“The Amazing Race’s” Jonathan Baker and Victoria Fuller have something new to fight about.
The combative contestants became first-time parents Oct. 6 in Los Angeles, reports People.
The newborn daughter, named Trease Alynett Baker, weighed 6.6 pounds at birth and measured 19 inches.
Baker and Fuller, who married in 2001, became notorious from their constant, rather violent bickering on the sixth season of “The Amazing Race.” Their reputation carried over to “Battle of the Network Reality Stars” and “Fear Factor.” They recently appeared on “The Girls Next Door.”
They’ll next appear on Friday’s “Tyra Banks Show” to discuss reality television and their new show “You and Me Baby.”
Bowie submerges for ‘Spongebob’
Who visits a pineapple under the sea? Da-vid Bo-wie.
The iconic singer-actor has voice a part on Nickelodeon’s aquatic cartoon “SpongeBob SquarePants.” Apparently, he mainly took the job because his daughter Alexandria is a fan of the show. Bowie blogged about his gig on his official website.
“It’s happened. At last. I’ve hit the Holy Grail of animation gigs,” he writes. “Yesterday I got to be a character on … tan-tara … “SpongeBob SquarePants.’ Oh Yeah!! We, the family, are thrilled. Nothing else need happen this year, well, this week anyway.
“My character in this special longform (I think a half hour special) show is called “Lord Royal Highness.’ Alrighteee!! It won’t air unfortunately for another eight or nine months but then, watch out. Or at least watch.”
There aren’t any additional details about what Lord Royal Highness does on the show, how he likes his Krabby Patty cooked or whether or not he moonlights as an androgynous alien rock star called Squiddy Stardust or Ziggy Starfish.
Bowie received a lifetime achievement honor at the Grammys this year. Highlights of his acting career include “The Man Who Fell to Earth,” “The Hunger,” “The Last Temptation of Christ” and “Labyrinth.” He next plays radio inventor Nikola Tesla in “The Prestige,” which opens Oct. 20.
NBC antes up for ‘Poker After Dark’
Making a belated leap onto the poker bandwagon, NBC has decided that what the network world needs is a regular late-night series titled “Poker After Dark.”
Starting Jan. 2, NBC will launch “Poker After Dark,” which will air at 2:05 a.m. The nightly, six-days-a-week, hour-long show will be hosted by Shana Hiatt and will feature six professional players competing for a winner-take-all pot of $120,000.
NBC explains that “each night of original programming will feature an intimate look at one table as it develops over the week, culminating with a winner on Friday night. Saturday night’s show – the “director’s cut’ – will recap the week’s events with Hiatt and that week’s winner offering commentary and insight into their winning strategy.”
Featured pros are set to include household names (if you have an odd household) like Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, Doyle Brunson, Howard Lederer, Chris Ferguson, Erick Lindgren, Jennifer Harman and Gus Hansen.
Hiatt has hosted “World Poker Tour” and appeared in the films “Must Love Dogs” and “Grandma’s Boy.”
“There’s a vibrant late night audience looking for original programming,” says Marc Graboff, NBC Universal TV’s west coast president. “We felt this inside look at the professional poker scene is perfect for late night television and those viewers seeking an unique and original broadcast.”
We’re all-in!
Burns is ‘Miss/Guided’ for ABC
ABC’s Judy Greer-fronted comedy pilot “Miss/Guided” has added a pair of co-stars.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Brooke Burns and Earl Billings will co-star in the project, which comes from Ashton Kutcher’s Katalyst Films shingle.
Written by Caroline Williams and directed by Todd Holland, the pilot focuses on a woman (Greer) who returns to her old high school to become a guidance counselor, a situation that produces no end to hilarity (and, if the title is to be believed, wacky punctuation).
Burns will play a teacher at the school, while Billings will play the principal.
Most recently seen in The WB’s short-lived spring series “Pepper Dennis,” Burns has also been seen on “Baywatch” and as a regular on Fox’s “North Shore.”
Credits for Billings include “Thank You for Smoking” and “Something New.”
NBC’S ‘Raines’ has a stowe-away
Madeleine Stowe has snagged the female lead in NBC’s midseason drama “Raines.”
The series stars Jeff Goldblum as a quirky cop. Like so many eccentric television officers, he’s brilliant, but he also talks to the dead victims, who help him sold crimes. Earlier in the week, Malik Yoba (“Thief”) was added to the cast as the main character’s friend and confidant.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Stowe will play a shrink who has a “battle of wits” with Raises.
Stowe has been moving in the direction of television for a while now. She was seen last year in the CBS telefilm “Saving Milly.” She went on to star in Fox’s drama pilot “Southern Comfort” this past development season.
On the big screen, Stowe has starring a slew of successful films including “The Last of the Mohicans,” “Twelve Monkeys” and “The General’s Daughter.”
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