Petra Nemcova is the New Face of Otto
Petra Nemcova is the New Face of Otto
Playfully posing for photographers on hand, supermodel Petra Nemcova made her first appearance as the spokesperson for Otto, a German mail order company in Hamburg, on Monday (June 30).
And with the money that’s rolling in from her numerous endorsement deals, the 29-year-old Czech cutie has been helping out those in need, as well.
According to a recent press release, Petra donated over 150 computers - along with other educational technology equipment - to The Andrew H. Wilson Charter Elementary School in New Orleans a week ago.
“While the Happy Hearts Fund has provided children and schools in disaster-stricken, underprivileged communities with computers around the globe, the Andrew H. Wilson Charter School is the first recipient in New Orleans, and in the U.S.,” Nemcova told.
“It’s evident that after disaster strikes, once the cameras disappear, so does much of the help. Each and every one of these students is a survivor of Hurricane Katrina, and we hope that by supporting them, not only will their lives and educational opportunities improve, but also those of future Wilson School students,” she added.
Hell’s Kitchen: Day 13
“Who would have thought this was going to be the top three?” - Corey
I have to agree with Corey. While I actually thought that Corey might make it to the top three (she was strong many weeks and seemed to have the attitude of someone who makes the final three on reality shows), I wasn’t sure about Christina. Sure, she seems to have the cooking skills of any of the other contestants and has won several challenges, I just thought that when it came down to the nitty-gritty, she would screw up one too many times. But she’s actually the secret talent of everyone who appeared this season.
And Petrozza? I like him and kinda want him to win, but I thought he would have been gone long ago because while he’s competent in the kitchen, he’s too nice and unassuming, and the nice people rarely win these shows. And he’s a mess too, which Chef Ramsay has pointed out many times. But here we are at Day 13, with Corey, Petrozza, and Christina vying for the title.
This is the week that the families visit. I always wonder why everyone cries so much during these things. I can understand it on Survivor, since the contestants are in the middle of nowhere and going through hardship. But the Hell’s Kitchen players are in nice digs in Hollywood and probably won’t be away from their loved ones for too long. Once I’d like to see a contestant say something like “oh, shit, you invited my mother?” Petrozza kinda loses it and can’t believe that his dad and girlfriend are actually there. He keeps saying “I can’t believe it!” Um, OK.
The families have a meal with Chef Ramsay prepares, and then when the loved ones leave they have to recreate it. Christina catches on and tries to figure out what’s in the dish. Corey gets the sauce right but the meat wrong, so it’s down to Petrozza and Christina, and Christina wins. This wasn’t an easy challenge, not knowing what the heck was in the dish beyond the obvious.
Christina gets to go to dinner with her parents and Ramsay, while Ramsay forces Corey and Petrozza to not only clean the bar, but to also chop giant blocks of ice. There must be a ice cube shortage in Los Angeles. Corey pretends the ice is Jen. The ice whines and complains and doesn’t communicate well with Corey.
For the service, each person has to run the pass themselves, so Ramsay gives them lessons in yelling/swearing.
Some observations:
- My favorite moment of the night is when JP examines the glasses that Petrozza has cleaned, looking at them closely like the guy who looked really close at the hanging chads during the 2000 election.
- Corey seems to be the only one trash talking the others.
- Ramsay calls Petrozza a “lump,” but he means it affectionately. He calls Christina a “cheerleader,” which she doesn’t like. Corey has to force herself not to laugh.
- There’s no way I believe Christina screwed up on purpose to make Petrozza look bad. It would make Christina look incompetent if anything, especially at this stage of the game.
- I have to admit I agree with Corey that Christina has an annoying, high pitched voice when she’s running the hot plate. I wouldn’t want to hear that all night.
- Favorite quote: “Nice girls don’t make great chefs.” - Chef Ramsay
Ramsay breaks it down like this: Corey does well on meat, but bad on the pass. Christina was great on the pass, but crap at her station. Petrozza was so-so on the pass.
I actually guessed how this was going to go, right down to Petrozza being the first person in the final (he really does deserve it). And I even guessed that Corey would go home. Christina deserves to be in the final. She’s talented and you can picture her growing by leaps and bounds.
Next week: the other chefs return, Petrozza and Christina go to NYC, and Jen scowls.
Terminator Salvation Teaser Trailer Description!
AICN got sent a description of the upcoming Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins teaser trailer from some dude who took part in a focus group. At first they were not sure if it were legit, however they got confirmation from someone else who saw it, so it seems genuine.
It opens with footage of people out in every day life. Christian Bale voiceovers
something like:“I always knew it happen”…
Than a pause…
“They told me I could stop it.”
The same people begin looking to the sky….
“That I could save us”.
Looks of horror come across their faces as he says,
“They were wrong”.
Music rises as we cut to black for a second. The Terminator theme starts, with the duh duh,
duh, duh, duh.NEXT SUMMER appears on the screen…
We get a quick shot looking out over a sunny desert, and then a shot of Bale, in badass commando uniform
and very recognizably the same guy who plays Batman, being lowered into a huge bunker
of weapons.THE FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE
rolls across, and we get mixed clips from inside one of the survivor bunkers as seen in Terminator 1 - but they look more concentration campish; very crowded, shots of Bale walking with a large crowd. And then the word…
BEGINS.
The music quickly rises as we get shot of a huge truck racing down a high way, a shot or two of a helicopter flying mixed with more close ups of the actors when Bale whispers, “They’re coming”.
It all goes quiet.
Massive drums blare the beginning of the theme (again) but this time much louder, more pumped up, as we get a metallic silver T that morphs into a 4.
We then get the big money shot of the trailer. Its Bale on a motorcycle with some girl on the back.
They speed through a door of what looks like a warehouse toward us. As soon as they
pass the screen, a huge terminator on wheels, a lot like the one they battle in the
first one, smashes through the wall, chasing them. It looks awesome.It then says:
Memorial Day 2009.
Sounds amazing! Apparently we will be seeing the real thing with The Dark Knight.
The reality stars you love to hate
The first reality show contestant I learned to hate was Puck from the San Francisco season of MTV’s The Real World. This was actually before people went on reality shows just to be on television and become some sort of celebrity. Oh, what innocent, fun times those were (and I’m serious - the first few seasons of The Real World were quite good).
Puck was actually OK for several episodes, but then he started with the hateful talk, not getting along with his roommates, and the battles with Pedro (though I have to admit that the thing I disliked most about Puck wasn’t any of those things, it was the time he stuck his fingers in the peanut butter - gah). Now TV Guide includes Puck in their list of the top 10 reality TV villains. You can probably guess a few of the others. Spencer Pratt is on there (I had never seen or heard of this guy until Letterman’s interview last night), Survivor’s Jonny Fairplay, and, of course, Omarosa of The Apprentice.
Anyone missing from this list?
(By the way, it actually hurt a little bit to check the “celebrities” category for this post.)