BRISTOL PALIN’S REALITY SHOW FLOPS

Lifetime channel’s hopes of cashing in on the notoriety surrounding Sarah Palin’s daughter Bristol by mounting a reality TV series around her decision to move to Los Angeles to rear her toddler son Tripp were dashed Tuesday when Bristol Palin: Life’s a Tripp attracted just 726,000 viewers for its season opener. That’s a far cry […]

BRISTOL ET AL LIFT RATINGS FOR DWTS FINALE

The season finale of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars shoved aside NBC’s Sunday Night Football last week as the results show attracted a whopping 24.2 million viewers and the final performance show drew 23.7 million. Helped by the controversy over the weekly return of Bristol Palin despite low marks by the judges and flak from […]

IT’S JENNIFER GREY’S PARTY NOW

Twenty-three years after she co-starred with the late Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing, Jennifer Grey has made a triumphant comeback as the winner of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars. In a storybook ending watched by 24.13 million viewers, the 50-year-old Grey defeated 20-year-old Bristol Palin, who had become a popular favorite if not the favorite […]

SARAH PALIN FIRES BACK AT KATIE COURIC

Sarah Palin leveled a highly charged blast at CBS anchor Katie Couric during an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News Monday night. Palin, who was made to look ridiculous in a parody of the interview by Tina Fey on Saturday Night Live, was asked whether she would grant another interview to Couric if she […]

WILL BRISTOL PALIN OVERCOME DWTS JUDGES’ VERDICT?

Bristol Palin may have landed in last place in the judges’ voting on Dancing with the Stars Monday, but it’s the public vote that counts, and thus far the public has been rallying to her each week. The winner of the contest is due to be announced tonight (Tuesday). In an interview during the show, […]

DANCING WITH POLITICS

A day before the winner of Dancing with the Stars is due to be announced, the show appears to have entered the realm of extremist politics. Bringing to mind the anthrax scares of 2001, it was reported over the weekend that a letter addressed to finalist Bristol Palin contained white powder. Although it turned out […]

NEW CONTROVERSIES DOG PALINS

In words that her detractors might be ready to claim applies to her daughter Bristol, former Alaska governor and GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has struck out at the “talent-deprived” contestants on American Idol, who, she suggests, suffer from “the cult of self esteem.” Writing in her new book, America by Heart: Reflections on […]

BRANDY OUT, BRISTOL REMAINS ON DWTS

After being eliminated as a contestant on ABC’s Dancing With the Stars despite receiving a perfect score on one of her dances Monday night, singer Brandy showed up on ABC’s late-night Jimmy Kimmel Live, where she received condolences and support from the host. Referring to the fact that Bristol Palin, who received far lower scores […]

BRISTOL PALIN — A TEA PARTY DARLING?

A growing political controversy has hit ABC’s top-rated Dancing with the Stars as Bristol Palin, who has received some of the sharpest criticism from the show’s judges, continues to receive some of the highest scores from the public. A report appearing today (Tuesday) on ABC News’s website asks, “Is the Tea Party stuffing the ballot […]