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Rapist Designer Will Die In Prison
12:34PM Andrew Belonsky | No surprise: convicted rapist and former designer Arnand Jon Alexander, who appeared America’s Next Top Model, was sentenced in LA to at least 59 years in jail. The 35-year old now faces trials in NY and Texas. [NY Post]
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11:08AM Jess McGuire | One of the world’s first supermodels, the beautiful Paulina Porizkova, has penned a piece for the Huffington Post about being fired from America’s Next Top Model. It’s worth reading if you’re interested in modelling shows/ladies in show business/sisters fighting back against The Man™ – but here’s the bit I found myself obsessing over. More »
Will This Really Prevent Death In A Falling Elevator, Paulina?
11:08AM Jess McGuire | One of the world’s first supermodels, the beautiful Paulina Porizkova, has penned a piece for the Huffington Post about being fired from America’s Next Top Model. It’s worth reading if you’re interested in modelling shows/ladies in show business/sisters fighting back against The Man™ – but here’s the bit I found myself obsessing over. More » 
Spot the M2F in ‘Top Model’ Cycle 12
6:22AM Seth | Gosh, is it time for another cycle of America’s Next Top Model already? Seems like just yesterday that Tyrabot stepped out of the Glamonator 11.0 to survey the latest crop of potential Lashtblasht Shlashes spokesmannequins.
‘America’s Next Top Model’ Boldly Going Wherever A Set Budget Of $149 Will Take Them
8:45AM Seth | Last night’s premiere of the latest cycle of America’s Next Top Model unveiled this season’s epic theme—”As sci fi as we can possibly make this using things found at a dollar store”—to much squealy delight from the carefully selected pool of regular- and plus-sized replicants. While the audience seems to be dwindling for such catwalk-crawling minstrel shows (the ratings hit an all-time low), the series is to be commended for never failing to adapt and innovate. Take, for example, the introduction of exciting Glamonator 11.0 technology: A more sophisticated descendant of the Sleeper Orgasmatron, it’s capable of producing an amazingly convincing hologram of a completely-over-it reality hostess who wishes she could fold up shop on this ghetto-arse exercise in model-search futility to spend more time on her Emmy-winning talk show. Smile with your circuits, ladies! More »
5:20AM Seth | Easy, Breezy, Beautiful, Coverperson: Reality TV Transgender Acceptance Alert! Proving itself once again to be at the forefront of social progress, the competitive reality genre has taken a giant leap forward by selecting its first (openly) transsexual contestant: America’s Next Top Model’s new season will feature 22-year-old aspiring model Isis, who describes herself as “a woman born physically male.” It’s a decision GLAAD calls “an unprecedented opportunity for a community that is underrepresented on television.” We here at Defamer would like to voice our own wholehearted approval, so long as host Tyra Banks promises to resist using the phrase “smile with your phantom balls” at the judging panel. [Us] More »
New Jay Mohr Sitcom Funnier Than Tourette’s Humor
11:14AM Seth | Here’s your first glimpse at Jay Mohr’s new CBS sitcom, Project Gary. Did that kid just say, “Tap it?” OMG! He did! LOL! [TV Week] People, for crying out loud, it’s a picture of Curious George! It’s not like he put “OBAMA in ‘08″ underneath a picture of Chim-Chim from Speed Racer. Now that would have been racist. (And just plain mean.) [Boston Herald] It’s the America’s Next Top Model finale liveblog with the Jezebelers! But don’t peek yet, ’cause they are three hours ahead. [Jezebel] Woody Allen: “Can I ask you what your favourite commandment is?” Billy Graham: “Right now, it’s Honour Thy Father and Thy Mother.” Woody: “Really? That’s my least favourite commandment.” [BoingBoing] Anne Heche is worth $34,840.93, says Anne Heche. [TMZ] More »
Is Tyra Banks Ready To Tell ‘Top Model’ To Kiss. Her. Fat. Ass?
8:30AM Seth | In a stunning development that could throw into jeopardy the jobs of millions of blue collar Americans working in the top-model-refining industry, Tyra Banks may have finally had it with the reality TV competition that effectively launched her star, OK! magazine reports. Things have reportedly gotten “so bad” on the set between Tyra and photo-shoot taskmaster Mr. Jay (who—little known fact—can control the weather by merely rolling back his eyeballs!) that the two “aren’t speaking.” Even more disturbing, Tyra “only wants to show up on judging day,” waiting for the camera’s red light to come on before phoning in trademark advice like, “There’s a big difference between [wild-eyed facial expression] and [totally fierce facial expression].” More »
