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[FeverDog]

Last page of this week's Entertainment Weekly (Oscar race cover with Jennifer Connelly, Charlize Theron and Naomi Watts). "Stupid Questions" segment features The Donald. It's a fun interview (the reporter mostly makes jokes and Donald plays along well), seems like Donald is going to emit a light-hearted and laidback image for the show. He might even be funny.

edited for grammar

This post has been edited by FeverDog: Jan 7, 2004 @ 1:39 pm.

[Penarol1916]

Slate has an article on the first episode. The only line I like is:

Sixteen contestants from all walks of life—but strikingly similar levels of attractiveness—descend on New York to participate in a reality show that is Survivor for Future Business Leaders of America.

[elanarab]

Someone said above that Trump is ugly, and dear God I heartily agree. I have all the respect in the world for the man regarding his success in business, but I saw him upclose at a charity event and he is hideous. He has the most awful comb-over I have ever seen, and his hair is so wispy and dry at the same time. His eyebrows could be braided, to boot! He was with some gorgeous woman many years his junior. I suppose having loads of money and possible access to professionals in the beauty industry does not preclude one from making terrible hair decisions!

[michellemck99]

Seems as though the ratings were strong: NBC won for the night and a lot of that is credited to the Apprentice (here). Came in second behind CSI over on CBS, but the ratings were deemed "solid" in this article.

Also, did anyone catch David on Today this morning? Seems there's no link on the NBC site, and silly me forgot to Tivo it.

This post has been edited by michellemck99: Jan 9, 2004 @ 5:18 pm.

[skat510]

never mind

This post has been edited by skat510: Jan 10, 2004 @ 8:55 am.

[FeverDog]

Penarol - From the Slate article, I also like the line:

Finally, a show that captures two of the least savory aspects of having a job: busting your ass for no apparent reason, and sucking up to a boss whose status you can never attain.

[clp]

Interview with Mark Burnett from CNN

There is a minor spoiler about what the challenge is for the next episode so if you like to be surprised, you might want to skip it.

[ByrdGal]

An eh article in the Philly Inquirer quoting some local execs about their take on the show.
Philadelphia Inquirer Article

[pseudostudent]

That Philly article is great. It's nice to get some input from some corporate types. But my favorite part was this:

At the ridiculous apartment, Trump's current girlfriend, Melania Knauss, greeted the eight young women, with, well, less than 100 percent enthusiasm. She looked as if she feared obsolescence.

Heh.

[DariaG]

In the second half of today's column for the Washington Post, Lisa DeMoraes discusses the show and predicts that Trump hires a woman, although that's speculation on her part and not a spoiler. There are a couple of bits that might be a teeny bit spoilerish, such as Trump's comments that the women were better than the men, and he wants to hire 5 next time (there's a next time already?), which implies that he wanted to hire 5 from this round. Is he prohibited from hiring more than one of the contestants? Or is it like American Idol, where there's one winner and multiple recording contracts? Do we know?

[Skycatcher]

The Donald unloads on CBS head-honcho Les Moonves here. No, Donald, tell us what you really think! And MB was onstage with him at the time.

[RhondaGC]

Ouch! But, as the article points out, TD can get by with dumping on a TV exec since he's not really in TV for a living. That and the fact he could buy and sell Moonves, CBS and all the other networks together, I guess.

This post has been edited by RhondaGC: Jan 15, 2004 @ 12:40 pm.

[KnowledgeSeeker]

According to the following Boston Herald article, the real winner in episode #2 of "The Apprentice" was Marquis Jet.

Read what their President had to say about the 2 ad campaigns created by the two competing groups for his firm. Also, learn how he was able to get millions of dollars of priceless promotion from The Donald by having the show built around his own company.

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[KnowledgeSeeker]

This interesting 1/16 article in The Christian Science Monitor provides reaction from some members of the business community to what they've seen transpire on "The Apprentice"...

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And this other article, appearing the Canada's National Post, has 3 different business experts comment on the show too:

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[goobaletta]

Interesting how the Canada Post story got the name of the first person fired completely wrong. Best article of the three was the CSM one.

ETA: The Celebrity Justice website has an article on the show. CLICK HERE Apparently if the contestants reveal anything about the show's outcome it will cost them $5,000,000.

This post has been edited by goobaletta: Jan 16, 2004 @ 6:08 am.