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Dean Cain says he is "unapologetic" for defending the legacy of American Sniper Chris Kyle against disparaging comments from celebrities, calling Kyle "a hero." "I tend to react the way I would react if someone were in the room with me," the former Superman tells People Now about his Tweets slamming Michael Moore and Seth Rogen for their seemingly critical comments about snipers and the Oscar-nominated movie. "Had he said what he said in the room with me, my exact response would have been what I said: 'Seth, I like your movies, but right now I want to kick your ass,...

All the fuss over American Sniper - the Oscar buzz, the red-carpet premieres, the political debates - was not real-life sniper Chris Kyle's thing, says his friend, actor Dean Cain. "It would be absolutely and completely surreal and strange to him," Cain tells People. "And he'd probably want to go fishing. I'm not kidding. He'd go horseback riding. He'd want to do anything but be in the public eye." "But," Cain adds, "if it was able to help his fellow servicemen, Chris would be fine." The Navy Seal and the former Lois and Clark star became tight when they...

The real-life American Sniper, Chris Kyle, was more than "an ultimate warrior," says Sarah Palin, he was her friend. As the screen version of Kyle's story stirs both controversy and box-office records, Palin spoke with People via email Wednesday about the former Navy Seal killed in 2013. Palin first met Kyle in 2011 when, already retired from the military, he helped with security at one of her public appearances. They bonded when Kyle went on to star with Palin's husband, Todd, in the reality TV competition show, Stars Earn Stripes. Below, Palin responds to People's questions about the film, the controversy, and...

Seth Rogen compared "American Sniper" to Nazi propaganda on Twitter, and Dean Cain immediately fired back.

Dean, who co-starred on the 2012 NBC reality series "Stars Earn Stripes" with the subject of "American Sniper," Chris Kyle, Tweeted, "Seth...I like your films, but right now, I wanna kick your ass. Chris is an American Hero. Period. Go to war. Then we'll talk."

On Wednesday, Dean visited Access Hollywood Live to discuss his reaction and remember his late friend.

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American Sniper focuses on Chris Kyle's military service and his difficulty adjusting to life back home, but what the movie doesn't show is Kyle's attempt at a TV career.

The man widely regarded to be the deadliest sniper in U.S. history was once on a NBC reality show hosted by former Et correspondent Samantha Harris called Stars Earn Stripes.

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The competition show paired up celebrities with military operatives who mentored the celebs through the experience of day-to-day military operations. Kyle was teamed with Dean Cain.

"I read your book [American Sniper]," Cain told Kyle on the show in 2012. "I tried to explain to my nine-year-old son about what an American hero was, so I showed him your picture. I could not be more honored to be here with you."

Kyle later responded with compliments of his own.

"Everything I say he's taking in and doing, and he...

Sure, Sarah Palin can be quick to pounce when something rubs her wrong. But when Michael Moore and others take after the man behind box-office hit American Sniper it gets personal. "You're not fit to shine Chris Kyle's combat boots," the former Alaska governor and VP candidate wrote on her Facebook page Monday night after Moore, the liberal filmmaker, Tweeted that "snipers aren't heroes" - which many took as a reference to the Clint Eastwood film starring Bradley Cooper. It turns out that Palin and Kyle were friends. They met and bonded in 2011, when the retired Navy Seal was...

Sure, Sarah Palin can be quick to pounce when something rubs her wrong. But when Michael Moore and others take after the man behind box-office hit American Sniper it gets personal. "You're not fit to shine Chris Kyle's combat boots," the former Alaska governor and VP candidate wrote on her Facebook page Monday night after Moore, the liberal filmmaker, Tweeted that "snipers aren't heroes" - which many took as a reference to the Clint Eastwood film starring Bradley Cooper. It turns out that Palin and Kyle were friends. They met and bonded in 2011, when the retired Navy Seal was...

Reality Check is a Deadline feature series covering the players, programs and trends in reality television. Since Survivor first debuted on CBS in the summer of 2000, Mark Burnett has been and remains one of the leading impresarios of the Reality TV genre that he in many ways created Stateside. Sure Burnett’s had flame-outs like the short lived Stars Earn Stripes, but he’s also currently holding a deck that includes the still strong Survivor 28 seasons in and growing NBC’s The Voice and ABC’s entrepreneurial series Shark Tank. In a genre where longevity and legacy are still being created, Burnett reflects on the state and shifting fortunes of Reality TV, why American Idol has stumbled and how he literally anchors his shows to success. Deadline: Let’s cut to the chase, Mark. What’s the state of unscripted TV in 2014? Mark Burnett: The state of unscripted TV is very good,...

Samantha Harris is undergoing treatment for breast cancer. In a routine self-examination last fall, she detected a lump in her right breast. A prior mammogram was clean, but sensing something was wrong, the TV host met with another specialist months later. A needle biopsy, followed by a lumpectomy, revealed that the former Dancing with the Stars co-host had breast cancer. "It felt like an elephant was sitting on my chest," the 40-year-old tells People. The former Stars Earn Stripes host sought the opinions of three different specialists. In the end, Harris was advised to either get a double mastectomy or a less-radical second lumpectomy with radiation. Harris chose to get a double...

High Noon Entertainment is making a push into the game and competition arena, signing a first-look partnership with Celebrity Apprentice and Big Brother producer Michael Dietz and his Lucky Butterfly Prods. Under the deal, Dietz will focus on creating new, unscripted game and competition formats to be co-produced with High Noon in the U.S. Dietz and his Lucky Butterfly team will relocate to High Noon’s Sherman Oaks office, and work closely with Patrick Jager, Svp Development and Production, and Scott Feeley, Svp Current Programming. This marks the first co–production deal for ITV Studios’ High Noon. Dietz most recently helped the company develop the game format The Line for Gsn. His other producing credits include Stars Earn Stripes, Killer Karaoke, Scream If You Know The Answer, and Minute To Win It.

There was a lot of talk about Syfy’s Sharknado on social media on Thursday night but on NBC it was game night. Hollywood Game Night (1.3/4) actually. Hosted by Glee’s Jane Lynch, the Sean Hayes created show features teams of three A-listers and one contestant teaming up to compete in various challenges for a $25,000 prize. The one-hour debut at 10 Pm saw Friends alum Matthew Perry and Lisa Kudrow joining Alyson Hannigan, Hawaii Five-o’s Daniel Dae Kim, Martin Short, and Kristen Bell in the festivities. The highest-rated show of its slot, Hollywood Game Night also matched the results of the encore show of the Macy’s fireworks last week for NBC’s best showing in the slot since a April 18 airing of Hannibal. However, Hgn was also down 24% from the August 13, 2012 NBC debut of reality series Stars Earn Stripes. Having debuted back on June 10 and aired the next Monday,...

A lawsuit brought by a former New York police detective that alleges that NBC's Stars Earn Stripes was stolen is moving to the next round. Richard Dillon, who worked for the NYPD for 20 years and has been a consultant on TV shows, brought the lawsuit last November. He came up with an idea for a reality TV show that pitted celebrity contestants against one another in competitive events designed to mimic the training received by Navy SEALs. Among those he's suing for taking his WGA-registered treatment is NBCUniversal and series producers Dick Wolf and Mark Burnett. TV Review:

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Another week in the summer season and another reality show makes its debut. Last night it was NBC’s The Winner Is (1.9/6). Created by The Voice co-producers Talpa Media USA, the short-run series hosted by Nick Lachey is a mix of a game show and singing competition series with contestants vying for cash prizes or a verdict from the experts panel. On the ninth-show finale a $1 million grand prize will be up for grabs. The second-most-watched and second-highest-rated show Monday, The Winner Is was up 12% in adults 18-49 from NBC’s premiere of the Mark Burnett-produced Stars Earn Stripes on August 13 last year and down a tenth from the season finale of previous slot occupant Revolution last week. The top summer debut so far on any network, The Winner Is runs for one more Monday before moving to Thursdays on July 11. A two-hour live performance edition of The Voice...

Some people can win for losing.

Ben Affleck claimed the Directors Guild of America Award for Argo on Saturday in Hollywood’s latest thumb-in-the-eye to the small group of filmmakers in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences who failed to nominate him for an Oscar.

“I worked really, really hard to become the best director I could be, by putting in as hours as I can, and banging my head against a wall, berating myself, lying to myself about whether it’s going to work,” Affleck told the crowd, never mentioning the snub. “Basically, I got to a...

Today, the Directors Guild of America announced its nominees for TV and commercials. Some of the shows involved are predictable (Homeland, Mad Men, Louie, Girls), while others aren’t (check out that Reality category!). The list:

Dramatic Series:

Michael Cuesta, Showtime’s Homeland, “The Choice”

Jennifer Getzinger, AMC’s Mad Men, “A Little Kiss”

Lesli Linka Glatter, Showtime’s Homeland, “Q&A”

Rian Johnson, AMC’s Breaking Bad, “Fifty-One”

Greg Mottola, HBO’s The Newsroom, “We Just Decided To”

Comedy Series:

Louis C.K., FX’s Louie, “New Year’s Eve”

Mark Cendrowski, CBS’s The Big Bang Theory, “The Date Night Variable”

Bryan Cranston,...

New dad Nick Lachey has fallen face first into fatherhood ... and not in a bad way!

The "Stars Earn Stripes" star took to Twitter for the first time since welcoming his son Camden John with wife Vanessa on Sept. 12 to confess that he's "officially in cheesy dad mode."

"Camden is easily the most amazing thing that has happened in my life," the 38-year-old tweeted on Monday afternoon. "@VanessaLachey and i are truly blessed!"

First-time parents Nick and Vanessa have been smitten with Camden from the minute they laid eyes on him, telling People in a statement last week, "Love has truly been redefined for the both of us."

The couple has yet to release a photo of their baby boy, but there's no doubt he's adorable!

Since last we saw them, it appears that Arrested Development‘s Bluths have made some new friends.

Isla Fisher (Wedding Crashers) and Terry Crews (Everybody Hates Chris) will appear in the cult comedy’s upcoming Season 4, TVLine has confirmed.

Both actors have already begun shooting their guest spots, per Zap2It, which broke the news. No details about their characters are available yet.

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Nick and Vanessa Lachey are now the proud parents of son Camden John Lachey!

Little Camden made his debut on the evening of Wednesday, September 12, weighing 8 lbs., 9 oz., and measuring 21 inches. "Love has been redefined for both of us," Nick and Vanessa tell People.

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The couple, who married in July 2011, couldn't wait for their son's arrival. "I can't even explain how excited I am," Stars Earn Stripes contender and 98 Degrees band member, Nick, 38, previously gushed to People. "For someone who has wanted a family for such a long time, I've looked forward to this moment. Now that it's almost here, it's awesome."

The two have also been active in sharing their excitement on Twitter, with Wipeout host Vanessa, 31, even tweeting a breathtaking photo of her baby bump silhouetted by the sunset.

Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo strolled arm in arm after grabbing breakfast in La yesterday. Nick pulled mom-to-be Vanessa close as they walked back to their car. He had a busy Summer appearing on NBC's Stars Earn Stripes, while Vanessa kept working as the host of Wipeout. Nick and Vanessa, who married in July of 2011, announced last March that they were expecting their first child. Vanessa recently said that her due date is in September, and it seems they're sticking close to home until their baby's arrival. View Slideshow ›...

If Sarah Palin finds herself in trouble, she now has a female wrestling-champ buddy she can call on for help. WWE star Eve Torres says the former Republican vice presidential hopeful couldn't have been nicer when she visited hubby Todd when they were shooting NBC reality show Stars Earn Stripes. "She was really a lovely woman," Torres, who was crowned the winner of the show during its finale last night, told me earlier today. "We didn't talk politics, but she was excited for me when I won. She was proud that I did it for the girls out there. She was really sweet." Guess who's "really funny"? Sarah Palin's former running mate John McCain! Torres, 28, even had...

Summer’s ending brought endings to two summer series last night, both with a drop. Gordon Ramsay’s Hotel Hell had a two-hour exit on Fox, picking out the bed bugs and giving Pennsylvania’s Red Rock Inn a top to bottom cleaning. The first hour from 8 – 9 Pm was a special for the show, bringing in a 1.8/5. The Hotel Hell 9 – 10 Pm finale brought in a 1.7/4, a sharp drop of 29% from last Monday”s season high. Labor Day’s rating won’t hurt Ramsey’s work trying to fix up more venues in the future, Fox recently renewed Hotel Hell for a second season. On NBC’s Stars Earn Stripes (0.9/2), former two-time WWE Diva champion Eve Torres won the first season of the celebrity reality series. However, the night itself was no winner for Stars Earn Stripes. Having had weak ratings all summer, Monday’s show was down 10% from last week,...

Going into Monday's two-part finale for "Stars Earn Stripes" (Mon., 9 p.m. Et on NBC), there were two men and two women left out of the eight that started in the military reality competition series. By the end of the night, only one would remain standing, and it was someone who was familiar with holding championship titles.

Todd Palin was knocked out in the first hour, leaving Dean Cain to battle two female competitors for the top prize: gold medal winner Picabo Street and two-time WWE Divas Champion Eva Torres. Perhaps it was their experience with competition and victory, but Cain fell to both women.

In the end, it was Torres who won the top prize for the Uso; her charity of choice. For winning, she eared an additional $100,000 for the charity, in addition to her earnings throughout the competition.

Ratings dipped to just above 3 million viewers for last week's penultimate installment.

Going into Monday's two-part finale for "Stars Earn Stripes" (Mon., 9 p.m. Et on NBC), there were two men and two women left out of the eight that started in the military reality competition series. By the end of the night, only one would remain standing, and it was someone who was familiar with holding championship titles.

Todd Palin was knocked out in the first hour, leaving Dean Cain to battle two female competitors for the top prize: gold medal winner Picabo Street and two-time WWE Divas Champion Eva Torres. Perhaps it was their experience with competition and victory, but Cain fell to both women.

In the end, it was Torres who won the top prize for the Uso; her charity of choice. For winning, she eared an additional $100,000 for the charity, in addition to her earnings throughout the competition.

Ratings dipped to just above 3 million viewers for last week's penultimate installment.

Zap2it: Did your son, Army Sgt. Track Palin (who deployed to Afghanistan earlier this year) or your wife, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, influence you to participate in a show ("Stars Earn Stripes") that pairs celebrities with military operatives and first responders on simulated missions?

Todd Palin: No. 1 would be the cause, the military charity. Track was major, Sarah was major, and then my working experience on "Sarah Palin's Alaska," knowing (producer] Mark Burnett puts out a great product.

Zap2it: Did you bond with your military operative partner?

Todd Palin: My guy was [former Marine] J.W. Cortes. Our common ground is he has a son with autism, and I've got a son with Down syndrome. Just being a father, you have a bond. With the additional challenge, there's that extra bond. I'm a little older than he is, and I'm like, "We are blessed. There's a reason why...

Nick Lachey can't wait to become a dad. The 'Stars Earn Stripes' star is excited about the impending birth of his first child with wife Vanessa and says he's excited about everything, even changing diapers. He said: ''I'm not scared of any of it. Everyone says I'm not going to get any sleep but I've slept enough. I'm ready to take it all on. It's going to be a once in a lifetime experience so I just want to relish every piece of it. Even diapers.'' However, Nick admitted he is nervous. He said: ''It's kind of nerve-wrecking but I'm more excited than anything.

Nick Lachey can't wait to become a dad. The 'Stars Earn Stripes' star is excited about the impending birth of his first child with wife Vanessa and says he's excited about everything, even changing diapers. He said: 'I'm not scared of any of it. Everyone says I'm not going to get any sleep but I've slept enough. I'm ready to take it all on. It's going to be a once in a lifetime experience so I just want to relish every piece of it. Even diapers.' However, Nick admitted he is nervous. He said: 'It's kind of nerve-wrecking but I'm more excited than anything. We've gone through this whole long process and now I just want to see my son,...

Update, 5:17 Pm Thursday: Sarah Palin’s comments on Facebook about her Republican Convention speech being canceled may be part of an elaborate negotiating tactic, according to New York magazine. Palin’s contract is supposedly up in January, and Fox News is considering what kind of new deal they will sign, if they decide to keep Palin at all. At roughly $1 million a year, Palin is Fox’s highest-paid contributor, the magazine said. Additionally Fox execs have been underwhelmed by Palin’s ratings. And Palin hasn’t been happy when Fox hasn’t given her top billing. Sources cited by New York say things have been so touchy that all communications have been through her husband Todd Palin, currently one of the contestants on NBC’s reality series Stars Earn Stripes. Additionally, Palin’s Facebook commentary likely did not endear her to Fox News chief Roger Ailes, who values discipline and loyalty.

No matter what field you're in, there's likely at least one person, if not several, that inspired you to push further and demand more of yourself. During an episode of Hollywood Uncensored, Sam Rubin asked his panel of four guests — Stars Earn Stripes co-host Samantha Harris, actor Omari Hardwick (Sparkle), talk show host Jerry Springer and actress Margaret Judson (The Newsroom) — to name the people that inspired them. Hardwick discussed the actors and athletes that inspired his career, and Judson, who was involved in broadcast journalism before making her acting debut in The Newsroom, mentioned her personal trailblazer as well. Even Rubin got in the act, revealing his own personal inspiration in the clip above.

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J. W. Cortes is a tough operative teamed up with Todd Palin on NBC's "Stars Earn Stripes," but this former marine and current New York City Mta Police Department Officer got a taste of what it's like to be famous, and it all happened on Monday as he was responding to an emergency call.

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Todd Palin may have appeared on reality television before - on "Sarah Palin's Alaska" - but this summer's "Stars Earn Stripes" has shown a new side of the Alaskan to America, as well as his castmates like Dean Cain.

"Todd Palin was an animal," Dean told Billy Bush and Kit Hoover on Tuesday's Access Hollywood Live, about the celeb who surprised him the most on the NBC show. "He really was amazing."

Over the show's run, which has featured celebrities competing with military and law enforcement members in combat style challenges, Todd has kept his cool as he ...

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After 13 years in the U.S. Marine Corps, J.W. Cortes now works as an officer for the New York Mta (Metropolitan Transit Authority) Police Department. For a short time earlier this summer, he headed to California to participate in filming for the NBC Monday-night reality series "Stars Earn Stripes," which has its first-season finale next week.

The show partners celebrities with "operatives" -- who feature a mix of military and law-enforcement experience -- competing on simulated military-training missions to earn money for charities supporting both service personnel and first responders.

Cortes is paired with Todd Palin, four-time Iron Dog Snowmobile Race champion, outdoorsman and husband of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who was the 2008 Gop vice-presidential candidate and currently works as a Fox News contributor.

But on this particular Monday (Aug. 27) morning, a regular day on the job in Gotham for Cortes turned into a celebrity encounter -- for Cortes,...

While fellow Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps has decided to retire following the London Olympics, Ryan Lochte has expressed no desire to hang up his cap and goggles just yet, and has already committed to participating in the 2016 Games. Still, with Lochte suddenly in the public eye, is swimming his only ambition? Appearing in a handful of Funny or Die videos around the time of he Olympics, he is rumored to be in contention for The Bachelor and has also expressed interest in competing on Dancing with the Stars. Hollywood Uncensored's Sam Rubin spoke to Stars Earn Stripes co-host Samantha Harris and talk show host Jerry Springer about Lochte's future plans in the clip above, and the two both agreed that a career outside of the pool isn't too far in the future.

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Nick Lachey has already received considerable criticism from veterans for his military-themed reality show, "Stars Earn Stripes," and now the executive director of Log Cabin Republicans, R. Clarke Cooper, is taking aim at the singer's controversial competition.

"Nick said the show was 'a once in a lifetime experience.' Well, I know a terrific Army recruiter who can guarantee Nick a true 'once in a lifetime' experience," Clarke texted me.

No stranger to the military himself, Clarke served in Iraq in 2004 and is furious about the new NBC show.

"As a combat veteran, I find that show is an insult to those who actually wear the uniform," Clarke wrote. "Every vet I know thinks the show is either a joke at best or offensive at worst. The show is Doa with the military, regardless of political affiliations. The producers are clearly tone deaf."

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On this week's installment of "Stars Earn Stripes" (Mon., 9 p.m. Et on NBC), teams were tasked with climbing down a rope from a helicopter in flight to take out a fuel supply. Then, they had to rappel down an eight story building and take out three more targets. Nick Lachey and his military partner were teamed up with Terry Crews and his for the challenge.

Lachey was left dumbstruck after watching Todd Palin freefall from the helicopter, but he was determined to do it for his team. That's not to say he didn't nearly quit the competition out of fear. But he stuck with it.

"When you’re in a band, even in a boy band, you become one of the squad," he explained. "This competition is no different. You don’t want to let your team down."

Unfortunately, Crews and Lachey took the longest to complete the mission...

Dean Cain and Todd Palin's controversial new NBC show, "Stars Earn Stripes,” is getting a lot of criticism, but Cain says even if he doesn’t win the competition he’s a winner -- because he and his co-star Todd Palin are raising money for military charities.

“The whole reason we were there was to say 'thank you' to our men and women in uniform. We are playing for charity and all the money goes to military charities, first responder charities and law enforcement charities,” Cain told me on the set of "New York Live."

“Todd Palin is awesome. He is a very quiet, soft-spoken guy. But he is an all-Alaskan man. He’s an outdoors man. He’s won the Iron Dog race -- a 2,000 mile snow mobile race -- four times and taken second five times. He’s a tough, tough guy. We saw Sarah [Palin] and she’s wonderfully sweet.

On Sunday, hours after the Summer Olympics officially came to a close in London, NBC aired their pre-ceremony montage of the Games’ medal-winning moments. Michael Phelps’ final race. The Fierce Five. Misty and Kerri’s volleyball three-peat. The women’s soccer team. Triumphs that brought Americans together, albeit briefly, to cheer and chant “U.S.A! USA! USA!” as champions proudly draped themselves in the stars and stripes. It was a moving sight to see athletes achieving their dream and basking in the patriotic power of the national anthem.

Then the Games were over and the Olympic torch was extinguished. On Twitter, where NBC has taken its lumps these past two weeks, New Yorker writer Andy Borowitz quipped, “The goal of the Olympics is to inspire us about what humans can achieve, and the goal of the closing ceremony is to return us to reality.” The past 16 days may have...

Dean Cain has hit back at critics of Stars Earn Stripes. The NBC reality competition series, which sees celebrities including Cain attempting to tackle various challenges based on real military training exercises, has been slammed by Nobel laureates for sanitising war. Cain spoke out in support of Stars Earn Stripes, insisting that the show is meant as an homage to military men and women and the difficulties they face in the line of duty. "This whole show (more)...

Do celebrities improve television game shows? If so, "The Pyramid" on Gsn may be one of the best game shows ever. Sixteen TV personalities -- including Dot-Marie Jones, Chandra Wilson and Danny Pudi -- will appear in the show's upcoming season.

The celebrities will all participate in sets of two on "The Pyramid," with each pair remaining for a full week of episodes. Which celebrities do we get?

Melissa Peterman ("Baby Daddy")

Nick Turturro ("Blue Bloods")

Danny Pudi ("Community")

Yvette Nicole Brown ("Community")

Wallace Langham ("CSI")

Dot-Marie Jones ("Glee")

Chandra Wilson ("Grey's Anatomy")

Jai Rodriguez ("Malibu Country" and "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy")

Lamorne Morris ("New Girl")

Kate Flannery ("The Office")

Oscar Nunez ("The Office")

Jim O'Heir ("Parks and Recreation")

Megyn Price ("Rules of Engagement")

Joshua Malina ("Scandal")

Aida Turturro ("The Sopranos")

Samantha Harris ("Stars Earn Stripes" and "Dancing with the Stars")

Brown and Pudi will feature in the season-premiere week,...

The day after the premiere of "Stars Earn Stripes," former "Superman" actor Dean Cain stopped by "Fox & Friends" to defend the controversial new NBC reality show that features celebrities tackling military-style missions.

Cain responded to an open letter written by nine Nobel Peace Prize winners, including Desmond Tutu, that criticized the show for glorifying war and "armed violence." Cain pushed back against their argument. "This whole show is a love song to our men and women in uniform ... We're not trying to glorify war, we're glorifying service," he said.

He also talked about the severity of the military-inspired challenges. "In this show, there's no pretend, it's the real deal," he stressed. "We have real guns, real ammo."

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After years of apathy toward the rampant skirmishes and squalid living conditions of Flavor Of Love, a coalition of Nobel Peace laureates has finally come together to protest another reality show—NBC's Stars Earn Stripes, the competition in which myriad, loosely defined "stars" engage in military exercises under the watchful eye of retired U.S. General Wesley Clark, who went through all that for this, apparently. The collective, led by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, recently wrote a letter to NBC president Bob Greenblatt (who read it while astride a nuclear missile plummeting to earth) decrying the show for comparing war ...

After over two weeks, Monday was the first night of television without the Olympics. But with three premieres, there was still a lot of onscreen action even on NBC. Coming off the XXX Summer Games being the most-watched event in U.S. TV history, the network had the brand new Stars Earn Stripes (1.7/5) and the second season return of Grimm (2.0/5). In fast nationals, Grimm was down 5% from its series premiere on October 28, 2011 but garnered its second highest rating ever. Hosted by former Nato Commander and Presidential candidate Wesley Clark, the Mark Burnett-produced Stars puts celebs like Dean Cain, Todd Palin and former NFL player and The Expendables actor Terry Crews through simulated military challenges. The show looks to have some challenges of its own, Stars Earn Stripes was down 23% from the debut of fellow competition show Love in The Wild last summer on NBC. With its Olympics coverage done,...

I'm taking over the meme today for the vacationing Ed. I'll try not to buckle under this responsibility and valor. Onward!

First, the bad news: St. Kylie Minogue had an affair in 1994 with her Street Fighter costar Jean-Claude Van Damme. Not that we blame her.

I'm not done geeking out about The Price is Right's search for a male model -- a "Barker's Brawny," if you will. The winner will be decided through a five-episode webseries where viewers can vote for their favorite candidate. The selected stud only gets to model dinette sets and jetskis for a week, but I'm hoping he'll be as excited to be a part of the show as unforgettable contestant Steven Raff was.

Kind of hard to believe that the 2012 Olympics were the most watched U.S. TV event in Nielsen history. Who knew that America cared about Matthew Mitcham's Speedo this much? I'm actually crying.

Stars Earn Stripes has been criticised by a group of Nobel Peace Prize winners for glorifying war. The NBC reality show, which premiered last night (August 13), sees a group of celebrities including Dean Cain, Nick Lachey and Laila Ali attempting to tackle various challenges based on real military training exercises. The show's host, retired army general Wesley Clark, has said that the series aims to introduce Americans to "the individuals that sacrifice so much for all of us". However, nine Nobel laureates have now written an open letter complaining that the show glorifies war, The Guardian reports. The message - which was sent to Clark, NBC executive Robert Greenblatt, producer Mark Burnett and other people linked to the show - claims that the "programme pays homage to no-one anywhere" and is "trying to somehow sanitise war by (more)...

Earlier today, several antiwar groups banded together to protest Stars Earn Stripes, NBC's latest reality show (er, "war-o-tainment") in which eight "celebrities" get paired with real military men and put through military-style training, which premiered tonight. Rustling up the signatures of eight Nobel Peace laureates, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a coalition made up of Military Families Speak Out, Veterans for Peace, and Peace Action sent Peacock chairman Bob Greenblatt a letter pleading with him to cancel the show because it "sanitize(s) war by likening it to an athletic competition" and "continues and expands on an inglorious tradition of glorifying war and armed violence."Ultimately, the network chose to go ahead with tonight's premiere, which featured the likes of former NFL player Terry Crews and former Alaskan First Husband Todd Palin "swimming in full gear, shooting targets, crawling in the mud, and blowing up a building," recapped Reality TV Magazine.

"Stars Earn Stripes" debuted on NBC Monday night (Aug. 13), featuring eight celebrities paired with eight actual military personnel, embarking on training missions and competing for cash prizes to be donated to their various first-responder and military-related charities.

After each celeb was paired up with his or her military counterpart, they were assigned an amphibious assault mission to destroy a cache of weapons. But before they could embark on the mission, the celebrities had to be trained -- which actually did not seem like it lasted very long at all. And then it was mission time.

The mission involved being dropped out of a helicopter, swimming to a Zodiac boat, taking out a guard tower with a grenade launcher and targets with a machine gun, then crawling under barbed wire, breaching a shack and moving ammo into the shack. Once clear, they destroy the shack. The celebrities from the slowest team...

Nine Nobel Peace laureates are calling on NBC to cancel its competition show Stars Earn Striples as the network aired the first episode tonight. The show hosted by retired U.S. General Wesley Clark puts eight celebrities such as singer Nick Lachey and Sarah Palin’s husband Todd through military-style training including helicopter drops and long-range weapons firing. Celebrities are paired with former members of the U.S. Marines, Green Berets and other forces to compete for a cash prize that goes to a charity of their choosing. In addition to Palin and Lachey, the show’s contestants include actors Dean Cain and Terry Crews, wrestler Eve Torres, TV fitness trainer Dolvett Quince, former Olympic skier Picabo Street and boxer Laila Ali, daughter of former champion Muhammad Ali. In an open letter to NBC Entertainment Chairman Bob Greenblatt, the Nobel Prize winners said “preparing for war is neither amusing nor...

New York — Nine Nobel Peace Prize winners are speaking out against a new NBC competition series they say treats military maneuvers like athletic events.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the other Nobel laureates protested in an open letter that the show, "Stars Earn Stripes," glorifies war and armed violence.

The series, which premiered on Monday night, pairs celebrities with inactive U.S. military personnel for simulated military challenges. Celebrity participants include boxing champion Laila Ali, Superman actor Dean Cain, Olympic gold medalist Picabo Street and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's husband, Todd Palin.

The program is hosted by retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark.

"I'm doing this series for one reason," says Clark at the top of the show – "to introduce you, the American people, to the individuals that sacrifice so much for all of us."

The series is billed on its website as a "fast-paced competition" whose contestants "will gather...

NBC debuts a new reality show Monday night (Aug. 13) called "Stars Earn Stripes," which pairs celebrities with U.S. military personnel and puts them through simulated military training. But nine Nobel Peace Laureates want the show pulled by NBC because "war isn't entertainment," reports the Washington Post.

In a letter to NBC entertainment chariman Bob Greenblatt, producer Mark Burnett and General Wesley Clark, the host of the series, the Laureates, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, write, "This program pays homage to no one anywhere and continues and expands on an inglorious tradition of glorifying war and armed violence."

They continue that the show is a "massive disservice to those who live and die in armed conflict and suffer its consequences long after the guns of war fall silent."

"NBC is working with the military to attempt to turn deadly military training into a sanitized 'reality' TV show that reveals absolutely nothing...

If "Survivor" reality impresario Mark Burnett and "Law & Order" creator Dick Wolf joined forces, what show would they produce? Perhaps a wilderness adventure show featuring New York detectives?

Close, but not quite.

On Monday, Aug. 13, NBC premieres "Stars Earn Stripes," which is indeed an action-packed adventure competition that takes place mostly in the outdoors -- and has a police officer -- but it's really a love letter to the first responders and the American military, including Army Green Berets and Navy SEALs.

It pairs celebrities -- skier Picabo Street, WWE Diva Eve Torres, actor Dean Cain, boxer and fitness expert Laila Ali, trainer Dolvett Quince, singer Nick Lachey, NFL veteran and actor Terry Crews, and four-time Iron Dog snowmobile race champion Todd Palin -- with retired and current military and first responders.

With hosts Samantha Harris and retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark, the teams embark from a remote training facility...

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With the birth of Vanessa Lachey‘s son just about a month away, Nick Lachey couldn’t be more thrilled about the September arrival.

“I can’t even explain how excited I am,” Nick, 38, recently told People. “For someone who has wanted a family for such a long time, I’ve looked forward to this moment. Now that it’s almost here, it’s awesome.”

NBC’s upcoming Stars Earn Stripes competitor, who says he probably wants to end up with three kids total, is “looking forward to everything” about fatherhood.

“Maybe it’s because this is my first,...