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In case you were worried that the real life inspired happenings on NBC’s Medium had evaporated into a puff of ghostly smoke, you are in luck.  The hit show starring gorgeous blonde, newly bobbed, Patricia Arquette is slated to return as a “mid season” replacement.

(Image of actor Thomas Jane & wife, actress, Patricia Arquette – NBC Hosts Fall Party for the hit drama “Medium” – October 26, 2006 – DailyCeleb.com – all rights reserved).

The various thereal beings that pop up in various episodes will be present along with the various family members used to having a seer as mom and wife.

NBC honored The Medium cast last night at The Stephen Cohen Gallery in Beverly Hills.

Not only is Patricia a noted actress, she has a gorgeous new hubby, actor Thomas Jane and a family of actors, actresses and entertainers.

Patricia’s brother just happens to be married to former Friends star Courteney Cox who was also at the shindig with her lush strands brushed seductively to one side and cascading down around her shoulders.

(Image of Patricia Arquette & Jake Webber – NBC Hosts Fall Party for the hit drama “Medium” – October 26, 2006 – DailyCeleb.com – all rights reserved).

Pint sized blonde beauty, Maria Lark, who is a budding scene stealer as the middle daughter on Medium was in attendance with beatiful culrs and waves.

Patricia reported Maria “is a real character” when quizzed about her on last season’s Ellen.  I for one love her sassy attitude and hilarious facial expressions.  I predict we see great things from Maria in upcoming episodes.

Even the men were coiffed in handsome styles although Thomas Jane would be stunning with no hair at all.

Just imagine working on set every day with the impishly handsome Jake Webber and then going home to Thomas Jane.  Patricia must be doing something right.

Kudos to all the talented hairdressers that created the stunning styles.

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As I reported recently, Asian beauty and noted actress Linda Wang recently signed on for a short acting gig with the daytime cast of General Hospital as a nurse.

Linda promised to give me any scoops on her activites.  She recently weighed in with a photo (to the side) and some interesting tidbits of Days acting experiences.

(Image of actress Linda Wang – October 2006 – Phalen Film LDT – Courtesy of Linda Wang – All rights reserved).

It seems that for her role she had to wear a costume that as Linda laughingly said made her look like “an astronaut in white”.  They actually put her in “a Hazmat suit.”

She also reported “the DOOL hairdresser was really nice”.  Linda noted “she pulled my hair back” and told her “she had beautiful hair”.

On set Linda was directed to stand up straight to avoid slouching for the camera.  The director advised Linda “not to breathe too heavily” to avoid fogging up the inside of the plastic helmet suit that would block her pretty face”.

The stage manager joked saying “Linda Wang, are you flying to the moon?” Linda replied, “I am only flying to the moon with my superheroes”.

To read more about actress Linda Wang or celebrity hair don’t forget to visit me at HairBoutique.com.

BRAVO ANNOUNCES SERIES PICKUP OF NEW COMPETITIVE REALITY PROGRAM ‘TOP HAIR’ (WORKING TITLE) -AN EIGHT EPISODE ONE-HOUR NEW ORIGINAL SERIES

BRAVO INKS DEAL WITH REVEILLE LLC TO FIND THE NEXT GREAT HAIRSTYLIST
– CASTING CURRENTLY UNDERWAYUP-DO, DOWN-DO … BRAVO IS THE CAN-DO CABLE NETWORK

NEW YORK – October 25, 2006 – Bravo announces series pick-up of “Top Hair” (working title), which waspreviously announced as a series in development under the title “Heads Up.” Bravo has partnered with ReveilleLLC, the Emmy-Award winning producers of NBC’s “The Office,” “The Biggest Loser,” and Bravo’s “Blow Out,” to bring viewers this new one-hour eight episode competition series searching for America’s next great hairstylist.

Starting with the most basic of cuts and working up to full-blown makeovers, “Top Hair” will take the most talented hairstylists from around the country and slowly narrow them down as they compete in a series of weekly challenges until it is clear who has the skills, personality and overall chops to win $100,000, among other covetedprizes.

The announcement was made today by Lauren Zalaznick, President, Bravo. “Our critically acclaimed reality competition series are marked by talented contestants and highly creativechallenges,” said Zalaznick. “It’s exciting to present our viewers with another group of gifted creators — in thiscase stylists — to showcase their craft as well as the high-stakes drama during their competitive journey.”

The challenges will cover the full range of skills that being a star in a salon requires. To win this competition and create “Top Hair,” they will need more than just skills with a comb.

Surviving a house full of contestants wielding scissors will require energy and endurance, a vision for what the future of hair looks like, a unique personality capable of handling stressful situations and angry clients, and a general sense of fabulousness that just can’t betaught. Contestants will be drawn together from all walks of life and will possess a range of skills and training. With casting currently underway in New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, Chicago and Miami, licensed stylists with a passion for hair are invited to meet with “Top Hair” casting producers.To schedule an interview and to find out more information about becoming the next top hairstylist, please visit www.BravoTV.com/Contestants for more details or contact tophaircasting@yahoo.com.

About Reveille
Reveille is a leading independent production and distribution company focused on exploiting worldwide intellectualproperty rights through scripted and alternative television formats.

Launched in March of 2002 by Ben Silverman,the company produces innovative entertainment programming across all television genres such as the Emmy Award-winning “The Office” (NBC), which has also received two Television Critics Association Awards; “TheBiggest Loser” (NBC); “Ugly Betty” (ABC); “House of Boateng” (Sundance Channel); “30 Days” (FX); “Blow Out”(Bravo); “Bound For Glory” (ESPN); “Nashville Star” (USA); “Date My Mom” (MTV); and “The Restaurant” (NBC).

Reveille is also the world leader in creating integrated marketing opportunities for leading advertisers whiledeveloping alternative financing paradigms. In addition, Reveille’s growing library of programming is distributed tomore than 150 countries worldwide through Reveille International. The company maintains offices in Los Angeles and New York.

About Bravo
Bravo is the cable network that plugs people into arts, entertainment and pop culture with original programming,acclaimed drama series, movies, comedy and music specials, and by showing a whole different side of celebrities. Currently available in more than 80 million homes, Bravo is known for breaking exciting new personalities, shakingup the way we look at style, media, fame and Hollywood, pulling back the curtain on the creative process, and making influential and inventive original programming. Its critically acclaimed original programming includes the Emmy-nominated “Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List,” 12-time Emmy-nominated “Inside the Actors Studio,” “TheReal Housewives of Orange County,” “Top Chef,” “Celebrity Poker Showdown,” as well as the 2004 Emmy winnerfor Outstanding Reality Program, “Queer Eye,” and the four-time Emmy-nominated hit competition series, “ProjectRunway.”

Bravo is a program service of NBC Universal Cable Entertainment, a division of NBC Universal, one of the world’sleading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment,news, and information to a global audience.Bravo has been an NBC cable network since December 2002 and wasthe first television service dedicated to film and the performing arts when it launched in December 1980.

For more information visit www.bravotv.com.

BRAVO MEDIA CONTACT:
Nora Grudman
Bravo
212/664-4864
nora.grudman@nbcuni.com

Although she tends to blend into the background of the famous CSI Miami lab, when the camera focuses on her tall willowly (formerly) brunette presence, she is all business.

(Image of Adam Rodriguez and Boti Bliss on CSI MIAMI – Curse Of The Coffin – Photo: Cliff Lipson/CBS ©2006 CBS Broadcasting Inc – All Rights Reserved).

Whether she is searching for fingerprints or other incriminating evidence such as hair or tiny traces of blood, Maxine Valera or “Valera” as the team refers to her has a relatively minor supporting role on the powerhouse drama.

I personally love all of the CSI francises although I used to prefer the original Las Vegas to any of the others.  Call me fickle but I’m entranced by the pace, scenery, cast and mesmerizing stories on Monday’s CSI Miami.  Not only has it become my favorite CSI (Las Vegas is now #2 with New York #3) but my favorite action show in the current offerings.

(Image of Boti Bliss on CSI MIAMI – Curse Of The Coffin – Photo: Cliff Lipson/CBS ©2006 CBS Broadcasting Inc – All Rights Reserved).

I don’t care whether David Caruso is a well-known bad boy.  The inside scoop on the show is that the man sets the bar to the highest level for his own acting.  And it shows.  He is known to be the first on the set and the last to leave.  I admire that type of dedication.

Meanwhile I adore all of the main cast.  Yet I find that I stop and pay close attention to every scene with Boti (yes, that’s her name).  While her part is small,  her presence is always intriquing.  I often wonder if she will be “promoted” out of the lab into the field like other CSI actors and actresses before her.

Tonight’s episode (October 23, 2006) was thrilling and involved Santeria, a miniature coffin and visits to graveyards at night.   In an ironic twist, tonight was also Boti’s real life birthday.

While I was riveted to my screen following the fast paced mystery of whodonunit I noticed that Boti had completely changed her hair.  In fact, my viewing companion (a male who usually doesn’t notice hair under any circumstances) specifically made note of her sizzling new style.  Boti who normally wears her medium brunette hair straight and to the top of her shoulders had a very blonde bob that was much shorter.

My male friend actually paused the TIVO to point out her hair.  “Look how hot she looks as a blonde” he noted.  And yes, she did look great.  She actually seemed to light up the screen and definitely outshone Adam Rodriquez who is a major hottie in his own right.

(Image of Adam Rodriguez and Boti Bliss on CSI MIAMI – Curse Of The Coffin – Photo: Cliff Lipson/CBS ©2006 CBS Broadcasting Inc – All Rights Reserved).

In my humble opinion she looked really good as a blonde.  The newly crafted bob appeared to be slightly layered so that it fell in soft shiny panels around her face making her eyes literally pop.  Unforunately I don’t know the name of the gifted haircolorist and/or hairdresser responsible for Boti’s transformation but she definitely looked gorgeous.  Kudos to all.

Does this makeover mean that Boti is poised for more camera time on CSI?  I certainly hope so.  She could definitely add a wonderful new dimension to the current cast. I guess only time will tell but I for one will be watching closely.

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