We’ve all seen them – people who have had plastic surgery and, well, just don’t look normal. Let’s face it. There are some great plastic surgeons out there and many great success stories. Just look at Jane Fonda. But on the flipside, there are many people who have had “botched” surgeries. Dr. Terry Dubrow and Dr. Paul Nassif are plastic surgeons that try to fix botched surgeries. Their show, Botched, is on its second season on E! Recently Drs. Dubrow and Nassif spoke with members of the media about their show and their experiences.

People go to plastic surgeons for all kinds of reasons. Aging is only one of the reasons people seek out surgeons to change their appearance. As the two doctors explained, people have a variety of end results they desire, like looking like a Ken doll or even Tarzan. One man wanted back implants to build up his back instead of working out at the gym. It’s a quick fix that doesn’t always result in the outcomes desired.

Dr. Nassif explained, “There’s something called body dysmorphic disorder,” which is when people basically get addicted to changing their looks. “Every one of my patients before surgery actually goes to see a psychologist to make sure they’re ready for surgery. So I’m going to say that we probably turn away about ten per cent of our patients that are not good candidates, for one of many reasons.”

According to Dr. Dubrow, “If you’ve had 12 [surgeries] and you’ve been botched and somebody out there can’t fix them, and they come to us as their last-ditch effort, we will do that.” But he also stressed they don’t condone multiple surgeries for surgery sake.

When asked what procedure is the most likely to go wrong, Dr. Nassif acknowledged, “The nose, because of something called three-dimensional healing and shrink-wrappage of the skin of the nose, you have about 22 per cent – or let’s just say one in five patients needs a revision, a touchup. And the thing with the nose is if you just make a little bit of a cut here (pointing to the nose) that can ruin the nose later on. So it’s something that has the most risks in regards to breathing and cosmesis because it’s right in the middle of your face.” That’s something to think about if you are considering a “nose job.” And there are plenty of celebs out there with really bad nose jobs.

“Breast augmentation [is] among the most common plastic surgery procedures … so it will have the most common number of complications,” Dr. Dubrow added. “Plus, as opposed to a facelift or a nose or liposuction, when you’re done doing the breast augmentation and they have healed, that isn’t necessarily the end of the story. They can go on to develop capsular contracture or scarring, even many years later when everything has really quieted down. So a lot of complications [are] associated with having a foreign body put in you.”
This should be a wake-up call to everyone considering breast augmentation; especially parents who agree to let their teenage daughters undergo this procedure. It’s something that can have dangerous results years in the future.

This show is now on its second season. So, how did the whole thing come about in the first place? A show about botched surgery. “We’ve been friends for a long time,” explained Dr. Dubrow. Paul called me and asked, ‘How much revisional plastic surgery do you do?’ I said, ‘I do a ton of it, and it’s so hard, and it’s so fun, and it’s great to change these people’s lives.’” They decided to do this show as both a cautionary tale to people thinking about plastic surgery and show viewers the scope of how things can really go wrong. And they want to let viewers know that although a seemingly easy procedure like a filler, or injectable, has consequences, especially when done by someone who doesn’t know exactly how to do it.

Season Two of Botched premiers Tuesday, April 14, 2015 on E!

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Francine Brokaw has been covering all aspects of the entertainment business for 20 years. She also writes about technology and has been a travel writer for the past 12 years. She has been published in national and international newspapers and magazines as well as internet websites. She has written her own book, Beyond the Red Carpet The World of Entertainment Journalists, from Sourced Media Books.

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The great and most fashionable king (with all the right dance moves) bestows upon you new activity sheets and clips inspired by his royal highness’ new show, All Hail King Julien!

Nominated for five Daytime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Children’s Animated Program, DreamWorks Animation’s Netflix original series All Hail King Julien is now available with five new episodes exclusively on Netflix!

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The Deadly Room is the third film in Hallmark’s Garage Sale Mysteries. Lori Loughlin returns as Jennifer Shannon to solve yet another case. “We are so fortunate to work with treasured Crown Media family member, Lori Loughlin, as we bring a third Garage Sale Mystery movie to the screen,” said Michelle Vicary, Executive Vice President, Programming, Crown Media Family Networks. “She continues to bring Jennifer Shannon to life as a strong, compelling, inspirational character, and one who will have viewers riveted while she pieces together the mystery of The Deadly Room.”

If you’re not familiar yet with this series, Loughlin plays a closeted – or not so closeted – sleuth. She runs an antique consignment store and always seems to wind up smack dab in the middle of a mystery. And this time is no exception.

Jennifer’s friend, a realtor, has a new listing. It’s a grand house with a lot of charm, and a lot of mystery. There is a rumor that the house is haunted. Well, not exactly haunted per se. It’s just that people seem to end up dead when they sleep in one bedroom. This rumor is causing problems with the potential sell of the house, so the realtor decides to put the rumor to rest once and for all, no pun intended. She sets up a webcam and spends the night in the supposedly haunted room, with the intention of disproving the rumor. But in the morning she is dead. How could this have happened? The camera was on her all night long. What or who killed her?

When the coroner pronounces death by natural causes, Jennifer doesn’t believe that so she puts her intuition and sleuthing skills to the test to prove that her friend was murdered. But first she has to figure out who had the most to gain by the death. Of course, after that she has to figure out how someone could kill a person with no trace of foul play. If you think that sounds difficult, you don’t know Jennifer.

Lori Loughlin is fun to watch as she tries to put together clues, or lack of clues. She enlists the help of her teenage son with technical problems, while at the same time trying to teach her daughter how to work in her shop. Family, friends, and frustrations run amuck in this newest Garage Sale Mystery.

Loughlin is well known for her role as Rebecca (uncle Jesse’s wife) in the sitcom Full House. She acted for years prior to that show, and has been busy ever since. She also co-stars in the Hallmark series When Calls the Heart. She is definitely one of today’s busy actors and has found a home with Hallmark and Crown Media.

Garage Sale Mystery: The Deadly Room premiers Saturday, April 11, 2015 on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. There are more Garage Sale Mysteries coming, so keep an eye out for the next one down the road.

About the Author

Francine Brokaw has been covering all aspects of the entertainment business for 20 years. She also writes about technology and has been a travel writer for the past 12 years. She has been published in national and international newspapers and magazines as well as internet websites. She has written her own book, Beyond the Red Carpet The World of Entertainment Journalists, from Sourced Media Books.

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James and Scott Caan share a common bond in the acting arena, however the career paths of this father and son rarely cross.

James Caan, A Name Actor

The elder Caan, born in the Bronx to Jewish immigrant parents from Germany, began his acting career on off-Broadway after winning a scholarship to study under acting coach Wynn Handman. At the age of 23, he appeared as a soldier (uncredited) in the indie project Irma la Douce.                              Though he was born into a non-acting family, with his father being a meat cutter and butcher, Caan’s star began to rise with his Emmy-nominated performance in the 1971 hit Brian’s Song (in which he played Chicago Bears’ Brian Piccolo) and the 1972 classic The Godfather (for which he received an Oscar nod for Best Supporting Actor). Off camera, Caan’s achievements are equally impressive with the earning of a black belt in karate.

Like Father, Like Son

Younger Caan, Scott, obviously grew up in an acting family in Los Angeles. But life in the shadow of a famous father was not a happy place for Scott to be. “To say our relationship wasn’t dysfunctional would be a lie,” Scott told “People” magazine in a 2010 interview. Besides his father’s prominent position in the biz, his mother Sheila was an actress in her own right. But the acting bug bite was far from Scott’s first love. He chose, instead, to seek a career in hip-hop. Together with a friend, he signed a contract with Tommy Boy Records under the name of The Whooliganz. But fame and fortune as a singer was not in the cards for Scott, who finally allowed the acting bug to bite at the tender age of 17 when he appeared in a slew of independent projects before choosing to study acting at the Los Angeles Playhouse. Scott’s breakthrough performance was perhaps the role of Turk Malloy in Ocean’s Eleven, Ocean’s Twelve and Ocean’s Thirteen. The directing bug also bit this young actor. Scott’s first project in that arena was Dallas 362, which he also wrote. He’s a published playwright with “No Way Around But Through” and “Two Wrongs” to his credit. And, he’s a published photographer with the publishing of SCOTT CAAN PHOTOGRAPHS (VOL. 1). Though film projects have been successful for the younger Caan, he’s perhaps made his biggest mark to date in television. Already known for his recurring role in Entourage, in 2010, Scott accepted a starring role in Hawaii Five-0 (on which his father joined him for an episode in 2012).

Both senior and junior Caan appear to have put their differences behind them as they support each other in equally diverse roles in varied performances. It’s unfair at this point to speculate as to whether Scott’s career will ultimately receive the accolades of the elder Caan, who Scott referred to in the 2010 “People” interview as “the greatest actor of all time.” That’s something for which audiences will simply have to wait and see. Stay tuned…

About the Author

Cheryl Hollar is a freelance writer for various online TV and film magazines. Besides freelance writing, Cheryl holds a certificate in Writing for TV from UCLA’s Writers Extension Program. She has a background in entertainment public relations.