Reality Shows

Amy's Baking Company in Scottsdale Is the Season Finale of Kitchen Nightmares with Gordon Ramsay, Natch

Given the shit storm that happened at the Kitchen Nightmares taping at Amy's Baking Company last December, rumors were flying that the Scottsdale restaurant, whose name-calling owner, Amy Bouzaglo, made the news in 2010 after an angry tirade on Yelp following a one-star review, would never see itsel ... More >>

Bobby Brown @ Celebrity Theatre

Show Time

Clay Aiken on Christmas, American Idol, and Donald Trump

At one point during our early morning interview, singer and performer Clay Aiken yawned. It was a deep, expressive yawn. He did not ask to be excused, but he didn't need to: Aiken is among the most affable, pleasant, and charming interviews I've ever enjoyed. Plus, the guy has every reason to be w ... More >>

Screaming, Expletives, and, Eventually, Police: All in the First Night of Kitchen Nightmares Taping at Amy's Baking Company

Yelpers went nuts over the weekend -- and guess who was the topic? Amy Bouzaglo of Amy's Baking Company in Scottsdale, who apparently cooked up a storm on Saturday. In fact, I reached out to one diner who was at Saturday night's taping of Kitchen Nightmares at Amy's. He got a very real dose of real ... More >>

Chow Bella's Gift Guide for the Bachelor

What? Not done with your holiday shopping? Yeah, neither are we. But we've been making lists -- and checking them twice -- and we've got some suggestions for the nice people on your list. Today, Chow Bella's Gift Guide for the Bachelor. Oh to live the bachelor lifestyle, where 20 is the new 30, f ... More >>

Watch This: Gordon Ramsay as a Judge On American Idol?

See Also: Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Trolling for Floundering Restaurants in Phoenix (A Shark Week Bonus!) Celebrity chef and professional asshole Gordon Ramsay was on Jimmy Kimmel Live recently and presented this nightmare scenario: Gordon Ramsay as a judge on American Idol. We're not sur ... More >>

"Top Chef: The Tour" Rolled Through Tempe Marketplace. Who Won?

Bravo's Top Chef Tour rolled into Tempe Marketplace Friday for its fifth annual live cooking competition. Tempe was the 10th stop on the 19-city tour where Bravo's "chef'testants" Richard Sweeney (Season 5) and Ryan Scott (Season 4) went head-to-head in an interactive food competition. The free ... More >>

Continental Rift

The Biggest Loser's Jackie Evans In Town February 11th for the Kids Fit Junior Spartan Race in Chandler

​ Good parents who love their kids dearly don't intentionally make choices that they know will end up making life challenging for their children. But it happened to Jackie Evans. She scheduled lots of sports for her kids but then would drive them all over town and swing by the fast joints on the ... More >>

Map Quest

Lil Wayne, David Hernandez, Stevie Nicks, Black Keys and More in This Week's Issue

​Is Weezy sober as good as the Weezy who was getting blazed and freestyling about Al Sharpon in a 9 minute song? Now that Lil Wayne is out of jail and on probation he's supposed to stay straight, which is bound to have an impact on his work. So is it for the better or not? Ben Westhoff tackles tha ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Plays Simon Cowell in Maricopa County Jail Idol

Merry Christmas from Maricopa County's corrupt top constable, Joe Arpaio.​Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio will play the role of former American Idol judge Simon Cowell this afternoon as the token prick on a panel of judges rating the talent of up-and-coming singers.The contestants in this case ... More >>

Top Chef All Stars Season 8, Episode 1 Recap (Season Premiere): It Shoulda Been Me!

We came so close!​Unpack those friggin' knives, yo! The so-close finalists from the past seven seasons of Top Chef ain't playin' this time around, as they compete to win the grand prize of $200,000 on Top Chef All Stars. Redemption? Saving face? Insults? How can this not be good TV? The premie ... More >>

Loony Bin

Local foolios perform at downtown art space

Raising Sextuplets Parents Headed for Splitsville Following Arizona Spat

Bryan Masche​It appears that reality TV's claimed yet another marriage. Two more family-oriented reality TV stars are going the route of John and Kate: Bryan and Jenne Masche, stars of the reality TV show Raising Sextuplets,  reportedly are heading for splitsville.Last week, we tol ... More >>

Top Chef: Just Desserts Recap: The Red Hots Are for My Mommy!

Are you there, God? It's me, crazy homophobic man-baby.​At a certain point in our lives, we realize we're not the only ones with problems and pain. This point usually happens on the day we become adults. It's the day we stop running around like babies, crying when we don't get our way, doing anyth ... More >>

Food Network's (Secret!) New Reality Show, Family Style, Is Beyond Uninteresting

​Some secrets are just plain juicy (your best friend's boyfriend's into what!?) and others are just so-what's (your best friend's boyfriend's aunt suffers from gout.) Family Style, the new reality show from Food Network that aired a special preview last week and is nowhere to be found on FN's web ... More >>

John McCain Considered a "Top Tweeter;" Study Finds He Has Highest "Digital IQ" in Senate

www.hypericum.comJohn McCain apparently learned how to use a computer since the 2008 presidential campaign.​Senator John McCain's back-and-forth banter with "Snooki" -- of Jersey Shore shame -- seems to have earned him high marks as far as his digital prowess goes.In a joint study conducted by Ge ... More >>

American Idol Live! Tour 2010

Ant Misbehavin'

Comedian rides the American Dream to Scottsdale club

The Hills Paved the Way for Lady Gaga, The Script, and More

Lady Gaga on 'The Hills' with Lauren Conrad​ Call it vapid, call it superficial, call it genius: whatever you think of MTV "reality" show The Hills, the program's managed to make its mark on the music scene. Thanks to star Audrina Patridge's cushy "job" at Epic Records, as well as castmates ... More >>

The Next Food Network Star: Let's Just Cut to The Finale, OK?

Unlike reality show cooking competitions in which it's all about the food and one bad dish can send a front-runner packing, The Next Food Network Star is more about on-air personality -- and that ain't anything that's gettin' fixed overnight. That said, this season looks pretty clear cut, so let's ... More >>

Let's Have Our Own Top Chef Masters Office Pool!

Oh man, are there Top Chef Masters office pools out there? If not, there should be. Wait, what are we waiting for? We could totally make our own, kinda, through the world wide interweb -- whee! Sorry, still psyched up from last Wednesday's Top Chef Masters on Bravo. The classy reality show ... More >>

Daughtry

Daughtry

Usher Plays It Cool, Tim Urban Wins on 'American Idol'

​Jeez, it was bright last night on American Idol.So bright, that R&B superstar Usher had to wear sunglasses indoors (or else, he was blinded by the size of his ego.)Nonetheless, Usher was miles ahead in his skills as a mentor compared to Miley Cyrus last week. Maybe he can be a mentor for Simo ... More >>

Biggest Loser Auditions Coming to Valley; Bad News, Chubsters: You Have to Get Off Your Couch to Try Out

www.nbc.com​ Any Valley fatties lookin' to shed a hundred pounds may be in luck -- NBC is looking for a new group of chunkers for its popular weight-loss reality show, The Biggest Loser, and the network is coming to the Valley to hold auditions.Casting agents from The Biggest Loser will be i ... More >>

David Hasselhoff to be in New Reality Show and There's a Good Chance We'll See Him in Arizona

www.youtube.com The Hoff drunkenly slobbing all over a cheeseburger. Never hassle the Hoff​Despite walking away from his judgeship on America's Got Talent after an alcoholic, shirtless bout with a cheeseburger, David Hasselhoff is getting back on the tube and there's a good chanc ... More >>

Calling All Fatties: New Weight-Loss Reality Show Looking For Valley Participants

www.ebaumsworld.com​Americans dearly love their reality shows. We also enjoy waching fat people slaving away to shed girth.So a new weight-loss show is coming to the Valley this weekend to try to find the next flab-to-fitness story to feature in one of its episodes.The show ha ... More >>

Winged Victory

Chicken-gnawing contest’s as American as a snout full of RedHot

Winged Victory

Chicken-gnawing contest’s as American as a snout full of RedHot

Open Casting in PHX for Next Food Network Star

The Food Network has certainly found its fair share of TV fodder from Valley restaurants; will it find a future TV personality here, too? Maybe so -- the popular reality series The Next Food Network Star is coming to town July 8 for an open casting for its 2010 season. "We are looking for pe ... More >>

Red Light District Costume Ball

'Idols Live' tour to Hit Glendale

If you've been trolling the streets of Scottsdale in the hopes of bumping into hometown American Idol also-ran Scott MacIntyre, at the very least now you know where to find him July 20. MacIntyre, along with the other eight runners-up and whoever the Idol winner ends up being (cough--Adam Labert--co ... More >>

American Idol: Why I’ll Never Watch It Again

Cardinals' Game Day Concerts: A Look Back at the Season

For someone like me, who is an Arizona Cardinals season ticket holder, this season has far exceeding any expectations I had for the team heading into September. Not to toot my horn or anything, but after watching the Cardinals dismantle the playoff-caliber Miami Dolphins in the home opener, I said ... More >>

Fox Reality Channel to Air Lame Arpaio Reality Show in December.

Anything to get the boob on the boob tube, eh, Joe? Say you're sick of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's aged, authoritarian blowhole? So much so that the mere sight of his flaccid turkey neck and oily pate causes the sudden need to blow chunks and an insatiable desire to kick a puppy in the nads? Well, the ... More >>

"Chado Ralph Rucci": an exhibition of haute fashion at Phoenix Art Museum

Pretty Poison

Doofus dumper shows off her skillz

Fuel

Metro Retro

Phoenix changes its tune for hip design showcase

Idol Weirdness

Royal Flush

Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood

And your point would be. . . ?

Buddy Jewell

He's not just a friend, he's a buddy

Reality Patsy

Hee Haw meets Survivor, and Phoenix Patsy Cline impersonator Tasha Valentine is caught in the middle