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The Big Brother 11 house—singular, not plural—has been revealed via the footage of the media day, emphasis not on the word “media.” It has a modern appearance but with an eco-friendly, environmental theme, and is entirely normal except for a room that looks like a swimming pool and has rafts on the beds instead of sheets. In other words, it’s pretty normal, with the exception of one room that seems designed to punish its inhabitants.

Footage of the house is below, but in an epic 7,449 word piece that’s the written equivalent of watching the Big Brother feeds except from inside someone’s mind, B-Side Blog proprietor Ben Mandelker writes about his experience in the house, focusing on the game play, but he also describes the houseguests’ future living space.

He writes that “the entire house had a very modern, well-appointed look to it — sort of like a best-of from Ikea and CB2,” and the “the theme for the season was ‘Going Green,’ and this was reflected by the presence of compost machines, recycling bins, an Aero-garden, and several fresh herbs growing in the window sill. The backyard even featured a mural of windmills, which I found rather pleasant to gaze at from time to time.”

Ben says the Head of Household’s room, better known as the HoH room, “proved to be one of the best yet — if not the best. It had a very swank, trendy look … with a very cool trickling waterfall behind the bed. One side of the room had exposed wooden beams leaning inwards with a seaside mural behind it, thus giving the impression that we were in some awesome mansion in Malibu.”

In addition, there’s “an Asian motif that permeated the house. There were plenty of Buddhas and sake bottles about — the latter of which featured real sake. Not a smart idea. Around dinner time, we all helped ourselves to a shot from the bottle before producers reprimanded us for drinking from a prop. Technically we were at fault, but I’d say it’s not a brilliant idea to have actual alcohol on the wall for decorative purposes. Something tells me that by the time the season airs, the bottles will either be gone or filled with water.”

Here, in three installments, is an edited version of the day-long press game, which included Jen from Big Brother 8 as a contestant, and she’s still just as annoying as ever. Besides a look at the house, the only real revelation is that slop is also back, because the producers insist on annoying us with that for yet another season, apparently.

1. House split like tribes: Apparently half the house will live in luxury while the other half live in poverty. Didn’t Survivor do this and fail miserably at it?

2. BB House Goes Green: With the economy the way it is and “green” getting so much attention it makes sense that BB would get on the bandwagon.

3. No Guaranteed Half Mil: Rumor has it that the prize money will start at $0 and house guests must earn money as the game progresses. Kudos for them for finding a way to save money.

4. House Calls Cancelled: Alas, this one is confirmed. House Calls apparently couldn’t pick up a sponsor. I never watched it anyway so it doesn’t bother me at all.

For some reason I’m just not excited about this season like I usually am. I didn’t even buy the feeds this year. (basically because it’s a pain in the butt to cancel) I hope I change my mind because the summer wouldn’t be the same without Big Brother.

We’ve learned law enforcement is looking for a doctor who lived at Michael Jackson’s home — and the doctor is nowhere to be found.

Law enforcement sources tell us a BMW belonging to the doctor was towed from Jackson’s home last night.

Cops are looking to interview the doc.

A law enforcement source says the doctor gave Jackson an injection before he died.

Jackson reportedly may have OD’d on Demerol. As we first reported, family members were concerned that Jackson was taking too much morphine.

by AP

BANGKOK – Actor David Carradine, star of the 1970s TV series “Kung Fu” who also had a wide-ranging career in the movies, has been found dead in the Thai capital, Bangkok. A news report said he was found hanged in his hotel room and was believed to have committed suicide.

A spokesman for the U.S. Embassy, Michael Turner, confirmed the death of the 72-year-old actor. He said Carradine died either late Wednesday or early Thursday, but he could not provide further details out of consideration for his family.

The Web site of the Thai newspaper The Nation cited unidentified police sources as saying Carradine was found Thursday hanged in his luxury hotel room and is believed to have committed suicide.

Carradine was a leading member of a venerable Hollywood acting family that included his father, character actor John Carradine, and brother Keith.

In all, he appeared in more than 100 feature films with such directors as Martin Scorsese, Ingmar Bergman and Hal Ashby.

But he was best known for his role as Kwai Chang Caine, a Shaolin priest traveling the 1800s American frontier West in the TV series “Kung Fu,” which aired in 1972-75.

He reprised the role in a mid-1980s TV movie and played Caine’s grandson in the 1990s syndicated series “Kung Fu: The Legend Continues.”

He returned to the top in recent years as the title character in Quentin Tarantino’s two-part saga “Kill Bill.”

Categories: Music, Television

Susan Boyle won the popular vote — the “public vote,” as they say in England — on tonight’s Britain’s Got Talent, singing “Memory” from Cats. Her voice quavered a little at the start but soon became clear and strong. Wearing a glittery brown dress, standing behind a backdrop of clouds with a spotlight behind her head making it look as though her face was emanating from heaven, Boyle pulled off her second major public appearance with ease.

During the first of five live semifinals on Talent, Boyle said she wanted to win “more than anything ever in my life.” Granted, the competition didn’t seem very fierce: she defeated, among others, Darth Jackson (a guy in a Darth Vader helmet who danced to “Thriller”) and Nick Hell, who attached a pickaxe to his ear-lobes and broke a dinner plate with it.

If Boyle had any competition in terms of crowd sentiment, it was adorable 10 year-old singer Natalie Okri, who burst into tears when Simon Cowell cast the final vote against her. (On this show, the public calls in votes. At the end of the episode, the “public vote” winner is revealed, and then the show’s three judges pick from the two other highest vote-getters; a dance troupe called Diversity beat Okri.)

Boyle said a win for her — the victor will be announced next weekend — would “prove that I am a worthwhile person.”

Susan Boyle

In a turn of events that viewers have variously found surprising, validating and frustrating, the underdog contestant Kris Allen was named the winner of “American Idol” on Wednesday night, receiving more votes than Adam Lambert, who was perceived (by some) to be the likely champion. Even Mr. Allen was slightly stunned by the news: after the host Ryan Seacrest had told him he had won, he said, “Adam deserves this.” (By contrast, Simon Cowell appeared to lodge a silent protest from his seat, declining to stand and applaud Mr. Allen’s victory with his fellow judges.)

Mar 6, 2009, 12:05 AM | by Dalton Ross

EW.com has learned exclusively that Survivor: Amazon winner Jenna Morasca will now try to survive in the ring in her new career: professional wrestler. The woman who once got naked for chocolate and peanut butter (and later on the cover of Playboy) has joined TNA Wrestling and will make her debut Thursday, March 12, at 9 p.m. on Spike TV’s TNA iMPACT. “Everyone is covered in glitter and makeup and stuff and then goes and beats the crap out of each other,” says Morasca about what attracted her to wrestling. “This is perfect for me.”

Although she won’t actually wrestle at first, Morasca will indeed start fighting after taking a crash course in the “sport.” Unfortunately, the 28-year-old reality star has declined to take on a sassy new name/identity for the ring. “I’m gonna be me because it’s more beneficial to know it’s me from Survivor,” she explains. “If I had to take a name, it would be a terrible stripper name like Candy Cane Lane.” (Naturally.) And what happens if someone puts chocolate and peanut butter in the ring? “Oh, then it’s on! Death to all!”

On April 30, Zohn was diagnosed with Stage 2 Hodgkin’s disease. The diagnosis came after months of unexplained itching and night sweats, originally thought to be a skin condition. Doctors discovered a swollen lymph node under his left clavicle, and a CT scan revealed a mass on the left side of his chest. Then, just last week, Zohn learned he is suffering from a rare form the disease called CD20-positive Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, for which he began chemotherapy last Friday.

“This is the ultimate game of Survivor,” Zohn, 35, tells PEOPLE exclusively, “and there’s really only one outcome, and that’s to win. There’s no other option.”

Hodgkin’s disease is a cancer of the body’s lymphatic system with survival rates reaching as high as 90 percent. Zohn was told that the CD20 diagnosis, which affects around five percent of all Hodgkin’s patients, has a similar cure rate, but is treated with an altered, more aggressive, three-month chemotherapy regimen. “They’re going right after this,” he says.

The chemo is expected to knock the always active and otherwise fit Zohn mostly out of commission for a few months, with nausea and weakness among its side effects. And he’s expected to lose his famous mop of hair within two weeks.

Zohn’s longtime girlfriend, Survivor: The Amazon winner Jenna Morasca, 27, is vowing to be at his side throughout the process. “I will fight with every fabric of my being to get him through this,” Morasca tells PEOPLE.

Educating, Inspiring Others
Both Zohn and Morasca lost parents to cancer. Zohn’s father died of colon cancer when Ethan was 14. Morasca’s mother died in 2003, after a 12-year battle with breast cancer. “Our only point of reference with this situation is death,” says Morasca.

Upon hearing the diagnosis, says Zohn, “My life flashed before my eyes.” But in the roller coaster of emotions that followed, Zohn came to a conclusion: He wants to use his battle with cancer as way to educate and inspire others.

“This is happening for a reason,” he tells PEOPLE. “You have to get spiritual about this [stuff]. I know I want to help people and inspire people. That’s my purpose in life. So I need to use this as a platform.”

Zohn, who has worked to raise money and awareness for AIDS relief in Africa through his Grassroot Soccer charity ever since winning Survivor’s $1-million prize in 2002, had his first chemo treatment in Manhattan last Friday. Doctors inserted a small, octagonal port in his chest through which the chemo will be administered “like a fast-filling station” every two weeks. “It looks like I have a third nipple right now,” says Zohn. “You can call me trip-nip!”

He’ll face the loss of his hair with the same bravado. “My hair is my identity,” he admits. But rather than find “long, disgusting Ethan Zohn hair all over my house,” he’s decided to shave it off in the next few days: “I’ll get a mohawk or something fun that I’ve always wanted to do.”

That’s just fine with Morasca. “I so love the bad-boy look,” she says. “I’d have him get a tattoo and a nose piercing, too, but he’s not into it.”

Bad-boy looks or not, Zohn says he feels well-prepared for the long fight ahead. “I’ve got good family and friends, and I’ll roll with the punches as it comes to me. That’s how I work in life. I’ll take it on like a real game of Survivor,” he says, adding: “I’m not getting voted out of this one.”

Source: People.com

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