Do you know a hair salon that is a wreck? They might just need Tabatha Coffey to take it over. Tabatha Coffey is a hard ass hairdresser/business woman who pulls no punches. She is to hair what Simon Cowell is voice and Gordon Ramsey is to food.
Born and raised in Australia Tabatha came from a family of hair stylists. Tabatha started her career at the age of 14 in her hometown of Surfers Paradise as an assistant and then moved onto to London where she continued her training. She has been a professional hair stylist and salon owner for 30 years.
Tabatha attained national prominence with her appearance on the Bravo reality/game show "Shear Genius". She did not win the competition but did become the fan's favorite. It was due to this Bravo gave Tabatha her own show "Tabatha Takes Over".
"Tabatha Takes Over" (originally titled Tabatha's Salon Takeover) follows Tabatha into a struggling hair salon where she then takes over the salon and whips them into shape. She is tough and takes no crap from anyone. Tabatha is an task master. Dressed in black with a short blonde hair cut she is an evil pixie! Tabatha's show is now in its fourth season. Tabatha an out lesbian has branched out from just salons and has started taking over gay bars. She has taken over the bars with the same élan as she has with hair salons.
I love a freak show. Who doesn't, right? Well they best freak show around right now is Amy's Baking Company in Scottsdale, Arizona. The moment they appeared on Kitchen Nightmares the owners have became super star freaks. Such freaks they may just be criminally insane. Tip stealing and screaming at their staff and customers. They also seemed to have made every mistake a crazy person make on Facebook and Yelp.
If you don't know the story of Amy's Baking Company I will try to distill it into a few sentences if I can. Samy and Amy Bouzaglo own a restaurant in Scattsdale where she is the "chef' and he is the "Maitre d" here's the rub She can't cook and he is a vulgar bully. They abuse their staff and customers and happily did it on Gorden Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares. They were so horrid Gordon Ramsey, a foul mouthed punk at best, thought they were insane and left the restaurant. Shutting the whole show down. Gordon Ramsey did air the episode and it make for some amazing TV. No editor could make these people look worse than they really are. Samy and Amy have also taken to berating people on Yelp for any negative reviews. Then Mr. &Mrs Crazy then took to Facebook using the dreaded "fuck" in the same sentences where they claim themselves as Christians. When confronted by local media they claim that their Facebook page was hacked as was Yelp and several other websites. They also say they have the FBI investigating the whole thing.
If you get a chance to watch the Kitchen Nightmare episode do it. It is amazingly funny in a crazy people doing crazy people things way. Samy threatens to beat up a customer and Amy screams obscenities at everyone she encounters.
The original series Beverly Hills Nannies is sometimes fun to watch and some times not so fun. The premise of the show for those who haven't seen it is just as the title suggests is about a group of nannies in Beverly Hills. Originally there were seven families on the show. The number of families was whittled down as the season went on as several were just too dull. These families were tended to by nine nannies. Well sort of. One nanny didn't seem to ever nanny and one was really just the hard parting friend of the owner of the "agency". Three of the nannies were "mannies" and they were the most sane of the bunch. The female nannies all seemed be be a rather catty lot. The main nanny Kristin has some sort of track record and recruits this lot to work for her new business. The business meetings all seem to involve cocktails, kow towing and tyranny.
Seemed if one of the most operative words when looking at a reality show. If reality shows showed reality as it really is they would be beyond tedious. This is entertainment after all. Is Cindy Margolis one of the mothers really as trampy as she appears on the show? Is Arianne Bellamar truly as nuts as she is made to look? Is Marika Tsircou actually that out of touch with reality? These three are the most interesting of the mothers. The others were some what forgettable, bless their hearts.
The reunion show was the last show of the season. As the name implies it was a reunion of the cast both nannies and mothers. Let the name calling begin! The most telling part of the program and the reality of it all is the choice of host Ross Mathews. Ross is very entertaining on the show but lets face it he is no Charlie Rose. This is entertainment not real! Most of the show is rather cringe worthy and does really get interesting until the mothers are brought in. This is when the import of the mothers and nannies is displayed. Front row nannies and mothers interesting back row not so much. Will this show have a second season? That remains to be seen. It is as times entertaining in a cringe worthy way so who is to say.
You may not know the name Ariane Bellamar right now but soon you will. Ariane is an actress originally from Toronto, Canada living in Los Angeles. Miss Bellamar hits the national scene with a new ABC Family reality show titled "Beverly Hills Nannies". No she is not a nanny; she is a mom. The reality show is as the title suggests about nannies who live and work in Beverly Hills. Ariane along with her husband Barry and their uber cute daughter Emma hire a nanny and the cameras follow them about. Up to now Ariane has had some smallish roles on television and in some films. She is also a model and worked as Playboy Bunny. So obviously she is very pretty but she is more. She is funny and rather smart. She is also a hard worker. Ariane came to Hollywood with a pretty face and a dream but no agent. She did it on her own!
