As promised by the producers, the promos for this season (THE LAST SEASON) of Lost will contain absolutely no footage. Apparently, the premiere episode is so spoiler-packed that they can't show even a second.

Get pumped.

BB Charlie is looking for Lost on the horizon.

The Challenge this season has been good as ever. Surprisingly, the show has been more about game play and challenges than drama and hooking -up, which is quite a feat considering the kind of drama and hooking up that's been going on. Wes and Johanna are one the challenge together but he's with KellyAnne who used to be with Cohutta and he's still mad that Johanna hooked up with Kenny on the Island--the same Kenny who's been making out with Sara, who's been telling everyone that KellyAnne has slept with everyone on the show. Got all that? It can be pretty confusing, so I came up with a trusty chart to let you know who's hooked up with who's hooked up with who. It's all pretty incestuous, and truthfully, it's just a fraction of what really takes place. I only included people who were directly connected to those on the Island, so that leaves out some pretty epic hook-ups. Hopefully this will remind you of some good TV watching times. Like the Rachel-Veronica-Abram threesome that resulted in a long term relationship between the two girls. Or the fact that Mike "The Miz" used to rule the Challenges and get all of the ladies. Enjoy. At least you know who you can safely get with, namely virgin Chet, boring Nick and chubby Ibis.

Troy and Abed do they thing.

So You Think You Can Dance Top 20!

(the ones that I like)

Mollee Gray (18) Jazz

Too precious for words, Mollee has the proper pedigree for a sugary-sweet teen star. She worked as a back-up dancer in the High School Musical movies and comes from a low-income, high hope tight knit family (Selena Gomez anyone?) She's 18 but seems 15 which is pretty endearing in a day and age when my knowledge of what the kids are up to is comprised of blow-job references I hear on NYC Prep. She seems genuinely excited to be there. Plus, watching her try to be all sexy in Latin Ballroom will be a delicious, delicious train wreck.

Ellenore Scott (19) Contemporary

So, she spells her name like that, which I would typically make fun of. And she has that awesome picture above, which I would typically make fun of. BUT, she's totally spot of with her technique. And she did something that no other girl has ever attempted to do: SHE WAS FUNNY. You may remember her audition that I posted a few weeks ago...the one in which she shook her little tush and looked at it like my dog looks at his backside after he farts. Hilar. I love her.

Russell Ferguson (20) Hip Hop and Krump

Krump dancing makes me want to punch someone and put one eyebrow up afterward, looking at them for a really long time like, "Yeah bitch, I just punched you. Do something about it. Ass. Face." Or something like that. He happens to be really good at most other styles too. He says that he has no formal training, and I think that he's full of a little thing that I like to call bullshit. But what the hell, lying never hurt you in show business.

Nathan Trasoras (18) Contemporary

There is not a picture (available on the internet at the time of publishing) that is capable of conveying how hot Nathan is. He's only 18 but I think he might love me IRL, just like that episode of Ally McBeal where Ally dates James Marsden and they play baseball at the end of the episode and she feels young again, just one more time. One last time. The boy can move. Will definately capture the teenage fangirl vote (AKA AllofTheVote)



I am, however, super bummed that my fav contestant of the show the entire time chose not to continue. The judges asked Paula Van Oppen to be on the show, but she had to decline.





Ms. Paula had to go film Burlesque with Diva Christina and Diva Cher and Diva Julianne Hough (maybe not that last one, but she does have a banging body, and I do have to give props to anyone with balls enough to film a ProActiv commercial). It's a huge opportunity, and she really does have star power. Good luck Paula, I hope you can catch a few episodes. I know I will.

Admittedly, The City is a fairly inaccurate representation of New York City life. Given that is a spin-off of a spin-off of a partially scripted MTV "reality" show about vapid, insipid Californian teenagers (there has to be some mathematical formula for calculating the probability of reality at any given point in a season--considering distance from original "reality", right?), viewers have to go into the show knowing that there will be an element of disbelief. The premise involves women in their early twenties maneuvering their way through love and career starts--specifically in the fashion industry. See folks, IRL the fashion industry in New York City, especially at this point in time economically, especially at the beginning of one's career, is an extremely difficult nut to crack. Most people have to work for years fetching coffee and cataloging handbags to even get the opportunity to work for people like Joe Zee, let alone have them talk to you face to face like you're more than just a lackey. But alas, Olivia works at Elle (a place where I myself failed to even get an internship---I did get an interview however----see? I'm just like Olivia!) as some sort of made up position called "Assistant Accesories Editor" where she answers immediately to the Creative Director and PR Manager and Whitney moonlights as a fill-in-the-blank-I-sit-at-the-computer-and "assist"-Kelly at People's Revolution when she's not launching a fashion line. It's pretty much the same thing I do at my job except that instead of obeying orders these girls get boy advice from their super famous bosses and instead of making no money they can afford luxurious rooftop apartments on the Lower East Side. So yeah, just like me.

But these facts aren't enough to deter me. See, The City has what The Hills now lacks. Whitney Port is outrageously likeable. She was always my favorite cast member of The Hills not only because she gave Lauren great advice on fools like Jason and Brody (why are these people burned into my mind for eternity?!), but because her reactions to the ridiculous drama swirling around the show were always so adorable and genuine. I think the chick, no matter how scripted the show is, really is that genuine. I think that she would have taken trampy Roxy in even if the cameras weren't there. I think she really is that wide-eyed excited to be in NYC. And speaking from personal experience, she really is that pretty. I saw her leaving the Britney Spears concert last fall and the poor girl was perfectly styled, coiffed and perfectly mobbed by a couple dozen teenaged girls.

It also has that premise, no matter how little it delivers on it in reality. See, reality has very little to do with the premise in the first place as its very appeal is based on the promise of something bigger, brighter and better than whatever currently exists in one's life. The City appeals to girls all over New York, all over the country for that matter, because it's everything that New York has ever promised. It's Alicia Keys and Jay-Z playing an ode to opportunity. It's cocktails and stilettos at parties you feel like you could have only ever snuck in to. It's trading suburbia, trailerparks, tapered pants, getting married at 21, insurance jobs, and lowered expectations for the "bright lights, long nights, high rise, over time...". It's the chance to know that even if you're not living the lives of the girls on The City, if you're here just knowing that there's a chance that you can, can make you feel on top of the world.

True Blood Spoilers

True Blood's Season 3 won't return until next summer, but we can still bring you the scoop on what's happening when the HBO series returns. "It's a crazy season," executive producer Alan Ball tells TVGuide.com. "It picks up right where we left off and things get weird really fast."

As Ball already spilled, someone is going to die and we'll be pretty happy about it. Find out what else he teases, including the juicy relationship between Eric (Alexander Skarsgård) and Sookie (Anna Paquin), and the addition of some new characters. Also, get a few extra tidbits from your favorite shaggy dog, star Sam Trammell.

Who's coming back? "The Queen is coming back," Ball reveals. "Godric is coming back for an appearance, a flashback. There's some new vampires in town, there are some werewolves. We do have a lot of werewolves coming in, male and female, but we haven't started casting for the show yet."

Sookie and Eric: Sookie's been seeing visions of her and Eric getting — ahem — friendly. Will their romance actually progress, not just in her head? "I can definitely tell you [we'll see that] in the show. I don't know if it will necessarily be in Season 3. Of course they're going to come together, it's fated. It's not something that's going to happen right off the bat."

Theme of Season 3: "It seems to be that it's about really embracing one's identity," Ball tells us. "Season 2 was more about how religions can make people do things that maybe they wouldn't do otherwise; it gives them the freedom to do things. This season is a lot about what it means to be who you are, or what you are."

Sookie's background: "Sookie still doesn't know exactly what she is. She will get closer to figuring out why she has these random powers that show up when they do," says Ball. (Spoiler alert: In the books, Sookie discovers she has fairy blood running in her.) "She is definitely part of a different race," adds Ball. "In terms of fairies, like perky fairies with wings, like Tinkerbell, no, they're not like that. If it is fairies, they're fierce. They're not pretty, soft, glamorous, gossamery things. They're really, really, really powerful and primal creatures.

Sam's real family: "There's some new shape-shifters who may be Sam's biological family," teases Ball. Adds Trammell, "As I understand it, I'm going to be trying to find my biological family, who put me up for adoption or abandoned me. I have a feeling they're going to be very creepy, sketchy, weird, shape-shiftery weirdos. They're going to be bad news."

Sam's love life: "Can he ever trust a woman again? I don't know if he can, so he may have to just turn into an animal, stay an animal and seek love that way," jokes Trammell. "I hope he does, in all seriousness, but it could take a season or two for him to build up that confidence again."

Oh, Tool Academy. You are the icing on the cupcake that is life.

In my forward thrust toward television journalism infamy, I've neglected to so much as mention this little gem. The concept is simple: men with big egos, big muscles and gigantic collections of hair product are brought to the VH1 Tool Academy by their self-esteem-lacking girlfriends to improve on themselves and their relationships.

This is a real contestant.

For me, it isn't the masculine posturing, drunken screaming or tear-filled infidelity admittances that get me. It's the staged television wedding at the end of the season. Like a fairytale.