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| | Tyra Banks is replacing Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews as host of DWTS | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Tyra Bank?s model utopian theme park, ModelLand, has delayed opening in Santa Monica, CA, indefinitely. ModelLand was billed to be a fantasy version of the modeling world brought to the masses in a Walt Disney sort of way. Banks hopes it will make people feel ?more beautiful and powerful than they ever believed possible.
Despite the delay, Tyra hasn?t slowed down from breaking other barriers. According to a press release, she will be the new host and executive producer of Dancing with the Stars. Banks is set to replace Tom Bergeron, the original host of the show, and his long-time co-host Erin Andrews. BBC and ABC productions stated that they are moving in a different direction as their official reason for the decision to let Andrews and Bergeron go.
Banks will not only be the new host, but an executive producer, according to a news release from ABC obtained by CNN.
Ive been a fan of DWTS since its beginning The fun mixed with raw emotion, seeing celebrities push past their comfort zones, the sizzling dance performances its always transported me to my days of turning it up 10 notches on the catwalk, Banks said in the news release.
Tom has set a powerful stage, and Im excited to continue the legacy and put on my executive producer and hosting hats.
Longtime host Tom Bergeron on Monday broke the news that he will not be returning to the dancing competition show after 15 years in his role.
Co-host Erin Andrews will also not be returning.
The decision comes as ABC and BBC Productions, which produce the series, say they are heading in a new creative direction.
Bergeron had been host of Dancing with the Stars since the show began in 2005. Andrews had hosted since 2014.
[From CNN]
As a fan of the show since its inception, I think Banks has some big shoes to fill. However, I believe she is eager to take on the challenge and deliver. I am sure there will be a lot of pressure on her not only because she?ll be one of the executive producers of a very popular show with a loyal fan base, but because she will also be the first Black host of the show.
Perhaps it is just time for fresh ideas or perhaps producers wanted a woman of color at the helm. And that?s not to imply that Banks didnt earn the job. She created, produced, and hosted the highly successful America?s Next Top Model, which became a worldwide phenomenon. I hope that Banks will breathe new life into the show. With that being said, I am sure the new season of DWTS will be highly entertaining if nothing else.
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| | Tyra Banks named in lawsuit for humiliating, allegedly abusing AGT contestant | | Added 7 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Even though America?s Got Talent hasn?t aired the first episode of its 12th season (the season premiere is Tuesday, May 30), the NBC show is already making headlines – and it?s not because of an old man performing scream-o metal or anyone named Tape Face.
After taking over hosting duties of the popular summer series after Nick Cannon?s abrupt departure, Tyra Banks has already generated some controversy of her own. The 43-year-old model/actress is named in a lawsuit against Marathon Productions (the company responsible for producing AGT) filed by a contestant on the show, alleging that her daughter was ?traumatized? after being ?physically manipulated and verbally abused? by Tyra.
In the 18-page lawsuit, which was filed on Tuesday, the plaintiff, simply referred to as Jane Doe, alleged that during the taping of one of the show?s audition episodes on March 19, her daughter, ?Mary,? was subject to treatment that left her ?deeply depressed.?
The suit alleges that during Jane?s performance of an original song with her husband, show producers told Mary ?to act embarrassed and annoyed by her parents? performance.? The song, which the couple wrote about motherhood and the birth of their daughter was a ?bond among the members of her family.? Jane alleged the song was ?especially favored? by Mary.
I?ve not heard the song, but I have a sneaking suspicion it probably wasn?t very good. And, with what happened next, I think I might be right. After the performance, Jane alleged that Tyra not only insinuated that the child was accidentally conceived, she also ?shook Mary?s shoulder, pulled Mary?s hair back and physically manipulated Mary.? The suit goes on to say that ?Mary did not stop Banks? conduct because Mary was fearful.? After the incident, Jane said that Mary was still experiencing PTSD-like symptoms when recalling the event, stating:
[She] would become extremely nervous and anxious whenever, among other triggering events, she hears any mentions of [the] song and [the] song itself, whenever she ruminates about the events during or
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| | Tyra Banks to star in a 'fun, edgy, modern' sequel to 'Life Size' | | Added 7 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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It?s been 17 years since Tyra Banks played a Barbie doll come to life in the Disney Channel movie Life-Size. The film, which co-starred Lindsay Lohan (in her adorable, Parent Trap-era incarnation) turned out to be a smash and a guilty pleasure for many (guilty). Rumors about a sequel have been swirling since the early 2010s, but now, it?s official, Life-Size 2 is coming your way, with Tyra Banks returning as its star.
During its upfront presentation in New York City on Wednesday, cable network Freeform (previously known as ABC Family) announced the sequel, which will premiere in December of 2018 during the network?s popular ?25 Days of Christmas? event – in between screenings of old Rankin-Bass animated specials, Toy Story and its sequels and, of course, Elf.
A Freeform press release says that the movie revolves around a ?grown up? Eve, adding that ?This time, she?s magically awoken to help a young woman learn to live and love again, and along the way, Eve herself will experience the ups and downs of real life in a fun, edgy, modern Christmas movie.? That sounds horrible on paper, but I have a sneaking suspicion I?m not going to be able to take my eyes off of it.
Tyra, who is about to take over hosting duties on America?s Got Talent, announced the project, which she is executive producing, on Twitter. On Wednesday, she tweeted, ?One word: LIFESIZE/Oops?/2 words/LIFESIZE 2.?
One word: LIFESIZE
Oops…
2 words
LIFESIZE 2
— Tyra Banks (@tyrabanks) April 19, 2017
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| | Tyra Banks to take over for Nick Cannon as host of America's Got Talent | | Added 7 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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One of my guiltiest of pleasures, America?s Got Talent, just got a little bit guiltier thanks to its new host. Tyra Banks, who hosted (and judged) 22 cycles of America?s Next Top Model, has replaced Nick Cannon for the 12th season of the popular summertime series. AGT judges Heidi Klum, Mel B., Howie Mandel and Simon Cowell are all returning for the season, which is currently in production.
After a very public breakup with NBC, Nick Cannon abandoned his post as host of the talent show after eight seasons of introducing magicians, ventriloquists and all sorts of variety acts. The reason for Nick?s departure has stemmed from the network?s reaction to a racially-charged joke Nick made about the network on his Showtime special, Stand Up, Don?t Shoot. In a post on his Facebook page back in February Nick said “I now have to set out on a journey of freedom as an artist. So I wish ‘AGT’ and NBC the best in its upcoming season but I can not see myself returning.” More recently, Nick told Entertainment Tonight that the move was ?calculated,? adding,
I feel like change is growth. I wish everyone the best. I wish all the new people involved the best. I wish the brand to continue to flourish. I’ve got love for the network, I’ve got love for the production, and I feel like I’m growing as an artist, and as a human being, to bigger and better things.
[From Entertainment Tonight]
The gig is really nothing new for Tyra. After ANTM, the 43-year-old multi-hyphenate (model/talk show hostess/actress/author) recently got back into reality television as an adviser to Arnold Schwarzenegger on the most recent season of Celebrity Apprentice. In a statement released on Sunday, Tyra expressed her enthusiasm for the new gig, stating:
Since I was a little girl, I?ve been obsessed with grandiose acts and performers who make the seemingly impossible possible. I love how ?AGT? brings that feeling into everyone?s home, capturing the best of people who come out and give it their all to make those big, fierce and outrageous dreams come true.
[From The Los Angeles Times]
Tyra also made announcements on social media, first with a Snapchat video with makeup artist/YouTube personality Patrick Starr and then with a tweet where she announced, ?Surprise! TyTy is the new host of #AGT @nbcagt! Can’t wait 2work w/new fam @OfficialMelB @howiemandel @heidiklum & @SimonCowell.?
So @patrickstarrr is my new famous social media publicist helping my clueless butt get the @nbcagt new-host-news word out. pic.twitter.com/56dplkvBgY
— Tyra Banks (@tyrabanks) March 13, 2017
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| | Tyra Banks welcomes son York Banks Asla, prays for those struggling with fertility | | Added 8 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Everyone deserves to be loved like this.
A photo posted by Tyra Banks (@tyrabanks) on Dec 16, 2015 at 9:18am PST
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| | Tyra Banks posts a makeup free selfie (a real one): thirsty or awesome? | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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You know how people say #nofilter but you know there's a freakin' filter on their pic? Or maybe there's a smidge of retouching going on but they're lying and saying it's all raw & real? Well, this morn, I decided to give you a taste of the really real me. I wanted to smooth out my dark circles so badly!!! But I was like, "Naw, Ty. Show 'em the REAL you." So…here I am. Raw. And there YOU are…looking at me, studying this picture. Maybe you're thinking, "Whoa, she looks ROUGH." And if you are, great! You deserve to see the REAL me. The REALLY real me. #RawAndReal
A photo posted by Tyra Banks (@tyrabanks) on Jun 17, 2015 at 7:28am PDT
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| | Tyra Banks on feminism: 'My body being thicker on a runway meant something' | | Added 10 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I don’t watch America’s Next Top Model for a reason. Well, there are a few reasons. The big one is that I like to remember Tyra Banks as an enigma. She was one of the fiercest 1990s supermodels and worked runways and editorials like crazy. Somewhere around 2005 (when her first talk show hit the airwaves), I started to realize that Tyra was a little nutty. So taking it back old school is how Tyra survives in my memory.
Well, Tyra has a new talk show coming out next year (god help us). She’s also promoting her new makeup line called TYRA Beauty, so she did an interview with Yahoo. The makeup actually sounds pretty cool because it’s mostly stick-based stuff. The eyeliner is called “Oops” because it includes liner on one end and makeup remover on the other. Handy. In this interview, Tyra put her stamp on the current trend of journos asking women about feminism. Compared to some of the other starlets, Tyra does okay with her answer:
She funded TYRA Beauty: “It was important for me to create a brand that wasn?t a licensing deal, but a true self-funded startup. Something that could be a legacy business, not something that would be hot for a moment and then go away. Everything is saturated today. But I?ve always been about zagging when everyone else is zigging. I hate me-too. So I became obsessed with innovation–with being unique, first, and different.”
No foundation/concealer yet: “On photo shoots, when I was a young model, they didn?t have my color. And I said, ?That?s not going to happen with my project.’” She says she won?t do foundation unless every woman–those with ebony and alabaster skin, and every color in between–can find what they?re looking for. (She notes that if future technology and budgets allow, she?ll make it happen.)
Is she a feminist? “I do consider myself a feminist, yeah. Totally. Even when I was a model with my bra and panties on for a Victoria?s Secret fashion show. Sure, I was stompin?, and I know guys were like, ‘Woo, look at Tyra.’ But I know that my body being thicker on that runway meant something. A lot of the things I did in my modeling career as a woman of color was part of that feminism–of expanding the definition of beauty and making women feel beautiful, no matter what color their skin is.”
She’s a businesswoman/feminist: “Right now, with women in power, and not apologizing for being strong or wanting to make money or to be on top, that?s my message–and that’s all feminism. I just feel like you should be able to have a fierce face at the same time.”
[From Yahoo!]
Was Tyra ever considered “thick”? Compared to the waiflike models like Kate Moss, sure, but Tyra fit right in with the 1990s Victoria’s Secret catalogue ladies. VS models are much thinner these days. Tyra was always one of the standouts during her VS tenure. Now I can’t recognize more than one or two of them by name.
Tyra’s take on feminism is fine. She’s not super serious about it, but Tyra is rarely serious about anything except the importance of “smiling with the eyes.” I kid. Tyra’s message is that you can be sexy and feminist at the same time, and that’s true.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet & WENN
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| | Tyra Banks Talks Lindsay Lohan on 'Watch What Happens Live' | | Added 10 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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At this point in her career there?s nothing she can?t do, and Tyra Banks was more than happy to field a few questions on ?Watch What Happens Live? on Tuesday (August 5).
The 40-year-old ?America?s Next Top Model? hottie discussed the possibility of re-teaming with Lindsay Lohan for a ?Life-Size? sequel.
Tyra noted, "So, Life-Size was a movie I did with Lindsay many years ago, when she was 11 years old. We're doing Life-Size 2. This time I'm executive producing it and we're in the process of writing it."
"Right now, we haven't spoken to Lindsay. But you never know! She'd be like, 'Hey Eve doll, you used to be my Barbie and I'm over you!' She's a woman now!"
As for the possibility of participating in a Victoria?s Secret reunion with Heidi Klum and Gisele Bundchen, Banks shared, "I don't know, I don't know if I would. Whenever I see them, I feel like we have a connection. We're like the OG original Angels. That was invented on us."
Furthermore, "The president of Victoria's Secret promised me a lifetime supply of Victoria's Secret products, even after I left the company. But, once I left, he only let me have it for a year. So I have a bone to pick."
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| | Tyra Banks Discusses Future of Fashion in Wall Street Journal Op-Ed | | Added 10 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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We all like to imagine what things will be like in the future, and Tyra Banks is no different. The model penned a piece on what's to come in the world of fashion for the Wall Street Journal's Op-Ed page this week.
The "America's Next Top Model" host laid out some amusing thoughts on the direction fashion (and life) will take in the few next years and beyond.
Among the 40-year-old's predictions: hair extensions will be a thing of the past and "Plastic surgery will be as easy and quick as going to the drugstore for Tylenol. Emphasis will be on how unique and interesting one can look, as opposed to a cookie-cutter look. People will be vying for that cutting-edge, distinct look in the way that today celebs reach for baby names that defy convention."
Beyond the fashion world, Tyra predicts (among other things) robots becoming assistants and parents being able to pick out the features for their unborn children.
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| | Tyra Banks Set to Host Talk Show in 2015 | | Added 10 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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After a long stint as ?America?s Next Top Model? host and judge, Tyra Banks is adding yet another hosting gig to her resume.
The former model signed with Disney-ABC to host a daily talk show that will premiere in 2015. The talk show will focus on lifestyle information including fashion and beauty tips.
Also Banks will take full advantage of her entrepreneurial skills and give advice to her audience about empowering themselves to reach their full potential.
"The fire to inspire women and help them to blaze new paths fiercely burns inside of me. I'm excited to be partnering with Disney-ABC to Usher in a new era of lifestyle, beauty and entertainment that will inspire women to be the CEO of their lives via honesty, humor and the newest tips and tricks without being intimidating or precious,? Banks recently stated in a press release.
Stay linked to GossipCenter for more details on Tyra?s new hosting gig!
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