Donald Trump was so excited when filming the sexier sixth edition of The Apprentice — "It's the best we've done," he crows — that he tore off his tie and took off his shoes. "It's different, it's certainly looser," the real-estate tycoon says of the NBC reality show, which returns on Sunday, Jan. 7 (with a 90-minute premiere). TV Guide was offered the exclusive first look at the ramped-up show, which drew just 9.9 million viewers last spring, less than half of 2004's Season 1 average. Here's what to expect.
1. California, Here They ComeThe 18 competitors were flown to L.A., bidding goodbye to the show's traditional corporate setting in Manhattan. But moving to the West Coast doesn't mean hanging out by the pool and soaking up the rays (at least not all the time). The ambitious Trump wannabes ar
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Donald Trump Jr., Olympic medalist Chad Hedrick and shoe guru Steve Madden will join Passions' James Hyde, Top Model Nicole Linkletter, ad biz icon Donny Deutsch, Super Bowl MVP Hines Ward and Jillian Barberie as judges for the Miss USA 2006 pageant, airing April 21 on NBC.... Whoa, Nellie! The Brokeback Mountain DVD sold 1.4 million units on Tuesday, its first day of release.... The paperback edition of The Da Vinci Code sold more than 500,000 copies in its first week of release.
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