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.
Author: Shane
The Amazing Race 13 Cast
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.
TheWB Returns (Sorta)
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.
Big Brother 10 Episode 16
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.
Big Brother 10 Episode 15
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.
NPD July 2008
Nintendo DS: 608k
Wii: 555k
PlayStation 3: 225k
PSP: 222k
Xbox 360: 205k
PS2: 155k
1. NCAA Football 09 (EA, Xbox 360) – 397.6k
2. Wii Fit (Nintendo, Wii) – 369.6k
3. Guitar Hero: On Tour (Activision, DS) – 309.7k
4. Wii Play (Nintendo, Wii) – 284k
5. NCAA Football 09 (EA, PS3) – 242.5k
6. Soul Calibur IV (Namco, Xbox 360) – 218.9k
7. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo, Wii) – 174.5k
8. Rock Band Special Edition (EA, Wii) – 165.8k
9. Soul Calibur IV (Namco, PS3) – 155.8k
10. Sid Meier’s Civilization (Take 2, Xbox 360) – 147.6k
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 14
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.
The Mole 5 Winner
Now that the final three have completed all their tasks, tonight’s the time to pick a winner. Between Nicole Williams, Craig Slike, and Mark Lambrecht, one person will be The Mole 5 winner and walk away with $420,000, one person will walk away with nothing, and one person will be revealed as the mole.
Only one person’s door will open. That person is the winner. And The Mole 5 winner is Mark. It’s not over yet, though. We still need to find out who is the mole.
Craig is the mole. He was a good pick for the mole. Nice enough guy that most people wouldn’t suspect him, and out of shape enough that throwing physical challenges was fairly simple.
That means that Nicole finished in second. Even though she seemed obnoxious initially, she was responsible for some of the season’s better moments.
It turns out Paul and Nicole ended up tying on the final night he was there, but she beat him on the quiz by 4 seconds. Paul was the only person who was on to the mole from the first execution.
Mark suspected Victoria initially. She accidentally hit the wrong answer on one of her questions, and if not for her mistake, he would have been sent home. He and Clay again picked the wrong person, focusing on Kristen. By 1 second, Mark was saved from elimination after she was eliminated. Clay got the boot when they targeted Nicole, but Mark still thought Nicole was the mole. In the final three, Mark finally decided that Craig was the mole, based on Clay telling him that he went 100% Nicole. It wasn’t until that point that he figured it out. Interesting to see just how lousy a game he played, but he won nonetheless.
The dossier, which cost the pot $75,000, only contained the answer to one question, proving useless as I’d suspected.
Nicole got 13 out of 20 correct on the final quiz, but Mark scored 17 out of 20 correct.
Craig started sabotaging with the over the falls mission. Allegedly. Craig encouraged Bobby to get into the wheelbarrow in the pig mission. This was a classic move, and in that mission, they went nowhere. In fruit of the luge, he talked to Victoria after the finish line. In the travellers mission, he picked the most ludicrous modes of transportation, though this shifted blame to Mark, the most vocal person about not doing this task. Nobody but Paul suspected Craig until week 7. Craig encouraged Nicole to talk in the camera mission. In the sniper mission, he got shot on purpose. In total, he sabotaged over $100k from being added to the pot. In the mission where he got hauled off in an ambulance, that was real and not just acting. He thanks everybody for being good sports. At least they’re not whiny about it like some previous contestants have been.
Supposedly there were clues to the mole’s identity. I still don’t see them (CRG is an abbreviation for Craig?). I see they did the whole not mentioning the mole’s name during an execution thing again, though.
That does it for this season of The Mole, and probably the show as a whole. Following the 4 year hiatus, ABC stuck the show in the worst time slot it could and admitted it did a poor job of promoting the series. Some would argue that the show was doomed from the beginning, while others have suggested it didn’t quite live up to the nostalgia anyway. Either way, it’s unlikely we’ll see The Mole back on ABC again, even during the summer. However, there are multiple cable networks that will likely consider picking it up, so it’s possible we haven’t seen the last of it.