Watch the Box: Queens with Comb-Over, Home Do-Over, Mind Reading, Mind Blowing - Posted September 27, 2007
MTV offers a new reality series--Pageant Place--Miss Universe, Miss USA and Miss Teen USA will room together for a year in an NYC apartment. Donald Trump will stop by, hoping to catch the girls in their underwear. HGTV has The Fixer, with contractor Peter Marr in charge, will help homeowners who've... [FishBowlLA]

Lorne Michaels: SNL Not Yet Ready For Prime Time Reality TV - Posted July 19, 2007
Late season two comedies loosely based on Saturday Night Live made it onto the network line-up, so it's not too far-fetched that NBC might be interested in enlarging the franchise. And who better to front such an effort than SNL executive producer. Lorne Michaels has confirmed to the Edmonton Sun that... [FishBowlNY]

Trump's Newest Reality Show: Ladies, Tramps, Bad Hair - Posted June 13, 2007
Donald Trump is teaming up with Fox to remake Ladette to Lady aka Lady or a Tramp where party girls sent to charm school. Will Rosie sneak into a casting sesssion? Why not a male version called Tramp or Trump? Oh wait, that's the same thing.... [FishBowlLA]

Be the 'Dopest Wordslinger in Town' - Posted June 12, 2007
On the heels of the paperback release of his 2005 grammar guide, Spunk & Bite: A Writer's Guide to Contemporary Style, we put three quick questions to its author, Arthur Plotnik. He responded by playing favorites, copping to a Freudian daddy complex starring Strunk & White, and explaining why blogging shouldn't... [MBToolBox]

Conrad Black Spent $4.6M To Make Park Ave. Apt. 'Habitable' - Posted June 5, 2007
"Did the $12,000 mahogany shaving basin put the apartment in a habitable condition, Mr. Black?" Donald Trump was a no-show, but there was plenty to digest at the Conrad Black fraud trial yesterday. Here's what the jury heard: Black renovated his 4,500-square-foot Park Avenue apartment with $4.6M worth of "fittings" — which Black's... [FishBowlNY]

Lunch at Michael's: Kate White & Her Lethal Blondes - Posted May 23, 2007
After the last few relatively uneventful Wednesdays, we were thrilled to see the dining buzzing with excitement when we arrived this afternoon. Our favorite Cosmo gal Kate White was celebrating the publication of her latest book, Lethally Blonde, with a ladies lunch at Table One comprised of an intriguing mix of... [FishBowlNY]

Trump Mag Bleeding Cash? - Posted May 15, 2007
Trump magazine, the Donald's custom quarterly, is on the verge of a financial meltdown, Radar reports. The title "will likely go on hiatus unless Trump or some other backer comes to the rescue with additional financing. 'Will Donald come in and help reinvigorate it with some personal funds?'" FishbowlNY tracked down former... [FishBowlNY]

Vieira: NBC Made Right Call To Air VT Shooter Footage - Posted April 24, 2007
While Meredith Vieira's replacement on The View spent the afternoon setting the bar at a new low with her expletive-laden diatribe against Donald Trump, Rupert Murdoch and the New York Post at yesterday's Matrix Awards, the co-anchor of Today was talking about weightier subjects. When the newly-minted Matrix winner was asked about... [FishBowlNY]

Rosie On Trump @ Matrix: 'My Goal ... To Give A Bald Billionaire A Boner' - Posted April 24, 2007
The 'Boner' we wish Rosie'd been referring to at yesterday's Matrix Awards During a break in the pre-Matrix action yesterday, we poked our heads into the Waldorf Astoria ballroom where recipients of the New York Women in Communications Foundation Scholarship winners were lined up in ready to rehearse their introduction to the... [FishBowlNY]

Partying With The King - Posted April 19, 2007
King and his wife flank the Trumps The short hallway between the "Pool Room" and bar acted as a sort of cosmic, generational media portal last night at the Four Seasons, where a pair of cocktail parties — one celebrating Larry King's 50 years in broadcasting (a.k.a the "old people room"), the... [FishBowlNY]

Media Events: 04.19.07 - Posted April 19, 2007
Parties, panels and other notable media gatherings THURSDAY 04.19.07 WHAT: mediabistro.com's All-Media Party WHO: mediabistro.com hosts with special guest, John Ghazvinian, author of Untapped: The Scramble for Africa's Oil WHEN: 6:30PM to 8:30PM WHERE: Mantra, 986 2nd Avenue NOTE: RSVP here. WHAT: Women, The Media And The Middle East WHO: Host Barbara Walters with Muna AbuSulayman, anchor for MBC's... [FishBowlNY]

Imus Snubs Larry King Party - Posted April 18, 2007
One of the more intriguing questions about tonight's Larry King 50th anniversary party in New York has already been answered. Beleaguered radio host Don Imus, a longtime friend of King's, was on the invitee list for tonight's bash, but don't expect to see him. "He's not coming," our inside source says. Here's who... [FishBowlNY]

Sundown on Sunset - Posted March 30, 2007
Fire in the Hollywood Hills. Quinceanera might become a series. Mia Farrow doesn't seem too worried about starring in E.T.: Back on Planet Earth or any other Spielburg opus. John Travolta is ready to move back to the mothership, if global warming gets worse. Courtney Love cares only that her self-esteem is limitless... [FishBowlLA]

Nice And Natural -- That's The LAT Style - Posted March 29, 2007
It's fitting that in an e-mail describing the continuing selling-out of the LAT, ed David Hiller invokes an old hair color ad: Folks, The Los Angeles Times is making an appearance on this Sunday's episode of The Apprentice Los Angeles (10 p.m. on NBC). In the show, the contestant teams compete to create the best advertising preprint... [FishBowlLA]

Donald Trump Comes Out Against White Trash - Posted March 5, 2007
A reader writes about last night's Apprentice: Donald Trump made a really strong stand against the words "white trash" being used last night on The Apprentice. He did not give the potential apprentice a chance to explain why he used the word "white trash" on himself. Donald Trump showed his disgust and... [FishBowlLA]

A Contest that Hot Doug's Could Really Love - Posted February 19, 2007
When we first saw the picture of the giant hot dog, bottles of catsup and mustard bottle built entirely out of cans, we thought, "This is a contest for Hot Doug's!" Alas, the famed eatery is closed today for President's Day, and besides, Hot Doug's owner Doug Sohn is not... [UnBeige]

Mort Zuckerman, Bloomberg Top Most Generous Donor List; Trump, Rupe Absent - Posted February 16, 2007
The list of America's 60 most generous donors is out, and Mayor Bloomberg and media magnate Mort Zuckerman [right] have made the top 20, pledging $165 million and $100 million to charity in 2006, respectively. Warren Buffett tops the list with his $43.5 billion 2006 pledge. Curiously missing from the list are... [FishBowlNY]

Golden Globe Gossip Continues: Rushfield Nails It, E! Tails It - Posted January 17, 2007
Richard Rushfield recounts his Golden Globe experience in Kudos-crasher, for the LA Times. Kudos crasher sounds like he smashes cookies, but whatever. He's the funniest writer in the paper. He overhears Donald Trump bragging about his star to Brian Glazer and P. Diddy telling Mary Lynn Rasjkub from 24... [FishBowlLA]

Golden Globe Gossip Continues: Rushfield Nails It, E! Tails It - Posted January 17, 2007
Richard Rushfield recounts his Golden Globe experience in Kudos-crasher, for the LA Times. Kudos crasher sounds like he smashes cookies, but whatever. He's the funniest writer in the paper. He overhears Donald Trump bragging about his star to Brian Glazer and P. Diddy telling Mary Lynn Rasjkub from 24... [FishBowlLA]

April Winchell Tells All: Kevin Spacey In Honda Civic - Posted January 11, 2007
April Winchell spills some of those five things, one of which follows: When I was 19, I had a tryst with Kevin Spacey in the back of my Honda Civic. FBLA has no words. ... [FishBowlLA]

April Winchell Tells All: Kevin Spacey In Honda Civic - Posted January 11, 2007
April Winchell spills some of those five things, one of which follows: When I was 19, I had a tryst with Kevin Spacey in the back of my Honda Civic. FBLA has no words. ... [FishBowlLA]

Barbara On Trump: 'That Poor, Pathetic Man' - Posted January 10, 2007
Anxiously awaiting Rosie O'Donnell and Barbara Walter's counter to Donald Trump's latest missive? Here ya go. From the opening moments of today's View: O'Donnell: What can you say about that guy? Walters: That poor, pathetic man. [AUDIENCE CHEERING] Walters: He just can't move on. [O'DONNELL HIGH-FIVES WALTERS] EARLIER: To Rosie, From Donald... [FishBowlNY]