Ashley Hebert was NOT my favorite bachelorette when she appeared on the last season of ‘The Bachelor’. When Brad Womack sent her packing, I was a little relieved, because I find her incredibly annoying. Maybe I’m a sour ol’ lady, but I find her cackle laugh super annoying, and the bubbly energy a bit TOO MUCH. Fast forward to the ‘After the Rose’ ceremony where we learn Ashley will be the new ‘Bachelorette’ and I give out a loud – OH MAN!!!

For some sick reason I have this condition that forces me to watch every season of ‘The Bachelor’ and ‘The Bachelorette’ so I’m unable to control myself. I have to subject myself to the show – whether I’m enjoying it or not. (Okay, I’m usually enjoying it. I’m sick, I tell you.)

So I sit down last night and watch the premiere of ‘The Bachelorette’ and I find Ashley as incredibly annoying as I remember her. Maybe MORE annoying if that’s possible. Then at the end – they show what to expect in the season to come – and I see I’m in for a full season of B.S.! What’s this crap with Bentley? Goes to show ABC is all about the show – and not about the love………… yes, I said it.

Anyway, Life & Style did some article about her “transformation”. The only transformation I see are bad hair extensions, but whatev:

After the tragic death of her ex-boyfriend and dealing with heartbreak on the last season of The Bachelor, Ashley Hebert underwent a transformation to prepare for her stint as the new Bachelorette. Now, for the first time Ashley opens up about triumphing over tragedy and heartbreak. “I knew I had to change,” she confesses to Life & Style in an exclusive interview. “I said to myself, ‘If I keep acting so protectively, I’ll never allow myself to fall in love.’”

Ashley’s fear of rejection and terror of losing a loved one dovetailed right before she went on The Bachelor. The man she once thought was her true love, Joe Olszewski, died tragically just weeks before Ashley began filming. “He was so very dear to my heart, and his passing took a toll on me,” she says, tears welling up in her eyes.

Joe’s death rattled the 26 year old she admits now, but she put on a brave face while trying to let Brad into her heart. “I still struggle with Joe’s passing, but it also made me realize life is so short,” she affirms today. “When you find someone you love, tell him!” Ashley’s certainly ready to open her heart for the right guy — it’s been nearly four years since her last boyfriend.

“Everything I’ve been through in life, including the passing of my ex-boyfriend, has brought me here,” Ashley says. Whatever happens this season, she promises, “it’ll be honest and from my heart. You can trust that.”

PS: I know you know I’m right.

When Kirstie Alley appears on the finale of ‘Dancing With the Stars’ tonight, fans will be see an incredibly smaller dancer.

The incredibly shrinking actress is planning on wearing the same black dress she wore when the ABC hit premiered in March. Kirstie has reportedly lost so much weight that the dress will have to be altered. The dress had to have a shocking 38 inches taken off in order for her to wear it again. 38 inches!

The 60-year-old will wear the costume when she reprises her opening-night dance, the cha-cha, with dancing partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy.

Alley has been noticeably shrinking week after week, but she was coy when asked after performing in a skin-tight bodysuit Monday how much weight she has lost during her two and a half months on the show.

“There will be some reveal of that at some point, but I really didn’t care,” she said. “As long as I kept changing and changing and changing, I really didn’t care. It was like, keep whittling, whittling, whittling. And the other thing that’s really more significant to me – I mean, I love the whittling, I like being skinny – I’m really strong and really agile and it gave me a new life.”

Alley’s costumes have gotten progressively smaller and skimpier as she has continued on the show.

“We are constantly taking in and altering Kirstie’s costumes,” said designer Randall Christensen. “Isn’t she looking incredible?!”

The one-time “Fat Actress” wowed in a body-hugging catsuit during her freestyle dance Monday. After the performance, Judge Carrie Ann Inaba told Alley that she has become “the new poster child for life as it should be lived at 60 years old.”

A new “Dancing” champ will be named Tuesday. Alley is up against actress Chelsea Kane and football star Hines Ward.

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Here’s news that probably won’t surprise you… Emily Maynard and Brad Womack have broken up – for good. The winner of ‘The Bachelor’ has reportedly returned her engagement ring.

According to US Weekly, Maynard was spotted in North Carolina over the weekend without the ring Womack gave her on ‘The Bachelor’ finale. An insider claims Emily returned the ring to ABC.

Sources claim that the couple’s long-distance relationship was just too hard to continue, with a source telling Us, “It’s completely over now.”

Maynard is reported to have initiated the breakup, which happened about two weeks ago after she visited Womack’s home in Austin, Texas, in a last-ditch attempt to save their relationship.

“Emily is happy in Charlotte [North Carolina] and is not moving to Austin with [her 5-year-old daughter] Ricki,” a source told Us. “She is content.”

The breakup comes as no surprise to those keeping tabs on the reality couple. Trouble has been brewing in paradise since the March finale, where the couple’s body language gave some clues into their icy relationship.

I think I’d be more surprised these days if a Bachelor couple actually DID make it – rather than if they broke up. It’s just not surprising anymore.

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Here’s our first look at ABC’s new series, ‘Once Upon a Time’ which will premiere this Fall!

Synopsis: From the inventive minds of “Lost” executive producers Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis comes a bold new imagining of the world, where fairy tales and the modern-day are about to collide.

And they all lived happily ever after – or so everyone was led to believe. Emma Swan knows how to take care of herself. She’s a 28-year-old bail bonds collector who’s been on her own ever since she was abandoned as a baby. But when the son she gave up years ago finds her, everything starts to change. Henry is now 10 years old and in desperate need of Emma’s help. He believes that Emma actually comes from an alternate world and is Snow White and Prince Charming’s missing daughter. According to his book of fairytales, they sent her away to protect her from the Evil Queen’s curse, which trapped the fairytale world forever, frozen in time, and brought them into our modern world. Of course Emma doesn’t believe a word, but when she brings Henry back to Storybrooke, she finds herself drawn to this unusual boy and his strange New England town. Concerned for Henry, she decides to stay for a while, but she soon suspects that Storybrooke is more than it seems. It’s a place where magic has been forgotten, but is still powerfully close… where fairytale characters are alive, even though they don’t remember who they once were. The epic battle for the future of all worlds is beginning, but for good to win, Emma will have to accept her destiny and fight like hell.

“Once Upon a Time” stars Ginnifer Goodwin (“Big Love”) as Snow White/Sister Mary Margaret, Jennifer Morrison (“House MD”) as Emma Swan and Robert Carlyle (“The Full Monty,” “Trainspotting,” “SGU Stargate Universe”) as Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold.

I hope it’s good!

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Life & Style has exclusively learned that over the weekend of April 9, Emily Maynard made a phone call to her fiancé, Bachelor Brad Womack, to tell him it’s over.

“Emily told Brad that she can’t picture them getting married,” an insider reveals to Life & Style. “Brad’s not acting like a fiancé, and she knows that he’s not going to change. Emily knows in her heart of hearts that the relationship is finished.”

A second insider confirms that the relationship fell apart in recent days. “Emily was very close to moving with her daughter, Ricki, to Austin, Texas, just weeks ago, but that’s not true anymore,” the insider says. In fact, a friend tells Life & Style that Brad put an offer on a new home — without even consulting Emily or asking her to come to see it first. “She obviously feels that it isn’t the behavior of someone who plans to be with her.”

The reason for the split stemmed from Brad’s hurtful and erratic behavior. Emily became fearful he was cheating on her. “Brad seemed very complacent all of a sudden,” says the insider. “He did everything he could to woo and charm Emily on the show, and then it just slowed. Emily knows he likes Texas, he likes his bars and booze, so she’s just wondering if he likes someone else. It started to really worry Emily. She felt like, ‘If he’s not wanting to see her, who is he with?’”

So why hasn’t Emily simply announced a split?

Her contract with ABC prevents her from speaking out about the relationship without the network’s permission — and Life & Style has learned ABC called her on April 13 specifically to remind her of that point. Though the network can’t force them to stay together, a source says they have encouraged Emily to try to work things out with Brad, because they want Bachelor couples to make it down the aisle. “In the end, they try to control it,” Deanna Pappas — who competed on Brad’s first season and went on to star on The Bachelorette — tells Life & Style.

The friend, who has spent time with Emily recently, confirms Emily has taken off her Neil Lane engagement ring. “She doesn’t wear the ring anymore.”

Isn’t that BS! ABC prohibits her from talking about their relationship!? What a crock!

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I can hear stay-at-home-mom-hearts breaking all across the country! Means absolutely nothing to me, except I am surprised to find out that the shows were even still on in the first place! Who actually watches soap operas anymore! Here’s the scoop from THR:

Following speculation that All My Children was on the brink of cancellation last month, ABC announced Thursday that the long-running soap opera, along with One Life To Live, has been cancelled. They are being replaced by two new lifestyle programs, The Chew and The Revolution.

The daytime staples will end in September and January, respectively.

AMC premiered Jan. 5, 1970; Life premiered on July 15, 1968.

Hmm… could this troubled couple actually be making things work?

Life & Style can exclusively reveal that Emily Maynard has decided to make the move from North Carolina to Texas with her 5-year-old daughter, Ricki, to be with her fiancé Brad Womack.

“She feels like the best thing to do is to give this a real shot and put her heart into it by moving to Austin for the summer,” an insider close to Emily tells Life & Style. “She’s going to get her own condo there. She’s not moving in with him.”

Brad has made it clear that the only thing he refuses to bend on is where he and his future wife will live. “I know love is a compromise, but that’s the only thing that I was very adamant about,” he tells Life & Style. “I have some very strong roots there. I don’t want to relocate. I have a career in Austin.”

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