Project Runway Where Art Thou?

Well kids the answer to that is - in court! I am sitting here in Seattle, waiting for my niece and watching the Early Show when it occurred to me that everyone is talking about fashion week in NY. Then I thought, where is Project Runway? So I went to the free WiFi and found out the following:

It seems the Weinstein Company who owns the rights to Project Runway decided to sell those rights to the Lifetime channel. NBCU didn't take too kindly to that since, according to the contract they have with Weinstein, they have first refusal rights. So it was off to court and NBCU won and injunction. Season 6 of Project Runway has been filmed and the designers are showing at Bryant Park this week but their identities are being withheld from the public. Don't look for season 6 anytime soon since both parties are still waiting for a trial date. Double D

Top Chef - Chefs Last Meal

The quick fire this week is create an exciting egg dish for the guest judge who is a huge egg fan. He looked geeky to me, too bad I can't remember his name. Carla does a Dr. Seuss themed green eggs and ham while Fabio goes all out with 3 egg dishes. Josea make an "egg roll" out of egg white and a tempura egg. The top two are Carla and, of course, Stefan. I was hoping, hoping, hoping for Carla and she wins the challenge!

The elimination challenge is to cook a "last meal" for a super star chef. The cheftestants draw knives to see which chef they will cook for. Carla gets her pick of the chefs and she keeps her draw since she loves, loves, loves peas and her chef. Fabio also draws his fave, an Italian chef which makes him very happy and confident. I guess he won't have to sell monkey ass to this gal!

While everyone is busy cooking, Fabio breaks his little finger, ouch! Being a trooper, he says he will cut it off and sear it to stop the bleeding and deal with 9 fingers tomorrow. Now that's dedication! Needless to say, he stays on the job.

Stefan seems to be in a slump (karma) and his dish falls short but Fabio, broken digit and all, is spot on. Leah's eggs benedict didn't thrill anyone. Carla's dish did well while Josea met with mixed reviews.

At judge's table, Stefan couldn't believe the criticism he was getting for his dish. God forbid he should over cook something! Josea also received not so good comments from the judges. Carla and Fabio impressed the judges the most. If Carla had kept her mouth shut she may have won this one but she had to speak up and say "I know my squab was over cooked". Not everyone thought so Carla! She blew that and Fabio wins the challenge. That's ok, I'm glad he finally won. Leah didn't do so well and is told to pack her knives and go. Next week, the start of the finale! Double D

The Bachelor Jason Single Dad-Spoiler Update

Don't read if you don't want to know the ending! The comments on the bachelor blogs on ABC-someone wrote that in New Zealand, Jason does end up with Melissa, proposal and all. The shocker that Chris Hanson eludes to is that after the Final Rose episode, Jason and Melissa who had been dating for 2 months break up and Jason ends up with Molly at the expense of Melissa. Apparently Jason agreed to end up with Melissa, but really it was Molly that he had the connection to all along. Why does Molly agree to all this, I don't know but apparently this is all going to play out of live TV. So stay tuned for the soap opera! I guess this whole DeAnna thing doesn't amount to anything. As I told Double D at work, it was all a ploy, she was probably on her honeymoon in New Zealand or either he asked her to come and give him some advice. Either way she supposedly doesn't figure in at all. Too bad, I did want some DeAnna drama! -Single D Age: 24 Occupation: Department Store Buyer Birthplace: Phoenix, AZ--->Hometown: Grand Rapids, MICurrently Resides in: Milwaukee, WI Age: 25 Occupation: Sales Representative Birthplace: Phoenix, AZ--->Hometown: Dallas, TXCurrently Resides in: Dallas, TX

Ghost Hunters International - Philippines

Clark Hospital in Angeles City, Philippines is an abandoned hospital built in the 1900s. It was occupied by the Japanese Imperial Army during WWII and recaptured by the Americans in 1945 after months of heavy fighting. In 1991 Mt. Pinatubo erupted sending tons of ash to bury the area including the hospital. Reports are of babies crying and full body apparitions. One report is from a group of workers cleaning up after the volcanic eruption. They claim an extra man started helping them and when one of the workers turned to see his face, he saw a skull. Now that's a neat trick!

Barry & Robb start in the basement and immediately see light flashes and hear footsteps. While investigating the footsteps, the cameraman turns his camera on a sign that reads "Beware of ghosts, Nov 1, 1988." Sounds like a set up to me. Barry & Robb say it sounded like an entire platoon was coming toward them but the sounds stop as soon as they get to the hall where they hear the sound.

Joe & Angela are investigating, I don't know where, when Joe sees a face in the area where Angela hears a noise. Dustin & Barry conduct an EVP session on the 2nd level when Barry sees a face and gets a touch on his neck just as Dustin hears a noise behind Barry.

In the pediatric ward, Dustin & Barry get surrounded by footsteps and Dustin sees a figure duck behind a pylon.

The team captures the light flashes on video and screaming coming from the morgue. During the investigation, Barry had left a cigarette for the soldiers and audio picks up "I'll take it". Another clip catches something saying "help" in response to Robb's questions. After all the evidence was reviewed, Robb declared the hospital haunted.

Second stop is Baguio City, Philippines and the Diplomat Hotel. Built in 1911, the building was used as a sanitarium run by priests and nuns. The sanitarium was bombed and captured by the Japanese in the 1940s and the priests and nuns were tortured and beheaded. There was an attempt to turn the building into a hotel but it is in ruins. Reports include apparitions and voices.

Dustin & Robb are on the 2nd floor doing EVP work. Robb is wearing headphones which lets him hear low level noises. Robb hears a man's voice as well as other noises which Dustin also hears.

Barry & Joe to to the outside chapel. Barry debunks the sightings after seeing the nearby high powered cell towers.

Robb finds a bum who has taken up residence in one of the underground tunnels which explains the voices and noises. So, no ghosts here just squatters. Double D

Premieres Survivor & Amazing Race

This week's dual of the premieres, winner Amazing Race. By far Amazing Race opening episode which I might add I missed but thankfully CBS has the entire episode online. What ever would we do without computers? Amazing Race won hands down as one of the most entertaining openers of the season. At first when Double D said at work, what about that bungee jump? I thought she was talking about the Bachelor. Then she said something about the cheese when I realized it was Amazing Race she was chattering on about. I almost thought for a minute second, maybe I wouldn't watch it and catch the second episode, but thankfully I came to my senses! And what about that bungee jump! OHMG! That was some terrifying plunge. I don't know if I could do that. It was amazing. And that roadblock with the 50lbs of cheese what so totally hysterical. Needless to say the Swiss Cheese Misters were doubled over in hysterics. What kind of cheese carriers were those? They definitely can't hold fifty pounds of Swiss. Surprisingly the hicks figured out how to slide 150 pounds of cheese on it and managed to inch by other teams but still got lost in the end.

You gotta know that when I am already rooting for certain teams that this has to be good. First place finishers, Mom and deaf son who wanted to prove that being deaf is not a handicap, it just means you can't hear. Second place to Asian brother and sister and third place to the stunt midgets. What a crack up, they're stunt doubles for kids! All three are my favorite teams so far. Who cares who was eliminated. If they couldn't beat out the hicks who never traveled outside their own town, then they deserved to go home.

I was disappointed with the first episode of Survivor. They are at a location I can't pronounce, why the teams can't even pronounce their own tribal names. Already they are singling out the old and the weak. I'm so over the age discrimination thing. Why doesn't the producers try to change it up, maybe they could surprise us or at least keep our attention. Hopefully it will get more interesting, but so far.....yawn!-Single D

Jennifer Hopka (26); Preston McCamy (28) Hometown: Columbia, S.C. Occupation: Jennifer (Student); Preston (Software Engineer)Relationship: Dating-Eliminated

Carolina Eastwood (26)Hometown: West Hollywood, Calif.Occupation: Bartender-Eliminated

Top Chef - Copy Cat

Eric Ripert, Chef/owner of LeBernardin is back as quest judge. The quick fire is a 3 round fish filleting tournament. Round 1 is to fillet sardines. Can a sardine even be filleted? The cheftestants have 5 minutes to clean & butterfly the sardines following Chef Eric's example. I bet he had more than 5 minutes. Leah & Fabio win round 1 while Jamie is eliminated. Round 2 is Atlantic Char with Josea & Stefan winning this round. Round 3 is to fillet live eels EEWW! Turns out they weren't really alive but freshly killed. It seems eels don't realize they are dead and keep wiggling around. It is between Stefan & Josea. Stefan uses a nail to hold down the eel's head and Stefan follows suit but can't keep up and Stefan wins the challenge. The chefs are treated to lunch at LeBernardin. Now we all know that no treat is an actual treat on Top Chef, there is always a challenge tied to it and this is no different. The elimination challenge is to recreate one of the dishes served at lunch. Everything was seafood and Jamie didn't enjoy any of it. Stefan, having won the quick fire, gets to chose his dish. He picks the easiest, lobster. Wussy! Chef Eric visits each station and gives pointers to everyone except Jamie because she didn't have time. Look girl, if a famous chef wants to give you pointers, you make time! Chef Eric was so gracious with everyone, telling them what was right and what they could do better. Fabio fared well, Leah's fish was over cooked. Stefan was as close to the original dish as he could get. Carla nailed her dish while Josea missed the mark. Jamie's celery came out way to salty but the fish was good. Stefan edges out Carla and Fabio for the win. Leah defends herself saying she wants to be there even after giving up. She SO doesn't act like she wants to be there. Josea & Jamie admit that they know the mistakes they made but it's Jamie who is told to pack her knives and go. Double D Can I just say that I want to sleep with Eric Ripert! What a cutie!-Single D

Ghost Hunters International - Denmark

It's off to Denmark and Dragsholm Castle which was conquered by the Swedish in 1659 and bought by the current family in 1937 which runs the castle as a hotel. During renovation, a skeleton of a "Lady" was found buried in a wall and people have reported hearing a laugh around that spot. Oh yea, the skeleton is still there on display, creepy. There seems to be a helpful spirit that watches over people. Dustin & Barry do an EVP session over the skeleton like they are talking to it. I kept waiting for one of them to put the microphone to the skeleton's mouth like an interview.

Brandy & Joe are in the dungeon when Joe hears a voice saying go or gone. As they leave the dungeon, Joe gets a stinging sensation on his arm and finds what looks like teeth marks.

Barry & Dustin go into the game room which has an original prayer station. Barry has Dustin take the cross off the wall and Barry feels the chair next to him start to vibrate. He asks if someone is upset that the cross was taken down and again the chair vibrates. They put the cross back on the wall and start to leave when they hear noises behind them. Turns out to be a draft from an open window causing a door to slightly open and close, or was it?

The team got a good picture of Joe's bite mark. In the prayer station, audio gets 2 knocks like something tapped the microphone as well as a metallic sound in the empty holy water bowl. The video camera, which was left alone in the prayer station, catches a whisper on audio. Robb can't bring himself to say the castle is haunted but that there are strange happenings.

Back to Rio De Janeiro, Brazil and the Cultural Center. Obviously they don't air these episodes in the order they are shot. It looks like they pair a good episode with a dud like this one. The Cultural Center was built on a slave burial ground so everyone associated with the center swears it is haunted. Employees report seeing shadow people and hear voices. The only thing promising here was Barry & Dustin hearing what sounds like chains in the attic and other noises. All things were debunked when they find vents in the attic that funnel in outside noises which carry throughout the building. Oh well, I guess they can't win them all. Double D

Top Chef - Top Chef Bowl

The quick fire challenge is sponsored by Quaker Oats so the cheftestants have to come up with a dish using said oats and whatever food group they draw on a football type squares. Fabio rolls eggplant in the oats, Jamie, who drew fruit, does coconut & oatmeal crusted shrimp but it was Stefan with his breakfast dish that wins him the challenge. At least he acted surprised this time.

The elimination is to go head to head against Top Chef All Stars. I remembered most of them and was glad to see Andrew and Spike, they make me laugh! Each chef picks a football team and has to cook a dish using regional ingredients from that team's city. Fabio goes up against Spike using Green Bay, anything with cheese will work there. Fabio doesn't like having only 20 minutes to prep and references his monkey ass dish again saying he will make something out of the venison. Carla is up against Andrew, which she thoroughly enjoys, and New Orleans so she chooses gumbo, good choice. Stefan, of course, thinks he can out cook anyone but gets to chose his opponent and picks Andrea from season 1 who he thinks is weak. Jamie picks San Francisco, why not, and is stumped on what to cook, hello, crab or crab in sour dough, chowder in sour dough, crab chowder in sour dough. Did I mention crab or sour dough? The challenge will be in 2 rounds, a judge's vote will net a 7 point touchdown while a fan vote gets a 3 point field goal. Oh, and all of the previously eliminated chefs are part of the fans.

Leah, Josea & Carla come out with the judges votes right off the bat while Stefan the great loses his dish to Andrea. Love it! Karma can be a bitch! Jamie scored a field goal while Jeff scored a big goose egg. Spike & Fabio go head to head and it's foodie trash talking at it's best. Fabio pulls off a field goal winning the season 5 cheftestants the challenge. Carla was happy that Toby tasted the love in her dish and she wins the challenge. Her prize is 2 tickets to the Superbowl. I'm SO jealous! It's Jeff, Fabio and Stefan at judge's table. Jeff stood behind his cevechie saying that Josie shouldn't have served warm cevechie. Who cares if it's warm, as long as it tastes good. Fabio defended himself by saying his venison was perfectly cooked but the judges didn't get to it in time. OK, now there's a good defense. Stefan was just speechless to be in the bottom three. Stefan the great dodged a bullet when our cutie Jeff's watered down cevechie earned him a pack your knives and go. Double D

The Bachelor-Jason in New Zealand

Did I hear Jason say that Melissa looks like his ex-wife Yana or that she looks like DeAnna? The first booty call date was with Jillian for a helicopter ride over these amazing cliffs. I was hoping they weren't going to do the "Cliffhanger" thingy and get caught on some snowy ledge and have to call Sylvester Stallone to rescue them. That scene with the girl plummeting to her death, arms and legs flaying was really gruesome! Jillian tells Jason that she wants to marry her best friend. No sooner were the words out of her mouth I knew she made a fatal mistake. No guy wants to marry his best friend. A guy wants to marry someone who makes him feel like he's the king of the world. Didn't Jillian have that I was just making out hair mess at the dinner table? Jillian breaks down and tells Jason she's falling for him. Jason goes in for the kiss. Yuck! Next it's necking in the hot tub. Get a room! Next date, it's bungee jumping with Molly which looked extremely cold and extremely dangerous. And yes Jason, you were screaming like a little girl! At dinner Molly tries to come out of her freezer shell and tells Jason that she is falling hard for him, Jason goes in for the kiss. Yuck! Next it's necking in the bathtub. Get a room! Lastly Melissa and Jason go sailing in Winston Churchill's old yacht . Back at the spa, it's another hot tub experience only this one has a magnificent view. At dinner Melissa is quick to say she love's him, but the words are barely out of her mouth when Jason goes in for the kiss. Yuck! Get a room! Out of all the kissing and hot tubbing, my best guess to come out on top is Melissa. He definitely likes her the best and is my guess for the last one standing. I was sorry to see Jillian go. She seemed intelligent and self-confident but her big mistake was telling Jason she wants to marry her best friend. I was so good, I called out the order of the roses telling my husband, Melissa would get picked first. I was still hoping that Molly would be sent home, but I knew Jillian had sealed her fate. Jason wants passion, romance, a twittering young girl to coo and woo over him and I think he sees that in Melissa. Did you notice how they played up the upcoming finale, but saying that it was so personal it was shot in close personal surroundings, or something like that? What did Chris Hanson mean by that? The shocking finale he exclaims! What would be shocking would be that DeAnna and Jason would get back together, now that would be shocking. But I think ABC is playing that whole DeAnna thing up so much that it probably is that she just happened to be on her honeymoon in New Zealand and stopped by to say hey.-Single D Age: 29 Occupation: Interior Designer Birthplace: Phoenix, AZ--->Hometown: Peace River, Alberta, Canada Currently Resides in: Vancouver, BCStatus: SENT HOME What was Jason thinking sending Jillian packing?! She is cute, smart, is outgoing, has a good job, hell I'll date her! Just kidding, I'm married. I'm so sure they did the horizontal hokey pokey before Jason sent her off to cry in her hot dog. That hot tub scene said it all. I guess they forget there are cameras around. There is something bugging me about Molly. She seems so fake. Jason says he loves her eyes. Let's see what says about those eyes once she washes off all that eye makeup. I don't have that much eye liner in my bathroom drawer! As for Melissa, whom I agree with Single D Jason will end up with, she is just way too young for Jason and that kind of commitment. I see those two together and remember an older man I once dated and think, we must have looked ridiculous. I just don't think it will work out. So far only the one couple has actually stood the test of TV time. Trista and Ryan. Jillian is my choice for the next bachelorette! Double D

Ghost Hunters International - Sweden

This week's site is Borgvattnet, Sweden and the house of priests which was built in 1876 as a vicarage. The wife of a chaplain died and he couldn't bear losing her so he brought her back to the house from the mortuary and kept her there a few days before her burial. It is believed that her spirit still roams the property. The building became a private residence in 1948 then became an Inn in 1976. Other reports are of an original rocking chair that doesn't like anyone sitting in it and will change position in the room. The pink room is the site of people getting their legs patted. In the blue room, people report hearing a child crying. In the yellow room, history says that a woman died giving birth and the husband was so distraught that he brought her back to the room, sound familiar? People hear a woman screaming in this room and the tour guide says she has been shoved out of the room by an unseen person. The team sets up cameras on the rocking chair and each of the "color" rooms where activity has been reported. Dustin & Angela keep hearing a female voice n the dining room. Barry has the idea to try and find a child's grave while Brandy & Joe are inside the house to see if they get a reaction. While Barry takes a pitch fork to the ground, he, Brandy & Joe all hear a thumping sound. Dustin & Angela in the yellow room get responses to questions on the EMF detector. When prompted to touch one of them, Dustin feels cold & Angela feels the bed vibrate. I wonder if she put in a quarter! Barry sent Dustin to the blue room to recite the Lord's Prayer. As he is doing that Barry is in the yellow room and feels the bed shake as Dustin says he feels he is not alone. Bary catches a cross on the full spectrum camera as Dustin is reciting the Lord's Prayer. The EVPs turn up one sound that Robb & the tour guide says is in Swedish but sounded like a roar to me. Robb says the Inn is not haunted. Sorry kids, no photo available.

The second stop on the Swedish tour is Varberg and the Fortress of Varberg. Built in the 13th & 14th centuries, the fortress was used for military purposes (like you couldn't guess that) up to 1830 and is currently a museum. Reports are of apparitions of men, women and a headless knight. Robb & Joe go into the dungeon and hear loud noises. Barry & Dustin in the Monk's Bastion start hearing noises with Barry hearing a raking sound right behind him. The team was able to debunk all of the sounds and didn't capture any evidence and Robb declares the fortress not haunted. Too bad, I was looking forward to the headless knight! Double D

My Favorite Movie Moments

The other day while I was watching "Notting Hill" with Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant, my favorite scene in that entire movie was the one where Hugh takes the movie star Julia to his friend's house for dinner. After much embarrassing and awkward silly moments after the introductions, everyone is seated at the dinner table. Camera focuses on Julia's face as she watches the interaction between Hugh, his sister and his friends. Here the host says that the last piece of brownie will have to be won by someone with the best sad soupy tale and everyone commiserates about how awful their lives are and are surely deservings of such a decadent brownie. This led me to think about my other favorite movie moments in some of my favorite pictures. "Sleepless in Seattle", where Meg Ryan is on top of the Empire State building, meets Jonah and his father, Sam (Tom Hanks), the elevator man makes a humph noise for them to get going and Tom says "We better get going" and reaches out his hand for hers. You knew in that instant she put her hand in his, it was magic. They walk to the elevator, barely able to take their eyes off each. "While You Were Sleeping", when Sandra Bullock's character is invited for Christmas at the house of her supposed fiance's and she watches everyone open their Christmas presents. The family scene so typical of a normal family completely captures her longing to be a part of that family. "Family Stone", once again at the dinner table, and Diane Keaton throws a fork to her deaf son after he is rudely backhandedly insulted by the clumsy Sarah Jessica Parker's character. Diane throws the fork to get the attention of her son, to tell him in sign language that she loves him and doesn't care if he's gay. "Bridget Jones Diary", when Mark Darcy (Colin Firth) goes to Bridget Jones's (Rene Zwelleger) apartment where she is making dinner for her friends consisting of blue soup and congealed gravy and the silent looks Mark Darcy showers on Bridget during the dinner. "First Knight" when a dead King Arthur (Sean Connery) is set afloat on the sea while his kingdom of Camelot pays tribute on the shore with Richard Gere (Lancelot) and the lady Genevieve (Julia Ormand) looking on as a fiery arrow is shot at the floating wood pyre of King Arthur with his knights of the round table holding their swords in tribute. A silent Captain Von Trapp watches the novice nun, Julie Andrews, from his balcony in the "Sound of Music". The restaurant scene from "My Best Friend's Wedding". Richard Gere sweeping Debra Winger off her feet in "Officer and a Gentleman". John Cryer as Duckie lip signing to Otis's "Try a Little Tenderness" in "Pretty in Pink". Jimmie Stewart watching anxiously from his "Rear Window" for Grace Kelly to leave Raymond Burr's apartment. Barbara Streisand's woman playing a man wanting to be a woman in "Yentel" and the scene at the dinner table where Mandy Patikin has an unnatural attraction toward Yentel. Keanu Reeves's attraction to Diane Keaton, 20 years his senior in "As Good As It Gets". There is hope for older women! Moments where it's a look, a glance, movie moments that make you hold your breath, these are the moments I live for. -Single D

Gone Country-Season 3

I missed the last episode of Gone Country, still not used to the Saturday night time slot, so this time I remembered to record it. I'm mad that I missed last week's episode because while Gone Country won't really make a D-lister celebrity into a country star it does serve up some good laughs. This episode, John Rich says that he wants to get the group have some fun so he conceives of the Honky Tonk Olympics, redneck style. Why is it anything redneck is so funny?

The first trial is a tractor maneuvering through a maze and on the other side having to axe a watermelon in half. First there one done is Shelia E whose like a pitbull out of the gate. That woman is fierce and we know who wears the pants in her family. Last out of the gate is George, king of funk. He doesn't drive therefore he's not quite sure how seat belts work. Once at the watermelon station George decides to take time to eat it after chopping which he says is really tasty. George moves like a turtle, does he do anything fast?

Second heat, riding a mechanical bull. Where would anything country be without a mechanical bull? Richard Grieco was pissed that Mickey only gave him a 4. Duh, Mickey tells the camera he forgot it was a scale from 1 to 10, he thought 1 to 5 so he gave Richard a 4, can you say Alzheimer? Better be careful Mickey, wouldn't want to ruffle the feathers of Greico because he's just the type to go postal, Richard has that intense look of a would be serial killer. That segment on Mickey tooting his own horn was really hysterical and let's just say the guy's done everything or so he says. George wins this round as everyone gave him a ten just for staying on.

The last heat it's between who else, Mickey (he's done race car driving) and Justin with Mickey winning by seconds. Overall though, Rich gives the win to Justin and Justin wins the guitar package and Mickey wins the one on one session with Tracy Lawrence, sorry whose he? Anyway, Gone Country is good fun, 30 minutes not long enough, but still satisfying just like eating biscuits and gravy. -Single D