November 19, 2009
NEW YORK, New York
Tyra Banks spoke out for the first time on Wednesday about the controversy that was sparked late last month after six contestants on “America’s Next Top Model” were made to look bi-racial for a Hawaiian photo shoot.
In a nearly nine-minute speech at the start of Wednesday’s “The Tyra Banks Show,” the TV talk show host and “ANTM” Executive Producer revealed that the headlines prompted by turning her contestants into different races was difficult for the star.
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October 29, 2009
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
Weeks after an Australian variety show made headlines around the world after a group of white performers donned blackface to perform as the Jackson brothers, Tyra Banks is making headlines herself for turning her latest “America’s Next Top Model” candidates bi-racial for a photo shoot.
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September 14, 2009
NEW YORK, NY
This summer, Bravo’s Television Without Pity asked TV junkies to cast their votes for the best, worst, most improved and just plain craziest characters, series, moments and more from the 2008-2009 season. And after a record-breaking 2.4 million votes were cast, the results can finally be revealed!
Access Hollywood also participated in this year’s Tubeys, with five categories of our own. The results… after the jump.
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September 08, 2009
NEW YORK, New York
Tyra Banks may have gone from model to reality TV mogul, but she isn’t quite where she wants to be.
“I wish I was more of a diva,” Tyra told Tuesday’s “Nightline” while talking about cast changes on “America’s Next Top Model.” “I wish [I] was harder, I wish I didn’t care so much about being the nice girl all the time. Because a lot of the time people can take kindness for weakness … so I wish I had a little bit more ‘oomph’ in me.”
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September 07, 2009
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
Tyra Banks is getting back to her roots for the season debut of her TV talk show, and she doesn’t mean that as a figure of speech.
On Tuesday’s fifth-season premiere of “The Tyra Show” on the CW network, the former supermodel goes on-camera with unadorned hair. Or as Banks puts it, “no wigs, extensions, no nothing.”
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August 04, 2009
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
“America’s Next Top Model” returns and with a Hollywood makeover and a few “small” changes.
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August 01, 2009
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
Tyra Banks is heading from reality television to “Gossip Girl.”
The “America’s Next Top Model” and “The Tyra Banks Show” host will star in an episode of the third season of the popular CW drama this fall – but not as herself, a rep for the show confirmed to Access Hollywood.
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July 17, 2009
By Jesse Spero
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
Plus, did the “Gossip Girl” clothing line at Target get dumped? Kate Gosselin fumes about Jon’s French Riviera escapade. And, Tyra Banks treats her employees!
Your Daily Dispatch of Celebrity Shenanigans
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July 16, 2009
By Jesse Spero & Jeremy Blacklow
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
Many familiar TV favorites were nominated Thursday morning for the 2009 Emmy Awards, but there were also some fresh faces in the mix (including some animated ones), while some very popular favorites were left out.
Find out the surprise nominations and who was snubbed!
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