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Will You Watch Top Chef Junior?
This morning Bravo announced its plans for Top Chef Junior. Similar to Top Chef, the eight-episode series will feature teens battling it out in the kitchen and competing in culinary challenges. Frances Berwick, the general manager of Bravo Media, explains the network's decision to expand the Top Chef brand: With Top Chef as the No.
Rewind: This Week's Buzz
- In case you haven't heard, a little movie called New Moon came out this week. I showed you where you can find them next, and I gave you my review of the movie, quizzed you on the book, as well as an exclusive interview with Kellan Lutz and Ashley Greene.
- Robert Pattinson continues to make non-Twilight waves at the movies: the trailer for his drama Remember Me debuted, and news that Uma Thurman has been cast as his love interest in Bel Ami surfaced.
- This week was a trailer treasure trove: there was Nicholas Sparks adaptation and Miley Cyrus vehicle The Last Song, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jeff Bridge's surefire Oscar bait Crazy Heart, and Edward Norton taking on a dual role in Leaves of Grass.
- At least you'll save on tissues: Oprah announced that her talk show will go off the air in 2011.
- I interviewed some of the funniest men in prime time: Eric Stonestreet gave me the scoop on Modern Family, while Joel McHale and Ken Jeong bantered about Community.
- The reality TV winners were crowned! Irina ruled Project Runway, and Nicole is America's Next Top Model.
- The holidays are here!
Top Chef Producers to Create NBC Restaurateur Show
From Magical Elves, the producers of Bravo's Top Chef, Top Chef Masters, and the soon-to-air Top Chef: Just Desserts, comes yet another reality TV show, tentatively titled United Plates of America.
Unlike its sister productions, United Plates will air on NBC. The premise: aspiring restaurateurs compete in a number of challenges involving the restaurant's concept, cuisine, management, and marketability.
Buzz-Worthy Video: New Jersey Real Housewives on Mercy!
Medical drama Mercy isn't on the top of my TiVo lineup, but the show did well enough to score a full season, and it landed squarely on my radar when it was announced that the ladies of The Real Housewives of New Jersey (a highly guilty pleasure of mine) were going to guest on an episode.
So without further ado, here's a clip from tonight's episode, "Not That Kind of Girl." Theresa and Jacqueline play the meddling BFFs to a woman who's confronting Chloe about sleeping with her husband.
What to TiVo: Wednesday
- ABC is new with the 43rd Annual CMA Awards
- CBS is new with the New Adventures of Old Christine, Gary Unmarried, Criminal Minds, and CSI: NY
- FOX is new with So You Think You Can Dance and Glee
- NBC is new with Mercy and Law & Order: SVU
- The CW is new with America's Next Top Model and has a repeat of Vampire Diaries
- E! is new with 15 Remarkable Celebrity Body Bouncebacks
- Bravo is new with Top Chef: Las Vegas
- FX is new with Nip/Tuck
- Comedy Central is new with Secret Girlfriend, The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, and The Colbert Report
- MTV is new with Return to Duty and Real World/Road Rules Challenge
- VH1 has 40 Greatest Reality Moments 2
- Late-night highlights include Queen Latifah on Lopez Tonight on TBS; Kate Walsh, Andre Agassi, and Norah Jones on The Late Show With David Letterman on CBS; Sandra Bullock on The Jay Leno Show on NBC; Heather Locklear on The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien on NBC; Dominic Monaghan on Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC; Joan Cusack and Carly Simon on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on NBC; and Jared Leto on Last Call With Carson Daly on NBC
Friday Fab News Roundup
- Lara Bohinc's shoe collection — Vogue UK
- Victoria's Secret Fashion Show announces its top ten finalists — FWD
- Fab Ad: Daisy Lowe for Louis Vuitton — FabSugar UK
- Beyonce Knowles in David Koma — Red Carpet Fashion Awards
- Designer denim drops in price — The Budget Fashionista
- Annie Leibovitz focuses on deal — Page Six
- Best budget-friendly boots — Frugal-Fashionista
- Chloe Green for Topshop — Vogue UK
- Shoes: A not-so-guilty pleasure — New York Times
- MTV's 'Styl'D' shows the reality of a stylist's job — LA Times
- Escada sold — Vogue UK
- Why big models are big fashion news — Guardian UK
Victoria Beckham Reveals Solo Career Was a Mistake
Victoria Beckham posed in lingerie for Harper's Bazaar's special double cover December issue. While she was showing off her more relaxed curls at a basketball match with the family at the weekend, Victoria wears her hair in a tight top knot hairstyle for the 16 page spread by Alexi Lubomirski. FabUK has the lowdown on what Victoria said about her customers and her nerves and I've got extracts from her interview about her solo career, her future, Emma Watson, her exercise regime and the importance of positive thinking.
Can You Match the Top Chef Dish to Its Creator?
With two dishes per episode and five and half seasons, a lot of tasty creations have come out of Bravo's Top Chef. Since I know you're huge fans of the culinary reality competition, I thought it would be fun to look back at some of these dishes — that's why I put together this quiz. I'll show you a menu item from the past three seasons and you have to tell me who made it.
Top Chef 5.4 — Today Show Recap
Well another Wednesday night has come and gone and with it, the third episode of Top Chef season 5. Did you watch? To discuss the episode (warning: spoilers ahead), read more
What's Cooking With Top Chef 5
Currently the fifth season of Top Chef is filming in New York City. Although the competing chefs are still unknown, details of the upcoming season are being released.
Last week Tom Colicchio went on the Today Show with three dishes created by 13 of the current contestants.
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