Here are the few pics I can dig up on today’s Derby - Much as I hate to say it, best dressed goes to Heidi and Spencer! What is Adrian Grenier wearing?

Chelsea Clinton in nice hat but godawful dress:

Adrien Grenier and Isabel Lucas (nice white blazer with blue shirt. Are they shooting a sequel to Miami Vice?):

Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag (love her dress and he looks respectable):

Still saddened by the poor Eight Belles… Thoughts go out to her owner and team.

This spoof on Christian, Tim Gunn, and Heidi Klum (Amy Adams does remarkably great Klum!) is awesome:

Watch it here.

Here’s LC and Audrina going out on V-day. Like the new haircut LC!

(Photo source: Pacific Coast News)

And here’s Heidi and Spencer in what can only be described as a Valentine’s Day PHOTO SHOOT in Marina Del Ray. I mean, this is so staged it makes me wanna puke. Check out the unlit candle. Who has a candle on the top deck of a boat???

(source: Socialites Life)

I can’t imagine that either knows how to sail. Jimmy Choos, Cristal, and a jerk. What more could she want?

So here’s Perez Hilton interviewing Heidi Montag about her new single:

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Does anyone notice anything new about Heidi?

Say… VENEERS!??!?!?   Maybe I’m crazy, but I think her teeth look totally different!

Also, nice to see Spencer and Heidi don’t just act like jackasses on “The Hills” - They’re pretty despicable here too.

Santa on COPS.  At least they don’t taser him…

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An ok episode this week - we got to see Grandpa strip down to his underwear, and Papa Ronald absolutely lose it over everything his daughter Christina does. Anyone remember last week’s episode where he said “I just don’t want to disappoint her” and she replied “You would never disappoint me”? In today’s episode she can’t decide which challenge to do (note that he wasn’t helping!) and his response to her: “You really disappointed me”. Nice work, Dad. Way to bond on national television. Seriously, by the end of this episode he seems like a monster.

A few other quick comments: Glam girls Shana and Jennifer (left) did surprisingly well. They hauled up furniture in Amsterdam and pole vaulted across muddy Dutch fields. Nathan and Jennifer, my official ‘meltdown couple’ nomination, also did better this week, but when Shana pole vaulted over the ditch, Jennifer’s immediate reaction: “that frickin little b**** did it”. Nice. Although I may have to change my meltdown nomination to Ronald and Christina, I think Nathan and Jennifer are more accustomed to screaming at each other.

And then poor Kate and Pat, the lesbian ministers. They never really seemed to hurry. But I give them credit for saying “We don’t think God really cares about who wins the Amazing Race”. Imagine if athletes said that.

Until next week…

Oh, important announcement: Casting call for Amazing Race 13! Application Forms and info available here. I think an Amazing Race GetEntertainmental Team would really help our blog street cred.

My previous post might have given the impression that I hate reality shows. I don’t. They usually fascinate and horrify me at the same time. But the one reality show that I legitimately enjoy is The Amazing Race, which returned to the schedule last Sunday at 8pm with Season #12.

For those unaware, the show involves teams of two who travel the world, getting clues and directions to different places, and getting past a few tasks vaguely related to the local culture. That summary doesn’t sound thrilling, but as with any reality show it’s about the interactions within and between the teams. It also comes down to luck, as in whose taxi driver knows the way there, who can convince the airline to let them on the flight five minutes before take-off, who knows how to lead a donkey through a field, etc. And of course there is the ubiquitous “Phil”, the New Zealand-native who hosts the show, and must have the easiest job in the world, where he flies around and greets the tired, angry and dirty contestants after two days of travel hell.

This season looks good so far. I won’t go do an episode review yet (you can read one here), but a few teams that stood out early:

The Goth Team, Kynt and Vyxsin! They were impressively athletic in the first episode, but can they really keep the make-up on for the entire season?

The married ordained Episcopal ministers, Kate and Pat. I liked when they said “Just because we believe in Jesus, doesn’t mean we have to hold the door for other teams”.

And the easy choice for meltdown couple of the season, Jennifer and Nathan! In episode one, they both said “this is the hardest thing I have EVER had to do”. She said it when running up a hill. He said it when a donkey refused to move. They also immediately referred to the Goth Team as “the Freaks”. Clearly they’ll be America’s sweethearts.

I’m finally watching TV again (and posting on here), only to be met with the Writers Guild Strike. So far it has mainly affected daily talk shows (like The Daily Show, Colbert Report, Ellen, Letterman, etc). But the networks are preparing for a long strike, and are relishing the chance to prove to writers that they don’t need them. What does this mean for us? Most shows will go into repeats within a few weeks, some shows will delay starting (like “24″scheduled for January) and most importantly (horrifyingly?): endless reality shows. I’ll keep you posted on the strangest sounding ones, but so far this one reported in the Washington Post caught my eye, and note the part I put in italics:

On Wednesdays “Idol” will be teamed up with “The Moment of Truth,” a.k.a. “Nothing but the Truth.” Fox bought U.S. rights over the summer to the Colombian reality series hit in which players agree to be hooked up to a lie detector and asked increasingly personal questions, with family and friends present, for the chance to win half a million bucks. The show was drawing more than half the population of Colombia each week. Sadly, it was canceled there last month, after a contestant won $25,000 for admitting on air she’d hired a hit man to kill her husband, and the network faced the threat of legal action for being an after-the-fact accessory. In the TV business, it’s just one damned thing after another for a network.

Great work Fox! Let’s pick-up a show where the worst case scenario has already happened! My mind is racing with what other things could be revealed on the show.

For the full Washington Post Article on the effect of the Writers Guild Strike, click here.