Monsters and Critics.com - USA - Bravo does reality television with panache and intelligence.  Fans of "Top Chef" and "Project Runway" can attest to this.

Now, the stunning actress and trained dancer, Elizabeth Berkley, once known for her role as "Jessie" on the classic TV series "Saved By the Bell," claims her new dance show follows suit and replicates the higher standards of the other Bravo efforts.

Berkley is the host of Bravo's "Step It Up & Dance," premiering April 3 at 8:00 p.m.

She is joined by Tony award-winning choreographer Jerry Mitchell, who serves as a mentor for the contestants in the reality dance competition.

The Bravo series will

Broadway World - New York, NY, USA - Three-time Emmy Award-winner Edie Falco, Tony Award-winner Dick Latessa, Tony Award-nominee Brooks Ashmanskas and A Catered Affair’s Matt Cavenaugh have joined the line-up of performers participating in the upcoming New York Times ‘TimesTalk event,’ “Harvey & Family,” celebrating the career of four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein, at the new TimesCenter (242 West 41st St.) on Tuesday, April 1st at 6:00 p.m.

The evening, a conversation between Fierstein and moderator, the journalist Jesse Green, will feature readings and performances from Fierstein’s plays and musicals, including his latest, A Catered Affair, for which he wrote the book and also stars. A Catered

Socialite Report - New York, NY, USA - Could it be? Something that Ann Coulter, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and I all have in common? It think so...

Ann Coulter is a right-wing conservative puppet with a big mouth. Elisabeth Hasselbeck is a moderate Republican talk show host. I am a moderate blogger Democrat. What could we all have in common? It's our belief that Barack Obama missed the boat with his race speech.

For once, these two echo my sediments. Why in the world would Barack Obama throw his white grandmother into the fire like that?

And as Hasselbeck said on "The View," I'm also insulted that Obama calls someone who has

Newsday - Long Island, NY, USA - "American Idol" alum Kevin Covais, the teen balladeer from Levittown, performed for about 700 students at Tremont Elementary School in Medford Tuesday, in a concert that rewarded the children for helping to raise the most money for a new diabetes center for their community.

Wearing jeans and blue-and-white sneakers with a light blue buttoned-down shirt and pink plaid tie, the bespectacled crooner ran through several pop tunes, including newer ones such as BBMak's "Back Here Baby" and classics like Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World."

Last fall, students at the Patchogue-Medford school district's seven elementary schools held a walkathon, collecting more than

Entertainment Weekly - USA - The latest American Idol alum to sign up for the franchise's summer camp extension? Season 5 finalist Paris Bennett, who will join Season 4 runner-up Bo Bice, Season 5's Ace Young and Season 3's Jon Peter Lewis as a mentor to 150 Idol hopefuls. Now in its second year, Idol Camp takes place in Running Springs, Calif., and is comprised of five two-week sessions, kicking off on June 15 and wrapping on August 23. It's open to kids between the ages of 10 and 15 and does not require an audition, but parents should take note of the camp's disclaimer:

Limited

Reality TV Magazine - Scottsdale, AZ, USA - On the second episode of The Bachelor 12, Londoner Matt Grant divided the remaining 15 bachelorettes into two groups for group dates.  For the first group date, Matt took Ashley, Kristine, Marshana, Noelle, Michelle, Amanda, Erin H., and Holly to a fashion show.

To the surprise of the bachelorettes, they soon learned that they would be the models walking the catwalk.  During the fashion show, Holly moonwalked, and Amanda took her shirt off (to reveal a bikini top).  After the fashion show, Marshana questioned Matt on how he felt about interracial dating, while Michelle P. sang Matt a song that she