New Girl is back tomorrow on Fox with two episodes and we have clips from the second instalment (for sneak peeks of episode 1 head here) that will see Jess (Zooey Deschanel) attempt to get over her bad news from the premiere. We will also meet some of Winston's (Lamorne Morris) family and Schmidt (Max Greenfield) will set out to impress. Spoilers ahead.
It took the New Girl writers some time to carve out Winston's role within the group as his character was a late addition to the cast. Damon Wayans Jr. was of course the other roommate in the pilot as Coach, but when Happy Endings received a season 2 pick-up he had to leave New Girl. Instead of simply recasting the character, a new one was created instead and it understandably took time to develop who Winston is and what his strengths as a character and performer are. Winston is...
It took the New Girl writers some time to carve out Winston's role within the group as his character was a late addition to the cast. Damon Wayans Jr. was of course the other roommate in the pilot as Coach, but when Happy Endings received a season 2 pick-up he had to leave New Girl. Instead of simply recasting the character, a new one was created instead and it understandably took time to develop who Winston is and what his strengths as a character and performer are. Winston is...
- 9/24/2012
- by emma fraser
- TVovermind.com
New Girl returns with not one but two episodes Tuesday, September 25 to launch Fox's comedy block and the second part will feature a couple of new love interests for Jess (Zooey Deschanel). Nick (Jake Johnson) will have a bizarre encounter at the bar as someone claims to be him from the future and we will meet Winston's (Lamorne Morris) basketball playing sister.
Jess tries to preoccupy herself as she has new found spare time now that she is no longer a teacher. Jess ends up with not one but two guys who have take an interest in her in this second episode. One is guest star David Walton (Bent) who creator Liz Meriwether describes as Jess' new "f**k buddy" Sam and it is a case of mistaken identity that brings them together. The other is Book of Mormon star Josh Gad who is playing the interestingly named Bearclaw and...
Jess tries to preoccupy herself as she has new found spare time now that she is no longer a teacher. Jess ends up with not one but two guys who have take an interest in her in this second episode. One is guest star David Walton (Bent) who creator Liz Meriwether describes as Jess' new "f**k buddy" Sam and it is a case of mistaken identity that brings them together. The other is Book of Mormon star Josh Gad who is playing the interestingly named Bearclaw and...
- 9/11/2012
- by emma fraser
- TVovermind.com
Keenyah Hill is to guest star on season two of New Girl. The America's Next Top Model star will play Alisha, Winston's (Lamorne Morris) sister who is also a professional basketball player, reports TV Guide. Hill's character visits her brother when her basketball team comes to town and hates that she becomes the latest object of interest for Schmidt (Max Greenfield), who challenges her to a one-on-one game of basketball. Hill will appear in the second episode of season two, (more)...
- 8/11/2012
- by By Kristina Bustos
- Digital Spy
Former "Daily Show" correspondent-turned-"Children's Hospital" star Rob Corddry will branch out for a recurring role on "Happy Endings" Season 3. The actor will guest star for at least two episodes as Chicago's "Car Czar" and Jane's new boss.
According to TVLine, Jane meets Corddry's character when she tags along with Penny to help her pal buy a new car. (She's definitely a person you want on your side during a negotiation, that's for sure.) Corddry is the owner of the dealership, and hires her as a salesperson when she impresses him with her knowledge of cars.
In other casting news:
- Winston's mom isn't the only member of the Bishop clan to make an appearance during the upcoming second season of "New Girl" -- we'll meet his Schmidt-hating sister, too. Played by "America's Next Top Model" alum Keenyah Hill, Alisha is a professional basketball player who spurns Schmdit's romantic...
According to TVLine, Jane meets Corddry's character when she tags along with Penny to help her pal buy a new car. (She's definitely a person you want on your side during a negotiation, that's for sure.) Corddry is the owner of the dealership, and hires her as a salesperson when she impresses him with her knowledge of cars.
In other casting news:
- Winston's mom isn't the only member of the Bishop clan to make an appearance during the upcoming second season of "New Girl" -- we'll meet his Schmidt-hating sister, too. Played by "America's Next Top Model" alum Keenyah Hill, Alisha is a professional basketball player who spurns Schmdit's romantic...
- 8/10/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
"New Girl" will play host to a family reunion when the Fox comedy introduces Winston's sister and mother in Season 2. According to TV Guide, "America's Next Top Model" Cycle 4 finalist Keenyah Hill will guest star as Alisha, a professional basketball player who drops by to visit her brother when her team passes through town in the second episode of Season 2.
Naturally, Schmidt responds in a typically Schmidt way and, after deciding to pursue her romantically, challenges her to a game of one-on-one basketball to show off his skills. Per TV Guide, Alisha proceeds to "annihilate him."
Hill joins previously announced Anna Maria Horsford, who will play Winston's Schmidt-hating mother in Season 2.
In other casting news ...
"Touch" introduces a "Lost" alum. The Kiefer Sutherland drama is beefing up its supporting cast in Season 2, with Said Taghmaoui tapped to play series regular Guillermo Ortiz, a smart Jesuit priest-turned-killing machine. Adam Campbell and...
Naturally, Schmidt responds in a typically Schmidt way and, after deciding to pursue her romantically, challenges her to a game of one-on-one basketball to show off his skills. Per TV Guide, Alisha proceeds to "annihilate him."
Hill joins previously announced Anna Maria Horsford, who will play Winston's Schmidt-hating mother in Season 2.
In other casting news ...
"Touch" introduces a "Lost" alum. The Kiefer Sutherland drama is beefing up its supporting cast in Season 2, with Said Taghmaoui tapped to play series regular Guillermo Ortiz, a smart Jesuit priest-turned-killing machine. Adam Campbell and...
- 8/9/2012
- by Laura Prudom
- Huffington Post
The "America's Next Top Model: British Invasion" cycle came to an end Wednesday night (May 30) and the winner is ... Sophie Sumner. This was Sophie's second trip to the Final 2, as she made it that far on her cycle of "Britain's Next Top Model," but this time it ended better for her.
The finale saw the girls do the annual Cover Girl commercial and print ad shoot. Laura has a panic attack in the middle of the shoot and is taken to the hospital, but she rallies and performs well at a photo shoot for Vogue Italia - her look is very complimentary to the high-fashion spa surroundings of the shoot.
Tyra comes to the house to give Laura a counseling session, to which Laura says in a talking-head moment, "She wasn't just a judge. She was Tyra Banks, a person, just like everybody else." Heh.
The final runway show is...
The finale saw the girls do the annual Cover Girl commercial and print ad shoot. Laura has a panic attack in the middle of the shoot and is taken to the hospital, but she rallies and performs well at a photo shoot for Vogue Italia - her look is very complimentary to the high-fashion spa surroundings of the shoot.
Tyra comes to the house to give Laura a counseling session, to which Laura says in a talking-head moment, "She wasn't just a judge. She was Tyra Banks, a person, just like everybody else." Heh.
The final runway show is...
- 5/31/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
America's Next Top Model 18.11 "Jez Smith" Review
You guys, this is basically my relationship with Tyra at this point:
I may not be a pretty blonde teenage girl and she may not be a ghost-faced killer hellbent on my demise (...that I know of), but I'm beginning to think that Bankable Productions has been keeping an eye on me since I began trashing covering Top Model in cycle 16. How else do you explain yet another facet of an article I wrote about the show ending up making it...onto the show? First, that horrible, horrible villain toyed with me, eliminating contestant after contestant that I either loved or thought had the competition on lock (right after I wrote about them!) to let me know that she was coming for me. Now that I've spent a good three cycles cowering in the corner, fearing for my life (and the possibility of...
You guys, this is basically my relationship with Tyra at this point:
I may not be a pretty blonde teenage girl and she may not be a ghost-faced killer hellbent on my demise (...that I know of), but I'm beginning to think that Bankable Productions has been keeping an eye on me since I began trashing covering Top Model in cycle 16. How else do you explain yet another facet of an article I wrote about the show ending up making it...onto the show? First, that horrible, horrible villain toyed with me, eliminating contestant after contestant that I either loved or thought had the competition on lock (right after I wrote about them!) to let me know that she was coming for me. Now that I've spent a good three cycles cowering in the corner, fearing for my life (and the possibility of...
- 5/17/2012
- by Shilo Adams
- TVovermind.com
Eboni Davis made it all the way to the top five on America's Next Top Model: British Invasion, but no matter how long she stayed, she could never really escape the box that Tyra trapped her in with the nickname "30 Never," meant to praise Eboni's look of "eternal youth." When she tried to pose seductively, the judges came down on her for looking too old; when she acted young, her fellow models slung insults, calling her vain and immature.
The "30 Never" nickname seemed to become more of a psychological burden that, much like her tough childhood, ended up overshadowing, rather than enlightening, the model on screen. In the end, her modeling suffered, and after a disappointing shoot on top of one very tall tower, she was sent home.
BuddyTV's Morgan Glennon spoke with Eboni the morning after her elimination episode aired, and found out what Eboni thought of her portrayal on TV,...
The "30 Never" nickname seemed to become more of a psychological burden that, much like her tough childhood, ended up overshadowing, rather than enlightening, the model on screen. In the end, her modeling suffered, and after a disappointing shoot on top of one very tall tower, she was sent home.
BuddyTV's Morgan Glennon spoke with Eboni the morning after her elimination episode aired, and found out what Eboni thought of her portrayal on TV,...
- 5/11/2012
- by editor@buddytv.com
- buddytv.com
After a series of exhausting tests, from impersonating Elton John on a trampoline to posing atop one of Asia's tallest towers in the wind and the rain, Britain's Alisha White reached her breaking point on this week's episode of America's Next Top Model: British Invasion. After landing in the bottom two yet again, rather than accept another reprieve from Tyra, the stunning strutter with "legs for days" opted to walk.
Voluntary eliminations don't come often on Tyra's reality modeling show. After all, the sentiment of needing to "want this" more than anything is drilled into the girls' heads from day one. But viewers had watched week after week as Alisha floundered, fought and found fleeting success with the judges, only to get frustrated when that cycle of disappointment started again. (And again. And again.) By the end of this week's episode, before she got to the judging panel, she was...
Voluntary eliminations don't come often on Tyra's reality modeling show. After all, the sentiment of needing to "want this" more than anything is drilled into the girls' heads from day one. But viewers had watched week after week as Alisha floundered, fought and found fleeting success with the judges, only to get frustrated when that cycle of disappointment started again. (And again. And again.) By the end of this week's episode, before she got to the judging panel, she was...
- 5/11/2012
- by editor@buddytv.com
- buddytv.com
Alisha White took herself out of the running on "America's Next Top Model: British Invasion." She tells Zap2it in her exit interview that she's glad she did the show but she's also glad she quit.
Are you glad you did "America's Next Top Model"?
"Oh my God, I'm so glad. I can't express how happy I am to have the opportunity to come to America, to meet Tyra Banks, everybody was so lovely to me and I would do it all over again, honestly. I would do it all over again. I feel so blessed to be able to come to 'America's Next Top Model.' I don't feel like the public saw my supermodel ability, but the whole experience in itself was great for me. It was definitely a learning curve. I've learned so much about myself. It was definitely a privilege."
We were sad to see you quit the show.
Are you glad you did "America's Next Top Model"?
"Oh my God, I'm so glad. I can't express how happy I am to have the opportunity to come to America, to meet Tyra Banks, everybody was so lovely to me and I would do it all over again, honestly. I would do it all over again. I feel so blessed to be able to come to 'America's Next Top Model.' I don't feel like the public saw my supermodel ability, but the whole experience in itself was great for me. It was definitely a learning curve. I've learned so much about myself. It was definitely a privilege."
We were sad to see you quit the show.
- 5/10/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Oooh, Tyra Banks is mad.Another "America's Next Top Model: British Invasion" contestant -- Alisha White -- quit the competition on Wednesday night's show. She follows fellow U.K. model Louise Watts, who suffered a massive meltdown earlier in the season and stormed off set.Alisha had been praised for her in-person look but her photos were very inconsistent. Last night, she was on the chopping block alongside U.S. hopeful Eboni Davis.Tyra Banks actually called out Alisha, meaning Eboni was cut. But Alisha -- who succumbed to the pressure of the competition -- volunteered to quit in order to let Eboni stay. What happened next was even more shocking! Watch below: Read more...
- 5/10/2012
- by tooFab Staff
- TooFab
America's Next Top Model 18.10 "Nicholas Tse" Review
Ooh, so that happened.
Top Model, dare I say it, surprised me once again in cycle 18 with how the elimination played out. After nearly a decade on the air (think about that for a second), you'd think that the show had pulled out every trick in the book - every outrageous photo shoot, every casting dynamic, every watercooler shocker designed to send the internet atwitter (on Twitter). But look at you, Tyra Banks, finding a way to freshen things up; following several well-reasoned, understandable boots in a row, Top Model managed to top itself by having a double elimination. They may have had weeks where they've eliminated two models, most notably last cycle and the first episode of cycle 10, but those were either known about in advance or seemed egregiously artificial to the point that it lacked any shock value. Here, though, Alisha quitting came from absolutely nowhere,...
Ooh, so that happened.
Top Model, dare I say it, surprised me once again in cycle 18 with how the elimination played out. After nearly a decade on the air (think about that for a second), you'd think that the show had pulled out every trick in the book - every outrageous photo shoot, every casting dynamic, every watercooler shocker designed to send the internet atwitter (on Twitter). But look at you, Tyra Banks, finding a way to freshen things up; following several well-reasoned, understandable boots in a row, Top Model managed to top itself by having a double elimination. They may have had weeks where they've eliminated two models, most notably last cycle and the first episode of cycle 10, but those were either known about in advance or seemed egregiously artificial to the point that it lacked any shock value. Here, though, Alisha quitting came from absolutely nowhere,...
- 5/10/2012
- by Shilo Adams
- TVovermind.com
"America's Next Top Model" channeled a little "Fear Factor" last night when the contestants had to pose with silkworms for a photoshoot!The remaining six hopefuls flew to their international destination: Macau. Macau is one of the largest exporters of silk, and to up the "fashion" (or freak) factor of the shoot, they were covered in the crawling larvae.British contest Alisha seemed to have the worst reaction, but all the girls pulled their nerves together for the shoot. Laura, who spent her childhood collecting centipedes, ended up with the best photo of the night.It's not the first time "Top Model" has used insects in photo shoots. Back in Cycle 3, the models had to pose with a tarantula (a few even had the spider crawling on their faces). In Cycle 16, the models wore jewelry covered with pheromones and then were doused with bees. Check out the photos below:Somehow, we...
- 5/3/2012
- by tooFab Staff
- TooFab
America's Next Top Model 18.09 "Barney Cheng" Review
Can we talk about how Laura is just the worst?
All cycle long, I rode Kyle for how vacant her modeling was and the obnoxious praise she got for being a pretty typical Midwestern white girl, but Laura, that little devil, snuck past me. Of course, she had moments of being a bit of a spaz, seemed to be trying a bit too hard, and didn't appear to be emotionally ready for primetime, but she brought some energy to cycle 18 of Top Model and I liked that. Plus, she turned it out on more than one occasion, which is the ultimate cure-all for most reality show ails. If you do what you're supposed to do (and do it well), a little hiccup in likability can be written off, though not entirely excused. Ironically, though, it took Kyle's last episode for the veil to...
Can we talk about how Laura is just the worst?
All cycle long, I rode Kyle for how vacant her modeling was and the obnoxious praise she got for being a pretty typical Midwestern white girl, but Laura, that little devil, snuck past me. Of course, she had moments of being a bit of a spaz, seemed to be trying a bit too hard, and didn't appear to be emotionally ready for primetime, but she brought some energy to cycle 18 of Top Model and I liked that. Plus, she turned it out on more than one occasion, which is the ultimate cure-all for most reality show ails. If you do what you're supposed to do (and do it well), a little hiccup in likability can be written off, though not entirely excused. Ironically, though, it took Kyle's last episode for the veil to...
- 5/3/2012
- by Shilo Adams
- TVovermind.com
America's Next Top Model 18.08 "Georgina Chapman" Review
Don't look now, everybody, but there are actually two (not one, but two) Top Models lurking the streets and creating mayhem. Horrifying, I know. The first Top Model is a semi-respectable attempt at putting on a modeling competition; you know that it knows what to do and for the most part, it does just that, never letting its poker face slide for a minute. It's a Top Model we don't see much, but when we do, it's always both a pleasant surprise and random interlude amidst other elements. The second (and default) Top Model is a hot-buttered, corn-starched, girl-i-forgot-to-take-my-anti-psychotics mess; it produces pretty entertaining television, but you kind of wish Top Model would put that mode back in its pants once in a while.
"Georgina Chapman" felt like a combination between the two major aspects of Top Model and it kind of worked because of that.
Don't look now, everybody, but there are actually two (not one, but two) Top Models lurking the streets and creating mayhem. Horrifying, I know. The first Top Model is a semi-respectable attempt at putting on a modeling competition; you know that it knows what to do and for the most part, it does just that, never letting its poker face slide for a minute. It's a Top Model we don't see much, but when we do, it's always both a pleasant surprise and random interlude amidst other elements. The second (and default) Top Model is a hot-buttered, corn-starched, girl-i-forgot-to-take-my-anti-psychotics mess; it produces pretty entertaining television, but you kind of wish Top Model would put that mode back in its pants once in a while.
"Georgina Chapman" felt like a combination between the two major aspects of Top Model and it kind of worked because of that.
- 4/26/2012
- by Shilo Adams
- TVovermind.com
America's Next Top Model 18.07 "Estelle" Review
Rarely does an elimination of Top Model surprise me. Irritate, befuddle, deflate - sure, all the time. I've been around these parts for going on 18 cycles, so I've seen my fair share of ridiculous ousters. But because I've been with the show from day one, it's made me a little numb to the type of antics they can pull. If you see it, believe it, and it's super-duper outlandish, Top Model has it on top of their to do list, so at this point in the show's life, surprises don't happen all that often.
I'll be damned, then, that I've been surprised at the past two eliminations, but pleasantly so. First, AzMarie got knocked off her high horse for failing to train her tooch and now Kyle, she of the ridiculous overpraise and little desire to be there, gets the boot? Be still my reality loving heart.
Rarely does an elimination of Top Model surprise me. Irritate, befuddle, deflate - sure, all the time. I've been around these parts for going on 18 cycles, so I've seen my fair share of ridiculous ousters. But because I've been with the show from day one, it's made me a little numb to the type of antics they can pull. If you see it, believe it, and it's super-duper outlandish, Top Model has it on top of their to do list, so at this point in the show's life, surprises don't happen all that often.
I'll be damned, then, that I've been surprised at the past two eliminations, but pleasantly so. First, AzMarie got knocked off her high horse for failing to train her tooch and now Kyle, she of the ridiculous overpraise and little desire to be there, gets the boot? Be still my reality loving heart.
- 4/19/2012
- by Shilo Adams
- TVovermind.com
We said goodbye to Ashley on last week's episode of America's Next Top Model, but which contestant would be packing their bags this time around? There's tension right from the beginning of this episode - Alisha jokes that she's fed up that the American girls are always winning and quips that she won't speak until she wins first call out! But the real problems come while the models play around with Laura's teddy bear... which has sentimental value for her as it was given to her by her late friend. When an ear gets torn off and thrown in the pool, Laura's horrified (though Sophie seems to suggest that none of the women knew what the bear meant to her.) And when Kyle seems to push the ear further into the pool, she gets even angrier: "As far as I'm concerned she's dead to me." Kyle seems to...
- 4/12/2012
- by By Catriona Wightman
- Digital Spy
America's Next Top Model 18.06 "Jessica Sutta and Nadine Coyle" Review
Hoochie toochie smoochie bootchie toochie toochie coochie coochie.
Don't worry, everybody, I'm not having a fit or psychotic break from too much Top Model. (That's like saying "too much air", c'mon. No such thing.) I'm just practicing what tooches to do and what tooches not to do, as the Good Lord (and Mama Tyra) intended. You wouldn't want your salad tooch to get mixed up with your dessert tooch and heaven knows, if I mixed up my dinner tooch with my fish tooch, I might not be to show up at the next TV Blogger Luncheon, Fashion Show, and Tooch Off. And we wouldn't want that now, would we?
Y'all, tonight's Top Model was all types of stupid and train wreck-y, but I have to admit...I kind of loved it. I don't know if it's residual good feelings from an improved cycle or what,...
Hoochie toochie smoochie bootchie toochie toochie coochie coochie.
Don't worry, everybody, I'm not having a fit or psychotic break from too much Top Model. (That's like saying "too much air", c'mon. No such thing.) I'm just practicing what tooches to do and what tooches not to do, as the Good Lord (and Mama Tyra) intended. You wouldn't want your salad tooch to get mixed up with your dessert tooch and heaven knows, if I mixed up my dinner tooch with my fish tooch, I might not be to show up at the next TV Blogger Luncheon, Fashion Show, and Tooch Off. And we wouldn't want that now, would we?
Y'all, tonight's Top Model was all types of stupid and train wreck-y, but I have to admit...I kind of loved it. I don't know if it's residual good feelings from an improved cycle or what,...
- 4/12/2012
- by Shilo Adams
- TVovermind.com
"America's Next Top Model" all-stars winner Lisa D'Amato was back on the CW this week, helping mentor the Cycle 18 girls in their music challenge. She tells Zap2it all about the experience of returning, which girls she thinks are the strongest and what she's been up to since all-stars wrapped.
"I'm very jealous of them because their music challenge has more elements than our music challenge did on all-stars," D'Amato tells us, of the Cycle 18 girls. "We all mentored them in our own fortes. I mentored in the studio and co-wrote songs for them, I wrote their individual parts. It was great fun."
Lisa has never been afraid to speak her mind, so she certainly didn't hesitate to tell us which girls stood out to her this cycle.
"The ones who really shined and made an impact on my heart were Alisha, Annaliese, Catherine... and Laura is a sweetheart. You...
"I'm very jealous of them because their music challenge has more elements than our music challenge did on all-stars," D'Amato tells us, of the Cycle 18 girls. "We all mentored them in our own fortes. I mentored in the studio and co-wrote songs for them, I wrote their individual parts. It was great fun."
Lisa has never been afraid to speak her mind, so she certainly didn't hesitate to tell us which girls stood out to her this cycle.
"The ones who really shined and made an impact on my heart were Alisha, Annaliese, Catherine... and Laura is a sweetheart. You...
- 4/12/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
America's Next Top Model: British Invasion: Top 9 Power Rankings
Believe it or not, we're already down five girls in the search for America's Next Top Model-slash-Actress-slash-Reality-Footnote. It's been a weird cycle thus far, in that it's an improvement over cycle 17 yet there's still a lot of head scratching decisions being made, both on and off the catwalk. However, the farther we head into Tyra's Black Hole of Fierceness, the more we're seeing that there may be some models with actual potential vying for the title, as opposed to the regular girl realness that was being served at the cycle's beginning. Now that we've had a week with no new episode, it's time to fix your weave, smize with all you've got, and try to figure out who in the world could become the 18th winner of this mess.
Let's start in the bottom three, or the girls that...
Believe it or not, we're already down five girls in the search for America's Next Top Model-slash-Actress-slash-Reality-Footnote. It's been a weird cycle thus far, in that it's an improvement over cycle 17 yet there's still a lot of head scratching decisions being made, both on and off the catwalk. However, the farther we head into Tyra's Black Hole of Fierceness, the more we're seeing that there may be some models with actual potential vying for the title, as opposed to the regular girl realness that was being served at the cycle's beginning. Now that we've had a week with no new episode, it's time to fix your weave, smize with all you've got, and try to figure out who in the world could become the 18th winner of this mess.
Let's start in the bottom three, or the girls that...
- 4/8/2012
- by Shilo Adams
- TVovermind.com
With Candace's elimination from America's Next Top Model last week, the teams are equal again - there are five American models and five British models. Which team will lose a member this time around? Sophie's determined to up her game to match Azmarie, while Kyle's decided not to leave after her concerns last week. Meanwhile, Laura's annoyed with the other girls crying - she reveals that one of her friends died in a motorcycle accident shortly before the competition. "They've got to understand it's a blessing just to be here," she says. But the models have a treat ahead - they're going to fly to Toronto! In a video message, Jay Manuel explains that they're going to be going to real castings for real shows in real Toronto Fashion week! Alisha's excited: "These bitches are about to get cooked!" When the (more)...
- 3/29/2012
- by By Catriona Wightman
- Digital Spy
America's Next Top Model 18.05 "Beverly Johnson" Review
One of the main complaints that people (including yours truly) have had about Top Model is that it can feel a little insular. Instead of exposing the girls in each cycle to the realities of the fashion business through actual casting/jobs, realistic photoshoots, and lessons in handling your coins, it can focus too much on being capital-r Reality TV. There are many (legitimate) reasons that no true top model has emerged from the Top Model dungeon, but one of the primary examples of this lies with how little the girls know about what they're getting themselves into upon leaving the show. To be able to beat the fashion machine that has spit many a girl out like juice from a mouthful of chewing tobacco, you have to understand the machine and dressing like Michael Jackson or freely eating a hot dog aren't ways to do it.
One of the main complaints that people (including yours truly) have had about Top Model is that it can feel a little insular. Instead of exposing the girls in each cycle to the realities of the fashion business through actual casting/jobs, realistic photoshoots, and lessons in handling your coins, it can focus too much on being capital-r Reality TV. There are many (legitimate) reasons that no true top model has emerged from the Top Model dungeon, but one of the primary examples of this lies with how little the girls know about what they're getting themselves into upon leaving the show. To be able to beat the fashion machine that has spit many a girl out like juice from a mouthful of chewing tobacco, you have to understand the machine and dressing like Michael Jackson or freely eating a hot dog aren't ways to do it.
- 3/29/2012
- by Shilo Adams
- TVovermind.com
There was high drama on "America's Next Top Model: British Invasion" (Wed., 9 p.m. Et on The CW) when Kyle said she wanted to leave the show after the other models started attacking her.
Feisty Londoner Alisha called Kyle out for her performance and said, "You didn't do good. ... I know I did better than you, but they still like you because of the way you look."
After Kyle stormed out and said she wanted to go home, runway coach Miss J. tried to calm her down saying it was just the nature of the business. An agiated Kyle warned that if she stayed, "I will be pounding someone's face in."
Although Kyle went so far as packing her bags, she eventually changed her mind and opted to stay. That did not sit well with Candace who, when told she was being eliminated, said it was unfair she'd been picked...
Feisty Londoner Alisha called Kyle out for her performance and said, "You didn't do good. ... I know I did better than you, but they still like you because of the way you look."
After Kyle stormed out and said she wanted to go home, runway coach Miss J. tried to calm her down saying it was just the nature of the business. An agiated Kyle warned that if she stayed, "I will be pounding someone's face in."
Although Kyle went so far as packing her bags, she eventually changed her mind and opted to stay. That did not sit well with Candace who, when told she was being eliminated, said it was unfair she'd been picked...
- 3/22/2012
- by Catherine Lawson
- Huffington Post
America's Next Top Model 18.04 "J. Alexander" Review
In recent cycles of Top Model, the role of runway diva coach extraordinaire (and total friend in my head) Miss J. Alexander has been greatly reduced. I don't know if it's his busy schedule or any internal strife in Modelland, but the show tends to only pull him out for a challenge or two per cycle, with the last couple not even relating to runway. J. always brought a sense of fun and excitement to the show, damn near glistening with personality, and the technical know-how he has about the catwalk has been sorely missed, replaced by...well, Top Model doesn't really do runway anymore.
I mean, aside from their increasingly ridiculous final runways, of course.
Which is why his presence on tonight's Top Model was both fabulous and a little disappointing. Having J. back livened up the challenge, but if you're going to bring Miss J.
In recent cycles of Top Model, the role of runway diva coach extraordinaire (and total friend in my head) Miss J. Alexander has been greatly reduced. I don't know if it's his busy schedule or any internal strife in Modelland, but the show tends to only pull him out for a challenge or two per cycle, with the last couple not even relating to runway. J. always brought a sense of fun and excitement to the show, damn near glistening with personality, and the technical know-how he has about the catwalk has been sorely missed, replaced by...well, Top Model doesn't really do runway anymore.
I mean, aside from their increasingly ridiculous final runways, of course.
Which is why his presence on tonight's Top Model was both fabulous and a little disappointing. Having J. back livened up the challenge, but if you're going to bring Miss J.
- 3/22/2012
- by Shilo Adams
- TVovermind.com
On the latest "America's Next Top Model," Tyra busts out Super Smize again, while the girls are given an awesome ad campaign challenge.
Tyra drops by the house to make the girls walk out by the pool, then have an impromptu jam session, or something. And she's wearing reflective crossing guard tape and her Super Smize and it's really, really dumb.
Tyra then assigns the girls superhero names: Illuminata, Gam-a-Tronica, Chameeleone, Era-descent, Charismia, Excite-to-Buy, Andro-Genia, Zagalicious, Fiercely Real, Next-Doorsia, Exotica and 30-Never. Some are obviously better than others.
Challenge
They have to create an ad campaign for Very.com, an online British retailer. The theme is love and luxury and it's U.S. vs. U.K. They are actually doing it all (make-up/hair, wardrobe, props, casting a male model). It's a pretty cool challenge, actually.
The UK girls go '60s mod, while the Us team does Punk Love with Azmarie as the leader.
Tyra drops by the house to make the girls walk out by the pool, then have an impromptu jam session, or something. And she's wearing reflective crossing guard tape and her Super Smize and it's really, really dumb.
Tyra then assigns the girls superhero names: Illuminata, Gam-a-Tronica, Chameeleone, Era-descent, Charismia, Excite-to-Buy, Andro-Genia, Zagalicious, Fiercely Real, Next-Doorsia, Exotica and 30-Never. Some are obviously better than others.
Challenge
They have to create an ad campaign for Very.com, an online British retailer. The theme is love and luxury and it's U.S. vs. U.K. They are actually doing it all (make-up/hair, wardrobe, props, casting a male model). It's a pretty cool challenge, actually.
The UK girls go '60s mod, while the Us team does Punk Love with Azmarie as the leader.
- 3/15/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
America's Next Top Model 18.03 "Cat Deeley" Review
Well, that was awkward.
And awesome.
Admittedly, I had kind of lost hope in this cycle of Top Model after an uneventful, nonsensical episode last week. The Americans were hideously boring, the shoot failed to be as artsy as it tried to be, and the show was focusing too much on the rivalry aspect vs., y'know, finding a competent model and whatnot. Once a cycle of Top Model nosedives like that, it very rarely fully recovers, with Tyra and company content to go own the rabbit hole of awful, self-serving reality TV and never look back. But I'll be damned if they didn't get it together already.
How about a relevant Top Model challenge? In 2012? Be still my heart. This week, Team Brit and Team Amurrica had to design their own ad campaigns for very.com and were in charge of every aspect: casting,...
Well, that was awkward.
And awesome.
Admittedly, I had kind of lost hope in this cycle of Top Model after an uneventful, nonsensical episode last week. The Americans were hideously boring, the shoot failed to be as artsy as it tried to be, and the show was focusing too much on the rivalry aspect vs., y'know, finding a competent model and whatnot. Once a cycle of Top Model nosedives like that, it very rarely fully recovers, with Tyra and company content to go own the rabbit hole of awful, self-serving reality TV and never look back. But I'll be damned if they didn't get it together already.
How about a relevant Top Model challenge? In 2012? Be still my heart. This week, Team Brit and Team Amurrica had to design their own ad campaigns for very.com and were in charge of every aspect: casting,...
- 3/15/2012
- by Shilo Adams
- TVovermind.com
Tiffany Pisani has won this year's Britain's Next Top Model. The 18-year-old Wolverhampton native took the title during tonight's live final, beating out runner-up Alisha White and third-placed Joy McLaren to grab top honours after receiving the most votes from viewers. Pisani was favoured by the judges early on in the competition and continued to be a strong contender after several successful photoshoot challenges. During the Dave Berry-hosted final, the remaining contestants walked in a live runway show (more)...
- 10/4/2010
- by By Jennifer Still
- Digital Spy
Joy McLaren has admitted that she was shocked when she made it into the top three on Britain's Next Top Model. McLaren will battle it out against Tiffany Pisani and Alisha White for the title in tonight's live final. "[It feels] absolutely amazing," she told Digital Spy. "But quite a big shock as well." She explained: "I think everything to me was just like (more)...
- 10/4/2010
- by By Catriona Wightman
- Digital Spy
Britain's Next Top Model contestant Alisha White has suggested that the show's judge Julien Macdonald can sometimes go too far. Speaking to Digital Spy, White explained that she has warmed to the programme's panel. "I love Charley," she said. "I think he's really sweet. He's a really nice judge and it's nice to have a model on the panel because they can always give you advice on what to do for next time. "I love Grace Woodward - she's my favourite after Elle. She's just phenomenal. I love everything about her, from her style to what she says. Everything. I just love Grace. And of course I love Elle - come on, who doesn't?" However, speaking about Macdonald, she said: "I like him too, don't (more)...
- 10/4/2010
- by By Catriona Wightman
- Digital Spy
The top three Britain's Next Top Model hopefuls have admitted that they are nervous about the live final. Alisha White, Joy McLaren and Tiffany Pisani will battle it out for the title tonight. Speaking to Digital Spy, White said: "I am extremely nervous. But I'm going to bring it!" Pisani also admitted to feeling anxious, saying: "I am feeling very nervous, I must admit. Obviously I am, because I want everything to go smoothly. And I really, really, really want to do my best on the night. I've been practising and hopefully it's going to show." Meanwhile, McLaren explained that she is looking forward to finding out who will be (more)...
- 10/4/2010
- by By Catriona Wightman
- Digital Spy
The Saturdays, McFly and Tinchy Stryder will all perform at the first ever live Britain's Next Top Model final, it has been revealed. Tomorrow night's grand finale, which will air live on Living from 9pm, will feature the final three girls competing for viewers' votes in order to win the series crown. Joy McLaren, Alisha White and Tiffany Pisani will battle it out in front of an audience of celebrities and industry experts for the prize (more)...
- 10/3/2010
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
Alisha White has insisted that she did not have a rivalry with Charlotte Holmes on Britain's Next Top Model. Former Miss Cornwall Holmes departed the competition at the final four stage following a series of tasks in Malaysia. During her final show, she was shown arguing with White about her commitment to the programme. Speaking about their spat, White told On The Box: "To be honest, it was just that one occasion. Everyone thinks I hate her, or that I’m jealous (more)...
- 10/1/2010
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
Joy McLaren is going to wait five minutes before celebrating if she wins 'Britain's Next Top Model'. The 21-year-old hopeful - who will battle it out against Alisha White and Tiffany Pisani in Monday night's (04.10.10) live final - admits she will be stunned if she emerges victorious but will keep a lid on her celebrations until the result is confirmed, after the wrong girl was named as the winner of 'Australia's Next Top Model'. Joy exclusively told Bang Showbiz: ''I never expected I would make it through the audition rounds, let alone be in the final three, so I just feel so ..
- 9/30/2010
- Virgin Media - TV
Amelia Thomas fears 'Britain's Next Top Model' could turn into a popularity contest. The 21-year-old redhead - who was kicked off the modelling search show last night (13.09.10) - is concerned that the new format, where the public vote for the winner, could mean hopefuls aren't judged solely on their talent. Amelia hopes contestants Alisha White and Joy McLaren will make the final two, but believes Charlotte Holmes' personality could make her a favourite with the public. She told Bang Showbiz: ''It's a popularity contest then, isn't it? We left school years ago, it shouldn't be like that. I just think that you've got ..
- 9/14/2010
- Virgin Media - TV
Kirsty Parsons has become the latest contestant to depart Britain's Next Top Model. The 21-year-old youth worker, who has been at the centre of a number of rows on the programme, was voted off by Elle Macpherson and her panel of judges on tonight's show. Parsons had been criticised by Macpherson for her lack of personality and was axed after finding herself in the bottom two with Alisha White. The two challenges this week featured the girls modelling couture hats and a trip to Norway's Folgefonna glacier for an advert project with Isklar Norwegian Glacial (more)...
- 8/23/2010
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
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