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Tailor Made is paymaster again in I Love Money 2. He managed to win a challenge that allowed everyone to play for themselves rather than teams. Of course there are still the same alliances but each person is now on their own. Tailor Made seems to be outsmarting everyone by manipulating them and driving them to do what he wants. Despite the fact he wanted 20 pack voted into the box who wasn’t, Tailor made managed to leave the result up to Cali who ended up going home in the end.

Tailor Made suggested to Cali to not vote so that she could stay clear of getting her alliance upset and clear of being sent home. She ignored him and listened to 20 pack who knew he would go home if he ended up in the box. So, he manipulated Cali to vote for Tailor Mades alliance. This led to her check being voided by Prancer. How did Prancer end up voiding the check. Tailor made decided to give the honor to her since Prancer didn’t void Cali’s check a couple weeks ago. Why? ‘Cause she wanted Cali in their alliance but instead she went against them. Therefore, Prancer voided her check. If Cali had kept herself from voting she would still be in the game and no one would be upset with her. She was stupid and allowed herself to be played by 20 pack.

In the way things seem to be going I would predict that Tailor Made, Saaphyri, and either Prancer or Ice end up in the final three. The weaker players are going to end up going home and they are Frenchy, It, and Buckwild. Myamee will probably stick around for awhile along with 20 pack since they tend to be able to avoid the line of fire. 20 pack certainly did this week. His alliance really trusts him which plays in his favor, but not in theirs when they end up going home.

Celebrity Apprentice is a show I hardly watch unless nothing else is on. It airs on Sunday nights which means if I just so happen to be home and nothing is on cable I will probably end up watching it. There are a number of well known celebrities this year. Clint Black, Brian McKnight, Dennis Rodman, Herschel Walker, T-Boz, Joan Rivers and her daughter, Chloe Kardashian along with several other women and men competing for the title of being the apprentice. In this weeks episode they had to compete in running a hotel. One team was responsible for taking orders for room service along with delivering the room service while the other team was responsible for greeting the guests and helping them to their rooms and making the rooms were clean.

It became very evident that Dennis has a major drinking problem and seemed embarrassed when it was brought up in the elimination room. He said that no one was doing their part and he had to pick up the slack. He finally got tired of doing the others work so he started drinking. He didn’t see this to be a problem but when he was confronted he turned to his past and said he was a great athlete and is able to run circles around all of the guys. This wasn’t what they were saying and quite honestly i was surprised to see Dennis on this show since it is obvious he has issues. The poor guy has so many piercings and tattoos that it seems as though he’s punishing himself for something.

Dennis went home tonight since he not only drank too much but left the team he was supposed to be the captain for. After much reprimanding by his teammates and Donald Trump and even some of the women, he was sent home with no remorse. It’s obvious he has a problem and they just want him to take care of it before it gets worse.

Britney Spears continues to come up with catchy tunes and catchy videos. Say what you like about the pop singer. Yeah, she can’t sing and lip syc’s at her concerts and various performances but she does entertain. She knows she’s an entertainer rather than a singer or a true artist. Even as she is obviously getting older, the camera still loves her.

I have never been a big fan of Britney but there are a number of songs that she puts out that ends up sticking in your head. The tunes are so simple but they work. Her latest song off of her “Circus” album is “If you Seek Amy” which is a song that makes no sense. It could be that she is referring to her alter ego or making a reference to how everyone is obsessed with her. Not really sure and the video doesn’t clarify anything either. It shows her to be wild at night and by day she pretends to have the perfect family. At least Britney has definitely developed a number of videos that have always managed to capture the viewers attention unlike one I recently watched from Ciara and Timberlake.

This song is very catchy and will no doubt be another chart topper for Spears. It is sadly a lot better than a lot of the crap that seems to be climbing the charts these days anyway.

In the latest single from Ciara “Love Sex and Magic” off of her third album “Fantasy” has a pop/r&b rythm to it and sounds like a fun song but it isn’t. Great song for the dance clubs, but after watching the video all I can see is that Ciara is not an artist what so ever. No real artist is going to expose as much of themselves as possible to get attention. There is a different between being sexy and being a tramp.

Justin Timberlake is once again teaming up with another female artist that wants to be a beyonce or janet jackson. Of course he’s going to say yes to it. All he has to do is show up and sing or rap a few words while the girl is shaking herself all over him. I think it is funny that Ciara can’t be her own person and is trying to present herself as a beyonce wanna be with the same hair and the same type of clothing and the same kind of suggestive moves. It proves to me more and more that when a singer does this kind of crap that they don’t have enough confidence in their own work to make it sell. The song could actually work on its own without being a sleeze in the video. What would have been cool is to have both her and Justin dance in the video instead of allowing him to touch her rear a million times and lick each other and so on. It would be a little helpful to have a rear to touch but it becomes laughable when a skinny tiny girl tries to portray herself as a hot mama. If you don’t trust your music and turn to a sleazy video then you will have to be at least a sexy woman. After watching the video to “Love Sex and Magic” i don’t care to hear it again on the radio. I feel as though the song is stupid and annoying and can become increasingly aggravating if it continues to be played again and again. Just a note for anyone that wants to be a singer….try singing and trust your work if your good. Otherwise you will just last long enough for 15 minutes to pass you by.

After all of the hype surrounding Twilight and everyone having long discussions about the film I thought I should take some time out and watch the movie. After all, so many teenagers were reading the book and were in hysterics when it came to the movie. The girls fell in love with Edward and started wearing the t-shirts and buying anything and everything Twilight.

I anticipated the film would be great. For how everyone talked about it I thought it had to be good. No one said it was a disappointment, right? Well, I must say there are a few things I would change, but after all of the hype I have to admit it wasn’t that bad. There were definitely parts that were too long and drawn out when they could have gotten to the meat of the movie much sooner. I thought the actors were rather goofy at first, but I can see why teens love the characters. Even with all of the silliness you actually can start to get drawn into the story. I imagine the book was very good.

All of the actors were relatively unknown. Smart move here, but I would have changed the main two actors. They were ok but there had to be better actors who could portray the parts better. These two tended to be a little too silly to me and sometimes corny.

The best part of Twilight was near the end when the family went out to play baseball. Though I didn’t understand why they kept emphasizing why they had to play in the rain. When the team of human killers came along is when the film started to take off. It regained my interest and I was also pleased that they were able to eliminate all potential horrific gore that sometimes ruins the film. The friction between the two vampire groups was very cool and the idea of the werewolves fighting the vampires is also interesting though Twilight lightly touched on it. I believe they are setting it up for the next edition of Twilight.

All in all, the film was ok. I can’t highly recommend it but I would recommend reading the book since it probably went into more detail of the storyline. Direction was alright but spent too much time with Edward and Bella (the main girl) staring at each other without explaining anything. And I have to gag when Bella appeared at school and was considered soooo hot that every guy seemed to desire her. Hence the name Bella which means beautiful. Gag again! Most new kids are harrassed when they show up at school so I just thought this was kind of ridiculous and annoying especially since the girl wasn’t beautiful at all.

Michael

American Idol sends home Michael Sarver, finally! He had to sing once again before leaving. After doing a better job than the night before the judges made a hectic decision on whether or not to keep him. The female judges seemed to want to keep Michael while Randy and Simon didn’t care either way. Simon bluntly said “No, Sorry” after Ryan’s insistance that they hurry up with a decision. Even though I feel as though Michael should have been sent home sooner and actually shouldn’t have made it into the final 13, he is a nice guy and I felt for him tonight. He seemed fine with it and offered much support for the other contestants. He left with a smile on his face and very thankful for getting as far as he did.

The other bottom two were a surprise. Matt ended up in the bottom after singing a great rendition of “Let’s Get it On” and Scott also ended up in the bottom after singing a decent version of a Supremes song. The expected bottom three should have consisted of Megan (rather than Matt) and Lil Rounds instead of Scott. They both did poorly on the Motown night. Lil’ Rounds should have been able to be one of the best on the stage but for some reason she decided to sing “Heat Wave” which wasn’t her kind of music. She is her own worst enemy by choosing some of the worst songs for herself. Last week she did good but she could have been much much better.

Allison

Allison, Adam, and Danny were all safe from elimination. Danny and Adam have developed such a large fan base that I don’t see them ever landing in the bottom three. Allison already ended up in the bottom, but after the judges blasted last week’s results with putting her in the bottom she ended up safe once again.

Danny

Adam

Now that Michael has finally been sent home it is now time for Megan to go home. After that, I think it is going to be really tough to say goodbye to any of them. My prediction is that Megan will go home next, then Scott, then Anoop or Anoop then Scott depending on how well they do those two weeks. Lil’ Rounds will go home next if she isn’t careful. With poor choices of music she will go home before her time is really up. Matt then Kris and then Allison will go home. Final two are Danny and Adam for sure. No matter what the others do it is inevitable that these two will land in the final two. Their fan base is way too large and only if their fans go on a vacation and miss a week will they actually go into the bottom three.

Steve

Dancing with the stars saw another bad dancer go. This time it was Denise Richards. After a horrible night on Monday she was sent home Tuesday after performing a much improved dance. They of course had the “dance off” even though it really isn’t one. The 2 couples that end up being the lowest scored dances end up re-dancing their routines in what they consider a dance off. Basically the judges give more scores to add to their original scores adding the viewers scores as 50 percent of the total amount. Therefore, as I said before, if the judges don’t change the scores much at all then there is no hope for the one who ended up in the bottom.

Gilles

Shawn

Holly was also in the bottom two and didn’t seem to improve much from the night before. She still appeared wooden and unbalanced throughout the dance and her partner really tries hard to save the dance, but no cigar. They both look awkward dancing with each other. Yet, I like Holly and was hoping she was stay on only because she really hasn’t been given the opportunity to rehearse as much as the other contestants.

The best by far is Gilles and Shawn. Mellissa is talked about a lot but I don’t see her as the best. She is good but I am not entertained when watching her. Gilles is purely hot and I can watch him all day. Amazing man and amazing dancer. His partner even seems excited after dancing with him. I can’t wait to see what he does next week.

The three top dancers with the three top scores of 27 each were Shawn, Gilles, and Mellissa. The lowest score of 10 went to computer geek Steve who dances with Karina. Maks has asked viewers to vote for his fiance, but quite honestly I think Steve needs to go already. I like him too, but it isn’t fair to keep him in while others who are better get voted off. This is a comment Carrie Ann made last season about Cloris Leachman. But the good side of this is that those that are getting eliminated wouldn’t have won anyway no matter how hard they tried.

Steve-O has managed to stay in the running after a disastrous dance on Monday. He fell at the end along with missing a few steps throughout the dance. His back kept hurting him and it was evident he was trying his best. He kept going despite his injury. The funny thing is that the other Steve hurt himself and has been dancing with a hurt foot but no one gives him credit for going on. Maybe because he isn’t showing the pain he is suffering. Who knows.

Steve-O

On I love money 2 the entertainer was finally sent home. What is funny is how he was sent home. The arrogance of Frank (aka entertainer) has been so annoying that I have been rooting for him to go home since he showed up. Apparently the last the time he was on the show he was ridiculed by his parents when he went home after losing a challenge that required him to hang on a stripper pole. He was unable to hang on and lost out to three others. Anyway, his team lost the challenge this week which resulted in Saaphyri and Frank trying to determine who would be put in the box. They fought about it since Frank wanted to manipulate Saaphyri to go in without saying it and she knew it. During the time in the vault they couldn’t make up their minds and fought for 15 minutes which is the time limit for them to decide. Therefore, the paymaster inevitably decides from the other team which was no other than tailor made who Frank has been fighting with all along. Tailor made chose Frenchy, Saaphyri, and Frank to be put into the box and eventually sent Frank home with a smile on his face. He knew he could patch things up with Saaphyri but Frank would be out for revenge even though he promised he wouldn’t send tailor made home.

This game has become more entertaining as it has gone along. They are finally starting to play the game in maneuvering the weak players to side with the strong players.

After two girls were eliminated last week they decided to still remove one more girl this week. I thought they would wait a week before booting off another girl or skip a week but they went ahead and eliminated Beverly. She has been up and down with Bret throughout the show. She barely escaped being eliminated off last week since she obviously has problems with her ex-husband and seems to still have feelings for him. Yet, Bret’s excuse for saying goodbye to her this week was that she seemed more interested in dating a rock star as opposed to Bret. Well, that is common sense. After all, he is at least twice her age so why would she be interested in him otherwise?

I liked Beverly. Even though she seemed to drink too much at times, she always spoke her mind. I don’t know what would compel her to try out for such a show, but she seemed one of the most normal out all of the girls. Come next week it looks like Taya and Mindy will be the last two since they seem the closest to him. The third girl, I always forget her name, is only there to be eliminated next week. She is the one that is on the show for the sake of dating a rock star more than any of the girls. She has been known to be a groupie. So, that’ll be the excuse of sending her home come next week.

After the tear jerking elimination of Heat, the next one to go on I love money 2 was Bonez. Tailor made was sure not to be put in the box of elimination when his team lost another challenge. The reason why they lost the challenge was because Becky Buckwild made sure of it. The challenge consisted of two blocks of ice and chips inside. Whichever team got 5 chips first one the challenge. The gold team was going to win when Becky grabbed the last chip and ran off with it allowing the other team to win. The three chosen to be put in the bottom were Becky, Bonez, and 20 pack. Frenchy was the paymaster and since she loves 20 pack she didn’t eliminate him. Bonez tried very hard to convince Frenchy that she would better off in his alliance but she didn’t go for it and sent him home.

There were no tears from Bonez like there was from Heat. He knew he was risking going home when they decided he would be the best one to go up out of the remaining team members. He thought he could convince Frenchy to vote off Buckwild which would have changed the game completely around. Since Becky and the Entertainer are a couple he was flipping out thinking Frenchy would eliminate her. That would have been a great turn of events if she did though and I would like to see the entertainer go home already. He’s got a big mouth and is very annoying. My prediction is that the game will be won by Saaphyari.