Food network star season 7: With Justin Balmes exclusive interview

by Gina Scarpa   Last week, on Food Network Star , the judges surprised everyone when they eliminated Justin B. from the competition. No one argued with the caliber of his cooking and food knowledge, but he wasn’t coming out of shell fast enough for the panel. Today, we caught up with Justin in an exclusive interview to find out about his experiences on Food Network Star.   Q. Gina, RealityWanted: Tell us about your food and cooking background prior to trying out for Food Network Star. A. Justin: Culinary school, high end restaurant cooking, and training as a fish monger…

The platinum has hit: With blesses Offor the exclusive interview

  by Gina Scarpa   This week, on Platinum Hit , the singers/songwriters were tasked with writing a hit song for the dance floor and debuting it for L.A. clubgoers. Karen, whose hook put her in the top three, ended up losing the songwriting challenge. The judges focused on Blessing, wondering why he didn’t contribute more of his talent and exerptise to the track and eliminated him from the competition. Today, we spoke to him in an exclusive interview to find out about his experiences on Platinum Hit.   Q. Gina, RealityWanted: What was your musical background and experience…

As a result of the Michael bay, Megan Fox struggled to take the natural symbol

published: 2011-06-03 18:35:42 Sexy is as sexy does. In the case of Megan Fox, this doesn’t apply. According to Shia Labeouf, his former Transformers castmate struggled with her “sex-driven role” while filming. Labeouf also explains how being told “she was the sexiest woman in America,” bothered the hell out of her. I guess Hollywood can do that to a person. Fox once famously said that her Transformers director Michael Bay “wants to be like Hitler on his sets, and he is.” Labeouf solidifies this claim, explaining that “When Mike would ask [Fox] to do specific things, there was no…

Sound: With Tim Mahoney exclusive interview

  by Gina Scarpa   When singer/songwriter Tim Mahoney stepped on the stage for The Voice and belted out some Sam Cooke for the coaches, I thought for sure that all four would turn around. Only Adam Levine turned to see what he thought was a woman and was quite surprised to see Tim standing there. Still, one coach is better than none and thankfully and deservedly, he moved on in the competition. Today, we talked to Tim in an exclusive interview about his musical background and experience on The Voice.   Q. Gina, RealityWanted: What were you doing…

Voice: Blind hearings – Recap of part of 2

by Todd Betzold   The Voice is back for part two of the blind auditions and it was a fight between the coaches to fill their eight-member teams. The show ended last week with each coach having three of the eight members needed.   Up first, we get a chance to see background singer Cherie Oakley, 29 from Nashville, who has toured with Carrie Underwood and Gretchen Wilson and has written a song for Reba McEntire, “Turn On The Radio.” She comes out singing “Gunpowder & Lead,” a song by Blake Shelton’s fiancé, Miranda Lambert. Before we get…