Carmen Electra Expands Her Fitness DVD Empire
Carmen Electra Expands Her Fitness DVD Empire
With all the home fitness options out there, Carmen Electra has made a serious effort to provide a sexy alternative to the usual “Buns of Steel” regimen. And she recently released two new installments of her “Aerobic Striptease” program.
The former Mrs. Dave Navarro held a little shindig last night in celebration of the release of “Vegas Strip” and “In the Bedroom,” two new ways to get naughty and fit simultaneously.
And in an interview Carmen talked candidly about the practical nature of her take on fitness. When asked if she’d ever worked out in a bed prior to making the “In the Bedroom” video, she replied, “Well, uh, sure I have. But I think the idea came from when you’re traveling and you’re in a hotel room and the bed is right there. You can pop in the DVD, and then it’s really your choice if you want to see it as your workout or something you want to share with your partner.”
And with Valentine’s Day not far off, Carmen suggests using her DVDs to get in shape as well as get inspired for a little loving. “I would start by just doing the DVD. You have the choice of how you want to do it. If you want to do it to stay in shape, you can do that. Or, if you want to take it a step further, get the moves down to the point that you don’t need the DVD anymore. Light candles, dress up in lingerie, and give a little show with what you’ve learned.”
The Office Opens a New Branch?!
Updated: Brian Stelter of the New York Times' TV Decoder is liveblogging his booty off over at the NBC presentation in NYC, and he reports these details about the Office spinoff:
- It will premiere immediately following the Super Bowl in January '09.
- Greg Daniels is "behind" the idea, even though he and his writing team will clearly be kind of busy doing the 28 half-hours of the original series that NBC has requested for the '08-'09 season.
- Per Ben Silverman, it is "very likely" you will see some Dunder-Mifflin-ites cross over to the new series.
It seems that NBC prez Ben Silverman is still invested in the series that put him on the map: The Peacock net has ordered an Office spinoff, set to premiere this winter in the 9:30 slot after the original series.
Mmm…no wonder they didn't have room for Scrubs (which, by the way, is entirely MIA from NBC's new schedules for 2008-09). According to the Hollywood Reporter, the series would launch as an episode of the original U.S. Office, and then go out on its own.
We're working on answering these burning questions:
- Would it be a Dunder-Mifflin branch elsewhere in the Rust Belt, or maybe a whole new industry in a whole new place?
- Who will be our new Pam and Jim?
- Any chance this is too much of a good thing, like those hourlong installments of The Office earlier this year? Or is this another great element of Comedy Night Done Right?
Weigh in with your take and your story pitches below. I think NBC might need 'em!
Project Runway Spoilers: Pics from Bryant Park!
(Skip this item if you don't want to be spoiled for upcoming installments of Runway.)
And then there were five!
Project Runway's season-four finalists: Rami, Jillian, Christian, Chris and Sweet P put on their Bryant Park runway shows Friday, and we just had to get the pics posted so you could sneak-preview the shows for yourself.
Fashion Week is always star-studded, but the Runway show was especially stylin' this year with America's Next Top Model alums Jaslene Gonzalez (cycle eight), Dani Evans (cycle six) and Bianca Golden (cycle nine) strutting their stuff on the catwalk. (You can also check them out in the pic above.) Not to mention no less a personality than Posh Spice stopped by to be the special guest judge for the finale, which airs Wed., Feb. 27 at 10 p.m. on Bravo.
Ms. Beckham shared, "I am so happy to be here, being such a fan of the show, and to actually see the collections is fascinating to me and to be a part of it. When these designers come out they are so emotional. Their friends are here, their families are here, this is what they have worked their entire careers for, to get the opportunity to show their collections." Awww…
To see the designers' shining faces, click through the link below! (Then swing back to check out some vids below, vote in our P.R. Poll, and tell us in the Comments who should sew win this competition already!)
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The Simpsons: Any Given Sundance - VIDEO
(S19E18)”No more Simpsons’ movies! One is enough.” — Marge Simpson
Add Utah to the list of states that the Simpsons have visited since the series began. And, no, they weren’t there for some wacky episode about Homer being married to multiple women. They were at the Sundance Film Festival, thanks to Lisa and her wonderful documentary about the family she lives with.
Wonderful to the visitors of the festival, that is. For her family it was a bit humiliating — as much of Lisa’s artistic work is. Being such a free spirit Lisa doesn’t think too much of the consequences she wreaks when the creates these various projects. Which is weird coming from someone as smart as her. Then again, she’s only 8-years-old. So, should we really be expecting more from her?
Probably not. We tend to forget that she’s only 8-years-old because of how worldly she can be. Therefore, she sometimes neglects to respect the feelings of those around her in exchange for fame and the belief that others will be changed by what she has created. As mentioned a few weeks ago during another Lisa-centric episode of The Simpsons, this is Lisa’s main weakness. When her brain gets clouded by the prospect of fame and fortune, all of the intelligence seems to be leeched away and replaced by a primal urge to become more and more successful, more and more famous.
A bit too deep for a primetime cartoon? Perhaps, but there isn’t much more to talk about in this so-so episode. It was just, for lack of a better word, there. It had a few good moments, and the story was okay, but it just had the feeling of one of those installments where you look up and the show is over. And, the bad thing is you really don’t remember what happened.
Maybe it was the sameness that this installment of The Simpsons had to other past episodes (other than the trip to Sundance, that is). It started with a scene that wasn’t really connected to the main plot of the story until a few minutes in. Other than highlighting the vast supporting cast of The Simpsons there really wasn’t much to the tailgate other than when Lisa decided to film some of the events taking place in the stadium parking lot. Frankly, that documentary would have been better suited for Sundance then her family film was. Then again, this is all a cartoon and the opinions expressed here are absolutely, totally moot.
If anything, this week’s installment gave us a chance to meet up with Superintendent Chalmers and and Principal Skinner once again. Thinking about this, it seems like both of these men have been at the center of Lisa’s life for quite some time. They were behind her rise to power as Student Council president, and encouraged her to tutor Cletus and his family in a previous season. Now, in the guise of Chalmskinn Productions, they were behind her at Sundance in order to achieve their own goals.
Here’s my anal-retentive moment of this week’s installment: Principal Skinner has to go back into his files to find out who Lisa’s family is. Really? This had to be a ploy on Skinner’s part to encourage Lisa to produce the documentary. If the producers of The Simpsons are saying that Skinner didn’t know who Lisa’s brother was then I just may have to go back and debate myself again.
There was only one moment during this week’s episode that I sat up and paid attention — the documentary by Nelson. Similar to the film Barney produced during the Springfield Film Festival, this was a serious piece focusing on how messed up Nelson’s life was outside of Springfield Elementary. It was actually pretty sad and, frankly, better than Lisa’s documentary. By the by, Nelson’s film may have been a direct rip-off of a 1959 French film called The 400 Blows. If that’s the case, then the producers really moved into the realm of Dennis Miller with this obscure film.
Finally, a mention about this week’s guest voice talent. Jim Jarmusch was actually used well in this episode as he played a sort-of mentor to a confused Lisa. On the other hand, John C. Reilly, who is probably more well-known than Jarmusch, was given very little to do. Because his scene was at the very end of the episode, I was beginning to think that his role may have been cut out of the show entirely.
Next time — Homer meets his mother for the (apparently) last time.