While We Wait

Missing Tim Gunn's podcasts? Composer Jeffrey Lependorf has stepped in to fill the void. Presenting Tim Gunn's Podcast (a reality chamber opera) now playing at New York's Fringe Festival. Time Out New York gives it four stars! This is the kind of stuff that makes us pine to live in the Big Apple...

Around the blogging horn: don't miss Laura K's Horrible Hair Story at Blogging Shear Genius; Linda Merrill has been hosting a Season 1 reunion with some of our favorite designers at Blogging Top Design, and our very own Nancy T. will be at the live finale of America's Best Dance Crew!

That juicy New York Mag piece on Nina Garcia and Anne Slowey continues to make waves. WWD digs a little deeper...

And our favorite Runway Swami Alan Gratz has looked into his crystal ball to come up with his weekly fearless prediction. He's really outdone himself this week so make sure to check it out. Alan has a great track record going this season, think he's right this time?

While We Wait...

Hey - its longtime friend of BPR and jewelry maker to the stars Ken Fron on the Vegas strip showing off his new Jay McCarroll t-shirt. Hi Ken!

Here's an interesting article from Advertising Age talking about Bravo's partnership with the talent agency Pangea to represent its former reality show stars...

Nina Garcia is making waves at Marie Claire and she hasn't even started working there yet!

Michael Kors loves Shear Genius! And speaking of Shear Genius - tonight is the much anticipated Charlie's Angels challenge. We've got it all covered at BSG, come on over to our party tonight after Project Runway!

TGIW

We are just ONE WEEK away from the most underhyped season of Project Runway ever. Soon the sewing machines will be humming away, Tim will be prowling about the workroom, Nina and MK will get all fidgety in their chairs, Heidi will be kissing designers goodbye and all will be right in the world again.

In the meantime, we'll simply watch the Brother clock on the wall and wait and wait and wait...For your preseason amusement, we point to you to longtime friend and BPR fave Rich at FourFour who has a hilarious montage of the single most overused reality show phrase. Can you guess what it is?

And party room fans are once again invited to join us tonight at Blogging Shear Genius as we continue to have fun with the Season 2 stylists. Happy Wednesday!

Update: Mo Ryan is thinking the same thing...

ETA:

TGIW

Two weeks and counting! It seems a little hard to believe, given the radio silence from the Bravo hype machine, that Season 5 is about to premiere. Where are the new designer bios? How about a teeny, tiny sneak peek? Nothing.

Except maybe this guy from my neck of the woods. Hmmmm.

Meanwhile, we hope you can join us tonight for another live viewing party at Blogging Shear Genius. You don't even have to watch Shear Genius in order to have fun in the party room. Stop in and say hello tonight beginning at 9:00 p.m. Eastern.

Happy Wednesday!

From The Mailbox

Click here for an interview with Christian Siriano in What's Up? Thanks Chris.

Click here to submit your questions for an upcoming interview with Tim Gunn in Time Magazine. Thanks Orli.

Click here to visit our Shear Genius blog and to read our exit interview with Oshun.

TGIW

No Runway fans, it's not July 16 quite yet but we're dusting off the TGIW machine to celebrate the Season 2 premiere of Shear Genius. Tbone has crawled out from under his rock and will be hosting a party post tonight over at Blogging Shear Genius. All of you party animals can join the fun beginning at 9:00 p.m. Eastern. Come say hello!

Meanwhile, look at Jaclyn Smith up there. She is apparently ageless, looking no different than she did 30 years ago. It's ridiculous. Also, don't miss this fabulous field report from Trish the Dish yesterday as she attended the Shear Genius Blowout event in Times Square.

Shear Genius will assume PR's traditional 10:00 p.m. Wednesday time slot and is expected to get a big lead-in boost when Season 5 kicks off three weeks from today. Yep, only three more weeks...

From The Mailbox

Congratulations again to Christian Siriano and Lisa Sole for their fabulous "Spread in Elle Magazine." The July issue is on the newsstands now. Click here for more. Thanks Lisa.

Click here for photos of Malan Breton with the finalists from Australia's Next Top Model. Thanks Jason.

Please check out our new site, Blogging Shear Genius (please take our poll!) The season two premiere is on Wednesday night.

From The Mailbox

The Jay McCarroll documentary, Eleven Minutes received a rave review from Variety! Click here to see the schedule of future screenings including Los Angeles, Philadelphia and New York.

There are only two days left to submit your entry to this contest. Send in a photo of yourself that portrays your true ferocity and tell Elle, in 250 words or less, why you are fierce, fabulous, and flawless enough to win. What sets you apart? What inspires you? How do you plan to leave your mark? The prize is this original Christian Siriano dress. Good luck!



Our own Tbone was on a conference call interviewing Jaclyn Smith and Kim Vo for Blogging Shear Genius. Click here to read a transcript. Among the gems revealed in the interview: A Charlie's Angels Challenge! We are very excited about the premiere of Shear Genius Season Two next week. And yes, Tbone admits to having a Farrah Fawcett poster on his bedroom wall....

Introducing: Blogging Shear Genius!

Shear Genius? No you didn't.

Oh yes we did!

We've been hearing the clamor from many of you to cover this show, and we finally decided to jump in. Loyal readers well recall how we went down this path before, poured everything we had into Top Design and ended up sorely disappointed. Well, Shear Genius is a bit different.

We really loved Season 1 of this show - it's fun and creative with a cast of stylists well versed in salon drama, wielding weapons of the trade. And who doesn't love themselves a little Kelly Garrett?

And we will not be going at this venture alone. Project Runway recapper and Photoshop genius The Minx will be quarterbacking the site for us, keeping up with the latest as we prepare for Season 5 of Project Runway.

Many of the features you love on BPR will be a part of BSG, including live episode viewing parties! Tbone will be hosting the first one for the premiere on Wednesday, June 25 at 10:00 p.m. So come on over to BSG and see what all the fuss is about. It's going to be fun!