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Milosmom
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06-10-2006
| Wednesday, September 19, 2007 - 1:39 pm
I saw this posted at BBLane about the finale and the party afterwards attended by two fans, LovintheWill and LovintheBoogie Part 1 About 11:30am, we got the call that Janelle's best friend Naters was ready to be picked up from LAX. (He's visiting lovintheboogie (LTB) for the finale.) They're pretty good friends, but it was my first time meeting him. I love him! He's so sweet, so energetic, and it was the perfect start to a perfect day! I'm so lucky we were with him or the rest of the day wouldn't have been half as good as it was! After a quick lunch, the three of us got ready and headed to the studios. On the way, we made sure to stop and get the sports page for Dick!!! We wrote, "Go Team Donato!" "Per your request, we were listening!" and our names. We couldn't get in before 4pm, so we waited with everyone else out on the street in our cars. We saw Chicken George across the street and Naters introduced us. George is the most geniunely sweet person! He chatted about his favorites and showed us his "Got Dick?" shirt he was wearing for the taping! George filled us in on what he's been doing, in between his phone calls with Howie and then it was time to park. He told us that we could be his guests for the wrap party on Thursday if we wanted to pretend we were his family! They searched us and told us that all phones and cameras had to go in the car! BOOOO! After checking in and getting separated from the houseguests friends and family, we waited with other audience members in the backlot. Laremy showed up so I caught up with him a little bit and he seemed stressed about the work he had before him that night (doing backyard interviews after the finale). We were right behind the house and could see the fence and all the discarded stuff from the comps, like the scoreboard from the last HOH comp with "Dick" and "Daniele's" name, broken topiary duck, and even the volcano from last season in pieces. Former houseguests and friends and family were in a line across from us, so we saw Marvin, Marcellas, Beau, Janelle, Howie, Kail's family, Eric's brothers, etc...as they went in before us. It was fun trying to guess who were Zach's parents, etc. After they were all seated in good viewing spots, they let the general audience members in. The studio is surprisingly small and we barely made it in while there were still seats (we're on the top row on the left side of the audience if you're looking at the audience). On the way in, they checked our signs and took the one away that said, "We love Double D's". We kept "EVEL DICK ROCKS!" and the "153 Daniele" sign, and gave our other sign "We trust the Donatos" to Janelle and Naters to hold up during the show. (Daniele told us later that the one Janelle had was her favorite sign!) After lots of instructions about not revealing America's Player, not mentioning it, not even thinking it, we practiced yelling and clapping while Julie got her hair and makeup touched up. Let me just say, I have a new appreciation for her! She's really good to be able to read that teleprompter and her notes and make it look so natural. I always thought she memorized the whole thing! We were sitting right behind Kail's husband, mother and kids, and Jessica's brother and his best friend. I made sure to thank Jess's brother for his service in Iraq. Amber's sister was at the end of our row (telling her how to vote!). We were a couple of rows behind Kaysar, his mom, and Howie. It was fun to hear all the things Howie yelled out to everyone! Including Julie Chen! She has a great sense of humor and seems like a big fan. She was excited to see all the former houseguests again! Naters and Janelle ended up on the other side of the audience behind Eric's brothers, who immediately turned around and called a "truce!" Boogie was not there, but Erika and her boyfriend Adam (Survivor) were, as well as the houseguests already mentioned. After the clips were shown, they brought out the jury members and there was so much cheering! I was afraid some would get booed, but it was all cheers! Amber found her sister in the audience and immediately started mouthing, "What do I do? How do I vote? I don't know." and her sister was mouthing back, "Vote with your heart!" Every time a "Dick" or "Daniele" sign was held up, Jen did the "eye-roll" it was funny! After the voting, they brought out the other non-jury houseguests and OMG, I can't even tell you how good everyone looks in person. They actually look exactly like they do on TV, only cuter! When the votes were counted and Dick and Daniele brought out it was just crazy! So much screaming, so much fun! Nick was so happy to see Daniele, Daniele and Dick were SO happy to see Grandma and Vincent and Lindsay. There was so much energy in that one little room. When the show was over, the audience was hurried out, but the friends and family stuck around in the studio for a few minutes. We clung to Naters and Janelle and were able to stick around and get into the green room/after party with them. The BB8 houseguests didn't show up until much later, but my next post will have all the Green Room details. Part 2 After shaking hands with Eric and saying "Great JOB!," we (LTB and I) followed Naters, Janelle, and Beau out of the studios after meeting Don Wollman (BB exec. Producer) and other staffers. Thankfully, they said we were with them so we were able to get into the Green Room where all the houseguests, staffers, friends and family go after the show to watch the finale, have free food and partake of the OPEN BAR! That's what I'm talking about! Luckily it was Naters third year doing this, so he was able to introduce us to everyone! The BB8 houseguests were doing backyard interviews so they didn't show up until 10ish, but while we were drinking, eating and waiting, Naters made sure to introduce us to everyone: Janelle - Looked so beautiful and was happy she got to hold our sign that said, "WE TRUST THE DONATOS", she asked if she could keep it and wanted to get it signed by Dick and Daniele. She's even more pretty in person. Sarah and her sister, Kim - Both VERY sweet and pretty Marvin - BIG, BIG flirt and was talking about some audition he was going on this week. I told him he was my favorite his season! He pretended he doesn't really like BB, or watch it. He's a funny one! Howie - Very, very funny and acts exactly like you'd expect him too. Telling us all we were hot, talking about his move to Chicago and what he's doing there. Following all the girls around saying, "You have a hot body." His girlfriend couldn't make it, sadly. Lindsay - Daniele's best friend in real life. She said Daniele saw our sign that Janelle was holding and LOVED IT! She was so happy. Lindsay finally met Nick and Nick's sister at the finale. Vincent and Grandma - Vincent has to be the most well spoken and proper young man I've met in a long time. He's really polite, he was super nice and attentive and sweet. We asked if he was able to get off work or if he had to quit, he laughed and said they let him take a half day. Later in the evening, he found us and asked if we were having fun and talking to people. Really, really sweet kid. Grandma was very nice and seemed overwhelmed but very happy! Allison Grodner and Robyn Kass - Told them great job and to have fun and unwind! Arnold Shapiro - Remembered Naters from when he auditioned as Janelle's secret partner for BB5. Naters reminded him that he's still upset they picked Ashlea for her bigger boobs! Arnold immediately asked, "Where is Janelle!?" and made a beeline for her! Eric's brothers - Very funny guys, they were right about Eric being the most charasmatic and outgoing of the brothers! I think they were completely on edge and nervous about the AP reaction! Kaysar and Kaysar's Mom - Kaysar is GORGEOUS, and that's an understatement, in person, his mom is just the sweetest most loving lady you'll meet. Erika and her boyfriend Adam (Survivor) - Erika looks really good, had on a beautiful dress and Adam is beautiful too. He was still on crutches, so she was up and around taking good care of him. She said they are not engaged, but they went ring shopping recently. She worked on the casting of Survivor this season and is excited about the season. Kail's husband and kids - So cute and seemed out of place. They said they spent the prior two days at Disneyland and were having fun in LA. And from BB8 (again Naters saved the day as "ice breaker" since when you introduce yourself as "Naters, Janelle's best friend" people stop and talk forever!...lol. So we met: Zach and Carol were the first to show up, and were super nice. We told him he played a great game and made us all proud. He was happy with the winner and was shocked when we told him that Daniele celebrated her 21st birthday in the house, NOT her 22nd! We then realized that none of the jury people knew that little fun fact yet! Jess - Didn't meet her, but she looked amazing! Eric - Eric see him with Jess once after the finale, but Eric was surrounded by people the whole night and Jess hung with her brother and his best friend near the bar. Joe was SOOO tall, and really sweet. We all apologized for "evicting the wrong gay guy" and he laughed and laughed. He asked if we were happy with the Donatos winning and said only he, Mike and Nick wanted Dick and Daniele to make it to the final 2. He said they partied with Vincent, Grandma, Kail, Carol, Mike, and Nick the night before at their hotel and had a blast. Nick...oh gosh, where do I even start with Nick...when you talk to Nick, you forget to talk. He's beauty personified. He has gorgeous skin and yeah, I just have to stop there out of respect for Daniele and his family! Since Naters and Janelle had dinner with him recently, we were lucky enough to get to talk to him quite a bit. He's really nice, was SO happy with the outcome of the show and was very anxious to see Daniele. Jen - Saw her, but she wasn't very friendly. She interrupted a few conversations to get cell numbers "of only the people she would call." She's very pretty and looks and acts exactly like she did on TV. She seems really sweet, but kind of out of her comfort zone. Maybe she was put off by all the Donato love. Dustin - Very funny and skinny! He looked really good and was having a lot of fun meeting everyone. Jameka - Congratulated her on her game, told her she was beautiful! Amber - Saw her from a distance, she spent a lot of time with her sister. I don't think she had any idea that she wasn't liked as well as everyone else in the house, but I'm sure she will soon. Kind of sad for her. Met various staffer including the DR guys. Since BB had taken our cameras and cell phones away, we were stuck with nothing until we met Mike (BB8) and he offered to let us borrow his camera and he'll email the pics to us. We kept saying, "Okay, just one more minute" and felt bad about stealing his camera over and over, but he's the nicest guy and so handsome. He chatted with us about where he lives and the wrap party. Last but not least, Dick and Daniele arrived! I asked Dick if he got the sports page I brought him and congratulated him on his win. He was SO excited about the sports page and said, "YES! I saw your note, but I haven't read the paper yet, it's in my pocket! Thank you for that!" It was cute. He's much more handsome in person and was mobbed for the whole 15 minutes he was there. He did have a few handlers escorting him around and he was whisked out shortly after. He did get to see Nick, Vincent, Grandma and the lead singer of Suicidal Tendencies, and meet tons of strangers. Janelle was already gone by that point. Daniele looked amazing and Naters told her that she was wearing the same dress Janelle wore to the finale last year! Daniele was laughing and said she didn't realize it. Lindsay told Daniele that I made her favorite sign and she was so excited! She was looking for Janelle and loved the sign and the fact that Janelle was holding it! If you didn't know better, you would have thought her and Dick both won a half million! I have never seen two more excited people. She ran around quickly and met a few people, posed for a couple of pics with Nick and then her handler said, "Don't you want to go get your hair done??? We have to go NOW!" with a big smile and she left. Hopefully, I'll be able to attend the wrap party and will have more fun stuff to post about that on Friday! Plus, I can bring my OWN camera and take more and more pictures!
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Shopstomuch
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07-09-2007
| Wednesday, September 19, 2007 - 1:54 pm
Thanks Milos... great and fun read!
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Jenhavins
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08-23-2000
| Wednesday, September 19, 2007 - 1:56 pm
Thank you so much for sharing! I am quite excited about the wrap party. If you do get to go, have a wonderful time!
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Milosmom
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06-10-2006
| Wednesday, September 19, 2007 - 1:56 pm
You are welcome. However LovintheBoogie PROMISED me she would give a kiss to Dick for me! Maybe she will have her chance at the wrap party...
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Sportsfan
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09-03-2007
| Wednesday, September 19, 2007 - 2:08 pm
Thanks for posting this Milos, I really enjoyed reading it!
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Fan3
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07-07-2005
| Wednesday, September 19, 2007 - 2:12 pm
this was a great read. thanks
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Kalekona
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06-12-2005
| Wednesday, September 19, 2007 - 2:41 pm
Thanks Milos it was almost like we were all there.. Interesting that Mike and Joe both wanted Dick and Daniele F2 (nick was a given lol)
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Boberg
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10-04-2002
| Wednesday, September 19, 2007 - 2:41 pm
Thank you so much Milosmom.
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Beekindpleez
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07-18-2006
| Wednesday, September 19, 2007 - 3:10 pm
Thanks so much, Milos! Great read. Please be sure to thank LovinTheBoogie, too!
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Buddeelove
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08-24-2007
| Wednesday, September 19, 2007 - 3:26 pm
Great post, to be continued I hope
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Amc4ever
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09-18-2007
| Wednesday, September 19, 2007 - 3:52 pm
Thanks Milosmom that was awesome!!!
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Scribe
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08-16-2000
| Wednesday, September 19, 2007 - 4:04 pm
Juat great - thank you - just got home from work - dying to know something about the party afterwards. This is great . Saw CBS this morning and thought Dani had her hair done but wasn't sure - you answered that - anyone see Zach's former "girlfriend"? Will be delighted to see pics when they come. 
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Milosmom
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06-10-2006
| Wednesday, September 19, 2007 - 7:09 pm
Here is a little tidbit from Janelle over at her fansite. So Beau and I went to the finale last night. We were having martini's at our hotel so we were a little late to Studio City. Laughing They had nice seats for my friends and I which was nice. When I saw Dani wearing the same black dress to the finale I knew she wouldn't win. Sad That dress is bad luck! She looked lovely in it though and I guess that's all that matters. After Dick was announced winner, I talked with him briefly and gave him a big hug. He is such a nice guy! When went down to the green room for the food and drinks that BB had provided for the friends and family. It was so nice catching up with everyone! I saw Sarah, Kaysar, Howie, Chicken George, Erika, and Marci. I talked some of the people from production that I knew, chatted with Arnold for quite awhile. We had such a great time! We left before the houseguests came down to the greenroom because we were going to this place called Hyde. Tonight we are eating at Boogie's new place Ketchup, and then later on to Les Duex. It's going to be me, Boogie, CG, Howie, Kaysar, and Beau. I spoke to ED and Nick and invited them, but they are going to ED's party that his friends are throwing for him. Well that's about it for now. I'll post after the wrap party and tell you all how that went! xoxo Janelle oh one more thing. I also chatted with Ambers sister who is a real sweetheart! Gosh she was so nice. Anyway she told Amber how to vote! lol I thought that was funny.
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Hypermom
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08-13-2001
| Wednesday, September 19, 2007 - 7:12 pm
Thanks for posting that, Milo. 
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Shopstomuch
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07-09-2007
| Wednesday, September 19, 2007 - 7:28 pm
Another interesting tidbit...thank you Milos.
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Sherbabe
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07-28-2002
| Wednesday, September 19, 2007 - 7:54 pm
wish i could be a fly on the wall for the wrap party tomorrow. should be a good time.
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Ohiomobprincess
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11-07-2003
| Thursday, September 20, 2007 - 5:33 am
Thanks for posting!!!
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Ddfan
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08-04-2007
| Thursday, September 20, 2007 - 5:39 am
WORDS FROM VINCENT: sorry if already posted. September 19, 2007 - Wednesday Last night was incredible Show and winning all that money aside... It was so incredible. All of the house guests were amazing. It was so great talking to them all and meeting their friends and family. I had dinner with the first 5 two nights ago (Thank you so much Carol!!) and it was amazing. Joe is hysterical, Nick is even cooler than he seems on TV, Carol is gorgeous, there is definitly more to Mike than the show let us know, and Kail is AMAZING, inside and out. Walking through the room and having people call me over and want to talk to me (and having no idea who they were) was SOOOO much fun!! I had a great time hanging out with dustins brother and finally meeting erics brothers.. they all kick ass. Everyone I had dinner with the night before rule. p.s. Jameka apologized to my grandma
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Missyb
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07-28-2004
| Thursday, September 20, 2007 - 5:46 am
Interesting post. All these people his Dad found worthless are rea;;y quite nice people. Imagine that. Maybe his rants weren't all truth !
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Cmist
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09-20-2005
| Thursday, September 20, 2007 - 8:58 am
Truth inside the game and BB house and fact outside the house and game are two very differnt things. Perhaps some might try to understand some of this. Perhaps also Dick's son is a terrific person who tries to help heal some of the pain that occured in the house as a consequence of the game. Bottom line Vincent is an amazing person for reaching out to be friendly to all of them. Perhaps he is a lot like his father. Imagine that!
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Ddfan
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08-04-2007
| Thursday, September 20, 2007 - 9:36 am
FROM ANDY'S BLOG ON BRAVO TV: Amber got fired!!!!! My plane arrived an hour late and so I missed the curtain for a friend's play, which both took the wind outta my sails and gave me the opportunity to watch the finale of "Big Brother 8" live. The show was interesting for two reasons. First of all, each and every lady was SLATHERED in glitter. Layers of glitter upon glitter coated the chest plates of everyone from Julie Chen to America's Favorite Anti Semite, aka Amber. Secondly, they left Chen's mic open at the end of the show so you could hear her conversation with Danielle. As credits rolled, Julie asked Dick and Danielle if they were thinking of going on "Amazing Race" (a genius idea unless it means an Emmy at "Runway"/"Chef" expense). They didn't seem to answer, but they seemed enthused. Then Danielle asked Chen if she was going to the wrap party and Chen said she had to split, but that the wrap party was Thursday night. Then they got into the minutia of when they would be seeing Julie over the next 48 hours. It was the best part of the show. I got some good Amber scoop on the BB8 set last week: Amber doesn't know it yet but while in the house she was fired from her cocktail waitress job in Vegas because of her vocal hatred of Jews. (Actually by the time you read this she's probably in tears... then again she's always in tears...) I am glad that with the removal of Amber and conclusion of Celine Dion's three year run, Vegas has finally rid itself of the last traces of anti Semitism. (I am kidding about Celine, of course.)
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Meggieprice
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07-09-2001
| Thursday, September 20, 2007 - 11:05 am
Thank you all for these tidbits- we all seem to need to know about these guys after spending so many weeks seeing them so much!
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Chippy
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08-16-2007
| Thursday, September 20, 2007 - 11:15 am
I can't help but feel sorry for Amber in all this. I mean, yeah, I know she said some idiotic stuff, but I also think it was overblown when you look at what everyone else said that is excused as "game play", "stress" (it's just soooooo haaarrrrrrrrrrddd), and name any other cop out. I'm not even convinced Amber knows what antisemitism is much less practices it. It was a dumb thing to say, but it wasn't malicious or vicious. This girl is hardly a picture of emotional stability and yet, there is some sense of joy over her getting a dose of how people feel and getting fired? Man, this show has made me lose some of my faith in humanity and that's no lie. Honest.
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Ace232521
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09-09-2004
| Thursday, September 20, 2007 - 11:17 am
Does anyone else feel bad about the glee that everyone is writing about Amber's problems? Sheesh, that poor girl should be on suicide watch and people are taking great pleasure in watching her downfall.
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Meggieprice
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07-09-2001
| Thursday, September 20, 2007 - 11:29 am
I feel really sad for her and I do not want bad things to happen to her. I think she was a fragile soul and what she said was due to ignorance. I am sad she lost her job.
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