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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 11:29 pm
What Tishala said.
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Puttergirl
Member
08-11-2000
| Monday, January 17, 2005 - 7:47 pm
LET THE GAMES BEGIN!
I've posted the questions for the new game in the Apprentice III poll thread. PLEASE, EVERYONE... PLAY!!! Even if you don't usually play these games, its all for fun and the more the merrier!!!
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Wednesday, February 02, 2005 - 12:49 pm
Well they have come up with the first spinoff....they just have to wait till that little prision sentence is done with. Yahoo News
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Thursday, February 03, 2005 - 3:43 pm
I'm so excited about Ms. Stewart's version of The Apprentice! I'm kinda over the Old Donald's version, but I am an unabashed fan of Ms. Stewart--who, I hope, will actually DO something on the show, unlike Old Donald--and I cannot wait to see her conquer prime time.
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Friday, February 04, 2005 - 7:35 am
There is an article in the Charlotte Observer today by reporter Leigh Dyer (won't post a link since the rest of the article isn't of much interest) about her experience interviewing for the new Apprentice show. She is a Duke graduate and received an email sent to all Duke graduates to try out for the show. She received a private 7 minute interview at Duke, whereas the national casting call will interview applicants in groups of 10. Duke organizers said its typical for the show to quietly partner with a university in the area of an open casting call to conduct more leisurely interviews. Applicants can choose between competing for a job with Donald Trump or with Martha Stewart. There is a rule that reporters aren't allowed to write about the questions the casting directors ask. She reported that it clearly wasn't a job interview but a personality evaluation. She spoke with other applicants and they reported similar interview experiences. She wasn't asked to have a Polaroid photo made at the end so she is assuming she didn't make the cut.
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Friday, February 04, 2005 - 7:41 pm
Martha Stewart's voice and mannerism's put me to sleep! They will have to jazz this show up a LOT from the way her previous show was. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... Isn't she almost out of prison and will be on house arrest for awhile? They can do the show from her house.
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Saturday, February 05, 2005 - 9:57 am
I saw on the news last night that she gets out in March. The news didn't mention the house arrest. I think I heard about the house arrest a few mos. ago.
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Seabreeze
Member
09-05-2004
| Saturday, February 05, 2005 - 10:03 am
House arrest for martha means that unless she is at work(40 hour work week), she will be home. So, the filming will be done outside of her home.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Thursday, February 24, 2005 - 9:03 am
Stacie J, Beyond Apprentice By Deardra Shuler http://www.blackstarnews.com/?c=135&a=1377 Stacie Jones (a.k.a. Stacie J) seldom watches television so she never even considered the possibility of auditioning for a reality show. One night, while bored, she watched one episode of The Apprentice while in Miami on a modeling assignment. The show sparked her interest especially when she realized it was taped in New York. Having always admired Donald Trump, for the first time she considered the prospect of auditioning for a reality show; especially since it offered the opportunity to work with Trump, whom Stacie considered to be a business mastermind and genius. Little did she know that her joy at winning a spot on the show would change by the third episode as would her starry-eyed opinion of Donald Trump. Stacie J has always had an entrepreneurial spirit. At 16 years old, she sold rock candy with her sister Michelle while living in Colorado where she grew up, although she was born in Omaha, Nebraska. Stacie attended Emory College in Atlanta and holds an MBA in marketing. At age 20, the enterprising student established a telemarketing company and ended up employing 17 staff members. After graduation, she opened a jazz club and restaurant called Jazzmin’s, located in downtown Atlanta. Eventually she sold the restaurant to the Shark Bar in Atlanta. Stacie, who believes in diversification, also started a modeling career after having been chosen as one of two people to model for Elite NY. She modeled in Miami, Europe and Africa, eventually returning to Atlanta to finish her education and pursue her interest in business. Currently juggling a modeling, acting and business career, Ms. Jones is with Ford Model Management in New York. She also works with Model Management (Miami, Los Angeles, Chicago and Atlanta). She has posed for campaigns such as Revlon, Clairol, Avon, and others, and performed catalog work for department stores such as Lord & Taylor, Macy’s, J.C. Penney, Sears and K-Mart. She has appeared in magazines the likes of Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Essence, Redbook and Marie Claire. The budding actress has also appeared on “As the World Turns;” “Guiding Light,” “The Dave Chappelle Show” and in a short film entitled, “Who is Cinderella.” She was involved in the Def Jam Production of “This is How We Do It” and she continues to secure both acting and modeling work. Pursuing her love for business, Stacie took advantage of what she learned while operating her restaurant in Atlanta and decided to open a Subway Sandwich franchise in Harlem. So, is it any wonder when the young business dynamo saw the opportunity to audition for The Apprentice show she jumped at the chance. “I had a lot of respect for Donald Trump and viewed him as someone at the top of his game. Also, I am very interested in the real estate business," she says, in the interview. "I looked up NBC on the Internet and saw the application for The Apprentice show was due in three days. I figured if I got the opportunity to work for Donald Trump that would be wonderful and if nothing else, I could put myself on The Donald’s rolodex in terms of his network of people. I thought who better to have as a mentor in the real estate business than Donald Trump. As an African American, I feel that I have only had one serious mentor. You know, Black people are only a couple of generations out of college. It’s always been hard for me to find someone who would say 'Let me take you under my wing and teach you how to go to the next level.' Although, I have achieved a lot in my life, it has been primarily as a result of book smarts, my intuition and hustle. My ultimate goal is to build my empire." Stacie’s stint on The Apprentice was short lived. “From the first meeting of my Apprentice peers, I found the men to be nice and the women rather catty. The living situation with the women was difficult because they were into that girly sorority behavior. I have never been into that. So, while I was off in my room doing business they were conspiring. It was clear that I wasn’t someone that would fit into their inner circle. Already, by the second time in the boardroom, I saw the women were out to get me, especially the Asian girl Ivanna, who actually saw herself as white. She was very crafty and knew how to manipulate the weaker ones. And like life, the weak ones always ban together to get rid of the stronger one. I guess I didn’t really take them seriously and thought Mr. Trump would see right through them. There was no way I thought I was going to get fired” claimed the young business exec. However, during her third trip into the boardroom, Trump bought the ‘crazy’ hype that had been perpetrated against Stacie and fired her." Stacie adds: “I had put Mr. Trump up on a pedestal but I found through my firing, that Mr. Trump has flaws just like the rest of us humans. I lost a lot of respect for Mr. Trump as a result. I felt my firing was not based on merit but rather complete slander and defamation of character. Like most African Americans, I have worked extremely hard for every single thing I have. Having entered the show at one level hoping to rise to another only to end up at an even lower ebb, was disappointing. What happened to me on The Apprentice, no person should have to endure. People who wonder whether reality shows are contrived can rest assured that everything that happens on these reality shows does happen. While the producers may not be telling contestants what to say, manipulation is certainly part of the game. This is how they script the reality show,” explained the former Apprentice star. “All of a sudden they take you off to the side and ask you questions. For example, in my case, everyone was playing with the 8-ball. Unexpectedly, the producers started asking me: 'What’s up with the 8-ball?' They asked whether I was nervous that the team members didn’t like that I played with the 8 ball. And, they mentioned to me that I was getting excited. I was amazed and started wondering 'What are they talking about! The 8 ball was nothing! It was stupid. Everyone was playing with the 8-ball. Yet, that issue kept being pressed. I wondered why they were even talking to me about such a trite matter. Now, that I look back at it, I see they were coaching a storyline along and were trying to invent character. So to anyone doing a reality show, especially an African American, I warn you to be very, very careful because they can take your personality and switch you around 360 degrees," cautions Stacie. “When you go on these shows, you are put through a hard core audition process; mental tests, IQ tests, therapist tests, emotional tests, background checks…everything. I beat out a million applicants. What ended up happening to me as a result of that whole 8-ball thing was I got the stigma of being crazy. And, that is absolutely not true! That is why I say its slander and defamation of character. All these lies were being told. I can guarantee had they had any footage of me lying they would have aired it. People like Ivanna, the Asian woman, lied consistently on camera. If you compare her to Omarosa, she lied way more than Omarosa. But because race is deep in America, and because of the color of her skin, people aren’t even saying 'Ivanna is far worse than Omarosa' continued," The Apprentice ingénue. “I think where Omarosa messed up and lost support was the situation with Kwame. She should have rethought that one. Omarosa got a lot of people upset with her so she ended up coming out with a negative. I think in my case, I came out with sympathy. I think people actually liked me. However, my being smeared by the women as being crazy has labeled me. Can you imagine how that feels to be slandered like that in front of the entire nation with people continually wondering about my sanity? Although the intent may be to make The Apprentice a #1 show they are doing it at anyone’s expense and I guess I was a product of that. Although, Trump, did apology to me on the 9th show,” recalls Stacie. Though Stacie J feels she was slandered and definitely experienced some negative repercussions as a result of the show, she does acknowledge the positive side. “I wasn’t known all over the United States prior to going on the show. I didn’t have the endorsements that I now have before the show. I didn’t have the exposure. I now have more of an opportunity to build on my recognition. Media is powerful in that way. I could allow myself to be defeated because of what happened to me or I could make the best of this opportunity. I plan to make the best of it. I may even do a book down the road. However, since the show I have won 3 endorsements. I am shooting two pilots right now. I have a few show ideas and I plan to use my business opportunities to build my empire." “Right now, I am going to seize all the opportunities available to me," she concludes. "Life is good. I am learning that when you have a lot of choices, make sure to make the right ones. I am living and I am learning. I am learning to have a couple of good friends, have a couple of good enemies, keep my enemies close and my friends closer. I am learning to have fun in life, work hard and always stay close to God."
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Carrie92
Member
09-15-2003
| Monday, May 16, 2005 - 6:18 am
Apprentice jobs a sham? Interesting article... LINK
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Auntiemike
Member
09-17-2001
| Monday, May 16, 2005 - 11:07 am
After reading that article it seems as if most contestants would be better off remaining with their own business endeavors. You'd have to really be a shining star to emerge in the DT dynasty from that windowless, out of the way office that Trump offers.
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Rslover
Member
11-19-2002
| Thursday, May 19, 2005 - 5:58 pm
TURBULENCE FOR 'APPRENTICE' A MIFFED mom who sat near the rowdy winner of last season's "The Apprentice" on a cross-country flight thinks the Donald Trump toadie should have his wings clipped. Jennifer Novak claims Kelly Perdew got drunk on Jack Daniel's and woke up her baby several times with his boisterous behavior in the first-class cabin of a Continental flight from Seattle to Newark on Sunday night. "He was very arrogant and disrespectful of other passengers," Novak told PAGE SIX. "I kept telling him to keep it down. He was acting like he was on a flight to Cancun!" Novak claimed the 38-year-old former Army officer started "knocking back Jack and Cokes before the plane got off the ground." After an attendant told him they had "run out" of alcohol, Novak alleges, Perdew "went into the first-class pantry area and began opening and shutting cabinets and searching the carts and drawers, insisting that he 'knew they had more' and were hiding it from him." But perhaps Novak's lowest blow was her claim that Perdew asked that most clichéd of questions: "Do you know who I am?" Perdew — who confirmed that he was chatting with flight attendants and posing for pictures with fellow passengers — says Novak should lighten up. "She was shushing everybody, telling everyone to be quiet," he said. "She asked the guy next to me to quiet down so her baby could sleep. He could have easily said, 'Do you know who this is?' I did not say that to her. I do not know what her agenda is, but that is not what occurred." Perdew denied searching the service carts for booze. He estimated that he had "maybe three drinks . . . I guess this is something that you have to get used to when you're in the public light." Meanwhile, whomever Trump picks tomorrow to win the popular NBC show's third season shouldn't expect much responsibility. Newsweek reports that Perdew and season one victor Bill Rancic have very little power in Trump's organization. Perdew has a small, windowless office space next to the assistant to Trump's wife, Melania — and has no assistant of his own. His primary project has been hawking his boss' new line of Trump Ice spring water. Perdew, who said his $250,000-a-year job is "going fantastic," says Newsweek "definitely had an agenda." Trump said on "The Big Idea With Donny Deutsch" last night that Newsweek is "as accurate as they were with the Koran, which caused the deaths of 17 or 18 people, and then they later said it didn't happen." LINK
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Jan
Member
08-01-2000
| Tuesday, June 28, 2005 - 6:50 am
Latest 'Apprentice' Starts Her Work NEW YORK (AP) - Kendra Todd got down to business as Donald Trump's latest "Apprentice" during her first day of work at the Trump National Golf Club in Briarcliff Manor. "I'm evaluating both national and international properties for potential golf expansion," Todd told The Associated Press Monday during a phone interview. "Additionally, I'm still juggling the day-to-day operations of MyHouseRE.com, my real estate marketing company based in Palm Beach." Todd will work at Trump National Golf Club with Trump adviser and Executive Vice President Carolyn Kepcher for three months before returning to Florida to oversee the renovation of Trump's Palm Beach mansion. "I truly feel like I have won two apprenticeships in one," said Todd. "I've already learned so much from Carolyn in a very short amount of time. She's been very sensitive to the fact that I own my own company and have my own employees to manage." Todd was selected as Trump's third "Apprentice" during the NBC reality show's live finale last month, winning a $250,000 salary and the chance to learn about business from the real estate mogul. Unlike Kelly Perdew, the second-season winner of "The Apprentice," who is overseeing the Trump Ice bottled water project from a windowless office in Manhattan, Todd said her office at the golf club has a view. "I have several windows," she said. "There's so many windows I have to turn up the air conditioning because there's so much sun." LINK
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Buggles
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09-07-2002
| Tuesday, June 28, 2005 - 10:51 am
<<Unlike Kelly Perdew, the second-season winner of "The Apprentice," who is overseeing the Trump Ice bottled water project from a windowless office in Manhattan, Todd said her office at the golf club has a view. "I have several windows," she said. "There's so many windows I have to turn up the air conditioning because there's so much sun.">> lmbo Must be sweet to get paid a quarter mil to run your own business and in your free time get trained by Carolyn Keptcher... where do I sign up ???
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Tuesday, June 28, 2005 - 12:54 pm
In Kelly's defense...I work in a downtown Dallas skyscraper and window offices command a huge price per square foot - you have to be pretty high up on the feeding chain to get a window...I can assumein NYC that it is even pricier...that being said he is still a minion...but aren't they all Donald's minions?
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Thursday, July 07, 2005 - 3:08 pm
Blurb in the OC Register The Watcher column: You're Fired - Again The NY Post reports that former "Apprentice" hopeful EReka Vetrini has been dumped from the second season of "The Tony Danza Show." Vetrini had been Danza's sidekick, but the producers are shaking things up in hopes of improving the show's lackluster performance. The Watcher's reaction: Tony Danza has a talk show?
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Friday, July 08, 2005 - 7:38 am
(((sigh))) Erika who????
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Tuesday, July 12, 2005 - 11:54 am
This was WAY disturbing:
quote:Will The Apprentice become a battle of the races? Business mogul Donald Trump says he “wasn’t particularly happy” with the most recent season of his hit reality show, and is considering some controversial changes bound to generate buzz for upcoming episodes. Among the proposals: pitting a team of African-American contestants against a team of all-white players. “Whether people like that idea or not, it is somewhat reflective of our very vicious world,” according to Trump. “But needless to say, not everybody thinks it’s a good idea.” Trump wasn’t available for further comment, but a rep told The Scoop that “it’s just an idea that’s being considered.”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8545430/
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Tuesday, July 12, 2005 - 12:16 pm
Disgusting. It will never happen. People would way rather ignore racial stratification, than have it shoved in their face on primetime.
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Jan
Member
08-01-2000
| Tuesday, July 12, 2005 - 1:32 pm
if Neighbors couldn't get on - no way the Network would go for this ugly suggestion, methinks !!
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Auntiemike
Member
09-17-2001
| Tuesday, July 12, 2005 - 3:38 pm
Maybe he's found a whole bunch of 'Omarosas' that he wants to feature. Sure would stir things up! I, personally, think separating groups by ethnic backgrounds would be a huge step backwards! Besides, wouldn't that be against the law, with regard to hiring (which he does at the end)???
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Tuesday, July 19, 2005 - 9:11 am
quote:Trump says he didn't like black vs. white Apprentice idea Donald Trump’s “plans” to pit black candidates versus white candidates in a future Apprentice has been abandonded. Trump told The New York Post, “Because of the enormous success of ‘The Apprentice,’ people are always calling and e-mailing us with ideas for the show. This idea was suggested by numerous people. But I personally don’t like it, so it will never happen.” But just five days ago, he told MSNBC’s Jeannette Walls, “Whether people like that idea or not, it is somewhat reflective of our very vicious world. But needless to say, not everybody thinks it’s a good idea.”
http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/archives/the_apprentice_3/2005_Jul_18_no_race_teams
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Potted_plant
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08-29-2001
| Tuesday, July 19, 2005 - 9:31 am
it would have been race baiting, & a really dumb idea. I think Trump is a fool.............who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
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Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000
| Sunday, July 24, 2005 - 5:33 pm
On another site someone said that Omarosa is taping her own talk show. Can anybody confirm this? Thanks 
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Monday, July 25, 2005 - 11:06 am
The only thing I can tell you Ketch is that Omarosa said on the Dr. Phil show that she was getting her own talk show. Whether or not Omarosa was telling the truth remains to be seen.
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