'Big Brother 7: All-Stars' - Feeds Update (Or Something Like That)

I cannot belive this crew, I just can't. They've all been having fun in the backyard playing with a big ball...for a few HOURS now. Un-freakin'-believable! No scheming, no fighting. They're playing for hours and hours! Argh.

So, here's a Zoetawny graphic inspired by Erika's infatuation with Kaysar (which seems to be cooling a bit).

The biggest news on the news front is that Howie is going all Hurricane, perhaps it's more of a tropical storm right now, on Nakomis. Janelle doesn't approve and Howie's going to find out that Nakomis isn't going to be a whimpering April if he lets loose on her. Supposedly, it dates to her aiming the meteor at him in the HOH comp. He said she made it personal. Whatever. I think this one is all in his mind.

The nominations weren't changed and it seems up in the air who's voting for whom. While it seemed Alison was a sure eviction, it's getting a bit iffy now. Neither Alison nor Danielle are campaigning. On the other hand, Marcellas really wants Danielle out -- "I'm not safe as long as she's in the game."

Waaay too much talk about past seasons. Whenever they try to talk about something relating to this season which interests me (such as their sequester, etc.), we get flame/clouds and bad music. So, they play in the backyard. No, the screaming while playing doesn't get flame/clouds; it'll just get my neighbors to call the cops if I don't keep the volume way low.

In blog stuff: The poll I posted earlier seems to be dropping off Jack votes when you look at the results. He is the discrepancy between total votes and the sum of the others. The last time I looked, it seemed he had 6 or 7 votes. If you haven't voted for the houseguest not in the house who should be there, the poll is here. Go for it! Ivette is leading with Amy on her tail!

Tags: Big Brother - Live Feeds

'BB7: All-Stars' - Live Feeds Update - Screen Cap - 07/09

<--- Yep, it's a thrill a minute in the Big Brother 7 House, as you can tell from this recent screencap of Jase and Janelle in the HOH room.

Apparently, the POV Ceremony is over as we had extended flame/clouds with bad music. As I start to write from my notes, I haven't heard a word about whether the POV was used. I guess it wasn't as Janelle had previously said she wanted the nominations to stand. I also think BB kept the feeds blocked a long time after the ceremony ended just so live-feeders wouldn't catch the immediate talk and now it's out of their systems. Someone will spill the beans, though. Someone always does.

In their talk (pictured), Janelle was wondering about what to write when they do the HOH Blog on the CBS site. "Nothing's happening. It's boring." Wise woman, that Janelle, very wise. Now they're talking about Danielle being more likable than Alison although Marcellas thinks Danielle is dangerous.

Not a heck of a lot has happened today -- too much talk of the previous seasons and not enough gameplay for this season! Will is creating problems by acting up and singing. Remember, if they sing, the feeds will cut out as it's considered a copyright issue when they air songs over the Internet. Both Janelle and Jase's mothers watch the feeds. (No, I am not the mother of either of them!)

I switched feeds. It seems like the nominations have remained the same. Marcellas, Nakomis and Danielle are talking about DR sessions. Nakomis said Karen wanted to leave. Blah-blah-past season-blah.

In more interesting news, Ivette is really leading in the poll I posted a while ago. Eep! Who woulda thunk it?

Later!

Tags: Big Brother - Live Feeds

While Awaiting the POV Ceremony...

While awaiting the POV Ceremony to both start and conclude before the next real update, I figured I'd see if a poll would work here.

Who isn't in the house, but should be? Eddie McGee Roddy Josh Souza Ivette Bunky Cowboy Amy Jack View Results Make your own poll Just a note: For some reason, the Jack results aren't showing on the

on the results page. His are the difference between what you see and the total. I also think it may be thinking some of the AOL respondents have already voted. It may go by IP number. That's what I get for using a free poll.

'Big Brother 7: All-Stars' - Live Feeds Mini-Report, Screen Cap

About five minutes ago:

"Good morning, Houseguests. The Veto Ceremony will begin in two hours."

So far this morning, most HG are still asleep. Danielle and Nakomis have been talking about family, childhood, children, decorating, and more.

The most worthy quote I can come up with is from Nakomis. "I was an odd child."

Big Brother just told them to get up for the day. He should tell them to be INTERESTING for the day!

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'Big Brother 7: All-Stars' - Live Feeds Digest - Overnight 7/08-7/09

Good morning, good morning! Houseguests, it's time to get up! I'm up, so you should be up!


Er...okay, I'm East Coast and the hamsters are West Coast. I guess they can sleep in a bit longer. But I better see some action today -- a Jedi Warrior uprising, a catfight,...something!


Here's the latest "important doings" from the house since my last entry:

• Janelle got into a bit of a tiff with Howie because he kept quoting lines from last season. She said it was annoying. [Janie! Blonde bombshell! Oh, Janie!]
• Will broke one of the dining room chairs while they had it out in the backyard. [Okay, that's one wall bug and one chair dead. I'm going to keep the damages score here.]
• No banner plane, but... a skywriting plane! Woohoo! Then quick flame/clouds and annoying music. The HG were put in indoor lockdown and apparently (from what Will said) told the "show would be canceled if they stayed outdoors." [Yeah, right. BB just doesn't want "messages" from the outside world!]
• Once the feeds came back, every time the plane was mentioned, we got the flame/clouds again.
• Will started talking about the BB psychiatrist, so more flame/clouds. Argh. It's bad enough they start singing to get feeds blocked. He says he wants to talk to him because he has "anger issues." [@@ I have to roll my eyes at that one, have to!]
• Nakomis wants James out soon -- she doesn't want him to have a grip on the win at all. Both she and Mike think he'll turn on his group soon.
• Mike says the BB6 folks are "The Evil Empire."
• George claims he didn't watch the other seasons, yet the others think he knows too much about them.
• Kaysar thinks they're bored too early this season. [Editor's note: So am I. Action! I want action!]
• Janelle said George reminds her of a hedgehog.
• Marcellas got into a bit of a tiff with Danielle about the happenings of their own season. Meow.
• Will said he's only staying because of Mike and he gives it another week. [Editor's note: Huh, maybe he does want to be nominated!]
• The HG have reprised the game of "duckball" from Season 3.
• Will whined that BB won't let him say anything and won't let him see the BB shrink.
• Janelle and Howie think Erika is going to throw HOH(?) -- at least I think they were talking HOH, not the game itself! ;-)
• Howie wants Nakomis gone now. He really ranted and ranted about her.
• Marcellas ranted on about Danielle not deserving anything in BB3.
• Kaysar said he's enjoying this season more so far -- it's more peaceful. He told Erika and Danielle he has no alliances. [Yeah, right.]
• Kaysar thinks Will is deliberately causing disruptions and not having "anger issues."
• Marcellas thinks Howie talks too much and tries to impress people too much. [Editor's note: Pot. Kettle. Black.]
• Janelle, Kaysar and Marcellas want Monica in the house.
• Marcellas now likes Nakomis and wants Will gone, fickle soul that Marcellas.
• Marcellas blames Will for being suckered into the argument with Danielle about their season.
• Janelle and Kaysar are worried about a tie for eviction this week. They believe the house has several tiny alliances and numbers are uncertain.
• While Howie has turned Hurricane on Nakomis, both Kaysar and Janelle like her. Their BB6 "alliance" is all over the place and they all want different people gone. Oy!
• Janelle suggest Erika should be voted out. Howie discouraged it.
• All are still sleeping at this hour.

Wake up, hamsters! Get runnin' in those wheels!

Graphic by Zoetawny.

Tags: Big Brother - Live Feeds

'BB7: All-Stars' - Live Feeds Report - Afternoon 7/08

This house needs action! Heck, even the liquor dispensed to the houseguests on Thursday night didn't create a ruckus like a few we saw last season. Instead, we're seeing lots of flame/clouds with bad music (bring back the fishtank!) and hearing Alison whine about her head injury. I personally think she's dwelling on the bonk to the head to avoid the reality that she's not doing well this time around.

Here are the highlights (and a few lowlights) of this afternoon in the BB House:

• Diane told Nakomis that Jase is "bad news."
• Diane is campaigning for Alison to stay because "she's good at comps, but bad at the game -- her mouth."
• Howie talked about boobies...again. Or, still.
• Alison whined that her vision is blurred from her knock on the head. @@
• James is obviously still upset about the America's Choice Kaysar return last season. He says if anyone returns this season, vote them off the next week.
• James and Mike agree Alison should go this week and both are leery of George -- they think he's a lot smarter about the game than he's letting on.
• Without his true Jedi Light Saber, Howie is playing Jedi with a pool cue-stick. He almost broke it. He's teaching George how to be a Jedi.
• Odd trivia: Marcellas won't use public restrooms.
• More odd trivia: Mike was an obese child.
• The HG discussed how past houseguests (not in the house) will be taking part in some comps. [Editor's note: Interesting, not sure if it's true or not. Usually they themselves aren't told these things, but they acted like it was fact.]
• Supposedly, the contestants in the Top 20 not picked received $7,000 for their efforts and time.
• They talked about various websites for the show, but failed to mention my blog. WAAH!
• Lots of talk about American Idol, past BB seasons

And that's it. More soon!

Tags: Big Brother - Live Feeds

'Big Brother 7: All-Stars' Live Feeds Report - 7/08 Morning

Our beloved (cough) hamsters tend to sleep in, with Nakomis and Diane apparently being the early risers (in comparison) this season.




Here's the noteworthy or not news of the morning in the BB House:

• Alison is still complaining about her bonked noggin, an injury from the POV comp.
• Will and Mike are still pushing for banner planes.
• Now there's talk of keeping George because he does the dishes and cleans. This is a very messy bunch o' houseguests. You don't want to see the bathroom!
• George and Howie are the worst when it comes to snoring.
• Big Brother's wake-up call for stragglers came at nearly 11 AM their time. I need to roll my eyes. I will. @@
• Alison broke the coffeepot.
• Howie said he'll stay close to Will just to get more airtime.
• Diane once again mentioned how she thought Drew was gay (because he wouldn't/didn't have sex with her). @@

That's the big (yawn!) excitement thus far today in the house. The graphic in this entry was made by Rockin' Zoetawny!

Tags: Big Brother - Live Feeds

Tip Jar?

A few folks, one in particular, keep telling me to get something started with PayPal to help cover the costs of my time, live feeds, Internet access and such. This blog itself is on a free server (yes, I heartily recommend Blogger.com).

To appease her and, who knows -- maybe I can retire my day job sometime before I'm 90 -- here goes:



I'm not quite sure how it will work and I've added a button to the sidebar on the right.

But, y'know... I do this for the love of television. Really!

'BB7: All-Stars' - Live Feeds Digest - 7/07 to 7/08

We'll start today off with a Danielle graphic by AOL's Big Brother Wonder Artist Zoetawny! Heh, Danielle's devilish ways may have really cost her this season, huh?

As I posted yesterday, Janelle did indeed win the POV and the comp was looking for vetos amongst trash. Not all houseguests participated; those who did fussed for hours about the smell. Alison must've knocked her head pretty good on some sort of metal cage and was using cold compresses for most of the day.

At this time, this crowd is nowhere near as exciting as I thought they would be. For the most part, they're getting along well and there's tons of small talk about previous seasons, mutual friends, the whole BB experience and such. Here are the interesting and/or gameworthy bits from yesterday afternoon (Fri.) to present (Sat. early morning):

• The POV comp had hockey sticks, smushed-up PB&J sandwiches, fish gone bad, bins and vetos hidden in trash. Each HG had a color.
• James is making himself valuable as the chef so far.
• Jase wanted to instigate a Danielle/Allison catfight.
• Howie wants Will and Mike on the block.
• Jase, though he admires Will, knows to be wary of him.
• The HG talked about various Internet sites and "hate threads" about them.
• Marcellas sold his Golden Veto he received during his season as well as his gnome, Boo.
• The HG talked about Danielle being responsible for the start of sequester due to what she said in Diary Room segments. They decided they all say "bad things" in DR.
• With the way George keeps getting hurt, Jase decided he would be the first "Med-Evac."
• Alison tried to get James to ally with her claiming that the S6 bunch was going to "go for him."
• Janelle is worried that Kaysar will tell Erika too much of their strategy as she's making moves on him.
• Janelle thinks Alison should be the target - she's a better game-player than Danielle and more of a threat.
• James seemed to be prying just about everyone for information.
• Janelle is happy with the noms and won't change them at the POV Ceremony.
• James is campaigning for Chicken George to be evicted next. Why, I don't know.
• Marcellas said he doesn't expect to return to House Calls.
• Howie talked a lot about sex. (What a surprise!)
• Alison is sure she'll be the one leaving. (Hopefully, she's right!) She's very unhappy and thinks no one likes her. She wants to leave Sunday, doesn't want to wait for Thursday.
• Marcellas said that Danielle blew any chance of winning Season 3 when she aligned with the one person everyone would vote to win.
• Will tried to get Howie to ally with him, then turned to the camera afterwards and said, "As the fly falls into the spider's web..."
• Nakomis will vote for Alison to go out this week and Janelle was mad that Alison had a plan to boot her.
• Diane and Alison trashtalked about Janelle. Meow!
• Mike doesn't care for Janelle and thinks Kaysar is a snake in the grass awaiting the right time to strike.
• The HG say they want banner planes. (No, I won't pay for a banner plane!)
• Janelle hurt her ankle. (Perhaps in the POV comp?)
• Mike's birthday is July 16 - he expects a house party from BB.
• James wants to let George think Danielle is the target. Weird.
• James doesn't think putting up both Ali and Danielle was a good decision, but says he'll vote with the crowd.
• Lots of talk from Janelle and "their side" about George going next week if they win.
• James tried to explain how the "six-finger" or backdoor plan works to George. George is dense. He doesn't understand.
• Alison has already packed her bag. She wants to go home.
• Howie accidentally broke one of the wall ants.
• Erika and Janelle think George is smarter than he acts.
• They named the tarantulas (again) - Bunky is the hairiest one.
• Will claims to have pills that will keep him awake for 36 hours in endurance comps. (Yeah, just like he had cancer in his season!)

All are still asleep as I post this. Just a few observations from me -- the feeds don't time out after a half-hour anymore, the flameclouds and music are horribly annoying this season, Janelle and Howie don't seem to have quite the same relationship they did at the end of last season, and Alison should go home!

Tags: Big Brother - Live Feeds

'BB7: All-Stars' Live Feeds Update - POV - 7/07

After a very, very extended period of awful music and flame/clouds, the feeds returned. The POV competition was something messy to do with fish and garbage. Alison is complaining of a fishy smell, plus she got hit on the head with some sort of wire cage. Jase was supposedly "covered with leftovers."

It appears, though I haven't heard verbal confirmation, that Janelle won the POV. She's wearing the POV necklace.

'BB7' Live Feeds Quickie Report 7/07

Nakomis and Danielle are awake, talking the evils of peanut butter and jelly and those of mayonaisse, too. Excitement galore, eh? James recently woke up.

Overnight there really wasn't a heck of a lot of strategy talk, no fisticuffs either.

A few notable mentions from overnight were:

• James wants to name the tarantulas Maggie, Beau and Eric
• Diane told Alison she's not a target
• Erika is smitten with Kaysar, he's polite to her
• George indeed did hurt his back in the HOH contest
• Erika tried to pry Kaysar over who he wants out - Will or James
• Howie drooled over Erika - he has a new crush now
• Lots of misc. talk of the various seasons
• They know there's a new twist with the PB&J, but they don't seem to know what will be "thrown at them"
• James wanted to tell the girls one of the tarantulas has escaped
• Janelle said that she and Jase want the nominations to remain the same -- Danielle and Alison
• Diane is nice to Alison's face, but then talks with Nakomis about how stupid she (Alison) is
• Diane claimed Drew was gay because he wouldn't sleep with her (@@)
• Jase said Cowboy was all heart and no brain (I agree - so glad he didn't make the cut for the show!)
• Janelle said Ivette broke up with Tush and sold her won Vespas
• The two veto players are going to be randomly chosen? Hmmm...
• Janelle and Marcellas made a vow to each other to be the final two

Now, as I've been writing this up, more houseguests are up. No game talk, per se.

And, AOL's very own Zoetawny has been being creative again! Here's her Jase/Howie pageturner! She rocks, y'know!

'BB7: All-Stars' Live Feeds Update (Quickie Report)

Just to let y'all know, I've had the feeds on since they started up. There's not a heck of a lot going on - no strategy talk that I've caught. Most of the HG are gathered in a big group; all are getting along well. The pool table is in use. The hot tub was in use.

About the only really worthy of report thing is that Erika is flirting big time with Kaysar, to the point where she jokingly suggested they get married. Her mom loves him, she loves him. She said he's the "new Omar Shariff." He seemed a bit embarrassed, but didn't reciprocate the intense attention.

BB gave them both wine and beer tonight.

BB has new annoying music they play with the fire/clouds each time they don't want us to hear what a HG says (usually something to do with someone who didn't sign a release to have info aired over the Internet). I prefer the bubbling fishtank, but that seems totally absent.

It would be nice if they split up a bit more, but it hasn't happened yet. I haven't seen any really decent screen cap opportunities. Eventually, I'll do a fire/clouds cap so you too can suffer.

'Big Brother 7: All-Stars' - Season Premiere

I think we're going to have a very interesting season in the Big Brother House. Of course, you would think that a few houseguests might want to think before scheming, but...!

Tonight's show began will Julie Chen gathering the Top Twenty contestants (announced on June 21). Similar to the nominations, she had a round podium with keys (or similar implements of entry). She announced she would draw the keys of the top four women voted by America and then the top four men, in no particular order. So, we don't know the top vote-getters themselves.

The top four women were Janelle, Erika, Nakomis, and Diane. They ran gleefully into the house and selected the room with the bed for four. Now, remember, Erika and Alison despise each other. Nakomis said she feels she's with a bunch of girly-girls. (I think compared to Nakomis, I'm a girly-girl and I'm so not a girly-girl!) I can't help but wonder how this rooming situation is going to play out. I doubt they'll be roommates for long together.

Then Julie named the top four men voted by America (or those who voted, anyway). Howie, Kaysar, James, and Jase headed into the house. Jase is plenty worried -- he's surrounded by BB6 houseguests! Can he con his way through the crowd? Is he as smart as he tells us he is? With Howie, it was all about "All-Star Boobies." Same old Howie, the ever-adolescent Jedi warrior.

Meanwhile, the rest of the twenty were looking very nervous. Cowboy was about to cry. Even the Evil Doctor Will looked worried. Then Julie announced six more were going in, not four more... for a total of fourteen houseguests. These were apparently the choice of the producers, as well as an attempt to have every season represented. The order in which she announced the six was: Will, Danielle, Marcellas, Alison, Mike, and George.

Once the houseguests were all gathered in the rather oddly decorated new house (huge bugs on walls, flames on another wall), beneath all the hugging and congratulating, the scheming started. Will and Mike teamed up, discussing how the BB6 players had to go. Will especially seems to not like Kaysar. Mike seemed to be the more mellow of the two, saying they had to play it cool. Everyone except the BB6 folks seem to be very worried about the sizable alliance they could very likely present.

With the HOH (Head of House) competition, Julie announced a new twist. There would be two winners sharing the HOH room. The winners had to agree on two nominations for eviction. If they didn't agree, they themselves would be put up on the block for eviction. The comp itself had half of the houseguests standing on a pedestal on a revolving round platform. The yard was done with stars all about and the other houseguests had to aim a 50-pound "meteor" suspended on a rope at them. Right away, it was obvious who was targeting whom -- not only to the viewers, but to the houseguests themselves.

Jase won the first round and when the groups rotated, Janelle won the second round. So, they're HOH. Danielle then did something that, as I watched, I thought was doomed to backfire. In thinking she was all that and such a superb schemer, she went about campaigning for Janelle and Jase to disagree on the noms, go up for eviction and then kind of backdoor (in a way) Janelle. She told George and Alison the plan. Alison went on to push it, but to also place some mistrust in Danielle herself, while George basically just laughed and said this is a totally different game than he played.

In the end, Janelle just got mad at both Danielle and Alison and Jase didn't want to take the chance of being booted. Janelle and Jase agreed on the nominations -- Danielle and Alison. Heh. I'd love to see Alison evicted, I really would. But I think Danielle may have put her own bad self out of the house by jumping into the scheming so soon. Oh, and Will better get off his high horse. I liked him in Season 2, but he's more full of himself now than he was then.

The live feeds should kick in at midnight (ET) tonight after the West Coast show. This could be very interesting, eh?

'Big Brother 7: All-Stars' East Coast Update - 7/06

All right, it's AWN! No Monica, but AWN anyway! As I posted in my spoilers post, there are fourteen houseguests, not twelve. We have George, Will, Marcellas, Howie, Mike, Jase, Diane, Alison, Nakomis, Kaysar, James, Janelle, Danielle, and Erika in the house. I didn't want Alison, but I think I didn't want Cowboy even more, so it's okay.

I'll be posting a full show report a bit later and will be looking at the live feeds. However, I wanted to give the update for the West Coast viewers, especially.

There are two HOH and they must agree on the nominations or they will go up for eviction themselves. Jase and Janelle won (as I previously reported) and their nominees are...

Alison and Danielle!

Okay, let's get Alison gone. Please!

More to follow and, if you want the freshest post in this blog, sometimes if you hit the July archive button on the right sidebar, it may bring up something you're not seeing on the main page. And, if you come here via a post link, if you hit the blog title it will bring up the main page.

'Big Brother 7: All-Stars' Countdown Time ON

Yep, it's almost here. I apparently didn't pick up on one thing in my report from yesterday -- there seem to be not one, but two HOH winners. Both Janelle and Jase seem to hold the spot.

Also, the pets seem to be tarantulas this season.

Cool.

'Big Brother 7: All-Stars' - Who's In Da House? - Spoilers!

Just as they've done in previous seasons, the feeds have spilled the beans. Avid viewers of the feeds have been watching what I described as angry clouds and what others call flames looping on all four cams. Then, lo and behold, by accident (yeah, right) the feeds actually got off the loop and went live with audio.

Beware, this article is full of spoilers. If you don't want to know, move along. There's a lot to see here.

Who's in the house? Well, we have Jase, Howie, Dr. Will, Alison, Nakomis, Mike Boogie, Janelle, Danielle, Erika, James, Kaysar, Marcellas, Diane, and George.

And, what's the talk?

• Jase told Alison he wanted Janelle gone first
• Janelle and Alison got into some sort of trouble for moving furniture
• Danielle and Kaysar talked about Ivette and it looks like Danielle is trying to get in with the Season 6 crowd as they have the most numbers
• When Jase and Howie were talking, it seemed that Jase wanted an alliance and Howie didn't think it would work
• Howie told Jase that if someone needed to go, they can't be put on a back burner or it will "come back to bite you"
• The (HoH?) competition had something to do with throwing stuff
• Danielle told Kaysar that she thinks Marcellas is coming after her
• Danielle thinks she and Will will be nominated
• Howie called Marcellas "Marjealous" and talked of being a Jedi
• George may have broken the washing machine
• Mike and Will deny having an alliance to Jase
• References Danielle made make it sound like Janelle may be HOH (Head of House)
• Danielle, Alison and George are very worried that Season 6 houseguests will pick them off one by one
• There is a lot of talk about "backdooring" someone - Jase, maybe?

That's all for now!

'Big Brother 7: All-Stars' News and Speculation

It's getting closer! Since the television premiere is only four days away, it's very possible that the houseguests are already in the house. They typically go in three or four days before the season starts so that producers have footage for the premiere.

So, who's going in the house? How do you get the feeds? Where do you get them? What's this about 14 houseguests instead of 12? What's the buzz...tell me what's a'happenin'...!

Once again, the 24/7 live feeds will be available through RealNetworks, for a price, of course. They'll be doing a two-week free promotion that you may want to give a try starting on July 6, although I'm not sure if the feeds will kick in after the show airs on the West Coast or during East Coast time. For the life of me, I can't recall when they started for real last year. I recall there were several most likely intentional "slips" after the feeds showed fishcam (video of the fishtank) last season a few days prior to the season debut.

CBS will place episodes the day after airing on their Innertube video site. The individual episodes will be archived and available to viewers throughout the season.

Despite the hype about America choosing the houseguests, only six (three male, three female) will be chosen by the votes at the CBS website. The other six, possibly eight, will be chosen by CBS producers. It's very evident that CBS wants big personalities and even bigger egos in the house this summer. So, it's likely that we'll see folks like Dr. Will, Jase, and Alison instead of people like Cowboy.

Fourteen houseguests? Didn't I mean twelve? Here's where there's a bit of speculation. In the house tour, there are fourteen frames on the Wall of Memories, not twelve. Does that mean two more houseguests? Or is it a red herring? Only time will tell, but I personally think we'll see the larger number with some sort of twist to kick off the season.

This season will debut the Big Brother Mobile Pack subscription -- Special producers will be monitoring the house supplying subscribers with video clips, photos, breaking news live house alerts, and daily insider summaries via their cell phones. Fans will also have access to exclusive video, photos, and text diaries of their favorite Houseguests. The service will be available on most major wireless carriers. Fans will be able to subscribe through the CBS website and on-air callouts during the shows. Cingular Wireless will be sponsoring America's Vote as well as a weekly "Who Gets Evicted" poll with a cash prize of $10,000 per eviction going out to a lucky viewer.

The popular Internet talk show House Calls will resume hosted by Gretchen Massey and available on the CBS website. Gee, there's no mention of her sidekick Marcellas. Could he be...in the house?

They've updated the schedule (thrice weekly) to drop the Saturday night show and air it on Sunday instead. I personally think that's a good move and less likely to be interfered with by baseball game pre-empts. So, the set weekly schedule wil be: Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, 8 PM ET/PT.

'Hell's Kitchen' - Ep. 4 -or- "I Don't Think We're Getting Dessert

I think it may be sinking through to foul-mouthed, sometimes fowl-cooking Chef Gordon Ramsay that he has no real winners with the candidates this season. I personally don't think any of these folks could make it past greasy-spoon or, perhaps the best might make the line at a franchise restaurant. That's sad.


As the show opened for the fourth episode of Suppose They Gave A Gender War And Nobody Came, Garrett was complaining that Tom was dragging down the mens' team. Well, yeah...but so did Giacomo. And Keith's too busy "rocking" his pants and "rolling" down the street to ever make it through to the end. For some reason, I can't see anyone with the nickname of K-Grease running a fancy-schmancy Zagat-rated restaurant. Go back to Jersey and work a diner down the shore, Keith. Oh -- and take Tom with you! So, who's the most normal on the mens' team? Garret, the ex-prisoner prison chef. Can I get an eyeroll from everyone, please?

As far as the women, I still like Heather for the win. That is, unless Ramsay decides none of these frycooks are up to the challenge. Each week, Sara is irritating me more and more. Virginia and Rachel are ho-hum at the best, inept at the worst. And, Maribel is still so out of her league that it's shocking she doesn't spend entire episodes in a panic attack.

Due to the fact the men were down to three, Ramsay declared that Rachel, Sara and Heather were leaders. The men needed a leader, so he gave them Heather. Then they all went off to eat at the busiest restaurant in Los Angeles, Pinks. It's a hot dog/fast food place.

The first challenge for the teams this week was to serve lunch to a bunch of brats (ahem) children who were obviously told to be on their worst behavior. Kids never act like that when their parents aren't with them to give dirty looks to strangers who dare say something about their behavior! Both teams actually completed the service -- pizza, hamburgers, french fries and cake. The Blue Team (men plus Heather) narrowly got the win and went off to an amusement park.

The Red Team (women) had to clean up the dining room which was destroyed by the children. Sara acted like a real jerk, laughing and not taking the loss seriously at all. I did have to smile when she inhaled helium from a balloon and imitated Ramsay. But, other than that, all she did was irk her fellow team members.

When the actual dinner service went down later that night, once again it was a catastrophe. I didn't expect it to be anything but one, so I rocked my pants and settled in. That Sara must go away. She really must! She literally sabotaged Virginia in Ramsay's eyes by letting her take the fall for something done wrong. On the Blue Team, Heather was babysitting the men and, surprise of all surprises, Tom was royally screwing up the meat station so much so that Ramsay pulled him and stuck Keith in his place.

Eventually Ramsay had his meltdown and closed the kitchen while patrons were still awaiting entrees. As one person said, "I guess this means we're not getting dessert." In his rage, he told both teams to nominate someone for elimination.

The women should have nominated Sara. But did they? Nope. They nominated Virginia. Chef Ramsay obviously thought they should have nominated Rachel. Sara, I say! Sara! The Men Plus One got their nomination right -- they nominated Tom. Of course, he was full of bravado boasting he wouldn't be eliminated, but guess what? As Caroline would say to Trump, "This was a no-brainer." Buh-bye, Tom!

He should never have been on the show to begin with. In tonight's show he mentioned that this is his fourth career in his 43 years. I wouldn't even want him cooking hamburgers the way he sweats into the food. Hmmm...a good career for Tom? Um, how about cleaning subways? And I don't mean the restaurant!

The 'Big Brother 7 All-Stars' Hit the Campaign Trail!

As Monica would say, "It's AWN!"

The candidates for the Big Brother 7: All Stars hit the streets, the airwaves, the chatrooms, and more trying to get themselves back into the House of Horrors. Er, the Big Brother House, that is.

This week's campaign trail includes:

Today, June 25: Erika at Venice Beach, CA, 12:00 noon. George Boswell will be hitting the streets in his chicken costume in Chicago and Rockford, IL. Howie will be doing a chat at Jokers, 10 PM ET/7 PM PT. Marcellas is appearing on Reality Remix (FOX Reality Channel) -- check your local listings. He's also going to be on KIFR radio (San Francisco - 106.9 Free FM) doing the Gretchen Massey Show from 9-11 PM PT.

Monday, June 26: Grr, if I didn't have to go to work, I'd be at the Plaza for The Early Show -- James, Janelle, Mike "Boogie" and Monica begin their campaigns on the show itself, some will be on the Plaza. Monica will also be appearing at the Applebee's located at 102 N. End Ave., between Murray and Vesey Street. Marcellas will be on Reality Remix again and also on Sirius Satellite radio, the "Out Q" station at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT. Lisa will be on 98 PXY Radio "Spezzano and Sandy" morning show, 8 AM ET. Kaysar will be doing a Jokers chat at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT. George will be seen on the streets of Las Vegas in his chicken costume (of course). Diane will be doing a chat at Big Brother Extra at 9 PM ET/6 PM PT. Dana will be at the Madonna concert in Hartford, CT (bet Madonna is thrilled, eh?). Alison will be at the Sugar Bar, 525 Park Street, Columbus, OH, 11:00 PM local time

Tuesday, June 27: The Early Show Plaza appearances and campaign pleas by Ivette, Alison, Jase and Kaysar will be happening...once again, I won't be at the Plaza due to work (waah!). Lisa will be doing a Jokers chat at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT. George will be running the streets of Los Angeles in his chicken suit.

Wednesday, June 28: The Early Show Plaza appearances and campaign pleas include Dana, Danielle, Cowboy and Dr. Will. I think Dana will be the only one on the Plaza (sure, that's my day off!). George will be still running amok in his chicken costume in Los Angeles.

Remember, vote early - vote often! The voting is open at the official CBS BB7 website! Let's NOT have another summer of Alison, I beg of you!

Another interesting bit -- there seems to be 14 slots on the CBS site, not 12. Hmmm...

'Big Brother 7: All-Stars' -- Our Choices

Tonight's show with Julie Chen announcing the Top Twenty houseguests up for the running to be in the house this season just ended a few minutes ago.

In addition to announcing the twenty, she gave us a few hints about the upcoming season. Apparently, the punishment food won't be peanut butter and jelly and there's also something going on with the HOH penthouse/room...something secret. (Cue suspense music here.)

The Top Twenty were broken down by season and here's the eligible houseguests:

Season 1: Chicken George (woohoo, says I!)
Season 2: Bunky, Dr. Will, Mike "Boogie" Malin, Monica
Season 3: Marcellas, Lisa, Danielle
Season 4: Erika, Dana, Alison
Season 5: Jase, Michael "Cowboy", Nakomis, Diane
Season 6: Howie, Kaysar, Ivette, James, Janelle

I found it interesting that some of the websites posting spoilers on this were wrong. It was reported in more than a few places that Marcellas wasn't available and that both Nakomis and Ivette had "bad experiences" and weren't interested in returning.

My own choices? I definitely do not want Cowboy, Ivette, Diane, Dana or Alison in the house. I can take or leave Bunky, Lisa, Mike Malin, Danielle, James or Erika. I'd like to see Chicken George, Dr. Will, Monica, Marcellas, Jase, Howie, Nakomis, Kaysar and Janelle in there. But that's just me!

Another thing I noticed tonight which hadn't dawned on me before -- Ivette and Dana are so similar that it's freaky. Oh... and I actually liked Jase tonight on the show. Just keep Holly out of it. The other big "news" is that Ivette has turned her back on the Nerd Herd Friendship. A little late for that, methinks.

Voting opens tonight on the CBS website and runs through June 28. Julie said that the aspiring houseguests will be campaigning across the country and on The Early Show. This could be fun!