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Big Brother 6
Big Brother's Veto King Is Dethroned
On Big Brother 6, James Rhine relied on the Power of Veto to save himself from eviction. But after losing a tense veto competition on last week's Big Brother 7: All-Stars, where he and Janelle wrestled over a voodoo doll, he was eliminated from the game. TVGuide.com caught up with James to find out how it was in the house without his girlfriend, Sarah (his secret partner from BB6), and why he turned on the
Will Hurricane Howie Hit Big Brother?
CBS' Big Brother 7: All-Stars is about to begin, and the 20 potential housemates are out campaigning like crazy — perhaps none more so than "Hurricane" Howie Gordon. The self-proclaimed Jedi and former weatherman who breezed through the first half of Big Brother 6 desperately wants a chance to blow away audiences with his humor once again. Today is the last day that fans can vote at CBS.com for their favorites. (The viewers' top six will be combined with the producers' favorite six, and the chosen dozen will enter the house on July 6.) Before casting your ba
Big Brother Nurse Wins Big Purse
After 80 days trapped in the Big Brother house with 13 other strangers, 27-year-old Maggie Ausburn emerged half a million dollars richer. The Las Vegas ER nurse won the cash by sticking with the Friendship alliance to the end and lying low. Her partner and pal, Eric Littman (aka Cappy), was voted out early on, but by working her strategy and the loyalty of Ivette — who brought her to the final two — Maggie took home the top prize. TVGuide.com spoke with her the day after she won to see how she's adjusting to life in the real world. TVGuide.com: Has it sunk in yet that you've won half a million dollars? Maggie: No, not at all. I am walking around touching people.... "Oh, humans." TVGuide.com: What was the first thing you wanted to know when you got
So Janelle is out and Maggie and...
So Janelle is out and Maggie and Ivette are the final two. I can't imagine a less exciting finale on Tuesday. I really thought that Ivette, knowing that she could win the half million dollars, would pick Janelle. Instead, she seems happy that she's winning the $50,000 runner-up prize for her family. Did she not think that this is the Summer of Secrets, and perhaps she won't get that cash? I mean, it is unlikely, but still.... Anyway, I was pretty proud of myself for using my middle-school math skills to come up with the answer to the HOH tiebreaker. But the best part of the entire episode was seeing the ousted houseguests again. I loved Sarah's T-shirt that bore Janelle's famous "Bye-bye, bitches" quote. I want to know where I can get one. And I loved seeing Kaysar and Michael looking online to see who America thought was the more attractive. Anyway, I think maybe the sequest
Big Brother's Newlywed Is Nixed
After being a fairly loyal member of the Friendship from the get go, April Lewis made an unfriendly exit from the Big Brother house last Tuesday night. After her pal, Ivette, won the Power of Veto competition — and was a little too exuberant in her celebrating — April gave her a piece of her mind. Too bad Ivette had control over who went home and, of course, picked the 31-year-old pharmaceutical rep instead of her buddy, Maggie. TVGuide.com caught up with the recently married Texan to find out what she thought about the fight, Howie's comments about her husband and dog and what she most wants to do now. TVGuide.com: So are you relieved to be out of that crazy house?April Lewis: Uh, yeah! I haven't slept all night, I'm still getting over the high of getting out of the house. I'm so excited. TVGuide.com: What do you want to do when you're completely done with t
The jury house got nasty! In fact...
The jury house got nasty! In fact Rachel, who was pretty boring throughout her stint in the BB house, finally got a little bit of bite in her with this comment about Jen's cuddling up to Howie: "Jennifer needs to keep her skanky little grubby hands off of Howie. If she doesn't, I'm going to throw a hurt upon her." She also got a dig in when she was vocalizing her support for Janelle: "I'd rather throw myself in a pack of wolves than vote for one of the Girl Scout troop to win this thing." With all that, and the testy moments between James and Jen, I was thinking it would have been more interesting to stay in that house and watch the happenings. But that was before Ivette and April went after each other. The Friendship finally broke down and turned on each other... it was only a matter of time. But for April to tell Janelle that she'd rather vote for her than Ivette? WOW. I had no idea it was going
Big Brother Says No to Beau
Thanks to last week's surprise double eviction, James Rhine wasn't the only houseguest asked to pack his bags; Beau Beasley also was told to take his stylish duds to the jury house. The 25-year-old personal shopper's elimination seemed to be purely strategy on the part of then-Head of Household Howie, whose goal was to break up "Beau-Beau" and Ivette, the last pair with a chance to win double-the-$500,000 prize. Since Beau was already snugly tucked away in the (really nice) sequester house without telephone access, TVGuide.com e-mailed our questions to the tidy fashion maven and was surprised to find out that he loved getting dirty. TVGuide.com: What was your favorite article of clothing you brought into the house with you? Beau Beasley: I never leave home with out my Juicy Couture and my Lacost
Janelle won HOH... I think this...
Janelle won HOH... I think this might be the happiest I've been while watching TV all summer. Hold on a sec while I go vote for her to get the day on the set of Two and a Half Men... her winning would rub some serious salt in the wounds of the remaining nerd herders. It makes me even happier that Janelle won HOH by answering all the questions about the houseguests correctly. Especially since from reading the live recaps online, I know that the Friendship has actually been studying and trying to recall details. It must just irk them to no end that the ditzy-looking blonde can keep all those facts in that pretty little head of hers. Just like that kid who slacked off in class but always aced the finals. But I'm not going to feel sorry for any of them, because even Ivette's own mom and girlfriend didn't approve of her trusting the Friendship members, especially April. I love that girlfriend Maggie — aka Tushy, so as not to be confused with housegues
Big Brother Baddie Gets Beaten
James Rhine of Atlanta kicked off the sixth season of Big Brother with shady playing that included plenty of lying and deceiving. Doing so made the 29-year-old loss-prevention manager (who claimed he was a teacher) a huge target for the houseguests. They tried to evict him multiple times, taking out his beloved show partner and real-life girlfriend, Sarah Hrejsa, in the process. But the tough player kept winning the Power of Veto and used his skills at manipulation to pit the two alliances against each other. After his luck finally ran out a week ago, he spoke with TVGuide.com before heading to the sequester house — and showed off a surprisingly softer side. TVGuide.com: For a bit, it seemed like the two alliances were more concerned about taking each other down than in ousting
Big Brother Baddie Gets Beaten
James Rhine of Atlanta kicked off the sixth season of Big Brother with shady playing that included plenty of lying and deceiving. Doing so made the 29-year-old loss-prevention manager (who claimed he was a teacher) a huge target for the houseguests. They tried to evict him multiple times, taking out his beloved show partner and real-life girlfriend, Sarah Hrejsa, in the process. But the tough player kept winning the Power of Veto and used his skills at manipulation to pit the two alliances against each other. After his luck finally ran out last Thursday, he spoke with TVGuide.com before heading to the sequester house — and showed off a surprisingly softer side. TVGuide.com: For a bit, it seemed like the two alliances were more concerned about taking each other down than in oust
Lightsabers are fun — at least...
Lightsabers are fun — at least they look like fun — but did we really need to see an entire segment of Howie playing with his? Don't even get me started on the phallic symbolism of that, or the odd fact that Janelle seemed to have a better handle on how to wield one. I guess maybe that goes to Ivette's comment when she put Janelle up for nomination about her manipulating men. I don't know if she's got a point or not; Janelle does seem to know how to cover up her competitiveness with her bleached-blonde hair flip, but that's more just a girly thing, and smart strategy to boot. Besides, she has always seemed like a guy's kind of girl; if she hadn't joined the boys' club she'd have been all alone after Week 1, when her partner, Ashlea, was sent home. Anyway, I wasn't surprised by the noms, but I was annoyed by the butt-kissing of Ivette that commenced afterward. The fact that April and Maggie are so insecure that the
OK, so Big Brother was preempted...
OK, so Big Brother was preempted in my area tonight by the Jets or the Giants — one of those New York teams that plays five minutes from my house in New Jersey — who decided that they were ready for some football, even though it 's barely September. This is the second time this week that I've been deprived of my annoying hour with the BB houseguests for the same reason. And have I mentioned that football is my least-favorite sport? I mean, if it was baseball, or badminton or even miniature golf, I might have tuned in, but the guys in pads and jerseys just don't do it for me. So I called my dad (he lives in Maine), who loves football — heck, he even coaches it — to find out what was happening in that wacky household when he was probably more interested in the game. Ah, the irony of this situation. So being a daddy's girl paid off; he watched the entire show (he secretly got a bit hooked while visiting me last week) and gave me the highlights. James got ousted — bi
Big Brother Horse Breeder Is Thrown
The dream of winning a million bucks instead of "only" half that amount was crushed for another Big Brother pair when Rachel Plecner was eliminated last Thursday, dashing her and her partner Howie's hopes. TVGuide.com got a chance to talk to the 33-year-old horse breeder before she was shipped off to the sequester house, and to ask her what she thought of this wild ride. TVGuide.com: For a while there we thought you and Howie might make it to the end.Rachel Plecner: I was hoping, too. But we made some big mistakes, and I paid the price for it. TVGuide.com: Do you think the biggest mistake was voting out Sarah? Rachel: Yeah. I left Howie alone, and he made some deals that he shouldn't have and put up James and Sarah.
Big Brother Dancer's Moves Busted
What goes around comes around — Big Brother's Jennifer Vasquez learned that lesson the hard way last Saturday. After she and her Friendship alliance betrayed Kaysar and ousted him on Thursday, Janelle and her posse voted to evict the 27-year-old Arena Football League dancer during a double-elimination week. TVGuide.com had to catch up with the sequestered Jennifer via fax machine to see what she had to say about her recent elimination. TVGuide.com: Were you surprised that almost everyone voted for you and not for Ivette? Jennifer Vasquez: I wasn't surprised at all, because we talked about it ahead of time. Janelle wanted me out for personal reasons and her group will go along with her decisions. Beau, of course, would vote for me over Ivette, an
Big Brother KO's Kaysar... Again
The second time was not the charm for Kaysar Ridha in the Big Brother house. The Californian graphic designer earned a new lease on his reality-TV life thanks to winning a whopping 82 percent majority in the America's Choice vote. But his stay turned out to be short-lived when he made a deal with Jennifer and gave her Head of Household in return for his safety. She went back on her word — a popular thing in this game — and put him up for eviction against his pal Janelle, pretty much guaranteeing his permanent ouster. TVGuide.com caught up with Kaysar the day after he was granted freedom from the BB compound to see what he learned this time. TVGuide.com: Sorry to be talking to you again so soon.Kaysar Ridha: I know, what was it, a week? It's sad, I know. TVGuide
Big Brother Lovebird Flies Coop
Foiled in a plot to oust tough competitor James, the oft-feuding Big Brother 6 houseguests were instead able to band together to evict his partner and girlfriend, Sarah Hrejsa. The 23-year-old retail manager from Chicago had been dating James for several months before their move into the BB homestead. While Sarah is a bit bummed to be separated from her sweetie, she tells TVGuide.com that she won't miss a minute of his remaining time on the show. TVGuide.com: Are you going to be watching the rest of this season on TV now?Sarah Hrejsa: I'll definitely have the Internet [feed] on all the time, to keep an eye on what everyone is doing, what James is doing. I just want to know what was going on when I was in the house, and I'll want to know what goes on now that I'm out of the house. TVGuide.com: If
Will America Bring Back Kaysar? Please?
Kaysar Ridha, 24, who was voted out of the Big Brother house last week, is hoping that the famed Godfather: Part III quote — "Just when I thought I was out... they pull me back in" — will apply to him come this Thursday, when either he, Michael or Eric gets a new lease on life. (In a "twist" for BB, America has been given a chance to bring back one of the three eliminees who chose to stay sequestered.) TVGuide.com caught up with Kaysar after his eviction to see why he thinks he deserves that second chance.TVGuide.com: Well, the good news is you might get to go back.Kaysar Ridha: It's great news, absolutely. I
Big Brother's Eric Is Fired Up
Turnabout is fair play. Big Brother's Eric Littman learned that the hard way when he went from ruling the roost as Head of Household on July 14 to being most recently evicted houseguest on July 28. The married father of two, who is employed as a firefighter in Las Vegas, got burned by Kaysar, a former cohort who staged one of the biggest upsets in the show's history by flipping Eric's dominant alliance to his advantage. TVGuide.com spoke to Eric the day after his ouster to see how he was handling his sudden change of address. TVGuide.com: Are you a little relieved to be out of that chaos?Eric Littman: There's always a part of you that, once you come to the realization that you may be going home, starts preparing yourself. To do that, I started thinking about the things that I would be able to do once I get home: coaching my son's baseball team, taking my daughter to ballet, hanging out with m
Big Brother Boots Its First
It is never fun to be the first person eliminated from a reality show, but Ashlea Evans, the numero uno evictee from Season 6 of Big Brother, is dealing with it quite well. (Hey, at least she gets to eat real food now and not just peanut butter and jelly.) Thanks to host Julie Chen's revelation about the "Summer of Secrets" pairings, Ashlea knows that her hidden alliance with Janelle gave her at least one vote, but TVGuide.com didn't have the heart to break it to the 22-year-old Floridian that her guess who the second vote came from was so wrong — it was James, not her pal Howie. TVGuide.com: Are you bummed to be evicted?Ashlea Evans: Yeah, definitely, but at the same time I'm much happier to be the first than be toward the last and not make it, so I won't have to deal with the PB&J the whole time.TVGuide.com: We
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