Archive through January 14, 2003
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Archive through January 14, 2003
Essence | Wednesday, December 18, 2002 - 05:47 am     Bat, I think Arissa is genuine in her apologies and acknowledgments of wrongdoings. She's got serious issues that won't be solved on a television show. This girl has been through something in her life that has her the way she is now, and I think it's a step in the right direction for her to acknowledge that something needs to change. The fact that she has stated now is the time to change shows that she is genuine and really wants to. It takes some people longer than others, and I get the feeling that she has a lot to work through. |
Seamonkey | Wednesday, December 18, 2002 - 11:55 am     Well, I hope that is true, that Arissa will actually go to anger management class (she mentioned that), but she's had these "time to change" statements more than once, so I have to wonder. If MTV offered her some counselling I hope she jumps on it. I think at this point she'd be open to it. Irulan's baby talk to Gabe was so manipulative and her statement that all is ok because she calls and tells him about her "camping" with Alton. Give me a break. She's just not worried about her effects on others. And while I feel sorry for Alton, he's a big boy and he's just not listening, or he's saying what he knows is true but he really thinks somehow it will work out? I notice Trishelle wasn't spouting off about Irulan like she always does about Brynn. |
Fruitbat | Wednesday, December 18, 2002 - 12:22 pm     I see Arissa as 'feeling' genuine in the moment. This is not an act, but a behaviour that is serving her well and has become a habit and way of being for her. Apologize, see the light, vow to change and continue. She came to this show with this routine in place. I do not see her as having had a great epiphany because of this experience. |
Grooch | Wednesday, December 18, 2002 - 12:36 pm     But maybe watching her behavior on tv will give her the epiphany she needs. |
Fruitbat | Wednesday, December 18, 2002 - 12:46 pm     Maybe. |
Laura11103 | Wednesday, December 18, 2002 - 01:02 pm     Alton is so infatuated with Irulan and everyone sees it. I thought it was nice that Steven was trying to warn him because Alton will get hurt. She's all over Alton but then on the phone telling Gabe how much she loves him. She's happily playing both sides of the fence... someone's gonna get hurt big time. |
Webkitty | Wednesday, December 18, 2002 - 01:28 pm     Laura, I agree 100%. Its painful to watch Alton's confessionals. He has it bad for Irulan. Steven tried to warn him but I think these two are going to "hook up" before the season is out. He will get hurt. I think she is used to getting what she wants and will move on after the show. I hope Alton goes on to vet school like he plans and meets a nice, mature (key word) young woman that can appriciate the loyalty, sensitivity and emotional depth he has to offer. I get the impression that Arissa is clinically depressed. She needs therapy and maybe meds. I feel sorry for her, she seems lost and needs more help than this bunch of knuckleheads can offer. He boyfriend seems nice, but isn't in a position to give her the help she needs. jmo |
Essence | Wednesday, December 18, 2002 - 02:04 pm     I hope Arissa gets the help she needs also. It's painful to watch her go back and forth like she does. I hope that watching herself on tv will help her...something needs to. |
Fruitbat | Wednesday, December 18, 2002 - 02:09 pm     Trishelle may be the one in the most trouble. Wonder if we will hear how she is doing at home with her father when this show ends. Will it ever <> end is the question. That seems to be the most troubling for me. I can't just stop watching. |
Essence | Wednesday, December 18, 2002 - 02:13 pm     LOL, Bat. It's not the best, but I hate when I miss an episode. Oh well, it shouldn't be long now. |
Squaredsc | Tuesday, January 07, 2003 - 11:59 am     has this show ended yet? there is an episode on tonight and was wondering if its new or not. |
Conejo | Tuesday, January 07, 2003 - 12:25 pm     Square, I really haven't kept up with it and every time I see an episode I wonder the same thing! |
Grooch | Tuesday, January 07, 2003 - 12:29 pm     It's still on. Irulan and Alton are in bed together in the preview for tonight's show. |
Squaredsc | Tuesday, January 07, 2003 - 12:46 pm     ok thanks grooch. they were in bed on another episode and i was wondering if its the same one or not. conejo, its just so hard and too many shows to keep up with. |
Conejo | Tuesday, January 07, 2003 - 12:51 pm     Thanks Grooch, maybe if I watch the episode tonight I can continue to watch it on a regular basis. Square, I know and with all of the Holidays and program changes I think it's going to take me a couple of weeks to get re-adjusted! (that's assuming that I ever was adjusted)LOL |
Misslibra | Tuesday, January 07, 2003 - 09:26 pm     It was a new episode at 10pm tonight. Irulan's B'day and boy did she celebrate. I know one thing Alton should kept his and Irulan relationship on a friendship terms, otherwise he is going to be hurt. And it was funny when Alton was laying in the bed asleep covers had fell off of him after sleeping with that girl and Trishelle Frank and Steve was talking about Alton and standing on the bed to try to see who the girl was he was with. I can't believe how fast these people will sleep with someone. Don't even know the person but hops right into bed with them. |
Seamonkey | Wednesday, January 08, 2003 - 08:42 am     When Irulan gets on the phone with Gabe and babytalks, I just want to hurl.. she and Alton are both deluded. And the previews show that after Trishelle has gotten over her pregnancy possibility with Steven, and basically psyched him into a sort of exclusivity (as much as anyone in that place seems to understand exclusivity) now she's goint after Frank.. and Frank, the supposed "voice of reason" for the season looks like he's tempted.. I'm sure MTV is just salivating over the thought of injecting this gang into a future challenge. I might have more to say after I see the whole episode  |
Grooch | Wednesday, January 08, 2003 - 08:47 am     I missed it. Dang. |
Webkitty | Wednesday, January 08, 2003 - 09:00 am     I'm finding it harder to anaylize this show. They all seem immature and most actions seem to be driven by hormones. What else is there to say? |
Squaredsc | Wednesday, January 08, 2003 - 09:27 am     i totally missed last nites episode. after asking ques about it, then i go an miss it. im an idiot. |
Seamonkey | Wednesday, January 08, 2003 - 03:12 pm     Horemones running amok for sure.. Alton brings this teacher girl up, sleeps with her on camera, amuses Trishelle, Steven and Frank by exposing what Steven claims is the world's largest penis (we got it blurred out), they giggle, finally cover him up.. he and girl sleep thru that.. Meanwhile Irulon is evidently for once in her own bed, basically passed out cold from being so drunk at her gimme gimme gimme birthday celebration.. And later Alton says he just had to have this girl so he'd have self-respect because of course he's letting Irulan totally disrespect him.. but seems it was ok to disrespect the other girl.. Aieeeeee!!! |
Seamonkey | Wednesday, January 08, 2003 - 03:13 pm     Oh, but.. THE GOOD NEWS THIS SEASON?? They didn't let any of these people work with children. |
Squaredsc | Wednesday, January 08, 2003 - 03:31 pm     lol sea. that is a good thing. |
Grooch | Friday, January 10, 2003 - 11:08 am     Arissa Interview From Malden to 'The Real World' By Johnny Diaz, Globe Staff, 1/7/2003 o millions of viewers of MTV's ''The Real Word: Las Vegas,'' Arissa has been the cast's firecracker, the sensitive tough girl who blurts out ''the good with the bad,'' the girl who will throw a punch if someone disses her in a club and then cry about it during an on-camera confession. To family and friends in her hometown of Malden, she is Arissa Hill, a bright 23-year-old homegirl raised by a single mom, a young woman with an electric smile who took a gamble on modeling and reality TV, succeeding at both. Las Vegas is a long way from Malden, but it's a move Hill has made with surprising ease - and uncommon aspirations. Last February, Hill got her chance at stardom when she won a coveted spot as one of seven 20-somethings packed in a Vegas high-roller suite for five months in MTV's signature soap-opera verite. Now, midway through the show's 22-episode season, Arissa wonders where her life will lead post-''Real World.'' She is about to become the newest member of another graduating class of reality stars, all of whom hope that America's being on a first-name basis with them will vault them to full-fledged stardom. But will Hill go on to fame when so many others just seem lame? ''We hope it turns the corner for her,'' said her father, Joseph Iantosca, a retiree who tunes in every week to see what his daughter is up to in Las Vegas. ''She has always wanted something like this.'' The real Arissa Hill was born in Malden Hospital to Karen Hill and Iantosca and named after a name her mother saw in The National Enquirer. Although Arissa's father was active in her childhood, her mother reared her while working as a directory-assistance operator. The elder Hill nabbed overtime hours whenever she could to make ends meet. Her parents recall that even when their daughter was a toddler, the camera adored her. ''Even when she had no front teeth, she had never gone through an awkward stage,'' said Karen Hill. ''She was a beautiful child, even at age 2.'' Half African-American and half Italian, Arissa blossomed into a stunning, 5-foot-9-inch woman with a Colgate smile in her teen years. While at Malden High, Arissa began building a portfolio of photos and shopped them to local model scouts. She soon landed some modeling work: Boston runway shows, pictorial ads, and commercials for Decelle and Marshalls. She continued modeling at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, where she pursued a degree in advertising and public relations. It was her modeling agent who suggested that Arissa try out for reality TV. Arissa initially auditioned for a new series from ''The ''Real World'' producers, but when that show was scrapped, they asked her to try out for the new season of ''The Real World,'' to be set in a penthouse suite in The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. The cast of seven would work as promoters and dancers for the hotel's club, Rain, while having their lives videotaped. A fan of the show since she was 12, Arissa didn't need much coaxing. ''It just seemed like it would be the experience of a lifetime, '' said Arissa, who also had a burning desire to move out of what she calls ''the projects.'' It is that reference that her mother resents. ''The projects are down the street,'' said Karen Hill. The family, Hill continues, lived in a two-bedroom low-income housing complex. ''It was a place I was happy to live in at age 10,'' Arissa says. ''At age 20, it wasn't the same. It turned into the poster place of where not to live.'' She witnessed street fights breaking out, and prostitutes and drug dealers have hung out on her block in recent years. Still, Karen Hill kept a close eye on her daughter. ''I didn't let Arissa run in the streets growing up,'' she says. ''I kept a tight rein on her. We joke that she was in day care until she was 12.'' Malden has been with Arissa throughout ''The Real World.'' Like the other cast members, Arissa wore a hidden microphone ''23 hours of the day.'' A coterie of cameras caught her every move in the Southwestern-themed hotel suite, and Malden watches right along. When Arissa strutted with cast members in a runway show at Rain, Malden followed her every sashay. As she tried to tame tempers between two of her Vegas roommates (one of whom was armed with a fork), Malden hung on her every word. And as Arissa defended herself in a nightclub by popping a punch at another reveler, Malden watched, and then saw her stand emotionally naked on camera, regretting the incident. Local viewers waste no time weighing in on Arissa's behavior. Whenever a new episode airs on MTV (Tuesday nights at 10), her mom's voice mail is full of messages from local admirers - and critics. During the holidays, when Arissa came home and went shopping with her parents and her younger sister, Jenna, 16, at the South Shore Plaza, fans mobbed Arissa with so many autograph requests that her parents left the mall shortly afterward. Home now is Las Vegas, where Arissa has stayed since the show wrapped this summer. She is hoping to ride the wave of fame and parlay that into a modeling career. She has launched a Web site (arissahill.com) and has singing and acting on her radar. Through the show, Arissa says she has learned to realize and reach her potential. ''I'm not afraid of anything anymore,'' she says. ''I have come to a point where I am going to go and do everything I want to do. That has made the world of difference in everything since the show.'' |
Jana | Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 08:35 pm     NY POST...PAGE 6 JUST days after getting dumped by *NSYNC's J.C. Chasez, hard-partying starlet Tara Reid (above) has taken up with a new man. Reid's new squeeze is George Maloof, owner of the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. The couple first met when Reid and Chasez came to the hotel's one-year anniversary a while back. Last week, the "American Pie" party girl enjoyed a comped suite at the Palms for five days. |
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