By Laura Saltman

OK. I'll admit it. I'm officially a dance-a-holic. Sure it's much more interesting to see B- and C-list celebrities out on the dance floor, trying to get their groove on in "Dancing with the Stars" but I've now become a "So You Think You Can Dance" watcher. If you are like me, then you probably have the same misconceptions about the show then I do. I see twenty-something kids doing hip hop routines, dressed in street gear and I change the channel. That's why when the show premiered last year, I tuned out after the first episode.

by Laura Saltman

I'm counting down the days until "Dancing With the Stars" returns in September.Sure, I know it's cheesy, but having covered the backstage trials and triumphs of the dancers for the last two seasons, I feel a strange connection to the show. Don't think I didn't march myself right down to the local dance studio for some lessons.

Unfortunately, my penchant for never letting the male actually lead has made me the instructor's least favorite student.So, I guess I'll just stick to watching others do it on TV.

by Laura Saltman

Tuesday nights just got a little hotter. At least that's what the folks at CBS are hoping. For a network whose median age range for viewers is somewhere around, say, 50, I'm surprised to see a show as provocative as "Tuesday Night Book Club" on their airwaves. This reality series/docu-drama follows the lives of seven Scottsdale, Arizona, women who regularly meet for book club on - yes, you guessed it - Tuesday night. That's where any reference to reading actually stops, though.

by Laura Saltman

I think thirty-something women should unite and go march down to ABC and have them throw in the trash all copies of its new reality series, "How to Get the Guy."

Not surprisingly, the show is executive produced by men; men who have no clue what women want. To be fair, I really loved ABC's reality dating series last summer, "Hooking Up" which took a real, frank and no frills look at Internet dating. The show received a ton of great feedback. So, it makes sense that this year ABC would want to try and follow up with another dating show. "How to the Get The Guy" is like "The Rules" on TV. Remember that ridiculous book, back in the late nineties, that tried to give women a road map for how to land a guy. The only thing I want to land is an airplane.

What does Jennifer think about all the "What does Jen think?"

It started in the morning as soon as I put on my TV. The local news anchors were deep in discussion about Jennifer Aniston's reaction to the birth of Brangelina's baby. Jennifer had a premiere in Chicago over the weekend for her new movie, "The Break-Up." The premiere came AFTER the media had announced the birth. The hosts commended Jennifer for being brave enough to come out to the premiere, debated whether any reporter would be bold enough to ask her about the birth of Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, and discussed how she would publicly react.

I finally met my first "friend". I met TOM!

If you are one of the 83-million or so people on MySpace.com you know who TOM is. When you sign up for an account on MySpace to start gathering a network of "friends", Tom is the first one that you get.

Yes, I actually met Tom - he's real and was sitting right near me!

by Laura Saltman

I've been scouring the weekend TV Listings so you don't have to. Here is what I have learned. You can feel free to go out and party Friday and Saturday night because there's nothing that good on. It's summer. What did you guys expect' Unless of course you are a hockey fan. Then be sure and hit your favorite sports bar to catch the Stanley Cup Finals on Saturday night. Being a girl I, of course, had no clue who was actually playing. Have no fear. I looked it up. It's the Carolina Hurricanes versus the Edmonton Oilers. Aren't all the teams still on strike' You would think growing up in the hometown of the Pittsburgh Penguins I would know more about hockey. I don't. I live in LA now, the town where the only thing most people know about sports is that Jack Nicholson has season tickets to the Lakers.

It is not often that Hollywood takes a step back to watch the spotlight shine elsewhere. Every four years one single event monopolizes the media waves and brings the world to a virtual stand still. One billion people, practically one sixth of the world population, gets lured into the hypnotic charm of the World Cup, the most significant sporting event in the known universe. And there will be a whopping 30 billion views of the tournament in total. Soccer is definitely a sport that ignores geographical, language and cultural boundaries.

And now, "Bat Mitzvah Crashers" starring Billy Bush and Nancy O'Dell (with our spouses). We all attended our first Bat Mitzvah this weekend. Our Access Executive Producer is the father of a perfect child, Jordyn, whose every quality I hope is imitated exactly in each of my daughters. It was her big day and his most expensive evening.

Pros:

God bless Paris Hilton.

I know most people can't stand her and that she's probably why most of the third world hates America, but know what? ' you gotta give her her props. She's like the MasterCard commercial with Fred Flintstone doing the twinkle-toes happy dance. She's always happy with a smile on her face.

She's perky, she's fun, not a care in the world other than where the next party is.

Paris Hilton, I salute thee.

Everyone talks of how you're famous for no reason, but they're just haters. I know that you didn't become famous until you starred in your own reality show. And you've translated that into your own perfume, some movie roles and the most popular catch phrase in the country. Sure people have been saying "That's Hot" for years, but it was your brilliance that put it over the top and onto t-shirts everywhere. And thanks to you I'll never be able to look at a hamburger the same way again!

- Daniel Fessak