Let's check in on local girl Marvita, and her quest to become "America's Next Top Model." After arriving in New York, the girls moved into their loft, which, while nice, wasn't exactly posh, what with the bunk beds in one room, and one giant bed in another. Regardless, it was a step up for Marvita, who talked about being homeless, without parents, at the age of 18. Also in the loft: No smoking! And......

Thank God. Really, thank you, God. Since it's next to impossible to remove producer and star Tyra Banks from America's Next Top Model -- we understand the difficulty in smiting a soul that clearly sprang forth from ninth circle of hell -- at least you have the mercy to replace the sweetly boring Twiggy with the exotic and more straight-heterosexual-male-friendly Paulina Porizkova.(Yay!) Now that the show has been reduced from a grotesque display of......

The loss of Simone in last week's episode of "Project Runway" leaves us with one local left to root for. (Although as Rita pointed out in her recap of the show, Jack went to U.C. Berkeley, so that kind of counts. But we'll see how well Chris does before we set our sights on him...) At the beginning of the episode we were put through the always boring selection-of-the-models ritual. This could be a......

Walking on stage dressed in school boy suits, that would suggest that these five band members are in Harry Potter's entourage, we suddenly knew we were in for something special. The colors of their suits, black and white, did not match with their in-your-face, loud, rock-star sound. Chris Dangerous (Christian Grahn), the drummer, took the stage first. With his face, but mostly his eyes (Tyra Banks would be proud), Dangerous would look at different spots......

Cover your eyes fellow progressives. We're about to get even faggier. A reader would like your help: Can you recommend any popular blogs in San Francisco with a queer voice? thanks, [presumed homosexual's name withheld] Well, we can't recommend any "popular" Bay Area blogs laced with shrieking voices. And all gay writers think that they're popular. (Alleged popularity is the life-blood of homosexuals and local politics.) We love Gayface, but he never updates these......

Abandoned kids, wannabe models, sitcom groaners, socialite teens, and a screaming Brit. It must be Wednesday! Firstly, we have CBS's "Kid Nation," at 8 p.m., in which a bunch of kids are thrown into a western ghost town and forced to drink bleach. Or something. Shockingly, the notion that children were put into harm's way for the sake of a reality television program has raised the ire of local officials and some of the......

LAist is experimenting with blogging dates from J-Date, but finds the best men are found offline. Some date vicariously online and that is one reason why porn is big -- really freaking big -- so they ask if they should cover XXX since the heart of it lays in the city's San Fernando Valley. A writer grapples with her food porn photography obsession, another gets censored on Flickr, one gets scooped by the LA......

The Governator continues to go where no Governor has gone before and will go on MTV's "Pimp My Ride" to pimp his ride. Actually, several other Governors have appeared on reality shows before. Michigan's Governor Jennifer Granholm tried out for "America's Next Top Model" and former Governor George Allen is all set to appear on the new reality show "I Swear I'm Not a Racist" along with Don Imus and Michael Richards. ...

As promised, Naomi Campbell came back to town for her very first San Francisco runway walk for our city's night of Fashion Week Live last Thursday -- and as noted by SFist Elaine, she brought Australian model Gemma Ward with her. And Tyson Beckford too! Drew Altizer, as always, was there on the scene, and sends along these pictures from the scene. We're running out of laudatory adjectives to describe Drew (we've already used......

Previously on "Survivor: Fiji" we lost one of our locals when Sylvia was voted off the island. It's all up to Yau-Man now! (In other news, there's not a single local gal competing in this season of "America's Next Top Model," and that disappoints us greatly.) Post-tribal council Ravu, and the whining, complaining and bickering began; Rocky made Anthony cry. It was actually kind of sad. Moto continued to bask in the glow of......

It was finale time for one of our locals. Let's see how she did, shall we? Previously on "America's Next Top Model" Melrose won a lot of competitions and irked a lot of her fellow competitors, and TV viewers. Would she win the ultimate prize?! Jay told the girls it was time to do the Cover Girl commercial, this time for some lip balm. Last season's gap-toothed, accent-challenged winner Danielle (now known as "Dani,"......

Of course, our number one viewing choice this evening is the season finale of "America's Next Top Model" at 8 p.m. on the CW. Will Melrose, the local girl-we-love-to-hate, become America's Next Forgotten Model? We're loathe to play into the whole youth-is-king attitude of the modeling industry, but we have to agree with the judges' assessment that Melrose does photograph a lot older than she is (although at age 23, she's older than most......

Well, we lost two of our locals when the Cho brothers were eliminated on "The Amazing Race" last week. If you're wondering what they're up to now, it apparently involves random acts of karma. We just hope they don't partner up with some ungrateful Alabamians for this venture. Previously on "America's Next Top Model," Melrose continued to dominate the competition, while still looking rather old and fug in her photos. The girls entered a dance......

While some consider Memorial Day the official start of summer, we know it is marked by a different occasion: the premiere of crappy summer TV shows! While last week was a nice little vacation from TV slavedom, complete with even more deletions from the TiVo Season Pass list, those empty spots are quickly getting filled up. Let's see what the evening has to offer, shall we? Tonight is devoted to slightly nightmarish plastic surgery-laden......

For the past couple of months, Wednesday evenings have been a difficult night to get through. There's just too damn much TV we want to watch! So it is with much relief that after tonight, our Wednesday TV burdens will be lifted slightly as several shows are hitting the finale stage. First comes the tricky 8 p.m. slot, which is filled by "Alias," "America's Next Top Model," and "The Amazing Race." "Alias" won't be......

If you're anything like us, watching those Victoria's Secret models strut their stuff last night was not nearly enough T&A to get you through the week. Which is why we're thankful that the world of modeling will once again take over our TV screens tonight with the premiere of a new season of "Project Runway" and the end of this season of America's Next Top Model." When our favorite contender, Kim, was eliminated from......

At last, things have calmed down a bit with the Fall TV season. Most shows have premiered, ratings are in, judgments have been cast, and choices have been made. However, in some cases, we're beginning to doubt those choices. For instance, we chose Martha's "Apprentice" over the fifth "cycle" of "America's Next Top Model," but apparently we were the only people in America who did, because Martha is moving to 9 p.m. on Wednesdays......

All day long, our colleagues at our day job have been asking why we look so nice today. Ignoring what this implies about our usual appearance, and marvelling at what a difference a shower makes, we have responded to these complimentary remarks with "It's Fashion Week! Duh!" That's right, San Francisco Fashion Week opens tonight and runs through Sunday the 28th. Featuring scores of Spring 2006 collections, rad parties, intriguing workshops (check out Catwalk......

We look to TV's finale season with equal parts sadness and relief. Sadness that some of our favorite shows will be gone for months--and often times for good--and relief that we may be able to have a life outside of our living rooms for a little while. (Though really, what kind of life could that possibly be?) So let us help you, fellow TV slaves, with a rundown of some of the shows that......

There's really only one TV show to talk about this week and we all know what that is. "America's Next Top Model" winner Eva Pigford is going to be on "Kevin Hill" tonight! And then there's something called The Academy Awards on this Sunday. Ahh. We kid. (Or pray at the Church of Ironic Detachment, take your pick.) Of COURSE TV is all about the Oscars this week. We won't talk about the nominees......

SFist is sure there are some important, good-for-you TV shows airing sometime this week. Probably on PBS. And we wish them and their viewers all the best. But we can't let a certain trio of trashy TV shows go unnoticed, so allow us to forgo the healthy and head straight for the dessert table this week. Hello VH-1's "celebreality" line-up! The fourth season of The Surreal Life premiered Sunday with a bang, and much......

SFist is proud to presnt you YET another San Francisco native. We could have asked Rain probing questions about going to high school with Margaret Cho, Sam Rockwell, and Aisha Tyler--YES!! THAT Aisha Tyler, but we chose instead to ask more meaningful questions about the best burrito and best deal in San Francisco. If you don't own a TV set, Rain might not have much to say to you, but to those who do,......

The season isn't what it used to be, and by that we mean the TV season. Once upon a time, shows began in the fall and ended at the beginning of summer. But these days you've got shows beginning in the summer, and even the spring. Some fall shows don't premiere until January, and other fall shows are ending this month. It's enough to drive a couch potato to the great outdoors! Reality TV......