30 Rock’s Cerie, played by actress Katrina Bowden, attended a CMJ  kick-off party hosted by The Street Syndicate (a small but dedicated media promotions company based in New Jersey) at Rebel NYC on Monday.  The party is held annually to mark the start of the week-long Music Marathon and Film Festival.  The party offered entertainment by Nada Surf and delicious beers by Lagunitas Brewing Company.  Katrina was spotted kissing a gentleman much shorter and much less attractive than she is while watching other attendees sing karaoke.  It was shocking how beautiful she is in real life.

On Sunday night, former NBA player Charles Barkley was spotted with friends in one of New York City’s finest cigar lounges, The Carnegie Club.  Although Sir Charles has a bad boy reputation, he was all class on Sunday buying a round for the entire bar.  He looked dapper in a button down striped shirt and was seen chatting it up with former boxer, Renaldo Snipes, and two unknown but beautiful blonds at the bar.  Charles Barkley, a current resident of Scottsdale, AZ, was in town to be a guest on The David Letterman Show.

The book release party for Going Mutant: The Bat Boy Exposed! was held last night in the East Village at the lovable dive, Lakeside Lounge.  Bat Boy was seen dancing it up in the back room for guests and was later escorted out by a nurse who provided him with a coat and hat as a disguise. The lounge was full of fresh copies of the new book just waiting to be signed by the author, in addition to glow-in-the-dark Bat Boy bobble-heads and action figures.
The book, written by Dr. Barry Leed, Ph.D (who mysteriously was not able to attend the event) and Neil McGinness, provides a thorough exploration of the history of Bat Boy in the media and the legend’s influence on  American culture.  This comprehensive account of Bat Boy manages to educate and intrigue the reader while maintaining its own comedic style.  So don’t wait!  The book is NOW AVAILABLE for sale online or at a book store near you!

Author Neil McGinness poses with Bat Boy and a friend.

Yes, my friends, it’s that time of year again when a group of  scheming, ruthless, (money) hungry pups tear each other apart on the coast.  No, I’m not talking about Shark Week . . . it’s the season for Bad Girls!   A few will learn something about themselves and the rest will continue on a path of selfishness and obliviousness (::cough:: Natalie ::cough::).  This season gives us seven new sassy gals and a hot new city: Miami!  So say “Goodnight L.A.” and say “Aye, papi!”  To read more about the brand new cast check out the girls’ bios.

Here’s a tasty morsel for you BGC fans.

So this year if you can’t handle the heat stay off Miami Beach.  And if you’re not in great enough shape to wear a bikini, don’t, because these girls will probably make fun of you until you cry.  I can’t wait to see what this new cast and the new city holds for us this year!  Don’t forget to catch the premiere of Season 5 of Bad Girls Club tomorrow Tuesday August 5th at 9/8 Central  ONLY ON OXYGEN!

This week is the first of a two part reunion episode hosted by the one, the only, Perez Hilton!  He refers to the girls as “eight of the craziest bitches I have ever seen!”  And from what we have seen this season, he is totally right.  Amber starts the reunion with some big news: She’s preggers!  And she proudly lifts up her dress to show us her 18-week plump belly.  The four ‘survivors’ of the show, Kendra, Amber, Annie, and Lexie, start off by reviewing their road trip at the end of the season.  They totally DITCHED Annie on this trip and you can tell by the tears in her eyes that she is still pretty upset about it.  One thing that stuck out to me is that Lexie doesn’t act like a total moron.  Is it possible she was fake the whole season?  She had me fooled!

Next we welcome Kate whose hair was looking faker than ever!  Oh god, I forgot how much I dislike this girl.  However, this reunion episode gave her a chance to explain her mental and emotional exhaustion in the house which caused her to be so cruel.  I call FAKE, Kate.

Next we get the ‘self-proclaimed baddest bitch of them all,’ Natalie.  Ohhhhhhh Natalie . . .  This is when Perez whips out his water gun and explains that if anyone misbehaves he will not hesitate to use it.  My favorite part?  He tells Natalie that she most CERTAINLY does NOT run L.A., that no one knows her last name, and that he runs L.A.  Natalie then reveals that there is a secret she and Kendra never revealed . . . Kendra had sex with Marcus.  I’m a little confused, didn’t we already assume that?
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Okay . . . . so to review, Kendra is just as responsible for the fight as Natalie, however, the girls ditched Natalie in Santa Barbara two weeks ago. All the girls, particularly Annie, seem quite happy with the prospect that Natalie will not be returning. The girls happily pack all of Natalie’s things (one of her purses looks like MC Hammer pants reborn. Gross) and rejoice in her absence! Kate seems a little worried because for the past few weeks she has been on team Natalie, and now she is aware that all of the girls left in the house dispise her. In a video confession, Kate actually begs for Natlie to come back . . . . what in the world is going on? Kate is totally fake and, to say it bluntly, a bitch. Kate actually goes up to Annie’s crush and tells him Annie is crazy and that she (Kate) is a ‘good girl’. I can’t believe how awful and FAKE Kate is . . . She actually calls Annie fat. Not cool on two parts: Annie is not crazy and certainly not fat. Get some more extensions, Kate.

Next, the girls go paintballing. AWESOME! Annie, Amber and Lexie vs. Kate and Kendra. Who do you think won? You’re right . . . the team with more people!

Later, Kendra invites L.P. over for a late night rendezvous . . . . Ooh la la! BUT it reaches 1 a.m. and he still hasn’t arrived! Kendra isn’t my fave, but this is B.S. Annie says it perfectly: “I think a man should go out of his way to make her feel special, and I don’t think L.P. is doing that to Kendra.” Right on, Annie! Again, not only is Annie a good friend a person, but she is totally REAL and respectful :) But . . . regardless of his , Kendra still bones him . . . Although I don’t really agree with this, Kendra is lookin’ for some (physical) love and is being real about it. She’s not making the relationship with L.P. out to be something it isn’t.

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The episode opens in reverse: The girls return from their Santa Barbara trip and call attention to their plethora of bruises…we the viewers are lost. What caused these bruises? Where is everyone? Who am I? Before we can answer…it starts back at the beginning. Thanks Oxygen for going all Tarantino on us.

Flo’s gone and Kate returns from the hospital, apparently de-swined. They rip Flo’s picture off the wall and rejoice by throwing it in the pool, as Amber says “to metaphorically drown her”…I think she was trying to make a clever allusion to her and Flo’s epic pool fight…I think.

Natalie wants to have fun with her little “monster” and takes Kendra to get a new weave…a $500 weave. When Natalie plays with her toys, I guess she goes big or goes home. Wait. This doll paid for it herself. Best toy EVER! Kendra claims she’s fully aware of Natalie’s presumed intentions and “won’t be played!” Yet, she does absolutely nothing about it.

With new hair in TOE…hahaha, Natalie and Kendra invite some new man-meat over to devour. But for once the girls’ conversations with the aforementioned man-meat is not gold-digging, or booty-gettin’, but almost more in the tone of yearning for a soul-mate. What an appropriate follow-up to Valentine’s day.

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