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Bachelor Party Checklist: Timing - Try not to have the party on the eve of the wedding. This is very bad for everyone involved including your friend. It is highly likely that he (or she) will be spending a good part of their life savings the following day, they will want to be sober for it. A week in advance is a good idea. Even a month in advance is acceptable. Friday and Saturday nights are best. Food - You probably won't be expected to truly feed everyone, however you should provide something to eat. It could be pot luck...

Along with the final of American Idol, this past week featured the final of ABC's Dancing With the Stars and The Bachelor. So who can dance the best? Who did Andy choose to marry?

The Bachelor and Dancing With the Stars head into the final lap. An update on the latest on these two reality shows and lots of speculation on who might win. Plus, a reason why Delaware's mealy-mouth Senator Carper wants to surrender in Iraq and the guy does make quitting and running sound righteous. Plus a good story for political junkees about a local election and the national implications of same.

Dancing With the Stars 07 goes down to the final five and now that the wheat is separated from the chaff things get interesting. And Bachelor Andy Baldwin continues his search for a wife. All with pics you'll see nowhere else on the Internet.

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.

"The Bachelor" 2007-Andy Baldwin also known as "too good to be true" continues on his quest for true love. We've got a review of episode 4/17/07 as well the latest and greatest on the "Dancing With the Stars" reality show. All with pics you'll find nowhere else on the Internet.

Kaitlyn spent a few days with Mom-Mom for her Easter 2007 visit. The child attended church TWICE on Palm Sunday weekend but hey, she got all of 19 eggs during the Easter egg hunt. Pics of Kaitlyn in her smashing Easter outfit and stunning curls. Also, Guest Writer Michelle celebrates many years of wedded bliss. Finally, a quick once over on the newest version of the reality series "The Bachelor". He's a doctor, he's single, he's handsome and he worried more about the ladies he must reject. Heh. Or so he says.

The biggest fiction behind James Bond is that the fantasy master spy and world-class heartbreaker lived past 40-something. It’s not just the death traps and vodka martinis, or even the three packs of cigarettes a day, that would have shortened his life. His naked ring finger would have too. Because real men need wives. Consider the data: Married men—regardless of age, sex, race, income or education—consistently have been found to be healthier than men who are single, divorced or widowed. This so-called “marriage benefit” begins to kick in right after the wedding, then builds. Husbands ages 18 to 44 are...

SAN DIEGO – A San Diego-based Coast Guard petty officer is one of the 50 hottest bachelors named by People magazine in its issue released Friday. Petty Officer 2nd Class Josh Miramontez, 25, is one of just five non-celebrities on the list, Coast Guard public affairs officer Anastasia Devlin said. “They did a celebrity thing, but five of the 50 were rescuers nationwide,” Devlin said. “They took in a lot of pictures and his was selected.” Miramontez is deserving of the honor, Devlin said. “Oh, yes. He looks a little Italian. The tall, dark and handsome type,” she said. While...

SHERMAN OAKS, CALIF. - Kristie Mclean is watching the dating show "Joe Millionaire" and taking her frustration out on a couch pillow. On the TV screen, 20 women in horse carriages are trotting up to a French chateau to meet a man they've been told is a nouveau riche Prince Charming. In truth, Evan Marriott, aka "Joe Millionaire," is a construction worker who makes $19,000 a year. Each time a girl fawns over Evan and says she feels like a fairy princess - even though it seems evident he might not be who he says he is, and not just...

Developing to massive ratings swell..

<p>THE latest reality show will make fun of reality shows - and the women who flock to get on shows like "The Bachelor" in hopes of getting rich.</p> <p>Fox has secretly been producing "Joe Millionaire, " a seven-episode series in which 20 women will compete to marry a man they believe to be a millionaire - but is really a construction worker who makes $19,000 a year.</p>

Max of 35 share in Los Angeles, 35 Chicago and 34 Dallas.Developing [Didn't Even Mention the West Wing!!]

Forget Congress, a sluggish economy and terorrism. President Bartlet has bigger headaches. Namely, Aaron Buerge. ABC's The Bachelor after nipping at Barlet's wingtips all season, finally upended NBC's The West Wing in the TV week ended Sunday. The marriage minded reality series, featuring the photogenic Buerge and his quest for an equally photogenic bride, attracted a season high 16.3 million viewers for last Wednesday's outing, landing the show in lucky 13th place.