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Ladytex
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09-27-2001
| Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 3:48 pm
'The Apprentice,' the musical? Hit reality show may be moving to neon-lit Broadway from glitzy Fifth Avenue boardroom, report says. http://money.cnn.com/2005/01/18/news/newsmakers/apprentice_musical/index.htm?cnn=yes January 18, 2005: 4:22 PM EST NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - The hit NBC reality show, "The Apprentice," may be headed to Broadway. The Hollywood Reporter said Tuesday that Mark Burnett and Donald Trump, executive producers of the NBC show, are developing "The Apprentice: The Musical." The industry trade magazine said Burnett is currently writing the book for the musical, with several songs already written. "It's a love story," Burnett said of the project at a Friday meeting, according to the paper, to promote his upcoming NBC reality series "The Contender." "It's very inspirational," he added.

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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 8:59 pm
less than 24 hours to go 
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Thursday, January 20, 2005 - 10:02 am
KL...will you let us know if Jen M. replies to you?
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Spunky
Member
10-08-2001
| Friday, January 21, 2005 - 1:16 pm
I skipped the second series... didn't miss it at all!! I don't think I'll get invoved in the third one either... enough already. Trump, time to think of something else. (Something about this type of show that gets on my nerves... it's not relaxing)
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Rslover
Member
11-19-2002
| Saturday, January 22, 2005 - 11:16 am
Was Sam "fired" from writing his entertaining commentary? I didn't see it and I miss his funny analysis.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, January 26, 2005 - 12:01 am
A funny thing happened on Saturday night as we waited in line to beg our way into the Entertainment Weekly party, where the likes of Casey Affleck, David Schwimmer, Adrien Brody, Tom Arnold (!), and Crispin Glover were hanging out. (We got in eventually. Yay for free booze!) The Apprentice season one champ Bill Rancic sashayed up to the entrance and walked right in with barely a nod to a publicist. About ten seconds later, an enraged staffer stomped out to let loose on her gatekeepers. "Who the hell let The Apprentice guy in? I told him 17 times that he can't be here. He's not on the list, he's not confirmed! He's not supposed to be here!" Even when you're seated at the right hand of The Donald, you're still on the reality D-list. link
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Wednesday, January 26, 2005 - 2:28 pm
LOL! THAT is funny!
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Justalittlebean
Member
08-15-2003
| Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 10:31 am
Trump's show discriminates, lawsuit says By Peter Shinkle Of the Post-Dispatch 02/08/2005 link

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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 12:41 pm
Sounds like he wants his 5 minutes of fame early, doesn't it? I don't get it. He hasn't been rejected from the show and he has no proof that disabled people have been rejected (as a matter of fact Mark Burnett has a history of having disabled people in his reality series). Having people be in excellent mental and physical health is pretty much a requirement for all jobs - can you see an employer putting an ad stating that physically and mentally ill people should apply? Even if you are disabled you should be able to do the job and by law an employer already cannot discriminate against persons with disabilities. This man just wants attention. I think he's just trying to insure either he gets publicity or he forces the show to hire him out of fear of bad publicity. It is manipulative.
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Gen
Member
08-22-2003
| Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 2:17 pm
Roxip, let's face it, he is a lawyer! It's all about money!
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Seabreeze
Member
09-05-2004
| Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 2:59 pm
The attorney is disabled; he is a quad. It is not about the money.
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Auntiemike
Member
09-17-2001
| Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 6:57 pm
I think he brings up a good point and really makes them accountable to whether this is really an "extended job interview" or pure entertainment. If it is considered a legitimate job interview then it seems they would have abide by some anit-discrimination laws.
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Luvmykitties
Member
01-02-2004
| Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 11:26 pm
I think it's stupid that it's even referred to as an "extended job interview". You don't get "fired" from interviews. It's a reality/unscripted TV Show = entertainment. Although the prize is a job with Trump organization, you're not applying for a job directly with Trump Organization. You're auditioning to be on a Reality TV Show that's produced by Mark Burnett.
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Luvmykitties
Member
01-02-2004
| Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 11:28 pm
oh - and I saw coming attractions for Fear Factor and they are going to have a "reality TV" episode. And guess who's participating? Yes, Omarosa!
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Friday, February 11, 2005 - 6:39 pm
article on auditioning for the apprentice http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6954292/site/newsweek/
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 6:16 am
     Omarosa     finds bias in Burnett New York DailyNews "Apprentice" castoff Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth yesterday slammed the show's executive producer, Mark Burnett, for the way he handles African-American players on the popular reality show. Manigault-Stallworth said Burnett has demonstrated a "pattern of betrayals of African-American women" on "The Apprentice." She noted the way she was portrayed in the first season, the way Stacy Jackson was shown last season, and how Verna is being handled this time around. "Once you start looking at how all the black men are perceived as lazy and laid-back and nonaggressive," she said, "and all the black women are quite the opposite, I do think there is a pattern." [...]
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 6:30 am
Kwame was lazy and nonagressive?
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 6:53 am
Omarosa is my perennial Christmas stocking--just when you think you have gotten all the presents, she delivers another that is more wonderful than the previous ones! And who can deliver her pronouncements with as much Omatude? Oh I know that silly old French song "Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux," but Omarosa, in her Omatastic way, proves it wrong all the time.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 7:51 am
She's basically saying the same thing Rory said week before last (I think) in his Fishbowl interview. He wants to have a panel discussion on this very subject.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 10:26 am
LOL Tish! Oma is the reason Kwame didn't win, she neglects to mention that.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 10:27 am
Rory wasn't shown as lazy, he was shown as a very hard worker, a little cranky at times, but he wasn't lazy.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 10:35 am
I think she does have a point about how AA women are being portrayed but she's making the wrong point and she's the wrong person to make any point anyway.
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Max
Member
08-12-2000
| Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 10:50 am
It's true that the editing can make people look better or worse than they actually are. However, I always have to wonder how much is the editing, how much is the casting (that is, did they LOOK for folks who would be the "character" they wanted to portray), and how much really IS the person. I mean, if only stereotypical people apply, then only stereotypes will be portrayed. I have to wonder how much that, along with the other factors I listed, plays a part. It's the same on Survivor. Has there been a black man on that show who was really good? In any case, as Mocha said, Omarosa is the wrong person to be waving this banner. In addition, her comments pretty much negate Kwami's existence on the show, don't they? Seems like she's doing a pretty good job of playing her own part in that stereotype she's complaining about.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 11:40 am
No, Rory wasn't shown as lazy LATER, but earlier, Sarge's words and the editing made it look like he wasn't doing anything before he got switched to the women's tribe. He said he didn't do anything more than he was doing before, but we didn't see that. You can listen to his show for yourself here and really hear what he has to say on the subject.
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 1:06 pm
Why cant they shut omaroosa up. She needs to go away.
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