HGTV's hottest reality competition offers one undiscovered designer an opportunity to catapult into the big time by winning his or her own show.
HGTV's hottest reality competition offers one undiscovered designer an opportunity to catapult into the big time by winning his or her own show.
It may have changed names from Design Star to HGTV Star for Season 8, but the fast-paced and fashionable reality show is still as stylish and addictive as ever. Well that depends on who you ask — some of these rooms are to die for, others are fatally ...
There's a lot of catching up to do as the third season of TNT's alien-invasion sci-fi action series Falling Skies gets underway Sunday, with a two-hour opener (9/8c) understandably if regrettably heavy on exposition in between the elaborate battle scenes. As reported in TV Guide Magazine's current Sci-Fi Preview issue, and emphasized for what seems at least a dozen times during the premiere, seven months have passed since last season's surprise ending, when a new alien force introduced itself to the human ...
She may have shut off her black light, but former CSI star Marg Helgenberger is still a pro at giving rooms the once over. Last night, the woman who made DNA evidence sexy as Catherine Willows on CBS' hit drama popped in to inspect the work of Design Star's remaining contestants as they created lavish party suites in honor of Hollywood's 125th birthday. And even though they were a far cry from crime scenes, we still saw this as a grand chance to interrogate Helgenberger anyway!
HGTV's very own Sabrina Soto pulled up a chair to help judge last night's Design Star, so we asked The High/Low Project maven all about the high and low points of evaluating the contestants' efforts....
It's week three of HGTV's super-addictive Design Star, and tonight, the contestants are trying to keep with with guest judge Kris Jenner. So we tossed a few questions her way to see how the wannabes handled their assignment and if any of their designs could cut it in the Kardashian empire.
All right, stop, decorate and listen. Last night, rapper-turned-home rehabber Vanilla Ice pulled up a chair along Design Star host-mentor David Bromstad and judges Genevieve Gorder and Vern Yip to help weigh-in on the show's always-popular White Room challenge. So we threw a few questions his way just to see if he could still flow like a harpoon.
MONDAYIt's not quite time to say goodbye for good to TNT's signature hit The Closer, which will return in November with new episodes, then finish out its run with a batch of episodes next summer. Tonight's "summer finale" (9/8c) is a potentially pivotal one, as Brenda awaits a judge's decision about whether to drop the charges in the civil suit that has been hanging over her and the department all season. The shooting death of a deputy sheriff provides some distraction. ... The popular, but by comparison ...
Well, that's gonna leave a mark. On HGTV's fantastically fun Next Design Star last night, we got one of those to-DIY-for moments that should be de rigueur on shows where folks are actually dealing with dangerous equipment, but are actually rarely seen: an injury.
True Blood9/8c HBO Another season premiere, another body in Merlotte's parking lot. And just like last time, the third season begins mere moments after the second ended, with Eggs shot in the head, Tara inconsolably hysterical and Andy covering for a deadeye Jason. Of course, what everyone wants to know, like Sookie, is what happened to Bill, but there are other mysteries to tide us over in the meantime, including Sam's journey to find his birth family and a crisis in the vampire community over an uptick in the abuse of V.Read on for previews of the Tony Awards, Breaking Bad, HGTV Design Star, Storytellers, Army Wives and the World Cup.
Mega Beasts9/8c DiscoveryThis new series brings to life some of the most ferocious dinosaurs to roam the earth. Scientists piece together what these mysterious creatures looked like, how they behaved, and what they encountered. In tonight's episode, we'll get a look at the phorusrhacids — or terror birds — and their reign in South America.Read on for previews of King of the Hill, True Blood, the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, There Goes the Neighborhood, HGTV Design Star and Entourage.
ESPY Awards9 pm/ET ESPNThis 17th annual mingling of athletes and celebrities in L.A. comes on the heels of an Olympic year, which always adds a little intrigue to some of the 37 fan-voted award categories. Host Samuel L. Jackson can expect to see as many swimmers and gymnasts as NBA and NFL stars on the Nokia Theatre stage, which is graced by a variety of nonsports presenters from comedian Andy Samberg to model Marisa Miller to musician will.i.am. Kobe Bryant and Candace Parker are crowd favorites for Best Male and Best Female Athlete, but Michael Phelps and Nastia Liukin loom from the Beijing contingent. Read on for previews of Labor Pains, AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Michael Douglas, HGTV Design Star and Most Popular.
HGTVs Design Star is back Sunday night 9 pmET with the premiere of its third season and promises an all-new set of contestants challenges highs and lows in Nashville TN TVGuidecom chatted with one of the shows judges Vern Yip to get the scoop on what to expect from the Nashville scene what contestants can do to impress or disappoint why design has evolved from its uber-exclusive status to a more populist topic and how this years Design Star mirrors Idols battle of the Davids Anna DimondTVGuidecom Whats this season going to be like and how will it differ from previous yearsVern Yip In my opinion this is going to be the best season ever because our contestants are not only really talented but theyve had two years of Design Star so they come in with so much more knowledge They have more prowess with hosting Its no longer a surprise to our contestants that you have to be a triple threat Its really intense and really competitive Even if you don
Any Trading Spaces or HGTV addict out there knows Vern Yip and his clean designs. Now you have a chance to have him give your home office a $25,000 makeover. Enter by writing a 250-word essay talking about how technology can improve your life and office sitch; 10 finalists get a Microsoft software package. "I'm all about making spaces more usable and friendly, and more productive," says Yip. "[The home office] is no longer just a place where you go to pull up a recipe or find a movie time. They are real offices." For cubicle dwellers who don't work from home, here's a Yip tip: "The smaller the amount of space you have to work with, the more important it is that you take a hard line about what is necessary, and have just one or two things that are inspirational."In addition to judging the new Design Star debuting July 22 ("The talent this year is way over where it was last season!"), Yip has a new show, Deserving Design, premiering Sept. 12. "Every episode focuses on a person who is ...
