Ooops. My Bad. Last night's first part of the Project Runway finale did indeed "auf" another contestant from the runway! I swear that last season they waited till the beginning of the second part of the finale to actually decide who the final three presenters at Bryant Park would be, but I could be wrong.
As I figured, the first half of the episode featured style guru Tim Gunn visiting the remaining contestants at their homes and critiquing their wares. Before leaving New York, the designers were given the task of creating a wedding gown that would go along with their collections.
Korto Momolu lives in Arkansas with her husband and daughter, while Leanne Marshall spends her time in Portland, Oregon. My personal highlight was seeing Leanne take Tim on a tandem bike ride! He looked sooo uncomfortable.
Jerell Scott makes his residents in Los Angeles, where he received a strong reaction to his wedding gown from Tim. "It's a lotta look," Gunn said, unflatteringly. "I mean you want this to be believable."
And finally Tim visit Kenley Collins at the Brooklyn apartment. Collins gets her 1940's style from her recently deceased grandmother, who was a pin-up model. Odd, though, how everyone except Kenley had gathered family and friends to meet with Tim ...
Back in New York for fashion week, none of the other contestants wanted to room with Kenley, who has not been very friendly during this competition.
Upon her arrival, Kenley was quick to apologize, sort of, to her fellow competitors. Although they felt better about her, she was quick to point out in her solo dialogue that, "There's no point in being angry with people I'll never see again."
The next day, Tim delivered the next, unexpected, task - the designers had to create a bridesmaids gown to go with their wedding dress. And then came the runway portion of the competition. I have to say, I thought Leanne's dress was superb, maybe no something I would wear for my wedding, but it was runway perfection!
Kenley's gown was great too, and brought on praise from the judges, who strongly compared it to an Alexander McQueen dress that had been shown prior that week in Bryant Park. For those of you who have asked, you be the judge ...
Kenley's dress

Alexander McQueen Fall 2008 show


Anyway, much to my dismay, the brilliant Jerell Scott was sent packing (actually, he did get to present at Bryant Park, along with fellow departees Suede and Joe Faris. Although they were not actually in competition. I would have sent Korto packing, who do you think?For more on Project Runway visit
http://www.bravotv.com/Project_Runway/season/5/index.php

After Runway, I couldn't wait to skip on over to Comedy Central for the season premiere of South Park. And I wasn't disappointed!
The show, which will repeats tonight at 10 p.m. and several times over the weekend, began with a dig at the Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Apparently Cartman became obsessed with the Chinese, thinking they were trying to take over our country! So it was off to P.F. Chang's with Butters to save the U.S.!
But that wasn't the main jist of the episode ... it seems that South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone were a bit disappointed with the last Indiana Jones movie (Kingdom of the Crystal Skull).
And just in time for the flick's Oct. 14 DVD release next week, they hilariously lampooned the film's creators George Lucas and Steven Spielberg! Of course, this isn't a show for the kids, and Kyle accused Lucas and Spielberg of "raping" Indy. This lead to spoofs of like-themed films Deliverance and The Accused, placing Indy and the two directors in those familiar roles. Hats off to Parker and Stone for another great episode!
To watch or for info visit http://www.southparkstudios.com/


Poor Indy!

On TV tonight: It looks like the producers might be changing up the Tribes already on Survivor, CBS 8 p.m. You already know how much I love this show, so I'll be front and center for this one. Look for tomorrow's take on all the action ...
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/survivor/

Afterwards, I'll be staying tuned to CBS for the season premiere of CSI. Although I lost interest in this fine show last year, having watched since the beginning, I wouldn't miss finding out the aftermath of Warrick's (Gary Dourdan) shooting. I mean, how could he have survived this? I really don't think he did. It wouldn't be a total surprise, with the actor's personal problems earlier this year, I'm sure the producers won't miss him much ... Not looking forward to Sara's return though (was glad they got rid of her).

Doomed Dourdan

In the spirit of everything's-coming-up-vampires lately: The folks over at Philly 17 will be presenting Wes Craven's Dracula 2000 - 2000 being the year the film came out. Now I will admit that I actually paid to see this in the theaters, what with it being Wes Craven and all, I had hope.No it's not a great vampire movie, I wouldn't even call it a good vampire movie. However, the actor playing Dracula was a highlight. I mean they actually cast a "hot" Dracula. He may be a pretty big star now, but in 2000 Gerard Butler was just another struggling actor. I've followed his career ever since ... from Dracula, to The Phantom, to King Leonidas and I will see him in RocknRolla too.

Butler as Dracula

And, of course, since I mentioned Vampires, it gives me yet another opportunity to drop the title Twilight in this blog again. Honestly, every time I mention this literary and Internet phenom, I get a huge amount of hits. So here we go again ... tonight's ET: Entertainment Tonight will feature the newest and final trailer for the teen-vampire flick! And if you miss it, you will be able to view it everywhere on the 'net after 9 p.m. and it goes into theaters this weekend attached to Quarantine. For Twilight info
http://www.twilightthemovie.com/



If you haven't heard of Quarantine yet, look it up. It looks a pretty good horror flick. Much like Blair Witch Project and Cloverfield, the film is shot with hand-held cameras. The story revolves around a CDC-like group of investigators checking an unknown outbreak of disease in an apartment complex. A documentary filmmaker happens to be along for the ride, when suddenly the whole building gets quarantined by the government and they're all stuck inside with whatever is left of the diseased tenants - think crazed flesh-eating zombies! Check out more here http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/quarantine/


Two new series premieres are being highly touted by critics tonight. First is CBS' Eleventh Hour, starring Brit Rufus Sewell as a investigator of strange phenoma. Sounds a lot like Fringe to me. And I'll stick with Fringe for now.

Rufus Sewell

Second is ABC's Life on Mars, featuring another Brit, Jason O'Mara, as Sam Tyler, a contemporary NYPD detective who's in an accident and wakes up in 1973 New York. This was an excellent BBC-produced show in England, which I enjoyed on the BBC America channel. Like other Brit-imports, I don't think I need to see it ruined by American writers/producers. For more info on either show visit http://www.cbs.com/primetime/eleventh_hour/ and http://abc.go.com/primetime/lifeonmars/index?pn=index , repsectively.

I'll be over on Bravo at10 p.m. watching the season finale (already?) of Tabatha's Salon Takeover. I've blogged about this Kitchen Nightmares-style show before. I love it! Tonight's episode promises to have kept the best for last - does that mean someone actually will shoot saucy-Aussie Tabatha Coffey or will they just melt down into tears again? Can't wait to find out. For info visit
http://www.bravotv.com/Tabathas_Salon_Takeover/season/1/index.php


Tabatha, one tough Bi-otch

For those of you still worrying about the mandatory Digital TV conversion next February and what it means for you, tune on in to PBS at 10:30 for Get Ready for Digital TV. Catch up on the pending turn off of analog broadcast with advice from This Old House's Norm Abram and Keven O'Connor.


Halloween Horror Watch: Since we're well into October and I love horror movies, I'll be suggesting some faves of mine you might want to check out on TV or rent at the local DVD/video store.Tonight you don't even have to leave the house. Over on AMC at 10:15 is Christine, a fine flick about a demonic auto that kills its owners tormentors. A Stephen King Classic! Enjoy!