BravoTV Poker

BRAVO LAUNCHES ITS FIRST ONLINE POKER TOURNAMENT ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13

WINNERS OF THE TOURNAMENT WILL WIN A TRIP TO VEGAS AND THE CHANCE TO PLAY IN THE NEXT "BravoTV POKER CELEBRITY SHOWDOWN" SERIES ON BRAVO

NEW YORK - October 6, 2005 - BravoTV.com will launch the "Celebrity Poker Showdown Online Tournament" where consumers can play to win a trip to Las Vegas and the chance to appear on Bravo's "Celebrity Poker Showdown." Also on Thursday, October 13 (9:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT), "BravoTV Poker Celebrity Showdown" returns with an all-new tournament featuring twenty-five stars competing for the series' highest prize pot ever with a total of one million dollars going to charity. From Thursday, October 13 to Saturday, November 19, qualifying rounds of Texas Hold 'Em will be played online daily, potentially advancing hundreds of winners to the final round. On Sunday, November 20, those lucky winners from the qualifying rounds will compete in the grand finale game online at BravoTV.com. The last five eligible players remaining at the virtual table will win a trip to Las Vegas to battle it out face-to-face and one of them may get the chance to sit at the poker table with celebrities for the taping of the hit series "BravoTV Poker Celebrity Showdown. "

The BravoTV Poker Celebrity Showdown Online Tournament provides a fun and engaging way for Bravo to develop a deeper connection with its viewers through a show and game that they already love," said Lauren Zalaznick, President, Bravo.

Coinciding with the launch of the "BravoTV Poker Celebrity Showdown Online Tournament," will be the premiere of "BravoTV Poker Celebrity Showdown's" seventh tournament, also on Thursday, October 13 (9:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT). Six all-new, two-hour episodes, hosted by Dave Foley joined by poker expert Phil Gordon will include celebrities such as Carlos Bernard, Joey Fatone, Gina Gershon, James Woods, Kevin Nealon, Kelli Williams, Oksana Baiul and Dean Cain all competing for serious cash. The premiere episode of tournament seven will star the men of "Desperate Housewives" Mark Moses (Paul Young), Steven Culp (Rex Van De Kamp), Ricardo Antonio Chavira (Carlos Solis), James Denton (Mike Delfino) and Doug Savant (Tom Scavo).

On Thursday, September 22, Bravo launched its first online poker games on www.bravotv.com. The poker games are currently up and running on the site allowing visitors to compete for fun in live matches of Texas Hold 'Em at Bravo's virtual table. Those wanting to get a feel for the site before joining the tournament can play these games 24-hours-a-day.

Entrants of the "BravoTV Poker Celebrity Showdown Online Tournament" must be legal residents of and must physically reside in the continental United States and must be 21 years of age or older as of the date of entry. Details rules for the tournament can be found at www.bravotv.com/Celebrity_Poker_Showdown/Online_Poker/.

"BravoTV Poker Celebrity Showdown" is produced by Picture This Television in association with Bravo. Marcia Mul?, Bryan Scott and Lisa M. Tucker are executive producers along with Andrew Hill Newman and Joshua Malina ("The West Wing"). Cadillac is the official sponsor of "Celebrity Poker Showdown."

Bravo is the cable network that plugs people into arts, culture and pop culture with original programming, movies and by showing a whole different side of celebrities. Currently available in more than 79 million homes, Bravo is known for breaking exciting new personalities, shaking up the way we look at style, media, fame and Hollywood, pulling back the curtain on the creative process and making influential and inventive original programming. Its critically acclaimed and award-winning original programming includes "Inside the Actors Studio," "BravoTV Poker Celebrity Showdown," "Project Greenlight," as well as the 2004 Emmy winner for Outstanding Reality Program, "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy." The network's other hits include "Project Runway," "Blow Out" and "Being Bobby Brown."

Bravo is a program service of NBC Universal Cable Entertainment, a division of NBC Universal one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. Bravo has been a NBC Cable Network since December 2002 and was the first television service dedicated to film and the performing arts when it launched in December 1980.For more information visit www.bravotv.com.

Bravo TV Show Million Dollar Listing

Bravo is bringing back Bravo TV Show Million Dollar Listing for a second season this summer. The docu-series gives viewers an inside look at the most exclusive realtors in the Los Angeles area, a luxurious but dangerous place to work. Despite the soft market, these agents will stop at nothing to close million dollar deals in neighborhoods like Malibu, Beverly Hills and Hollywood.

Josh Flagg, Madison Hildebrand and Chad Rogers, L.A.'s up-and-coming realtors, are the stars of this season. Flagg is known to send clients up in helicopters to view properties and has wrapped a home in a big red bow for a pair of new owners. Hildebrand, touted as the "King of Malibu," has sold over 80 million in real estate in the past two years. Rogers had his real estate license at the age of 18. Some of his celebrity clients include Paris Hilton, Nick Lachey, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Minnie Driver, and Coach Larry Brown.

I tried watching Bravo TV Show Million Dollar Listing last season. I thought, "Hmm. I like big expensive houses. I like Flipping Out. I'll probably like this show." It was so boring. I felt like the drama between the agents was contrived and no one was interesting enough. Flipping Out is a much better show on all accounts. First, there's Jeff Lewis. I could watch Jeff Lewis brush his teeth and it would be interesting (probably because he have some neurotic freak out about the kind of toothpaste or how it was placed in the drawer). Second, the show does a good job of explaining the professional elements without making it too technical. Lastly, all of the other "characters" on the show are involved with Jeff. They give us even more insight into Jeff's pysche.

Bravo TV Show Million Dollar Listing will premiere on Tuesday August 5th at 11 p.m. ET/PT on Bravo, immediately following the season finale of Flipping Out. The series will then move to its regular time, Tuesdays at 10 p.m.

BravoTV Top Chef

NEW YORK – October 1, 2008 – Bright knives, Big city. The fifth season of the No. 1 food show on cable, Bravo’s Emmy and James Beard Award-winning series returns with “BravoTV Top Chef: New York,” premiering a super-sized episode Wednesday, November 12 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. The 17 new chef'testants take on The Big Apple this season to see if they have what it takes to become BravoTV Top Chef. Once again returning to the kitchen, cookbook author, actress and host Padma Lakshmi presides over the judge’s table alongside head judge Tom Colicchio, renowned culinary figure and chef/owner Craft Restaurants, and judge Gail Simmons, of Food & Wine Magazine. This season introduces new judge Toby Young, food critic and best-selling author of the book "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People," which was the basis for an upcoming film. In what will prove to be the most challenging season yet, some of the biggest names in food, music and entertainment including Martha Stewart, Foo Fighters, Jean-Georges, Eric Ripert, Rocco DiSpirito, Wylie Dufresne, Jean-Christophe Novelli and Natasha Richardson will be featured this season on “BravoTV Top Chef: New York.”

The 17 “BravoTV Top Chef: New York” chef’testants will be skewered down week by week as they compete to out-flavor, out-cook and out-do their competition. The winning chef will receive $100,000 in seed money to help open a restaurant, furnished by the makers of the Glad family of products, a feature in Food & Wine magazine, a showcase at the Annual Food & Wine Classic in Aspen and will earn the title of "BravoTV Top Chef." The Emmy-nominated Magical Elves return to produce "BravoTV Top Chef: New York." Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz ("Project Runway," "Top Design") and Shauna Minoprio return as executive producers.

Bravo’s “BravoTV Top Chef” offers a fascinating window into the competitive, pressure-filled environment of world-class cookery and the restaurant business at the highest level. The series features sixteen aspiring chefs who compete for their shot at culinary stardom and the chance to earn the prestigious title of “BravoTV Top Chef.” Each episode holds two challenges for the chefs. The first is a quickfire test of their basic abilities and the second is a more involved elimination challenge designed to test the versatility and inventiveness of the chefs as they take on unique culinary trials such as working with unusual and exotic foods or catering for a range of demanding clients. The challenges not only test their skills in the kitchen, but also uncover if they have the customer service, management and teamwork abilities required of a BravoTV Top Chef. The competing chefs live and breathe the high-pressure lifestyle that comes with being a master chef and each week someone is asked to “pack up their knives” and go home.

www.BravoTV.com will continue to be the home for a robust food and drink destination dedicated to "BravoTV Top Chef" fans and foodies. This season, the site unveils a new treat: in the "BravoTV Top Chef Fantasy Game," fans can choose a dream team of three contestants each week, and compete for points based on the performance of their selected chefs. Plus, there'll be several more online features for the "BravoTV Top Chef" fanatic to feast on: video interviews and tips from the judges and contestants, photo galleries and recipes from each episode, and blogs from current and past stars (including new judge Toby Young and season 4 winner Stephanie Izard). Visitors can also "Rate The Plate" and vote for the dish they think deserves top honors each week, play our popular “Memory Match" photo games, or test their Foodie IQ in a challenging quiz about all things delicious. And "BravoTV Top Chef" season 1 star Lee Anne Wong returns with her weekly online exclusive cooking webisode series, "The Wong Way To Cook," teaching viewers how to make each week's winning recipe at home.

"Chef" fans can also visit m.bravotv.com from their web-enabled phone for exclusive content including contestant and judge Q&A's, photo diaries, foodie faves, video tips, wallpapers and ringtones. Fans who text CHEF to 27286 can join the BravoTV Top Chef mobile fan club and receive behind-the-scenes dish and exclusive interactive content from the chef'testants, hosts and judges. Two new games allow viewers to compete to be "BravoTV Top Chef.”. Mobile fans can try the "BravoTV Top Chef Challenge," a game designed and developed by leading mobile publisher LimeLife, Inc., set behind-the-scenes of a Tom Colicchio fictional restaurant, where players enter the game's virtual kitchen as an entry-level dishwasher and must work their way up. PC and MAC users can try "BravoTV Top Chef: The Game” developed by Gamelab, LLC and distributed by Brighter Minds Media LLC where fans can test their culinary flair as they create 5-star dishes in their own virtual kitchen.

"BravoTV Top Chef" debuted in March 2006 to critical acclaim and ratings success, returning with season two in October 2006 which averaged over two million total viewers. Season three which premiered on June 2007 finished out the season averaging over 2.5 million viewers, and most recently season four which premiered in March 2008, averaged over 3.0 million viewers securing the title of No. 1 food show on cable.

Source: Nielsen Media Research, Live+7 data 12/31/07-9/14/08, blended with Live + Same Day through 9/25/08, BravoTV Top Chef 4 Premieres vs. Premiere airings of Food Network programs, P18-49 and P2+ (000), subject to qualifications.

Demi Moore Biography

Actress, tabloid fodder, provocative Vanity Fair cover piece: the husky-voiced brunette Demi Moore is nothing if not an unforgettable roadside attraction on the pop culture highway. Rising to prominence with a string of successful films during the '80s and early '90s, Moore became known for both her onscreen and offscreen ability to draw attention for everything from her grin-and-bare-it roles in films like Striptease to her well-publicized marriage to (and divorce from Bruce Willis.

Born Demetria Guynes in Roswell, NM, on November 11, 1962, Moore led a troubled childhood. To call it tumultuous would be something of an understatement: along with her mother, half-brother and stepfather, she moved no less than 30 times before her adolescence, thanks to her stepfather's job as a newspaper ad salesman. The problems that went along with such an itinerant lifestyle were compounded by the dysfunctional, sometimes abusive relationship between Moore's mother and stepfather. The latter committed suicide when Moore was 15, around the time that she discovered that he was not her biological father. She dropped out of school a year later and did some modeling in Europe. When she was 18, Moore married rocker Freddy Moore; the union lasted four years, during which time the actress landed her first role playing Jackie Templeton on the TV daytime drama General Hospital.

Miley Cyrus Spotted With Model Beau Justin Gaston

Miley Cyrus was out shopping with Justin Gaston, her boyfriend (who’s also an underwear model) a day before the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Miley Cyrus, of “Hannah Montana” fame, was also with her mom and little sister. Miley was on the float of her new movie, “Bolt” (in which she co-stars with John Travolta) during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade and greeted all her fans wearing a stylish ensemble in black and white. “Bolt” premiered in the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood, California. John Travolta, Miley’s co-star in the film, shared that his daughter was a huge fan of Miley’s. He said, “She [Ella] adores her and Miley has been so gracious toward Ella, inviting her to meet her sister and to share the common realities of a famous family and all of these wonderful things. When I told her the news that I was actually doing a song with Miley, I think that I became very popular, very quickly.”

On the other hand, when asked about her new movie Miley said that her mom was just as excited as her because she got to work with John Travolta. “My mom was so happy I got to work with him...so happy. Her mom Leticia Cyrus even said, ‘You won’t believe I had posters of him on my wall’ and Miley had to add, ‘Okay, you keep that to yourself when you meet him. Zip that tight!’”

Miley, who has recently turned sixteen, already knows what she wants for Christmas: a brand-new car. However, she’ll be patient about it and said, “I think I’m going to wait ‘til Christmas. My mom told me that we should wait til Christmas because there will be newer cars.” Where did Miley Cyrus celebrate her Sweet 16? Nowhere else but at the Nokia Theatre during the 2008 American Music Awards! Her friends Taylor Swift, Julianne Hough and Ashley Tisdale, and her mother Tish and sister Brandi were also there.

Later on, Miley Cyrus will also be in “Christmas In Rockefeller Center”, in which she’ll be performing along with Beyonce Knowles, Stephen Colbert, the Jonas Brothers, Tony Bennett, Faith Hill and Kermit the Frog. Goosip Jay Z mad at Beyonce

Miley Cyrus Biography

Young Miley Cyrus became an overnight sensation in 2006 as the star of the Disney Channel television series Hannah Montana, but fortunately her family has had some experience with that sort of thing -- her father, Billy Ray Cyrus, went from obscurity to stardom in a few short months when the song "Achy Breaky Heart" hit the charts in 1992. The success of "Achy Breaky Heart" was hardly the only memorable event for Billy Ray that year -- on November 23, 1992, he and his wife welcomed their daughter Destiny Hope Cyrus into the world. Destiny's cheerful disposition as a child earned her the nickname Smiley, which stuck when it was shortened to Miley. Miley's career as a professional actress began in 2003, when she appeared in an episode of the television series Doc, which starred her father; the same year, she landed a small role in the Tim Burton film Big Fish.

Miley developed an interest in music early on, writing songs and learning to sing while still a preteen, and in 2005 she landed a role that allowed her to put her skills in acting and music to work. Miley was cast in the title role of Hannah Montana, in which she played a teenage girl leading a double life -- by day, she's Miley Stewart, an ordinary kid dealing with school, her friends, her siblings, and all the other foibles of life for a 14-year-old, while at night she dons a wig and becomes Hannah Montana, a multi-platinum pop star whose career is guided by her dad, Robby Stewart, a successful songwriter. However, Miley's friends don't know she's also Hannah, and keeping this a secret is no simple matter. Debuting in March 2006, Hannah Montana became an immediate success with young viewers, and in October, a soundtrack CD was released, featuring Miley singing eight songs from the show along with five related tracks, including a duet between Miley and her father, Billy Ray, on "I Learned from You."

That fall, Miley hit the road, wowing audiences as the opening act for another Disney-spawned pop act, the Cheetah Girls, and in March 2007, the Hannah Montana album was reissued in a special edition featuring a bonus DVD, not long after the show's theme song, "The Best of Both Worlds," was released as a single. A second Hannah Montana album, Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus, was released in summer 2007. That fall, Cyrus embarked on the Best of Both Worlds tour, which stretched into early 2008 and was edited into The Best of Both Worlds Concert film, which was released that spring. By then Cyrus was busy recording her first full-fledged album as herself, Breakout, as well as shooting Hannah Montana: The Movie, which was slated for release in 2009. Breakout arrived in summer 2008.

Miley Cyrus Events and Controversy

Miley Cyrus also know as Destiny Hope "Miley" Cyrus is a talented American young actress, singer and song writer who was born in Tennessee, 1992. Miley is the daughter of Billy Ray Cyrus recently seen in the Hanna Montana Show and Dancing with the stars where he injected a bit of his own personality to his dancing routines. Miley is is the star of the Disney channel original series Hanna Montana, she plays a teenager who has a "double life" sort of speak, this shows the duality of her life and living like a rock star (Hanna Montana).

This particular show has been widely successful among its young audience which has turned Hanna Montana's concerts and tours into great events for the family. There is a similitude between the way her career developed and the way Hillary Duff's career developed as they both started working with the Disney Channel in original series, they both became singers as well and as of 2008 Miley is working on a film called "Hanna Montana: The Movie" which is expected to be released sometime during this year or during the first few months of 2009.

Miley's career as an actress, singer and song writer is very promising as reported by Forbes stating she is one of the top earners under the age of 25, at 3.5 million dollars a year she is ranked number 17.

There has been great controversy recently regarding rumors and her concerts. Around september 2007 some rumors began circulating which stated that Miley was pregnant, the source of it all was the J-14 magazine where a fake story and pictures were shown, the original article was supposed to talk about Miley's gross habits instead of a completely fabricated pregnancy story.

On a different note, this time related to her concerts, a video was shown on Youtube.com which captured what was called the "Fake Hanna Montana" during a song transition, in the video the star is seen singing for a couple of minutes and doing what she does best, then a group of teenagers get close to her and start dancing in order to disguise her disappearance and the appearance of her double. Some fans were upset because they said they felt cheated, however using a double during the last few seconds of a song allows for the main singer to change her clothes and appearance in order to be ready for the next interpretation. This is a popular practice used by many artists today, however Hanna's fans are sharper than the average fan!

Overall, Miley's career is very promising and every concert organized is a total success because of her young fans.

The Last Song movie starring Miley Cyrus

'The Last Song' is a novel to be released by Nicholas Sparks this autumn. The novel is about a young girl who is forced by her mother to stay with her father, who she has never met. During the stay, she must get to know her sometimes difficult father and adjust to life in a beautiful seaside town.

'The Last Song' screenplay was written by Sparks himself. Sparks is a big fan of Cyrus and so when he was approached by Trish Cyrus, Miley's mother, to write a screenplay based on the book, he accepted immediately. Filming for the movie started in June and, although the set had a problem with a stalker at one point, the shooting went very well. The film is shot on the small island of Tybee, Georgia, where the entire town has thrown their support behind the movie and many have even starred in the movie as extras.

The movie has all the perfect ingredients to be a huge success. It has pretty much the biggest star around right now, Cyrus, the support of Disney and a great plot written by a renowned writer. Cyrus' character has to grapple with relationship problems and many images have been released of kiss scenes between her and the main young male lead, Liam Hemsworth. The scenery of the movie is truly beautiful, set right next to the sea in fantastic sea-side houses.

The movie is released in January of 2010, although that date is subject to change.

Timbaland Wants Taylor Swift to Work Together

In the past 15 years, music mogul Timbaland has collaborated with a dizzying array of big-name acts including Madonna, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West and New Kids on the Block. But according to website RapUp.com, Timbaland declares, "I think the main person I want to get is Taylor Swift. I love her voice. I just think me and her can do something amazing."

And even though he's confident the pair would create studio magic together, Timbaland hasn't been able to schedule sessions with the singer just yet. In what could be the understatement of the year, the in-demand producer says of the in-demand young superstar, "Her people said that she was busy."

Ya think? Taylor's sold-out tour, and an upcoming movie role are just the tip of the iceberg for the multi-tasking teen, but Timbaland's not giving up. And when it does take place, what can their respective fans expect?

"It would have a country swing, but just a little bit of me," says Timbaland. "I know how to do that real good."

The match-up wouldn't be Timbaland's first foray into country music. Earlier this year, he produced a track with Keith Urban for a Verizon Blackberry Storm promotion.

Beyonce, Jay-Z clash with Paparazzi

Tempers flared overseas as one of the bodyguards of singer Beyonce clashed with a photographer. Beyonce was on vacation in Croatia with her husband, Jay-Z, when the couple ran into a group of photographers and cameramen. They followed the pair to a dock where Beyonce and Jay-Z boarded a speed boat.

In a video of the incident, the minder can be heard warning Banovic to keep his distance as Jay-Z and Beyonce make their way back to a small boat following dinner. Police had to be called after one of Jay-Z and Beyonce’s burly bruisers went bananas on Croatian paps, who were eagerly trying to snap photographs of the couple’s romantic evening out in Dubrovnik on Wednesday.

The bodyguard allegedly punched and kicked 57-year-old Dragon Banovic after warning him not to film the couple.

Kate Gosselin Today show

Jon and Kate Gosselin renewed their wedding vows in Hawaii in August. Two months later, Kate Gosselin told her husband that she wanted out of their marriage, Jon Gosselin says. Kate Gosselin gave her first big interview to the "Today" show since her divorce announcement, saying tearfully that the split from husband Jon was "necessary," and that she's doing "as well as can be expected."

“I am as well as can be expected. I’m determined to hang in there,” Gosselin told TODAY’s Meredith Vieira in her first interview since she and her husband, Jon, confirmed that they were getting a divorce. “What life hands me, I’m going to do. My focus still is the health and well-being of my children as well as myself.”

In early May, Jon denied having cheated on Kate, and Kate said on TODAY that she and her husband were dealing with their marital problems privately. A week later, rumors were published claiming that Kate was having an affair with her bodyguard, Steve Neild. The reports were denied.

Ashley Greene Scandal

Ashley Greene Scandal is currently in the midst of a nude photo scandal. “The photos in question, which appear to be of our client, are illegal and are being unlawfully displayed,” Ashley’s lawyer tells People. “Our client intends to take legal action.”

Ashley Greene talked to MTV this last weekend about the smash hit Twilight. Ashley said that she was surprised by how well the movie did at theaters and how impressed she was that the buzz and excitement stayed with the film. Twilight fans have been reordering the DVD’s and attending DVD release parties in large numbers. This should lead to a huge hype for the second installment.

Ashley Greene nude!

Some nude pics of Twilight star Ashley Greene hit the internets today and all I can say is, whew! It's been nearly 110 hours since a famous chick had her private nude pics leaked to the 'net. I was beginning to think Hollywood wasn't full of dumb whores. Thanks for restoring my faith Ashley!