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Reality Shows

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    The Bachelorette Season 8: The St. Louis Guy Calls Himself "Wolf"

    So there's a guy from St. Louis on The Bachelorette Season 8, which began airing last night, and and he calls himself, "Wolf." His real name is just John. (Almost nobody in reality television has a last name.) He's a data destruction specialist. We have no idea what that means, and we're not going t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 8, 2012

    St. Louis Has Talent

    So there's a guy from St. Louis on The Bachelorette Season 8, which began airing last night, and and he calls himself, "Wolf." His real name is just John. (Almost nobody in reality television has a last name.) He's a data destruction specialist. We have no idea what that means, and we're not going t ... More >>

  • Music

    January 26, 2012

    Diggy Simmons

    6 p.m. Sunday, January 29. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2011

    Standup Iliza Shlesinger: "Yes I Google Myself, and Anybody Who Says They Don't Is a Liar"

    iliza.comIliza Shlesinger coming to the Funnybone this weekend!​Iliza Shlesinger's hotness is (1)  undeniable, and (2) irrelevant, because  her comic chops are real: In 2008, at the tender age of 24, she won NBC's Last Comic Standing, and hasn't looked back since. She'll be at the Funnyb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2011

    The Gap Ruins Four Food Trends in One Leap

    On Friday we thought Applebee's killed the food truck trend dead. But it was only the beginning. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/dailydishThe Gap puts tacos in jeans. ​ Meet Pico de Gap, a taco truck operated by The Gap in Los Angeles. Because having a trillion brick and mortar stores isn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2011

    Ten Fatty Foods Gut Check Would Buy With Our Biggest Loser Winnings

    Image viaThe reward Biggest Loser contestants receive is a big one: $250,000.​Some lucky St. Louisans could be next in line to get their asses kicked into shape by Anna Kournikova. In search of season thirteen contestants, NBC's feel-good weight-loss reality show The Biggest Loser is coming ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    Three Examples of the Current Food Television Chaos

    Image via​Is Julia Child rolling over in her grave yet? Cooking shows, the genre she helped create, are roaring out of control. So says Saveur editor-in-chief James Oseland in Sunday's Los Angeles Times. Specifically, "It's foodie chaos right now." Oseland should know; he's been a judge on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    What It's Like To Audition (Unsuccessfully) For American Idol

    One of these people might have moved past the first round. Maybe. Photo by Jon Gitchoff.​Ed: The American Idol Season 11 auditions attracted more than 10,000 hopefuls to the Scottrade Center yesterday. Recent Mizzou grad Mallory Gnaegy was one them, and she has agreed to let us publish her ac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    David Cook Sings "Don't You Forget About Me," America Tries To Remember

    Dear Mr. Vernon, you see us as a pop star, a pop star, a pop star, a pop star, and a pop star...​David Cook's decision to cover "Don't You Forget About Me," currently the official "send-off" song of season season of American Idol, was as an especially gutsy move for an alum of a show that has, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    The Voice with Cee-Lo, X-Tina and Two Other Dudes: Four Possible Spin-Offs

    Christina Aguilera, Cee-Lo Green, and some white guys are the hosts of America's first communist TV talent show, "The Voice." ​The Voice, America's favorite socialist-realism-inspired TV talent show, has quickly and abruptly become NBC's first broadly accepted hit show since Friends, a sitcom ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2011

    Get Energized for National Park Contest

    ​We're pretty certain that there will never be a reality show on national parks that rises to the level of American Idol or Dancing With the Stars, but we thought you should know that you still have the chance to vote for the St. Louis Arch Grounds as one of the best parks in the country. If w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Aaron Buerge, The Bachelor in 2002, Files for Personal Bankruptcy

    Image viaAaron Buerge, star of ABC's The Bachelor in 2002, has filed for bankruptcy​Be glad he didn't pick ya, ladies, because this Bachelor can be unfaithful. Ask his creditors. Aaron Buerge, Springfield resident and reality star of ABC's second season of The Bachelor, has filed for Chapter 7 ban ... More >>

  • Music

    December 30, 2010

    Fantasia/Kandi Burruss/Eric Benet

    8 p.m. Saturday, January 1. The Fox Theatre, 527 North Grand Boulevard.

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2010

    Project Runway Sashays Onto Delmar

    Michael Drummond, lookin' good!​Next week, one of our favorite boutiques in University City, Ziezo, will host a trunk show featuring the work of Michael Drummond. (In case you've been living under a rock, designer Drummond, along with A.J. Thouvenot, repped the Lou this season on a little show cal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2010

    Clownvis returns to America's Got Talent as a Finale "All Star" [Goo Goo Dolls Update]

    image via Clownvis' debut appearance on America's Got Talent​Back in June, Clownvis Presley's audition for America's Got Talent aired. Despite his quick and obscenity-ridden dismissal by the judges, Clownvis was invited back to America's Got Talent for tonight's season finale. For those who ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2010

    Kurt Warner to Compete on Dancing With the Stars

    ​We weren't at the wedding of Kurt and Brenda Warner, though we assume the couple had a first dance.From that we can deduce that Warner has twirled before an audience before, but does he have what it takes to shimmy in front of millions of viewers? We're about to find when Warner competes on ABC's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2010

    Calling All St. Louis Reality TV Wannabes, HGTV Wants You for My First Place

    ​Now that pseudo-reality TV show The Hills is over forever, and Dancing With the Stars is done waltzing until the fall, where are we supposed to get our reality-TV fix? (Other than the dozens of other reality TV shows still airing new episodes, that is.) It's like they say in that philosophic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2010

    The Morning Brew: 6.11

    After 134 years, New Orleans' P&J Oyster Company has ceased operations because of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig catastrophe. According to the New Orleans Times-Picayune, the company will not close entirely. They'll shuck as oysters are available, even if they have to ship them from the west coast. " ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 19, 2010

    The End Is Nigh

    After 134 years, New Orleans' P&J Oyster Company has ceased operations because of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig catastrophe. According to the New Orleans Times-Picayune, the company will not close entirely. They'll shuck as oysters are available, even if they have to ship them from the west coast. " ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    The Morning Brew: 5.18

    Not only are pesticides bad for bugs, there's more evidence showing how bad they are for humans. Reuters reports that the Harvard School of Public Health has released a study linking organophosphate pesticides to ADHD in kids. Over forty organophosphates are approved for pesticide use in the U.S. T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2010

    Hey Mom and Dad, Supernanny is Coming to St. Louis to Tame Your Naughty Little Monsters

    ​Dear parents: Supernanny understands. Your kids have gone beserk. They are incorrigible, completely out of control. One more tantrum, one more cuss word, one more scream, and you'll surely be headed for a padded room. You can't stand it a minute longer. You think of that line in the Ra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2010

    Blago to Compete on Next Celebrity Apprentice

    It's been years since "You're fired!", accompanied by a cobra-like flick of Donald Trump's right hand, became a national catchphrase, so long, in fact, that Trump has resorted to casting celebrities instead of regular old celebrity-whores on his reality show The Apprentice.But now we may have a reas ... More >>

  • Music

    October 28, 2009

    Kelly Clarkson

    8 p.m. Saturday, October 31. Family Arena, 2002 Arena Parkway, St. Charles.

  • Music

    September 23, 2009

    oh my god

    9 p.m. Friday, September 25. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

  • News

    September 9, 2009
  • Blogs

    September 1, 2009

    Ryan Seacrest Seeks St. Louis Talent, Hard-Luck Cases for New TV Show

    Ryan Seacrest​Yesterday I spoke with a casting director for a new television show produced by American Idol host Ryan Seacrest. The show is to be called "Chance" and is scheduled to debut on a yet-to-be-named cable network late this fall. Before then -- on September 19 -- the show will arrive in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2009

    F'ing Golden: Patti Blagojevich Eats a Tarantula, Nearly Drowns on Reality TV

    Patti Blagojevich, wife of infamous ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, has officially began her stint on the NBC reality TV show "I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here" and she wants you to know she's doing it all for the kids.The potty-mouthed former Illinois first lady took her husband's place ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 14, 2009
  • Calendar

    January 14, 2009

    Nail Files and Case Files

    This show's fun for everyone

  • Culture

    November 26, 2008
  • Calendar

    November 19, 2008

    American Idle

    That's entertainment!

  • Calendar

    November 19, 2008

    American Idle

    Truth and fiction are inseparable

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2008
  • Music

    April 9, 2008

    Chris Scruggs

    Truth and fiction are inseparable

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2008

    Review Preview: Everest Café & Bar

    Truth and fiction are inseparable

  • Music

    January 2, 2008

    Blake Lewis

    Audio Day Dream 
    (Arista/J)

  • Calendar

    November 7, 2007

    Throw Your Hat in the Ring

    Audio Day Dream 
    (Arista/J)

  • Calendar

    July 4, 2007

    This Is Entertainment

    (No TV required)

  • Home Entertainment

    February 14, 2007

    Royal Flush

    Marie Antoinette

  • Music

    January 10, 2007

    Dancing with the Stars tour

    7:30 p.m. Sunday, January 14. Scottrade Center (South 14th Street and Clark Avenue).

  • Calendar

    October 18, 2006

    Rock and Blues

    7:30 p.m. Sunday, January 14. Scottrade Center (South 14th Street and Clark Avenue).

  • Music

    July 19, 2006

    Kelly Clarkson

    :30 p.m. Monday, July 24. UMB Bank Pavilion (14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights).

  • Calendar

    April 26, 2006

    Looking Good

    :30 p.m. Monday, July 24. UMB Bank Pavilion (14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights).

  • Yearend

    December 22, 2004

    Trend-Spotting

    In a scandal-ridden election year, the years top ten music stories were all about winning the popular vote.

  • Music

    October 13, 2004

    Keep It Real

    We pitch a hard-rockin' reality show, talk Jesus with an ex-Card and have a little tiff about Brian Wilson

  • Music

    September 15, 2004

    Quick Picks

    Week of September 15, 2004

  • Music

    August 11, 2004

    Talk This Way

    Where's the reality for people trying out for American Idol?

  • Film

    June 18, 2003

    Film Openings

    Week of June 18, 2003

  • Culture

    March 5, 2003

    That '60s Show

    Oliver Beene goes against fake millionaires and phony idols

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