Brandon McMillan has dedicated his life to working with animals — so much, in fact, that he hardly has time to date. Now, he’s bringing his work to the small screen with a new show for CBS called Lucky Dog, which premieres on Saturday, September 28th as part of “The CBS Dream Team” line-up. Each episode will follow the trainer as he adopts a dog from a shelter — one that’s hours away from euthanasia — and then brings him back to The Lucky Dog Ranch to be trained before finding the perfect family.
Jesse, Noah, and Ann Csincsak. Photo courtesy of Jesse Csincsak.
This week, our favorite celebrity couple from The Bachelor and CupidsPulse.com contributors, Jesse Csincsak and his wife Ann, announced their celebrity pregnancy: They’re expecting a second child in March! The famous couple, who married in 2010, are excited to give their son Noah a brother or sister. “He is pumped to have a play friend,” Jesse says with a laugh. Noah will turn three right before their celebrity baby is born. …Don’t miss the rest of our exclusive interview with Jesse and Ann!
Unlike many performers, 41-year-old Julie Benz didn’t have dreams of appearing on the big screen. In fact, she began her career as a competitive figure skater and didn’t consider acting until an injury forced her off the ice. You may recognize her as Darla, the vampire from the television shows Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the popular spin-off Angel, or Rita, the wife of the title character on Dexter. Expanding her resume, she’ll next be playing mother Stevie Parker in Lifetime’s Taken: The Search for SophieParker, which premieres tomorrow night at 8 p.m. ET. Benz describes her character as “a tough NYPD detective who has to work against the clock to save her daughter and her daughter’s friend from the Russian Mafia and sexual slavery ring.”
From the Hollywood Hills to the Sunset Strip, Los Angeles is home to the rich and famous. Landing a real estate job in the area is like swimming in a shark tank with blood in the water. Steven Aaron, one of the stars of HGTV’s reality show Selling LA, can attest to that. The cameras follow Aaron and two other real estate firms as they attempt to book millionaire clients, tour breathtaking properties, and network their way to the top of the high-end real estate ladder.
It’s no surprise that Match.com’s “Spontuneous” Stir Game Night was a huge success. Nearly 100 singles gathered for a night of competitive fun as they played board games and belted out their favorite lyrics at Sen Restaurant on 21st Street in New York City.
Attendees included New York Post Meet Market columnist, Jozen Cummings; Dateologist, Tracy Steinberg; and Single Gal in the City founder, Melissa Braverman.
Our executive editor, Lori Bizzoco, was there to partake in the fun as well. In this exclusive interview, she sat down with Spontuneous creator Rob Ridegeway and The Bachelor alum, AshLee Frazier. They chatted about the concept behind this popular new game and how board games can help singles find love as well as Frazier’s involvement in the event
All in all, it was a great night at a great location with a great game!
For more information about Frazier, follow her on www.facebook.com/ashleenfrazier and Twitter @ashleefrazier. Stay tuned for a future interview with The Bachelor contestant!
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Interview by Lori Bizzoco. Editorial by Sarah Ribeiro.
With New York Fashion Week currently underway, it’s fun to catch up with your favorite celebrities and see how they’re participating. During our chat with Kathy Hilton earlier this summer, we spoke to the businesswoman about designing her fashion line and staying inspired.
Gossip Girl fans recognize Kelly Rutherford as prim and proper socialite Lily van der Woodsen, a character who captured our hearts despite her shortcomings. You could fault Lily for a number of things but being a protective parent wasn’t one of them. When speaking about her character on the show, the actress says, “It was a lot of fun. She was a very different type of mother than we’re used to seeing on television.”
Kyle Keller and her lovely personality are no stranger to the media circuit: progressing from a sports broadcaster to host of MAXIM radio to executive producer for MediaKillers.com, Keller’s charm has brought her from into the spotlight. Her outgoing persona, stylish wardrobe, and sex appeal have even landed her two shows of her own, Style with Kyle and Kyle’s Ultimate Challenge. “Everything I have done in my career is connected,” she explains. “It’s all personality-based, whether I’m in front of or behind the camera. I think the most challenging part is getting people to take me seriously, but it’s been a fun ride.”
George Clooney and Stacy Keibler. Photo: FameFlynet, Inc.
Interview by Lori Bizzoco; Editorial by Kerri Sheehan
Lifetime welcomed a new reality show to its ranks this summer with the July 22nd premiere of Supermarket Superstar. The show has been described as Shark Tank with food, giving undiscovered food entrepreneurs a chance to stand out among the big brands in the highly competitive food industry. Stacy Keibler, who made a name for herself as a World Wrestling Entertainment Diva, hosts the program. The blonde bombshell was known as “The Legs of WWE” due to her tall stature, but she rose to even greater prominence during her relationship with A-list actor George Clooney, which ended earlier this year.
Joey Fatone with daughters Briahna Joely Fatone and Kloey Alexandra Fatone. Photo: Izumi Hasegawa / PRPhotos.com
Interview by Lori Bizocco. Editorial by Kristin Mattern.
Joey Fatone — former N’SYNC member, Dancing with the Stars contestant, host, entertainer, and man of many hats — will be taking the stage tonight in a much-talked-about reunion with Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Lance Bass and Chris Kirkpatrick at MTV’s Video Music Awards tonight. Outside of this exciting performance, he’s stepping into the limelight with a new show for the Live Well Network, My Family Recipe Rocks. “It’s exciting. We actually go into people’s homes and watch normal, everyday people in everyday kitchens break down their recipes that they’ve passed down for many generations,” he shares. “I think it’s a really cool idea.” The star loves that he gets to meet so many families from different backgrounds across America who share their unique meal ideas with him.
Chances are, you’re familiar with Alex Fernandez’s work. After years of playing small roles on television shows like Heroes, Prison Break and Army Wives and lending his voice to video games like Call of Duty: Black Ops and Socom 4: US Navy Seals, the actor is now enjoying more prominent parts on Lifetime’s hit summer series Devious Maids as well asKiller Women and The Bridge.
Richard Hilton and Kathy Hilton. Photo: Nightcrawler/Flynetpictures.com
Interview by Lori Bizzoco. Editorial by Sarah Ribeiro.
Kathy Hilton is no stranger to the spotlight. As a child actor, she played roles on notable programs such as Happy Days, Family Affair, The Rockford Files, and Bewitched. Her husband, Richard Hilton, is one of the most high-profile businessmen in the country, and her daughters, Paris and Nicky, have had their share of fame as well. But although you may not see Kathy on the big screen anymore, her life is busier than ever. She works with causes such as Erase MS, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and the Starlight Children’s Foundation. Plus, she designs the Kathy Hilton Collection — “a line of exquisite evening wear for women of all ages that includes an element of high society at affordable prices” — and she does this all while managing a family and keeping her marriage strong.
Joyce Giraud. Photo Credit: Glenn Francis / PRPhotos.com
By Gabriela Robles
NBC’s new scripted supernatural drama series Siberia is a show where 16 reality show contestants must survive the Siberian winter in hopes of winning 500,000 dollars. When things start to go wrong and they realize that they didn’t sign up for this sort of danger, the contestants must join together in an attempt to survive what lurks in their settlement. One of the stars of the series, Joyce Giraud, explains, “It’s a mix of Lost and Survivor but entirely different than both of them. It feels like reality television, but you get really invested in the drama because it’s a scripted show.”
Christy Biebrich. Photo courtesy of Christy Biebrich.
By Sarah Ribeiro
HGTV’s hottest new show Brother vs. Brother takes John and Drew Scott, stars of the hit series Property Brothers, and pins them against each other in a sibling rivalry of design and ingenuity. Interior designer Christy Biebrich, an organizing specialist, joined Drew’s team for the ultimate renovation showdown — a task she was more than ready to face and knew how to overcome. “The biggest challenges were the time constraints,” she reveals. “We were doing massive renovations in timeframes as low as 48 hours. There were value-increasing choices that could not be completed simply due to time, so it definitely required strategic thinking.” Despite her prowess in design, she was unfortunately sent home on Sunday night’s episode.
Ali Landry and son Marcelo Alejandro Monteverde. Photo Credit: David Gabber / PRPhotos.com
By Kerri Sheehan
Hollywood mom Ali Landry isn’t letting anything slow her down! Perhaps best known as the Doritos Girl from a 1998 Super Bowl commercial, the former Miss USA is now focused on family life. Since marrying film director Alejandro Monteverde in 2006, she’s been staying busy thanks to her growing family: her six-year-old daughter Estela, two-year-old son Marcelo, and the newest edition, baby boy Valentin Francesco, who was born earlier this summer on July 11th.
Suzanne Summers and Jacqueline Laurita. Photo: Peter Lynch
By Kerri Sheehan
You may know the sassy and fiercely protective Jacqueline Laurita from Bravo’s hit reality show The Real Housewives of New Jersey, but that’s not her only claim to fame.
Before we delve into this season’s drama and last night’s episode, let’s focus on a few things you may not know about Laurita, starting with the fact that this 43-year-old mother of three has her own beauty website, AltruisticBeauty.com, with publicist Suzanne Summers. The two began working on the site together after first developing a friendship. “I told her about my idea, and we decided to turn our love affair for beauty into a business. Since I am a licensed cosmetologist with years of experience and Suzanne is a beauty publicist, we make a great pair. We bring our years of knowledge to the site and also handpicked a team of other beauty and health professionals to blog with us.”
Best known for her role as Steffy Forester on The Bold and The Beautiful, Canadian actress Jacqueline MacInnes Wood has received three Daytime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Young Actress and has acted in movies like Final Destination and Disney’s Skyrunner. Now the gorgeous brunette is taking a short break from her soap opera scheduleto star in Lifetime’s movie, Her Husband’s Betrayal, which premieres tonight at 8 p.m. ET. Stunning and sophisticated, Wood takes her acting expertise to new heights in this raw and moving feature about a woman who puts herself and her son in danger when she falls in love with a sociopath.
Sandy Malone is the woman behind Weddings in Vieques, a full-service destination wedding planning company that will take your wildest island fantasy and make it come true. The vivacious personality is dedicated to making each and every bride happy with her special day and will do whatever it takes, as showcased in a recent episode when she found a helicopter at the last minute. Now, viewers can share the high tension and drama when they join this thick-skinned wedding planner on her escapades as she creates romantic magic on Wedding Island, TLC’s new series that showcases Malone and her company.
Charlotte Ross has a Hollywood story meant for the big screen: she fell in love with acting at an early age and began pursuing her dream while growing up in Winnetka, Illinois. She worked at Second City and the Goodman Theatre until graduating from high school. Just a month later, she moved to Los Angeles and was quickly cast as Eve Donovan on the infamous soap opera Days of Our Lives, a role that later garnered her two Emmy nominations. Audiences now recognize her as Quinn Fabray’s uptight mother Judy on the hit show Glee as well as Olivia Vincent in the summer series Hit the Floor.
Ali Fedotowsky is no stranger to ABC’s The Bachelor and The Bachelorette. She was a contestant vying for Jake Pavelka’s affection in season 14 of The Bachelor and later starred on season 6 of The Bachelorette. Well-versed in love, relationships and reality television, Fedotowsky is now putting her dating and media expertise to work on a new blog for E! about the popular dating competition show. Additionally, she has continued her foray into the world of the small screen as the host of 1st Look, the Emmy Award-winning travel show from NBC. In an exclusive interview, this adorable TV personality opens up about the current season of The Bachelorette, moving on after heartbreak andher happy relationship with Kevin Manno, host of Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition.
Drop Dead Diva, the relaunched Lifetime hit television show, will be showing their support for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community on tonight’s episode. In an exciting storyline, the cast will welcome Derek Smith, who is playing a gay professional baseball player. Josh Berman, the show’s openly gay producer, stated that this issue was vital for him to tackle because being a gay athlete is becoming a rising issue. “Sports is one of the last frontiers where men and women feel they unfortunately need to be closeted,” he explains.
Playboy Playmates on the red carpet. Photo: BRANDed Management
Interviews by Shannah Henderson; Editorial by Sarah Ribeiro
Earlier this week, on Monday, July 15, 2013, the Playboy Mansion hosted some of Hollywood’s hottest celebrities at Beartrap Entertainment’s 8th Annual All-Star Celebrity Kickoff Party. The annual event supports the Artists and Athletes Alliance, a not-for-profit organization that helps artists and athletes navigate the political process in Washington, D.C. This glamorous night helped kickoff summer sports awards season the way only a party at the Playboy Mansion could — and CupidsPulse.com was there to celebrate.
Celebrity guests included musicians Chris Brown, Snoop Lion and Sean Kingston; actor Jamie Foxx; former Bachelor and Bachelorette stars, Bob Guiney and Arie Luyendyk, Jr; and ESPY-nominees for Best Breakthrough Athlete Yasiel Puig of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Colin Kapernick of the San Francisco 49ers, who was the winner of the award.
We spoke to some of these famous faces about dating and relationships — check out their responses below!
Pop singer Joy Enriquez and Grammy award-winning music producer Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins have been married for nearly a decade and have been blessed with three beautiful children: RJ, Heavenly and baby Hannah. In their new show House of Joy for NUVOtv, they bring their family into the spotlight as they work together to make Enriquez’s dream of having a hit single come true. “Nine years later, I still want a hit!” exclaims Enriquez. “I still want a song, and now I can say, ‘I gave you the kids, Rodney. We got married, and we’re working together as a family, but I still want to sing.’ That dream is still inside of me.”
Jillian Harris and Ed Swiderski. Photo: Flynet Pictures, Inc.
Interviewed by Lori Bizzoco; Editorial by Kristin Mattern
Many of us remember the charming Jillian Harris from ABC’s The Bachelor and The Bachelorette. Since first revealing her sparkling personality, filled with irrepressible humor and emotional honesty, Harris has moved on to expose viewers to her design expertise on both Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and Love It or List it Vancouver. Staying true to her motto of “doing it all,” she is now sharing her adoration for vintage and antique items as founder and creative director of Charlie Ford Vintage, a website that brings unique pieces, hand-selected by Harris and her team, to people across North America. “I’ve always been passionate about antiques. My mom used to take me antiquing when I was a little girl,” says Harris. “And I realized that there was opportunity to share the things I loved with the world.”
