Survivor Heroes vs. Villains

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Episode 1 of the new Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains begins this Thursday night at 8pm eastern time. This one's gonna rock. Well most of them rock, but being a fan, I expect this one to be extra sweet.

Pictured above from front left to back right are:

James Clement, 32 -- China: 10th out, 4th Jury Member; & Micronesia: Injured, 4th Jury Member
Parvati Shallow, 27 -- Cook Islands: 15th Out, 7th Jury Member; & Micronesia: Winner
Russell Hantz, 37 -- Samoa: Runner-up
Candice Woodcock, 27 -- Cook Islands: 13th out, 5th Jury Member
Tom Westman, 45 -- Palau: Winner­
Jerri Manthey, 38 -- Australia: 8th out, 2nd jury member; & All-Stars: 7th out
Randy Bailey, 50 -- Gabon: 11th out, 3rd Jury Member
"Coach" Benjamin Wade, 38 -- Tocantins: 11th out, 5th jury member
Courtney Yates, 28 -- China: Runner-up
Amanda Kimmel, 24 -- China: 2nd Runner Up; & Micronesia: Runner Up
Rob Mariano, 33 -- Marquesas: 7th out; & All-Stars: Runner-Up
Cirie Fields, 39 -- Panama: 12th Out, 6th Jury Member; & Micronesia: 15th Out, 7th Jury Member
Rupert Boneham, 45 -- Pearl Islands: 8th out, 2nd Jury Member; & All-Stars: 15th Out, 6th Jury Member
Stephenie LaGrossa, 29 -- Palau: 10th out, 3rd Jury Member; & Guatemala: Runner-Up
Colby Donaldson, 35 -- Australia: Runner-Up; & All-Stars: 5th Out
Tyson Apostol, 30 -- Tocantins: 8th out, 2nd Jury Member
Jessica "Sugar" Kiper, 29 -- Gabon: 2nd Runner-Up
James “JT” Thomas Jr., 25 -- Tocantins: Winner
Danielle DiLorenzo, 26 -- Panama: Runner-Up
Sandra Diaz-Twine, 34 -- Pearl Islands: Winner

For much more info, video bios, fantasy, trivia, preview, "Surviving Survivor" (last week's special episode), and casting call... Please go to cbs.com/survivor.

Going Where The Fringe Isn't Extreme

I case you weren't aware, Andrew Zimmern, host of Travel Channel's "Bizarre Foods" has a new show out. It's called "Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre World". The new show is much like the older one, but even better. Before, one might've wondered why he would wrestle with locals from another country, or bother to show a lot of the adventures he's been taken on during a program about primarily over-the-top foods of different parts of the world.. But not anymore.

“I’ve never been a mainstream kind of guy,” Andrew Zimmern asserts in his new show, “Andrew Zimmern’s Bizarre World,” beginning on Tuesday night on the Travel Channel. “I’m into exploring the fringes of a culture.”

So what does he explore in Cuba, the subject of his first episode? Cigars, old American cars, boxing and baseball, rumba and salsa, a May Day parade, and Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner’s honeymoon suite at the Hotel Nacional. If this is the fringe, then “The Godfather: Part II” was science fiction. Click on Andrew to continue..

Bonus - Four Sneak Peeks from the new show: 1, 2, 3, 4