funny to see Travis in the hot seat for a change. The weird thing to me was: why didn’t Moana’s mother or step-mother say one word during the entire segment? The dad was so rude and hostile and no one stepped in to make nice. Was that the

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What a night! Skating with Celebrities on from 8 to 9. The Bachelor on from 9 to 11. How am I supposed to have a life?The first two couples tonight were hard to beat. Jillian Barberie’s washboard abs were impressive with her little bra/bathing suit top. And finally Kristy Swanson and Lloyd Eisner were truly appreciated by that icky judge John Nicks. Plus I finally noticed something. Lloyd Eisner

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It wasn't very exciting tonight. I don't know if it's because of the dances being sort of dull or what, but it was hard to get emotionally involved. I think we saw Tia for the last time. I was impressed to hear that Lisa Rinna is 42 and keeping up with all those twenty-year-olds. So for a minute or so I wanted her to win. She really does seem to want it more than anyone. But I wish she would

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Next up on the Girlfriend's Cyber Circuit is Melissa Senate. I got to meet Melissa when she threw a party for a bunch of chicklitters a few years ago in her highrise apartment on the Upper East Side. Now she lives in Maine! I just checked out her blog, where she says she loves living up there. (Don't tell my husband, who would love to abduct me to some place with nature and trees.) But... most

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What I don’t get is the skill level of these people. If you can learn how to do all this stuff at their ages in this amount of time, maybe we’ve been overly impressed by all those pros at the Olympics. Anyway. Like the first week, I was bothered by the inconsistency in the judging. Jillian Barberie (looking a little Jane Fonda... or Nancy Sinatra?) and her partner John Zimmerman were SO

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P. Miller finally got voted out on Dancing with the Stars. Thank god. I am now ready to make my incredible predictions as far as who is going to win. Here is the order that everyone is going to get voted off from here on out.Tia CarrerethenJerry RicethenGeorge HamiltonthenLisa RinnathenDrew Lacheythen we will be left withStacy Keibler, who will win.I am wondering why I can't get myself to watch a

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This is my feeling about everyone on Dancing With the Stars: they are having too good a time. They're starting to make me feel kind of depressed to be sitting at home eating chocolate watching them laugh and joke around and burn calories and wear red socks with rhinestones. That said... here is MY judgements after tonight.I've decided Jerry Rice should win simply because he is the nicest guy. And

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This week on the Girfriend's Cbyer Circuit tour my guest is Laurie Faria Stolarz, whose written a four-book teen thriller series that takes place in a high-end East Coast boarding school where one of the students has magical powers. Check out her website, which is in spellblinding black and purple.I asked Laurie my TV questions and discovered she's a cathode ray lover too!Are you a TV watcher?

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I’m now watching the repeat of Travis’s date with Kristen. They’re on a boat on the Seine. It’s better (or should I say worse?) watching it knowing he’s going to dump her. There’s that added poignancy of seeing her completely unaware of the negative impression she’s making. (Though I must say – and I’m probably in the minority on this -- I liked it when she wore the lemon peel fangs.) But her

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Okay, so it looks like whoever I decide to root for is going to get voted off. So maybe I should become a fan of P. Miller?Dancing with the stars

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I'm still enjoying Dancing With the Stars, but this is the problem: I don't know who to root for! They all seem to be so well adjusted. Yes, they all want it and and they're all working hard (more or less) but there's no one who NEEDS it. John O'Hurley really NEEDED it and Kelly Monoco had to prove she did not belong at the bottom... but this time around? Tatum needed it. And she's gone. So now

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I've been looking forward to Skating with Celebrities ever since I heard about it, but found it somewhat disappointing. NOBODY FELL! They were teasing us with ads all week showing everybody falling and getting horrible bruises and I couldn't believe these celebrities -- no, let's just say mere mortals -- were actually attempting to DO these things. They had to be crazy. But everyone did just fine

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Next writer up on the Girlfriend's Cyber Circuit is Sheila Curran author of Diana Lively is Falling Down. As Sheila says:Diana Lively is Falling Down WILL DELIGHT MOTHERS WHO THINK, AND THOSE WHO VOW TO THINK, IF THEY COULD ONLY FIND THE TIMEBut does she have time to watch TV? The happy answer is yes! Sort of...Are you a TV watcher?I am a completely neurotic TV watcher. If I love a show, and I

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I was afraid of this. Maybe I should've voted for her. I have a policy of not voting for reality shows. I feel like voting would enslave me to the network. Make me their patsy. Isn't it enough that I am insulted by every member of my family for watching these shows? ("You are so degenerate..." "I can't believe you're wasting your time on this..." These are quotes from my CHILDREN.But maybe I

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I just heard The Museum of Television and Radio is getting a new president. Did I mention the main character in my next book works at The Museum of Television and Radio? Oh, well, yes, she does.The Museum of Television and Radio

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ga·zelle ( P ) Pronunciation Key (g-zl)n. Any of various small, swift antelopes of the genus Gazella and related genera of Africa and Asia, characteristically having a slender neck and annulate horns.Okay, I admit, I have no idea if the name Giselle is related to the word gazelle, but I can't help but make the association after watching Giselle Fernandez get in touch with her inner-Latina on

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I was looking forward to watching Emily's Reasons Why Not because it's a television show based on a chicklit novel. I came prepared to like Heather Graham on the show even though she's blonde and cute and has a perfect figure and all that. After all, she was in one of my favorite movies... Bowfinger... and I admit I even enjoyed her in the Austin Powers movie.But. The thing is. It was such an

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I had a lot of fun Monday night watching The Bachelor premiere. I watched along with ten other women... though I've never met any of them. They're all on a Yahoo group list I'm on, and we were in a chat room. On our computers. So I'm getting a vicarious thrill watching a bunch of women I've never met trying to snag a husband along... with the company of a bunch of women I've never met... the

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Yes, I watched Dancing With the Stars last summer. I think it established a whole new genre: the romantic horror musical. Even though I enjoyed it in one of those "will not admit this to anyone" way, I was not really plannning on tuning back in this time -- until I heard that Tatum O'Neal was on. I've been a fan since I was a little kid, saw Paper Moon twice, and though I couldn't bring myself

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Andi Buchanan is a busy mom. Her collection of essays Mother Shock, which came out in April 2003, explores one of my favorite subjects -- the ambivalent feelings that come with being a mom. (See my essay on my website momlit.com.) As a matter of fact, all her books touch on these hard to accept, hard to admit feelings. Oh, and she also writes a lot about those good feelings too! (Let's not forget

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I’ve been in San Francisco visiting my mom and other assorted family members. Didn’t watch any television, which is odd, because I usually need it to relax when I go out there. But I didn’t turn it on once. Come to think of it, I did a lot of web surfing. Could it be my internet addiction is infringing on my TV watching time?Anyway. Last night I took the red eye back to New York on Jetblue. The

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The GCC is looking for a new authors to join the ring. I'm passing along the info from Karin Gillespie.If you’re a traditionally published female author who has an established blog (three months or more) and who blogs at least once a week, you may be interested in joining the GCC. We now have a couple of openings but they are bound to go fast. The GCC will tour your book on 25 well-established

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On January 1, TV LAND is doing something really cool. They're airing 24 hours of pilots for classic shows like ALL IN THE FAMILY, THE MUNSTERS, CHEERS, MIAMI VICE, ER. This is such a cool idea. I recently saw the pilot for SEINFELD at the Museum of Television and Radio. Elaine was not in the cast yet -- somebody brilliant realized they needed to add a woman into the mix. And it was interesting to

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It's no longer that cute little booklet. Now they look like any trashy gossip magazine, but skinnier. I flipped through one at the grocery store check-out, tempted to buy it because of the 99 cent price tag. But it just seemed like an inferior version of Star, or US Weekly, or whatever, with some TV listings thrown in. I hate to say it, but it doesn't really seem like we need TV Guide anymore.

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There's a good article by Jennifer Armstrong this week in Entertainment Weekly about the future of television viewing. Soon we will be able to buy individual episodes for a buck or two. Will we do this? We're so used to getting it for "free" but then of course there is HBO. I hate to say we won't do something in the future because inevitably you sound old-fashioned and will be proven wrong.

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I missed the finale of Survivor last night. This seems to be a trend of mine. I saw the first half, and then my son wanted to go to the grocery store. I couldn't say no. So I taped it. And then, when I got home, it was still going on. And I got very confused. Should I watch the end that was still happening in real time? But what about the stuff that I had taped? I could've continued to tape the

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I am now a member of The Girlfriend's Cyber Circuit!!!This is a group of writers who host each other occasionnally, like when something exciting is happening in our careers. My first guest from the circuit is Tamara Siler Jones. She lives in Iowa with her family, and her second Dubric Byerly Mystery is out. It's about a vicious killer who stalks the quiet towns of the northern reach, kidnapping

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So I missed the finale of America's Next Top Model. I teach my class on Wednesday nights, and no one at home managed to tape it for me. I guess I can watch the rerun next week, but it's just not the same watching the results of a reality show in a rerun. Plus AOL had to go and put a gigantic picture of the winner on their front page that flashed at me first thing this morning. It's just not right

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Maybe I should explain why I titled my blog the History of Television. That might sound a little grandiose. I'm not attempting to explain the history of television here or anything. But my next novel YOU COULD DO BETTER, which won't be out until August 2006, is about a curator at the Museum of Television and Radio here in Manhattan. And so, after a year of obsessively reading about the history of

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I was reading this article about stand-up comedian Sarah Silverman in The New Yorker (Oct. 24 issue) and was shocked to see Penn Jillette agreeing with Jerry Lewis that there are no good female comics. Jilllette says: “I mean, what passes for funny in women is, like, Lucille Ball, who was never funny.” They go on to admit maybe Phyllis Diller is funny. I am a low blood pressure person, but I have

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