Room at the inn for Tori Spelling

You know things aren't likely to be too cozy between Tori Spelling and her mother, Candy, when Tori herself doesn't know where things stand.
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"You probably know as best as I do," Tori told reporters Wednesday at the semiannual Television Critics Association press tour. "I wish things were different, but they are what they are."

Spelling was on hand to promote her upcoming reality series on the Oxygen cable network, "Tori & Dean: Inn Love," in which she and her husband, Dean McDermott, decide to try their hands at running a bed-and-breakfast in the Temecula area.
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The day before, Spelling's brother, Randy, appearing at a press tour to tout his own reality series, "Sons of Hollywood," likewise declined to say much about Tori and Candy's feud. "The family drama, I'd rather not discuss it," he said.

Tensions apparently began when Tori's previous TV venture, "So noTORIous," parodied her mother's voraciously acquisitive nature, by depicting an "eBay room" in the Spelling mansion.

Spelling wasn't sure why reality TV runs in her and her sibling's blood.
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"I can't speak on behalf of my brother, but my life is a reality (show), basically," she said. "It's out in the media every day."

Instead of going by what they write, why not put the truth out there?
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Spelling and McDermott are pressing ahead with their reality series even though previous celebrity couples appearing in similar projects ended up divorcing. Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey split up after starring in "Newlyweds," while Carmen Electra and Dave Navarro didn't live up to the title of their show, " Til Death Do Us Part."

"It's funny, we had already signed on to do it and I hadn't broken the news (to McDermott) that none of the couples had made it who did a reality show together," Spelling said.
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McDermott, optimistically, declared, "We're going to be the exception, not the rule."

Though neither has any experience running a bed-and-breakfast (Spelling asserted her main qualification was, "I just have
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really good style"), they plan to actually run the thing themselves. They first came up with the idea while staying in one while shooting a film in Ottawa.

"I had never stayed in a B&B before, and I was told that B&Bs are creepy and (filled with) people's old used things," Spelling said.
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"And it was kind of creepy. It was decrepit, and there were old things like teddy bears with an eye hanging out. It was musty." On the upside, the B&B was where the couple conceived their first child, due in March.

Spelling stated that her goal is to "reinvent the B&B for our generation.
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"We will be running it," she vowed, though she quickly confessed, "I'm not all about breakfast. I'm not up early enough. I'm more about happy hour and hors d'oeuvres."

VIEW FROM HERE: Oxygen also presented a panel featuring Lisa Ling, who will host a documentary series titled "Who Cares About Girls?" Asked whether she regretted leaving "The View," the ABC morning show now best-known for Rosie O'Donnell's bickering with Donald Trump, Ling said with a laugh, "Not these days.
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"I'm astounded that people really care" (about The View')," Ling said. "When I try to talk about some of the work I've been doing, people want to talk about The View.' I find it a little annoying."

Slippery When Wet: Tori Spelling Digs Up Smallville Dirt
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Meteor freaks, beware! There's a slippery new villain hitting the CW's Smallville (Thursdays at 8 pm/ET) in the form of Tori Spelling. So we went right to the Beverly Hills, 90210 grad for the scoop on her super guest spot.

TV Guide: Rumor has it you're playing a gossip columnist, which is kind of funny considering....
Tori Spelling: [Laughs] I love it. I thought if anyone should play a gossip columnist trying to get the dirt on innocent people, it should be me! [Laughs] That's my life every week.
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TV Guide: And you get to have superpowers?
Spelling: Yeah. My character has Kryptonite powers…. So I can turn myself into water. Tom Welling directed [the episode], and that was great. It's only his second time directing, and he was really hands-on. You always want a director who will work with you on your character, and Tom was all for that.

TV Guide: Smallville, that yard sale of your old furniture, a book and reality show in the works. Busy much?
Spelling: [Laughs] It's so funny. When you're an actor and not working, it's like, "Oh god, I'm never going to work again!" Then I got pregnant [by newlywed husband Dean McDermott] and all of this work came... when I'd be fine not working!
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TV Guide: What will your book be like?
Spelling: When I was doing So NoTORIous, I realized I had all of these funny stories to tell that people would get a kick out of. Things they wouldn't believe that had happened to me.

TV Guide: So it’s something fun?
Spelling: The last thing I wanted to do was a tell-all. I’m a big David Sedaris fan; I love his voice and his sense of humor. He tells stories, brilliant stories. So it’ll be in that vein.
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TV Guide: When you're out in public, do people just start screaming, "Donna Martin graduates!"?
Spelling: Of course! I've heard that for years. But it never gets old. [Laughs] It's still funny.

TV Guide: So what's the weirdest thing a fan has said to you?
Spelling: It's more along the lines of people talking about you like you're not there. They think celebrities are deaf. Or they'll point right at you. It's like, "Hello, I see you. Just say hi!"
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For an exclusive look at the long-anticipated "Justice" episode of Smallville, pick up the Jan. 15 issue of TV Guide, now on newsstands.

Tori Spelling at 2007 Winter TCA Press Tour

Vera at I'm Not Obsessed has new photos of Tori Spelling appearing at the 2007 Winter TCA Press Tour to promote her and her husband's new show, Tori & Dean: Inn Love.
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Source: I'm Not Obsessed

Thanks to CBB reader Mary Beth.

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"Smallville" (8 p.m., WKBD-TV, Channel 50, CW). Snoop sister. Onetime "90210" teenybopera star Tori Spelling is dishing the dirt in a guest starring role as Daily Planet gossip columnist Linda Lake...and with her own very special journalistic powers, no less. Bless you Kryptonite!

TV Salma-gundi?

"Ugly Betty" (8 p.m., WXYZ-TV, Channel 7, ABC). Long, tall, filthy rich Texan Ted (Brett Cullen) bounces back into Wilhelmina Slater's (Vanessa Williams) life. And the Mode staffers are agog at the new kinder, gentler version of their usually snarky office diva. But while romance softens Wilhelmina, there's a good chance that Daniel (Eric Mabius) is just a fool in love who's being conned by wily publishing sex bomb Sofia (Salma Hayek). Oh goody!

"The Office" (8:30 p.m., WDIV-TV, Local 4, NBC). All hail Dwight (Rainn Wilson), the hilarious prince of sycophantic corporate twits. But what of sour-faced Angela (Angela Kinsey), Dwight's secret love object and Dunder Mifflin's awkward princess of passive-aggressive workplace behavior? Well, Angie's missed an important deadline and now it's time for Dwight to chivalrously save the day. Right.
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Not so McDreamy

"Grey's Anatomy" (9 p.m., WXYZ-TV, Channel 7, ABC). The staff of Seattle Grace is back from holiday break with all sorts of family matters pending. With the O'Malley clan gathered again, George's (T.R. Knight) father (George Dzundza) undergoes cancer surgery after a successful heart operation. Then there's the awkward emotional tango between Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) and estranged father Thatcher (Jeff Perry). And, oh yeah, restless sleeper Derek (Patrick Dempsey) isn't exactly having sweet McDreams.

Oh promise me...
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"The O.C." (9 p.m., WJBK-TV, Channel 2, Fox). So it's going to be a sweet little 16-episode final season for the Newport Beach crew. The once upon a time buzz hit of 2003 faded in the ratings after 3 1/2 seasons. So now it prepares to say adios for good with a Feb. 22 series finale. But first, what about those marital plans for Summer (Rachel Bilson) and Seth (Adam Brody)? Tonight our geeky Galahad asks Dr. Roberts (Michael Nouri) for his daughter's hand in marriage. Be careful.

Jewel 'n' Troy

"Nashville Star" (10 p.m., USA Network). Season premiere. The country music twist on "American Idol" returns for a fifth honky-tonk go-round. Who's new this year? It's folkie chanteuse Jewel. She joins Cowboy Troy as cohost for the hang-loose, upbeat singing competitionthat's developed a down home country cult following.
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Swank, Obie and the Keys

"Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (12:35 a.m., WDIV-TV, Local 4, NBC). Hilary Swank drops by to chat up Conan about her role as an inspirational teacher in the gritty classroom movie "Freedom Writers"; Akron garage blues duo the Black Keys gets into a raw, visceral musical groove.

Celebreality Hot at TCA

Pasadena, Calif. -- Tori Spelling in yet another reality show. Celebrity couples opening up their relationships and homes to cameras 24/7. Several B-list performers trying to get along with each other while living under one roof.
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Celebreality is alive and well on cable as networks like MTV, Oxygen and TV One announced several genre-driven projects during the Television Critics Association's Winter Tour here.

The genre has been hot of late, led by VH1’s breakout hit, Flavor of Love, and, more recently, by Flavor spinoff I Love New York, which set a network record for a series debut when 4.4 million viewers tuned in to watch Tiffany (New York) Pollard begin sifting through 20 would-be beaus.
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More and more cable networks are hoping to capitalize on the genre’s momentum by offering new variations of reality formats first made famous by such shows as MTV’s The Real World and The Osbournes.

Beverly Hills 90210 alumnus Tori Spelling will take another shot at the sector with Oxygen’s new series, Tori & Dean: Inn Love. The pregnant Spelling -- who's coming off her recent VH1 reality turn, So NoTORIous -- will appear in the series with husband Dean McDermott as they invest Spelling's inheritance from her late father, producer Aaron Spelling, by buying an eight-acre bed-and-breakfast in Temecula, Calif.

"The show is an intimate look at the challenges and obstacles of first-time innkeepers and the stresses and joys of preparing for their first baby," Oxygen president of programming and marketing Debby Beece said.
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Spelling will also make an appearance on her brother Randy’s new reality series for A&E Network titled Sons of Hollywood, set to debut in April, The 12-episode series will focus on the escapades of three Hollywood scions -- Randy Spelling, son of producer Aaron Spelling; Sean Stewart, son of singer Rod Stewart; and fledgling talent manager David Weintraub (no relation to celebrity manager Jerry Weintraub) -- as they attempt to find their own identities while living under one roof.

VH1 will add another genre-based series to its lineup come spring with Band of Men. The series will place four former boy-band singers -- Chris Kilpatrick (N*SYNC), Jeff Timmons (98 Degrees), Rich Cronin (LFO) and Brian Abrams (Color Me Badd) -- under one roof for one month in an effort to create new music and perform as a new pop group, according to Michael Hirschorn, executive vice president of programming and production for VH1.
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TV One will jump onto the celebreality field in April with I Married a Baller, which follows the lives of former pro-football player Eddie George and his wife, rhythm-and-blues singer Taj, according to Rose Catherine Pinkney, executive VP of programming and production for the 34.9 million-subscriber network.

Spelling Hopes to Reconcile With Mom On TV; If Successful, 15 More Minutes Will Be Added to Career

Now that papa Spelling is dead, nepotism spokeswoman and occasional actress Tori Spelling has no choice but to move on. Her first order of business: keep her career going by exploiting her mom.
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Spelling, who, no matter what she does, will always be known as Donna on Beverly Hills, 90210, is hoping to reconcile with her estranged mother, Candi, on her new reality TV show, reports the World Entertainment News Network.

Spelling and her husband, Dean McDermott, are shooting new series Tori & Dean: In Love. It’s a bland title, sure, but Britney & Kevin: Chaotic, Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica and Til Death Do Us Part: Carmen & Dave were already taken.
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If Spelling can convince her mom to film their deeply sincere reunion on national TV, it will end the bitter spat that the two have long had. The tension between the pair worsened when Spelling’s TV mogul father, Aaron, died last year.

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Look, I know that American TV has always owed a huge debt to British ideas. "Monty Python," "All in the Family," "Masterpiece Theatre," "Millionaire," "The Office," Charles and Diana … the history of Anglo-American television is a long and happy one.

But what's the deal over at Discovery Networks? The operator of several top-rated channels including Discovery, TLC and Animal Planet, a cable powerhouse headquartered — allegedly — in suburban Washington, D.C., rolled out a truckload of new shows Wednesday for TV critics gathered here. It was a British invasion from start to finish.

First, Travel Channel's general manager came out ... and he's a Brit. So, I would soon realize, are the folks who run TLC and Discovery Channel. Meanwhile, Animal Planet has a new show out called "Spring Watch USA," a six-week series that will track the arrival of our favorite season, with cameras rolling "just prior to broadcast each week to capture the rites of spring as it unfolds in near real time." Cool idea — but Animal Planet didn't think of it first. It's been a BBC tradition for years, done in collaboration with England's leading conservation charity and the help of thousands of volunteers. Animal Planet's version, which will begin April 14, will feature mainly the channel's own stars, including Jeff Corwin and Philippe Cousteau.
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Turning to TLC, run by another Occidental type, a reality series called "My Life as a Child" will follow the lives of 20 fascinating children chosen on a nationwide talent search, from a boy who's pursuing his love of ballet to an 8-year-old girl who's already published one book. The kids are given camcorders and learn to make video diaries.

The result is a compelling program that looks like a winner. And it should be, since "My Life As a Child" is already a hit on the BBC.

And then there's Discovery, now run by a former Beeb executive, that simply hired away a whole BBC crew to make its newest high-definition extravaganza, "Planet Earth," which offers unprecedented looks into the workings of nature. (We won't even get into BBC America, which is also under Discovery's roof.)
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What gives? I asked Billy Campbell, who oversees the Discovery family in the U.S. and who, despite his Anglophonic name, is actually a southerner. He assured me that it was more appearance than reality. He pointed out that Discovery had also announced a new Ted Koppel special, "The Long War" (March 11), about the conflict between Islamist radicals and the United States. And he noted that Travel Channel, with its mutton-eating FM, had done something original and uniquely American: It adapted the bestselling book "1000 Places to See Before You Die" into a series and chose a cute couple from Colorado, Albin and Melanie Ulle, to visit about a tenth of the book's destinations for a new series that begins March 29.

Fine. I'm placated. But I won't be surprised if Time Warner Cable starts letting me pay my bill in pounds sterling.

Tori Spelling Visits 'Smallville'
Actress Will Play Gossip Reporter On CW Series
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(CBS) NEW YORK Tori Spelling guest will star as a gossip columnist in the Jan. 11 episode of The CW's "Smallville," the network has announced.

The "Beverly Hills 90210" alum plays Linda Lake, a sneaky columnist who writes a story that exposes Lana's reservations about marrying Lex when she uses special powers to overhear a private conversation.

Series star Tom Welling directs the episode, entitled "Hydro."
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The 33-year-old actress will also appear in the upcoming comedy "Kiss The Bride."

Spelling, the daughter of late TV titan Aaron Spelling, is expecting a baby boy in March.
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