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Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Austinite is the new ‘Bachelor’
Ta-da! Brad Womack, who owns several Austin bars — including the Chuggin’ Monkey and the Dizzy Rooster — has been chosen to star in ABC’s new season of “The Bachelor.”
Womack, 34, is billed by the network as the reality romance series’ very own “McSteamy.” You be the judge.
Apparently owning or co-owning (with brothers Chad and Wesley) all those fabulously popular bars in town has not helped Womack find a suitable babe-mate, so he’s going to let producers of “The Bachelor” help.
Born in Atlanta, Womack moved to Texas when he was 12 and attended Texas State University for a year before taking an 8-year odyssey working in oil fields around the country.
His next career was bartending with twin brother Chad. They saved their money and bought their own establishment and have been adding to the Womack Family Bar Empire ever since.
“The Bachelor” begins its new season on Monday, Sept. 24 on ABC.
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Check into ‘Hotel Babylon’ on BBC America
BBC America’s “Hotel Babylon,” premiering tonight at 8, is a sexy, fun-filled look at the luxury hospitality business from the inside out.
Max Beesley stars as Charlie, the hotel’s new deputy manager who doubles as the series’ wry narrator.
This British import is not to be confused with anything remotely resembling Aaron Spelling’s eye-candy series “Hotel” from 1983. This one can best be described as glamorous and raunchy.
“The language standards are different in the UK,” executive producer Gareth Neame said recently in Los Angeles. “After 10 p.m., you can say (the F word) all you want — and things that are much worse, frankly. This show is quite saucy by American standards, because European audiences want more. There’s a huge cultural difference when it comes to language and sex.”
Former “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” co-star Anthony Stewart Head guest stars in the opener as a suicidal jingle writer.
‘‘Hotel Babylon,’’ based on a book by Imogen Edwards-Jones that allegedly recounts real hotel horror stories, the London setting affords all kinds of drama with rock-star and European blue-blood guests — along with prostitutes and assorted hangers-on.
Tired of all the summer’s reality? Ready for something edgier than “The Closer?” Check into “Hotel Babylon” for a bit of saucy fun.
Meanwhile, Down Under …
The umpteenth edition of MTV’s “Real World” debuts tonight at 9 — this time based in Sydney, Australia. And, like just about every other reality show, there’s an Austinite in the mix.
KellyAnne, 20, describes herself as “a tease who craves the attention of men.” MTV describes her as “hot and scheming.” Bottom line: she’ll be in a hot tub slurping booze before the first commercial.
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