P. Diddy’s Starmarker Premiering Aug. 16 on MTV
You don’t have to wait until American Idol hits the airwaves again next January to find the next music megastar. P Diddy is throwing his hat in the ring to find the next music star. His show, P. Diddy’s Starmaker, will premiere on MTV on August 16 at 10 PM EST.
Sean “Diddy” Combs is taking such an interest in this show that the winner will receive an exclusive recording contract from Bad Boy Records, as will have his career launched by none other than Combs himself. He’s bringing along plenty of big names for some celebrity guest appearances, such as Pete Wentz, Lady Gaga, Nicole Scherzinger, and Kelly Rowland.
Hosting Starmaker is Kimberly Caldwell, no stranger to the starmaking business. She was a five time winner on Star Search, performed at the Grande Ole Opry, as well as an anniversary party for President George Bush and his wife Barbara. She then competed on Popstars: USA, all before turning 20 years old. She competed on American Idol, appearing in the top 10 on season 2, then landed a job with TV Guide Network, hosting various shows. Joining Caldwell and Sean Combs will be producer Mark Burnett, best known for Survivor, The Apprentice, and Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? (more…)
Western Boy LLC Announces the Premiere of New Webseries
Pasadena, California, March 13, 2009 – “A Week With My Father” will premiere on April 16, 2009 at aweekwithmyfather.com. An alternative reality show created by Giacomo Knox, featuring the reunion of an absent father with his abandoned son(s).
The estranged men will hang out for one week, enjoying targeted activities that will help them get to know each other and hopefully, bring about forgiveness, reconciliation and the start of a new relationship. The show will inform the viewing audience of the extent of the problem and help them understand the personal hardships (in some cases) both fathers and sons have endured as a result of being separated from one another. Eventually, every father featured on the show must answer the tough questions their abandoned sons have longed for years to ask.
About Western Boy LLC – Western Boy LLC is a television and film Production Company based in Pasadena, California. Western Boy’s founder is Julie House. Over the past few years she has worked very closely with Producers on independent films and most recently, reality television projects. Her reality television experience was five years with Hallock Healey Entertainment, producers of such shows as: “Scare Tactics”, “Who’s Your Daddy”, “Breaking Up With Shannon”, “25 Million Dollar Hoax”, “Howie Do It” to name a few. The mission of Western Boy LLC is to produce entertaining and thought provoking television and film projects that will inspire and motivate audiences to take action and hopefully, grow as individuals.
‘FOOD NETWORK CHALLENGE’ CHAMPS BATTLE FOR TOP CAKE TITLE
Special Four-Week Stunt “Food Network Challenge:
Last Cake Standing” Premieres April 5th at 8pm ET/PT
NEW YORK – March 12,, 2009 – Since 2005, Food Network Challenge has captivated viewers with exciting food battles from around the country. Now in it’s first-ever elimination-style competition, Food Network Challenge: Last Cake Standing, six Challenge all-stars vie for the title of “Best Cake Artist in America.” Premiering Sunday, April 5that 8pm ET/PT, the series throws the pastry chefs into a grueling four-round cake competition. The Challenge alumni will be thrown a number of difficult tasks, from creating one-of-a-kind wedding creations to undergoing a 24-hour cake-making marathon. Each week the judges eliminate one cake artist, and the winner takes home the biggest prize in Challenge history: $50,000! Challenge emcee Keegan Gerhard serves as host and notable pastry chef Patrick Coston and famed cake designer Kerry Vincent lead the judging panel.
The Secret Life of a Soccer Mom
We now interrupt our Big Brother coverage to bring you something just a little different. (In the off-BB season, we actually cover other shows too!)
TLC SHARES THE SECRET LIFE OF A SOCCER MOM
All-New Series Hosted By Tracey Gold
Being a stay-at-home mother is an all-consuming career–and while most moms are very fulfilled by this choice, other women wonder about the dreams they left behind. TLC‘s new series THE SECRET LIFE OF A SOCCER MOM offers those women a chance to answer “what if” when it gives a full-time mom the chance to secretly live the life she gave up to raise her family. Hosted by Tracey Gold (Growing Pains), THE SECRET LIFE OF A SOCCER MOM premieres Monday, March 3, 2008 at 10 PM, part of a lineup that includes the smash hits LITTLE PEOPLE BIG WORLD and JON & KATE PLUS 8.
Each hour-long episode profiles the story of a mom as she experiences what her life could have been like if she had chosen to juggle career and family. Guided by Tracey, Mom spends one week shifting from the carpool lane to the fast lane œ giving her the opportunity to get back to the career she left behind. At the close of the episode, she makes a spectacular reveal, telling her family that she has been living a secret life, and she is asked to make a surprising choice: pursue her new dual life, or return to her family knowing that she’s made the right choice after all.
“Almost every woman experiences the pull between becoming a full-time mom or juggling both family and work. This show will give us the chance to learn what sacrifices and rewards there are in making this challenging and unique decision,” explains Brant Pinvidic, SVP Programming, TLC. “Each episode ends up being a remarkable voyage as we see them accomplish goals they never thought possible and then make the decision about which path they should pursue.”
During this season, viewers will meet women like Adrian, a mother of three who dreams of making it big in the fashion industry; Kathryn, who met her husband in culinary school and now wants to see if she can handle the heat of a professional kitchen; and Jeannie who wonders if being a police officer œ like her husband œ will be as rewarding as raising her four children. Each episode of THE SECRET LIFE OF A SOCCER MOM will bring viewers along on an exciting and emotional journey as these mom experience life both at home and work.
“As a working mom myself, I can completely relate to the hard choices we face when balancing family and career,” explains Tracey Gold. “This show is very inspirational and gives these women - many who thought they‘d never have return to their careers - a chance to see what they are capable of.”
THE SECRET LIFE OF A SOCCER MOM is a production of GRB. Photo of Tracey Gold courtesy TLC.