Gee, take a break and a lot happens.

Okay, first the finale of True Beauty happened. The funniest part of the whole season was, there were no absolute angels like last year. Everybody flunked one test or another. For the finale, the trio was to party with what's his name who hurt himself on Dancing With the Stars. So they partied until the morning and then the trio had to shoot a commercial for Vegas. I loved the blonde breaking down in tears. So, in the end, the lesser of 3 evils was Taylor. His only sins were to get mad at the stupid critic panel and laugh at the fattie bride getting totally berated by her mother. I laughed too but at the same time, the others gave an encouraging word due to the fact the mother had left the bride alone. Anyway, he was cute enough and even at the end, nobody recognized Vanessa Minillo. That was the funniest part of all. Hee hee hee

Hell's Kitchen is down to 4 people now. Let's see, Ed, Nilka, Jason and...who knows fell by the wayside. There was a lot of making dishes whether they had to look like art or taste gourmet on a budget. On one episode, Jay and Holly seemed to get very cozy on their prize ride in the Goodyear Blimp. There's not much choice since Ben is quite homely. He even won a makeover for a magazine cover shoot and it didn't help much. Jay's a blue haired troll but when there's only 2 men in the house, pickin's are slim. So it's Autumn, Jay, Holly and Ben. So far, Holly has passed all the tests and I think she's a good pick for the winner.

Gordon Ramsay's new show, Masterchef, had it's debut. 3 judges tasted dishes and decided the roster for the season. Some of the people were put through because they were good drama. Graham Bowles liked dishes that Ramsay didn't. I loved that because Americans eat better food than Brits. Brits tend to get their flavor from animal fat and Americans tend to use more herbs and spices. As for the 3rd guy, he wasn't a chef and seemed like his palate was ruined from licking to many boots and putting his nose up too many asses. Whatever. We'll see what the season holds.

America's Got Talent is doing it's group of 12, with only 4 being chosen by America to move on. The 3rd week, America made some good choices too. I'm not sure I'd pay to watch Future Funk though. I really liked the sad sack dry humor of the bad magician but he really blew it when he decided to do a stupid stripper show. That was the first time I've ever seen all 3 judges buzz the person this late in the game. I'm getting sick of the sappy backstories. Nobody who goes to Vegas gives a damn what kind of disorder singers have or what impoverished history they have. They just want a great show and their money's worth, at that. At least Ronnith is out. Last week Haspop and the girl singer with the weak voice were voted through. Really? Did the real voters give up? At least the belly dancers are out.

Top Chef lost Tamisha 2 weeks ago when her cold dish landed her in the bottom with Kenny. Since Kenny had won a couple of challenges, I was sure he wasn't going. Last week, the guest judge was a representative. Really? Of all the great palates in the USA, you pick Joe Schmo from the House? Whatever. Anyway, for the quickfire, the chefs had to fit their food on a toothpick. Angelo won, again even though he didn't like that his tiny dish consisted of meat in a cucumber cup. What's wrong with that? Cucumber is refreshing and crisp and won't mask any delicate flavors. For the elimination, the chefs had to make a power lunch. I don't think it's a good idea to have the whole show about politics. I already dislike my government and wanting to vomit after a show about cooking isn't good. Why more politicians commenting on the food? Isn't their favorite dish a hundred dollar bill between 2 slices of bread? During the cooking, Ed lost his pee puree Everybody thought Alex took it. I say, Ed needs to keep an eye on his food better. Pageant queens can tell you, in a contest, you never leave your stuff in the presence of your competitors. Ironically, Alex won and got his picture on the wall of The Palms. I feel sorry for them. Alex's face will peel the paint off of the walls. I loved that you could see steam rising off of Ed's head but he stayed quiet. Good man! Who got the boot? The blonde Miami chick.

I missed Work of Art. Sorry people.

Project Runway is back. This show had 17 contestants and all the quirky types showed up. Were the designers settled into their new digs with champagne? Of course not. They each had to make an outfit out of a piece of clothing from another designer's suitcase. For goodness sake. When Heidi asked them to choose a piece of clothing from their suitcase, what did they think they were going to do with it? Model it for Heidi and Tim? I would've picked my rattiest thing right there. So we heard a lot of oh my favorite this and that. Whatever. If you can afford $1000 for a pair of pants, you don't need the prize money. The designers only had 5 hours to do their look but luckily, they didn't have to do the field trip to Mood. Some of he pieces were weird, some were sparse, some were butt ugly and some were cute. Now I can tell I have no sense of fashion because the dress I thought was ugly, won, and the dress I thought was cute, lost. The question was, how many designers would be sent home? One designer was lambasted for making pants out of pants. The one with the cute dress was criticized for bad styling. Sure, Lindsay Lohan goes out with nothing matching because she's so drunk she can't see straight, but everybody thinks she's a fabulous fashion plate. But a designer puts a pink purse with a blue babydoll dress and the judges don't like it. Hmmm... I'm thinking, the judges are getting too old to judge. What did we really learn? Nina Garcia can speak spanish. People with Hispanic last names really can speak spanish.

I miss Models of the Runway. I guess they're not doing it this season. Instead, Santino and Austin Scarlet are going around the country making dresses for girls who need fashion help. This week, it was a cowgirl. She was a trickrider and the funniest parts of the show were when Austin rode the horse standing up on it and when Santino was trying to find good material in a dimestore. Very funny. They ended up making a dress out of a picnic tablecloth but whatever. For a hick girl, it was high fashion and she was happy. Santino had a smirk on his face the whole show.

RuPaul's Drag U is the funniest thing since...well...Dragrace. Last week, the guys made over ugly ducklings. I'd like to say, these weren't the ugliest women in the world. One girl was just a wallflower who was too close to her mother. Oh boy! It never ceases to amaze me how beautiful the drag queens are. Raven, Nina Flowers and Raven's best buddy from Dragrace were the professors this week. The lessons were hilarious. I especially liked the Asian/oriental girl trying to be sexy eating a strawberry lying on her back and choking. The transformations were amazing. I just wish they'd show more of the makeup work because that's what I find amazing. Taylor Dane was the guest judge and well, who really cares who wins. They're all winners because they looked fabulous!

Finally, The Next Food Network Star is whittling down. Sarena was booted last week. Yo, girl! Don't let others tell you what to cook in a cooking competition. Unfortunately, she made a pasta dish that wasn't good. All the Italians cringed. They were supposed to be making dishes for a supper club and those people like unique posh food not something that comes out of grandma's crockpot. Last week, the fatigue was showing. The chefs had loved ones who brought in an ingredient they had to use in their dish and everybody cried and bawled. Oh brother. I think only one chef pointed out he made his most unfavorite food taste great. Then the contestants had to cook a dish based on an emotion with Eva Longoria in attendance to taste it. Aria and Brad were the only people who forgot to mention their word and the judges had to ask because it wasn't obvious from their dish or story. Ooooh, I was hoping Aria would get the boot this week, but nope. Brad was sent home. I really think Aria is disengenuous and one of those chefs who'll never acknowledge their food tastes bad. They think something's wrong with the taster.

On the cooking channel, they have an after party with Adam Gertler, Kelsey Nixon, Sunny Anderson and one of the judging panel. It's so cute that they use past losers who were actually better than the winners. The show is fun and Gertler asks the right questions like, "What happened?"

Well, that's all. See you next week!