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Thomas Dekker was filming a scene for the enchanting Secret Circle when the paparazzi magically caught up with him. I like many people have been bewitched by Gale Harold for ages, but I think that Adam has worked his secret potion on me because with just one look he has won me over. Not that didn’t know that before this sexy picture, but man I am totally under his spell.
I can’t wait to see what he does tomorrow at 9p on The CW’s hot, I mean hit, new show The Secret Circle.
Tonight on Remodeled at 9p on The CW, we get to see what is one of the biggest scams in the modeling world…modeling schools. It should be common knowledge that you don’t pay to learn how to be a model, your agent should teach that to you for free if you can truly make it in the business.
Tonight when Paul Fisher and his staff go to one of the agencies in their Network, they find out the owner runs a modeling school there and they are flabbergasted. When I spoke to his VP Olga Tavarez and him recently they shared with me why it is so important to watch tonight’s show. Tavarez said, “We are so happy with that episode because it is going teach so many people across America what the school is. It is actually a scam. I think it will be a great educational thing for everyone to see.” And then Fisher added, “You can’t teach somebody to be 5’10â€. No matter how much we try. You can’t teach them.” And when you watch, you will see that several of those students are not even close to that height.
So I had to find out from him what it takes to be a model and what advice he has for someone who wants to be one. He let me in that secret, “The first thing you say when someone wants to be a model, ‘DON’T!’ Run from us. Do something else. But if you are 5’9†to 6’ tall as a girl or 6’1†to 6’3†as a boy, 15 to 19 starting as a girl. If you are that and there is something inside of you, driving you. The things other young people can look up to you and you can be a good role model, then maybe, just maybe you should think about it. Other than that. Run away from people like me.” Olga also let me know what she thinks it takes, “I think people take it a little too personally. It’s really a business about aesthetics and if you have what it takes. It is a lot kinder to tell someone, ‘You are not going to make it in this. It really is not a personal thing. Don’t do it. Don’t waste your time.’” She then added, “If they really have what it takes, anyone else who tells them otherwise or tries to steer them, again it is like a scam. It is unkind. People might interpret it as not a nice thing to say; ‘Oh you don’t have what it takes to be a model.’ Actually it is a really positive thing to know at the beginning instead of finding it out years later.” That is so true about so many things and especially for a profession that has such a short shelf life.
So what do they want the viewers to take from the show? This is what Fisher wants you learn from Remodeled, “So people can actually see the real world of modeling industry, so they can know, should I put my foot into that, should I not put my foot into that? So they are going to see the real world.” He concluded with, “I think it is very educational. It is going to be the first time that people can actually see what the real business is really all about. It’s not lights, camera, action. It’s hard and there are intense characters like me.”
So now you know what he wants you to learn from the show, what did he learn from his work on the Docu-series? Here is what he got from the lesson, “I learned that sometimes my communication skills suck. I learned that I cannot speak to each and every single person the same exact way.” I can tell you after talking with him, he seems to have learned his lesson because he is so much different than what you see on television. And I am learning from his show what it takes to be part of such a tough industry and it is even tougher than I thought.
Hart of Dixie is finally back on The CW tonight at 9p and having this show back on TV is as sweet as honey. Zoe Hart (Rachel Bilson) is told that she needs to find out more about her family and she discovers that she has an aunt. So she goes to visit her newest family member and learns that she is a Belle by blood. Now that the doctor knows that she is a Belle legacy, she can’t wait to tell her arch-enemy Lemon (Jamie King) the good news. Well Lemon takes it as sourly as her name and decides to haze the carpetbagger. The things she will make her do will make you love this sweet Southern show even more.
Tonight’s episode is not only about Zoe becoming a Belle, but it’s also about several of Bluebell’s residents learning more about what it takes to make a family.
So tune in for the most darling show on television and also to find out why I used the word honey to describe tonight’s episode.
BTW Rachel Bilson is as believable as a Southern Belle as she is a doctor and I would never say otherwise ever again. In case you don’t know why I am so afraid of her, here is a rap her costar Wilson Bethel wrote for her to answer all of those critics that gave her unhealthy reviews.
Tonight at 9p on The CW the network gets a new Docu-series and it is called Remodeled. Paul Fisher launched The Network in which he takes struggling modeling agencies under his umbrella throughout the world and turns them into thriving ones. In a way it is a lot like Fox’s Kitchen Nightmares and Bravo’s Tabatha’s Salon Takeover as in he goes in and transforms these dying modeling agencies into ones with star models. Just like the other two shows, you learn a lot about the modeling industry as he goes through and changes things up.
In the promos for Remodeled and the show itself, he comes off as very abrasive and last week he explained why he is so tough on the agencies he is remodeling. He said, “Well, first of all, I’m not an actor. What you see is what you get. I’m a very passionate man. I truly believe that when parents are putting their kids’ youth into your hands, I take that as a very serious responsibility. I deal with agencies that are struggling. And it doesn’t matter if they are agencies or whatever kind of business they are. They are on life support. My job is to help them, to help them build their business. And it’s not like curing cancer or anything like that, but we are dealing with young, beautiful souls. They are putting them into my hands into our hands, and I take that very, very seriously, and so I am very, very intense. I’m very, very passionate about what I do.” And it is important for him to do this because as you will see in next week’s episode there is one agency that has a modeling school in the office. One of the first things anyone learns when they want their child to be a model is any school you have to pay to learn how to do things is a scam. So it is important for parents to watch this show to learn what is the right agency to sign up for.
So how does his show different from the others on television, here is the answer Fisher gave to that question: “Well, I’d like to start with, you know, I’m an agent, and I’ve been an agent for a very, very long time. I really no disrespect to any other shows out there. There’s some really, really cool shows out there about the modeling industry, but I am an agent, and that’s what I’ve done for many, many years is create help create young people into becoming stars. So I believe what you guys are going to see for the first time ever in the history of television is young is the real world of the modeling industry, is actually a young person and the process of what takes what truly takes place when a kid is found, discovered, and then actually launched, not placing the kid with a modeling agency, but actually you’re going to actually see kids do campaigns and not get campaigns. You are going to actually see kids walk down the runways for the biggest designers in the world, and this is not make-believe. You guys call it a reality show. I call it a docu-series. To me, what we are doing is we are documenting what The Network does every single day.”
One thing that makes him very different from any model agent I ever heard from is his stance on being a model. He said, “I’m not a big supporter of the modeling industry. I don’t suggest any young person to ever enter into our world. I actually think it can be very, very damaging for a young person. I believe that anytime that you go on 5 castings a day, 25 castings a week, 100 castings a month, 1,200 castings a year, and 1,198 times you don’t get that job, by the time you turn 18, 19, 20 years old, you look in the mirror, and you see things that nobody else sees. When young people come and see me, I actually tell them to ‘Run away from me, ma’am.’ I actually say, ‘Do not model. This is not a good business for almost anybody.’ I don’t support the modeling industry. I don’t suggest it upon anybody.” So if he does take on a client, you know he really sees something in them. And that is a process you will see through out the Docu-series.
Another thing that blew me away is how he cares for his models and what he does to protect them both mentally and physically from the harsh business. Here is what he does to do that, “I believe that our industry must take social responsibility for the media, for the messages and the photos and images that we’re putting out into the world. You know, a typical a normal young person, a normal woman 5 foot 4, 143 pounds; a normal model 5 foot 11, 111 pounds. Our industry ten years ago, we were about 8 percent off of what the normalcy was. We’re now 23 percent off. I believe there’s 7 million kids around the world right now that are sticking their fingers down their throat, and I believe that our industry must take responsibility for the images that we are we’re putting out there into the world. When I first decided and I had this dream. You know, I wanted to create a business which would be a very safe environment for young women, and that’s when we decided to put together experts in all these various different important in these very important things that these kids need as they’re entering into our business. And so what we have is not workshops, but if a young person has an eating disorder, we have experts that can speak. At no cost. There’s no cost to this. If a kid has an eating disorder or a kid has a skin issue, if a kid has a depression issue, if a kid has a self esteem issue, we have experts that work with these kids because, once again, I want to say very, very clearly whether you believe me or not, how much money I make off of a kid is one thing. Their soul is ten times more important to me than how much money I can make off that kid. I have a responsibility to them. I have a responsibility to their parents. And it’s a responsibility that I take very, very seriously. So we have experts that work with all of our kids. You know, and, once again, this ain’t a show. This is my business. This is a mission of ours.”
So now that you know how Remodeled is different than anything else on TV, why not watch this beautiful show tonight on The CW at 9p and for the next two Tuesdays at this timeslot before moving to its permanent one on Wednesdays starting February 1st.
Kevin Williamson has a very tough job being the Executive Producer of the hottest shows on The CW, so why shouldn’t he get some rewards for all his hard work. Instead of taking one girl to the Golden Globes parties, he took two women and they weren’t your normal ladies they are witches. So which witch is more enchanting to you The Vampire Diaries Kat Graham or The Secret Circle’s Phoebe Tonkin.
Personally I think they are both equally bewitching, so it is a tie for me. That and I am afraid if I were to pick one what the other one might do to me.
You can see both witches cast a spell on you every Thursday on The CW.
