Heidi Klum: Business and Pleasure in NYC
Heidi Klum: Business and Pleasure in NYC
With her high-profile career and demanding family life, it’s a wonder Heidi Klum ever finds time to sleep! The German supermodel was spotted balancing work and family in New York City yesterday.
Decked out in a sexy black dress and snakeskin Christian Louboutin heels, Klum was seen having lunch with her friends at the uber-trendy Barbuto restaurant in Manhattan.
Earlier in the day, Heidi tended to her professional duties at a photo shoot. And she took her kids and parents along with her, making sure to get some quality time with the fam.
The “Project Runway” babe recently told press the secret to her deep relationship with husband Seal. “There are many, many things. But I would say love is the most important thing. Seal and I feel very lucky that we found each other. He’s my best friend. He would never go in through a door first. He always opens the door for me and steps back so I walk through.”
And they’re still leaving the door open for adding to their brood. “So many people say, ‘I am so done.’ That hasn’t come out of my mouth, and it hasn’t come out of Seal’s mouth, either. I feel like we still have one coming.”
Project Runway gets new producers for Lifetime
A couple of months ago, I interviewed Lifetime president of entertainment Susanne Daniels for TV Week, asking her about Project Runway jumping from Bravo to her network.
“We know for certain that Heidi (Klum) and Tim (Gunn) are returning. We would love to see the judges back, Michael Kors and Nina Garcia…but we’re working on that,” she said.
She went on to say that the show will look and feel very much like it did on Bravo; it will be airing in the same time slot, the same day of the week. And she secured Kors and Garcia, so the four important Project Runway principals all will be in place.
Now comes word that in an effort to keep Project Runway as much a hit on Lifetime as it’s been on Bravo, Lifetime is bringing in the veteran production team Bunim-Murray to take over as showrunners.
Bunim-Murray have done 21 seasons of The Real World, and currently they’re doing two shows of E!, Keeping Up with the Kardashians and Living Lohan.
There’s a sound reason for a change in producers. Magical Elves and the Weinsteins have inked a production deal with NBC Universal, Lifetime’s competitors. The producers tried in vain to stop Lifetime from poaching Project Runway, which meant that Lifetime had to to find new handlers.
Fortunately, they’ve turned to very experienced producers, so I’m thinking that the show is going to look and feel very much the same. If there’s any change, it may be in emphasizing more of the personality clashes between the contestants. That’s always been The Real World formula, and that’s fine with me.
Season five of Project, in which Cristian Soriano emerged as the winner — and a fierce competitor — lacked some of the fireworks from previous seasons. Remember evil Wendy Pepper? Arrogant Jeffrey Sebelia? Smart-ass Jay McCarroll? Wildcard Santino Rice? Those are the kind of characters that make Project Runway more interesting for me because I’m not a fashionista.
Anyway, we won’t be seeing the Lifetime edition until next November. The final Bravo run of Project Runway commences July 16, with Magical Elves and Weinstein at the helm.
Heidi Klum: Family First in the Big Apple
Heidi Klum: Family First in the Big Apple
Sure, she may be in New York City for her Project Runway gig, but Heidi Klum is making a practice of putting her family first.
The German supermodel was spotted out and about late yesterday afternoon joined by her daughter Leni, sons Henry and Johan, mother Erna and their nannies as the whole crew enjoyed the beautiful summertime weather.
They all piled into the swanky Bar Pitti Restaurant before walking across Bleecker Street for a frosty frozen treat- ice cream cones. But even ice cream wasn’t enough to keep little Henry from throwing a bit of a temper tantrum.
Following dessert, Klum sent her mother, nannies, and kids back home in favor of some alone time to do a little shopping in the trendy Greenwich Village boutiques.
Fox Reality Channel announces new original series
Fox Reality channel has a new series called Gimme My Reality Show. This series will feature celebrities competing to have their own reality show. D-Listers already signed on for the competition include Traci Bingham, Santino Rice, and Gretchen Bonaduce.
Bingham, who played Jordin Tate on Baywatch, has also appeared on VH1’s Surreal Life 2 and Celebrity Boot Camp. Rice appeared on the second season of Project Runway and finished in the semi-finals. Bonaduce was on VH1’s Breaking Bonaduce which chronicled the life of her husband and former child-star Danny Bonaduce.
That’s it? They need to get some Idol alums in there. I’m thinking Sanjaya, just so the rest of the cast can ridicule him. Also, I would love to see one of the guys from I Love New York. Say, Mr. Boston? Who would you like to see on Gimme My Reality Show?
Gimme My Reality Show will premiere on October 11th at midnight, right after the Fox Reality Really Awards.