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Old 11-20-2007, 12:52 PM   #16
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Oh good gracious. I've heard of shows jumping the shark, but this is ridiculous!
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I'll be watching it to see how Gene Simmons and Marilu Henner do.
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That is a strange group of "celebrities". I do love Gene Simmons and he seems to be a very smart business person so I hope he stays on for awhile. Omarosa - UGH! Stephen Baldwin is a goober IMO. I hope Trace Adkins is interesting (I like his music).
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Here we are also big fan of Gene simmons family jewels. I even bought my DH the second sesson for it's b-day (actually pre-order it since it's comming out the 26 and his b-day is the 25 of november!) So we want to see him won
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?? So much for the A-list stars the Donald promised

- Gene Simmons
- Omarosa (why oh why)
- Vincent Pastore
- Stephen Baldwin
- Carol Alt
- Nely Galan (??)
- Marilu Henner
- Trace Adkins (YAY!!)
- Nadia Comaneci
- Tiffany Fallon
- Jennie Finch (who ARE these people?)
- Lennox Lewis
- Piers Morgan
- Tito Ortiz

Hmm, I say Go Trace! Honkytonk Badonkadonk
How can they be "celebrities " when I've only heard of 3 of them (Gene Simmons, Stephen Baldwin-not even a good Baldwin- and Marilu Henner). Who the heck are the rest of them?????????????????
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Is that the same Baldwin that was on one of the Fat Club shows??
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So this is who I know (in blue):

- Gene Simmons Member of KISS rock band
- Omarosa (why oh why) former Apprentice "star"
- Vincent Pastore played Big Pussy on The Sopranos
- Stephen Baldwin the "other" Baldwin brother besides Alec and Billy
- Carol Alt former Sports Illustrated swimsuit model (I think?)
- Nely Galan (??)
- Marilu Henner Taxi, Evening Shade actress, health nut
- Trace Adkins (YAY!!) country music star
- Nadia Comaneci Olymipic gymnast; subject of "Nadia's Theme" used for Young & Restless
- Tiffany Fallon
- Jennie Finch (who ARE these people?)
- Lennox Lewis
- Piers Morgan
- Tito Ortiz

Can anyone enlighten me on the rest? As someone else said, it does look like a reject cast of The Surreal Life, or one of VH-1's other "celebreality" shows. Vincent Pastore WAS on Celebrity Fit Club, come to think of it!
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So this is who I know (in blue):

- Gene Simmons Member of KISS rock band
- Omarosa (why oh why) former Apprentice "star"
- Vincent Pastore played Big Pussy on The Sopranos
- Stephen Baldwin the "other" Baldwin brother besides Alec and Billy
- Carol Alt former Sports Illustrated swimsuit model (I think?)
- Nely Galan (??)
- Marilu Henner Taxi, Evening Shade actress, health nut
- Trace Adkins (YAY!!) country music star
- Nadia Comaneci Olymipic gymnast; subject of "Nadia's Theme" used for Young & Restless
- Tiffany Fallon
- Jennie Finch (who ARE these people?)
- Lennox Lewis
- Piers Morgan
- Tito Ortiz

Can anyone enlighten me on the rest? As someone else said, it does look like a reject cast of The Surreal Life, or one of VH-1's other "celebreality" shows. Vincent Pastore WAS on Celebrity Fit Club, come to think of it!
Nely Galan - she was a life coach on that makeover show 'The Swan'
Tiffany Fallon - Playboy Playmate
Jennie Finch - softball player
Lennox Lewis - professional boxer
Piers Morgan - He was a judge on 'America's Got Talent' and 'Britain's Got Talent'
Tito Ortiz - ultimate fighter

P.S. Stephen Baldwin was not in Celebrity Fit Club, it was that "other" Baldwin, Daniel.
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P.S. Stephen Baldwin was not in Celebrity Fit Club, it was that "other" Baldwin, Daniel.
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Thanks- I couldnt remember which one it was
I forgot there even WAS another Baldwin brother! Oh well. Thanks for filling in the blanks, Tina.
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