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The Amazing Race - Still the Best of its Genre: But the Itinerary's Not as Amazing as it Once Was

Michael Russnow | Posted 06.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Tammy and Victor, Hawaii, Europe, Home, Russnow, Switzerland, Beijing, Scotland, Emmy Award, Cbs, Thailand, China, Star Search, Margie and Luke, Bavaria, London, South Africa, Salzburg, Aberdeen, Russia, Ted Mack's Amateur Hour, Romania, Mexico City, Cancun, Survivor, Phil Keoghan, Siberia, Brazil, Bangkok, Munich, Maui, Michael Russnow, The Amazing Race, India, Namibia, American Idol, Major Bowes, Jaipur, Cambridge University, Reality TV, Andreas Stenschke, Entertainment News

The Amazing Race provides fewer decision-making opportunities and clocks less mileage in each episode, thus diminishing the potential for bad luck affecting the teams. What's the reason?

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Survivor Tocantins: Lies and Whispers

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 06.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Reality TV, Survivor Tocantins, Jesus, Vodka, Survivor, H1n1, Entertainment News

Watching any kind of competition is always more enjoyable if you have someone to root for. The problem with the last third of this season of Survivor is that there is no one left to root for.

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Swine Flu Survival: The Science of a Single Sneeze (and Three Simple Ways to Protect Yourself)

Ben Sherwood | Posted 05.26.2009 | World

Read More: Swine Flu, Survivor, Centers for Disease Control, Mexico, Pandemic, Tamiflu, Epidemic, Hand-Washing, Relenza, Swine Flu Survival, How to Protect Yourself From the Swine Flu, The Survivors Club, World-Health-Organization-Nyt, How to Protect Yourself From Swine Flu, How to Protect Against Swine Flu, World News

It may sound obvious, but hand-washing with soap and water for around 20 seconds is the single best thing you can do to prevent swine flu.

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Israeli Army Killed His Three Daughters but Palestinian Lobbies for Reconciliation

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 05.26.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Racism, Holocaust, Survivor, Israel, Izzeldin Abuelaish, World News

Holocaust survivors are now all in their late seventies, eighties, or nineties. Soon there won't be any around to remind the rest of us what the Holocaust was and what it wasn't.

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Survivor Tocantins: NOT About Susan Boyle!

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Reality TV, Susan Boyle, Survivor Tocantins, Survivor, Entertainment News

I don't know if I'm violating a Huffington Post Entertainment Page guideline or not, but this column will not be discussing Susan Boyle. Wait! Don't click away!

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Yoga Bear: Helping Cancer Survivors Stay Survivors

Tara Stiles | Posted 05.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Yoga, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Survivor, Twitter, Benefits of Yoga, Yoga Bear, Living News

According to Natalie, Yoga Bear gets survivors into yoga classes that will help them stay survivors.

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Survivor Tocantins: Harry Potter and the Dunghole of Tocantins.

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Reality Television, Indiana Jones, Hamlet, Survivor, V, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Survivor Tocantins, Entertainment News

Imagine Voldemort killing Harry Potter and leveling Hogwarts. This episode of Survivor was like that, only worse. Much, much worse. If you have tears, prepare to shed them.

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Survivor Tocantins: Much Ado, in re: Nil

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Er, Mormon Church, Reality TV, Smallville, Lost, American Idol, Survivor Tocantins, Amy Poehler, Survivor, Entertainment News

The show opened with the last remnants of Jalapeno sitting about camp after last week's Tribal Council, bewailing what a bunch of losers they all are. Can't argue with that.

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Survivor Tocantins: Spooning

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 04.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Reality TV, Brazil, Survivor: Tocantins, Survivor, Survivor Recap, Entertainment News

These are cruel times for Survivor fans. First a week with no episode at all, and then, when it finally returns, it's a recap show, mulling over what has already happened.

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Survivor Tocantins: Sandy Wastes

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 04.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Mormon Church, TV Recaps, Survivor, Norma Desmond, Tallulah Morehead, Jeff Probst, Survivor Tocantins, American Idol, Brazil, Christian Science, Entertainment News

I'm not normally a vengeful person, unless you cross me in some trivial manner, but Taj must die.

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Hug the Monster: 4 Secrets of Surviving the Recession

Ben Sherwood | Posted 04.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Sere, Situational Awareness, Bankruptcy, Credit, Unemployment, Survivor IQ, Economy, Survivor, Recession, Foreclosure, Air Force, Survivors Club, Recession Survival Quiz, 401k, Business News

Survival means adapting quickly and forging new plans. Tough times also create opportunities for those who can change their attitudes and actions.

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A Victory for the Asian-American Community

Jonah Lalas | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics

The Filipino veterans have received their due, but Asian workers have not. It is up Asian activists to continue to educate and politicize our youth.

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The Survivor Tocantins Diet: Cut Out Candy

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 03.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: TV Recaps, Survivor: Tocantins, Survivor, Reality TV, Jeff Probst. Tallulah Morehead, Entertainment News

I am still waiting for at least one female Survivor contestant to show a little honesty, and admit that she is really there to lose weight.

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Feds Seize "Survivor" Artifacts

AP | Posted 01.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Television, Gabon, Customs, Survivor, Cbs, Media News

WASHINGTON — The federal tribe has spoken: A contaminated monkey skull, termite-infested statues and other African artifacts of the TV show "Sur...

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Is Elisabeth Hasselbeck Too Dumb to Be on The View?

Beth Arnold | Posted 11.24.2008 | Media

Read More: Paris Hilton, Survivor, Barbara Walters, George W. Bush, Sarah Palin, The View, Sarah Palin Vice President, Elizabeth Hasselbeck, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Media News

If The View is truly like women friends getting together to chat, discuss, dish -- whatever you want to call it -- Ms. Hasselbeck wouldn't be included.

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The Tribe Has Spoken: "Survivor" Shows Its Age After A Decade Of Dominance

New York Times | Brian Stelter | Posted 11.20.2008 | Media

Read More: Television, Mark Burnett, Cbs, Survivor, Tv, Survivor CBS, Media News

Hunched over a carved wooden coffee table in his office, studying drawings of a river relay race that "Survivor" contestants will soon endure, Mark Bu...

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A Land Where Nowhere Is Safe: A Lesbian Activist Speaks About Gender and Violence in Kyrgyzstan

Anna Kirey | Posted 11.15.2008 | Living

The government does not even recognize officially that lesbian or bisexual women and transgender people exist. There is no place for us in a conservative, patriarchal value system.

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Living with Breast Cancer

Beth Feldman | Posted 11.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Stage IV Breast Cancer, Gal to Gal Foundation, Survivor, Breast Cancer, Health, Design Her Gal, Aggressive Breast Cancer, Cancer Treatments, Advanced Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Treatment, Radiation, Chemo, Living News

"I'm grateful to my cancer for leading me down a path that is better than where I was before. I used to say 'I just want my life back' but I don't want the life I had before back, I just want Life."

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"Survivor" TV's Most Addictive Show: Study

New York Post | Don Kaplan | Posted 10.20.2008 | Media

Read More: Television, Grey's Anatomy, Supernatural, House, Heroes, Survivor, TV Most Addictive Shows, Emotional Attachment Index, Media News

MADISON Ave. can now measure how addicted you are to your favorite shows. Turns out that "Survivor," the long-running reality show heading into its 1...

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CBS Reality Bites: How Network Went From "Survivor" To "Greatest American Dog"

Forbes | Lacey Rose | Posted 09.12.2008 | Media

Read More: Kid Nation, CBS Reality, Survivor, Ghen Maynard Leaving CBS, Greatest American Dog, Cbs, Ghen Maynard, Media News

After early success in the reality realm with unscripted series like Survivor, CBS' latest offerings include failures like Kid Nation and Great Ameri...

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"Survivor" Creator Mark Burnett Sued For $70 Million

Los Angeles Times | Meg James | Posted 07.17.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Mark Burnett, Conrad Riggs Mark Burnett, Mark Burnett Sue, Survivor, Survivor Mark Burnett, Conrad Riggs, Entertainment News

For nearly a decade, reality-show impresario Mark Burnett's chief deal maker and go-to guy was Conrad Riggs. They met in the late 1990s, when ambitiou...

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There's A Lot Of Knock, Knock, Knockin' At Depressions Door

Stacie Krajchir | Posted 07.16.2008 | Living

Read More: Survivor, Ruslana Korshunova, Suicide, Independance Day, Death, The Inner Life, Guinness Beer, Emotional Balance, Sepression, Living News

Numbers, dates, times, anniversaries. These are all enemies to those who have walked though suicide, yet it is also the markers of honor and memory.

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Why Reality TV Will Soon Die a Healthy Death

Richard Laermer | Posted 06.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Reality Television, Candid Camera, Reality TV, The Real World, Survivor, Reality Show, Reality Shows, The HIlls, Dancing With the Stars, Voyeurism, Entertainment News

Though our captivation with reality TV has mushroomed, it's safe to say that the lines demarcating what passes for the "reality" element of this genre have gone completely haywire.

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"Survivor" Winner Appealing Conviction To Supreme Court

AP | Posted 06.11.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Richard Hatch, Supreme Court, Survivor, Entertainment News

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — "Survivor" winner Richard Hatch has appealed his tax evasion conviction to the U.S. Supreme Court, his attorney said Tuesday....

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