84 posts tagged with reality.
Displaying 1 through 50 of 84. Subscribe:

The Ultimatum: Queer Love: (Full Season)  Season 1, Ep 0

Netflix's The Ultimatum is back with a new iteration, The Ultimatum: Queer Love! Five couples participate in the show, and the cast of The Ultimatum: Queer Love is made up exclusively of women and nonbinary people. Each of them identifies as queer and finds themselves at a crossroads in their relationship. One partner is ready to settle down and get married, and the other (for a whole host of different reasons) has their doubts. The Ultimatum: Queer Love follows each unsure couple as they get brutally honest with one another, date other people in an attempt to figure out what they really want and potentially choose another partner altogether. [more inside]
posted by solotoro on Jun 5, 2023 - 9 comments

Movie: Reality

A former American intelligence specialist was given the longest sentence for the unauthorized release of government information to the media about Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections via an email operation.
posted by ftm on Jun 2, 2023 - 7 comments

Blown Away: Season Three  Season 3, Ep 0

A group of artisans from across North America compete in a glass-blowing competition for a residency at the Corning Museum of Glass. [more inside]
posted by PussKillian on Aug 11, 2022 - 7 comments

The Great Pottery Throw Down: The Great Pottery Throw Down Season Five  Season 5, Ep 0

An assortment of potters come together at Middleport Pottery to compete in clay. Keith and Rich judge, and Ellie Taylor holds down the host spot until Siobhán McSweeney's broken leg improves enough to let her rejoin the crew. The show is streaming on HBO Max in the US.
posted by PussKillian on May 12, 2022 - 9 comments

I'm Old Enough: determined toddlers do their best!  Season 1, Ep 0

A Japanese favourite recently made its Netflix debut (as “Old Enough”). Kids from two to four are sent on their first solo errands and followed by “hidden” cameras. Short episodes, super wholesome and ADORABLE.
posted by sixswitch on Apr 3, 2022 - 26 comments

Domino Masters: Season One  Season 1, Ep 0

Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family) hosts. Danica McKeller (The Wonder Years, Math Doesn't Suck), Vernon Davis (Super Bowl 50), and Steve Price (Sprice Machines) judge. Dominos fall. It's like Lego Masters, but with stuff that's supposed to break. [more inside]
posted by Etrigan on Apr 1, 2022 - 1 comment

Twentysomethings: Austin: Season 1 All Episodes  Season 1, Ep 0

Eight twenty-somethings set out to find success in life and love in Austin, Texas; living together and leaning on each other, they experience the highs and lows that come with being an adult. [more inside]
posted by Literaryhero on Jan 21, 2022 - 2 comments

The Amazing Race: The Amazing Race  Season 33, Ep 0

The first three legs of season 33 of The Amazing Race were filmed in February 2020... and then production was shut down due to COVID. The Race resumed 17 months later. [more inside]
posted by DevilsAdvocate on Jan 7, 2022 - 6 comments

Love Is Blind: After the Alter (all episodes)  Season 1, Ep 12

After two years, the Pod Squad gets ready to reunite, sharing personal updates -- and dissecting shocking drama -- along the way. This post covers all three episodes.
posted by lunasol on Aug 1, 2021 - 8 comments

The Pack: Season 1  Season 1, Ep 0

12 teams consisting of a dog and their person travel around the world competing in a variety of challenges. Hosted by Lindsey Vonn and her King Charles Spaniel Lucy. (Amazon) [more inside]
posted by Superilla on Dec 7, 2020 - 3 comments

Project Runway: Finale Part 2  Season 18, Ep 14

The remaining designers rush to put the final touches on their collections, balancing advice from experts while trying to not lose their own point of view. It’s game, set, and match when Serena Williams joins as guest judge for the final runway. [more inside]
posted by kitten kaboodle on Mar 13, 2020 - 12 comments

Project Runway: Finale Part 1  Season 18, Ep 13

Christian visits the remaining contestants at home as they furiously complete their final collections. Then it's back to the workroom to refine and revise, because even though New York Fashion is here, that doesn't mean everyone will show in the finale. [more inside]
posted by kitten kaboodle on Mar 6, 2020 - 12 comments

Project Runway: The Height of Avant Garde Fashion  Season 18, Ep 12

With only one challenge left to make it to New York Fashion Week, the remaining designers must think big to create an avant garde look that is anything but ordinary. In a fashion first, the runway begins with a season-long retrospective, outside and 16 stories high, at New York City’s dramatic Vessel. [more inside]
posted by kitten kaboodle on Feb 28, 2020 - 18 comments

Project Runway: Live and Let Tie Dye  Season 18, Ep 10

Tie dye is back in a big way and the designers will need to create their own textiles to elevate the trend from casual to couture. In a twist that may feel more like a trick to the designers, it’s an overnight challenge. The designers go a bit mad working into the wee hours trying to perfect their techniques and complete their high-end looks. [more inside]
posted by kitten kaboodle on Feb 14, 2020 - 14 comments

Lego Masters: The First Season  Season 1, Ep 0

Will "Lego Batman" Arnett hosts a competition show where Lego builders compete to build higher, faster, and more intricate creations for $100,000 and recognition as a Lego Master. This is the third iteration of "LEGO (tm) Masters", following British and Australian series. Airing and streaming on Fox. [more inside]
posted by Etrigan on Feb 11, 2020 - 9 comments

Project Runway: Suit Yourself  Season 18, Ep 9

This week’s challenge is all about turning a timeless classic on its head: The tuxedo. Inspired by recent fashion moments like mentor Christian Siriano’s groundbreaking Oscars look for Billy Porter, the designers will each need to find their own way to take the tuxedo into the future with a mix of male, female, and non-binary models. A perfectly tailored suit is nearly impossible without help, so the designers get a surprise second set of hands to help out. [more inside]
posted by kitten kaboodle on Feb 7, 2020 - 20 comments

Next in Fashion: (All episodes)  Season 1, Ep 1

18 experienced fashion designers compete for a $250,000 prize and the opportunity to launch a clothing line with Net-a-Porter. Netflix throws a *lot* more money into production in an effort to compete with the venerable Project Runway. Hosted by Tan France and Alexa Chung. Ten episodes. [more inside]
posted by TWinbrook8 on Feb 5, 2020 - 30 comments

Project Runway: Project Runway x Ashley Longshore  Season 18, Ep 7

Collaborations between fashion designers and artists are all the rage. In this challenge, the designers get a chance to enter into one with the fashion industry’s latest art darling, Ashley Longshore. Ashley’s outrageous pop art, turned into one-of-a-kind prints, gives the runway some of the boldest looks of the season. [more inside]
posted by kitten kaboodle on Jan 24, 2020 - 16 comments

Project Runway: There Is Only One You  Season 18, Ep 6

In this week’s challenge, the designers are given a chance to think about their family history and channel those stories and emotions into a look of their choosing. The stakes are high in this one day challenge, as the designers need to face and embrace who they are in order to succeed. Luckily for the designers, there’s a surprise early on that will help boost their chances for success in this Flash Sale Challenge. [more inside]
posted by kitten kaboodle on Jan 17, 2020 - 13 comments

Project Runway: She's Sew Unusual  Season 18, Ep 5

The iconic Cyndi Lauper is both inspiration and guest judge for this totally tubular team challenge. Split into two teams, the designers must create cohesive mini-collections. They need to collaborate to pay homage to Cyndi’s '80s fashion trailblazing that brought underground punk into the pop culture while still giving the looks a totally awesome modern take. Sounds pretty straight forward until Christian throws out a mid-challenge twist that changes everything.
posted by anonymous on Jan 10, 2020 - 14 comments

Project Runway: The Ultimate Upcycle  Season 18, Ep 4

Mega-stylist to the stars, Karla Welch is here to guest-mentor the designers and she’s got a job for them – dress her client: the one and only Karlie Kloss! Karla’s got a twist though, the materials used to design the look will be donated clothing from a local Goodwill, making this Project Runway’s first upcycling challenge. The designers will need to be resourceful, sustainable, and fast because it’s also their first one day challenge. One designer’s dreams will come true with the chance to dress a supermodel while another will be all out of second chances in this second-hand challenge. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jan 3, 2020 - 11 comments

Project Runway: Sleigh the Runway  Season 18, Ep 3

The designers are awakened by a surprise visitor who may or may not have arrived by chimney. Tis the season for holiday parties and the designers will be challenged to show their sense of spirit in the perfect party dress. They quickly learn that this isn’t a conventional holiday affair… it’s the unconventional materials challenge! Channeling their own holiday memories, the designers have two days to transform a winter wonderland into a wearable wonder, and then it’s up to the judges to decide who’s been naughty or nice.
posted by anonymous on Dec 20, 2019 - 8 comments

Project Runway: Cats of the Urban Jungle  Season 18, Ep 2

It’s designers gone wild! In this week’s challenge they must create a fresh take on a timeless classic: animal prints. Taking inspiration from the upcoming film, Cats, the designers need to tame their prints into cool street style looks that can compete on the runway and in the Flash Sale challenge. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 14, 2019 - 5 comments

Project Runway: Blast Off!  Season 18, Ep 1

In the premiere of Project Runway, the competition begins with some twists right out of the airport gate. With luggage still in tow, the designers are greeted at the iconic TWA Hotel at JFK airport ready to take flight with their first challenge: to create an innovative look inspired by humanity’s continued push into space exploration. In a Runway first, these unfamiliar designers have to pair up and collaborate to make cohesive pieces that blow away the judges or they are out. Fans will also get a chance to own a piece of the designer creations when they vote on the outfits they like best. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 12, 2019 - 11 comments

Lodge 49: Conjunctio  Season 2, Ep 4

"Well, guys, this is my speech. Long ago, at Shamroxx, we served french fries. But here we serve Pommes Frites. They literally come out of the same bag, and we charge twice as much. It's magic. So, let that inspire you." Also, there's a robbery, an attack with a frying pan, the closing of a door, and a marriage.
posted by filthy light thief on Sep 4, 2019 - 6 comments

Project Runway: The Final Runway  Season 17, Ep 14

The Finale is here! Three designers have fought for the chance to show their collections to the New York fashion elite and to the world. They will grapple with all aspects of putting together an amazing runway, from model casting to hair and make up to deciding what outfits will give them the best chance for the win. Pressure is at an all time high when they find out the guest judge is legendary designer Diane Von Furstenberg.
posted by anonymous on Jun 14, 2019 - 11 comments

Project Runway: One Elle of a Day  Season 17, Ep 13

The remaining designers arrive at a new work space to unpack their collections and learn their final challenge. Nina Garcia meets them at the Elle Magazine offices and the designers are sent spiraling when tasked with a surprise eleventh look. In the end, only three of them will move on to compete in the finale. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jun 7, 2019 - 9 comments

Project Runway: Ep 12: The Art of Fashion  Season 17, Ep 12

It's the last challenge to determine which four designers will move on to the finale; they must create their biggest and best looks as well as designing experimental art installations; with rapper Cardi B and Bergdorf Goodman's Linda Fargo.
posted by anonymous on May 31, 2019 - 16 comments

Project Runway: Ep 11: New York City of Dreams  Season 17, Ep 11

The designers head to the store and atelier of their mentor, Christian Siriano, for a look at what could be their future as the winner of Project Runway. There, some surprise clients await: the real women who keep New York City moving! The designers are asked to create dream dresses for civic workers from the Post Office, Department of Sanitation, FDNY, NYPD and more! But they’ll need to balance their own design aesthetic while delivering on their clients’ dreams, otherwise this challenge could be their worst nightmare. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on May 24, 2019 - 5 comments

Project Runway: What Do You Care About?  Season 17, Ep 10

The remaining seven designers dig deep in this challenge and use their skills to bring attention to a social cause they care deeply about. Judge Elaine Welteroth mentors each designer on channeling their creative voice for change, a skill she honed in her time at Teen Vogue. Just as the designers start to get comfortable creating this emotionally charged look, they’re hit with a Flash Sale twist. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on May 17, 2019 - 9 comments

Project Runway: The Stitch Is Back  Season 17, Ep 9

The designers are surprised to find their workspace decked-out in everything Elton John. They learn they’ll be creating an over-the-top look inspired by the movie, Rocketman. For a project this size they’ll need the help of some highly qualified assistants and are shocked to discover who they are. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on May 10, 2019 - 10 comments

Project Runway: Blame It on Rio  Season 17, Ep 8

Stylist Marni Senofonte is back, this time to challenge the designers to work in her wheelhouse: celebrity styling. The designers divide into teams to create a mini-collection for their client, Deadpool’s Morena Baccarin, who is heading to Rio on vacation. Some designers collaborate while others compromise, as they race to create cohesive looks that tell a vacation fashion story. Only one designer will win, and another will go on a permanent vacation from the competition. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on May 3, 2019 - 9 comments

Project Runway: Elegance is the New Black  Season 17, Ep 7

The designers are surprised with an invitation to a Brandon Maxwell photoshoot featuring none other than super model and Project Runway host, Karlie Kloss. Brandon has made a career on sophisticated, elegant creations and now the final 10 will have to impress him with their take on elegance! If the pressure wasn’t high enough – the designers are faced with a flash sale challenge. America will vote on their looks and the winning look will be sold on bravotv.com!
posted by anonymous on Apr 26, 2019 - 13 comments

The Twilight Zone: A Traveler  Season 1, Ep 4

On Christmas Eve in the small Alaskan town of Iglaak, a mysterious man in a suit appears in a jail cell with no explanation and asks the chief of police for a pardon. [Starring Marika Sila, Greg Kinnear, Steven Yeun, and Patrick Gallagher] [more inside]
posted by filthy light thief on Apr 23, 2019 - 8 comments

Project Runway: Power Play  Season 17, Ep 6

The designers take on the virtual world of fashion in this video game challenge. Three women breaking ground in the multi-billion dollar industry visit the runway, helping the designers understand how clothing for powerful women works in video games! Inspired, the designers each create their own female video game protagonists with a functional and stylish look fabulous enough to earn them an extra life in the competition. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Apr 20, 2019 - 8 comments

Project Runway: High Fashion to High Street  Season 17, Ep 5

This week the designers get a once in a lifetime experience when they visit the atelier of the legendary Dapper Dan. Dap is the trailblazer who introduced high fashion to the hip-hop world by creating luxury streetwear. The designers are asked to create their own take on the future of streetwear, and are given just one day to complete the challenge and impress a fashion legend. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Apr 12, 2019 - 7 comments

Project Runway: Outside Voices  Season 17, Ep 4

The designers are whisked away for a camping trip and challenged to create survival chic looks; the work room, accessories wall and runway are moved to the woods where the designers must battle the elements in order to stay in the competition.
posted by anonymous on Apr 5, 2019 - 10 comments

Project Runway: All the Rage  Season 17, Ep 3

This week, the designers must use a a single print to make a head-to-toe editorial look for a model. It's go big or go home, with bold fabrics.
posted by anonymous on Mar 29, 2019 - 19 comments

Project Runway: The Future is Here  Season 17, Ep 2

The designers work in teams of three to create mini collections that highlight a specific A. Human Body Modification
posted by anonymous on Mar 22, 2019 - 11 comments

Project Runway: First Impressions  Season 17, Ep 1

Sixteen designers arrive in New York City; the designers showcase their best looks, then, they meet their mentor, Christian Siriano; the designers must create a look inspired by some of the the biggest names in fashion but with a twist. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Mar 16, 2019 - 12 comments

Top Chef: Holy Macau!  Season 16, Ep 13

The five remaining contestants head to Macau for the beginning of the end of 'Top Chef' season 16. [more inside]
posted by praemunire on Mar 1, 2019 - 9 comments

Secret Agent Selection: WW2: aka Churchill’s Secret Agents: The New Recruits  Season 1, Ep 0

Fourteen recruits go through the selection process for the United Kingdom’s Special Operations Executive, a secret army of illegal officers drawn from ordinary people, created during the second world war to go behind enemy lines and bring down the Nazis.
posted by infinitewindow on Aug 8, 2018 - 0 comments

Forged in Fire: Season 2: All Episodes (2016)  Season 2, Ep 0

New challenges for the bladesmiths, and, for the first time, some contestants are women. [more inside]
posted by brainwane on Feb 1, 2018 - 0 comments

Forged in Fire: Forged In Fire, Season 1 (2015)  Season 1, Ep 0

Knife- and sword-making blacksmiths (bladesmiths) from around the US compete to make strong, sharp, elegant weapons in this History Channel game show. In each episode, four bladesmiths each forge a knife blade under time and materials constraints. The best three then add handles to and polish/finish their blades, and the two finalists then each get 5 days at their home forges to re-create a historic weapon. [more inside]
posted by brainwane on Jan 30, 2018 - 8 comments

Top Chef: Now That's a Lot of Schnitzel  Season 15, Ep 6

For the Quickfire, Padma and Richard Blais inspire the chefs using Tasty online videos and challenge them to transform the most laborious dishes from their own menus into accessible thirty minute dishes for home cooks. Then, celebrated German chef, Keegan Gerhard, exposes the chefs to authentic Germanic food and tasks them with creating a delicious and unique Top Chef Beer Garden by putting their own spin on the cuisine and pairing a German-inspired dish with a radler. Who will be saying auf wiedersehen? (Summary from Bravo)
posted by duffell on Jan 12, 2018 - 16 comments

Top Chef: This Is Not Glamping  Season 15, Ep 5

In a competition first, Tom surprises the chefs with a twist that changes the game. After the shock wears off, the chefs are sent camping to make a 5-star meal outdoors, only to learn an unexpected storm welcomes them with a fresh blanket of snow forcing them to pull out every trick in their playbooks. With only a few heat sources and limited local ingredients, the chefs must get resourceful if they want to remain in the running. Chef Naomi Pomeroy joins the judges in the beautiful but chilly Colorado Mountains. (Summary from Bravo)
posted by duffell on Jan 5, 2018 - 9 comments

Top Chef: Little Tools, Big Challenge  Season 15, Ep 4

The chefs channel their inner child to make upscale versions of kid menu classics for Curtis Stone, Padma, and kids of local culinarians. But there’s a catch, they can only use child-sized cookware, utensils and mixers creating more than pint-sized problems. Then, after a visit to a food incubator assisting immigrant women, the chefs must dig deep into their roots to present dishes based on their own heritage for Immigrant food influencers, including Alon Shaya, Nilou Motamed and Mourad Lahlou. (Summary from Bravo)
posted by duffell on Dec 28, 2017 - 16 comments

Top Chef: Keep on Truckin  Season 15, Ep 3

In a Sudden Death Quickfire based on the iconic Denver omelet, the intensity in the kitchen is egg-ceptional as one chef completely cracks under the pressure in one of the most gut wrenching eliminations in Top Chef history as judged by Padma, Tom and Chef Lachlan Patterson. Then, the cheftestants tap into their college palates as they make dishes in food trucks for students in Boulder. Internet sensation, Logan Paul helps wrangle the diners and Chef Hosea Rosenberg joins the judges for indulgent, hangover inspired food. (Summary from Bravo)
posted by duffell on Dec 21, 2017 - 8 comments

Top Chef: Smile and Say Mise  Season 15, Ep 2

In one of Top Chef's signature Quickfires, the chefs battle against each other in a fierce Mise En Place relay. Then, acclaimed local Chef Alex Seidel invites the group to his farm to learn about his take on farm-to-table cuisine. There, they are tasked with creating a progressive meal incorporating a mystery ingredient from the farm into each dish. In this first team challenge, the sparks fly as the chefs get to know each other. (Summary from Bravo)
posted by duffell on Dec 14, 2017 - 14 comments

Top Chef: It'll Take More than Pot Luck  Season 15, Ep 1

A diverse group of chefs enter the Top Chef kitchen in Denver and are immediately put to work, tasked with making a pot luck dish to introduce themselves to the judges and their fellow competitors. Then the cheftestants prepare their modern take on a meat and potatoes dish for a blow-out block party in Larimer Square with 200 diners and Denver's biggest culinary names, including Hosea Rosenberg, Troy Guard, Frank Bonanno and Gregory Gourdet. The chefs learn the importance of the phrase 'first impressions are everything.' (Summary from Bravo)
posted by duffell on Dec 8, 2017 - 10 comments

Page: 1 2