The Apprentice: Piers Vs. Trace - VIDEO
This coming Thursday, NBC’s The Celebrity Apprentice will come to an end. Either the arrogant Brit or the American Cowboy will hear the words “You’re hired.”
In an unsurprising move, Donald Trump decided in last week’s episode to have Piers Morgan and Trace Adkins face off during the final task. This decision goes against that of CNBC’s Erin Burnett and Jim Cramer, brought on to interview the Top 4 contestants, but The Donald knew better than to have Carol Alt and Trace as the final two contestants. Both are really good contestants and played a clean game but, let’s admit it, a live finale with Carol and Trace is not as promising as a Piers and Trace one ratings-wise.
Piers has been a fierce competitor from the start. He knew he had what it took to win the game and was vocal about it. Like him or not, Piers brought flavor to the show. Without him, The Celebrity Apprentice would have been less entertaining. He gave us the Piers and Omarosa debacle, Stephen Baldwin almost quit the show because of Piers, he had The Sopranos’ Vincent Pastore infiltrate the women’s team, and so much more! Piers also raised a lot of money for the game; he is the celebrity who brought in the most cash.
Trump could have fired Piers many times but he knew that ratings and watercooler chatter would be affected by it. Therefore, Trump protected the America’s Got Talent judge and even gave him a spot in the final two, saying over and over again that he wanted a U.S. vs. U.K. face off.
As for the cowboy, Trace played a clean game. He may not have been as talkative as Piers but Trace stepped up when he had to (e.g., when he had to host that QVC segment without rehearsals) and was a team player throughout all tasks. Even if he is a quiet player, Trace offered us some fun moments: His non-verbal expressions when dealing with the Backstreet Boys last week were priceless!
Personally, I don’t know who should win. Piers probably played the best game but it was an ugly one. Trace was not always 100% involved in the tasks but played a clean game. The winner will be announced this Thursday during the two-hour live finale of the show on NBC.
Celebrity Apprentice cast announced
I didn’t expect Tom Cruise or Julia Roberts or even Teri Hatcher to sign up for this, but since when is Omarosa a “celebrity?” She’s known for…um…The Apprentice!
And now she’s going to compete on NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice along with Marilu Henner, Carol Alt, softball player Jennie Finch, and America’s Got Talent judge Piers Morgan. I think they were either going to do Celebrity Apprentice on a late night informercial or a cable reality show.
To be fair, there are some good names here, including Vincent Pastore and Gene Simmons, but overall the cast really leaves me cold. Not that I’m a regular viewer of The Apprentice (the first season interesting, and I watched the Martha Stewart version, and then…), but I would have definitely tuned in to this if they had gotten some more interesting celebs. But what do I know. This will probably be a massive hit.
Carol Alt Biography
She’s been named “The Most Beautiful Woman in the World” by Playboy and dubbed the “Next Million Dollar Face” by Life Magazine and graced up to 800 magazine covers, but Carol Alt’s most personal project to date is her life changing diet.
Alt is the poster child for the famous line - you are what you eat. You see, Carol is a raw foodist. And no, it’s not just eating salads or being a vegetarian, not in the slightest. She can eat anything, yes, even meat (raw) and as much as she wants and she’s never hungry…ever or rarely gets sick. She’s getting the benefits you wouldn’t believe because her food doesn’t lose the nutritional value (those all-important enzymes) that are lost through cooking that can make you look your best.
In the hopes of looking as good as Alt, we’ll forego cooked food any day.. and keep her new book Eating in the Raw: A Beginner’s Guide to Getting Slimmer, Feeling Healthier, and Looking Younger the Raw-Food Way kitchen-side.
Carol Alt is the epitomy of defying age. She looks better in her 40’s than most 20 year olds. And, it has nothing to do with hours upon hours in a gym or plastic surgery….It’s all in what she eats and it shows. We’ve caught up with her to talk about her style and how raw food changed her life (her very own fountain of youth)
A leggy brunette supermodel, Carol Alt was also a “Cover Girl” makeup representative. Born in Queens and raised on Long Island, she began her modeling career at age 16 and has been seen on more than 600 magazine covers. Alt perhaps is best known for her 1982 Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover. Since the late 1980s, she has appeared in numerous Italian-made films and TV programs. In the USA, Alt is perhaps best-known for her starring role opposite Eric Roberts in the syndicated “Vendetta: Secrets of a Mafia Bride” (1991) and its 1993 sequel “Vendetta II: The New Mafia”. She also co-starred in the short-lived adventure series “Thunder in Paradise” (syndicated, 1994). More recently, Alt appeared in “Private Parts” (1997) as an airline passenger to whom Howard Stern recounts his life story and had the lead in the syndicated series “Peter Benchley’s Amazon” (1999-2000).
- Born:
on 12/01/60 in Flushing Point, New York - Job Titles:
Actor, Model, Singer, Bakery worker, Waitress
Family
- Brother: Anthony Alt. older; lives in New Zealand
- Father: Anthony Alt. was also in army reserves; born in 1930; died of cancer on Christmas day 1983
- Mother: Muriel Alt. before her marriage, had worked as a print and runway model
- Sister: Christine Alt. younger
- Sister: Karen Alt. older
Significant Others
- Husband: Ron Greschner. born c. 1955; met in 1982 when he was playing hockey for the New York Rangers; married on November 21, 1983; separated in 1996; divorced; retired from hockey in 1990
- Companion: Alexei Yashin. born in November 1973 in Sverdlosk, USSR; together from 1998; played hockey with the Ottawa Senators from 1993; did not play during the 1999-2000 season because of a contract dispute; signed 10-year, $87.5 million contract with the New York Islanders in September 2001
- Companion: Ayrton Senna da Silva. born in March 1960 in Brazil; although close, Alt maintains they were just friends; died in a racing accident on May 1, 1994
- Companion: Rex Smith. had relatioship in 1982
Education
- Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York
Milestones
- 1979 Began modeling career; handled by Elite; landed first cover on the Italian edition of Bazaar
- 1979 Signed to cosmetics contract by Lancome; appeared in print ads
- 1979 While waitressing, spotted by a photographer who suggested she try her hand at modeling
- 1981 Profiled in Life magazine
- 1982 Was on the cover of the swimsuit issue of Sports Illustrated magazine
- 1985 Announced she was quitting modeling
- 1985 Appeared in the docudrama, “The Look/Portfolio”
- 1985 Made stage acting debut in L.A. production of “Sweet Charity”, staged by Bob Fosse and starring Debbie Allen; did not remain with show when it transferred to Broadway
- 1986 Film acting debut, “Monte Napoleone”
- 1991 Breakthrough role as a woman who marries the man who murdered her father in the syndicated TV-movie “Vendetta: Secrets of a Mafia Bride”
- 1993 Reprised her role in “Vendetta II: The New Mafia” (syndicated)
- 1994 Co-starred in the syndicated series “Thunder in Paradise”
- 1997 Had featured role in the film version of Howard Stern’s autobiography “Private Parts”
- 1998 Resumed modeling career
- 1999 Starred in the syndicated adventure series “Peter Benchley’s Amazon”
- 1999 Starred in “Thinking of Africa”, a series of 12 two-hour films made for Italian television
- Appeared in about a dozen European features
- Raised in College Point, New York and (from 1971) in East Williston on Long Island
- Signed to contract with Cover Girl cosmetics; featured in TV commericals and print advertisements
- Was featured on the covers of several fashion and women’s magazines including Vogue and Cosmopolitan