Bret Michaels and Sharon Osbourne were spotted shooting the intro for the third season of The Celebrity Apprentice, set to air on NBC in the spring. The network has made no official announcement regarding the cast, but, uh, yeah: looks like the VH1 vets are set for it (also spotted in the group: Cyndi Lauper, Rod Blagojevich and Darryl Strawberry). If indeed this is the cast (and not some elaborate hoax), we cannot wait to watch Bret compete. Up until this point in his reality TV career, he’s been running the show — can he handle the pressure when the tables are turned? [Mail Online]
Antonio Sabato Jr., revealed that his head is shaped just as perfectly as his abs when he sported a freshly shorn dome at the Fox Reality Channel’s Really Awards on Tuesday in Los Angeles (the show is set to premiere Saturday at 10/9c). The VH1 set attended in droves — what other event gives them the opportunity to be rewarded by their on-air behavior? Check the gallery below for red-carpet shots of attendees Megan Hauserman, Daisy De La Hoya, Rock of Love Bus‘ Ashley and Farrah, I Want To Work for Diddy’s Poprah, Glam God‘s Vivica A. Fox, Rock of Love 2‘s Aubry and Adrianne Curry.
Posted above is an extended interview from the taping of Bret Michaels‘ Behind the Music (premiering Thursday at 9/8c). In it, he talks about his time on Rock of Love – why he initially passed when offered the show, how his dynamic with the girls turned out to be way different from what he expected, and what the show taught him about “traditional” dating. A big chunk of the episode is devoted to Rock of Love (including interviews with key people from the show’s past), so don’t miss it when it premieres Thursday. In the meantime, you can check out even more clips from Bret’s BTM interview sessions, in which he covers topics like his upcoming autobiography, Poison’s early days of getting paid not to play and his “love hate relationship of Biblical proportions” with C.C. DeVille.
Whitney Houston gave Oprah a two-day earful this week about her tumultuous 14-year marraige to Bobby Brown. It looks like Bobby will get a chance to tell his side of the story when his episode of Behind the Music premieres Thursday, Sept. 24 at 10/9c. Check out the promo above, and below is the promo for Bret Michaels‘ BtM (bowing Thursday, Oct. 1 at 10/9c). On the episode, Bret spends ample time discussing Rock of Love, which hasn’t been on the air for months. So yay — we’ve missed it so.
SNL alum Norm McDonald took to last night’s episode of The Tonight Show to present some jokey potential reality show vehicles for himself. One was Rock of Lust, a Rock of Love parody that used footage from Rock of Love Bus. Watch it in the video embedded below (it starts at the 2:30 point on the countdown timer on the inline player):
We asked Charm School dropout Farrah what she thought about Norm’s characterization of her as “one of the whoriest-looking whores I have ever seen in my life.” Farrah replied, “Norm McDonald should get with a whore like me. I could teach his ass a few things. Who is Norm McDonald, anyway? Ronald’s dad?” That’s our girl! [The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien via Videogum]
In case you’re in search of a status update on Bret Michaels‘ relationship with Rock of Love Bus “winner” Taya Parker, here’s something: Bret was interviewed by amNewYork, and he revealed that they’re together, but not serious. Says the piece:
“Bret Michaels may have narrowed down potential mates on VH1′s Rock of Love, but the Poison front man said he’d never expect to find actual love on camera.
‘It should be called Rock of Dating,’ he said at the Lipton Gift Lounge backstage at the Tony Awards…Michaels still sees recent winner Taya Parker, but only in a ‘fun’ way — and goes out with other ladies, too.
Hence, all that dating would make it hard to do another season. ‘If I was forced to do it again, I might,’ he says.”
How’s that for honesty? And re: ROL4 – Don’t threaten us with a good time, Bret. [amNewYork]
Rock of Love‘s Bret performed during the Rock of Ages segment at Sunday’s Tony Awards, and had a close call with the scenery. Check it above. People.com reports that Bret did not break his nose, as some reports suggested. At press time, he reportedly wanted to both get X-rays and hit-up some Tonys after parties, which sounds exactly like Bret. At least the party wasn’t knocked out of him, you know?
As a follow-up to the Rock of Love Bus reunion wrap-up, here’s a fly-on-the-wall account of Ashley and Farrah’s backstage musings as they made themselves look, well, Rock of Love-ish.
The dialogue posted below has been edited, of course, for clarity and pacing, but every attempt has been made to preserve their distinct voices. What follows is a sort of Joyceian stream of words, if Joyce were zonked out while receiving a lap dance. Call it Finnegan’s Lame.
At this point, I’ve been to more VH1 reunion show tapings than I can readily count (although, maybe that has something to do with the legal stuff I’ve been taking). One thing that I can say with ease that I’ve never had more fun on set than I did a week and a half ago at the Rock of Love Bus reunion. Despite it being the third time around for this show, it was a genuinely exciting experience. I think the best way to explain it was that I had a party connection with this particular event, and without so much as a sip of alcohol. There isn’t a hell of a lot of drinking backstage of the reunions these days, anyway, and so this was like O’Douls’ answer to a kegger.
It was a rager of communication, and I chalk that up to the brilliant casting of this season. You know you’re as close to a natural habitat as possible when you wonder, “How is it that it took you this long to make it to reality TV?” after virtually every other conversation. Over the course of my day, Lady Tribe confused me with three different people, Brittaney Starr told me she wanted to hit one of the girls in the face, Brittanya made me define “philosophy,” Farrah schooled me on the dilemma of having “big t**s” after losing weight (“It doesn’t look like you lost weight because your t**s are still the same size”) and so much more! I’ve called things “insanely awesome” before, but this time I really, really mean it.
