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Yes, You Should Watch ‘The Face’

Image courtesy of The Face The Face premiered last night and I'm here to say: Yes, you should watch it, particularly if you're a longtime ANTM fan who just can't deal with Tyra anymore.  I didn't realize how much I missed Nigel Barker until I heard him in the intro voiceover.  Even though Naomi Campbell […]

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The Face’s Naomi Campbell: “I Am Different. I Am Before Tyra.”

Last night, stars Naomi Campbell, Coco Rocha, Karolina Kurkova and the artist formerly known as America's Next Top Dreamhunk, Nigel Barker came out for a red carpet event celebrating their new Oxygen Media modeling show, The Face. The first episode of the seven-part season will air next week on February 12. The format pits Campbell, Rocha and Kurkova against each other as model coaches, competing […]

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Tyra Banks Says She Once Wanted to Quit ANTM

Once upon a time, Tyra Banks was a supermodel — full stop. Being a supermodel is a pretty big accomplishment, but Tyra's ambition was yet greater, and so she decided to produce her own television show. America's Next Top Model is a swell show in many ways, but after nineteen seasons of campy photoshoots and […]

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Tyra Wants You to Vote for ANTM’s Cycle 19 Contestants

There are big changes afoot at America's Next Top Model. Show creator and host Tyra Banks fired Nigel Barker and the Jays, staple personalities of the long-running reality modeling competion, and hired two ANTM newbies, male model Rob Evans and celebrity stylist Johnny Wujek, for Cycle 19. And there's yet another twist: viewers get to […]

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Tyra Banks to Ruin ANTM with New Judges, Voting Component

Okay, look: it's not like these are the glory days America's Next Top Model. If anything, the last few "cycles" of the endlessly-running reality modeling competition have been a long, dark shadow of the show's earlier seasons. ANTM has always been a joke: instead of functioning as a wise, supermodel mentor, Tyra Banks was a […]

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Tyra Banks Fires Nigel Barker and the Jays from ANTM

Loyal America's Next Top Model fans might have a hard time processing this news: Tyra Banks has fired Nigel Barker, J. Alexander, and Jay Manuel. All three cast members have been staples of the show since the series premiere in 2003: Nigel Barker sat with Tyra on judges panel, looked dreamy; Jay Manuel directed all […]

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Why Was Angelea Preston Disqualified from ANTM?

If you have any America's Next Top Model fanatics in your life, you'll have to forgive them if they're a little grumpy today. Last night's finale of the reality modeling competition's All-Stars cycle was more than a disappointment, it was a betrayal. After sitting through a standard finale episode—a CoverGirl shoot and an over-elaborate Goddess-themed […]

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