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By Melissa Joan Hart

 

Some of you may have heard about this little show called "Dancing With the Stars." As a cast member of the ninth season, I have to admit I didn't realize what a huge phenom this show had become.

 

The excitement I see on peoples' faces can only mimic those of kids walking into Disneyworld for the first time. I feel that I have two very big tasks ahead of me during this time.

 

First is to soak up all the dancing time possible and build myself an arsenal of moves to pull out during competition. The second is to become a politician and secure votes since my fate lies in the hands of the public fifty percent of the time.

By Darius Pirnazar

As a member of the production team here at Access Hollywood, I was a part of our "Farrah Week" last week, in which we celebrated and dug deep into Farrah Fawcett's personal life and career. But even though this "special" is meant for celebration of all that is Farrah, I can't stop myself from feeling incredibly guilty.
 
I'm not sad just because of the fact that she's going through a bitter fight with cancer, because let's face it... she's had a wonderful life as a sex symbol and as a successful actress in Hollywood (and I'm saying this even though it might be a little harsh). I have lost three members of my immediate family to cancer and none lived a very glamorous life when they were healthy, so having cancer and losing the battle is not something new to me (or to anyone to that matter). I can guarantee that almost every person that reads this blog will definitely know at least one person that has had cancer or is currently battling it.
 
What bothers me is that I wasn't born when she was at the height of her career and I don't remember much about her when she was "it."  What I do remember is growing up seeing tabloid headlines taking swings at her and her family. And late night comedy shows and stand-up comics using her as the butt of their jokes.
 

"Women are like crock pots. They heat up very slowly to get to a simmer. Men are microwaves. A to Z. Boom!"

-- Bravo's "Millionaire Matchmaker"

Matchmaker Patti Stanger to the cameras when one of her male clients tries to move to fast on a first date.

#9 - "Everything's gone cocoa for koo koo poops. Is that right?"

-- NBC's "30 Rock"

Elisa (Salma Hayek) mangling the famous line "koo koo for Cocoa Puffs" to Jack Donaghy (Alex Baldwin) while everyone is trying to leave the city due to the economic crisis.

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#10 -- "Sugar, you are an unemployed, uneducated leech on society and the only thing I would vote to give you is a handful of anti-depressants so that no one else has to be subjected to your constant crying anymore. And maybe if you got some then it would seem a little more sincere when you are crying about your dead father."
-- CBS's "Survivor: Gabon"
 
"Survivor" contestant Corrine during the show's finale to final four contestant Jessica "Sugar" Kiper. Host Jeff Probst called it the meanest thing ever said on "Survivor" in seventeen seasons (Clearly he forgot about Sue Hawk's "rat and snakes" rant against Richard and Kelly in season one!).
 
#9 -- "Boo-yaaaaah!!!!!"
-- Showtime's "Californication"
 
Hank Moody's (David Duchovny) fist pumping reaction to seeing Sonja's baby when it's born mulatto, confirming that he is not, in fact, the father.  
 
#8 -- "I cannot have a black one. I can't have an Asian one. I can't have a fat butt girl. I just can't see that white and black thing right now because of the kids. No Jewish girls. No way. I cannot stand them. I'm sorry but I can't handle them. It has to be a white girl."
-- NBC's "Momma's Boys" (Pictured Above)
 
Mrs. B's (single guy Jojo's mom) shocking and hateful rant about the girls she does not want her son to date on Ryan Seacrest's dreadful new reality show.
 
#7 -- "I possess the DNA of Leonard Nimoy!"
-- CBS's "The Big Bang Theory"
 
Sheldon Cooper's overjoyed reaction to neighbor Penny's Christmas gift of a dirty cloth napkin used by Leonard Nimoy and autographed for Sheldon.
 
#6 -- "What do you want? 'This is CNN' or 'Luke, I am your father?'"
-- CBS's "Two and A Half Men"
 
James Earl Jones to Alan Harper (Jon Cryer) who asks him to record a message for his answering machine at the fake funeral Charlie imagines for himself in a dream sequence.
  
 
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So, right now I am clearly vampire obsessed --  between my new "Twilight" "fiancé" Robert Pattinson and my thirst for all things "True Blood" on HBO, I am knee deep in blood suckers. Not that this is a bad thing. Well, except now that I have seen "Twilight" already and "True Blood" is heading towards its finale this weekend where will I get my vamp fix?!
 
I'll be going through withdrawal at least until summer when "True Blood' returns for Season 2. For now, I will have to make do with the fact that I got to pick the brain of the "True Blood" trio of Rutina Wesley, Sam Trammell and Ryan Kwanten today for a little sneak peek into the season finale airing Sunday night on HBO -- that's Tara Thornton, Sam Merlotte and Jason Stackhouse for all you vampire haters who have yet to find this little gem of a show (or are too cheap to pay for HBO!).
 
So lets get down to the bloody business of breaking down the finale. When we last we saw Tara she was bailed out of jail by a mysterious woman by the name of Maryann Forrester who claimed to be a social worker. Yes "True" fans, she was the same woman who was naked in the road with a pig that caused a drunken Tara to run off the road. So, why didn't Tara realize this was the same creepster woman who came to rescue her from the clink?

 

So much for coming to "The Biggest Loser" ranch to shed pounds and change your life. This season several contestants have turned the show into a "Survivor" like game which has had trainer Bob Harper calling the underhandedness, "almost Shakespearean."
 
When last night's eliminated contestant, Philip, was asked if he thought this season's dirty dealings had gone further than in any other season he emphatically replied,
 
"Yes. That is the short answer."
 
The long answer involves his contention that blue team members Heba, Brady and Vicky were "vicious and mean" against both he and his wife Amy (who was eliminated last week). Philip believes that Brady and Vicky last week conspired to get rid of Amy by purposely not losing enough weight. 
 
"Oh absolutely. When Vicky said last night to Bob that Brady was not eating every four hours... total fabrication. He had no difference in the way he was eating since the time he hit the ranch. They are game playing. They have been doing it since they got there."
 
The tension between the teams has been building since the black and blue teams were established several weeks ago. Blue team member Heba accused Phil last night of talking about her behind her back, which led to a heated argument in the dining room.

#10 -- "Don't talk to me like I'm a child. Now take me to return my "Star Wars" sheets!"
-- CBS's "The Big Bang Theory"

Twenty-something nerd Sheldon Cooper to roommate Leonard when he learns his friend can no longer drive him to work and help him run errands.

 

#9 -- "Wake up! Play dates were invented by mothers for this exact purpose.  Shopping. Sex. Drinking in the afternoon. Play dates make all these things possible!" -- ABC's "Desperate Housewives"

Gabby Solis explaining to her husband Carlos why it's important to get their daughter, Juanita, into a play date group.

 

#8 -- "Seriously kids: never invite an ex to your wedding!"
-- CBS's "How I Met Your Mother"

 Narrator Ted Mosby, from the future, at the end of the episode, after its revealed his fiancé Stella ditched Ted on their wedding day to go back to her ex, Tony, her daughter's father.

 

#7 -- "I wonder if they like blondes in New Zealand?"
-- CBS's "Amazing Race"

Blonde "Southern Belle" contestant Marisa to equally blonde race partner Brooke upon learning the next leg of the race will take them to Auckland, New Zealand. Brooke's reply -- "I'm sure they have blondes so we're not like rare or anything."

#10 - "Father I wish to stay here to serve. If this is not thy will then drop me a line." - ABC's "Pushing Daisies"

 

Olive Snook, still hiding out at the convent, saying a prayer. Seconds later a nun drops dead in front of her.

 

#9 -- "He never stops moving. It's like dating the bus from 'Speed.'"

- CBS's "The Ex-List"

 

Bella Bloom telling her sister about dating one of her formerly lazy ex-boyfriends who is now into extreme sports.

 

#8 -- "Well that's what I get for skimming the Evite."

- CBS's "How I Met Your Mother"

 

Barney Stinson upon learning that the party he is attending is in fact an intervention for a friend for whom he has just brought a bottle of alcohol. 

 

#7 -- "Roses are red. Violets are blue. I'm a split personality... and so am I."

-- NBC's My Own Worst Enemy

 

A drunken Henry Spivy coming to grips with the fact that he is, in fact, two people, one of which is an assassin.

 

With the Fall TV season back in full swing my friends and I have scoured the channels for the funniest, silliest, most engaging, dramatic or compelling dialogue on TV this week. Here are the Dish's picks for the Top Ten TV Quotes Of The Week!

# 10 -- "We could kill him and no one would know."
-- HBO's "Entourage"

Guest star Eric Roberts (playing himself) to Turtle, Eric, Vince and Johnny while they are trying to relax in the middle of Joshua Tree as Ari Gold yammers away on his cell phone.

# 9 -- "I'm a trophy wife!"
- NBC's "Kath & Kim"

An annoyed Kim Day explaining what she does to her mom Kath's new boyfriend.

# 8 -- "Hey, this is what Edie and I do. We tease each other. I say she's easier to get into than community college. She says my face looks like a knee. Its fun."
-- ABC's "Desperate Housewives"

Mrs. McCluskey explaining to Edie Britt's new husband Dave why she will not apologize to Edie.

# 7 -- "What you see here, all of this, vinyl albums they all become obsolete replaced with CD's and digital music you listen to on MP3 players this big. And the sound is um, well its much worse."
-- ABC's "Life on Mars"

After walking into a record store in 1973, Detective Sam Tyler explaining to co-worker Annie Norris about life in 2008.

# 6 -- "Yeah. Yeah. The hair. Its one of the things that makes me happy."
-- ABC's "Grey's Anatomy"

Meredith to a patient who she has told all about her relationship with McDreamy. Upon seeing McDreamy for the first time the patient remarks, "you forgot to mention the hair."

#10 -- “I know, when I see myself looking this good I get horny too.”
--NBC's "My Name is Earl"

Joy to Earl when he tries to get a morning quickie before she goes to work.

 

#9 -- "In my world everyone is always judging you, except when you are judging them.”
-- MTV's "Paris Hilton's My New BFF"

Paris Hilton watching on a monitor the eighteen contestants who are vying to be her best friend.

 

#8 -- "His beloved wife died giving birth to me."
-- CW’s “Gossip Girl”

Chuck Bass revealing to Dan why his relationship with his father Bart is strained. He later reveals it was a lie. Or was it? Stay tuned.

 

#7 -- "Don't listen to her Ando. She's trying to divide us. Its Villainy 101."
-- NBC's "Heroes"

Hiro trying to persuade Ando that his nemesis, Daphne the speedster, is just trying to turn his pal against him by saying Ando is Robin to Hiro’s Batman.

#6 -- "He's a real 'whiz' in advertising."
-- AMC's "Mad Men"

Paul Kinsey making light of the fact that a drunken Freddy Rumsen accidentally urinated on himself in front of coworkers right before a big presentation

#10 -- “It’s a mistake to bet against America. Everybody who has bet against America for the last two hundred years has lost money.”
-- CBS's "The Late Show With David Letterman"
 
Former President Bill Clinton tells David Letterman whether or not it’s a good time to be President.
 
# 9 -- “It’s not sweet. It’s like a disease. I slept with Robin one time and I caught feelings. I caught feelings bad. I used protection and everything!”
-- CBS's "How I Met Your Mother"
 
Barney admitting to Lily that he has fallen in love with Robin.
 
# 8 -- “Google revenge and you get Blair Waldorf dot.com.”
-- CW’s “Gossip Girl”
 
Dan to Vanessa when he suggests she show Blair the photos she snapped of the Duchess making out with her stepson Lord Marcus.
 
# 7 -- “I came to a fat loss show and gained three pounds. Would you be mad if you went to like a makeover show and they made you uglier?”
-- NBC’s “The Biggest Loser”
 
Grey team member LT on his disappointment at having gained three pounds during his second week on the ranch, which led to the grey team being voted off.
 
# 6 -- “Are you kidding? You drink. You gamble. You have different women here practically every night. You're the best role model a guy could want. Yeah, they should put your face on money.”
-- CBS’s “Two And A Half Men” 
 
Jake on whether or not his Uncle Charlie is a good role model.
 

It's a huge night of television tonight and frankly it's a darn good thing I have three DVR's and four TV's in my home. Here is what I will be watching, TiVo'ing and skipping on this big Thursday.


"Survivor: Gabon" - CBS, 8 PM -- Eighteen contestants are heading to Africa in this latest season. But for the first time ever they will be battling the elements in HD! Watching emaciated, exhausted, sweaty people in HD, no thanks.
Skip It!

"Ugly Betty" - ABC, 8 PM -- Tonight we find out whether or not Betty chooses Henry or Gio. Personally, I'm betting it's neither. Lindsay Lohan guest stars as Betty's high school rival again in the first episode shot in their new filming home, New York City.
Watch it!

"My Name is Earl" – 8 PM, NBC -- Joy cons Make-A-Wish to send a celebrity to her trailer which makes Earl remember a wish he stole from a dying child. He decides it's time to cross him off the list. When he returns to the kid's home, he finds that little Buddy (guest star Seth Green) has exceeded all of the doctors' expectations and is still alive.  I'll always choose Betty over Earl.
TiVo it!

"The Office" – 9 PM, NBC -- The Dunder-Mifflin team embarks on a weight loss challenge "Biggest Loser" style. Meanwhile, Michael pursues a relationship with Holly (guest star Amy Ryan) and Jim misses Pam while she is away at art school. It all sounds so serious, but trust me when I tell you that the uncomfortable, laugh out loud moments will make this the show of the night.
Watch It!

"Grey's Anatomy" – 9 PM, ABC -- Mer and Der begin their new relationship which creator Shonda Rhimes has said will be permanent. Boring! McDreamy needs to move on from the crazy that is Meredith. More interesting is the new love interest, a military doctor for Christina, guest star Kevin McKidd from NBC's brilliant but cancelled "Journeyman." I'd follow his journey anywhere. Normally I watch "Grey's" and TiVo "The Office." Not tonight!
Tivo It!

With the Fall TV season back in full swing my friends and I have scoured the channels for the funniest, silliest, most engaging, dramatic or compelling dialogue on TV this week.  Here are the Dish's picks for the Top Ten TV Quotes Of The Week!

 

# 10 -- "I know about you and that woman. She's so old!"

-- AMC's "Mad Men"

Betty Draper finally showing some gumption and confronting her husband Don about his affair with Bobbie Barrett.


#9 -- "I would get into bed and say, 'Please don't let me wake up in the morning.' I thought, 'I just can't do it anymore.'"

-- ABC's "Good Morning America"

Alec Baldwin revealing to Diane Sawyer that he contemplated suicide after the phone call of him berating his daughter Ireland was leaked to the tabloid media.


# 8 -- "I thought it was you. He had an accent."

-- the CW's "Gossip Girl"

Blair Waldorf trying to explain why she was making out with Chuck Bass to Lord Marcus. The irony being that Ed Westwick in real life is actually British himself, so when he spoke to Leighton Meester earlier it was in his real voice.

# 7 -- "You're still in love with Dylan."

-- the CW's "90210"

Brenda Walsh finally revealing who is the father of Kelly Taylor's four-year-old son.


# 6 -- "The only way you are coming off this treadmill, is if you die on it!"

-- NBC's "The Biggest Loser"

Trainer Jillian Michaels to yellow team member Jerry.

Judging from the amount of ladies writing in comments on my last blog about "The Bachelorette's" Jeremy Anderson, I figured he's got to be one of the most popular male rejects of all time. I say reject with all due respect as I've gotten to know Jeremy recently and he's anything but a reject. He's a total sweetheart -beyond just being easy on the eyes.

 

Women who have never even met him have created a petition to make him the next "Bachelor" and they're going above and beyond finding out ways to contact him. Some have gone so far as to take out ads on Craigslist to find him! 

 

I wanted to update everyone on how Jeremy has been holding up since the finale. I was horrified watching him go back on that final show to try and change DeAnna's mind. The show made it seem like he had hung out for several days lying in wait for her. It made him look, I thought, like a bit of a stalker. However, in the back of my mind I was pretty sure that all unfolded on the night he was eliminated, despite how ABC made it seem – especially, since I was pretty sure he was wearing the exact same clothes as the week before! 

 

This morning Jeremy and I had a long talk about all things "The Bachelorette." We talked for so long I actually took a shower with him! Well, he showered at his home in Dallas while I was on the phone 1,800 miles away in Los Angeles. A girl can dream though, right?  Thank goodness he told me this after the fact, otherwise my mind may have wandered off to uh, other things, while I was trying to ask insightful questions. Kudos to him for his fantastic multi-tasking! Here's some of what Jeremy and I spoke about this morning.

 

OK, so, did you actually wait around in the Bahamas for DeAnna to come back?

"It was an hour and half after the rose ceremony. It wasn't days later. I went back under the premise, I got this pretty concrete feeling that DeAnna was second guessing her decision and wanted to talk to me about it, and that there was a possibility that there might be a change of heart if I went back and talked to her about it." 

 

As I mentioned on Monday, "American Idol" is getting a major face-lift this season.  A show source revealed to me that the set would be getting a "major overhaul" and now I can confirm that this is in fact the case.  Starting on the Top 12 live shows you will see a brand new "American Idol" set that will encompass two levels. This morning executive producer Nigel Lythgoe explained how it would look.

 

"It's a sort of dome with a set inside and then {you see} skyscrapers in the distance outside of the dome, and then everything pulls out and Idol is sort of a pimple on planet Earth."

 

The set will feature a second level where Ricky Minor and his band will play as the contestants sing below.  One other major change taking place is that the set will feature a mosh pit for audience members to watch the live performances, a tool that has worked well for Lythgoe's recent series "The Next Great American Band."

 "It really gives a great atmosphere and everyone is sort of cheering and everything else."

Well the reviews are in for our primetime Golden Globe Winners Special last night on NBC and they are wildly positive....or positively wild. 

 

Frankly, we all knew the raves would escape us.  Who wants to see anyone reading winners' names instead of the unpredictable speeches, surprised newcomers, inebriated celebrities, great gowns, hair and jewels that come with the Globes every year?  Nobody really.

 

We knew that. I'd much rather see the globes and then host our backstage hour with the winners...as was the original plan before the writers strike changed all of this.

 

In the end, people are not saying nice things about me and Nancy O'Dell today (and she's the nicest person I know), but the roots are not personal.  People are frustrated with the writers strike and the first time since 1964 when they were first televised nationally, the Globes did not go on.  If the parade of celebs are going to be halted, from the viewers perspective, it had better be because there is something much better.

 

Nope, it was Nancy and me.  Before us, it was Matt Lauer and the folks at Dateline....they are not faring well with critics either.