14. No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Award: On The Amazing Race premiere, Amy, a double-amputee, and Daniel are on their way to a first-place finish and a $1 million bonus (the team that wins the first and last legs will win $2 million) when Daniel decides to tell Abbie and Ryan where the final clue is — "because that's just the type of guy he is," according to Amy. There is no karma for their good deed: Abbie and Ryan overtake them on the sprint to the Pit Stop and are now the ones eligible for the bonus. Guys, whatever happened to the...
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11. Say It, Don't Spray It Award: It's finally time for the big Nutcracker performance at Fanny's dance studio, but since this is the summer finale of Bunheads, things can't go off without a hitch. Michelle tries her best to help the dancers get ready for the next act, but when she means to dose them with some extra hairspray, she accidentally sprays them all — and herself — with mace and finds herself in some major hot water with the dancers' parents. Was a little frizz really worth the trouble?
10. Empty Promises Award: When guests cancel a talk show appearance, most shows scramble to...
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"No more friendship... I'm done." If those words sound familiar to Real Housewives fans, that's because they are. Only two days after the longtime bond between Jacqueline Laurita and Teresa Giudice's was shattered on The Real Housewives of New Jersey, the close friendship between Vicki Gunvalson and Tamra Barney came crumbling down on Tuesday's Orange County season finale. And these are only two of the many platonic break-ups the Bravo franchise has endured in recent years. If The Bachelor has a horrible track record with romantic break-ups, The Real Housewives franchise is the queen bee when it comes to ending friendships. Need proof? Look no further than the five worst spats in Housewives history:
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Forget Betty Draper. Caroline Manzo is the real hot mama of Sunday night TV.
Since The Real Housewives of New Jersey launched, the red-headed matriarch has often been the lone port of sanity in the crazy storm. Melissa is Jersey sexy, but come on, there are only so many air quotes one can use around the word "singing" to describe what she keeps doing in those recording sessions. Teresa?
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The Real Housewives of New Jersey stars Melissa Gorga, Caroline Manzo and Kathy Wakile have finally cleared up a very important question: Did Teresa Giudice change the pronunciation of her last name?
"When I met her 15, 16 years ago, it was [pronounced] joo-dice," Manzo says. (Teresa now says it much differently on Celebrity Apprentice.)
"I've never heard her introduce herself [this way]; it's new," her sister-in-law Melissa adds.
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