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Is It Just Me: Has the Bachelor Already Found His Bride?

Is Emily a lock to win The Bachelor? It's only a month into the new season of ABC's dating competition, and already there seems to be a clear frontrunner for Brad Womack's heart. Emily Maynard, the blonde Southern belle who lost her previous fiancé to a plane crash and found out days later that she was carrying their child, has been getting the lion's share of attention from Brad — and ruffling the other women's feathers in the process.

Tue, Feb 8, 2011

Is It Just Me: Has the Bachelor Already Found His Bride?

Is It Just Me: The Good Wife's Phony Lingo

Why is "phone" used as a verb on The Good Wife? CBS' taut legal drama The Good Wife, starring Julianna Margulies, takes place in modern-day Chicago... But you'd never know it to hear the characters talk. (Sample dialogue: "Let me know when he phones!") We counted several occurrences of this phrase during a recent scene, with folks of every age and creed hilariously bandying about variations on the awkward verbiage. Whatever happened to the word ...

Thu, Jan 27, 2011

Is It Just Me: The Good Wife's Phony Lingo

Is It Just Me: Off the Map's Medical Mystery

Can coconut water actually be used for medicinal purposes? On the January 12 premiere of ABC's new docs-in-the-wild drama Off the Map, supply-strapped M.D.s Ben (Martin Henderson) and Lily (Caroline Dhavernas) pluck coconuts from a tree in the jungles of South America and administer the water intravenously to an ailing patient. Possible? "Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction!" says Dr. Glenn P. Kelley, a cardiologist in Metairie, Louisiana, who confirms that ...

Thu, Jan 27, 2011

Is It Just Me: Off the Map's Medical Mystery

Is It Just Me: A Bachelor Surprise?

Did the women not seem surprised that Brad Womack is the Bachelor?Learning that Brad Womack — the Bachelor who's on Round 2 of the ABC dating competition — was this season's main man should've been a jaw-dropper for his harem. And yet when the ladies stepped out of the limos to meet him during the January 3 premiere, one after another seemed armed with a pithy remark. First contestant Chantal O'Brien even slapped the guy — which leads us to believe that either she had a heads-up about who she was about to encounter, or else ...

Tue, Jan 11, 2011

When Will Camille Grammer Decide if She's Leaving Real Housewives?

Rumors are swirling that controversial Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Camille Grammer — who just scored a reported $50 million divorce settlement from Kelsey Grammer — will call it quits at the end of the series' freshman season. According to her rep, Howard Bragman, the former MTV dancer hasn't hung up her stilettos just yet. "Camille hasn't made a decision and won't until after the reunion show [airing in late January]," he tells TV Guide Magazine...

Fri, Jan 7, 2011

When Will Camille Grammer Decide if She's Leaving Real Housewives?

Is It Just Me: TV Phone Etiquette

There's a total lack of telephone etiquette on screen. Nobody ever says "goodbye" when the conversation is over — they just hang up. Why? — Scott Kenward, Miami So why do TV characters sign off without so much as a sayonara? According to Pen Densham, a Hollywood-based screenwriter (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves) and author of the new script manual Riding the Alligator, proper farewells during scenes often end up ...

Mon, Jan 3, 2011

Is It Just Me: License Plate Lookalikes

Are the license plates that I see on Chuck the same ones I've seen way back on The Rockford Files and Columbo? Is this the equivalent of those 555 phone numbers? — Gary Land, via e-mailBingo! Odds are, you probably have spotted the same license plate on multiple shows, confirms Chuck prop master Scott Bauer."The California DMV allows productions to use certain sequences that have not been issued to the public," he says. "The PCE is used as a passenger license plate and ...

Thu, Dec 30, 2010

Is It Just Me: Are Glee's Outfits Affordable?

Can Glee's Kurt really afford all those fashionable outfits? I thought he came from a struggling middle-class family. — Dottie Alasky, Fairmont, W. Va.No question about it — the kid's a clotheshorse. On a recent episode of Glee, openly gay teen Kurt (Chris Colfer) was shown rocking a $435 shirt and a $260 silk scarf by designer Alexander McQueen — not exactly the kind of duds that are common for a mechanic's kid from Lima, Ohio.How does he pull it off? NYC stylist Joseph ...

Thu, Dec 30, 2010

Is It Just Me: Are Glee's Outfits Affordable?

What Not to Wear This Christmas

TGIT! For the first time since its 2003 debut, makeover series What Not to Wear leaves Friday to take up residence on Tuesday evenings. (9/8c, TLC. Tonight's target: a law student who could double as a pole dancer.) In honor of the big move, hosts Stacy London and Clinton Kelly share some holiday fashion do's and don'ts to keep you off their naughty list. ...

Tue, Dec 21, 2010

Is It Just Me: A Top Chef Medical Mystery

Did Top Chef All-Stars' Jamie wimp out over her injury?On the December 8 episode of Top Chef, Jamie Lauren sliced open her finger while cooking during a challenge — not an uncommon occurrence around these parts — and temporarily left the competition to get the injury stitched up. Seems reasonable, no? Cut to the disapproving grumbling from her comrades...

Fri, Dec 10, 2010

Is It Just Me: A Top Chef Medical Mystery

A Night Out with Andy Cohen

If Bravo's master of ceremonies, Andy Cohen, were a cocktail, the recipe would go something like this: Mix one part executive (he's the senior VP of original programming and development) with one part on-air talent (since last July, he's hosted Watch What Happens Live, a talk show/post-party hybrid that's airing four episodes this week). Add a generous splash of superfan — Cohen is passionate about the world of so-called "Bravolebrities" to the point of zealotry — shake, and voilà...a bracing, thoroughly meta elixir that simultaneously controls your air waves while appearing on them. TV Guide Magazine sat down with Cohen at NYC watering hole Bedlam for a couple rounds of Maker's Mark-and-ginger-ales to find out what makes him tick...

Thu, Dec 9, 2010

Is It Just Me: Dexter Dials Up a Mystery

Wouldn't Lumen have changed her cell phone number by now? Dexter's revenge-seeking protégée, Lumen Pierce (Julia Stiles), has been off the grid since ...

Thu, Dec 2, 2010

Is It Just Me: Dexter Dials Up a Mystery

Is It Just Me: Trouble with Texting on Gossip Girl

Can you withdraw from college via text message? On Gossip Girl's November 15 episode, Juliet (Katie Cassidy) attempted to sabotage Serena (Blake Lively) by ...

Wed, Dec 1, 2010

Is It Just Me: Trouble with Texting on Gossip Girl

Is It Just Me: A How I Met Your Mother Mystery

Does the American Museum of Natural History really have "magic" acoustics?During a recent episode of How I Met Your Mother, architecture geek Ted (Josh Radnor) excitedly showed his pals an area in the museum where you can hear a conversation that's taking place clear across the room. According to Steve Reichl, senior director of communications for the NYC institution, Ted's claim is sound.Though the sitcom didn't shoot on location, the real building does indeed have an indentation in the ceiling in the Hall of American Mammals that causes an echo effect about 30 feet away...

Tue, Nov 30, 2010

Is It Just Me: A How I Met Your Mother Mystery

Mindy Cohn Learns the Facts of Fashion

When Mindy Cohn was learning the Facts of Life, she must've skipped Wardrobe 101. For the season premiere of makeover series What Not to Wear (Friday, 9/8c, TLC), the '80s TV star — now 44 and looking to revive her acting career — turns herself (and the seriously frumpy contents of her closet) over to fashion experts Stacy London and Clinton Kelly...

Fri, Oct 29, 2010

5 Things We Love About Parenthood's Dax Shepard

Find yourself secretly smitten by that dude who used to be on Punk'd? Well, you're not alone. Thanks to a plumb part as Crosby Braverman on NBC's Parenthood — and a starring role in the new indie flick The Freebie — Dax Shepard is suddenly proving he's smart, sexy, and, yes, totally crushworthy. Here are five legit reasons the former goofball, currently engaged to actress Kristen Bell, makes our hearts go pitter-patter.

Tue, Oct 26, 2010

5 Things We Love About Parenthood's Dax Shepard

Is It Just Me: Blue Bloods' DNA Mystery

Did the Blue Bloods cops bend the rules of DNA testing?On the October 8 episode of CBS' Blue Bloods, Frank Reagan (Tom Selleck) used moves that were even smoother than his 'stache to bring down an accused rapist. When the NYPD hit a dead end nailing their suspect due to his diplomatic immunity, they lured his father into the precinct and asked him to have his son submit to a DNA test....

Fri, Oct 22, 2010

Is It Just Me: Thin Dessert Chefs

What's with the pastry chefs on Top Chef: Just Desserts being so thin? You'd think — considering all the delicious, high-cal treats getting turned out in a professional kitchen — that weight gain would be an inevitable occupational hazard. And yet, the cheftestants on Bravo's latest cooking competition are a surprisingly svelte bunch. What gives? According to Johnny Iuzzini, the Top Chef: Just Desserts judge and executive pastry chef for Jean Georges and Nougatine in New York City, "Pastry chefs do consume a lot of sweets — we're constantly ...

Wed, Oct 20, 2010

Is It Just Me: Does Size Matter on Mike & Molly?

Are there really men the size of Mike (Mike & Molly's Billy Gardell) on the police force? Do they not have to pass a physical? —Carol Osika, Emerald Isle, N.C."Police recruits entering the academy are required to pass a physical and several fitness tests before graduating," confirms Roderick Drew of the Chicago PD...

Tue, Oct 19, 2010

Is It Just Me: Does Size Matter on Mike & Molly?

Is It Just Me: Is Hellcats' Scholarship For Real?

Is there such a thing as a "cheerleading scholarship"? On the CW's new series Hellcats, Marti Perkins (Aly Michalka) — a pre-law student at the fictional Lancer University in Memphis — loses her academic scholarship, so she does what any gal with a hidden passion for handsprings might: lands a cheerleading scholarship on the school's squad. But does that actually exist?

Wed, Oct 6, 2010

Is It Just Me: Is Hellcats' Scholarship For Real?

Is It Just Me: Real Housewives of Atlanta Get Tipsy

Is it really legal to drink and ride?Never a dry moment with these gals: On the October 4 season premiere of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, on-again frenemies Kim Zolciak and NeNe Leakes sipped glasses of wine in the backseat of an SUV en route to an event. Were they breaking the law?According to Lieutenant D. Little of the Atlanta PD, "It depends. If you're ...

Tue, Oct 5, 2010

Is It Just Me: Real Housewives of Atlanta Get Tipsy

Sneak Preview: 25 Most Shocking Reality Moments of All Time

You can't make this stuff up! A new TV Guide Network special airing Sunday at 8/7c revisits the jaw-dropping reality scenes that kept us glued to our TVs. Behold, the Top 10...

Fri, Oct 1, 2010

Sneak Preview: 25 Most Shocking Reality Moments of All Time