After jacking my schedule around yesterday (interview scheduled with four hours' notice, then cancelled it three hours later), he was late for our rescheduled interview this morning and kept me waiting 39 minutes. Journalists might be more accommodating in order [...]
Making appearances last night at Design Star Emily Henderson's Hollywood viewing party: Matt Locke (Season 3 runner-up), Casey Noble (Season 5), Lonni Paul (Season 4), and Nathan Galui (Season 4), who just moved to LA to start a [...]
I know we got ourselves a brand-spankin' new Design Star last night--a finish that made me want to celebrate with champagne too--but y'all, all I can think about today is MY BABY'S IN KINDERGARTEN MY BABY'S IN KINDERGARTEN MY BABY'S [...]
If you happen to be in LA next Sunday night, belly up to the bar with (hopefully) the next winner of HGTV's Design Star! Emily Henderson will be hosting a viewing party at: Agave Cantina and Tequila joint 1745 N. [...]
Look what the cat dragged in. I hope this post means what I think it means! GO EMILY!
It was a surprise to see Casey Noble get the boot this week from HGTV’s Design Star. With her “bombshell” good looks, the producers seemed unwilling to give up on her potential for drawing male viewers. In the end, Vern [...]
This week’s episode of Design Star features individual challenges! And the viewers are pleased! For the most part. I’m not sure why we need to put the designers in sweatboxes—someone must be handing out free sunrooms down in Chinatown. (I [...]
If Venetian plasterers are looking for a poster boy, they could scarcely do better than Design Star castoff Courtland Bascon. Known for faux finishes and V-neck shirts, he caused quite a stir during the seventh episode when he outed himself. [...]
Hello, four remaining designers, welcome to Design Star--it’s about time the season started! Love this challenge. Love how impossible and daunting it seems, to make anything that even remotely resembles modern or upscale out of rooms that scream [...]
If you watched this season of Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, you know Ms. Griffin had gal pal and Insider host Lara Spencer redecorate her Hollywood Hills home. Now she's pitching a tent (or a booth) [...]