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...snagging boxer Evander Holyfield. People tuned in because they couldn't believe a onetime heavyweight champ would be hoofing it on TV. To keep its audience growing, the show - which, according to Nielsen, averaged 20 million viewers last season - has to find contestants who will bring in new fan bases, beyond its usual rotation of sports figures, minor Hollywood celebs and reality stars. The cast benefits from a range of ages and backgrounds. "Some people may tune in to see Tom DeLay, then fall in love with [former teen heartthrob] Aaron Carter," says Katz...
...makes a difference that DeLay comes to the show as a fan. For many of the male contestants, the biggest stumbling block is what producers call the entourage factor: What will the guy's friends say? But DeLay had already outed himself when, in 2006, he e-mailed his supporters, urging them to vote for country star Sara Evans' "good American values" against Jerry Springer and his "smut" (to no avail, since Evans left the show voluntarily around the same time she announced her divorce). (See the top 10 skanky reality TV shows...
...digital age in business settings, which are evolving. "Nobody--and I repeat, nobody--is so important they need to check their PDA during a meeting or lunch," she writes. "The people with whom you're talking need to have 100 percent of your focus." The author is not a fan of texting ("Unless the situation is extremely urgent, text-messaging is not an appropriate way to communicate in a professional setting"); smiley-face emoticons; overly familiar salutations or sign-offs (forget "ciao" and "cheers"); or ungrammatical, unproofread messages. Jones warns that getting too frisky on social websites like MySpace, Facebook...
...personally a fan of places where people write things on walls at 4 a.m. in the middle of an all-nighter,” said Pfoho resident Natalia I. Irizarry-Cole ’11. “It’s nice to know you’re not in it alone...
...number of distractions threatened to derail the Crimson, but Harvard field hockey didn’t bat an eye.Despite a vocal visiting fan section, some cases of swine flu and soggy conditions, nothing could dampen the Crimson’s home opener as the squad rolled to its third straight victory Saturday afternoon, taking down Bryant, 4-2, at Jordan Field.“I’m really proud of how the team stepped up and focused despite the weather,” co-captain Kristin Bannon said. “We also didn’t have...