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Week in Review: Natalie, Reese, LeAnn and Hef Join Fellowship of the Ring!
Happy New Year!
It turns out that plenty of couples out there haven't been discouraged by the recent string of breakups. Just when we were ready to turn the page on Hollywood romance in 2010, multiple hands were asked for in marriage and our Zales stock went way up.
So, in addition to the usual delights and offenses, we are pleased to be bringing you multiple tales of romance, love and procreation from the past week.
Conan's Show Zero Whets Our Whistle for Now
For about five minutes there, it was as if Conan O'Brien had never gone away.
The incoming TBS host's Show Zero, meant to rev our engines for the Nov. 8 premiere of Conan, came and went online in the blink of an eye—but it still served its purpose.
One corny monologue joke, guest Jim Parsons ("great to be here, goodbye"), musical guest Steel Train (they played the first chord off their new album), a quick plug for Diet Coke and the Dancing Taco were really all that were needed to assure us that O'Brien hasn't lost his touch.
See ya next week, CoCo!
Down for the Countess on Real Housewives of New York City
Evidentally the Real Housewives of New York City haven't learned a fundamental lesson from their Tri-State-area counterparts in New Jersey: It's a lot more entertaining to watch ruthless character assassination, shame-based personality meltdowns and overblown acts of petty rage in public places than it is to suffer through bad disco singing.
Welcome to Countess LuAnn deLesseps's irony-pushing public debut of her song "Money Can't Buy You Class," wherein the Housewife not only gives a lip-synched performance that would humiliate a tipsy drag queen, but teaches a valuable life lesson to stunned Jill Zarin and Kelly Bensimon.
While we're on the subject, here are a few other things money can't buy ...
Electrifying Nerds on America's Got Talent
Echoing the wondrous melting pot that is these United States, America's Got Talent opens its arms to the huddled masses of those who believe they have been blessed with the ability to entertain. Whether you believe that is another matter. Which brings us to the, uh, unique group ArcAttack.
Howie Mandel Challenges United States on America's Got Talent
Once again, British people Piers Morgan and Sharon Osbourne are going to prove to our apparently dubious nation that America's Got Talent. And, now that career-move-savvy David Hasselhoff has bailed on AGT to reprise his role as Dr. William "Snapper" Foster Jr. on The Young and The Restless, the duo have drafted Canadian germophobe Howie Mandel to help in their quest.
Be forewarned, citizens: The picky star of Gremlins 2: The New Batch is raising the bar.
This One Time, at Dad Camp ...
What do you get when you cross Undateable with 16 and Pregnant? Welcome to VH1's Dad Camp, where we get to spend some quality time with knocked up young girls and the men who don't love them.
Meet Tiffany. She's 19 and pregnant with a taste in men that runs to greezy, tatted-up, irresponsible bad boys.
Fun With Half-Naked Men on Brandy and Ray J: A Family Business
It's Brandy's b-day, and sweet Ray J has a special surprise planned that any caring, tasteful brother would give to his big sister. Seven shirtless studs who will carry her around like Cleopatra.
Apparently she's never been in the writer's room of I Love Toy Trains.
Tyra Looks to the Future of Tyra
The Tyra Show may be in its waning days, but if you think that's going to stop Tyra Banks from promoting Tyra you've got another thing coming. With a mere three episodes to go, Tyra took time to inform us of "exciting and amazing" postshow Tyra-centered projects.
Of course, we didn't actually suffer through the whole show to hear what she's doing. Instead, we have a few exciting and amazing suggestions of our own. Vote for your favorite ...
Chucky Returns on Real Housewives of New Jersey
In New Jersey, it's not the beach, it's the shore. They're not Italian-Americans, they're guidos. And—thanks to pregnant Real Housewife Teresa, who introduces us to yet another taste of quaint Garden State vernacular—it's not a vajayjay, it's a chucky.
Bret Michaels Gives Back on The Celebrity Apprentice
America is finally resting easy knowing that overworked Donald Trump has a new Celebrity Apprentice. And yes, it's Bret Michaels. The enduring bandanna enthusiast overcame tremendous odds—a brain hemorrhage and an appendectomy—to appear on the final episode, rising from his sickbed to nab the coveted job from fierce contender Holly Robinson-Peete. And among the many attributes that won the favor of the picky Donald is Bret's selfless charity work.






