Dan seemed to have some interest in fixing the nominations in Big Brother 10 Episode 17, but after some threats from Renny, he decided not to use the power of veto and left April and Jerry on the block.

Votes
Keesha-April
Memphis-April
Ollie-Jerry
Dan-April
Michelle-April

By a vote of 4-1, April has been evicted from the Big Brother house. Ollie will apparently be moving to Arizona where April lives after the show, but they say it’s not to be together.

The HOH competition is an endurance competition. The last person hanging on their jungle vine will become HOH.

Want to know who wins HOH before Sunday’s show? Check out the BB10 Spoilers.

Julie tells us that next week will be a special double eviction episode.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 10 episode 19, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.

Following his rejection by DeAnna after having almost proposed to her in the finale of The Bachelorette 4, Jason Mesnick became the obvious choice for the next season of The Bachelor. It should come as no surprise to a lot of of people that he has indeed been selected as the choice for The Bachelor 13. The show will air in January 2009, and ABC is currently searching for women who want a shot with him.

Renny’s HOH win was followed by nominations of April and Jerry in Big Brother 10 Episode 16. I don’t get the sense anybody would miss either of them very much.

Nobody thinks Renny made the right move. Dan believes she may have a secret deal with Ollie. Ollie’s planning to use veto and take April off so that Renny, whose target is April, wastes her time as HOH. Keesha, Memphis, and Dan know they have to fight for veto. Renny tells Keesha that she likes Ollie and doesn’t want to put him up.

Renny chooses Dan at random for veto.
April chooses Keesha.
Jerry chooses Ollie.

April and Ollie are jumping up and down. Everybody else panics and gets angry. They think Renny’s screwing them on purpose.

The backyard is haunted. Ollie’s most scared by the crows. They must examine all of the items for 5 minutes. Then they have to answer the amounts in questions afterward. Players can stay or fold. If they stay, they get a point if they’re closest, but they get eliminated if they’re furthest. Whoever folds continues to the next round but without any points. Ollie, Dan, April, and Keesha fold on the first question. Jerry is closest, so Renny’s eliminated. Ollie and Dan fold on the second question. Jerry scores another point, while April is eliminated. Jerry folds on the third question, though it turns out he was closest. Dan scores a point, but Keesha is eliminated. Ollie and Jerry fold on the next question. Dan scores a second point by default. Nobody folds on this last question. Dan is closest and wins the power of veto. Quite a change in strategy for the guy who’s been playing the role of weak player for so long (quite successfully). His mistrust for Renny is pretty apparent.

April believes she can convince Dan to use the veto on her. Why? Just… why? She hopes to be able to bribe him with the $5k in gold bars plus a promise to not nominate him next week. Dan’s not even thinking anything along those lines. His only consideration is if he should use the veto to save Jerry and force Renny’s hand so she will make the nominations she should have made in the first place. Jerry, having called Dan Judas last week, promises to be loyal to whoever keeps him around this week. Memphis doesn’t trust Renny enough to believe she won’t put him up.

Dan asks Renny if she made a deal with Ollie. She denies any deal, but she again repeats that she likes Ollie. She also doesn’t give any indication that she’d put him up if Jerry were taken off the block.

Dan has decided not to use the veto. He uses the ceremony to bring up the money he was offered. April thinks she’s going home and plans to be a total bitch (apparently, this is a change).

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 10 episode 18, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on CBS.

Heroes season 3 premieres on September 21 on NBC. Here’s the newest trailer that will air on August 30 on NBC. Needless to say, this clip contains spoilers.

The Amazing Race 13 begins Sunday September 28th on CBS. The cast consists of 11 teams:

Aja & Ty
Dating Long Distance
Aja Benton
25
Aspiring Actress
Los Angeles, CA

Ty White
25
Banker
West Bloomfield, MI

Andrew & Dan
Fraternity Brothers
Andrew Lappitt
22
Student
Tucson, AZ

Dan Honig
23
Hotel Manager Trainee
Wilmington, DE

Anita & Arthur
Married Beekeepers
Anita Jones
63
Retired Paralegal
Eugene, OR

Arthur Jones
61
Playground Maintenance
Eugene, OR

Anthony & Stephanie
Dating
Anthony Marotta
32
Mortgage Broker
Los Angeles, CA

Stephanie Kacandes
32
Financial Saleswoman
Los Angeles, CA

Kelly & Christy
Divorcees
Kelly Crabb
26
Sales Representative
Houston, TX

Christy Cook
26
Business Developer
Austin, TX

Ken & Tina
Separated
Ken Greene
51
Home Builder and Ex-NFL Player
Tampa, FL

Tina Greene
48
Executive Search Firm President
San Diego, CA

Marisa & Brooke
Southern Belles
Marisa Axelrod
22
Student
Spartanburg, SC

Brooke Jackson
24
Graphic Designer
Columbia, SC

Mark & Bill
Best Friends
Mark Yturralde
41
Comic-Con Treasurer
San Diego, CA

Bill Hahler
42
Student Aid Administrator
San Diego, CA

Nick & Starr
Brother and Sister
Nick Spangler
22
Actor
New York, NY

Starr Spangler
21
Former NFL Cheerleader
Fort Worth, TX

Terence & Sarah
Dating
Terence Gerchberg
35
Running Coach
New York, NY

Sarah Leshner
31
Investment Analyst
New York, NY

Toni & Dallas
Mother and Son
Toni Imbimbo
51
Accounting Consultant
Woodside, CA

Dallas Imbimbo
22
Student
Woodside, CA

Check out the “Meet the Cast” video below if you want to know more.

Remember what TheWB was like before the trainwreck that is The CW? Well, it’s coming back. More or less. Variety reports that Warner Bros. is preparing for an August 27 launch of TheWB.com. The site will feature a mix of old series and also web originals for visitors to watch for free.

Returning TV shows include Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Friends, and The OC at launch, as well as Everwood, Gilmore Girls, One Tree Hill, Roswell, Smallville, Veronica Mars, Angel, Babylon 5, Firefly, In Living Color, The Loop, and MadTV.

Web original series include “Whatever Hollywood,” a skein revolving around the antics of three pals called Suri, Apple and Shiloh; “Blue Water High,” revolving around six Australian teenagers at an ultra-competitive surf academy and “A Boy Wearing Makeup,” a video diary about Mathieu Francis, who dispenses makeup advice and fashion tips; “Sorority Forever,” a mystery from McG’s Wonderland Sound and Vision banner and Big Fantastic; Josh Schwartz’s untitled music project, a look behind the scenes at a fictional Hollywood rock club; “Rich Girl, Poor Girl,” a reality skein from “Laguna Beach” creator Gary Auerbach; “Exposed,” a thriller about a college student haunted by his past that Wonderland is exec producing with Blake Calhoun and Mike Maden for Alternative Fuel. “High Drama: Against All Oz,” an unscripted series about a big-budget high school musical; “Chadam,” an action-horror-adventure toon; “Downers Grove,” about pals who stayed in the suburbs while the rest of their classmates went away to college; and “Joni & Susanna,” revolving around two best friends/frenemies in their 20s.

Following Libra’s eviction, power shifted once again as Renny won HOH in Big Brother 10 Episode 15.

Keesha’s happy she’s at least a little more liked than Libra is, as if that’s saying something.

April’s already plotting how she will act if she’s nominated against Jerry, who she has also decided she hates.

Renny doesn’t want Keesha to be close to anybody but her, and she wants her to stop being so friendly to Memphis. While the goal here is to get Keesha to be worried about Memphis, their discussion just leads her to be concerned about Renny.

Ollie and April try to convince us they’re far beyond just a showmance.

Renny wants Michelle to be on her side. She wants her to swear on a bible, on her parents, and in blood that she won’t turn on her. As for Keesha, well, that alliance with her continues to fade.

It’s a gross food competition. They will be eating slop, pig ears, and crickets. After saying grace, Dan downs a plate of crickets to earn a point for the red team. Michelle, who loves pig ears, instead opts for crickets, and she earns another point for the red team. Jerry eats a bowl of slop with much difficulty and earns the first point for the blue team. Memphis eats pig ears to earn a second point for the blue team. Michelle happily eats some pig ears to earn a third point for red. April, a vegetarian, selects pig ears for some reason, which she eats to win the food competition for the red team. April, Michelle, Dan, and Keesha are on food. Jerry, Memphis, and Ollie are on slop, in addition to the one item America voted for, giant lollipops.

Ollie’s afraid of birds. Yep, nothing quite as terrifying as the deadly man-eating crow.

Renny tells Dan she may need him to be a pawn. She believes that putting him up will minimize her enemies. The others all tell her this is a stupid idea. Eventually, she comes up with the idea of bouncing this off Ollie to see where he stands, and he interprets this as meaning April is her target. He says he’s there to win, but he still pushes for her to get rid of Jerry instead of April.

Nobody feels safe because Renny’s a bit of a nutcase.

Nominations
Dan is safe.
Keesha is safe.
Ollie is safe.
Memphis is safe.
Michelle is safe.

Jerry and April have been nominated for eviction. She tells April it’s because she’s a big threat, and she tells Jerry it’s about revenge for him nominating her. Keesha doesn’t get why Renny didn’t nominate April and Ollie. April’s very excited about being on the block against Jerry.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 10 episode 17, which airs Tuesday at 9/8c on CBS.

BB10 Spoilers

Jerry won the veto in Big Brother 10 Episode 14, and despite how much he hates Dan’s guts and intestines, he decided to honor the HOH’s wishes and keep Libra and Keesha on the chopping block.

Nobody can believe the words that are coming out of Jerry’s mouth. I wouldn’t want to be one of his allies, who can’t believe it either. Dan’s thrilled because this has backfired and created sympathy for him rather than getting anyone to hate him as intended.

April’s prettier than Keesha. Or at least that’s what April tells us.

Memphis has a new plan. Him and Dan going to the end with Renny and Keesha.

According to April, Dan is dangerous because he’s turned against his alliance once already. When did that happen? She and Ollie want to get Dan’s vote to keep Libra around. Yeah, apparently they didn’t learn their lesson the last time a secret vote was organized. Libra tells Dan she’s got three votes, not really getting into more details than that. He says he’ll think about it. Don’t tell Jerry that. He’ll view it as some sort of religious promise.

Libra’s husband was happy that she took the Hawaiian trip like she knew he would be, contrary to what Michelle’s whining would have suggested.

Dan admits that he’s made some mistakes in the game, but he just plans to go to confession when he gets out. Jerry calls religion a prop. Whatever that’s about.

Michelle says she says a lot of things without thinking, but at least she’s aware of it.

Votes
Renny-Libra
Memphis-Libra
Jerry-Libra
Dan-Libra
Ollie-Libra
April-Libra

By a vote of 6-0, Libra has been evicted from the Big Brother house and is the first member of the jury. She walks out with a smile and hugs everyone. She thinks she would probably be friends with April and Keesha outside the house. She’s surprised the others gave her so much credit/blame for what happened in the house.

The HOH competition is about quotes that the evicted houseguests said in the diary room. Whoever gets an answer correct can eliminate someone else from the competition. Renny is correct and eliminates April. Dan is correct and eliminates Jerry. Ollie is incorrect and is eliminated. Memphis is incorrect and is eliminated. Dan is incorrect and is eliminated. Renny is correct and is the new HOH. Power swings back the other way. Typical.

America’s vote this time is pointless: the opportunity to give the houseguests an additional food item.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 10 episode 16, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.

BB10 Spoilers

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July was a rather uneventful month as expected. The Xbox 360 price cut seems to have not had any real impact (granted, it was not a real price cut), while PS3’s MGS4 bump was short lived. Madden 09 and Too Human should power a more robust August.

Big Brother 10 Episode 13 saw yet another set of predictable nominations as Michelle put Libra and Keesha on the chopping block. Somewhat less predictable was that these people outdid themselves in terms of how psycho crazy they can be. The burn in Hell bit was a particularly nice touch.

Michelle wants Libra and Keesha to know how it feels to campaign against each other and have their own alliance have to pick between the both of them because that’s what they (aka April) did to Jessie.

April’s key being the first one out of the box wasn’t lost on anybody.

Michelle tells Keesha that Libra is her target because Libra and nobody else wanted each of the first four people gone. This logic is not like our earth logic.

Dan’s only concerned if Jerry, who wants him on the block, wins veto.

Michelle selects April for veto at random.
Keesha selects Memphis.
Libra selects Jerry.

Jerry believes Dan’s a much bigger threat. He’s correct, although his reasoning behind it is about as lame as could be expected. Michelle says there’s a reason his key was last in the box. So is there also a reason April’s was first?

The houseguests head out into the backyard to see thousands of onions that smell like an armpit. They must gather and chop onions to be placed in either the veto bin or the mystery bin. The person with the heaviest veto bin will win veto, while the two people with the heaviest mystery bins will win the mystery prizes. Dan asks Ollie how bad Jerry wants him out of the house, and the response is that it’s like it’s personal (not to mention childish) and that he’ll probably make a deal with someone if he wins.

Mystery box
Memphis: 33.8 pounds
April: 27.4 pounds
Michelle: 19.4 pounds
Keesha: 17.6 pounds
Libra: 17.2 pounds (no onions)
Jerry: 17.2 pounds

April and Memphis win the mystery prizes. Memphis will be able to wear a custom made onion necklace for 24 hours. April will receive 5 designer outfits selected by a personal stylist.

Veto box
Memphis: 25.8 pounds
April: 27.4 pounds
Michelle: 31 pounds
Keesha: 29.8 pounds
Libra: 32 pounds
Jerry: 36.8 pounds

Jerry has won the power of veto, obviously a lot more desperate for veto than anybody else on his “side.” Libra thinks she’s a goner.

Michelle wants things to stay the same because it would guarantee Libra going home. Jerry wants Dan on the block because he can’t get past how Dan apparently allegedly lied to him with his responses of “Okay, Jerry” during their keep Jessie in the house conversation.

At the feast, everybody tries to pretend they don’t hate each others’ guts. It’s all fun and games until Dan tries to apologize to Jerry. And for some reason Michelle thinks Libra’s a bitch. Then Libra pulls Ollie into the other room and takes the opportunity to bring up the other night’s screaming match, but during their surprisingly calm talk, she tells him what Keesha herself admits: it was Keesha, not Libra, who was the catalyst to the Jessie boot.

So back we go then to how much Michelle hates Libra. She picks up on the most silly detail (a comment Libra said obviously jokingly that nobody else noticed) and tries to use it to get Keesha to turn on her. Michelle pretends the comment sounded serious, and Keesha buys it, causing yet another fight. During this fight, Libra blames Keesha for booting Jessie. This then turns around to Keesha blaming April. Michelle, whose motive was to get Libra and Keesha arguing, is wondering how this backfired and Keesha’s now yelling at her and saying she hates April.

Despite his incessant whining and use of the term Judas during the veto ceremony, Jerry decides to not use the veto because the HOH doesn’t want him to. Dan’s very pleased with the outcome and unphased by Jerry’s melodrama.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 10 episode 15, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on CBS.