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Bret Michaels was rushed to the hospital late Thursday night after suffering a massive hemorrhage near his brain stem, this according to People.com. Michaels is reportedly in critical condition at an undisclosed hospital. According to the report, Michaels was suffering from excruciating headaches earlier in the day. According to the report, Michaels underwent several tests -- including CAT Scans and MRIs. The report claims it was determined Michaels suffered from a "subarachnoid hemorrhage" -- bleeding at the base of his brain stem.

EXCERPT: Donald Trump’s ratings-challenged Apprentice TV show has already been cancelled and brought back from the dead once. His real estate empire may not be so lucky. The partnership behind the Trump Ocean Resort Baja, a luxury hotel-condo project in Mexico, has gone belly up, costing scores of small investors more than $32 million. Investors have been told they won’t get a penny back. The Mexican problems couldn’t come at a worse time for Trump. ...

Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle told Meet the Press host Tim Russert that being First Lady doesn’t exactly constitute an apprenticeship for the Presidency. Daschle wanted to boost Barack Obama over a suddenly resurgent Hillary Clinton, and he attacked her experience argument. Daschle pointed out that Obama has more time in elective office than Hillary, but he somehow managed to avoid noting that John McCain has more than the both of them put together: Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) on Sunday questioned Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (N.Y.) pitching of herself as the most experienced candidate in the...

The "Celebrity Apprentice" entertains with a week gone by with NO ONE fired. A feud between Omorosa and Piers Morgan flares up to amusing proportions. With pics and video you'll find nowhere else on the Internet.

WASHINGTON, July 12, 2007 – The winner of NBC’s second season of “The Apprentice” reality show, Kelly Perdew, is looking to hire an apprentice. Perdew is the president of ProElite.com, an online community for mixed martial arts fighters, fans and organizations. The former Army officer is partnering with the non-profit group “Hire A Hero” to find the right person. "Kelly Perdew is a quality employer, entrepreneur, and a patriot, who is truly helping to make a positive difference in the lives of those who have served," said Dan Caulfield, Hire A Hero’s executive director. “He is setting the example...

You might know who won the title of "Apprentice LA" but you can't wrap it up until you read my final summation and advice to The Donald if he wants to keep this thing going. And Dance With the Stars continues with six left. A quick check in with the Bachelor finds him down to six choices.

Trump's "Apprentice LA" winds down to the last week. We've got a review of the 4/15/07 show and some thoughts on the winnahs. Plus, Noah's Ark Revisited.

A critique of the dances from 4/9/07 plus the dancer eliminated on 4/10/07. Plus the Apprentice LA task from 4/9/07. This reality series is winding down…time to do some real handicapping for the next Apprentice. With pics you'll see nowhere else on the Internet. Bonus! We're not making this up...a genuine video of my dog peeing.

We'll be keeping up with "Dancing With the Stars" now that the field is down to ten couples. This post offers mine own non-dancer insight, comments and sarcasm, as required. In addition, we're keeping up with Trump's Apprentice LA and this week we discuss the firing of the male half of an Apprentice team once involved in a budding romance.

We're keeping up with the Apprentice LA and here's the latest on the task undertaken on Sunday 3/25/07. Also, stay here for we've got pics, comments, sarcasm and wit regarding the latest "Dancing With the Stars" round from 3/27/07.

Catching up on Trump's "The Apprentice", we review TWO tasks gone by. We've got pics and details on the great GNC task as well as the Soap Opera and "webcast". Also, a review of Foxnews' "Half Hour News Hour". It's hip, cool, hilarious and has been picked up for another few weeks. Check out just why all of America needs to watch this show.

Catching up on some big TV events this week. First, we have the final 12 boys and girls on American Idol 2007. Pics of all and notes on who to watch for. Also, the Grammys 2007…heh. Some pics and some snide comments, as expected of me. And yes, we are keeping up with Apprentice LA although no one else in America is. This report a real honey.

August 31, 2006 -- CAROLYN KEPCHER, Donald Trump's co-star on "The Apprentice," has heard him say "You're fired!" for the last time - because this time he said it to her, sources told The Post. The icy, 36-year-old blonde - who was running the Trump National Golf Club in Briarcliff in Westchester and helping supervise the Trump National in Bedminster, N.J. - was let go earlier this week. "She became a prima donna," said one insider. "Being on 'The Apprentice' went to her head. She was no longer focused on business. She was giving speeches for $25,000 and doing endorsements."...

One 'Apprentice' Is Running for Office; Could There Be Another? By: Robert B. BlueyPosted 03/09/0602:20 PM Raj Bhakta, who was “fired” by Donald Trump on the second season of “The Apprentice,” will run on the Republican ticket this November against Democratic Rep. Allyson Schwartz in the suburban Philadelphia district, reports the Associated Press. “We offer voters legitimate change,” Bhakta told the AP. “I am not a politician. I am someone from a business background who wants to make a change.” Who knew Trump would breed an aspiring Republican lawmaker? The truth is, however, Bhakta isn’t the only cast member from...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Raj Bhakta, the aspiring "Apprentice" turned aspiring politician, is running for Congress. Bhakta, who was fired by Donald Trump during the second season of the NBC reality show "The Apprentice," is challenging Democratic U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz for the state's 13th District seat representing suburban Philadelphia. Bhakta received the county GOP's endorsement days before making his announcement Monday. "We offer voters legitimate change," Bhakta said. "I am not a politician. I am someone from a business background who wants to make a change." If elected in November, Bhakta said he would serve a maximum of three terms...

Something that was useful at the MBA Association I would like to recreate here is a live thread (completely vanity) on The Apprentice. This is for only those who actually enjoy the business aspect of the program and would like to analize the actions of the members.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16, 2006 – Kelly Perdew was hired as Donald Trump's "Apprentice" in 2004, and he believes his training at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point helped him win the reality TV competition. Kelly Perdew (left), winner of the TV show "The Apprentice," shakes the hand of a fan after autographing his newly released book, "Take Command," during his book signing in Washington Feb. 15. Perdew is a former Army intelligence officer and Ranger, as well as a West Point graduate. Photo by William D. Moss  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Perdew, whose new book, "Take...

HABBANIYAH, Iraq, Dec. 29, 2005 – While western Iraq's Anbar province was making headlines with its voter turnout this month, a quieter turnout of its young men was making headway graduating from school. In Habbaniyah, a volatile city where rockets and mortars destroy buildings and lives all too suddenly and frequently, the Iraq Construction Apprentice Program is facilitating Iraqi rebuilding efforts, one brick and one life at a time. The apprentice course began in September at the military base here, an old British base that the Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence contracted ECC International to renovate so the Iraqi...

Episode 4 of Season 4 of The Apprentice is on tonight. I'm a little late in starting a discussion thread, but I'm enjoying this set of contestants more than those from the Season 2 and 3, so here goes.

HONG KONG — China will soon have its own version of the extremely capitalist reality TV show "The Apprentice," according to a news report. Donald Trump will be the executive producer of the Chinese show, which will be hosted by a Beijing property mogul, the South China Morning Post newspaper reported Sunday. The report said the version in the communist country would closely follow the U.S. original, in which contestants use their business savvy to compete against each other, and the winner gets a job with Trump. No release date was given, and the paper said the details of the...