Not so exciting anymore...

The past two weeks of "Top Chef" have been anything but entertaining. In the show's past, the most exciting challenges have involved off-the-wall ingredients, ridiculous time constraints, or super tight budgets. Unfortunately, it seems as if the producers have run out of ideas this season.

I mean, at the very least, the competition should involve some type of cooking, right? Well, last week the chefs were split up into two teams and told to make a Thanksgiving dinner for the Foo Fighters, which sounded good to me. But wait! They were only given microwaves to cook in. Do you even cook in a microwave? Aren't you really just warming? If you want to make if difficult, judges, why not have the teams cook in tour buses? It's just an idea.

And this past Wednesday, the chefs were asked to prepare a dish, which they would have to later demonstrate on camera in less than three minutes. From there, the hosts of the "Today Show" would judge the three finalists' dishes live on their show. OK, so that sort of makes sense, but when did this competition become about being the next Rachel Ray? The show is "Top Chef," not "The Next Food Network Star."

Honestly, I do love "Top Chef," but if the next few episodes don't start becoming more about cooking and less about...other stuff...I might stop watching altogether. Here's an idea, find whoever thought of the vending machine challenge from Season 2 and make them the head writer.

You might want to stop smiling...

Today, O.J. Simpson was sentenced to a minimum of 15 years in prison. The 61-year-old was found guilty on 10 felony counts, including two counts of kidnapping.

Well, kids, that should be a lesson to you. If you get off for murdering two people, take advantage of that stroke of luck. Keep a low profile, and especially avoid kidnapping people.

William Balfour arrested in Hudson family murders

On October 24, Darnell Donerson and Jason Hudson were found murdered in Donerson's home, and a few days later, Julian King was found dead in an abandoned SUV. Since that time, William Balfour has remained a 'person of interest' for the Chicago police. However, Balfour was arrested today for three counts of murder and is currently awaiting the formal chargers.

William Balfour was seven-year-old Julian King's step-father and brother-in-law to singer and actress, Jennifer Hudson.

And the newest restraining order goes to...Kirsten Dunst

Kirsten Dunst is the latest celebrity with a restraining order against her alleged stalker.

It seems as if a new celebrity stalker is making headlines everyday. Paula Abdul, Jennifer Garner, and now Kirsten Dunst.

Adios, Atlanta. Hello, Orange County. Part 2

"WOO WOO!" Ahhh. Vicki getting drunk and woo-ing throughout Orange Country is music to my ears.

The fourth season of "The Real Housewives of Orange County," which premiered immediately after the "Atlanta" reunion, is as entertaining as ever. Along with Vicki, Lauri, Jeana, and Tamra are back...but there's a new housewife in town: 30-year-old Gretchen Rossi. So how can this young blonde woman afford to live in the gated Coto de Caza? Well, her 53-year-old fiance, Jeff, of course!

But before you start mocking the relationship as I did, the season premier informed us that Jess has acute leukemia. That doesn't mean we won't have plenty to say about Gretchen, or any of the other housewives this season. The promo for the fourth season left me anticipating lots of tears, fights, drinks, and above all, money!

Adios, Atlanta. Hello, Orange County. Part 1

Tuesday night on Bravo, we finally said 'good-bye' to "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" on their reunion special and 'welcome back' to another season of "The Real Housewives of Orange County." A double blessing.

The reunion special was filled with Kim explaining the reason she wears a wig is because she had cancer; she learned this diagnosis from her friend, a doctor, telling her he was 90% sure she had cancer. But as it turns out, it wasn't cancer. HUH? So, Kim didn't have cancer? My money is on "no."

Then, both NeNe and Lisa got into screaming matches with Kim (the kind of drama that won't be missed).

And did anyone else hear Kim's little, "you'll find out next season" comment? I hope that was just wishful thinking on her part.

So Excited for "Four Chistmases"

Right around Thanksgiving, we have that one holiday movie everyone knows about--the one that's so heavily promoted, you can quote the movie before it even premiers. Well, this year that movie is Four Christmases starring Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon. But the movie centers itself around a Meet the Parents type of premise, with the couple visiting each of their parents. Witherspoon getting thrown-up on, Vaughn being wrestled to the ground, and despite all of these cliches, I cannot wait to see it.

The movie comes out in theatres today, and could give the football non-addicts something to do on Thanksgiving (aside from eating until you drop to the floor).

Discrimination becoming a California trend?

With the recent ban on gay marriage, other minority groups in California are fearing that discrimination may become more prevalent throughout the state.

The "Jonas" trend: "Breaking" the trend

While tweens across America are continuing to gush over The Jonas Brothers, these guy's exes are setting a whole new trend.

Taylor Swift joins Miley Cyrus in the ex-Jonas-girlfriend boat. So how do you bank on getting dumped? Write a song, get it playing all over the radio, and stand strong against The Jonas Brothers.

Unfortunately the Tyra trend isn't ending...

First it was the million and one seasons of "America's Next Top Model" and then it was her own talk show.

But unfortunately, Tyra Banks is proving that she cannot be stopped, no matter how much we beg.

Her newly produced reality show, "True Beauty" is coming soon to ABC. It's inspirational, really. The series centers around beautiful models and actors who don't know they are actually being judged on their inner beauty.