Ethan Zohn is now halfway through his three-month chemotherapy treatment for Hodgkin's Lymphoma. In two new video diaries, filmed at his home in Manhattan, the now-bald Survivor: Africa winner shows viewers the ups and downs of his struggle. In one video (above), the perpetually upbeat Zohn, 35, shares from among the mounds of supportive letters and numerous gifts sent by fans since he went public with his cancer diagnosis in May. "The fan support has been awesome," says Zohn, standing in his kitchen with girlfriend Jenna Morasca, 28, (the winner of Survivor: The Amazon), showing off the loot that includes sweatshirts, cases
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CBS has announced its fall premiere dates for the 2009-10 season and, because this is CBS we're talking about, it's the most orderly of any announced schedule to date. All but two of CBS' shows -- returning and new -- will premiere between Monday, Sept. 21 and Sunday, Sept. 27. And -- wouldn't you know it? -- CBS' premiere dates coincide with the official start of the Nielsen season. The two exceptions are "Survivor: Samoa" and "Three Rivers." The long-running reality hit's 19th installment will premiere on Thursday, Sept. 17, one week ahead of the Thursday premieres for "CSI: Crime Scene...
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No worries, says Elisabeth Hasselbeck - who took a brief moment during Wednesday's The View to comment on the copyright infringement charge against her by a Massachusetts author. "I just want to assure you the allegations are without merit and are being handled appropriately," said Hasselbeck, 32, who has spoken openly about her self-diagnosed celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder linked to gluten proteins in wheat, barley and rye. Hasselbeck's book, The G Free Diet-a Gluten-Free Survival Guide, was published in May 2009 by Center Street Hachette Book Group. Crying foul, and seeking $3 million, is Susan Hassett, who claims that in 2008 she had
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Elisabeth Hasselbeck may not be living footloose and gluten-free for long. The View cohost is being sued for plagiarism. According to the Boston Globe, the self-published author of Living With Celiac Disease, Susan Hassett, filed a federal copyright-infringement lawsuit alleging parts of her tome were swiped by the former Survivor star. Hasselbeck's The G-Free Diet: A Gluten-Free Survival Guide was released last month. Hassett claims she mailed Hasselbeck a copy of her book, along with newspaper clippings, a note, a homemade cooking video and a business card, in April 2008—after Hasselbeck revealed she suffered from celiac disease, in which the body cannot process gluten. There was no...

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As he continues three months of intense chemotherapy to fight a rare form of Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Survivor: Africa winner Ethan Zohn is opening up about the medication he needs to keep going. In an exclusive video blog for People.com, Zohn - accompanied by his girlfriend Survivor: The Amazon winner Jenna Morasca - shows off the array of prescription pills required to counter the effects of his cancer treatment. "The chemotherapy knocks me down, so I've gotta take all this stuff to boost me back up," Zohn says, as he talks about his new daily rituals. In April, after suffering
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TNT has premiered its first-ever unscripted drama .Wedding Day. from producing giants Mark Burnett Productions and DreamWorks Television, with Mark Burnett (Survivor); DreamWorks. Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey (Las Vegas, TNT.s Into the West); and Janelle Fiorito (Extreme Makeover: Home Edition) serving as executive producers. The series features celebrity wedding/event planners Alan Dunn and Diann Valentine. .Wedding Day. gives deserving couples a helping hand to ensure the most important day of their lives is also the most magical. Each week, Dunn (For Better or Worse) and Valentine (author of Weddings Valentine Style) host as family, friends and community come together to create a dream wedding. Along the way, viewers will learn each couple.s compelling story, from their
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No eating bugs. No "you're fired." This is a different side of renowned television producer Mark Burnett, the man behind Survivor and The Apprentice. In TNT's new reality series Wedding Day, nuptial planner to the stars Diann Valentine bursts into the lives of deserving couples and sets up their dream weddings, all in under a week and completely by surprise. June, of course, is the perfect month to kick off a wedding show--nearly 300,000 couples will wed in June, contributing to the massive $72 billion wedding industry. Valentine talked with Fast Company's Zachary Wilson to explain her new show, how it's just a small piece of her growing empire, and just why we're all so obsessed with weddings.
Fast Company: Tell me about Wedding Day. Diann Valentine: It's all about making dream weddings come true. We go around the country and in four days we come in and super size it.
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Goodbye curly locks: For Survivor: Africa's Ethan Zohn, clippers and shears have finished off what chemotherapy started. After learning he had cancer and anticipating that his hair would fall out during chemo treatments, Zohn, 35, went to his favorite salon on May 20 to get much-shorter style, which he dubbed a "frohawk." But when even that short new 'do began falling out after his second round of chemo, Zohn decided to shave his head entirely - as seen in this exclusive video diary for People. Zohn easily pulls clumps of hair from his head, as well as his chest. His girlfriend,
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By Jennifer Kelly
Lots of new shows!
Come on, Entertainment Weekly, are you really gonna stand behind “Survivor” as your pick for best reality show of all time? Clearly the June 12 issue went to print before anyone was able to get their hands on a screener of “Kendra,” which debuted this past Sunday on E!
But seriously, ya’ll, while EW’s Top 20  included some obvious choices -- “The Real World,” “American Idol,” “Project Runway” and “The Apprentice” -- it was
the “10 Worst” list t...
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Last night NBC premiered its summer reality show I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here, a show where a group of reality-show and would-be celebrities rough it in the jungle in order to earn money for charity.  The show, at its core, is a cross between Survivor, Big Brother, and a little bit of VH1’s old Surreal Life series.  And just to keep you up to speed, the idea isn’t a new one.  The show is based on a British series called Celebrity, that has been very popular in the UK.  But NBC’s version has definitely been Americanized, and in this case I don’t really mean that in a good way.
The celebrities are your typically group of reality TV stars such as Sanjaya Malakar (American Idol) and Janice Dickinson, who’s done Surreal Life, the British version of the show, Celebrity, and currently
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