Reality TV
Friday, May 18, 2012
Three important facts about American Idol's Joshua Ledet
Posted by Lauren LaBorde on Fri, May 18, 2012 at 4:08 PM
After making it to the top three in the singing competition, Westlake, La. native Joshua Ledet was eliminated from last night's American Idol. The 20-year-old throwback crooner must have been a popular contestant, because now teenagers on the Internet are yelling about how the elimination process is clearly rigged (controversy among viewers about the show's viewer controlled voting process has existed since the beginning).
Let us pay tribute to Ledet with the scholarly journal Us Weekly, who earlier this week sent over a press release including 25 facts about the remaining Idol contestants. Here are three important things to know about Ledet:
“I’m terrified of feathers.”
“I just recently found out that unicorns weren’t real.”
“I once fell asleep on a roller coaster.”
Good thing he chose singing, and not unicorn biology or pillow-making, as a vocation.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Interview: Troy Landry from History's Swamp People
Posted by Lauren LaBorde on Tue, May 15, 2012 at 4:37 PM
- History
How has life been since Swamp People started airing?
It’s been very different.
How so?
It’s hard to get work done. There’s always visitors looking, tourists coming through the town looking for us from all over the country, and now all over the world. We got people from other countries now showing up looking for us. It’s hard to get work done now.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Interview: Willie Robertson of A&E's Duck Dynasty
Posted by Lauren LaBorde on Fri, May 11, 2012 at 4:53 PM
- A&E
How has life changed since the show?
I’m a lot more recognized in West Monroe, Louisiana, I can tell you that for sure.
Monday, April 16, 2012
Tough Love New Orleans: All the single ladies
Posted by Lauren LaBorde on Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 10:35 PM
Monday, April 9, 2012
Comiskey Park reopens in Mid-City
Posted by Kevin Allman on Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 3:44 PM
Comiskey Park and Playground — once a neighborhood landmark, but a blight on a tough corner of Mid-City since Hurricane Katrina and the federal floods — was reopened today by Mayor Mitch Landrieu. The park had received national attention in 2007 when a production company planned to remake the park and document the effort in a reality TV/documentary show titled ReNewOrleans. Plans foundered, and the park space — one block off a gritty stretch of Tulane Avenue — sat for years in worse shape than before.
"They left a lot of things behind," Landrieu said. "Cost everybody a bucketful of money."
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Here's your Tough Love: New Orleans cast
Posted by Lauren LaBorde on Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 4:27 PM
- VH1
- The cast of "Tough Love: New Orleans"
Tough Love: New Orleans will follow the show's usual format, in which "love gurus" Steve Ward and his mother JoAnn dispense brutally honest advice to women with a variety of dating dysfunctions, but this time in New Orleans*, a city the show's website says is "famous for its handsome Southern gentlemen and wild nights out on the town."
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Attention cheapskates: TLC wants you for reality TV
Posted by Missy Wilkinson on Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 2:58 PM
Do you sift through ashtrays to salvage partially smoked cigarettes? Do you have track marks from selling your plasma? Have you wiped with pages torn from a Victoria's Secret catalog to cut toilet paper expenses? If so, you might be exactly what Extreme Cheapskates is looking for. Coming on the heels of Extreme Couponing's success, this new TLC reality show showcases "thrifty geniuses" with "extraordinary money-saving methods." To be considered for the show, email casting director Michael Petrella (casting@michaelpetrella.com) with the following information:
Please send us an e-mail detailing your most extraordinary money-saving methods and how much it saves you every day, month, or year. Please also include:FULL NAMES (you, your spouse, your children, etc)
AGES (of everyone involved)
CITY AND STATE
PHONE NUMBER(S)
E-MAIL ADDRESS(ES)
SKYPE HANDLE (if you have one — we will likely conduct Skype interviews during the process)
PHOTOS
Finding cheapskates in New Orleans ought to be about as hard as finding a needle at Jo-Ann Fabrics, since we're the 22nd most frugal city in the country, according to a ranking issued this morning by coupons.com. So I'm really hoping to see a family of penny-pinching Yats on TLC - I have a feeling our most mundane cost-cutting recipes could give the guy who cooked a goat's head a run for his money.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
A&E show to feature Louisiana 'duck-call empire,' and other reality TV news
Posted by Lauren LaBorde on Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 5:55 PM
- Screengrab from 'Duck Dynasty' preview video, courtesy of A&E
More reality TV news after the jump:
Friday, February 3, 2012
Mary West plays Cupid in New Orleans
Posted by Lauren LaBorde on Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 3:27 PM
Hosting tomorrow's gala is Mary West who is, among other roles, the host and producer of the WLAE program Real New Orleans, and the event is the debut for her local matchmaking business. She calls herself a "headhunter for the heart" and says she's filling a void in a city where many say it's hard to date.
"There are a lot of lonely people out there who are totally burned out with online dating ... I offer a personal alternative," she says. "It's a big complaint from single people (that it's hard to date in New Orleans). Everyone has that Mardi Gras, le se les bon temps roule mentality. But New Orleans, according to Travel + Leisure, is the number one city for singles. I'm here to show that Cupid lives in New Orleans."
Friday, January 6, 2012
Say Yes to the Dress star coming to New Orleans
Posted by Lauren LaBorde on Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 2:33 PM
If you identify as female and have access to cable television, it's likely you have spent at least Friday night in your life watching TLC's back-to-back schedule of wedding programing. If you haven't, then I applaud your ability to resist the pervasive bridal industry, with its pretty cakes and dresses.
One of the reality series on the network's wedding block is Say Yes to the Dress, in which brides-to-be deliberate over high-end wedding gowns at New York's Kleinfeld Bridal (there's also a spinoff series that takes place at a bridal boutique in Atlanta). If you're getting married and have always dreamed of being filmed while you and your mother-in-law fight over wedding dresses, now's your chance: Randy Fenoli, the fashion director at Kleinfeld, is coming to New Orleans Feb. 26 to film a new show for TLC.
The show is Randy to the Rescue, where the TLC-ordained "FOB" (friend of the bride) will travel to eight U.S. cities to consult with brides. If you're interested in appearing on the show, email your name, age, location and wedding date to randytotherescue@gmail.com. Check out the promo below:
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