(3976,2,'2011-03-17 17:32:10','2011-03-18 00:32:10','<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez-interview.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3977\" title=\"yara-martinez-interview\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez-interview.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"282\" /></a>\r\n\r\nYara Martinez is a gorgeous, up-and coming actress who\'s put together a pretty impressive resume in a short period of time. Born in Puerto Rico to Cuban parents, Martinez grew up in Miami before coming out to LA. She practiced ballet for 10 years before shifting her focus to acting. She has appeared on hit shows like <em>It\'s Always Sunny in Philadelphia</em>, <em>ER</em>, <em>The Unit</em> and <em>CSI: NY</em>. She played Christian Slater\'s wife in <em>My Own Worst Enemy</em>. Martinez also has a regular role on <em><a href=\"http://www.tnt.tv/series/southland/\" target=\"_blank\">Southland</a> </em>and she has a new show that debut this month, <a href=\"http://www.aetv.com/breakout-kings/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Breakout Kings</em></a> on A&amp;E.\r\n\r\nWe had a chance to chat with Martinez, and she gave us the lowdown on <em>Breakout Kings</em>, working with super-villain Sean Bean, Christian Slater\'s approach to television, the set of <em>It\'s Always Sunny</em> and the differences between LA and Miami.\r\n\r\nCS: So you have a new show that premiered this month, Breakout Kings. You want to tell me a bit about what the new show is about?\r\n\r\nYM: Yeah. The show is about US Marshals that are looking for people who broke out of prison, and they team up with ex-cons to look for them so they can get an inside viewpoint. It’s from the same creators of <em>Prison Break</em>. I play the wife of one of the US Marshals, played by actor Laz Alonso. I’m pretty much the supportive wife, but at the same time I try to keep him grounded and back in reality because he’s pretty obsessed. I’m like his rock. I’m like his go-to for strength and emotional stability.\r\n\r\nCS: Gotcha, and so is the show going to be pretty action packed?\r\n\r\nYM: It’s very action packed. It’s definitely an action packed show. There’s humor in it, too. Since it’s from the creators of <em>Prison Break</em> there is definitely that action stuff, but there are little winks to it as well.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez4.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3979\" title=\"yara-martinez4\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"451\" /></a>CS: That’s cool. Now you’re also on Southland and from what I understand your character’s kind of going to get a little bit of a push this season right?\r\n\r\nYM: Yeah. The last episode I think is going to air soon. The character I play is the wife of Kevin Alejandro. He died, so I’ve been dealing with his death and also the fact that his partner has been living in our house and it gets a little muddy emotionally because we are both grieving the loss of someone that a lot of us really loved. That can cause confusion in emotions about how we feel about each other.\r\n\r\nCS: Got it.\r\n\r\nYM: So it definitely could influence that development.\r\n\r\nCS: Now in 2007 you were in <em>The Hitcher</em> with <a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000293/\" target=\"_blank\">Sean Bean</a>. Now that dude always seems to play the bad guy. Whenever you see him pop up in a movie you’re like, uh-oh, this isn’t good. Is he like a big super villain in person as well or is he like totally different?\r\n\r\nYM: Well, I actually didn’t get to hang out with him during <em>The Hitcher</em>, but the first job that I ever booked was a pilot opposite him. It’s funny because I thought the same thing. I thought, oh my god who is Sean Bean going to be? He’s so intense. And our first scene we had to shoot was like these two characters were getting to know each other. So we’re trying to figure each other out. Between takes we’re talking and he’s like, “so what have you done?” He does have that mysterious look and voice and I’m like, “oh this is my first job” (laughs), and he just looked at me. We actually ended up getting along really, really well and we worked really well together. I got to hang out with him a few times. It was interesting, with me he was really nice and a total gentlemen and a really cool. He’s definitely reserved. He’s not one of those people who’s in your face. But we did go out a few times and he definitely does what he wants.\r\n\r\nI just remember this one incident at the Four Seasons, someone told him to put out his cigarette and he just didn’t understand why they would tell him to put out his cigarette. He was very nonchalant about it and he had this very cool discussion with the man about why he should put out his cigarette. But he was so chill about it, that by the end, he was pretty much done with it.\r\n\r\nCS: (laughs)\r\n\r\nYM: He’s like smoking the cigarette while he’s talking to the guy about why he shouldn’t be smoking the cigarette. And he’s like, “okay I’ll put it out,” but it was already out. He was already done. That was smooth.\r\n\r\nCS: How did you first get in to acting?\r\n\r\nYM: Well I used to study ballet when I was younger and I went to one of those camps when I was 12 and you need to take an acting class. When I took the acting class, I just immediately knew that was what I wanted to do. I had always wanted to be involved in the theatre, but it switched from ballet to acting when I was 12. I went to an all-girl private Catholic high school, but during the summers I would go to New York and study theatre. So I have always wanted to be in the theatre.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/my-own-worst-enemy03.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3978\" title=\"my-own-worst-enemy03\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/my-own-worst-enemy03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"280\" /></a>CS: What was it like playing Christian Slater’s wife? Was that guy super-suave in person?\r\n\r\nYM: He was awesome! He was really, really sweet and it was like his first TV job so he was definitely really excited. It’s weird, because one of my favorite movies is <em>Heathers</em> (laughs), and <em>True Romance</em>. It was just so surreal to me that I was working with Christian Slater. And the fact that he is such a nice person and he doesn’t seem jaded at all… he took the whole cast out to dinner and was just very supportive of everyone in the whole project, very involved. He was involved in everything. He didn’t just go to his trailer and not hang out. He was part of everything. He was really nice to work with.\r\n\r\nI would be in scenes with him and ask, “so how do you prepare? What’s the difference between preparing for movie and television? How do you prepare for the scene?” Because in television you need to be so much faster. And he just says, “oh I just read my lines. I just come here and see what the hell is going to happen.” I’m like, “oh that’s interesting.” (laughs)\r\n\r\nCS: (laughs)\r\n\r\nYM: Yeah. But in a weird way it makes sense because television is so fast that if you prepare too much, then you hit the set and they want something kind of totally different and you’re screwed. You prepared it one way, and then they want something totally different and it’s harder to adapt. You can kind of end up screwing yourself over. So it’s weird delicate balance of being prepared, but not too prepared.\r\n\r\nCS: That’s interesting. I didn’t realize you had to be so loose and flexible because of the time frame.\r\n\r\nYM: Yeah, well hearing it coming from him I was like “oh that makes sense,” not to get too prepared. I’m here working with Christian Slater and I want to be totally over-prepared. So I got what he meant. It seemed more real coming from him. I was like, “okay maybe I should chill out a little bit” (laughs)\r\n\r\nCS: (laughs) So you also did a guest spot on <em>It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia</em>. Is that set completely nutty to work on?\r\n\r\nYM: Well, I’m actually really good friends with those guys. That was one of my first jobs, because it was after I got <em><a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0759549/\" target=\"_blank\">Faceless</a></em>. It was really funny. I also did a pilot with them, <em>Boldly</em> <em>Going Nowhere</em>. It didn’t get picked up, but I worked with them. It’s just one of those things. It’s such a pleasure to be at work and laugh. I’ve done a few things, but when I’m on set with them I’m really trying to hold in my laughter. It’s so much fun. I’m like in awe of them. It wasn’t nutty. They know exactly what they’re doing and they’re very efficient, but there’s a lot of laughter. It’s not reckless, it’s just efficient humor.\r\n\r\nCS: Focused and playful.\r\n\r\nYM: They are really fun to hang out with whenever we all get together. It’s funny. I actually feel like in person, Kaitlin and Mary-Elizabeth are the funnier ones. They’re always the ones that make me laugh the hardest.\r\n\r\nCS: Interesting.\r\n\r\nYM: Yeah. This is obviously after we’ve had a few drinks. (laughs)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3981\" title=\"yara-martinez3\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" /></a>CS: (laughs) So you also have a recurring role on the NBC series Chase where you lure people into doing bank heists with you, is that a fun character to play?\r\n\r\nYM: It is. I don’t think it’s recurring. I mean, they didn’t kill me, so I could go back, but as of right now, I just did that episode. It was really fun to play. I usually play the wife or something more tame, so to play someone that had to shoot people and run around and jump off a cliff was really fun and made me feel like a badass.\r\n\r\nCS: That’s cool. Who are some other fun or interesting cool actors that you’ve worked with in the past?\r\n\r\nYM: We already mentioned Sean and Christian. I like working a lot with <a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004999/\" target=\"_blank\">Shawn Hatosy</a> on Southland. Every time I work with him, he always brings something new to the table and keeps me on my toes. As an actor that’s really, really fun. And with television, you can get stuck in the routine of doing the same thing exactly the same way. So it’s really nice with him to have it be fresh every time. Then I also got to work with Edward James Olmos on <em>CSI: New York</em>. We were like the head of the Puerto Rican gang. He has this very intense – you know, it’s interesting, it’s the same thing with Sean Bean – it’s like when people don’t speak that much, they leave so much room to interpret who they are. That’s why I feel like they come across so mysterious and so intense, because they’re not in your face. I feel like both of them have that. You know what I mean?\r\n\r\nCS: Yeah I gotcha. Last question: I know you grew up in Miami and you’re based in LA now, how do the two places compare? I’m from LA, and I’ve had friends tell me I’ve got to get down to Miami to have fun, but I’ve never been there and I’m just kind of curious how the two places compare.\r\n\r\nYM: When are you going to Miami?\r\n\r\nCS: I’m thinking about going in May.\r\n\r\nYM: Okay it’s really, really hot (laughs). I feel like the best time to go to Miami is like December, January, February, because it’s not so hot. It’s weird, in Miami it rains a lot. The best thing I think to do in Miami is find a friend who has a boat – this is what my friends and I used to do – and you just go to a sandbar and you just spend the whole day out in the boat, listening to music, having some drinks, and hanging out with friends in the beautiful water. It’s the best part of Miami. Also the clubs, if you’re into that, are crazy. Way more fun than the ones here, that’s for sure. People actually dance and let loose.\r\n\r\nCS: (laughs) Yeah, there’s a lot of stiffness, I know what you’re saying.\r\n\r\nYM: Well it’s different because in Miami everyone definitely gets all glammed up and everyone checks each other out and they have all that BS that people have when you go to clubs. It’s the same thing here, but I feel like here no one ever lets loose. In Miami, it starts off like that, but by the end of it, you’ll be jumping on a sofa with your arms up in the air, having the best time with a bunch of people you don’t even know. 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My Own Worst Enemy, It\'s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Breakout Kings, Southland.\n\nCS: So you have a new show that premiered this month, <a href=\"http://www.aetv.com/breakout-kings/\" target=\"_blank\">Breakout Kings</a>. You want to tell me a bit about what the new show is about?\n\nYM: Yeah. The show is about US Marshals that are looking for people who broke out of prison, and they team up with ex-cons to look for them so they can get an inside viewpoint. It’s from the same creators of <em>Prison Break</em>. I play the wife of one of the US Marshals, played by actor Laz Alonso. I’m pretty much the supportive wife, but at the same time I try to keep him grounded and back in reality because he’s pretty obsessed. I’m like his rock. I’m like his go-to for strength and emotional stability.\n\nCS: Gotcha, and so is the show going to be pretty action packed?\n\nYM: It’s very action packed. It’s definitely an action packed show. There’s humor in it, too. Since it’s from the creators of <em>Prison Break</em> there is definitely that action stuff, but there are little winks to it as well.\n\nCS: That’s cool. Now you’re also on Southland and from what I understand your character’s kind of going to get a little bit of a push this season right?\n\nYM: Yeah. The last episode I think is going to air soon. The character I play is the wife of Kevin Alejandro. He died, so I’ve been dealing with his death and also the fact that his partner has been living in our house and it gets a little muddy emotionally because we are both grieving the loss of someone that a lot of us really loved. That can cause confusion in emotions about how we feel about each other.\n\nCS: Got it.\n\nYM: So it definitely could influence that development.\n\nCS: Now in 2007 you were in <em>The Hitcher</em> with <a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000293/\" target=\"_blank\">Sean Bean</a>. Now that dude always seems to play the bad guy. Whenever you see him pop up in a movie you’re like, uh-oh, this isn’t good. Is he like a big super villain in person as well or is he like totally different?\n\nYM: Well, I actually didn’t get to hang out with him during <em>The Hitcher</em>, but the first job that I ever booked was a pilot opposite him. It’s funny because I thought the same thing. I thought, oh my god who is Sean Bean going to be? He’s so intense. And our first scene we had to shoot was like these two characters were getting to know each other. So we’re trying to figure each other out. Between takes we’re talking and he’s like, “so what have you done?” He does have that mysterious look and voice and I’m like, “oh this is my first job” (laughs), and he just looked at me. We actually ended up getting along really, really well and we worked really well together. I got to hang out with him a few times. It was interesting, with me he was really nice and a total gentlemen and a really cool. He’s definitely reserved. He’s not one of those people who’s in your face. But we did go out a few times and he definitely does what he wants.\n\nI just remember this one incident at the Four Seasons, someone told him to put out his cigarette and he just didn’t understand why they would tell him to put out his cigarette. He was very nonchalant about it and he had this very cool discussion with the man about why he should put out his cigarette. But he was so chill about it, that by the end, he was pretty much done with it.\n\nCS: (laughs)\n\nYM: He’s like smoking the cigarette while he’s talking to the guy about why he shouldn’t be smoking the cigarette. And he’s like, “okay I’ll put it out,” but it was already out. He was already done. That was smooth.\n\nCS: How did you first get in to acting?\n\nYM: Well I used to study ballet when I was younger and I went to one of those camps when I was 12 and you need to take an acting class. When I took the acting class, I just immediately knew that was what I wanted to do. I had always wanted to be involved in the theatre, but it switched from ballet to acting when I was 12. I went to an all-girl private Catholic high school, but during the summers I would go to New York and study theatre. So I have always wanted to be in the theatre.\n\nCS: What was it like playing Christian Slater’s wife? Was that guy super-suave in person?\n\nYM: He was awesome! He was really, really sweet and it was like his first TV job so he was definitely really excited. It’s weird, because one of my favorite movies is <em>Heathers</em> (laughs), and <em>True Romance</em>. It was just so surreal to me that I was working with Christian Slater. And the fact that he is such a nice person and he doesn’t seem jaded at all… he took the whole cast out to dinner and was just very supportive of everyone in the whole project, very involved. He was involved in everything. He didn’t just go to his trailer and not hang out. He was part of everything. He was really nice to work with.\n\nI would be in scenes with him and ask, “so how do you prepare? What’s the difference between preparing for movie and television? How do you prepare for the scene?” Because in television you need to be so much faster. And he just says, “oh I just read my lines. I just come here and see what the hell is going to happen.” I’m like, “oh that’s interesting.” (laughs)\n\nCS: (laughs)\n\nYM: Yeah. But in a weird way it makes sense because television is so fast that if you prepare too much, then you hit the set and they want something kind of totally different and you’re screwed. You prepared it one way, and then they want something totally different and it’s harder to adapt. You can kind of end up screwing yourself over. So it’s weird delicate balance of being prepared, but not too prepared.\n\nCS: That’s interesting. I didn’t realize you had to be so loose and flexible because of the time frame.\n\nYM: Yeah, well hearing it coming from him I was like “oh that makes sense,” not to get too prepared. I’m here working with Christian Slater and I want to be totally over-prepared. So I got what he meant. It seemed more real coming from him. I was like, “okay maybe I should chill out a little bit” (laughs)\n\nCS: (laughs) So you also did a guest spot on <em>It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia</em>. Is that set completely nutty to work on?\n\nYM: Well, I’m actually really good friends with those guys. That was one of my first jobs, because it was after I got <em><a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0759549/\" target=\"_blank\">Faceless</a></em>. It was really funny. I also did a pilot with them, <em>Boldly</em> <em>Going Nowhere</em>. It didn’t get picked up, but I worked with them. It’s just one of those things. It’s such a pleasure to be at work and laugh. I’ve done a few things, but when I’m on set with them I’m really trying to hold in my laughter. It’s so much fun. I’m like in awe of them. It wasn’t nutty. They know exactly what they’re doing and they’re very efficient, but there’s a lot of laughter. It’s not reckless, it’s just efficient humor.\n\nCS: Focused and playful.\n\nYM: They are really fun to hang out with whenever we all get together. It’s funny. I actually feel like in person, Kaitlin and Mary-Elizabeth are the funnier ones. They’re always the ones that make me laugh the hardest.\n\nCS: Interesting.\n\nYM: Yeah. This is obviously after we’ve had a few drinks. (laughs)\n\nCS: (laughs) So you also have a recurring role on the NBC series Chase where you lure people into doing bank heists with you, is that a fun character to play?\n\nYM: It is. I don’t think it’s recurring. I mean, they didn’t kill me, so I could go back, but as of right now, I just did that episode. It was really fun to play. I usually play the wife or something more tame, so to play someone that had to shoot people and run around and jump off a cliff was really fun and made me feel like a badass.\n\nCS: That’s cool. Who are some other fun or interesting cool actors that you’ve worked with in the past?\n\nYM: We already mentioned Sean and Christian. I like working a lot with <a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004999/\" target=\"_blank\">Shawn Hatosy</a> on Southland. Every time I work with him, he always brings something new to the table and keeps me on my toes. As an actor that’s really, really fun. And with television, you can get stuck in the routine of doing the same thing exactly the same way. So it’s really nice with him to have it be fresh every time. Then I also got to work with Edward James Olmos on <em>CSI: New York</em>. We were like the head of the Puerto Rican gang. He has this very intense – you know, it’s interesting, it’s the same thing with Sean Bean – it’s like when people don’t speak that much, they leave so much room to interpret who they are. That’s why I feel like they come across so mysterious and so intense, because they’re not in your face. I feel like both of them have that. You know what I mean?\n\nCS: Yeah I gotcha. Last question: I know you grew up in Miami and you’re based in LA now, how do the two places compare? I’m from LA, and I’ve had friends tell me I’ve got to get down to Miami to have fun, but I’ve never been there and I’m just kind of curious how the two places compare.\n\nYM: When are you going to Miami?\n\nCS: I’m thinking about going in May.\n\nYM: Okay it’s really, really hot (laughs). I feel like the best time to go to Miami is like December, January, February, because it’s not so hot. It’s weird, in Miami it rains a lot. The best thing I think to do in Miami is find a friend who has a boat – this is what my friends and I used to do – and you just go to a sandbar and you just spend the whole day out in the boat, listening to music, having some drinks, and hanging out with friends in the beautiful water. It’s the best part of Miami. Also the clubs, if you’re into that, are crazy. Way more fun than the ones here, that’s for sure. People actually dance and let loose.\n\nCS: (laughs) Yeah, there’s a lot of stiffness, I know what you’re saying.\n\nYM: Well it’s different because in Miami everyone definitely gets all glammed up and everyone checks each other out and they have all that BS that people have when you go to clubs. It’s the same thing here, but I feel like here no one ever lets loose. In Miami, it starts off like that, but by the end of it, you’ll be jumping on a sofa with your arms up in the air, having the best time with a bunch of people you don’t even know. Here everyone’s too busy in the staring contest.','','','inherit','open','open','','3976-revision','','','2011-03-17 16:29:43','2011-03-17 23:29:43','',3976,'http://manjr.com/2011/uncategorized/3976-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(3983,2,'2011-03-17 16:36:55','2011-03-17 23:36:55','<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez-interview.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3977\" title=\"yara-martinez-interview\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez-interview.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"282\" /></a>\r\n\r\nYara Martinez.... My Own Worst Enemy, It\'s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Breakout Kings, Southland.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez4.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3979\" title=\"yara-martinez4\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"451\" /></a>CS: So you have a new show that premiered this month, <a href=\"http://www.aetv.com/breakout-kings/\" target=\"_blank\">Breakout Kings</a>. You want to tell me a bit about what the new show is about?\r\n\r\nYM: Yeah. The show is about US Marshals that are looking for people who broke out of prison, and they team up with ex-cons to look for them so they can get an inside viewpoint. It’s from the same creators of <em>Prison Break</em>. I play the wife of one of the US Marshals, played by actor Laz Alonso. I’m pretty much the supportive wife, but at the same time I try to keep him grounded and back in reality because he’s pretty obsessed. I’m like his rock. I’m like his go-to for strength and emotional stability.\r\n\r\nCS: Gotcha, and so is the show going to be pretty action packed?\r\n\r\nYM: It’s very action packed. It’s definitely an action packed show. There’s humor in it, too. Since it’s from the creators of <em>Prison Break</em> there is definitely that action stuff, but there are little winks to it as well.\r\n\r\nCS: That’s cool. Now you’re also on Southland and from what I understand your character’s kind of going to get a little bit of a push this season right?\r\n\r\nYM: Yeah. The last episode I think is going to air soon. The character I play is the wife of Kevin Alejandro. He died, so I’ve been dealing with his death and also the fact that his partner has been living in our house and it gets a little muddy emotionally because we are both grieving the loss of someone that a lot of us really loved. That can cause confusion in emotions about how we feel about each other.\r\n\r\nCS: Got it.\r\n\r\nYM: So it definitely could influence that development.\r\n\r\nCS: Now in 2007 you were in <em>The Hitcher</em> with <a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000293/\" target=\"_blank\">Sean Bean</a>. Now that dude always seems to play the bad guy. Whenever you see him pop up in a movie you’re like, uh-oh, this isn’t good. Is he like a big super villain in person as well or is he like totally different?\r\n\r\nYM: Well, I actually didn’t get to hang out with him during <em>The Hitcher</em>, but the first job that I ever booked was a pilot opposite him. It’s funny because I thought the same thing. I thought, oh my god who is Sean Bean going to be? He’s so intense. And our first scene we had to shoot was like these two characters were getting to know each other. So we’re trying to figure each other out. Between takes we’re talking and he’s like, “so what have you done?” He does have that mysterious look and voice and I’m like, “oh this is my first job” (laughs), and he just looked at me. We actually ended up getting along really, really well and we worked really well together. I got to hang out with him a few times. It was interesting, with me he was really nice and a total gentlemen and a really cool. He’s definitely reserved. He’s not one of those people who’s in your face. But we did go out a few times and he definitely does what he wants.\r\n\r\nI just remember this one incident at the Four Seasons, someone told him to put out his cigarette and he just didn’t understand why they would tell him to put out his cigarette. He was very nonchalant about it and he had this very cool discussion with the man about why he should put out his cigarette. But he was so chill about it, that by the end, he was pretty much done with it.\r\n\r\nCS: (laughs)\r\n\r\nYM: He’s like smoking the cigarette while he’s talking to the guy about why he shouldn’t be smoking the cigarette. And he’s like, “okay I’ll put it out,” but it was already out. He was already done. That was smooth.\r\n\r\nCS: How did you first get in to acting?\r\n\r\nYM: Well I used to study ballet when I was younger and I went to one of those camps when I was 12 and you need to take an acting class. When I took the acting class, I just immediately knew that was what I wanted to do. I had always wanted to be involved in the theatre, but it switched from ballet to acting when I was 12. I went to an all-girl private Catholic high school, but during the summers I would go to New York and study theatre. So I have always wanted to be in the theatre.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/my-own-worst-enemy03.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3978\" title=\"my-own-worst-enemy03\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/my-own-worst-enemy03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"280\" /></a>CS: What was it like playing Christian Slater’s wife? Was that guy super-suave in person?\r\n\r\nYM: He was awesome! He was really, really sweet and it was like his first TV job so he was definitely really excited. It’s weird, because one of my favorite movies is <em>Heathers</em> (laughs), and <em>True Romance</em>. It was just so surreal to me that I was working with Christian Slater. And the fact that he is such a nice person and he doesn’t seem jaded at all… he took the whole cast out to dinner and was just very supportive of everyone in the whole project, very involved. He was involved in everything. He didn’t just go to his trailer and not hang out. He was part of everything. He was really nice to work with.\r\n\r\nI would be in scenes with him and ask, “so how do you prepare? What’s the difference between preparing for movie and television? How do you prepare for the scene?” Because in television you need to be so much faster. And he just says, “oh I just read my lines. I just come here and see what the hell is going to happen.” I’m like, “oh that’s interesting.” (laughs)\r\n\r\nCS: (laughs)\r\n\r\nYM: Yeah. But in a weird way it makes sense because television is so fast that if you prepare too much, then you hit the set and they want something kind of totally different and you’re screwed. You prepared it one way, and then they want something totally different and it’s harder to adapt. You can kind of end up screwing yourself over. So it’s weird delicate balance of being prepared, but not too prepared.\r\n\r\nCS: That’s interesting. I didn’t realize you had to be so loose and flexible because of the time frame.\r\n\r\nYM: Yeah, well hearing it coming from him I was like “oh that makes sense,” not to get too prepared. I’m here working with Christian Slater and I want to be totally over-prepared. So I got what he meant. It seemed more real coming from him. I was like, “okay maybe I should chill out a little bit” (laughs)\r\n\r\nCS: (laughs) So you also did a guest spot on <em>It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia</em>. Is that set completely nutty to work on?\r\n\r\nYM: Well, I’m actually really good friends with those guys. That was one of my first jobs, because it was after I got <em><a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0759549/\" target=\"_blank\">Faceless</a></em>. It was really funny. I also did a pilot with them, <em>Boldly</em> <em>Going Nowhere</em>. It didn’t get picked up, but I worked with them. It’s just one of those things. It’s such a pleasure to be at work and laugh. I’ve done a few things, but when I’m on set with them I’m really trying to hold in my laughter. It’s so much fun. I’m like in awe of them. It wasn’t nutty. They know exactly what they’re doing and they’re very efficient, but there’s a lot of laughter. It’s not reckless, it’s just efficient humor.\r\n\r\nCS: Focused and playful.\r\n\r\nYM: They are really fun to hang out with whenever we all get together. It’s funny. I actually feel like in person, Kaitlin and Mary-Elizabeth are the funnier ones. They’re always the ones that make me laugh the hardest.\r\n\r\nCS: Interesting.\r\n\r\nYM: Yeah. This is obviously after we’ve had a few drinks. (laughs)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3981\" title=\"yara-martinez3\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" /></a>CS: (laughs) So you also have a recurring role on the NBC series Chase where you lure people into doing bank heists with you, is that a fun character to play?\r\n\r\nYM: It is. I don’t think it’s recurring. I mean, they didn’t kill me, so I could go back, but as of right now, I just did that episode. It was really fun to play. I usually play the wife or something more tame, so to play someone that had to shoot people and run around and jump off a cliff was really fun and made me feel like a badass.\r\n\r\nCS: That’s cool. Who are some other fun or interesting cool actors that you’ve worked with in the past?\r\n\r\nYM: We already mentioned Sean and Christian. I like working a lot with <a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004999/\" target=\"_blank\">Shawn Hatosy</a> on Southland. Every time I work with him, he always brings something new to the table and keeps me on my toes. As an actor that’s really, really fun. And with television, you can get stuck in the routine of doing the same thing exactly the same way. So it’s really nice with him to have it be fresh every time. Then I also got to work with Edward James Olmos on <em>CSI: New York</em>. We were like the head of the Puerto Rican gang. He has this very intense – you know, it’s interesting, it’s the same thing with Sean Bean – it’s like when people don’t speak that much, they leave so much room to interpret who they are. That’s why I feel like they come across so mysterious and so intense, because they’re not in your face. I feel like both of them have that. You know what I mean?\r\n\r\nCS: Yeah I gotcha. Last question: I know you grew up in Miami and you’re based in LA now, how do the two places compare? I’m from LA, and I’ve had friends tell me I’ve got to get down to Miami to have fun, but I’ve never been there and I’m just kind of curious how the two places compare.\r\n\r\nYM: When are you going to Miami?\r\n\r\nCS: I’m thinking about going in May.\r\n\r\nYM: Okay it’s really, really hot (laughs). I feel like the best time to go to Miami is like December, January, February, because it’s not so hot. It’s weird, in Miami it rains a lot. The best thing I think to do in Miami is find a friend who has a boat – this is what my friends and I used to do – and you just go to a sandbar and you just spend the whole day out in the boat, listening to music, having some drinks, and hanging out with friends in the beautiful water. It’s the best part of Miami. Also the clubs, if you’re into that, are crazy. Way more fun than the ones here, that’s for sure. People actually dance and let loose.\r\n\r\nCS: (laughs) Yeah, there’s a lot of stiffness, I know what you’re saying.\r\n\r\nYM: Well it’s different because in Miami everyone definitely gets all glammed up and everyone checks each other out and they have all that BS that people have when you go to clubs. It’s the same thing here, but I feel like here no one ever lets loose. In Miami, it starts off like that, but by the end of it, you’ll be jumping on a sofa with your arms up in the air, having the best time with a bunch of people you don’t even know. Here everyone’s too busy in the staring contest.','','','inherit','open','open','','3976-revision-2','','','2011-03-17 16:36:55','2011-03-17 23:36:55','',3976,'http://manjr.com/2011/uncategorized/3976-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(3984,2,'2011-03-17 16:37:10','2011-03-17 23:37:10','<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez-interview.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3977\" title=\"yara-martinez-interview\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez-interview.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"282\" /></a>\r\n\r\nYara Martinez.... My Own Worst Enemy, It\'s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Breakout Kings, Southland.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez4.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3979\" title=\"yara-martinez4\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"451\" /></a>CS: So you have a new show that premiered this month, <a href=\"http://www.aetv.com/breakout-kings/\" target=\"_blank\">Breakout Kings</a>. You want to tell me a bit about what the new show is about?\r\n\r\nYM: Yeah. The show is about US Marshals that are looking for people who broke out of prison, and they team up with ex-cons to look for them so they can get an inside viewpoint. It’s from the same creators of <em>Prison Break</em>. I play the wife of one of the US Marshals, played by actor Laz Alonso. I’m pretty much the supportive wife, but at the same time I try to keep him grounded and back in reality because he’s pretty obsessed. I’m like his rock. I’m like his go-to for strength and emotional stability.\r\n\r\nCS: Gotcha, and so is the show going to be pretty action packed?\r\n\r\nYM: It’s very action packed. It’s definitely an action packed show. There’s humor in it, too. Since it’s from the creators of <em>Prison Break</em> there is definitely that action stuff, but there are little winks to it as well.\r\n\r\nCS: That’s cool. Now you’re also on Southland and from what I understand your character’s kind of going to get a little bit of a push this season right?\r\n\r\nYM: Yeah. The last episode I think is going to air soon. The character I play is the wife of Kevin Alejandro. He died, so I’ve been dealing with his death and also the fact that his partner has been living in our house and it gets a little muddy emotionally because we are both grieving the loss of someone that a lot of us really loved. That can cause confusion in emotions about how we feel about each other.\r\n\r\nCS: Got it.\r\n\r\nYM: So it definitely could influence that development.\r\n\r\nCS: Now in 2007 you were in <em>The Hitcher</em> with <a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000293/\" target=\"_blank\">Sean Bean</a>. Now that dude always seems to play the bad guy. Whenever you see him pop up in a movie you’re like, uh-oh, this isn’t good. Is he like a big super villain in person as well or is he like totally different?\r\n\r\nYM: Well, I actually didn’t get to hang out with him during <em>The Hitcher</em>, but the first job that I ever booked was a pilot opposite him. It’s funny because I thought the same thing. I thought, oh my god who is Sean Bean going to be? He’s so intense. And our first scene we had to shoot was like these two characters were getting to know each other. So we’re trying to figure each other out. Between takes we’re talking and he’s like, “so what have you done?” He does have that mysterious look and voice and I’m like, “oh this is my first job” (laughs), and he just looked at me. We actually ended up getting along really, really well and we worked really well together. I got to hang out with him a few times. It was interesting, with me he was really nice and a total gentlemen and a really cool. He’s definitely reserved. He’s not one of those people who’s in your face. But we did go out a few times and he definitely does what he wants.\r\n\r\nI just remember this one incident at the Four Seasons, someone told him to put out his cigarette and he just didn’t understand why they would tell him to put out his cigarette. He was very nonchalant about it and he had this very cool discussion with the man about why he should put out his cigarette. But he was so chill about it, that by the end, he was pretty much done with it.\r\n\r\nCS: (laughs)\r\n\r\nYM: He’s like smoking the cigarette while he’s talking to the guy about why he shouldn’t be smoking the cigarette. And he’s like, “okay I’ll put it out,” but it was already out. He was already done. That was smooth.\r\n\r\nCS: How did you first get in to acting?\r\n\r\nYM: Well I used to study ballet when I was younger and I went to one of those camps when I was 12 and you need to take an acting class. When I took the acting class, I just immediately knew that was what I wanted to do. I had always wanted to be involved in the theatre, but it switched from ballet to acting when I was 12. I went to an all-girl private Catholic high school, but during the summers I would go to New York and study theatre. So I have always wanted to be in the theatre.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/my-own-worst-enemy03.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3978\" title=\"my-own-worst-enemy03\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/my-own-worst-enemy03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"280\" /></a>CS: What was it like playing Christian Slater’s wife? Was that guy super-suave in person?\r\n\r\nYM: He was awesome! He was really, really sweet and it was like his first TV job so he was definitely really excited. It’s weird, because one of my favorite movies is <em>Heathers</em> (laughs), and <em>True Romance</em>. It was just so surreal to me that I was working with Christian Slater. And the fact that he is such a nice person and he doesn’t seem jaded at all… he took the whole cast out to dinner and was just very supportive of everyone in the whole project, very involved. He was involved in everything. He didn’t just go to his trailer and not hang out. He was part of everything. He was really nice to work with.\r\n\r\nI would be in scenes with him and ask, “so how do you prepare? What’s the difference between preparing for movie and television? How do you prepare for the scene?” Because in television you need to be so much faster. And he just says, “oh I just read my lines. I just come here and see what the hell is going to happen.” I’m like, “oh that’s interesting.” (laughs)\r\n\r\nCS: (laughs)\r\n\r\nYM: Yeah. But in a weird way it makes sense because television is so fast that if you prepare too much, then you hit the set and they want something kind of totally different and you’re screwed. You prepared it one way, and then they want something totally different and it’s harder to adapt. You can kind of end up screwing yourself over. So it’s weird delicate balance of being prepared, but not too prepared.\r\n\r\nCS: That’s interesting. I didn’t realize you had to be so loose and flexible because of the time frame.\r\n\r\nYM: Yeah, well hearing it coming from him I was like “oh that makes sense,” not to get too prepared. I’m here working with Christian Slater and I want to be totally over-prepared. So I got what he meant. It seemed more real coming from him. I was like, “okay maybe I should chill out a little bit” (laughs)\r\n\r\nCS: (laughs) So you also did a guest spot on <em>It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia</em>. Is that set completely nutty to work on?\r\n\r\nYM: Well, I’m actually really good friends with those guys. That was one of my first jobs, because it was after I got <em><a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0759549/\" target=\"_blank\">Faceless</a></em>. It was really funny. I also did a pilot with them, <em>Boldly</em> <em>Going Nowhere</em>. It didn’t get picked up, but I worked with them. It’s just one of those things. It’s such a pleasure to be at work and laugh. I’ve done a few things, but when I’m on set with them I’m really trying to hold in my laughter. It’s so much fun. I’m like in awe of them. It wasn’t nutty. They know exactly what they’re doing and they’re very efficient, but there’s a lot of laughter. It’s not reckless, it’s just efficient humor.\r\n\r\nCS: Focused and playful.\r\n\r\nYM: They are really fun to hang out with whenever we all get together. It’s funny. I actually feel like in person, Kaitlin and Mary-Elizabeth are the funnier ones. They’re always the ones that make me laugh the hardest.\r\n\r\nCS: Interesting.\r\n\r\nYM: Yeah. This is obviously after we’ve had a few drinks. (laughs)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3981\" title=\"yara-martinez3\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" /></a>CS: (laughs) So you also have a recurring role on the NBC series Chase where you lure people into doing bank heists with you, is that a fun character to play?\r\n\r\nYM: It is. I don’t think it’s recurring. I mean, they didn’t kill me, so I could go back, but as of right now, I just did that episode. It was really fun to play. I usually play the wife or something more tame, so to play someone that had to shoot people and run around and jump off a cliff was really fun and made me feel like a badass.\r\n\r\nCS: That’s cool. Who are some other fun or interesting cool actors that you’ve worked with in the past?\r\n\r\nYM: We already mentioned Sean and Christian. I like working a lot with <a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004999/\" target=\"_blank\">Shawn Hatosy</a> on Southland. Every time I work with him, he always brings something new to the table and keeps me on my toes. As an actor that’s really, really fun. And with television, you can get stuck in the routine of doing the same thing exactly the same way. So it’s really nice with him to have it be fresh every time. Then I also got to work with Edward James Olmos on <em>CSI: New York</em>. We were like the head of the Puerto Rican gang. He has this very intense – you know, it’s interesting, it’s the same thing with Sean Bean – it’s like when people don’t speak that much, they leave so much room to interpret who they are. That’s why I feel like they come across so mysterious and so intense, because they’re not in your face. I feel like both of them have that. You know what I mean?\r\n\r\nCS: Yeah I gotcha. Last question: I know you grew up in Miami and you’re based in LA now, how do the two places compare? I’m from LA, and I’ve had friends tell me I’ve got to get down to Miami to have fun, but I’ve never been there and I’m just kind of curious how the two places compare.\r\n\r\nYM: When are you going to Miami?\r\n\r\nCS: I’m thinking about going in May.\r\n\r\nYM: Okay it’s really, really hot (laughs). I feel like the best time to go to Miami is like December, January, February, because it’s not so hot. It’s weird, in Miami it rains a lot. The best thing I think to do in Miami is find a friend who has a boat – this is what my friends and I used to do – and you just go to a sandbar and you just spend the whole day out in the boat, listening to music, having some drinks, and hanging out with friends in the beautiful water. It’s the best part of Miami. Also the clubs, if you’re into that, are crazy. Way more fun than the ones here, that’s for sure. People actually dance and let loose.\r\n\r\nCS: (laughs) Yeah, there’s a lot of stiffness, I know what you’re saying.\r\n\r\nYM: Well it’s different because in Miami everyone definitely gets all glammed up and everyone checks each other out and they have all that BS that people have when you go to clubs. It’s the same thing here, but I feel like here no one ever lets loose. In Miami, it starts off like that, but by the end of it, you’ll be jumping on a sofa with your arms up in the air, having the best time with a bunch of people you don’t even know. Here everyone’s too busy in the staring contest.','Yara Martinez Interview','','inherit','open','open','','3976-revision-3','','','2011-03-17 16:37:10','2011-03-17 23:37:10','',3976,'http://manjr.com/2011/uncategorized/3976-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(3985,2,'2011-03-17 16:37:16','2011-03-17 23:37:16','<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez-interview.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3977\" title=\"yara-martinez-interview\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez-interview.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"282\" /></a>\r\n\r\nYara Martinez.... My Own Worst Enemy, It\'s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Breakout Kings, Southland.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez4.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3979\" title=\"yara-martinez4\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"451\" /></a>CS: So you have a new show that premiered this month, <a href=\"http://www.aetv.com/breakout-kings/\" target=\"_blank\">Breakout Kings</a>. You want to tell me a bit about what the new show is about?\r\n\r\nYM: Yeah. The show is about US Marshals that are looking for people who broke out of prison, and they team up with ex-cons to look for them so they can get an inside viewpoint. It’s from the same creators of <em>Prison Break</em>. I play the wife of one of the US Marshals, played by actor Laz Alonso. I’m pretty much the supportive wife, but at the same time I try to keep him grounded and back in reality because he’s pretty obsessed. I’m like his rock. I’m like his go-to for strength and emotional stability.\r\n\r\nCS: Gotcha, and so is the show going to be pretty action packed?\r\n\r\nYM: It’s very action packed. It’s definitely an action packed show. There’s humor in it, too. Since it’s from the creators of <em>Prison Break</em> there is definitely that action stuff, but there are little winks to it as well.\r\n\r\nCS: That’s cool. Now you’re also on Southland and from what I understand your character’s kind of going to get a little bit of a push this season right?\r\n\r\nYM: Yeah. The last episode I think is going to air soon. The character I play is the wife of Kevin Alejandro. He died, so I’ve been dealing with his death and also the fact that his partner has been living in our house and it gets a little muddy emotionally because we are both grieving the loss of someone that a lot of us really loved. That can cause confusion in emotions about how we feel about each other.\r\n\r\nCS: Got it.\r\n\r\nYM: So it definitely could influence that development.\r\n\r\nCS: Now in 2007 you were in <em>The Hitcher</em> with <a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000293/\" target=\"_blank\">Sean Bean</a>. Now that dude always seems to play the bad guy. Whenever you see him pop up in a movie you’re like, uh-oh, this isn’t good. Is he like a big super villain in person as well or is he like totally different?\r\n\r\nYM: Well, I actually didn’t get to hang out with him during <em>The Hitcher</em>, but the first job that I ever booked was a pilot opposite him. It’s funny because I thought the same thing. I thought, oh my god who is Sean Bean going to be? He’s so intense. And our first scene we had to shoot was like these two characters were getting to know each other. So we’re trying to figure each other out. Between takes we’re talking and he’s like, “so what have you done?” He does have that mysterious look and voice and I’m like, “oh this is my first job” (laughs), and he just looked at me. We actually ended up getting along really, really well and we worked really well together. I got to hang out with him a few times. It was interesting, with me he was really nice and a total gentlemen and a really cool. He’s definitely reserved. He’s not one of those people who’s in your face. But we did go out a few times and he definitely does what he wants.\r\n\r\nI just remember this one incident at the Four Seasons, someone told him to put out his cigarette and he just didn’t understand why they would tell him to put out his cigarette. He was very nonchalant about it and he had this very cool discussion with the man about why he should put out his cigarette. But he was so chill about it, that by the end, he was pretty much done with it.\r\n\r\nCS: (laughs)\r\n\r\nYM: He’s like smoking the cigarette while he’s talking to the guy about why he shouldn’t be smoking the cigarette. And he’s like, “okay I’ll put it out,” but it was already out. He was already done. That was smooth.\r\n\r\nCS: How did you first get in to acting?\r\n\r\nYM: Well I used to study ballet when I was younger and I went to one of those camps when I was 12 and you need to take an acting class. When I took the acting class, I just immediately knew that was what I wanted to do. I had always wanted to be involved in the theatre, but it switched from ballet to acting when I was 12. I went to an all-girl private Catholic high school, but during the summers I would go to New York and study theatre. So I have always wanted to be in the theatre.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/my-own-worst-enemy03.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3978\" title=\"my-own-worst-enemy03\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/my-own-worst-enemy03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"280\" /></a>CS: What was it like playing Christian Slater’s wife? Was that guy super-suave in person?\r\n\r\nYM: He was awesome! He was really, really sweet and it was like his first TV job so he was definitely really excited. It’s weird, because one of my favorite movies is <em>Heathers</em> (laughs), and <em>True Romance</em>. It was just so surreal to me that I was working with Christian Slater. And the fact that he is such a nice person and he doesn’t seem jaded at all… he took the whole cast out to dinner and was just very supportive of everyone in the whole project, very involved. He was involved in everything. He didn’t just go to his trailer and not hang out. He was part of everything. He was really nice to work with.\r\n\r\nI would be in scenes with him and ask, “so how do you prepare? What’s the difference between preparing for movie and television? How do you prepare for the scene?” Because in television you need to be so much faster. And he just says, “oh I just read my lines. I just come here and see what the hell is going to happen.” I’m like, “oh that’s interesting.” (laughs)\r\n\r\nCS: (laughs)\r\n\r\nYM: Yeah. But in a weird way it makes sense because television is so fast that if you prepare too much, then you hit the set and they want something kind of totally different and you’re screwed. You prepared it one way, and then they want something totally different and it’s harder to adapt. You can kind of end up screwing yourself over. So it’s weird delicate balance of being prepared, but not too prepared.\r\n\r\nCS: That’s interesting. I didn’t realize you had to be so loose and flexible because of the time frame.\r\n\r\nYM: Yeah, well hearing it coming from him I was like “oh that makes sense,” not to get too prepared. I’m here working with Christian Slater and I want to be totally over-prepared. So I got what he meant. It seemed more real coming from him. I was like, “okay maybe I should chill out a little bit” (laughs)\r\n\r\nCS: (laughs) So you also did a guest spot on <em>It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia</em>. Is that set completely nutty to work on?\r\n\r\nYM: Well, I’m actually really good friends with those guys. That was one of my first jobs, because it was after I got <em><a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0759549/\" target=\"_blank\">Faceless</a></em>. It was really funny. I also did a pilot with them, <em>Boldly</em> <em>Going Nowhere</em>. It didn’t get picked up, but I worked with them. It’s just one of those things. It’s such a pleasure to be at work and laugh. I’ve done a few things, but when I’m on set with them I’m really trying to hold in my laughter. It’s so much fun. I’m like in awe of them. It wasn’t nutty. They know exactly what they’re doing and they’re very efficient, but there’s a lot of laughter. It’s not reckless, it’s just efficient humor.\r\n\r\nCS: Focused and playful.\r\n\r\nYM: They are really fun to hang out with whenever we all get together. It’s funny. I actually feel like in person, Kaitlin and Mary-Elizabeth are the funnier ones. They’re always the ones that make me laugh the hardest.\r\n\r\nCS: Interesting.\r\n\r\nYM: Yeah. This is obviously after we’ve had a few drinks. (laughs)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3981\" title=\"yara-martinez3\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" /></a>CS: (laughs) So you also have a recurring role on the NBC series Chase where you lure people into doing bank heists with you, is that a fun character to play?\r\n\r\nYM: It is. I don’t think it’s recurring. I mean, they didn’t kill me, so I could go back, but as of right now, I just did that episode. It was really fun to play. I usually play the wife or something more tame, so to play someone that had to shoot people and run around and jump off a cliff was really fun and made me feel like a badass.\r\n\r\nCS: That’s cool. Who are some other fun or interesting cool actors that you’ve worked with in the past?\r\n\r\nYM: We already mentioned Sean and Christian. I like working a lot with <a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004999/\" target=\"_blank\">Shawn Hatosy</a> on Southland. Every time I work with him, he always brings something new to the table and keeps me on my toes. As an actor that’s really, really fun. And with television, you can get stuck in the routine of doing the same thing exactly the same way. So it’s really nice with him to have it be fresh every time. Then I also got to work with Edward James Olmos on <em>CSI: New York</em>. We were like the head of the Puerto Rican gang. He has this very intense – you know, it’s interesting, it’s the same thing with Sean Bean – it’s like when people don’t speak that much, they leave so much room to interpret who they are. That’s why I feel like they come across so mysterious and so intense, because they’re not in your face. I feel like both of them have that. You know what I mean?\r\n\r\nCS: Yeah I gotcha. Last question: I know you grew up in Miami and you’re based in LA now, how do the two places compare? I’m from LA, and I’ve had friends tell me I’ve got to get down to Miami to have fun, but I’ve never been there and I’m just kind of curious how the two places compare.\r\n\r\nYM: When are you going to Miami?\r\n\r\nCS: I’m thinking about going in May.\r\n\r\nYM: Okay it’s really, really hot (laughs). I feel like the best time to go to Miami is like December, January, February, because it’s not so hot. It’s weird, in Miami it rains a lot. The best thing I think to do in Miami is find a friend who has a boat – this is what my friends and I used to do – and you just go to a sandbar and you just spend the whole day out in the boat, listening to music, having some drinks, and hanging out with friends in the beautiful water. It’s the best part of Miami. Also the clubs, if you’re into that, are crazy. Way more fun than the ones here, that’s for sure. People actually dance and let loose.\r\n\r\nCS: (laughs) Yeah, there’s a lot of stiffness, I know what you’re saying.\r\n\r\nYM: Well it’s different because in Miami everyone definitely gets all glammed up and everyone checks each other out and they have all that BS that people have when you go to clubs. It’s the same thing here, but I feel like here no one ever lets loose. In Miami, it starts off like that, but by the end of it, you’ll be jumping on a sofa with your arms up in the air, having the best time with a bunch of people you don’t even know. Here everyone’s too busy in the staring contest.','Yara Martinez Interview','','inherit','open','open','','3976-revision-4','','','2011-03-17 16:37:16','2011-03-17 23:37:16','',3976,'http://manjr.com/2011/uncategorized/3976-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(3987,2,'2011-03-17 16:56:35','2011-03-17 23:56:35','<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez-interview.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3977\" title=\"yara-martinez-interview\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez-interview.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"282\" /></a>\r\n\r\nYara Martinez.... My Own Worst Enemy, It\'s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Breakout Kings, Southland.\r\n\r\nCS: So you have a new show that premiered this month, <a href=\"http://www.aetv.com/breakout-kings/\" target=\"_blank\">Breakout Kings</a>. You want to tell me a bit about what the new show is about?\r\n\r\nYM: Yeah. The show is about US Marshals that are looking for people who broke out of prison, and they team up with ex-cons to look for them so they can get an inside viewpoint. It’s from the same creators of <em>Prison Break</em>. I play the wife of one of the US Marshals, played by actor Laz Alonso. I’m pretty much the supportive wife, but at the same time I try to keep him grounded and back in reality because he’s pretty obsessed. I’m like his rock. I’m like his go-to for strength and emotional stability.\r\n\r\nCS: Gotcha, and so is the show going to be pretty action packed?\r\n\r\nYM: It’s very action packed. It’s definitely an action packed show. There’s humor in it, too. Since it’s from the creators of <em>Prison Break</em> there is definitely that action stuff, but there are little winks to it as well.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez4.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3979\" title=\"yara-martinez4\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"451\" /></a>CS: That’s cool. Now you’re also on Southland and from what I understand your character’s kind of going to get a little bit of a push this season right?\r\n\r\nYM: Yeah. The last episode I think is going to air soon. The character I play is the wife of Kevin Alejandro. He died, so I’ve been dealing with his death and also the fact that his partner has been living in our house and it gets a little muddy emotionally because we are both grieving the loss of someone that a lot of us really loved. That can cause confusion in emotions about how we feel about each other.\r\n\r\nCS: Got it.\r\n\r\nYM: So it definitely could influence that development.\r\n\r\nCS: Now in 2007 you were in <em>The Hitcher</em> with <a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000293/\" target=\"_blank\">Sean Bean</a>. Now that dude always seems to play the bad guy. Whenever you see him pop up in a movie you’re like, uh-oh, this isn’t good. Is he like a big super villain in person as well or is he like totally different?\r\n\r\nYM: Well, I actually didn’t get to hang out with him during <em>The Hitcher</em>, but the first job that I ever booked was a pilot opposite him. It’s funny because I thought the same thing. I thought, oh my god who is Sean Bean going to be? He’s so intense. And our first scene we had to shoot was like these two characters were getting to know each other. So we’re trying to figure each other out. Between takes we’re talking and he’s like, “so what have you done?” He does have that mysterious look and voice and I’m like, “oh this is my first job” (laughs), and he just looked at me. We actually ended up getting along really, really well and we worked really well together. I got to hang out with him a few times. It was interesting, with me he was really nice and a total gentlemen and a really cool. He’s definitely reserved. He’s not one of those people who’s in your face. But we did go out a few times and he definitely does what he wants.\r\n\r\nI just remember this one incident at the Four Seasons, someone told him to put out his cigarette and he just didn’t understand why they would tell him to put out his cigarette. He was very nonchalant about it and he had this very cool discussion with the man about why he should put out his cigarette. But he was so chill about it, that by the end, he was pretty much done with it.\r\n\r\nCS: (laughs)\r\n\r\nYM: He’s like smoking the cigarette while he’s talking to the guy about why he shouldn’t be smoking the cigarette. And he’s like, “okay I’ll put it out,” but it was already out. He was already done. That was smooth.\r\n\r\nCS: How did you first get in to acting?\r\n\r\nYM: Well I used to study ballet when I was younger and I went to one of those camps when I was 12 and you need to take an acting class. When I took the acting class, I just immediately knew that was what I wanted to do. I had always wanted to be involved in the theatre, but it switched from ballet to acting when I was 12. I went to an all-girl private Catholic high school, but during the summers I would go to New York and study theatre. So I have always wanted to be in the theatre.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/my-own-worst-enemy03.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3978\" title=\"my-own-worst-enemy03\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/my-own-worst-enemy03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"280\" /></a>CS: What was it like playing Christian Slater’s wife? Was that guy super-suave in person?\r\n\r\nYM: He was awesome! He was really, really sweet and it was like his first TV job so he was definitely really excited. It’s weird, because one of my favorite movies is <em>Heathers</em> (laughs), and <em>True Romance</em>. It was just so surreal to me that I was working with Christian Slater. And the fact that he is such a nice person and he doesn’t seem jaded at all… he took the whole cast out to dinner and was just very supportive of everyone in the whole project, very involved. He was involved in everything. He didn’t just go to his trailer and not hang out. He was part of everything. He was really nice to work with.\r\n\r\nI would be in scenes with him and ask, “so how do you prepare? What’s the difference between preparing for movie and television? How do you prepare for the scene?” Because in television you need to be so much faster. And he just says, “oh I just read my lines. I just come here and see what the hell is going to happen.” I’m like, “oh that’s interesting.” (laughs)\r\n\r\nCS: (laughs)\r\n\r\nYM: Yeah. But in a weird way it makes sense because television is so fast that if you prepare too much, then you hit the set and they want something kind of totally different and you’re screwed. You prepared it one way, and then they want something totally different and it’s harder to adapt. You can kind of end up screwing yourself over. So it’s weird delicate balance of being prepared, but not too prepared.\r\n\r\nCS: That’s interesting. I didn’t realize you had to be so loose and flexible because of the time frame.\r\n\r\nYM: Yeah, well hearing it coming from him I was like “oh that makes sense,” not to get too prepared. I’m here working with Christian Slater and I want to be totally over-prepared. So I got what he meant. It seemed more real coming from him. I was like, “okay maybe I should chill out a little bit” (laughs)\r\n\r\nCS: (laughs) So you also did a guest spot on <em>It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia</em>. Is that set completely nutty to work on?\r\n\r\nYM: Well, I’m actually really good friends with those guys. That was one of my first jobs, because it was after I got <em><a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0759549/\" target=\"_blank\">Faceless</a></em>. It was really funny. I also did a pilot with them, <em>Boldly</em> <em>Going Nowhere</em>. It didn’t get picked up, but I worked with them. It’s just one of those things. It’s such a pleasure to be at work and laugh. I’ve done a few things, but when I’m on set with them I’m really trying to hold in my laughter. It’s so much fun. I’m like in awe of them. It wasn’t nutty. They know exactly what they’re doing and they’re very efficient, but there’s a lot of laughter. It’s not reckless, it’s just efficient humor.\r\n\r\nCS: Focused and playful.\r\n\r\nYM: They are really fun to hang out with whenever we all get together. It’s funny. I actually feel like in person, Kaitlin and Mary-Elizabeth are the funnier ones. They’re always the ones that make me laugh the hardest.\r\n\r\nCS: Interesting.\r\n\r\nYM: Yeah. This is obviously after we’ve had a few drinks. (laughs)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3981\" title=\"yara-martinez3\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" /></a>CS: (laughs) So you also have a recurring role on the NBC series Chase where you lure people into doing bank heists with you, is that a fun character to play?\r\n\r\nYM: It is. I don’t think it’s recurring. I mean, they didn’t kill me, so I could go back, but as of right now, I just did that episode. It was really fun to play. I usually play the wife or something more tame, so to play someone that had to shoot people and run around and jump off a cliff was really fun and made me feel like a badass.\r\n\r\nCS: That’s cool. Who are some other fun or interesting cool actors that you’ve worked with in the past?\r\n\r\nYM: We already mentioned Sean and Christian. I like working a lot with <a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004999/\" target=\"_blank\">Shawn Hatosy</a> on Southland. Every time I work with him, he always brings something new to the table and keeps me on my toes. As an actor that’s really, really fun. And with television, you can get stuck in the routine of doing the same thing exactly the same way. So it’s really nice with him to have it be fresh every time. Then I also got to work with Edward James Olmos on <em>CSI: New York</em>. We were like the head of the Puerto Rican gang. He has this very intense – you know, it’s interesting, it’s the same thing with Sean Bean – it’s like when people don’t speak that much, they leave so much room to interpret who they are. That’s why I feel like they come across so mysterious and so intense, because they’re not in your face. I feel like both of them have that. You know what I mean?\r\n\r\nCS: Yeah I gotcha. Last question: I know you grew up in Miami and you’re based in LA now, how do the two places compare? I’m from LA, and I’ve had friends tell me I’ve got to get down to Miami to have fun, but I’ve never been there and I’m just kind of curious how the two places compare.\r\n\r\nYM: When are you going to Miami?\r\n\r\nCS: I’m thinking about going in May.\r\n\r\nYM: Okay it’s really, really hot (laughs). I feel like the best time to go to Miami is like December, January, February, because it’s not so hot. It’s weird, in Miami it rains a lot. The best thing I think to do in Miami is find a friend who has a boat – this is what my friends and I used to do – and you just go to a sandbar and you just spend the whole day out in the boat, listening to music, having some drinks, and hanging out with friends in the beautiful water. It’s the best part of Miami. Also the clubs, if you’re into that, are crazy. Way more fun than the ones here, that’s for sure. People actually dance and let loose.\r\n\r\nCS: (laughs) Yeah, there’s a lot of stiffness, I know what you’re saying.\r\n\r\nYM: Well it’s different because in Miami everyone definitely gets all glammed up and everyone checks each other out and they have all that BS that people have when you go to clubs. It’s the same thing here, but I feel like here no one ever lets loose. In Miami, it starts off like that, but by the end of it, you’ll be jumping on a sofa with your arms up in the air, having the best time with a bunch of people you don’t even know. Here everyone’s too busy in the staring contest.','Yara Martinez Interview','','inherit','open','open','','3976-revision-6','','','2011-03-17 16:56:35','2011-03-17 23:56:35','',3976,'http://manjr.com/2011/uncategorized/3976-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(3986,2,'2011-03-17 16:37:21','2011-03-17 23:37:21','<p><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez-interview.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3977\" title=\"yara-martinez-interview\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez-interview.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"282\" /></a></p>\r\n<p>Yara Martinez.... My Own Worst Enemy, It\'s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Breakout Kings, Southland.</p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez4.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3979\" title=\"yara-martinez4\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"451\" /></a>CS: So you have a new show that premiered this month, <a href=\"http://www.aetv.com/breakout-kings/\" target=\"_blank\">Breakout Kings</a>. You want to tell me a bit about what the new show is about?</p>\r\n<p>YM: Yeah. The show is about US Marshals that are looking for people who broke out of prison, and they team up with ex-cons to look for them so they can get an inside viewpoint. It’s from the same creators of <em>Prison Break</em>. I play the wife of one of the US Marshals, played by actor Laz Alonso. I’m pretty much the supportive wife, but at the same time I try to keep him grounded and back in reality because he’s pretty obsessed. I’m like his rock. I’m like his go-to for strength and emotional stability.</p>\r\n<p>CS: Gotcha, and so is the show going to be pretty action packed?</p>\r\n<p>YM: It’s very action packed. It’s definitely an action packed show. There’s humor in it, too. Since it’s from the creators of <em>Prison Break</em> there is definitely that action stuff, but there are little winks to it as well.</p>\r\n<p>CS: That’s cool. Now you’re also on Southland and from what I understand your character’s kind of going to get a little bit of a push this season right?</p>\r\n<p>YM: Yeah. The last episode I think is going to air soon. The character I play is the wife of Kevin Alejandro. He died, so I’ve been dealing with his death and also the fact that his partner has been living in our house and it gets a little muddy emotionally because we are both grieving the loss of someone that a lot of us really loved. That can cause confusion in emotions about how we feel about each other.</p>\r\n<p>CS: Got it.</p>\r\n<p>YM: So it definitely could influence that development.</p>\r\n<p>CS: Now in 2007 you were in <em>The Hitcher</em> with <a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000293/\" target=\"_blank\">Sean Bean</a>. Now that dude always seems to play the bad guy. Whenever you see him pop up in a movie you’re like, uh-oh, this isn’t good. Is he like a big super villain in person as well or is he like totally different?</p>\r\n<p>YM: Well, I actually didn’t get to hang out with him during <em>The Hitcher</em>, but the first job that I ever booked was a pilot opposite him. It’s funny because I thought the same thing. I thought, oh my god who is Sean Bean going to be? He’s so intense. And our first scene we had to shoot was like these two characters were getting to know each other. So we’re trying to figure each other out. Between takes we’re talking and he’s like, “so what have you done?” He does have that mysterious look and voice and I’m like, “oh this is my first job” (laughs), and he just looked at me. We actually ended up getting along really, really well and we worked really well together. I got to hang out with him a few times. It was interesting, with me he was really nice and a total gentlemen and a really cool. He’s definitely reserved. He’s not one of those people who’s in your face. But we did go out a few times and he definitely does what he wants.</p>\r\n<p>I just remember this one incident at the Four Seasons, someone told him to put out his cigarette and he just didn’t understand why they would tell him to put out his cigarette. He was very nonchalant about it and he had this very cool discussion with the man about why he should put out his cigarette. But he was so chill about it, that by the end, he was pretty much done with it.</p>\r\n<p>CS: (laughs)</p>\r\n<p>YM: He’s like smoking the cigarette while he’s talking to the guy about why he shouldn’t be smoking the cigarette. And he’s like, “okay I’ll put it out,” but it was already out. He was already done. That was smooth.</p>\r\n<p>CS: How did you first get in to acting?</p>\r\n<p>YM: Well I used to study ballet when I was younger and I went to one of those camps when I was 12 and you need to take an acting class. When I took the acting class, I just immediately knew that was what I wanted to do. I had always wanted to be involved in the theatre, but it switched from ballet to acting when I was 12. I went to an all-girl private Catholic high school, but during the summers I would go to New York and study theatre. So I have always wanted to be in the theatre.</p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/my-own-worst-enemy03.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3978\" title=\"my-own-worst-enemy03\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/my-own-worst-enemy03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"280\" /></a>CS: What was it like playing Christian Slater’s wife? Was that guy super-suave in person?</p>\r\n<p>YM: He was awesome! He was really, really sweet and it was like his first TV job so he was definitely really excited. It’s weird, because one of my favorite movies is <em>Heathers</em> (laughs), and <em>True Romance</em>. It was just so surreal to me that I was working with Christian Slater. And the fact that he is such a nice person and he doesn’t seem jaded at all… he took the whole cast out to dinner and was just very supportive of everyone in the whole project, very involved. He was involved in everything. He didn’t just go to his trailer and not hang out. He was part of everything. He was really nice to work with.</p>\r\n<p>I would be in scenes with him and ask, “so how do you prepare? What’s the difference between preparing for movie and television? How do you prepare for the scene?” Because in television you need to be so much faster. And he just says, “oh I just read my lines. I just come here and see what the hell is going to happen.” I’m like, “oh that’s interesting.” (laughs)</p>\r\n<p>CS: (laughs)</p>\r\n<p>YM: Yeah. But in a weird way it makes sense because television is so fast that if you prepare too much, then you hit the set and they want something kind of totally different and you’re screwed. You prepared it one way, and then they want something totally different and it’s harder to adapt. You can kind of end up screwing yourself over. So it’s weird delicate balance of being prepared, but not too prepared.</p>\r\n<p>CS: That’s interesting. I didn’t realize you had to be so loose and flexible because of the time frame.</p>\r\n<p>YM: Yeah, well hearing it coming from him I was like “oh that makes sense,” not to get too prepared. I’m here working with Christian Slater and I want to be totally over-prepared. So I got what he meant. It seemed more real coming from him. I was like, “okay maybe I should chill out a little bit” (laughs)</p>\r\n<p>CS: (laughs) So you also did a guest spot on <em>It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia</em>. Is that set completely nutty to work on?</p>\r\n<p>YM: Well, I’m actually really good friends with those guys. That was one of my first jobs, because it was after I got <em><a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0759549/\" target=\"_blank\">Faceless</a></em>. It was really funny. I also did a pilot with them, <em>Boldly</em> <em>Going Nowhere</em>. It didn’t get picked up, but I worked with them. It’s just one of those things. It’s such a pleasure to be at work and laugh. I’ve done a few things, but when I’m on set with them I’m really trying to hold in my laughter. It’s so much fun. I’m like in awe of them. It wasn’t nutty. They know exactly what they’re doing and they’re very efficient, but there’s a lot of laughter. It’s not reckless, it’s just efficient humor.</p>\r\n<p>CS: Focused and playful.</p>\r\n<p>YM: They are really fun to hang out with whenever we all get together. It’s funny. I actually feel like in person, Kaitlin and Mary-Elizabeth are the funnier ones. They’re always the ones that make me laugh the hardest.</p>\r\n<p>CS: Interesting.</p>\r\n<p>YM: Yeah. This is obviously after we’ve had a few drinks. (laughs)</p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3981\" title=\"yara-martinez3\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" /></a>CS: (laughs) So you also have a recurring role on the NBC series Chase where you lure people into doing bank heists with you, is that a fun character to play?</p>\r\n<p>YM: It is. I don’t think it’s recurring. I mean, they didn’t kill me, so I could go back, but as of right now, I just did that episode. It was really fun to play. I usually play the wife or something more tame, so to play someone that had to shoot people and run around and jump off a cliff was really fun and made me feel like a badass.</p>\r\n<p>CS: That’s cool. Who are some other fun or interesting cool actors that you’ve worked with in the past?</p>\r\n<p>YM: We already mentioned Sean and Christian. I like working a lot with <a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004999/\" target=\"_blank\">Shawn Hatosy</a> on Southland. Every time I work with him, he always brings something new to the table and keeps me on my toes. As an actor that’s really, really fun. And with television, you can get stuck in the routine of doing the same thing exactly the same way. So it’s really nice with him to have it be fresh every time. Then I also got to work with Edward James Olmos on <em>CSI: New York</em>. We were like the head of the Puerto Rican gang. He has this very intense – you know, it’s interesting, it’s the same thing with Sean Bean – it’s like when people don’t speak that much, they leave so much room to interpret who they are. That’s why I feel like they come across so mysterious and so intense, because they’re not in your face. I feel like both of them have that. You know what I mean?</p>\r\n<p>CS: Yeah I gotcha. Last question: I know you grew up in Miami and you’re based in LA now, how do the two places compare? I’m from LA, and I’ve had friends tell me I’ve got to get down to Miami to have fun, but I’ve never been there and I’m just kind of curious how the two places compare.</p>\r\n<p>YM: When are you going to Miami?</p>\r\n<p>CS: I’m thinking about going in May.</p>\r\n<p>YM: Okay it’s really, really hot (laughs). I feel like the best time to go to Miami is like December, January, February, because it’s not so hot. It’s weird, in Miami it rains a lot. The best thing I think to do in Miami is find a friend who has a boat – this is what my friends and I used to do – and you just go to a sandbar and you just spend the whole day out in the boat, listening to music, having some drinks, and hanging out with friends in the beautiful water. It’s the best part of Miami. Also the clubs, if you’re into that, are crazy. Way more fun than the ones here, that’s for sure. People actually dance and let loose.</p>\r\n<p>CS: (laughs) Yeah, there’s a lot of stiffness, I know what you’re saying.</p>\r\n<p>YM: Well it’s different because in Miami everyone definitely gets all glammed up and everyone checks each other out and they have all that BS that people have when you go to clubs. It’s the same thing here, but I feel like here no one ever lets loose. In Miami, it starts off like that, but by the end of it, you’ll be jumping on a sofa with your arms up in the air, having the best time with a bunch of people you don’t even know. Here everyone’s too busy in the staring contest.</p>\r\n','Yara Martinez Interview','','inherit','open','open','','3976-revision-5','','','2011-03-17 16:37:21','2011-03-17 23:37:21','',3976,'http://manjr.com/2011/uncategorized/3976-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(3988,2,'2011-03-17 16:56:40','2011-03-17 23:56:40','<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez-interview.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3977\" title=\"yara-martinez-interview\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez-interview.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"282\" /></a>\r\n\r\nYara Martinez.... My Own Worst Enemy, It\'s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Breakout Kings, Southland.\r\n\r\nCS: So you have a new show that premiered this month, <a href=\"http://www.aetv.com/breakout-kings/\" target=\"_blank\">Breakout Kings</a>. You want to tell me a bit about what the new show is about?\r\n\r\nYM: Yeah. The show is about US Marshals that are looking for people who broke out of prison, and they team up with ex-cons to look for them so they can get an inside viewpoint. It’s from the same creators of <em>Prison Break</em>. I play the wife of one of the US Marshals, played by actor Laz Alonso. I’m pretty much the supportive wife, but at the same time I try to keep him grounded and back in reality because he’s pretty obsessed. I’m like his rock. I’m like his go-to for strength and emotional stability.\r\n\r\nCS: Gotcha, and so is the show going to be pretty action packed?\r\n\r\nYM: It’s very action packed. It’s definitely an action packed show. There’s humor in it, too. Since it’s from the creators of <em>Prison Break</em> there is definitely that action stuff, but there are little winks to it as well.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez4.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3979\" title=\"yara-martinez4\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"451\" /></a>CS: That’s cool. Now you’re also on Southland and from what I understand your character’s kind of going to get a little bit of a push this season right?\r\n\r\nYM: Yeah. The last episode I think is going to air soon. The character I play is the wife of Kevin Alejandro. He died, so I’ve been dealing with his death and also the fact that his partner has been living in our house and it gets a little muddy emotionally because we are both grieving the loss of someone that a lot of us really loved. That can cause confusion in emotions about how we feel about each other.\r\n\r\nCS: Got it.\r\n\r\nYM: So it definitely could influence that development.\r\n\r\nCS: Now in 2007 you were in <em>The Hitcher</em> with <a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000293/\" target=\"_blank\">Sean Bean</a>. Now that dude always seems to play the bad guy. Whenever you see him pop up in a movie you’re like, uh-oh, this isn’t good. Is he like a big super villain in person as well or is he like totally different?\r\n\r\nYM: Well, I actually didn’t get to hang out with him during <em>The Hitcher</em>, but the first job that I ever booked was a pilot opposite him. It’s funny because I thought the same thing. I thought, oh my god who is Sean Bean going to be? He’s so intense. And our first scene we had to shoot was like these two characters were getting to know each other. So we’re trying to figure each other out. Between takes we’re talking and he’s like, “so what have you done?” He does have that mysterious look and voice and I’m like, “oh this is my first job” (laughs), and he just looked at me. We actually ended up getting along really, really well and we worked really well together. I got to hang out with him a few times. It was interesting, with me he was really nice and a total gentlemen and a really cool. He’s definitely reserved. He’s not one of those people who’s in your face. But we did go out a few times and he definitely does what he wants.\r\n\r\nI just remember this one incident at the Four Seasons, someone told him to put out his cigarette and he just didn’t understand why they would tell him to put out his cigarette. He was very nonchalant about it and he had this very cool discussion with the man about why he should put out his cigarette. But he was so chill about it, that by the end, he was pretty much done with it.\r\n\r\nCS: (laughs)\r\n\r\nYM: He’s like smoking the cigarette while he’s talking to the guy about why he shouldn’t be smoking the cigarette. And he’s like, “okay I’ll put it out,” but it was already out. He was already done. That was smooth.\r\n\r\nCS: How did you first get in to acting?\r\n\r\nYM: Well I used to study ballet when I was younger and I went to one of those camps when I was 12 and you need to take an acting class. When I took the acting class, I just immediately knew that was what I wanted to do. I had always wanted to be involved in the theatre, but it switched from ballet to acting when I was 12. I went to an all-girl private Catholic high school, but during the summers I would go to New York and study theatre. So I have always wanted to be in the theatre.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/my-own-worst-enemy03.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3978\" title=\"my-own-worst-enemy03\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/my-own-worst-enemy03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"280\" /></a>CS: What was it like playing Christian Slater’s wife? Was that guy super-suave in person?\r\n\r\nYM: He was awesome! He was really, really sweet and it was like his first TV job so he was definitely really excited. It’s weird, because one of my favorite movies is <em>Heathers</em> (laughs), and <em>True Romance</em>. It was just so surreal to me that I was working with Christian Slater. And the fact that he is such a nice person and he doesn’t seem jaded at all… he took the whole cast out to dinner and was just very supportive of everyone in the whole project, very involved. He was involved in everything. He didn’t just go to his trailer and not hang out. He was part of everything. He was really nice to work with.\r\n\r\nI would be in scenes with him and ask, “so how do you prepare? What’s the difference between preparing for movie and television? How do you prepare for the scene?” Because in television you need to be so much faster. And he just says, “oh I just read my lines. I just come here and see what the hell is going to happen.” I’m like, “oh that’s interesting.” (laughs)\r\n\r\nCS: (laughs)\r\n\r\nYM: Yeah. But in a weird way it makes sense because television is so fast that if you prepare too much, then you hit the set and they want something kind of totally different and you’re screwed. You prepared it one way, and then they want something totally different and it’s harder to adapt. You can kind of end up screwing yourself over. So it’s weird delicate balance of being prepared, but not too prepared.\r\n\r\nCS: That’s interesting. I didn’t realize you had to be so loose and flexible because of the time frame.\r\n\r\nYM: Yeah, well hearing it coming from him I was like “oh that makes sense,” not to get too prepared. I’m here working with Christian Slater and I want to be totally over-prepared. So I got what he meant. It seemed more real coming from him. I was like, “okay maybe I should chill out a little bit” (laughs)\r\n\r\nCS: (laughs) So you also did a guest spot on <em>It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia</em>. Is that set completely nutty to work on?\r\n\r\nYM: Well, I’m actually really good friends with those guys. That was one of my first jobs, because it was after I got <em><a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0759549/\" target=\"_blank\">Faceless</a></em>. It was really funny. I also did a pilot with them, <em>Boldly</em> <em>Going Nowhere</em>. It didn’t get picked up, but I worked with them. It’s just one of those things. It’s such a pleasure to be at work and laugh. I’ve done a few things, but when I’m on set with them I’m really trying to hold in my laughter. It’s so much fun. I’m like in awe of them. It wasn’t nutty. They know exactly what they’re doing and they’re very efficient, but there’s a lot of laughter. It’s not reckless, it’s just efficient humor.\r\n\r\nCS: Focused and playful.\r\n\r\nYM: They are really fun to hang out with whenever we all get together. It’s funny. I actually feel like in person, Kaitlin and Mary-Elizabeth are the funnier ones. They’re always the ones that make me laugh the hardest.\r\n\r\nCS: Interesting.\r\n\r\nYM: Yeah. This is obviously after we’ve had a few drinks. (laughs)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3981\" title=\"yara-martinez3\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" /></a>CS: (laughs) So you also have a recurring role on the NBC series Chase where you lure people into doing bank heists with you, is that a fun character to play?\r\n\r\nYM: It is. I don’t think it’s recurring. I mean, they didn’t kill me, so I could go back, but as of right now, I just did that episode. It was really fun to play. I usually play the wife or something more tame, so to play someone that had to shoot people and run around and jump off a cliff was really fun and made me feel like a badass.\r\n\r\nCS: That’s cool. Who are some other fun or interesting cool actors that you’ve worked with in the past?\r\n\r\nYM: We already mentioned Sean and Christian. I like working a lot with <a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004999/\" target=\"_blank\">Shawn Hatosy</a> on Southland. Every time I work with him, he always brings something new to the table and keeps me on my toes. As an actor that’s really, really fun. And with television, you can get stuck in the routine of doing the same thing exactly the same way. So it’s really nice with him to have it be fresh every time. Then I also got to work with Edward James Olmos on <em>CSI: New York</em>. We were like the head of the Puerto Rican gang. He has this very intense – you know, it’s interesting, it’s the same thing with Sean Bean – it’s like when people don’t speak that much, they leave so much room to interpret who they are. That’s why I feel like they come across so mysterious and so intense, because they’re not in your face. I feel like both of them have that. You know what I mean?\r\n\r\nCS: Yeah I gotcha. Last question: I know you grew up in Miami and you’re based in LA now, how do the two places compare? I’m from LA, and I’ve had friends tell me I’ve got to get down to Miami to have fun, but I’ve never been there and I’m just kind of curious how the two places compare.\r\n\r\nYM: When are you going to Miami?\r\n\r\nCS: I’m thinking about going in May.\r\n\r\nYM: Okay it’s really, really hot (laughs). I feel like the best time to go to Miami is like December, January, February, because it’s not so hot. It’s weird, in Miami it rains a lot. The best thing I think to do in Miami is find a friend who has a boat – this is what my friends and I used to do – and you just go to a sandbar and you just spend the whole day out in the boat, listening to music, having some drinks, and hanging out with friends in the beautiful water. It’s the best part of Miami. Also the clubs, if you’re into that, are crazy. Way more fun than the ones here, that’s for sure. People actually dance and let loose.\r\n\r\nCS: (laughs) Yeah, there’s a lot of stiffness, I know what you’re saying.\r\n\r\nYM: Well it’s different because in Miami everyone definitely gets all glammed up and everyone checks each other out and they have all that BS that people have when you go to clubs. It’s the same thing here, but I feel like here no one ever lets loose. In Miami, it starts off like that, but by the end of it, you’ll be jumping on a sofa with your arms up in the air, having the best time with a bunch of people you don’t even know. Here everyone’s too busy in the staring contest.','Yara Martinez Interview','','inherit','open','open','','3976-revision-7','','','2011-03-17 16:56:40','2011-03-17 23:56:40','',3976,'http://manjr.com/2011/uncategorized/3976-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(3989,2,'2011-03-17 17:33:15','2011-03-18 00:33:15','<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez-interview.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3977\" title=\"yara-martinez-interview\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez-interview.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"282\" /></a>\n\nYara Martinez is a gorgeous, up-and coming actress who\'s put together a pretty impressive resume in a short period of time. Born in Puerto Rico to Cuban parents, Martinez grew up in Miami before coming out to LA. She practiced ballet for 10 years before shifting her focus to acting. She has appeared on hit shows like <em>It\'s Always Sunny in Philadelphia</em>, <em>ER</em>, <em>The Unit</em> and <em>CSI: NY</em>. She played Christian Slater\'s wife in <em>My Own Worst Enemy</em>. Martinez also has a regular role on <em><a href=\"http://www.tnt.tv/series/southland/\" target=\"_blank\">Southland</a> </em>and she has a new show that debut this month, <a href=\"http://www.aetv.com/breakout-kings/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Breakout Kings</em></a> on A&amp;E.\n\nWe had a chance to chat with Martinez, and she gave us the lowdown on <em>Breakout Kings</em>, working with super-villain Sean Bean, Christian Slater\'s approach to television, the set of <em>It\'s Always Sunny</em> and the differences between LA and Miami.\n\nCS: So you have a new show that premiered this month, Breakout Kings. You want to tell me a bit about what the new show is about?\n\nYM: Yeah. The show is about US Marshals that are looking for people who broke out of prison, and they team up with ex-cons to look for them so they can get an inside viewpoint. It’s from the same creators of <em>Prison Break</em>. I play the wife of one of the US Marshals, played by actor Laz Alonso. I’m pretty much the supportive wife, but at the same time I try to keep him grounded and back in reality because he’s pretty obsessed. I’m like his rock. I’m like his go-to for strength and emotional stability.\n\nCS: Gotcha, and so is the show going to be pretty action packed?\n\nYM: It’s very action packed. It’s definitely an action packed show. There’s humor in it, too. Since it’s from the creators of <em>Prison Break</em> there is definitely that action stuff, but there are little winks to it as well.\n\n<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez4.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3979\" title=\"yara-martinez4\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"451\" /></a>CS: That’s cool. Now you’re also on Southland and from what I understand your character’s kind of going to get a little bit of a push this season right?\n\nYM: Yeah. The last episode I think is going to air soon. The character I play is the wife of Kevin Alejandro. He died, so I’ve been dealing with his death and also the fact that his partner has been living in our house and it gets a little muddy emotionally because we are both grieving the loss of someone that a lot of us really loved. That can cause confusion in emotions about how we feel about each other.\n\nCS: Got it.\n\nYM: So it definitely could influence that development.\n\nCS: Now in 2007 you were in <em>The Hitcher</em> with <a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000293/\" target=\"_blank\">Sean Bean</a>. Now that dude always seems to play the bad guy. Whenever you see him pop up in a movie you’re like, uh-oh, this isn’t good. Is he like a big super villain in person as well or is he like totally different?\n\nYM: Well, I actually didn’t get to hang out with him during <em>The Hitcher</em>, but the first job that I ever booked was a pilot opposite him. It’s funny because I thought the same thing. I thought, oh my god who is Sean Bean going to be? He’s so intense. And our first scene we had to shoot was like these two characters were getting to know each other. So we’re trying to figure each other out. Between takes we’re talking and he’s like, “so what have you done?” He does have that mysterious look and voice and I’m like, “oh this is my first job” (laughs), and he just looked at me. We actually ended up getting along really, really well and we worked really well together. I got to hang out with him a few times. It was interesting, with me he was really nice and a total gentlemen and a really cool. He’s definitely reserved. He’s not one of those people who’s in your face. But we did go out a few times and he definitely does what he wants.\n\nI just remember this one incident at the Four Seasons, someone told him to put out his cigarette and he just didn’t understand why they would tell him to put out his cigarette. He was very nonchalant about it and he had this very cool discussion with the man about why he should put out his cigarette. But he was so chill about it, that by the end, he was pretty much done with it.\n\nCS: (laughs)\n\nYM: He’s like smoking the cigarette while he’s talking to the guy about why he shouldn’t be smoking the cigarette. And he’s like, “okay I’ll put it out,” but it was already out. He was already done. That was smooth.\n\nCS: How did you first get in to acting?\n\nYM: Well I used to study ballet when I was younger and I went to one of those camps when I was 12 and you need to take an acting class. When I took the acting class, I just immediately knew that was what I wanted to do. I had always wanted to be involved in the theatre, but it switched from ballet to acting when I was 12. I went to an all-girl private Catholic high school, but during the summers I would go to New York and study theatre. So I have always wanted to be in the theatre.<!--more-->\n\n<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/my-own-worst-enemy03.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3978\" title=\"my-own-worst-enemy03\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/my-own-worst-enemy03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"280\" /></a>CS: What was it like playing Christian Slater’s wife? Was that guy super-suave in person?\n\nYM: He was awesome! He was really, really sweet and it was like his first TV job so he was definitely really excited. It’s weird, because one of my favorite movies is <em>Heathers</em> (laughs), and <em>True Romance</em>. It was just so surreal to me that I was working with Christian Slater. And the fact that he is such a nice person and he doesn’t seem jaded at all… he took the whole cast out to dinner and was just very supportive of everyone in the whole project, very involved. He was involved in everything. He didn’t just go to his trailer and not hang out. He was part of everything. He was really nice to work with.\n\nI would be in scenes with him and ask, “so how do you prepare? What’s the difference between preparing for movie and television? How do you prepare for the scene?” Because in television you need to be so much faster. And he just says, “oh I just read my lines. I just come here and see what the hell is going to happen.” I’m like, “oh that’s interesting.” (laughs)\n\nCS: (laughs)\n\nYM: Yeah. But in a weird way it makes sense because television is so fast that if you prepare too much, then you hit the set and they want something kind of totally different and you’re screwed. You prepared it one way, and then they want something totally different and it’s harder to adapt. You can kind of end up screwing yourself over. So it’s weird delicate balance of being prepared, but not too prepared.\n\nCS: That’s interesting. I didn’t realize you had to be so loose and flexible because of the time frame.\n\nYM: Yeah, well hearing it coming from him I was like “oh that makes sense,” not to get too prepared. I’m here working with Christian Slater and I want to be totally over-prepared. So I got what he meant. It seemed more real coming from him. I was like, “okay maybe I should chill out a little bit” (laughs)\n\nCS: (laughs) So you also did a guest spot on <em>It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia</em>. Is that set completely nutty to work on?\n\nYM: Well, I’m actually really good friends with those guys. That was one of my first jobs, because it was after I got <em><a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0759549/\" target=\"_blank\">Faceless</a></em>. It was really funny. I also did a pilot with them, <em>Boldly</em> <em>Going Nowhere</em>. It didn’t get picked up, but I worked with them. It’s just one of those things. It’s such a pleasure to be at work and laugh. I’ve done a few things, but when I’m on set with them I’m really trying to hold in my laughter. It’s so much fun. I’m like in awe of them. It wasn’t nutty. They know exactly what they’re doing and they’re very efficient, but there’s a lot of laughter. It’s not reckless, it’s just efficient humor.\n\nCS: Focused and playful.\n\nYM: They are really fun to hang out with whenever we all get together. It’s funny. I actually feel like in person, Kaitlin and Mary-Elizabeth are the funnier ones. They’re always the ones that make me laugh the hardest.\n\nCS: Interesting.\n\nYM: Yeah. This is obviously after we’ve had a few drinks. (laughs)\n\n<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3981\" title=\"yara-martinez3\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yara-martinez3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" /></a>CS: (laughs) So you also have a recurring role on the NBC series Chase where you lure people into doing bank heists with you, is that a fun character to play?\n\nYM: It is. I don’t think it’s recurring. I mean, they didn’t kill me, so I could go back, but as of right now, I just did that episode. It was really fun to play. I usually play the wife or something more tame, so to play someone that had to shoot people and run around and jump off a cliff was really fun and made me feel like a badass.\n\nCS: That’s cool. Who are some other fun or interesting cool actors that you’ve worked with in the past?\n\nYM: We already mentioned Sean and Christian. I like working a lot with <a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004999/\" target=\"_blank\">Shawn Hatosy</a> on Southland. Every time I work with him, he always brings something new to the table and keeps me on my toes. As an actor that’s really, really fun. And with television, you can get stuck in the routine of doing the same thing exactly the same way. So it’s really nice with him to have it be fresh every time. Then I also got to work with Edward James Olmos on <em>CSI: New York</em>. We were like the head of the Puerto Rican gang. He has this very intense – you know, it’s interesting, it’s the same thing with Sean Bean – it’s like when people don’t speak that much, they leave so much room to interpret who they are. That’s why I feel like they come across so mysterious and so intense, because they’re not in your face. I feel like both of them have that. You know what I mean?\n\nCS: Yeah I gotcha. Last question: I know you grew up in Miami and you’re based in LA now, how do the two places compare? I’m from LA, and I’ve had friends tell me I’ve got to get down to Miami to have fun, but I’ve never been there and I’m just kind of curious how the two places compare.\n\nYM: When are you going to Miami?\n\nCS: I’m thinking about going in May.\n\nYM: Okay it’s really, really hot (laughs). I feel like the best time to go to Miami is like December, January, February, because it’s not so hot. It’s weird, in Miami it rains a lot. The best thing I think to do in Miami is find a friend who has a boat – this is what my friends and I used to do – and you just go to a sandbar and you just spend the whole day out in the boat, listening to music, having some drinks, and hanging out with friends in the beautiful water. It’s the best part of Miami. Also the clubs, if you’re into that, are crazy. Way more fun than the ones here, that’s for sure. 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The 2010 <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Playboy_Playmates_of_the_Year\" target=\"_blank\">Playmate of the Year</a> makes beautiful people look like absolute trolls. And if you’re even slightly unattractive, just go ahead and walk on the other side of the street. It’s like that.\r\n\r\nBefore posing for Playboy, Hope was a runway model who walked for Balenciaga, Robert Rodriguez, Abaete, XOXO and other brands. She toured with Versace and did print work for Patek Philippe. She’s also the host and co-producer of <a href=\"http://www.insidefashion.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Inside Fashion</em></a>, a shoe that appears on the E! Channel in Canada.\r\n\r\nAs Dworaczyk gets set to hand things over to the next Playmate of the Year, she’ll be competing on this season’s edition of <a href=\"http://www.nbc.com/the-apprentice/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Celebrity Apprentice</em></a>. We talked to Hope about Hugh Hefner, what it’s like to be Playmate of the Year, Donald Trump, <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em>, the madness of Gary Busey, upcoming fashion trends and why girls love boots so much. Here’s the full interview:\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Interview.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4012\" title=\"Hope-Dworaczyk-Interview\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Interview.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" /></a>CS:</strong> When you became Playmate of the Year how did that change your life?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> It changed a lot, I guess. I was going to say a little bit, but it did change a lot because suddenly it’s a completely different audience. Like the fans and people that know who you are. But for me it was different, because the whole Playboy community – it’s like once you’re labeled a Playboy Playmate, people forget you’ve done anything else. So everyone kind of focuses in on the fact that you’re the girl that got naked. That part changed as far as what people’s perception is. It changed my life in many ways, especially career-wise, because I got to do <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em>, I filmed <a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1547090/\" target=\"_blank\">a movie with Eva Longoria that will be out this summer</a>. It just spotlights you and puts you more in the public eye and let’s you have a voice of your own where and you can say, “This is what I want to do with my future.”\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> In terms of that perception shift; I know you’ve done a lot of runway modeling before. Is that something that’s less of a focus now? Are you in a different kind of category now or do you still want to do more of that stuff?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> No, I definitely still walk for designers, I just don’t do every designer. I will go and do a walk for one designer exclusively during a fashion week. So I don’t work as much on the runway, but I’ll walk. I definitely won’t stop walking. I also have a television show called <em>Inside Fashion</em>, and that’s on E! in Canada. So that’s what I was saying, that once you do Playboy, people tend to couch you in that. You’re a Playboy Playmate or Playmate of the Year, and they forget that you’ve done other things because being naked in Playboy I guess is more exciting for some people to say. Or more controversial I should say.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So what advice do you have for the next Playmate of the Year?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Just don’t take yourself too seriously. And don’t stop there, you have to work really hard. You can’t let that be the end of your story. You have to keep working and expanding your brand.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> What’s a quality or trait of Hugh Hefner that few people get to see?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I think few people get to see that he’s so friendly and so sweet. I know that he’s helped so many people – which a lot of people I guess would know that. He’s just so nice and friendly, and he’s not actually the Hugh Hefner that he was when he was 40 or 30 years old. He’s a lot more calm now.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Celebrity-Apprentice.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4010\" title=\"Hope-Dworaczyk-Celebrity-Apprentice\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Celebrity-Apprentice.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"500\" /></a>CS:</strong> So <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em> started this month. Did you have a positive experience during the whole filming of that?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I did have a positive experience. Compared to all the other people that got into fights and probably now regret it because it’s all on camera. I was really quiet, especially in the beginning, and I didn’t get involved in all the conflicts that they had and all the fighting. I do a little bit at the end, because it is unavoidable at one point – if you’re in a corner you have to defend yourself – but I’ve never gotten to the point where I regret doing that reality show.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Was it stressful at all?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Oh, it was definitely stressful, because there are people around at all times. You always have a camera on you. You’re trying to be the most creative. You want your team to win. You want your charity to win money. Then you’re sleeping 3½ to 4½ hours a night and trying to avoid the cattiness that comes with not just the women’s side, the men’s side too. So that part was a little tricky.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So who are some of the contestants who got into it and had these arguments?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Well, in the previews you can see Meat Loaf and Gary going at each other. Jose and David Cassidy didn’t get along. Star Jones and NeNe. Lisa Rinna and Star Jones didn’t get along. The only person I’ve ever had real conflict with, a little bit Star Jones and a little bit NeNe Leakes. But for the most part after the show, we’re still friends. My conflicts weren’t as deep some of the others. There were some people that probably won’t talk again ever.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (Laughs)\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> The live season finale will be very uncomfortable for everybody.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (laughs) So did you make some friends or allies? People that stuck out during the whole process?\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> You know, I really, really love Marlee Matlin and I really liked John Rich too. Niki Taylor was another one that was just such a sweet, sweet girl to me. So there were many. I didn’t get to know some of them as well as I did others, for whatever reason. Me and Niki were neighbors. Our suites were next to each other at the Trump International Hotel in New York, so we got to know each other really well. Actually my suite was between Gary Busey’s and Niki Taylor’s, so I’m like caught in the middle. (laughs) Imagine living next door to Gary for however long I was there – I can’t tell you (laughs).\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Was he the biggest character on the show? I mean you’ve got Canseco, you’ve got Little John, Busey ought to be pretty entertaining as well.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Very entertaining to watch, especially if you like to watch people. He is crazy, but he’s also really, really smart, too. I mean he says things that are completely off the wall and you’re like, “Gary, why would you say that out loud? You sound like a fool.” And then he will come up with something just brilliant or then he can start yelling and it’s the energy you needed after 10 hours. So I loved <a href=\"http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2011/03/celebrity_apprentice_recap_lig.html\" target=\"_blank\">Gary Busey</a> and I don’t know what that says about me. Maybe I’m a little crazy.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (laughs) And what was Trump like? What was it like spending time with that guy?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Trump is just like you see him on TV. Have you noticed that when you watch him, say on late night television or somewhere where he’s just on promoting something, his body language pretty much tells you how he is. If he’s in a conversation with somebody he doesn’t lean towards them like you would if you were into a conversation. If you study his body language, he’s very straight up and in his own space. He might turn his neck towards you, but his shoulders are still squared away from you and that can be very intimidating. So just his body language to be around, for me to watch and observe, was really interesting and it’s really who he is. Completely. I mean he doesn’t break from character, that’s him.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> You said you have a film coming out. Do you have a desire to do more acting? More TV and film roles?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I do. My show is in Canada and I would really love to have a project that I’m passionate about here in the US because I wouldn’t travel as much and my family could watch it if it was here. The film with Eva Longoria and Christian Slater that I filmed will be out this summer. It’s going to be interesting to see how that goes, because one thing always leads to something else, so it’s going to be interesting to see what’s next. I’m excited and it was really an honor to work with her and him both.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Now you’re still super plugged-in to the fashion world, do you see any interesting trends of anything that sticks out this year as something to keep an eye on?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Orange lips. Orange like peach orange, I don’t mean bright orange like Halloween orange. Orange on the lips, orange is going to be everywhere. The skinny jean has been around now for like four years and suddenly everything is going to be – not bell bottoms like 70s, but definitely major boot cuts and wide legs. It’s all changing come fall.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> That’s awesome. I’d love to see that return.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> (laughs)\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> I wasn’t a big fan of the skinny jeans. Let me ask you this, why do girls love boots so much?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Love boots?\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Yeah. Every girl that I know just has the wackiest collection of different types of boots and it just seems like the goofier-looking the better.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Yeah I think because they’re, sexy? I don’t know. I think we just like boots. They’re so interesting. I guess because it’s more shoe. Girls like shoes, women like shoes, and if it’s a boot, it’s more shoe I guess. There’s more room for detail. I personally have a lot of boot,s but I can’t explain it to you.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> No that makes sense. I mean you’ve got more room to show off a different style point of view.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Yeah, it’s like a big statement piece. If you have a thigh high boot on it’s like here’s my shoe.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> I never thought about it like that, just a really big shoe (laughs) that explains a bunch.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> (laughs) That’s really funny actually, I never thought about it either.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So tell me about <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAcV7UwaT1Q\" target=\"_blank\">Tees by Tina</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk0.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4011\" title=\"Hope-Dworaczyk0\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" /></a>HD:</strong> Tees by Tina is one of the endorsements I’m doing. What happened was they sent me tons of stuff to wear on the show, <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em>, and then I fell in love with them and sent them a thank you card like, really I love your shirts, I happen to be wearing one right now on my way to Pilates. Then we just developed this relationship and they said, okay, what if you became the spokesperson for a couple years. I’ve had a couple things like that going on in the cosmetics field and different endorsements that models get work for. It was a product that I really, really loved and how we came across each other and how we met, the story of it, was also so genuine. I had to do it because I liked the product so much. I’d never want to endorse or try to sell something that I didn’t love.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So just last question, is there anything else you’re working on now?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Let’s see what am I doing now? Yeah, actually there’s a cosmetics contract that I just signed. It’s for Lola Cosmetics. It’s sold at Sephora, and it’s very, very big internationally as well. Big here in the US, but it’s very big overseas too. I’m developing a bath and body line for them that will be called … well we’re still playing with the name, but it’s in the developmental process. It’s basically Hope Dworaczyk for Lola. They thought since it was a body cream … I don’t know. I’m kind of known – as we said earlier in the conversation – for having a body. They thought having a bath and body line incorporating it in with the Lola Cosmetics was good.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Well cool. I also wanted to say I think it’s really cool that you’re not changing your name ever. I read about that.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> That is so sweet. You know what, I got such hell from everybody when I started working. When I was doing runway, they’re like, “make your name easier Hope, nobody will be able to say it.” I said no no no. And now I’m so glad that I stuck with it. It probably is harder. If I changed it, there would probably be way more people who’d be able to say my name and wouldn’t be afraid to say it out loud. When I do press, or I’ll have a girl come up to be and be like “oh, you’re Hope right?” Most of the time when people name drop, they’ll say two names. But not with me, because I know that many people can’t say it. But now I’m so glad that I didn’t end up changing it.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Well I think as your brand expands and you get more exposure with TV, films, and whatnot, people are going to remember how to pronounce it right.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Let’s hope. And if not they can remember that it’s just like “Jurassic Park” but with a “D.”\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/hope-dworaczyk3-.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4007\" title=\"hope-dworaczyk3-\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/hope-dworaczyk3-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"758\" /></a>\r\n\r\n[nggallery id=17]','Hope Dworaczyk Interview','','publish','open','open','','hope-dworaczyk-interview','','','2011-04-18 12:06:56','2011-04-18 19:06:56','',0,'http://manjr.com/?p=4002',0,'post','',1),(4003,2,'2011-03-21 12:24:15','2011-03-21 19:24:15','Hope Dworaczyk is a whole ‘nother level of good-looking. She makes beautiful people look like absolute trolls. When she walks into a room, she turns more heads than a tennis ball.\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\nWe talked to Hope about Hugh Hefner, what it’s like to be Playmate of the Year, Donald Trump, Celebrity Apprentice, the madness of Gary Busey, upcoming fashion trends and why girls love boots so much.\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> When you became Playmate of the Year how did that change your life?\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> It changed a lot, I guess. I was going to say a little bit, but it did change a lot because suddenly it’s a completely different audience. Like the fans and people that know who you are. But for me it was different, because the whole Playboy community – it’s like once you’re labeled a Playboy Playmate, people forget you’ve done anything else. So everyone kind of focuses in on the fact that you’re the girl that got naked. That part changed as far as what people’s perception is. It changed my life in many ways, especially career-wise, because I got to do Celebrity Apprentice, I filmed a movie with Eva Longoria that will be out this summer. It just spotlights you and puts you more in the public eye and let’s you have a voice of your own where and you can say, “This is what I want to do with my future.”\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> In terms of that perception shift; I know you’ve done a lot of runway modeling before. Is that something that’s less of a focus now? Are you in a different kind of category now or do you still want to do more of that stuff?\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> No, I definitely still walk for designers, I just don’t do every designer. I will go and do a walk for one designer exclusively during a fashion week. So I don’t work as much on the runway, but I’ll walk. I definitely won’t stop walking. I also have a television show called “Inside Fashion,” and that’s on E! in Canada. So that’s what I was saying, that once you do Playboy, people tend to couch you in that. You’re a Playboy Playmate or Playmate of the Year, and they forget that you’ve done other things because being naked in Playboy I guess is more exciting for some people to say. Or more controversial I should say.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> So what advice do you have for the next Playmate of the Year?\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> Just don’t take yourself too seriously. And don’t stop there, you have to work really hard. You can’t let that be the end of your story. You have to keep working and expanding your brand.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> What’s a quality or trait of Hugh Hefner that few people get to see?\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> I think few people get to see that he’s so friendly and so sweet. I know that he’s helped so many people – which a lot of people I guess would know that. He’s just so nice and friendly, and he’s not actually the Hugh Hefner that he was when he was 40 or 30 years old. He’s a lot more calm now.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> So Celebrity Apprentice starts this month. Did you have a positive experience during the whole filming of that?\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> I did have a positive experience. Compared to all the other people that got into fights and probably now regret it because it’s all on camera. I was really quiet, especially in the beginning, and I didn’t get involved in all the conflicts that they had and all the fighting. I do a little bit at the end, because it is unavoidable at one point – if you’re in a corner you have to defend yourself – but I’ve never gotten to the point where I regret doing that reality show.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> Was it stressful at all?\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> Oh, it was definitely stressful, because there are people around at all times. You always have a camera on you. You’re trying to be the most creative. You want your team to win. You want your charity to win money. Then you’re sleeping 3½ to 4½ hours a night and trying to avoid the cattiness that comes with not just the women’s side, the men’s side too. So that part was a little tricky.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> So who are some of the contestants who got into it and had these arguments?\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> Well, in the previews you can see Meat Loaf and Gary going at each other. Jose and David Cassidy didn’t get along. Star Jones and NeNe. Lisa Rinna and Star Jones didn’t get along. The only person I’ve ever had real conflict with, a little bit Star Jones and a little bit NeNe Leakes. But for the most part after the show, we’re still friends. My conflicts weren’t as deep some of the others. There were some people that probably won’t talk again ever.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> (Laughs)\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> The live season finale will be very uncomfortable for everybody.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> (laughs) So did you make some friends or allies? People that stuck out during the whole process?\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> You know, I really, really love Marlee Matlin and I really liked John Rich too. Niki Taylor was another one that was just such a sweet, sweet girl to me. So there were many. I didn’t get to know some of them as well as I did others, for whatever reason. Me and Niki were neighbors. Our suites were next to each other at the Trump International Hotel in New York, so we got to know each other really well. Actually my suite was between Gary Busey’s and Niki Taylor’s, so I’m like caught in the middle. (laughs) Imagine living next door to Gary for however long I was there – I can’t tell you (laughs).\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> Was he the biggest character on the show? I mean you’ve got Canseco, you’ve got Little John, Busey ought to be pretty entertaining as well.\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> Very entertaining to watch, especially if you like to watch people. He is crazy, but he’s also really, really smart, too. I mean he says things that are completely off the wall and you’re like, “Gary, why would you say that out loud? You sound like a fool.” And then he will come up with something just brilliant or then he can start yelling and it’s the energy you needed after 10 hours. So I loved Gary Busey and I don’t know what that says about me. Maybe I’m a little crazy.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> (laughs) And what was Trump like? What was it like spending time with that guy?\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> Trump is just like you see him on TV. Have you noticed that when you watch him, say on late night television or somewhere where he’s just on promoting something, his body language pretty much tells you how he is. If he’s in a conversation with somebody he doesn’t lean towards them like you would if you were into a conversation. If you study his body language, he’s very straight up and in his own space. He might turn his neck towards you, but his shoulders are still squared away from you and that can be very intimidating. So just his body language to be around, for me to watch and observe, was really interesting and it’s really who he is. Completely. I mean he doesn’t break from character, that’s him.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> You said you have a film coming out. Do you have a desire to do more acting? More TV and film roles?\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> I do. My show is in Canada and I would really love to have a project that I’m passionate about here in the US because I wouldn’t travel as much and my family could watch it if it was here. The film with Eva Longoria and Christian Slater that I filmed will be out this summer. It’s going to be interesting to see how that goes, because one thing always leads to something else, so it’s going to be interesting to see what’s next. I’m excited and it was really an honor to work with her and him both.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> Now you’re still super plugged-in to the fashion world, do you see any interesting trends of anything that sticks out this year as something to keep an eye on?\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> Orange lips. Orange like peach orange, I don’t mean bright orange like Halloween orange. Orange on the lips, orange is going to be everywhere. The skinny jean has been around now for like four years and suddenly everything is going to be – not bell bottoms like 70s, but definitely major boot cuts and wide legs. It’s all changing come fall.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> That’s awesome. I’d love to see that return.\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> (laughs)\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> I wasn’t a big fan of the skinny jeans. Let me ask you this, why do girls love boots so much?\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> Love boots?\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> Yeah. Every girl that I know just has the wackiest collection of different types of boots and it just seems like the goofier-looking the better.\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> Yeah I think because they’re, sexy? I don’t know. I think we just like boots. They’re so interesting. I guess because it’s more shoe. Girls like shoes, women like shoes, and if it’s a boot, it’s more shoe I guess. There’s more room for detail. I personally have a lot of boot,s but I can’t explain it to you.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> No that makes sense. I mean you’ve got more room to show off a different style point of view.\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> Yeah, it’s like a big statement piece. If you have a thigh high boot on it’s like here’s my shoe.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> I never thought about it like that, just a really big shoe (laughs) that explains a bunch.\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> (laughs) That’s really funny actually, I never thought about it either.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> So tell me about Tees by Tina.\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> Tees by Tina is one of the endorsements I’m doing. What happened was they sent me tons of stuff to wear on the show, Celebrity Apprentice, and then I fell in love with them and sent them a thank you card like, really I love your shirts, I happen to be wearing one right now on my way to Pilates. Then we just developed this relationship and they said, okay, what if you became the spokesperson for a couple years. I’ve had a couple things like that going on in the cosmetics field and different endorsements that models get work for. It was a product that I really, really loved and how we came across each other and how we met, the story of it, was also so genuine. I had to do it because I liked the product so much. I’d never want to endorse or try to sell something that I didn’t love.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> So just last question, is there anything else you’re working on now?\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> Let’s see what am I doing now? Yeah, actually there’s a cosmetics contract that I just signed. It’s for Lola Cosmetics. It’s sold at Sephora, and it’s very, very big internationally as well. Big here in the US, but it’s very big overseas too. I’m developing a bath and body line for them that will be called … well we’re still playing with the name, but it’s in the developmental process. It’s basically Hope Dworaczyk for Lola. They thought since it was a body cream … I don’t know. I’m kind of known – as we said earlier in the conversation – for having a body. They thought having a bath and body line incorporating it in with the Lola Cosmetics was good.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> Well cool. I also wanted to say I think it’s really cool that you’re not changing your name ever. I read about that.\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> That is so sweet. You know what, I got such hell from everybody when I started working. When I was doing runway, they’re like, “make your name easier Hope, nobody will be able to say it.” I said no no no. And now I’m so glad that I stuck with it. It probably is harder. If I changed it, there would probably be way more people who’d be able to say my name and wouldn’t be afraid to say it out loud. When I do press, or I’ll have a girl come up to be and be like “oh, you’re Hope right?” Most of the time when people name drop, they’ll say two names. But not with me, because I know that many people can’t say it. But now I’m so glad that I didn’t end up changing it.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> Well I think as your brand expands and you get more exposure with TV, films, and whatnot, people are going to remember how to pronounce it right.\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> Let’s hope. And if not they can remember that it’s just like “Jurassic Park” but with a “D.”','Hope Dworaczyk Interview','','inherit','open','open','','4002-revision','','','2011-03-21 12:24:15','2011-03-21 19:24:15','',4002,'http://manjr.com/2011/uncategorized/4002-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(4004,2,'2011-03-21 12:24:54','2011-03-21 19:24:54','Hope Dworaczyk is a whole ‘nother level of good-looking. She makes beautiful people look like absolute trolls. When she walks into a room, she turns more heads than a tennis ball.\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\nWe talked to Hope about Hugh Hefner, what it’s like to be Playmate of the Year, Donald Trump, Celebrity Apprentice, the madness of Gary Busey, upcoming fashion trends and why girls love boots so much.\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> When you became Playmate of the Year how did that change your life?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> It changed a lot, I guess. I was going to say a little bit, but it did change a lot because suddenly it’s a completely different audience. Like the fans and people that know who you are. But for me it was different, because the whole Playboy community – it’s like once you’re labeled a Playboy Playmate, people forget you’ve done anything else. So everyone kind of focuses in on the fact that you’re the girl that got naked. That part changed as far as what people’s perception is. It changed my life in many ways, especially career-wise, because I got to do Celebrity Apprentice, I filmed a movie with Eva Longoria that will be out this summer. It just spotlights you and puts you more in the public eye and let’s you have a voice of your own where and you can say, “This is what I want to do with my future.”\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> In terms of that perception shift; I know you’ve done a lot of runway modeling before. Is that something that’s less of a focus now? Are you in a different kind of category now or do you still want to do more of that stuff?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> No, I definitely still walk for designers, I just don’t do every designer. I will go and do a walk for one designer exclusively during a fashion week. So I don’t work as much on the runway, but I’ll walk. I definitely won’t stop walking. I also have a television show called “Inside Fashion,” and that’s on E! in Canada. So that’s what I was saying, that once you do Playboy, people tend to couch you in that. You’re a Playboy Playmate or Playmate of the Year, and they forget that you’ve done other things because being naked in Playboy I guess is more exciting for some people to say. Or more controversial I should say.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So what advice do you have for the next Playmate of the Year?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Just don’t take yourself too seriously. And don’t stop there, you have to work really hard. You can’t let that be the end of your story. You have to keep working and expanding your brand.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> What’s a quality or trait of Hugh Hefner that few people get to see?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I think few people get to see that he’s so friendly and so sweet. I know that he’s helped so many people – which a lot of people I guess would know that. He’s just so nice and friendly, and he’s not actually the Hugh Hefner that he was when he was 40 or 30 years old. He’s a lot more calm now.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So Celebrity Apprentice starts this month. Did you have a positive experience during the whole filming of that?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I did have a positive experience. Compared to all the other people that got into fights and probably now regret it because it’s all on camera. I was really quiet, especially in the beginning, and I didn’t get involved in all the conflicts that they had and all the fighting. I do a little bit at the end, because it is unavoidable at one point – if you’re in a corner you have to defend yourself – but I’ve never gotten to the point where I regret doing that reality show.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Was it stressful at all?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Oh, it was definitely stressful, because there are people around at all times. You always have a camera on you. You’re trying to be the most creative. You want your team to win. You want your charity to win money. Then you’re sleeping 3½ to 4½ hours a night and trying to avoid the cattiness that comes with not just the women’s side, the men’s side too. So that part was a little tricky.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So who are some of the contestants who got into it and had these arguments?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Well, in the previews you can see Meat Loaf and Gary going at each other. Jose and David Cassidy didn’t get along. Star Jones and NeNe. Lisa Rinna and Star Jones didn’t get along. The only person I’ve ever had real conflict with, a little bit Star Jones and a little bit NeNe Leakes. But for the most part after the show, we’re still friends. My conflicts weren’t as deep some of the others. There were some people that probably won’t talk again ever.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (Laughs)\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> The live season finale will be very uncomfortable for everybody.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (laughs) So did you make some friends or allies? People that stuck out during the whole process?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> You know, I really, really love Marlee Matlin and I really liked John Rich too. Niki Taylor was another one that was just such a sweet, sweet girl to me. So there were many. I didn’t get to know some of them as well as I did others, for whatever reason. Me and Niki were neighbors. Our suites were next to each other at the Trump International Hotel in New York, so we got to know each other really well. Actually my suite was between Gary Busey’s and Niki Taylor’s, so I’m like caught in the middle. (laughs) Imagine living next door to Gary for however long I was there – I can’t tell you (laughs).\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Was he the biggest character on the show? I mean you’ve got Canseco, you’ve got Little John, Busey ought to be pretty entertaining as well.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Very entertaining to watch, especially if you like to watch people. He is crazy, but he’s also really, really smart, too. I mean he says things that are completely off the wall and you’re like, “Gary, why would you say that out loud? You sound like a fool.” And then he will come up with something just brilliant or then he can start yelling and it’s the energy you needed after 10 hours. So I loved Gary Busey and I don’t know what that says about me. Maybe I’m a little crazy.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (laughs) And what was Trump like? What was it like spending time with that guy?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Trump is just like you see him on TV. Have you noticed that when you watch him, say on late night television or somewhere where he’s just on promoting something, his body language pretty much tells you how he is. If he’s in a conversation with somebody he doesn’t lean towards them like you would if you were into a conversation. If you study his body language, he’s very straight up and in his own space. He might turn his neck towards you, but his shoulders are still squared away from you and that can be very intimidating. So just his body language to be around, for me to watch and observe, was really interesting and it’s really who he is. Completely. I mean he doesn’t break from character, that’s him.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> You said you have a film coming out. Do you have a desire to do more acting? More TV and film roles?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I do. My show is in Canada and I would really love to have a project that I’m passionate about here in the US because I wouldn’t travel as much and my family could watch it if it was here. The film with Eva Longoria and Christian Slater that I filmed will be out this summer. It’s going to be interesting to see how that goes, because one thing always leads to something else, so it’s going to be interesting to see what’s next. I’m excited and it was really an honor to work with her and him both.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Now you’re still super plugged-in to the fashion world, do you see any interesting trends of anything that sticks out this year as something to keep an eye on?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Orange lips. Orange like peach orange, I don’t mean bright orange like Halloween orange. Orange on the lips, orange is going to be everywhere. The skinny jean has been around now for like four years and suddenly everything is going to be – not bell bottoms like 70s, but definitely major boot cuts and wide legs. It’s all changing come fall.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> That’s awesome. I’d love to see that return.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> (laughs)\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> I wasn’t a big fan of the skinny jeans. Let me ask you this, why do girls love boots so much?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Love boots?\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Yeah. Every girl that I know just has the wackiest collection of different types of boots and it just seems like the goofier-looking the better.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Yeah I think because they’re, sexy? I don’t know. I think we just like boots. They’re so interesting. I guess because it’s more shoe. Girls like shoes, women like shoes, and if it’s a boot, it’s more shoe I guess. There’s more room for detail. I personally have a lot of boot,s but I can’t explain it to you.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> No that makes sense. I mean you’ve got more room to show off a different style point of view.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Yeah, it’s like a big statement piece. If you have a thigh high boot on it’s like here’s my shoe.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> I never thought about it like that, just a really big shoe (laughs) that explains a bunch.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> (laughs) That’s really funny actually, I never thought about it either.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So tell me about Tees by Tina.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Tees by Tina is one of the endorsements I’m doing. What happened was they sent me tons of stuff to wear on the show, Celebrity Apprentice, and then I fell in love with them and sent them a thank you card like, really I love your shirts, I happen to be wearing one right now on my way to Pilates. Then we just developed this relationship and they said, okay, what if you became the spokesperson for a couple years. I’ve had a couple things like that going on in the cosmetics field and different endorsements that models get work for. It was a product that I really, really loved and how we came across each other and how we met, the story of it, was also so genuine. I had to do it because I liked the product so much. I’d never want to endorse or try to sell something that I didn’t love.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So just last question, is there anything else you’re working on now?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Let’s see what am I doing now? Yeah, actually there’s a cosmetics contract that I just signed. It’s for Lola Cosmetics. It’s sold at Sephora, and it’s very, very big internationally as well. Big here in the US, but it’s very big overseas too. I’m developing a bath and body line for them that will be called … well we’re still playing with the name, but it’s in the developmental process. It’s basically Hope Dworaczyk for Lola. They thought since it was a body cream … I don’t know. I’m kind of known – as we said earlier in the conversation – for having a body. They thought having a bath and body line incorporating it in with the Lola Cosmetics was good.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Well cool. I also wanted to say I think it’s really cool that you’re not changing your name ever. I read about that.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> That is so sweet. You know what, I got such hell from everybody when I started working. When I was doing runway, they’re like, “make your name easier Hope, nobody will be able to say it.” I said no no no. And now I’m so glad that I stuck with it. It probably is harder. If I changed it, there would probably be way more people who’d be able to say my name and wouldn’t be afraid to say it out loud. When I do press, or I’ll have a girl come up to be and be like “oh, you’re Hope right?” Most of the time when people name drop, they’ll say two names. But not with me, because I know that many people can’t say it. But now I’m so glad that I didn’t end up changing it.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Well I think as your brand expands and you get more exposure with TV, films, and whatnot, people are going to remember how to pronounce it right.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Let’s hope. And if not they can remember that it’s just like “Jurassic Park” but with a “D.”\r\n\r\n[nggallery id=16]','Hope Dworaczyk Interview','','inherit','open','open','','4002-revision-2','','','2011-03-21 12:24:54','2011-03-21 19:24:54','',4002,'http://manjr.com/2011/uncategorized/4002-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(4005,2,'2011-03-21 12:25:05','2011-03-21 19:25:05','Hope Dworaczyk is a whole ‘nother level of good-looking. She makes beautiful people look like absolute trolls. When she walks into a room, she turns more heads than a tennis ball.\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\nWe talked to Hope about Hugh Hefner, what it’s like to be Playmate of the Year, Donald Trump, Celebrity Apprentice, the madness of Gary Busey, upcoming fashion trends and why girls love boots so much.\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> When you became Playmate of the Year how did that change your life?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> It changed a lot, I guess. I was going to say a little bit, but it did change a lot because suddenly it’s a completely different audience. Like the fans and people that know who you are. But for me it was different, because the whole Playboy community – it’s like once you’re labeled a Playboy Playmate, people forget you’ve done anything else. So everyone kind of focuses in on the fact that you’re the girl that got naked. That part changed as far as what people’s perception is. It changed my life in many ways, especially career-wise, because I got to do Celebrity Apprentice, I filmed a movie with Eva Longoria that will be out this summer. It just spotlights you and puts you more in the public eye and let’s you have a voice of your own where and you can say, “This is what I want to do with my future.”\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> In terms of that perception shift; I know you’ve done a lot of runway modeling before. Is that something that’s less of a focus now? Are you in a different kind of category now or do you still want to do more of that stuff?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> No, I definitely still walk for designers, I just don’t do every designer. I will go and do a walk for one designer exclusively during a fashion week. So I don’t work as much on the runway, but I’ll walk. I definitely won’t stop walking. I also have a television show called “Inside Fashion,” and that’s on E! in Canada. So that’s what I was saying, that once you do Playboy, people tend to couch you in that. You’re a Playboy Playmate or Playmate of the Year, and they forget that you’ve done other things because being naked in Playboy I guess is more exciting for some people to say. Or more controversial I should say.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So what advice do you have for the next Playmate of the Year?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Just don’t take yourself too seriously. And don’t stop there, you have to work really hard. You can’t let that be the end of your story. You have to keep working and expanding your brand.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> What’s a quality or trait of Hugh Hefner that few people get to see?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I think few people get to see that he’s so friendly and so sweet. I know that he’s helped so many people – which a lot of people I guess would know that. He’s just so nice and friendly, and he’s not actually the Hugh Hefner that he was when he was 40 or 30 years old. He’s a lot more calm now.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So Celebrity Apprentice starts this month. Did you have a positive experience during the whole filming of that?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I did have a positive experience. Compared to all the other people that got into fights and probably now regret it because it’s all on camera. I was really quiet, especially in the beginning, and I didn’t get involved in all the conflicts that they had and all the fighting. I do a little bit at the end, because it is unavoidable at one point – if you’re in a corner you have to defend yourself – but I’ve never gotten to the point where I regret doing that reality show.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Was it stressful at all?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Oh, it was definitely stressful, because there are people around at all times. You always have a camera on you. You’re trying to be the most creative. You want your team to win. You want your charity to win money. Then you’re sleeping 3½ to 4½ hours a night and trying to avoid the cattiness that comes with not just the women’s side, the men’s side too. So that part was a little tricky.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So who are some of the contestants who got into it and had these arguments?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Well, in the previews you can see Meat Loaf and Gary going at each other. Jose and David Cassidy didn’t get along. Star Jones and NeNe. Lisa Rinna and Star Jones didn’t get along. The only person I’ve ever had real conflict with, a little bit Star Jones and a little bit NeNe Leakes. But for the most part after the show, we’re still friends. My conflicts weren’t as deep some of the others. There were some people that probably won’t talk again ever.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (Laughs)\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> The live season finale will be very uncomfortable for everybody.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (laughs) So did you make some friends or allies? People that stuck out during the whole process?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> You know, I really, really love Marlee Matlin and I really liked John Rich too. Niki Taylor was another one that was just such a sweet, sweet girl to me. So there were many. I didn’t get to know some of them as well as I did others, for whatever reason. Me and Niki were neighbors. Our suites were next to each other at the Trump International Hotel in New York, so we got to know each other really well. Actually my suite was between Gary Busey’s and Niki Taylor’s, so I’m like caught in the middle. (laughs) Imagine living next door to Gary for however long I was there – I can’t tell you (laughs).\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Was he the biggest character on the show? I mean you’ve got Canseco, you’ve got Little John, Busey ought to be pretty entertaining as well.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Very entertaining to watch, especially if you like to watch people. He is crazy, but he’s also really, really smart, too. I mean he says things that are completely off the wall and you’re like, “Gary, why would you say that out loud? You sound like a fool.” And then he will come up with something just brilliant or then he can start yelling and it’s the energy you needed after 10 hours. So I loved Gary Busey and I don’t know what that says about me. Maybe I’m a little crazy.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (laughs) And what was Trump like? What was it like spending time with that guy?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Trump is just like you see him on TV. Have you noticed that when you watch him, say on late night television or somewhere where he’s just on promoting something, his body language pretty much tells you how he is. If he’s in a conversation with somebody he doesn’t lean towards them like you would if you were into a conversation. If you study his body language, he’s very straight up and in his own space. He might turn his neck towards you, but his shoulders are still squared away from you and that can be very intimidating. So just his body language to be around, for me to watch and observe, was really interesting and it’s really who he is. Completely. I mean he doesn’t break from character, that’s him.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> You said you have a film coming out. Do you have a desire to do more acting? More TV and film roles?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I do. My show is in Canada and I would really love to have a project that I’m passionate about here in the US because I wouldn’t travel as much and my family could watch it if it was here. The film with Eva Longoria and Christian Slater that I filmed will be out this summer. It’s going to be interesting to see how that goes, because one thing always leads to something else, so it’s going to be interesting to see what’s next. I’m excited and it was really an honor to work with her and him both.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Now you’re still super plugged-in to the fashion world, do you see any interesting trends of anything that sticks out this year as something to keep an eye on?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Orange lips. Orange like peach orange, I don’t mean bright orange like Halloween orange. Orange on the lips, orange is going to be everywhere. The skinny jean has been around now for like four years and suddenly everything is going to be – not bell bottoms like 70s, but definitely major boot cuts and wide legs. It’s all changing come fall.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> That’s awesome. I’d love to see that return.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> (laughs)\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> I wasn’t a big fan of the skinny jeans. Let me ask you this, why do girls love boots so much?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Love boots?\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Yeah. Every girl that I know just has the wackiest collection of different types of boots and it just seems like the goofier-looking the better.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Yeah I think because they’re, sexy? I don’t know. I think we just like boots. They’re so interesting. I guess because it’s more shoe. Girls like shoes, women like shoes, and if it’s a boot, it’s more shoe I guess. There’s more room for detail. I personally have a lot of boot,s but I can’t explain it to you.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> No that makes sense. I mean you’ve got more room to show off a different style point of view.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Yeah, it’s like a big statement piece. If you have a thigh high boot on it’s like here’s my shoe.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> I never thought about it like that, just a really big shoe (laughs) that explains a bunch.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> (laughs) That’s really funny actually, I never thought about it either.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So tell me about Tees by Tina.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Tees by Tina is one of the endorsements I’m doing. What happened was they sent me tons of stuff to wear on the show, Celebrity Apprentice, and then I fell in love with them and sent them a thank you card like, really I love your shirts, I happen to be wearing one right now on my way to Pilates. Then we just developed this relationship and they said, okay, what if you became the spokesperson for a couple years. I’ve had a couple things like that going on in the cosmetics field and different endorsements that models get work for. It was a product that I really, really loved and how we came across each other and how we met, the story of it, was also so genuine. I had to do it because I liked the product so much. I’d never want to endorse or try to sell something that I didn’t love.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So just last question, is there anything else you’re working on now?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Let’s see what am I doing now? Yeah, actually there’s a cosmetics contract that I just signed. It’s for Lola Cosmetics. It’s sold at Sephora, and it’s very, very big internationally as well. Big here in the US, but it’s very big overseas too. I’m developing a bath and body line for them that will be called … well we’re still playing with the name, but it’s in the developmental process. It’s basically Hope Dworaczyk for Lola. They thought since it was a body cream … I don’t know. I’m kind of known – as we said earlier in the conversation – for having a body. They thought having a bath and body line incorporating it in with the Lola Cosmetics was good.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Well cool. I also wanted to say I think it’s really cool that you’re not changing your name ever. I read about that.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> That is so sweet. You know what, I got such hell from everybody when I started working. When I was doing runway, they’re like, “make your name easier Hope, nobody will be able to say it.” I said no no no. And now I’m so glad that I stuck with it. It probably is harder. If I changed it, there would probably be way more people who’d be able to say my name and wouldn’t be afraid to say it out loud. When I do press, or I’ll have a girl come up to be and be like “oh, you’re Hope right?” Most of the time when people name drop, they’ll say two names. But not with me, because I know that many people can’t say it. But now I’m so glad that I didn’t end up changing it.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Well I think as your brand expands and you get more exposure with TV, films, and whatnot, people are going to remember how to pronounce it right.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Let’s hope. And if not they can remember that it’s just like “Jurassic Park” but with a “D.”\r\n\r\n[nggallery id=16]','Hope Dworaczyk Interview','','inherit','open','open','','4002-revision-3','','','2011-03-21 12:25:05','2011-03-21 19:25:05','',4002,'http://manjr.com/2011/uncategorized/4002-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(4006,2,'2011-03-21 12:31:58','2011-03-21 19:31:58','Hope Dworaczyk is a whole ‘nother level of good-looking. She makes beautiful people look like absolute trolls. When she walks into a room, she turns more heads than a tennis ball.\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\nWe talked to Hope about Hugh Hefner, what it’s like to be Playmate of the Year, Donald Trump, Celebrity Apprentice, the madness of Gary Busey, upcoming fashion trends and why girls love boots so much.\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> When you became Playmate of the Year how did that change your life?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> It changed a lot, I guess. I was going to say a little bit, but it did change a lot because suddenly it’s a completely different audience. Like the fans and people that know who you are. But for me it was different, because the whole Playboy community – it’s like once you’re labeled a Playboy Playmate, people forget you’ve done anything else. So everyone kind of focuses in on the fact that you’re the girl that got naked. That part changed as far as what people’s perception is. It changed my life in many ways, especially career-wise, because I got to do Celebrity Apprentice, I filmed a movie with Eva Longoria that will be out this summer. It just spotlights you and puts you more in the public eye and let’s you have a voice of your own where and you can say, “This is what I want to do with my future.”\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> In terms of that perception shift; I know you’ve done a lot of runway modeling before. Is that something that’s less of a focus now? Are you in a different kind of category now or do you still want to do more of that stuff?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> No, I definitely still walk for designers, I just don’t do every designer. I will go and do a walk for one designer exclusively during a fashion week. So I don’t work as much on the runway, but I’ll walk. I definitely won’t stop walking. I also have a television show called “Inside Fashion,” and that’s on E! in Canada. So that’s what I was saying, that once you do Playboy, people tend to couch you in that. You’re a Playboy Playmate or Playmate of the Year, and they forget that you’ve done other things because being naked in Playboy I guess is more exciting for some people to say. Or more controversial I should say.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So what advice do you have for the next Playmate of the Year?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Just don’t take yourself too seriously. And don’t stop there, you have to work really hard. You can’t let that be the end of your story. You have to keep working and expanding your brand.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> What’s a quality or trait of Hugh Hefner that few people get to see?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I think few people get to see that he’s so friendly and so sweet. I know that he’s helped so many people – which a lot of people I guess would know that. He’s just so nice and friendly, and he’s not actually the Hugh Hefner that he was when he was 40 or 30 years old. He’s a lot more calm now.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So Celebrity Apprentice starts this month. Did you have a positive experience during the whole filming of that?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I did have a positive experience. Compared to all the other people that got into fights and probably now regret it because it’s all on camera. I was really quiet, especially in the beginning, and I didn’t get involved in all the conflicts that they had and all the fighting. I do a little bit at the end, because it is unavoidable at one point – if you’re in a corner you have to defend yourself – but I’ve never gotten to the point where I regret doing that reality show.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Was it stressful at all?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Oh, it was definitely stressful, because there are people around at all times. You always have a camera on you. You’re trying to be the most creative. You want your team to win. You want your charity to win money. Then you’re sleeping 3½ to 4½ hours a night and trying to avoid the cattiness that comes with not just the women’s side, the men’s side too. So that part was a little tricky.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So who are some of the contestants who got into it and had these arguments?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Well, in the previews you can see Meat Loaf and Gary going at each other. Jose and David Cassidy didn’t get along. Star Jones and NeNe. Lisa Rinna and Star Jones didn’t get along. The only person I’ve ever had real conflict with, a little bit Star Jones and a little bit NeNe Leakes. But for the most part after the show, we’re still friends. My conflicts weren’t as deep some of the others. There were some people that probably won’t talk again ever.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (Laughs)\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> The live season finale will be very uncomfortable for everybody.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (laughs) So did you make some friends or allies? People that stuck out during the whole process?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> You know, I really, really love Marlee Matlin and I really liked John Rich too. Niki Taylor was another one that was just such a sweet, sweet girl to me. So there were many. I didn’t get to know some of them as well as I did others, for whatever reason. Me and Niki were neighbors. Our suites were next to each other at the Trump International Hotel in New York, so we got to know each other really well. Actually my suite was between Gary Busey’s and Niki Taylor’s, so I’m like caught in the middle. (laughs) Imagine living next door to Gary for however long I was there – I can’t tell you (laughs).\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Was he the biggest character on the show? I mean you’ve got Canseco, you’ve got Little John, Busey ought to be pretty entertaining as well.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Very entertaining to watch, especially if you like to watch people. He is crazy, but he’s also really, really smart, too. I mean he says things that are completely off the wall and you’re like, “Gary, why would you say that out loud? You sound like a fool.” And then he will come up with something just brilliant or then he can start yelling and it’s the energy you needed after 10 hours. So I loved Gary Busey and I don’t know what that says about me. Maybe I’m a little crazy.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (laughs) And what was Trump like? What was it like spending time with that guy?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Trump is just like you see him on TV. Have you noticed that when you watch him, say on late night television or somewhere where he’s just on promoting something, his body language pretty much tells you how he is. If he’s in a conversation with somebody he doesn’t lean towards them like you would if you were into a conversation. If you study his body language, he’s very straight up and in his own space. He might turn his neck towards you, but his shoulders are still squared away from you and that can be very intimidating. So just his body language to be around, for me to watch and observe, was really interesting and it’s really who he is. Completely. I mean he doesn’t break from character, that’s him.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> You said you have a film coming out. Do you have a desire to do more acting? More TV and film roles?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I do. My show is in Canada and I would really love to have a project that I’m passionate about here in the US because I wouldn’t travel as much and my family could watch it if it was here. The film with Eva Longoria and Christian Slater that I filmed will be out this summer. It’s going to be interesting to see how that goes, because one thing always leads to something else, so it’s going to be interesting to see what’s next. I’m excited and it was really an honor to work with her and him both.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Now you’re still super plugged-in to the fashion world, do you see any interesting trends of anything that sticks out this year as something to keep an eye on?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Orange lips. Orange like peach orange, I don’t mean bright orange like Halloween orange. Orange on the lips, orange is going to be everywhere. The skinny jean has been around now for like four years and suddenly everything is going to be – not bell bottoms like 70s, but definitely major boot cuts and wide legs. It’s all changing come fall.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> That’s awesome. I’d love to see that return.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> (laughs)\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> I wasn’t a big fan of the skinny jeans. Let me ask you this, why do girls love boots so much?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Love boots?\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Yeah. Every girl that I know just has the wackiest collection of different types of boots and it just seems like the goofier-looking the better.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Yeah I think because they’re, sexy? I don’t know. I think we just like boots. They’re so interesting. I guess because it’s more shoe. Girls like shoes, women like shoes, and if it’s a boot, it’s more shoe I guess. There’s more room for detail. I personally have a lot of boot,s but I can’t explain it to you.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> No that makes sense. I mean you’ve got more room to show off a different style point of view.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Yeah, it’s like a big statement piece. If you have a thigh high boot on it’s like here’s my shoe.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> I never thought about it like that, just a really big shoe (laughs) that explains a bunch.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> (laughs) That’s really funny actually, I never thought about it either.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So tell me about Tees by Tina.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Tees by Tina is one of the endorsements I’m doing. What happened was they sent me tons of stuff to wear on the show, Celebrity Apprentice, and then I fell in love with them and sent them a thank you card like, really I love your shirts, I happen to be wearing one right now on my way to Pilates. Then we just developed this relationship and they said, okay, what if you became the spokesperson for a couple years. I’ve had a couple things like that going on in the cosmetics field and different endorsements that models get work for. It was a product that I really, really loved and how we came across each other and how we met, the story of it, was also so genuine. I had to do it because I liked the product so much. I’d never want to endorse or try to sell something that I didn’t love.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So just last question, is there anything else you’re working on now?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Let’s see what am I doing now? Yeah, actually there’s a cosmetics contract that I just signed. It’s for Lola Cosmetics. It’s sold at Sephora, and it’s very, very big internationally as well. Big here in the US, but it’s very big overseas too. I’m developing a bath and body line for them that will be called … well we’re still playing with the name, but it’s in the developmental process. It’s basically Hope Dworaczyk for Lola. They thought since it was a body cream … I don’t know. I’m kind of known – as we said earlier in the conversation – for having a body. They thought having a bath and body line incorporating it in with the Lola Cosmetics was good.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Well cool. I also wanted to say I think it’s really cool that you’re not changing your name ever. I read about that.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> That is so sweet. You know what, I got such hell from everybody when I started working. When I was doing runway, they’re like, “make your name easier Hope, nobody will be able to say it.” I said no no no. And now I’m so glad that I stuck with it. It probably is harder. If I changed it, there would probably be way more people who’d be able to say my name and wouldn’t be afraid to say it out loud. When I do press, or I’ll have a girl come up to be and be like “oh, you’re Hope right?” Most of the time when people name drop, they’ll say two names. But not with me, because I know that many people can’t say it. But now I’m so glad that I didn’t end up changing it.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Well I think as your brand expands and you get more exposure with TV, films, and whatnot, people are going to remember how to pronounce it right.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Let’s hope. 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She makes beautiful people look like absolute trolls. When she walks into a room, she turns more heads than a tennis ball.\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\nWe talked to Hope about Hugh Hefner, what it’s like to be Playmate of the Year, Donald Trump, Celebrity Apprentice, the madness of Gary Busey, upcoming fashion trends and why girls love boots so much.\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> When you became Playmate of the Year how did that change your life?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> It changed a lot, I guess. I was going to say a little bit, but it did change a lot because suddenly it’s a completely different audience. Like the fans and people that know who you are. But for me it was different, because the whole Playboy community – it’s like once you’re labeled a Playboy Playmate, people forget you’ve done anything else. So everyone kind of focuses in on the fact that you’re the girl that got naked. That part changed as far as what people’s perception is. It changed my life in many ways, especially career-wise, because I got to do Celebrity Apprentice, I filmed a movie with Eva Longoria that will be out this summer. It just spotlights you and puts you more in the public eye and let’s you have a voice of your own where and you can say, “This is what I want to do with my future.”\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> In terms of that perception shift; I know you’ve done a lot of runway modeling before. Is that something that’s less of a focus now? Are you in a different kind of category now or do you still want to do more of that stuff?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> No, I definitely still walk for designers, I just don’t do every designer. I will go and do a walk for one designer exclusively during a fashion week. So I don’t work as much on the runway, but I’ll walk. I definitely won’t stop walking. I also have a television show called “Inside Fashion,” and that’s on E! in Canada. So that’s what I was saying, that once you do Playboy, people tend to couch you in that. You’re a Playboy Playmate or Playmate of the Year, and they forget that you’ve done other things because being naked in Playboy I guess is more exciting for some people to say. Or more controversial I should say.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So what advice do you have for the next Playmate of the Year?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Just don’t take yourself too seriously. And don’t stop there, you have to work really hard. You can’t let that be the end of your story. You have to keep working and expanding your brand.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> What’s a quality or trait of Hugh Hefner that few people get to see?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I think few people get to see that he’s so friendly and so sweet. I know that he’s helped so many people – which a lot of people I guess would know that. He’s just so nice and friendly, and he’s not actually the Hugh Hefner that he was when he was 40 or 30 years old. He’s a lot more calm now.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So Celebrity Apprentice starts this month. Did you have a positive experience during the whole filming of that?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I did have a positive experience. Compared to all the other people that got into fights and probably now regret it because it’s all on camera. I was really quiet, especially in the beginning, and I didn’t get involved in all the conflicts that they had and all the fighting. I do a little bit at the end, because it is unavoidable at one point – if you’re in a corner you have to defend yourself – but I’ve never gotten to the point where I regret doing that reality show.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Was it stressful at all?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Oh, it was definitely stressful, because there are people around at all times. You always have a camera on you. You’re trying to be the most creative. You want your team to win. You want your charity to win money. Then you’re sleeping 3½ to 4½ hours a night and trying to avoid the cattiness that comes with not just the women’s side, the men’s side too. So that part was a little tricky.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So who are some of the contestants who got into it and had these arguments?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Well, in the previews you can see Meat Loaf and Gary going at each other. Jose and David Cassidy didn’t get along. Star Jones and NeNe. Lisa Rinna and Star Jones didn’t get along. The only person I’ve ever had real conflict with, a little bit Star Jones and a little bit NeNe Leakes. But for the most part after the show, we’re still friends. My conflicts weren’t as deep some of the others. There were some people that probably won’t talk again ever.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (Laughs)\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> The live season finale will be very uncomfortable for everybody.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (laughs) So did you make some friends or allies? People that stuck out during the whole process?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> You know, I really, really love Marlee Matlin and I really liked John Rich too. Niki Taylor was another one that was just such a sweet, sweet girl to me. So there were many. I didn’t get to know some of them as well as I did others, for whatever reason. Me and Niki were neighbors. Our suites were next to each other at the Trump International Hotel in New York, so we got to know each other really well. Actually my suite was between Gary Busey’s and Niki Taylor’s, so I’m like caught in the middle. (laughs) Imagine living next door to Gary for however long I was there – I can’t tell you (laughs).\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Was he the biggest character on the show? I mean you’ve got Canseco, you’ve got Little John, Busey ought to be pretty entertaining as well.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Very entertaining to watch, especially if you like to watch people. He is crazy, but he’s also really, really smart, too. I mean he says things that are completely off the wall and you’re like, “Gary, why would you say that out loud? You sound like a fool.” And then he will come up with something just brilliant or then he can start yelling and it’s the energy you needed after 10 hours. So I loved Gary Busey and I don’t know what that says about me. Maybe I’m a little crazy.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (laughs) And what was Trump like? What was it like spending time with that guy?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Trump is just like you see him on TV. Have you noticed that when you watch him, say on late night television or somewhere where he’s just on promoting something, his body language pretty much tells you how he is. If he’s in a conversation with somebody he doesn’t lean towards them like you would if you were into a conversation. If you study his body language, he’s very straight up and in his own space. He might turn his neck towards you, but his shoulders are still squared away from you and that can be very intimidating. So just his body language to be around, for me to watch and observe, was really interesting and it’s really who he is. Completely. I mean he doesn’t break from character, that’s him.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> You said you have a film coming out. Do you have a desire to do more acting? More TV and film roles?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I do. My show is in Canada and I would really love to have a project that I’m passionate about here in the US because I wouldn’t travel as much and my family could watch it if it was here. The film with Eva Longoria and Christian Slater that I filmed will be out this summer. It’s going to be interesting to see how that goes, because one thing always leads to something else, so it’s going to be interesting to see what’s next. I’m excited and it was really an honor to work with her and him both.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Now you’re still super plugged-in to the fashion world, do you see any interesting trends of anything that sticks out this year as something to keep an eye on?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Orange lips. Orange like peach orange, I don’t mean bright orange like Halloween orange. Orange on the lips, orange is going to be everywhere. The skinny jean has been around now for like four years and suddenly everything is going to be – not bell bottoms like 70s, but definitely major boot cuts and wide legs. It’s all changing come fall.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> That’s awesome. I’d love to see that return.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> (laughs)\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> I wasn’t a big fan of the skinny jeans. Let me ask you this, why do girls love boots so much?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Love boots?\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Yeah. Every girl that I know just has the wackiest collection of different types of boots and it just seems like the goofier-looking the better.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Yeah I think because they’re, sexy? I don’t know. I think we just like boots. They’re so interesting. I guess because it’s more shoe. Girls like shoes, women like shoes, and if it’s a boot, it’s more shoe I guess. There’s more room for detail. I personally have a lot of boot,s but I can’t explain it to you.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> No that makes sense. I mean you’ve got more room to show off a different style point of view.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Yeah, it’s like a big statement piece. If you have a thigh high boot on it’s like here’s my shoe.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> I never thought about it like that, just a really big shoe (laughs) that explains a bunch.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> (laughs) That’s really funny actually, I never thought about it either.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So tell me about Tees by Tina.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Tees by Tina is one of the endorsements I’m doing. What happened was they sent me tons of stuff to wear on the show, Celebrity Apprentice, and then I fell in love with them and sent them a thank you card like, really I love your shirts, I happen to be wearing one right now on my way to Pilates. Then we just developed this relationship and they said, okay, what if you became the spokesperson for a couple years. I’ve had a couple things like that going on in the cosmetics field and different endorsements that models get work for. It was a product that I really, really loved and how we came across each other and how we met, the story of it, was also so genuine. I had to do it because I liked the product so much. I’d never want to endorse or try to sell something that I didn’t love.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So just last question, is there anything else you’re working on now?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Let’s see what am I doing now? Yeah, actually there’s a cosmetics contract that I just signed. It’s for Lola Cosmetics. It’s sold at Sephora, and it’s very, very big internationally as well. Big here in the US, but it’s very big overseas too. I’m developing a bath and body line for them that will be called … well we’re still playing with the name, but it’s in the developmental process. It’s basically Hope Dworaczyk for Lola. They thought since it was a body cream … I don’t know. I’m kind of known – as we said earlier in the conversation – for having a body. They thought having a bath and body line incorporating it in with the Lola Cosmetics was good.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Well cool. I also wanted to say I think it’s really cool that you’re not changing your name ever. I read about that.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> That is so sweet. You know what, I got such hell from everybody when I started working. When I was doing runway, they’re like, “make your name easier Hope, nobody will be able to say it.” I said no no no. And now I’m so glad that I stuck with it. It probably is harder. If I changed it, there would probably be way more people who’d be able to say my name and wouldn’t be afraid to say it out loud. When I do press, or I’ll have a girl come up to be and be like “oh, you’re Hope right?” Most of the time when people name drop, they’ll say two names. But not with me, because I know that many people can’t say it. But now I’m so glad that I didn’t end up changing it.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Well I think as your brand expands and you get more exposure with TV, films, and whatnot, people are going to remember how to pronounce it right.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Let’s hope. 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The 2010 <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Playboy_Playmates_of_the_Year\" target=\"_blank\">Playmate of the Year</a> makes beautiful people look like absolute trolls. And if you’re even slightly unattractive, just go ahead and walk on the other side of the street. It’s like that.\n\nBefore posing for Playboy, Hope was a runway model who walked for Balenciaga, Robert Rodriguez, Abaete, XOXO and other brands. She toured with Versace and did print work for Patek Philippe. She’s also the host and co-producer of <a href=\"http://www.insidefashion.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Inside Fashion</em></a>, a shoe that appears on the E! Channel in Canada.\n\nAs Dworaczyk gets set to hand things over to the next Playmate of the Year, she’ll be competing on this season’s edition of <a href=\"http://www.nbc.com/the-apprentice/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Celebrity Apprentice</em></a>. We talked to Hope about Hugh Hefner, what it’s like to be Playmate of the Year, Donald Trump, <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em>, the madness of Gary Busey, upcoming fashion trends and why girls love boots so much. Here’s the full interview:\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> When you became Playmate of the Year how did that change your life?\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> It changed a lot, I guess. I was going to say a little bit, but it did change a lot because suddenly it’s a completely different audience. Like the fans and people that know who you are. But for me it was different, because the whole Playboy community – it’s like once you’re labeled a Playboy Playmate, people forget you’ve done anything else. So everyone kind of focuses in on the fact that you’re the girl that got naked. That part changed as far as what people’s perception is. It changed my life in many ways, especially career-wise, because I got to do <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em>, I filmed <a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1547090/\" target=\"_blank\">a movie with Eva Longoria that will be out this summer</a>. It just spotlights you and puts you more in the public eye and let’s you have a voice of your own where and you can say, “This is what I want to do with my future.”\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> In terms of that perception shift; I know you’ve done a lot of runway modeling before. Is that something that’s less of a focus now? Are you in a different kind of category now or do you still want to do more of that stuff?\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> No, I definitely still walk for designers, I just don’t do every designer. I will go and do a walk for one designer exclusively during a fashion week. So I don’t work as much on the runway, but I’ll walk. I definitely won’t stop walking. I also have a television show called <em>Inside Fashion</em>, and that’s on E! in Canada. So that’s what I was saying, that once you do Playboy, people tend to couch you in that. You’re a Playboy Playmate or Playmate of the Year, and they forget that you’ve done other things because being naked in Playboy I guess is more exciting for some people to say. Or more controversial I should say.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> So what advice do you have for the next Playmate of the Year?\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> Just don’t take yourself too seriously. And don’t stop there, you have to work really hard. You can’t let that be the end of your story. You have to keep working and expanding your brand.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> What’s a quality or trait of Hugh Hefner that few people get to see?\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> I think few people get to see that he’s so friendly and so sweet. I know that he’s helped so many people – which a lot of people I guess would know that. He’s just so nice and friendly, and he’s not actually the Hugh Hefner that he was when he was 40 or 30 years old. He’s a lot more calm now.\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Celebrity-Apprentice.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4010\" title=\"Hope-Dworaczyk-Celebrity-Apprentice\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Celebrity-Apprentice.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"500\" /></a>CS:</strong> So <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em> started this month. Did you have a positive experience during the whole filming of that?\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> I did have a positive experience. Compared to all the other people that got into fights and probably now regret it because it’s all on camera. I was really quiet, especially in the beginning, and I didn’t get involved in all the conflicts that they had and all the fighting. I do a little bit at the end, because it is unavoidable at one point – if you’re in a corner you have to defend yourself – but I’ve never gotten to the point where I regret doing that reality show.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> Was it stressful at all?\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> Oh, it was definitely stressful, because there are people around at all times. You always have a camera on you. You’re trying to be the most creative. You want your team to win. You want your charity to win money. Then you’re sleeping 3½ to 4½ hours a night and trying to avoid the cattiness that comes with not just the women’s side, the men’s side too. So that part was a little tricky.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> So who are some of the contestants who got into it and had these arguments?\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> Well, in the previews you can see Meat Loaf and Gary going at each other. Jose and David Cassidy didn’t get along. Star Jones and NeNe. Lisa Rinna and Star Jones didn’t get along. The only person I’ve ever had real conflict with, a little bit Star Jones and a little bit NeNe Leakes. But for the most part after the show, we’re still friends. My conflicts weren’t as deep some of the others. There were some people that probably won’t talk again ever.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> (Laughs)\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> The live season finale will be very uncomfortable for everybody.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> (laughs) So did you make some friends or allies? People that stuck out during the whole process?\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> You know, I really, really love Marlee Matlin and I really liked John Rich too. Niki Taylor was another one that was just such a sweet, sweet girl to me. So there were many. I didn’t get to know some of them as well as I did others, for whatever reason. Me and Niki were neighbors. Our suites were next to each other at the Trump International Hotel in New York, so we got to know each other really well. Actually my suite was between Gary Busey’s and Niki Taylor’s, so I’m like caught in the middle. (laughs) Imagine living next door to Gary for however long I was there – I can’t tell you (laughs).\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> Was he the biggest character on the show? I mean you’ve got Canseco, you’ve got Little John, Busey ought to be pretty entertaining as well.\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> Very entertaining to watch, especially if you like to watch people. He is crazy, but he’s also really, really smart, too. I mean he says things that are completely off the wall and you’re like, “Gary, why would you say that out loud? You sound like a fool.” And then he will come up with something just brilliant or then he can start yelling and it’s the energy you needed after 10 hours. So I loved <a href=\"http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2011/03/celebrity_apprentice_recap_lig.html\" target=\"_blank\">Gary Busey</a> and I don’t know what that says about me. Maybe I’m a little crazy.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> (laughs) And what was Trump like? What was it like spending time with that guy?\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> Trump is just like you see him on TV. Have you noticed that when you watch him, say on late night television or somewhere where he’s just on promoting something, his body language pretty much tells you how he is. If he’s in a conversation with somebody he doesn’t lean towards them like you would if you were into a conversation. If you study his body language, he’s very straight up and in his own space. He might turn his neck towards you, but his shoulders are still squared away from you and that can be very intimidating. So just his body language to be around, for me to watch and observe, was really interesting and it’s really who he is. Completely. I mean he doesn’t break from character, that’s him.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> You said you have a film coming out. Do you have a desire to do more acting? More TV and film roles?\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> I do. My show is in Canada and I would really love to have a project that I’m passionate about here in the US because I wouldn’t travel as much and my family could watch it if it was here. The film with Eva Longoria and Christian Slater that I filmed will be out this summer. It’s going to be interesting to see how that goes, because one thing always leads to something else, so it’s going to be interesting to see what’s next. I’m excited and it was really an honor to work with her and him both.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> Now you’re still super plugged-in to the fashion world, do you see any interesting trends of anything that sticks out this year as something to keep an eye on?\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> Orange lips. Orange like peach orange, I don’t mean bright orange like Halloween orange. Orange on the lips, orange is going to be everywhere. The skinny jean has been around now for like four years and suddenly everything is going to be – not bell bottoms like 70s, but definitely major boot cuts and wide legs. It’s all changing come fall.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> That’s awesome. I’d love to see that return.\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> (laughs)\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> I wasn’t a big fan of the skinny jeans. Let me ask you this, why do girls love boots so much?\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> Love boots?\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> Yeah. Every girl that I know just has the wackiest collection of different types of boots and it just seems like the goofier-looking the better.\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> Yeah I think because they’re, sexy? I don’t know. I think we just like boots. They’re so interesting. I guess because it’s more shoe. Girls like shoes, women like shoes, and if it’s a boot, it’s more shoe I guess. There’s more room for detail. I personally have a lot of boot,s but I can’t explain it to you.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> No that makes sense. I mean you’ve got more room to show off a different style point of view.\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> Yeah, it’s like a big statement piece. If you have a thigh high boot on it’s like here’s my shoe.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> I never thought about it like that, just a really big shoe (laughs) that explains a bunch.\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> (laughs) That’s really funny actually, I never thought about it either.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> So tell me about <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAcV7UwaT1Q\" target=\"_blank\">Tees by Tina</a>.\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk0.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4011\" title=\"Hope-Dworaczyk0\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" /></a>HD:</strong> Tees by Tina is one of the endorsements I’m doing. What happened was they sent me tons of stuff to wear on the show, <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em>, and then I fell in love with them and sent them a thank you card like, really I love your shirts, I happen to be wearing one right now on my way to Pilates. Then we just developed this relationship and they said, okay, what if you became the spokesperson for a couple years. I’ve had a couple things like that going on in the cosmetics field and different endorsements that models get work for. It was a product that I really, really loved and how we came across each other and how we met, the story of it, was also so genuine. I had to do it because I liked the product so much. I’d never want to endorse or try to sell something that I didn’t love.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> So just last question, is there anything else you’re working on now?\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> Let’s see what am I doing now? Yeah, actually there’s a cosmetics contract that I just signed. It’s for Lola Cosmetics. It’s sold at Sephora, and it’s very, very big internationally as well. Big here in the US, but it’s very big overseas too. I’m developing a bath and body line for them that will be called … well we’re still playing with the name, but it’s in the developmental process. It’s basically Hope Dworaczyk for Lola. They thought since it was a body cream … I don’t know. I’m kind of known – as we said earlier in the conversation – for having a body. They thought having a bath and body line incorporating it in with the Lola Cosmetics was good.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> Well cool. I also wanted to say I think it’s really cool that you’re not changing your name ever. I read about that.\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> That is so sweet. You know what, I got such hell from everybody when I started working. When I was doing runway, they’re like, “make your name easier Hope, nobody will be able to say it.” I said no no no. And now I’m so glad that I stuck with it. It probably is harder. If I changed it, there would probably be way more people who’d be able to say my name and wouldn’t be afraid to say it out loud. When I do press, or I’ll have a girl come up to be and be like “oh, you’re Hope right?” Most of the time when people name drop, they’ll say two names. But not with me, because I know that many people can’t say it. But now I’m so glad that I didn’t end up changing it.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> Well I think as your brand expands and you get more exposure with TV, films, and whatnot, people are going to remember how to pronounce it right.\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> Let’s hope. And if not they can remember that it’s just like “Jurassic Park” but with a “D.”\n\n[nggallery id=17]','Hope Dworaczyk Interview','','inherit','open','open','','4002-revision-6','','','2011-03-21 14:15:17','2011-03-21 21:15:17','',4002,'http://manjr.com/2011/uncategorized/4002-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(4014,2,'2011-03-21 14:16:00','2011-03-21 21:16:00','<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/hope-dworaczyk3-.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4007\" title=\"hope-dworaczyk3-\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/hope-dworaczyk3-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"758\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHope Dworaczyk is a whole ‘nother level of good-looking. The 2010 <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Playboy_Playmates_of_the_Year\" target=\"_blank\">Playmate of the Year</a> makes beautiful people look like absolute trolls. And if you’re even slightly unattractive, just go ahead and walk on the other side of the street. It’s like that.\r\n\r\nBefore posing for Playboy, Hope was a runway model who walked for Balenciaga, Robert Rodriguez, Abaete, XOXO and other brands. She toured with Versace and did print work for Patek Philippe. She’s also the host and co-producer of <a href=\"http://www.insidefashion.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Inside Fashion</em></a>, a shoe that appears on the E! Channel in Canada.\r\n\r\nAs Dworaczyk gets set to hand things over to the next Playmate of the Year, she’ll be competing on this season’s edition of <a href=\"http://www.nbc.com/the-apprentice/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Celebrity Apprentice</em></a>. We talked to Hope about Hugh Hefner, what it’s like to be Playmate of the Year, Donald Trump, <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em>, the madness of Gary Busey, upcoming fashion trends and why girls love boots so much. Here’s the full interview:\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Interview.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4012\" title=\"Hope-Dworaczyk-Interview\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Interview.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" /></a>CS:</strong> When you became Playmate of the Year how did that change your life?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> It changed a lot, I guess. I was going to say a little bit, but it did change a lot because suddenly it’s a completely different audience. Like the fans and people that know who you are. But for me it was different, because the whole Playboy community – it’s like once you’re labeled a Playboy Playmate, people forget you’ve done anything else. So everyone kind of focuses in on the fact that you’re the girl that got naked. That part changed as far as what people’s perception is. It changed my life in many ways, especially career-wise, because I got to do <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em>, I filmed <a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1547090/\" target=\"_blank\">a movie with Eva Longoria that will be out this summer</a>. It just spotlights you and puts you more in the public eye and let’s you have a voice of your own where and you can say, “This is what I want to do with my future.”\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> In terms of that perception shift; I know you’ve done a lot of runway modeling before. Is that something that’s less of a focus now? Are you in a different kind of category now or do you still want to do more of that stuff?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> No, I definitely still walk for designers, I just don’t do every designer. I will go and do a walk for one designer exclusively during a fashion week. So I don’t work as much on the runway, but I’ll walk. I definitely won’t stop walking. I also have a television show called <em>Inside Fashion</em>, and that’s on E! in Canada. So that’s what I was saying, that once you do Playboy, people tend to couch you in that. You’re a Playboy Playmate or Playmate of the Year, and they forget that you’ve done other things because being naked in Playboy I guess is more exciting for some people to say. Or more controversial I should say.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So what advice do you have for the next Playmate of the Year?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Just don’t take yourself too seriously. And don’t stop there, you have to work really hard. You can’t let that be the end of your story. You have to keep working and expanding your brand.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> What’s a quality or trait of Hugh Hefner that few people get to see?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I think few people get to see that he’s so friendly and so sweet. I know that he’s helped so many people – which a lot of people I guess would know that. He’s just so nice and friendly, and he’s not actually the Hugh Hefner that he was when he was 40 or 30 years old. He’s a lot more calm now.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Celebrity-Apprentice.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4010\" title=\"Hope-Dworaczyk-Celebrity-Apprentice\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Celebrity-Apprentice.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"500\" /></a>CS:</strong> So <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em> started this month. Did you have a positive experience during the whole filming of that?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I did have a positive experience. Compared to all the other people that got into fights and probably now regret it because it’s all on camera. I was really quiet, especially in the beginning, and I didn’t get involved in all the conflicts that they had and all the fighting. I do a little bit at the end, because it is unavoidable at one point – if you’re in a corner you have to defend yourself – but I’ve never gotten to the point where I regret doing that reality show.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Was it stressful at all?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Oh, it was definitely stressful, because there are people around at all times. You always have a camera on you. You’re trying to be the most creative. You want your team to win. You want your charity to win money. Then you’re sleeping 3½ to 4½ hours a night and trying to avoid the cattiness that comes with not just the women’s side, the men’s side too. So that part was a little tricky.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So who are some of the contestants who got into it and had these arguments?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Well, in the previews you can see Meat Loaf and Gary going at each other. Jose and David Cassidy didn’t get along. Star Jones and NeNe. Lisa Rinna and Star Jones didn’t get along. The only person I’ve ever had real conflict with, a little bit Star Jones and a little bit NeNe Leakes. But for the most part after the show, we’re still friends. My conflicts weren’t as deep some of the others. There were some people that probably won’t talk again ever.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (Laughs)\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> The live season finale will be very uncomfortable for everybody.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (laughs) So did you make some friends or allies? People that stuck out during the whole process?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> You know, I really, really love Marlee Matlin and I really liked John Rich too. Niki Taylor was another one that was just such a sweet, sweet girl to me. So there were many. I didn’t get to know some of them as well as I did others, for whatever reason. Me and Niki were neighbors. Our suites were next to each other at the Trump International Hotel in New York, so we got to know each other really well. Actually my suite was between Gary Busey’s and Niki Taylor’s, so I’m like caught in the middle. (laughs) Imagine living next door to Gary for however long I was there – I can’t tell you (laughs).\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Was he the biggest character on the show? I mean you’ve got Canseco, you’ve got Little John, Busey ought to be pretty entertaining as well.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Very entertaining to watch, especially if you like to watch people. He is crazy, but he’s also really, really smart, too. I mean he says things that are completely off the wall and you’re like, “Gary, why would you say that out loud? You sound like a fool.” And then he will come up with something just brilliant or then he can start yelling and it’s the energy you needed after 10 hours. So I loved <a href=\"http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2011/03/celebrity_apprentice_recap_lig.html\" target=\"_blank\">Gary Busey</a> and I don’t know what that says about me. Maybe I’m a little crazy.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (laughs) And what was Trump like? What was it like spending time with that guy?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Trump is just like you see him on TV. Have you noticed that when you watch him, say on late night television or somewhere where he’s just on promoting something, his body language pretty much tells you how he is. If he’s in a conversation with somebody he doesn’t lean towards them like you would if you were into a conversation. If you study his body language, he’s very straight up and in his own space. He might turn his neck towards you, but his shoulders are still squared away from you and that can be very intimidating. So just his body language to be around, for me to watch and observe, was really interesting and it’s really who he is. Completely. I mean he doesn’t break from character, that’s him.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> You said you have a film coming out. Do you have a desire to do more acting? More TV and film roles?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I do. My show is in Canada and I would really love to have a project that I’m passionate about here in the US because I wouldn’t travel as much and my family could watch it if it was here. The film with Eva Longoria and Christian Slater that I filmed will be out this summer. It’s going to be interesting to see how that goes, because one thing always leads to something else, so it’s going to be interesting to see what’s next. I’m excited and it was really an honor to work with her and him both.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Now you’re still super plugged-in to the fashion world, do you see any interesting trends of anything that sticks out this year as something to keep an eye on?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Orange lips. Orange like peach orange, I don’t mean bright orange like Halloween orange. Orange on the lips, orange is going to be everywhere. The skinny jean has been around now for like four years and suddenly everything is going to be – not bell bottoms like 70s, but definitely major boot cuts and wide legs. It’s all changing come fall.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> That’s awesome. I’d love to see that return.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> (laughs)\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> I wasn’t a big fan of the skinny jeans. Let me ask you this, why do girls love boots so much?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Love boots?\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Yeah. Every girl that I know just has the wackiest collection of different types of boots and it just seems like the goofier-looking the better.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Yeah I think because they’re, sexy? I don’t know. I think we just like boots. They’re so interesting. I guess because it’s more shoe. Girls like shoes, women like shoes, and if it’s a boot, it’s more shoe I guess. There’s more room for detail. I personally have a lot of boot,s but I can’t explain it to you.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> No that makes sense. I mean you’ve got more room to show off a different style point of view.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Yeah, it’s like a big statement piece. If you have a thigh high boot on it’s like here’s my shoe.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> I never thought about it like that, just a really big shoe (laughs) that explains a bunch.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> (laughs) That’s really funny actually, I never thought about it either.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So tell me about <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAcV7UwaT1Q\" target=\"_blank\">Tees by Tina</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk0.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4011\" title=\"Hope-Dworaczyk0\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" /></a>HD:</strong> Tees by Tina is one of the endorsements I’m doing. What happened was they sent me tons of stuff to wear on the show, <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em>, and then I fell in love with them and sent them a thank you card like, really I love your shirts, I happen to be wearing one right now on my way to Pilates. Then we just developed this relationship and they said, okay, what if you became the spokesperson for a couple years. I’ve had a couple things like that going on in the cosmetics field and different endorsements that models get work for. It was a product that I really, really loved and how we came across each other and how we met, the story of it, was also so genuine. I had to do it because I liked the product so much. I’d never want to endorse or try to sell something that I didn’t love.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So just last question, is there anything else you’re working on now?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Let’s see what am I doing now? Yeah, actually there’s a cosmetics contract that I just signed. It’s for Lola Cosmetics. It’s sold at Sephora, and it’s very, very big internationally as well. Big here in the US, but it’s very big overseas too. I’m developing a bath and body line for them that will be called … well we’re still playing with the name, but it’s in the developmental process. It’s basically Hope Dworaczyk for Lola. They thought since it was a body cream … I don’t know. I’m kind of known – as we said earlier in the conversation – for having a body. They thought having a bath and body line incorporating it in with the Lola Cosmetics was good.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Well cool. I also wanted to say I think it’s really cool that you’re not changing your name ever. I read about that.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> That is so sweet. You know what, I got such hell from everybody when I started working. When I was doing runway, they’re like, “make your name easier Hope, nobody will be able to say it.” I said no no no. And now I’m so glad that I stuck with it. It probably is harder. If I changed it, there would probably be way more people who’d be able to say my name and wouldn’t be afraid to say it out loud. When I do press, or I’ll have a girl come up to be and be like “oh, you’re Hope right?” Most of the time when people name drop, they’ll say two names. But not with me, because I know that many people can’t say it. But now I’m so glad that I didn’t end up changing it.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Well I think as your brand expands and you get more exposure with TV, films, and whatnot, people are going to remember how to pronounce it right.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Let’s hope. And if not they can remember that it’s just like “Jurassic Park” but with a “D.”\r\n\r\n[nggallery id=17]','Hope Dworaczyk Interview','','inherit','open','open','','4002-revision-7','','','2011-03-21 14:16:00','2011-03-21 21:16:00','',4002,'http://manjr.com/2011/uncategorized/4002-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(4015,2,'2011-03-21 14:16:53','2011-03-21 21:16:53','<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/hope-dworaczyk3-.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4007\" title=\"hope-dworaczyk3-\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/hope-dworaczyk3-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"758\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHope Dworaczyk is a whole ‘nother level of good-looking. The 2010 <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Playboy_Playmates_of_the_Year\" target=\"_blank\">Playmate of the Year</a> makes beautiful people look like absolute trolls. And if you’re even slightly unattractive, just go ahead and walk on the other side of the street. It’s like that.\r\n\r\nBefore posing for Playboy, Hope was a runway model who walked for Balenciaga, Robert Rodriguez, Abaete, XOXO and other brands. She toured with Versace and did print work for Patek Philippe. She’s also the host and co-producer of <a href=\"http://www.insidefashion.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Inside Fashion</em></a>, a shoe that appears on the E! Channel in Canada.\r\n\r\nAs Dworaczyk gets set to hand things over to the next Playmate of the Year, she’ll be competing on this season’s edition of <a href=\"http://www.nbc.com/the-apprentice/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Celebrity Apprentice</em></a>. We talked to Hope about Hugh Hefner, what it’s like to be Playmate of the Year, Donald Trump, <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em>, the madness of Gary Busey, upcoming fashion trends and why girls love boots so much. Here’s the full interview:\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Interview.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4012\" title=\"Hope-Dworaczyk-Interview\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Interview.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" /></a>CS:</strong> When you became Playmate of the Year how did that change your life?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> It changed a lot, I guess. I was going to say a little bit, but it did change a lot because suddenly it’s a completely different audience. Like the fans and people that know who you are. But for me it was different, because the whole Playboy community – it’s like once you’re labeled a Playboy Playmate, people forget you’ve done anything else. So everyone kind of focuses in on the fact that you’re the girl that got naked. That part changed as far as what people’s perception is. It changed my life in many ways, especially career-wise, because I got to do <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em>, I filmed <a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1547090/\" target=\"_blank\">a movie with Eva Longoria that will be out this summer</a>. It just spotlights you and puts you more in the public eye and let’s you have a voice of your own where and you can say, “This is what I want to do with my future.”\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> In terms of that perception shift; I know you’ve done a lot of runway modeling before. Is that something that’s less of a focus now? Are you in a different kind of category now or do you still want to do more of that stuff?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> No, I definitely still walk for designers, I just don’t do every designer. I will go and do a walk for one designer exclusively during a fashion week. So I don’t work as much on the runway, but I’ll walk. I definitely won’t stop walking. I also have a television show called <em>Inside Fashion</em>, and that’s on E! in Canada. So that’s what I was saying, that once you do Playboy, people tend to couch you in that. You’re a Playboy Playmate or Playmate of the Year, and they forget that you’ve done other things because being naked in Playboy I guess is more exciting for some people to say. Or more controversial I should say.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So what advice do you have for the next Playmate of the Year?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Just don’t take yourself too seriously. And don’t stop there, you have to work really hard. You can’t let that be the end of your story. You have to keep working and expanding your brand.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> What’s a quality or trait of Hugh Hefner that few people get to see?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I think few people get to see that he’s so friendly and so sweet. I know that he’s helped so many people – which a lot of people I guess would know that. He’s just so nice and friendly, and he’s not actually the Hugh Hefner that he was when he was 40 or 30 years old. He’s a lot more calm now.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Celebrity-Apprentice.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4010\" title=\"Hope-Dworaczyk-Celebrity-Apprentice\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Celebrity-Apprentice.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"500\" /></a>CS:</strong> So <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em> started this month. Did you have a positive experience during the whole filming of that?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I did have a positive experience. Compared to all the other people that got into fights and probably now regret it because it’s all on camera. I was really quiet, especially in the beginning, and I didn’t get involved in all the conflicts that they had and all the fighting. I do a little bit at the end, because it is unavoidable at one point – if you’re in a corner you have to defend yourself – but I’ve never gotten to the point where I regret doing that reality show.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Was it stressful at all?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Oh, it was definitely stressful, because there are people around at all times. You always have a camera on you. You’re trying to be the most creative. You want your team to win. You want your charity to win money. Then you’re sleeping 3½ to 4½ hours a night and trying to avoid the cattiness that comes with not just the women’s side, the men’s side too. So that part was a little tricky.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So who are some of the contestants who got into it and had these arguments?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Well, in the previews you can see Meat Loaf and Gary going at each other. Jose and David Cassidy didn’t get along. Star Jones and NeNe. Lisa Rinna and Star Jones didn’t get along. The only person I’ve ever had real conflict with, a little bit Star Jones and a little bit NeNe Leakes. But for the most part after the show, we’re still friends. My conflicts weren’t as deep some of the others. There were some people that probably won’t talk again ever.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (Laughs)\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> The live season finale will be very uncomfortable for everybody.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (laughs) So did you make some friends or allies? People that stuck out during the whole process?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> You know, I really, really love Marlee Matlin and I really liked John Rich too. Niki Taylor was another one that was just such a sweet, sweet girl to me. So there were many. I didn’t get to know some of them as well as I did others, for whatever reason. Me and Niki were neighbors. Our suites were next to each other at the Trump International Hotel in New York, so we got to know each other really well. Actually my suite was between Gary Busey’s and Niki Taylor’s, so I’m like caught in the middle. (laughs) Imagine living next door to Gary for however long I was there – I can’t tell you (laughs).\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Was he the biggest character on the show? I mean you’ve got Canseco, you’ve got Little John, Busey ought to be pretty entertaining as well.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Very entertaining to watch, especially if you like to watch people. He is crazy, but he’s also really, really smart, too. I mean he says things that are completely off the wall and you’re like, “Gary, why would you say that out loud? You sound like a fool.” And then he will come up with something just brilliant or then he can start yelling and it’s the energy you needed after 10 hours. So I loved <a href=\"http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2011/03/celebrity_apprentice_recap_lig.html\" target=\"_blank\">Gary Busey</a> and I don’t know what that says about me. Maybe I’m a little crazy.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (laughs) And what was Trump like? What was it like spending time with that guy?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Trump is just like you see him on TV. Have you noticed that when you watch him, say on late night television or somewhere where he’s just on promoting something, his body language pretty much tells you how he is. If he’s in a conversation with somebody he doesn’t lean towards them like you would if you were into a conversation. If you study his body language, he’s very straight up and in his own space. He might turn his neck towards you, but his shoulders are still squared away from you and that can be very intimidating. So just his body language to be around, for me to watch and observe, was really interesting and it’s really who he is. Completely. I mean he doesn’t break from character, that’s him.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> You said you have a film coming out. Do you have a desire to do more acting? More TV and film roles?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I do. My show is in Canada and I would really love to have a project that I’m passionate about here in the US because I wouldn’t travel as much and my family could watch it if it was here. The film with Eva Longoria and Christian Slater that I filmed will be out this summer. It’s going to be interesting to see how that goes, because one thing always leads to something else, so it’s going to be interesting to see what’s next. I’m excited and it was really an honor to work with her and him both.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Now you’re still super plugged-in to the fashion world, do you see any interesting trends of anything that sticks out this year as something to keep an eye on?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Orange lips. Orange like peach orange, I don’t mean bright orange like Halloween orange. Orange on the lips, orange is going to be everywhere. The skinny jean has been around now for like four years and suddenly everything is going to be – not bell bottoms like 70s, but definitely major boot cuts and wide legs. It’s all changing come fall.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> That’s awesome. I’d love to see that return.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> (laughs)\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> I wasn’t a big fan of the skinny jeans. Let me ask you this, why do girls love boots so much?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Love boots?\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Yeah. Every girl that I know just has the wackiest collection of different types of boots and it just seems like the goofier-looking the better.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Yeah I think because they’re, sexy? I don’t know. I think we just like boots. They’re so interesting. I guess because it’s more shoe. Girls like shoes, women like shoes, and if it’s a boot, it’s more shoe I guess. There’s more room for detail. I personally have a lot of boot,s but I can’t explain it to you.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> No that makes sense. I mean you’ve got more room to show off a different style point of view.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Yeah, it’s like a big statement piece. If you have a thigh high boot on it’s like here’s my shoe.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> I never thought about it like that, just a really big shoe (laughs) that explains a bunch.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> (laughs) That’s really funny actually, I never thought about it either.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So tell me about <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAcV7UwaT1Q\" target=\"_blank\">Tees by Tina</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk0.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4011\" title=\"Hope-Dworaczyk0\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" /></a>HD:</strong> Tees by Tina is one of the endorsements I’m doing. What happened was they sent me tons of stuff to wear on the show, <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em>, and then I fell in love with them and sent them a thank you card like, really I love your shirts, I happen to be wearing one right now on my way to Pilates. Then we just developed this relationship and they said, okay, what if you became the spokesperson for a couple years. I’ve had a couple things like that going on in the cosmetics field and different endorsements that models get work for. It was a product that I really, really loved and how we came across each other and how we met, the story of it, was also so genuine. I had to do it because I liked the product so much. I’d never want to endorse or try to sell something that I didn’t love.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So just last question, is there anything else you’re working on now?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Let’s see what am I doing now? Yeah, actually there’s a cosmetics contract that I just signed. It’s for Lola Cosmetics. It’s sold at Sephora, and it’s very, very big internationally as well. Big here in the US, but it’s very big overseas too. I’m developing a bath and body line for them that will be called … well we’re still playing with the name, but it’s in the developmental process. It’s basically Hope Dworaczyk for Lola. They thought since it was a body cream … I don’t know. I’m kind of known – as we said earlier in the conversation – for having a body. They thought having a bath and body line incorporating it in with the Lola Cosmetics was good.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Well cool. I also wanted to say I think it’s really cool that you’re not changing your name ever. I read about that.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> That is so sweet. You know what, I got such hell from everybody when I started working. When I was doing runway, they’re like, “make your name easier Hope, nobody will be able to say it.” I said no no no. And now I’m so glad that I stuck with it. It probably is harder. If I changed it, there would probably be way more people who’d be able to say my name and wouldn’t be afraid to say it out loud. When I do press, or I’ll have a girl come up to be and be like “oh, you’re Hope right?” Most of the time when people name drop, they’ll say two names. But not with me, because I know that many people can’t say it. But now I’m so glad that I didn’t end up changing it.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Well I think as your brand expands and you get more exposure with TV, films, and whatnot, people are going to remember how to pronounce it right.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Let’s hope. And if not they can remember that it’s just like “Jurassic Park” but with a “D.”\r\n\r\n[nggallery id=17]','Hope Dworaczyk Interview','','inherit','open','open','','4002-revision-8','','','2011-03-21 14:16:53','2011-03-21 21:16:53','',4002,'http://manjr.com/2011/uncategorized/4002-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(4016,2,'2011-03-21 14:16:57','2011-03-21 21:16:57','<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/hope-dworaczyk3-.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4007\" title=\"hope-dworaczyk3-\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/hope-dworaczyk3-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"758\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHope Dworaczyk is a whole ‘nother level of good-looking. The 2010 <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Playboy_Playmates_of_the_Year\" target=\"_blank\">Playmate of the Year</a> makes beautiful people look like absolute trolls. And if you’re even slightly unattractive, just go ahead and walk on the other side of the street. It’s like that.\r\n\r\nBefore posing for Playboy, Hope was a runway model who walked for Balenciaga, Robert Rodriguez, Abaete, XOXO and other brands. She toured with Versace and did print work for Patek Philippe. She’s also the host and co-producer of <a href=\"http://www.insidefashion.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Inside Fashion</em></a>, a shoe that appears on the E! Channel in Canada.\r\n\r\nAs Dworaczyk gets set to hand things over to the next Playmate of the Year, she’ll be competing on this season’s edition of <a href=\"http://www.nbc.com/the-apprentice/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Celebrity Apprentice</em></a>. We talked to Hope about Hugh Hefner, what it’s like to be Playmate of the Year, Donald Trump, <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em>, the madness of Gary Busey, upcoming fashion trends and why girls love boots so much. Here’s the full interview:\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Interview.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4012\" title=\"Hope-Dworaczyk-Interview\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Interview.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" /></a>CS:</strong> When you became Playmate of the Year how did that change your life?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> It changed a lot, I guess. I was going to say a little bit, but it did change a lot because suddenly it’s a completely different audience. Like the fans and people that know who you are. But for me it was different, because the whole Playboy community – it’s like once you’re labeled a Playboy Playmate, people forget you’ve done anything else. So everyone kind of focuses in on the fact that you’re the girl that got naked. That part changed as far as what people’s perception is. It changed my life in many ways, especially career-wise, because I got to do <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em>, I filmed <a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1547090/\" target=\"_blank\">a movie with Eva Longoria that will be out this summer</a>. It just spotlights you and puts you more in the public eye and let’s you have a voice of your own where and you can say, “This is what I want to do with my future.”\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> In terms of that perception shift; I know you’ve done a lot of runway modeling before. Is that something that’s less of a focus now? Are you in a different kind of category now or do you still want to do more of that stuff?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> No, I definitely still walk for designers, I just don’t do every designer. I will go and do a walk for one designer exclusively during a fashion week. So I don’t work as much on the runway, but I’ll walk. I definitely won’t stop walking. I also have a television show called <em>Inside Fashion</em>, and that’s on E! in Canada. So that’s what I was saying, that once you do Playboy, people tend to couch you in that. You’re a Playboy Playmate or Playmate of the Year, and they forget that you’ve done other things because being naked in Playboy I guess is more exciting for some people to say. Or more controversial I should say.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So what advice do you have for the next Playmate of the Year?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Just don’t take yourself too seriously. And don’t stop there, you have to work really hard. You can’t let that be the end of your story. You have to keep working and expanding your brand.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> What’s a quality or trait of Hugh Hefner that few people get to see?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I think few people get to see that he’s so friendly and so sweet. I know that he’s helped so many people – which a lot of people I guess would know that. He’s just so nice and friendly, and he’s not actually the Hugh Hefner that he was when he was 40 or 30 years old. He’s a lot more calm now.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Celebrity-Apprentice.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4010\" title=\"Hope-Dworaczyk-Celebrity-Apprentice\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Celebrity-Apprentice.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"500\" /></a>CS:</strong> So <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em> started this month. Did you have a positive experience during the whole filming of that?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I did have a positive experience. Compared to all the other people that got into fights and probably now regret it because it’s all on camera. I was really quiet, especially in the beginning, and I didn’t get involved in all the conflicts that they had and all the fighting. I do a little bit at the end, because it is unavoidable at one point – if you’re in a corner you have to defend yourself – but I’ve never gotten to the point where I regret doing that reality show.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Was it stressful at all?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Oh, it was definitely stressful, because there are people around at all times. You always have a camera on you. You’re trying to be the most creative. You want your team to win. You want your charity to win money. Then you’re sleeping 3½ to 4½ hours a night and trying to avoid the cattiness that comes with not just the women’s side, the men’s side too. So that part was a little tricky.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So who are some of the contestants who got into it and had these arguments?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Well, in the previews you can see Meat Loaf and Gary going at each other. Jose and David Cassidy didn’t get along. Star Jones and NeNe. Lisa Rinna and Star Jones didn’t get along. The only person I’ve ever had real conflict with, a little bit Star Jones and a little bit NeNe Leakes. But for the most part after the show, we’re still friends. My conflicts weren’t as deep some of the others. There were some people that probably won’t talk again ever.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (Laughs)\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> The live season finale will be very uncomfortable for everybody.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (laughs) So did you make some friends or allies? People that stuck out during the whole process?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> You know, I really, really love Marlee Matlin and I really liked John Rich too. Niki Taylor was another one that was just such a sweet, sweet girl to me. So there were many. I didn’t get to know some of them as well as I did others, for whatever reason. Me and Niki were neighbors. Our suites were next to each other at the Trump International Hotel in New York, so we got to know each other really well. Actually my suite was between Gary Busey’s and Niki Taylor’s, so I’m like caught in the middle. (laughs) Imagine living next door to Gary for however long I was there – I can’t tell you (laughs).\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Was he the biggest character on the show? I mean you’ve got Canseco, you’ve got Little John, Busey ought to be pretty entertaining as well.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Very entertaining to watch, especially if you like to watch people. He is crazy, but he’s also really, really smart, too. I mean he says things that are completely off the wall and you’re like, “Gary, why would you say that out loud? You sound like a fool.” And then he will come up with something just brilliant or then he can start yelling and it’s the energy you needed after 10 hours. So I loved <a href=\"http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2011/03/celebrity_apprentice_recap_lig.html\" target=\"_blank\">Gary Busey</a> and I don’t know what that says about me. Maybe I’m a little crazy.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (laughs) And what was Trump like? What was it like spending time with that guy?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Trump is just like you see him on TV. Have you noticed that when you watch him, say on late night television or somewhere where he’s just on promoting something, his body language pretty much tells you how he is. If he’s in a conversation with somebody he doesn’t lean towards them like you would if you were into a conversation. If you study his body language, he’s very straight up and in his own space. He might turn his neck towards you, but his shoulders are still squared away from you and that can be very intimidating. So just his body language to be around, for me to watch and observe, was really interesting and it’s really who he is. Completely. I mean he doesn’t break from character, that’s him.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> You said you have a film coming out. Do you have a desire to do more acting? More TV and film roles?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I do. My show is in Canada and I would really love to have a project that I’m passionate about here in the US because I wouldn’t travel as much and my family could watch it if it was here. The film with Eva Longoria and Christian Slater that I filmed will be out this summer. It’s going to be interesting to see how that goes, because one thing always leads to something else, so it’s going to be interesting to see what’s next. I’m excited and it was really an honor to work with her and him both.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Now you’re still super plugged-in to the fashion world, do you see any interesting trends of anything that sticks out this year as something to keep an eye on?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Orange lips. Orange like peach orange, I don’t mean bright orange like Halloween orange. Orange on the lips, orange is going to be everywhere. The skinny jean has been around now for like four years and suddenly everything is going to be – not bell bottoms like 70s, but definitely major boot cuts and wide legs. It’s all changing come fall.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> That’s awesome. I’d love to see that return.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> (laughs)\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> I wasn’t a big fan of the skinny jeans. Let me ask you this, why do girls love boots so much?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Love boots?\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Yeah. Every girl that I know just has the wackiest collection of different types of boots and it just seems like the goofier-looking the better.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Yeah I think because they’re, sexy? I don’t know. I think we just like boots. They’re so interesting. I guess because it’s more shoe. Girls like shoes, women like shoes, and if it’s a boot, it’s more shoe I guess. There’s more room for detail. I personally have a lot of boot,s but I can’t explain it to you.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> No that makes sense. I mean you’ve got more room to show off a different style point of view.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Yeah, it’s like a big statement piece. If you have a thigh high boot on it’s like here’s my shoe.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> I never thought about it like that, just a really big shoe (laughs) that explains a bunch.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> (laughs) That’s really funny actually, I never thought about it either.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So tell me about <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAcV7UwaT1Q\" target=\"_blank\">Tees by Tina</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk0.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4011\" title=\"Hope-Dworaczyk0\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" /></a>HD:</strong> Tees by Tina is one of the endorsements I’m doing. What happened was they sent me tons of stuff to wear on the show, <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em>, and then I fell in love with them and sent them a thank you card like, really I love your shirts, I happen to be wearing one right now on my way to Pilates. Then we just developed this relationship and they said, okay, what if you became the spokesperson for a couple years. I’ve had a couple things like that going on in the cosmetics field and different endorsements that models get work for. It was a product that I really, really loved and how we came across each other and how we met, the story of it, was also so genuine. I had to do it because I liked the product so much. I’d never want to endorse or try to sell something that I didn’t love.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So just last question, is there anything else you’re working on now?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Let’s see what am I doing now? Yeah, actually there’s a cosmetics contract that I just signed. It’s for Lola Cosmetics. It’s sold at Sephora, and it’s very, very big internationally as well. Big here in the US, but it’s very big overseas too. I’m developing a bath and body line for them that will be called … well we’re still playing with the name, but it’s in the developmental process. It’s basically Hope Dworaczyk for Lola. They thought since it was a body cream … I don’t know. I’m kind of known – as we said earlier in the conversation – for having a body. They thought having a bath and body line incorporating it in with the Lola Cosmetics was good.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Well cool. I also wanted to say I think it’s really cool that you’re not changing your name ever. I read about that.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> That is so sweet. You know what, I got such hell from everybody when I started working. When I was doing runway, they’re like, “make your name easier Hope, nobody will be able to say it.” I said no no no. And now I’m so glad that I stuck with it. It probably is harder. If I changed it, there would probably be way more people who’d be able to say my name and wouldn’t be afraid to say it out loud. When I do press, or I’ll have a girl come up to be and be like “oh, you’re Hope right?” Most of the time when people name drop, they’ll say two names. But not with me, because I know that many people can’t say it. But now I’m so glad that I didn’t end up changing it.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Well I think as your brand expands and you get more exposure with TV, films, and whatnot, people are going to remember how to pronounce it right.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Let’s hope. And if not they can remember that it’s just like “Jurassic Park” but with a “D.”\r\n\r\n[nggallery id=17]','Hope Dworaczyk Interview','','inherit','open','open','','4002-revision-9','','','2011-03-21 14:16:57','2011-03-21 21:16:57','',4002,'http://manjr.com/2011/uncategorized/4002-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(4017,2,'2011-04-18 12:08:00','2011-04-18 19:08:00','<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/JOSH-RYAN-HOPE-DWORACZYK-11.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4029\" title=\"JOSH RYAN HOPE DWORACZYK-11\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/JOSH-RYAN-HOPE-DWORACZYK-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"906\" /></a>\n\nHope Dworaczyk is a whole ‘nother level of good-looking. The 2010 <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Playboy_Playmates_of_the_Year\" target=\"_blank\">Playmate of the Year</a> makes beautiful people look like absolute trolls. And if you’re even slightly unattractive, just go ahead and walk on the other side of the street. It’s like that.\n\nBefore posing for Playboy, Hope was a runway model who walked for Balenciaga, Robert Rodriguez, Abaete, XOXO and other brands. She toured with Versace and did print work for Patek Philippe. She’s also the host and co-producer of <a href=\"http://www.insidefashion.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Inside Fashion</em></a>, a shoe that appears on the E! Channel in Canada.\n\nAs Dworaczyk gets set to hand things over to the next Playmate of the Year, she’ll be competing on this season’s edition of <a href=\"http://www.nbc.com/the-apprentice/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Celebrity Apprentice</em></a>. We talked to Hope about Hugh Hefner, what it’s like to be Playmate of the Year, Donald Trump, <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em>, the madness of Gary Busey, upcoming fashion trends and why girls love boots so much. Here’s the full interview:\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Interview.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4012\" title=\"Hope-Dworaczyk-Interview\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Interview.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" /></a>CS:</strong> When you became Playmate of the Year how did that change your life?\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> It changed a lot, I guess. I was going to say a little bit, but it did change a lot because suddenly it’s a completely different audience. Like the fans and people that know who you are. But for me it was different, because the whole Playboy community – it’s like once you’re labeled a Playboy Playmate, people forget you’ve done anything else. So everyone kind of focuses in on the fact that you’re the girl that got naked. That part changed as far as what people’s perception is. It changed my life in many ways, especially career-wise, because I got to do <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em>, I filmed <a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1547090/\" target=\"_blank\">a movie with Eva Longoria that will be out this summer</a>. It just spotlights you and puts you more in the public eye and let’s you have a voice of your own where and you can say, “This is what I want to do with my future.”\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> In terms of that perception shift; I know you’ve done a lot of runway modeling before. Is that something that’s less of a focus now? Are you in a different kind of category now or do you still want to do more of that stuff?\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> No, I definitely still walk for designers, I just don’t do every designer. I will go and do a walk for one designer exclusively during a fashion week. So I don’t work as much on the runway, but I’ll walk. I definitely won’t stop walking. I also have a television show called <em>Inside Fashion</em>, and that’s on E! in Canada. So that’s what I was saying, that once you do Playboy, people tend to couch you in that. You’re a Playboy Playmate or Playmate of the Year, and they forget that you’ve done other things because being naked in Playboy I guess is more exciting for some people to say. Or more controversial I should say.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> So what advice do you have for the next Playmate of the Year?\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> Just don’t take yourself too seriously. And don’t stop there, you have to work really hard. You can’t let that be the end of your story. You have to keep working and expanding your brand.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> What’s a quality or trait of Hugh Hefner that few people get to see?\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> I think few people get to see that he’s so friendly and so sweet. I know that he’s helped so many people – which a lot of people I guess would know that. He’s just so nice and friendly, and he’s not actually the Hugh Hefner that he was when he was 40 or 30 years old. He’s a lot more calm now.\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Celebrity-Apprentice.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4010\" title=\"Hope-Dworaczyk-Celebrity-Apprentice\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Celebrity-Apprentice.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"500\" /></a>CS:</strong> So <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em> started this month. Did you have a positive experience during the whole filming of that?\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> I did have a positive experience. Compared to all the other people that got into fights and probably now regret it because it’s all on camera. I was really quiet, especially in the beginning, and I didn’t get involved in all the conflicts that they had and all the fighting. I do a little bit at the end, because it is unavoidable at one point – if you’re in a corner you have to defend yourself – but I’ve never gotten to the point where I regret doing that reality show.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> Was it stressful at all?\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> Oh, it was definitely stressful, because there are people around at all times. You always have a camera on you. You’re trying to be the most creative. You want your team to win. You want your charity to win money. Then you’re sleeping 3½ to 4½ hours a night and trying to avoid the cattiness that comes with not just the women’s side, the men’s side too. So that part was a little tricky.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> So who are some of the contestants who got into it and had these arguments?\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> Well, in the previews you can see Meat Loaf and Gary going at each other. Jose and David Cassidy didn’t get along. Star Jones and NeNe. Lisa Rinna and Star Jones didn’t get along. The only person I’ve ever had real conflict with, a little bit Star Jones and a little bit NeNe Leakes. But for the most part after the show, we’re still friends. My conflicts weren’t as deep some of the others. There were some people that probably won’t talk again ever.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> (Laughs)\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> The live season finale will be very uncomfortable for everybody.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> (laughs) So did you make some friends or allies? People that stuck out during the whole process?\n\n<!--more-->\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> You know, I really, really love Marlee Matlin and I really liked John Rich too. Niki Taylor was another one that was just such a sweet, sweet girl to me. So there were many. I didn’t get to know some of them as well as I did others, for whatever reason. Me and Niki were neighbors. Our suites were next to each other at the Trump International Hotel in New York, so we got to know each other really well. Actually my suite was between Gary Busey’s and Niki Taylor’s, so I’m like caught in the middle. (laughs) Imagine living next door to Gary for however long I was there – I can’t tell you (laughs).\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> Was he the biggest character on the show? I mean you’ve got Canseco, you’ve got Little John, Busey ought to be pretty entertaining as well.\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> Very entertaining to watch, especially if you like to watch people. He is crazy, but he’s also really, really smart, too. I mean he says things that are completely off the wall and you’re like, “Gary, why would you say that out loud? You sound like a fool.” And then he will come up with something just brilliant or then he can start yelling and it’s the energy you needed after 10 hours. So I loved <a href=\"http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2011/03/celebrity_apprentice_recap_lig.html\" target=\"_blank\">Gary Busey</a> and I don’t know what that says about me. Maybe I’m a little crazy.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> (laughs) And what was Trump like? What was it like spending time with that guy?\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> Trump is just like you see him on TV. Have you noticed that when you watch him, say on late night television or somewhere where he’s just on promoting something, his body language pretty much tells you how he is. If he’s in a conversation with somebody he doesn’t lean towards them like you would if you were into a conversation. If you study his body language, he’s very straight up and in his own space. He might turn his neck towards you, but his shoulders are still squared away from you and that can be very intimidating. So just his body language to be around, for me to watch and observe, was really interesting and it’s really who he is. Completely. I mean he doesn’t break from character, that’s him.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> You said you have a film coming out. Do you have a desire to do more acting? More TV and film roles?\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> I do. My show is in Canada and I would really love to have a project that I’m passionate about here in the US because I wouldn’t travel as much and my family could watch it if it was here. The film with Eva Longoria and Christian Slater that I filmed will be out this summer. It’s going to be interesting to see how that goes, because one thing always leads to something else, so it’s going to be interesting to see what’s next. I’m excited and it was really an honor to work with her and him both.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> Now you’re still super plugged-in to the fashion world, do you see any interesting trends of anything that sticks out this year as something to keep an eye on?\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> Orange lips. Orange like peach orange, I don’t mean bright orange like Halloween orange. Orange on the lips, orange is going to be everywhere. The skinny jean has been around now for like four years and suddenly everything is going to be – not bell bottoms like 70s, but definitely major boot cuts and wide legs. It’s all changing come fall.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> That’s awesome. I’d love to see that return.\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> (laughs)\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> I wasn’t a big fan of the skinny jeans. Let me ask you this, why do girls love boots so much?\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> Love boots?\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> Yeah. Every girl that I know just has the wackiest collection of different types of boots and it just seems like the goofier-looking the better.\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> Yeah I think because they’re, sexy? I don’t know. I think we just like boots. They’re so interesting. I guess because it’s more shoe. Girls like shoes, women like shoes, and if it’s a boot, it’s more shoe I guess. There’s more room for detail. I personally have a lot of boot,s but I can’t explain it to you.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> No that makes sense. I mean you’ve got more room to show off a different style point of view.\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> Yeah, it’s like a big statement piece. If you have a thigh high boot on it’s like here’s my shoe.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> I never thought about it like that, just a really big shoe (laughs) that explains a bunch.\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> (laughs) That’s really funny actually, I never thought about it either.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> So tell me about <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAcV7UwaT1Q\" target=\"_blank\">Tees by Tina</a>.\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk0.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4011\" title=\"Hope-Dworaczyk0\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" /></a>HD:</strong> Tees by Tina is one of the endorsements I’m doing. What happened was they sent me tons of stuff to wear on the show, <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em>, and then I fell in love with them and sent them a thank you card like, really I love your shirts, I happen to be wearing one right now on my way to Pilates. Then we just developed this relationship and they said, okay, what if you became the spokesperson for a couple years. I’ve had a couple things like that going on in the cosmetics field and different endorsements that models get work for. It was a product that I really, really loved and how we came across each other and how we met, the story of it, was also so genuine. I had to do it because I liked the product so much. I’d never want to endorse or try to sell something that I didn’t love.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> So just last question, is there anything else you’re working on now?\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> Let’s see what am I doing now? Yeah, actually there’s a cosmetics contract that I just signed. It’s for Lola Cosmetics. It’s sold at Sephora, and it’s very, very big internationally as well. Big here in the US, but it’s very big overseas too. I’m developing a bath and body line for them that will be called … well we’re still playing with the name, but it’s in the developmental process. It’s basically Hope Dworaczyk for Lola. They thought since it was a body cream … I don’t know. I’m kind of known – as we said earlier in the conversation – for having a body. They thought having a bath and body line incorporating it in with the Lola Cosmetics was good.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> Well cool. I also wanted to say I think it’s really cool that you’re not changing your name ever. I read about that.\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> That is so sweet. You know what, I got such hell from everybody when I started working. When I was doing runway, they’re like, “make your name easier Hope, nobody will be able to say it.” I said no no no. And now I’m so glad that I stuck with it. It probably is harder. If I changed it, there would probably be way more people who’d be able to say my name and wouldn’t be afraid to say it out loud. When I do press, or I’ll have a girl come up to be and be like “oh, you’re Hope right?” Most of the time when people name drop, they’ll say two names. But not with me, because I know that many people can’t say it. But now I’m so glad that I didn’t end up changing it.\n\n<strong>CS:</strong> Well I think as your brand expands and you get more exposure with TV, films, and whatnot, people are going to remember how to pronounce it right.\n\n<strong>HD:</strong> Let’s hope. And if not they can remember that it’s just like “Jurassic Park” but with a “D.”\n\n<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/hope-dworaczyk3-.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4007\" title=\"hope-dworaczyk3-\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/hope-dworaczyk3-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"758\" /></a>\n\n[nggallery id=17]','Hope Dworaczyk Interview','','inherit','open','open','','4002-autosave','','','2011-04-18 12:08:00','2011-04-18 19:08:00','',4002,'http://manjr.com/2011/uncategorized/4002-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(4018,2,'2011-03-21 14:17:37','2011-03-21 21:17:37','<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/hope-dworaczyk3-.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4007\" title=\"hope-dworaczyk3-\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/hope-dworaczyk3-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"758\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHope Dworaczyk is a whole ‘nother level of good-looking. The 2010 <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Playboy_Playmates_of_the_Year\" target=\"_blank\">Playmate of the Year</a> makes beautiful people look like absolute trolls. And if you’re even slightly unattractive, just go ahead and walk on the other side of the street. It’s like that.\r\n\r\nBefore posing for Playboy, Hope was a runway model who walked for Balenciaga, Robert Rodriguez, Abaete, XOXO and other brands. She toured with Versace and did print work for Patek Philippe. She’s also the host and co-producer of <a href=\"http://www.insidefashion.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Inside Fashion</em></a>, a shoe that appears on the E! Channel in Canada.\r\n\r\nAs Dworaczyk gets set to hand things over to the next Playmate of the Year, she’ll be competing on this season’s edition of <a href=\"http://www.nbc.com/the-apprentice/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Celebrity Apprentice</em></a>. We talked to Hope about Hugh Hefner, what it’s like to be Playmate of the Year, Donald Trump, <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em>, the madness of Gary Busey, upcoming fashion trends and why girls love boots so much. Here’s the full interview:\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Interview.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4012\" title=\"Hope-Dworaczyk-Interview\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Interview.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" /></a>CS:</strong> When you became Playmate of the Year how did that change your life?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> It changed a lot, I guess. I was going to say a little bit, but it did change a lot because suddenly it’s a completely different audience. Like the fans and people that know who you are. But for me it was different, because the whole Playboy community – it’s like once you’re labeled a Playboy Playmate, people forget you’ve done anything else. So everyone kind of focuses in on the fact that you’re the girl that got naked. That part changed as far as what people’s perception is. It changed my life in many ways, especially career-wise, because I got to do <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em>, I filmed <a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1547090/\" target=\"_blank\">a movie with Eva Longoria that will be out this summer</a>. It just spotlights you and puts you more in the public eye and let’s you have a voice of your own where and you can say, “This is what I want to do with my future.”\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> In terms of that perception shift; I know you’ve done a lot of runway modeling before. Is that something that’s less of a focus now? Are you in a different kind of category now or do you still want to do more of that stuff?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> No, I definitely still walk for designers, I just don’t do every designer. I will go and do a walk for one designer exclusively during a fashion week. So I don’t work as much on the runway, but I’ll walk. I definitely won’t stop walking. I also have a television show called <em>Inside Fashion</em>, and that’s on E! in Canada. So that’s what I was saying, that once you do Playboy, people tend to couch you in that. You’re a Playboy Playmate or Playmate of the Year, and they forget that you’ve done other things because being naked in Playboy I guess is more exciting for some people to say. Or more controversial I should say.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So what advice do you have for the next Playmate of the Year?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Just don’t take yourself too seriously. And don’t stop there, you have to work really hard. You can’t let that be the end of your story. You have to keep working and expanding your brand.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> What’s a quality or trait of Hugh Hefner that few people get to see?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I think few people get to see that he’s so friendly and so sweet. I know that he’s helped so many people – which a lot of people I guess would know that. He’s just so nice and friendly, and he’s not actually the Hugh Hefner that he was when he was 40 or 30 years old. He’s a lot more calm now.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Celebrity-Apprentice.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4010\" title=\"Hope-Dworaczyk-Celebrity-Apprentice\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Celebrity-Apprentice.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"500\" /></a>CS:</strong> So <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em> started this month. Did you have a positive experience during the whole filming of that?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I did have a positive experience. Compared to all the other people that got into fights and probably now regret it because it’s all on camera. I was really quiet, especially in the beginning, and I didn’t get involved in all the conflicts that they had and all the fighting. I do a little bit at the end, because it is unavoidable at one point – if you’re in a corner you have to defend yourself – but I’ve never gotten to the point where I regret doing that reality show.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Was it stressful at all?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Oh, it was definitely stressful, because there are people around at all times. You always have a camera on you. You’re trying to be the most creative. You want your team to win. You want your charity to win money. Then you’re sleeping 3½ to 4½ hours a night and trying to avoid the cattiness that comes with not just the women’s side, the men’s side too. So that part was a little tricky.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So who are some of the contestants who got into it and had these arguments?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Well, in the previews you can see Meat Loaf and Gary going at each other. Jose and David Cassidy didn’t get along. Star Jones and NeNe. Lisa Rinna and Star Jones didn’t get along. The only person I’ve ever had real conflict with, a little bit Star Jones and a little bit NeNe Leakes. But for the most part after the show, we’re still friends. My conflicts weren’t as deep some of the others. There were some people that probably won’t talk again ever.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (Laughs)\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> The live season finale will be very uncomfortable for everybody.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (laughs) So did you make some friends or allies? People that stuck out during the whole process?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> You know, I really, really love Marlee Matlin and I really liked John Rich too. Niki Taylor was another one that was just such a sweet, sweet girl to me. So there were many. I didn’t get to know some of them as well as I did others, for whatever reason. Me and Niki were neighbors. Our suites were next to each other at the Trump International Hotel in New York, so we got to know each other really well. Actually my suite was between Gary Busey’s and Niki Taylor’s, so I’m like caught in the middle. (laughs) Imagine living next door to Gary for however long I was there – I can’t tell you (laughs).\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Was he the biggest character on the show? I mean you’ve got Canseco, you’ve got Little John, Busey ought to be pretty entertaining as well.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Very entertaining to watch, especially if you like to watch people. He is crazy, but he’s also really, really smart, too. I mean he says things that are completely off the wall and you’re like, “Gary, why would you say that out loud? You sound like a fool.” And then he will come up with something just brilliant or then he can start yelling and it’s the energy you needed after 10 hours. So I loved <a href=\"http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2011/03/celebrity_apprentice_recap_lig.html\" target=\"_blank\">Gary Busey</a> and I don’t know what that says about me. Maybe I’m a little crazy.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (laughs) And what was Trump like? What was it like spending time with that guy?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Trump is just like you see him on TV. Have you noticed that when you watch him, say on late night television or somewhere where he’s just on promoting something, his body language pretty much tells you how he is. If he’s in a conversation with somebody he doesn’t lean towards them like you would if you were into a conversation. If you study his body language, he’s very straight up and in his own space. He might turn his neck towards you, but his shoulders are still squared away from you and that can be very intimidating. So just his body language to be around, for me to watch and observe, was really interesting and it’s really who he is. Completely. I mean he doesn’t break from character, that’s him.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> You said you have a film coming out. Do you have a desire to do more acting? More TV and film roles?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I do. My show is in Canada and I would really love to have a project that I’m passionate about here in the US because I wouldn’t travel as much and my family could watch it if it was here. The film with Eva Longoria and Christian Slater that I filmed will be out this summer. It’s going to be interesting to see how that goes, because one thing always leads to something else, so it’s going to be interesting to see what’s next. I’m excited and it was really an honor to work with her and him both.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Now you’re still super plugged-in to the fashion world, do you see any interesting trends of anything that sticks out this year as something to keep an eye on?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Orange lips. Orange like peach orange, I don’t mean bright orange like Halloween orange. Orange on the lips, orange is going to be everywhere. The skinny jean has been around now for like four years and suddenly everything is going to be – not bell bottoms like 70s, but definitely major boot cuts and wide legs. It’s all changing come fall.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> That’s awesome. I’d love to see that return.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> (laughs)\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> I wasn’t a big fan of the skinny jeans. Let me ask you this, why do girls love boots so much?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Love boots?\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Yeah. Every girl that I know just has the wackiest collection of different types of boots and it just seems like the goofier-looking the better.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Yeah I think because they’re, sexy? I don’t know. I think we just like boots. They’re so interesting. I guess because it’s more shoe. Girls like shoes, women like shoes, and if it’s a boot, it’s more shoe I guess. There’s more room for detail. I personally have a lot of boot,s but I can’t explain it to you.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> No that makes sense. I mean you’ve got more room to show off a different style point of view.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Yeah, it’s like a big statement piece. If you have a thigh high boot on it’s like here’s my shoe.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> I never thought about it like that, just a really big shoe (laughs) that explains a bunch.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> (laughs) That’s really funny actually, I never thought about it either.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So tell me about <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAcV7UwaT1Q\" target=\"_blank\">Tees by Tina</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk0.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4011\" title=\"Hope-Dworaczyk0\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" /></a>HD:</strong> Tees by Tina is one of the endorsements I’m doing. What happened was they sent me tons of stuff to wear on the show, <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em>, and then I fell in love with them and sent them a thank you card like, really I love your shirts, I happen to be wearing one right now on my way to Pilates. Then we just developed this relationship and they said, okay, what if you became the spokesperson for a couple years. I’ve had a couple things like that going on in the cosmetics field and different endorsements that models get work for. It was a product that I really, really loved and how we came across each other and how we met, the story of it, was also so genuine. I had to do it because I liked the product so much. I’d never want to endorse or try to sell something that I didn’t love.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So just last question, is there anything else you’re working on now?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Let’s see what am I doing now? Yeah, actually there’s a cosmetics contract that I just signed. It’s for Lola Cosmetics. It’s sold at Sephora, and it’s very, very big internationally as well. Big here in the US, but it’s very big overseas too. I’m developing a bath and body line for them that will be called … well we’re still playing with the name, but it’s in the developmental process. It’s basically Hope Dworaczyk for Lola. They thought since it was a body cream … I don’t know. I’m kind of known – as we said earlier in the conversation – for having a body. They thought having a bath and body line incorporating it in with the Lola Cosmetics was good.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Well cool. I also wanted to say I think it’s really cool that you’re not changing your name ever. I read about that.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> That is so sweet. You know what, I got such hell from everybody when I started working. When I was doing runway, they’re like, “make your name easier Hope, nobody will be able to say it.” I said no no no. And now I’m so glad that I stuck with it. It probably is harder. If I changed it, there would probably be way more people who’d be able to say my name and wouldn’t be afraid to say it out loud. When I do press, or I’ll have a girl come up to be and be like “oh, you’re Hope right?” Most of the time when people name drop, they’ll say two names. But not with me, because I know that many people can’t say it. But now I’m so glad that I didn’t end up changing it.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Well I think as your brand expands and you get more exposure with TV, films, and whatnot, people are going to remember how to pronounce it right.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Let’s hope. And if not they can remember that it’s just like “Jurassic Park” but with a “D.”\r\n\r\n[nggallery id=17]','Hope Dworaczyk Interview','','inherit','open','open','','4002-revision-10','','','2011-03-21 14:17:37','2011-03-21 21:17:37','',4002,'http://manjr.com/2011/uncategorized/4002-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(4019,2,'2011-03-21 14:21:54','2011-03-21 21:21:54','','hope-dworaczyk-lead1','','inherit','open','open','','hope-dworaczyk-lead1-2','','','2011-03-21 14:21:54','2011-03-21 21:21:54','',4002,'http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/hope-dworaczyk-lead11.jpg',8,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4020,2,'2011-03-21 14:19:10','2011-03-21 21:19:10','<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/hope-dworaczyk3-.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4007\" title=\"hope-dworaczyk3-\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/hope-dworaczyk3-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"758\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHope Dworaczyk is a whole ‘nother level of good-looking. The 2010 <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Playboy_Playmates_of_the_Year\" target=\"_blank\">Playmate of the Year</a> makes beautiful people look like absolute trolls. And if you’re even slightly unattractive, just go ahead and walk on the other side of the street. It’s like that.\r\n\r\nBefore posing for Playboy, Hope was a runway model who walked for Balenciaga, Robert Rodriguez, Abaete, XOXO and other brands. She toured with Versace and did print work for Patek Philippe. She’s also the host and co-producer of <a href=\"http://www.insidefashion.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Inside Fashion</em></a>, a shoe that appears on the E! Channel in Canada.\r\n\r\nAs Dworaczyk gets set to hand things over to the next Playmate of the Year, she’ll be competing on this season’s edition of <a href=\"http://www.nbc.com/the-apprentice/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Celebrity Apprentice</em></a>. We talked to Hope about Hugh Hefner, what it’s like to be Playmate of the Year, Donald Trump, <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em>, the madness of Gary Busey, upcoming fashion trends and why girls love boots so much. Here’s the full interview:\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Interview.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4012\" title=\"Hope-Dworaczyk-Interview\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Interview.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" /></a>CS:</strong> When you became Playmate of the Year how did that change your life?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> It changed a lot, I guess. I was going to say a little bit, but it did change a lot because suddenly it’s a completely different audience. Like the fans and people that know who you are. But for me it was different, because the whole Playboy community – it’s like once you’re labeled a Playboy Playmate, people forget you’ve done anything else. So everyone kind of focuses in on the fact that you’re the girl that got naked. That part changed as far as what people’s perception is. It changed my life in many ways, especially career-wise, because I got to do <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em>, I filmed <a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1547090/\" target=\"_blank\">a movie with Eva Longoria that will be out this summer</a>. It just spotlights you and puts you more in the public eye and let’s you have a voice of your own where and you can say, “This is what I want to do with my future.”\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> In terms of that perception shift; I know you’ve done a lot of runway modeling before. Is that something that’s less of a focus now? Are you in a different kind of category now or do you still want to do more of that stuff?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> No, I definitely still walk for designers, I just don’t do every designer. I will go and do a walk for one designer exclusively during a fashion week. So I don’t work as much on the runway, but I’ll walk. I definitely won’t stop walking. I also have a television show called <em>Inside Fashion</em>, and that’s on E! in Canada. So that’s what I was saying, that once you do Playboy, people tend to couch you in that. You’re a Playboy Playmate or Playmate of the Year, and they forget that you’ve done other things because being naked in Playboy I guess is more exciting for some people to say. Or more controversial I should say.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So what advice do you have for the next Playmate of the Year?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Just don’t take yourself too seriously. And don’t stop there, you have to work really hard. You can’t let that be the end of your story. You have to keep working and expanding your brand.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> What’s a quality or trait of Hugh Hefner that few people get to see?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I think few people get to see that he’s so friendly and so sweet. I know that he’s helped so many people – which a lot of people I guess would know that. He’s just so nice and friendly, and he’s not actually the Hugh Hefner that he was when he was 40 or 30 years old. He’s a lot more calm now.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Celebrity-Apprentice.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4010\" title=\"Hope-Dworaczyk-Celebrity-Apprentice\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Celebrity-Apprentice.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"500\" /></a>CS:</strong> So <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em> started this month. Did you have a positive experience during the whole filming of that?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I did have a positive experience. Compared to all the other people that got into fights and probably now regret it because it’s all on camera. I was really quiet, especially in the beginning, and I didn’t get involved in all the conflicts that they had and all the fighting. I do a little bit at the end, because it is unavoidable at one point – if you’re in a corner you have to defend yourself – but I’ve never gotten to the point where I regret doing that reality show.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Was it stressful at all?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Oh, it was definitely stressful, because there are people around at all times. You always have a camera on you. You’re trying to be the most creative. You want your team to win. You want your charity to win money. Then you’re sleeping 3½ to 4½ hours a night and trying to avoid the cattiness that comes with not just the women’s side, the men’s side too. So that part was a little tricky.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So who are some of the contestants who got into it and had these arguments?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Well, in the previews you can see Meat Loaf and Gary going at each other. Jose and David Cassidy didn’t get along. Star Jones and NeNe. Lisa Rinna and Star Jones didn’t get along. The only person I’ve ever had real conflict with, a little bit Star Jones and a little bit NeNe Leakes. But for the most part after the show, we’re still friends. My conflicts weren’t as deep some of the others. There were some people that probably won’t talk again ever.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (Laughs)\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> The live season finale will be very uncomfortable for everybody.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (laughs) So did you make some friends or allies? People that stuck out during the whole process?\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> You know, I really, really love Marlee Matlin and I really liked John Rich too. Niki Taylor was another one that was just such a sweet, sweet girl to me. So there were many. I didn’t get to know some of them as well as I did others, for whatever reason. Me and Niki were neighbors. Our suites were next to each other at the Trump International Hotel in New York, so we got to know each other really well. Actually my suite was between Gary Busey’s and Niki Taylor’s, so I’m like caught in the middle. (laughs) Imagine living next door to Gary for however long I was there – I can’t tell you (laughs).\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Was he the biggest character on the show? I mean you’ve got Canseco, you’ve got Little John, Busey ought to be pretty entertaining as well.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Very entertaining to watch, especially if you like to watch people. He is crazy, but he’s also really, really smart, too. I mean he says things that are completely off the wall and you’re like, “Gary, why would you say that out loud? You sound like a fool.” And then he will come up with something just brilliant or then he can start yelling and it’s the energy you needed after 10 hours. So I loved <a href=\"http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2011/03/celebrity_apprentice_recap_lig.html\" target=\"_blank\">Gary Busey</a> and I don’t know what that says about me. Maybe I’m a little crazy.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (laughs) And what was Trump like? What was it like spending time with that guy?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Trump is just like you see him on TV. Have you noticed that when you watch him, say on late night television or somewhere where he’s just on promoting something, his body language pretty much tells you how he is. If he’s in a conversation with somebody he doesn’t lean towards them like you would if you were into a conversation. If you study his body language, he’s very straight up and in his own space. He might turn his neck towards you, but his shoulders are still squared away from you and that can be very intimidating. So just his body language to be around, for me to watch and observe, was really interesting and it’s really who he is. Completely. I mean he doesn’t break from character, that’s him.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> You said you have a film coming out. Do you have a desire to do more acting? More TV and film roles?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I do. My show is in Canada and I would really love to have a project that I’m passionate about here in the US because I wouldn’t travel as much and my family could watch it if it was here. The film with Eva Longoria and Christian Slater that I filmed will be out this summer. It’s going to be interesting to see how that goes, because one thing always leads to something else, so it’s going to be interesting to see what’s next. I’m excited and it was really an honor to work with her and him both.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Now you’re still super plugged-in to the fashion world, do you see any interesting trends of anything that sticks out this year as something to keep an eye on?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Orange lips. Orange like peach orange, I don’t mean bright orange like Halloween orange. Orange on the lips, orange is going to be everywhere. The skinny jean has been around now for like four years and suddenly everything is going to be – not bell bottoms like 70s, but definitely major boot cuts and wide legs. It’s all changing come fall.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> That’s awesome. I’d love to see that return.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> (laughs)\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> I wasn’t a big fan of the skinny jeans. Let me ask you this, why do girls love boots so much?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Love boots?\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Yeah. Every girl that I know just has the wackiest collection of different types of boots and it just seems like the goofier-looking the better.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Yeah I think because they’re, sexy? I don’t know. I think we just like boots. They’re so interesting. I guess because it’s more shoe. Girls like shoes, women like shoes, and if it’s a boot, it’s more shoe I guess. There’s more room for detail. I personally have a lot of boot,s but I can’t explain it to you.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> No that makes sense. I mean you’ve got more room to show off a different style point of view.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Yeah, it’s like a big statement piece. If you have a thigh high boot on it’s like here’s my shoe.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> I never thought about it like that, just a really big shoe (laughs) that explains a bunch.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> (laughs) That’s really funny actually, I never thought about it either.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So tell me about <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAcV7UwaT1Q\" target=\"_blank\">Tees by Tina</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk0.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4011\" title=\"Hope-Dworaczyk0\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" /></a>HD:</strong> Tees by Tina is one of the endorsements I’m doing. What happened was they sent me tons of stuff to wear on the show, <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em>, and then I fell in love with them and sent them a thank you card like, really I love your shirts, I happen to be wearing one right now on my way to Pilates. Then we just developed this relationship and they said, okay, what if you became the spokesperson for a couple years. I’ve had a couple things like that going on in the cosmetics field and different endorsements that models get work for. It was a product that I really, really loved and how we came across each other and how we met, the story of it, was also so genuine. I had to do it because I liked the product so much. I’d never want to endorse or try to sell something that I didn’t love.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So just last question, is there anything else you’re working on now?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Let’s see what am I doing now? Yeah, actually there’s a cosmetics contract that I just signed. It’s for Lola Cosmetics. It’s sold at Sephora, and it’s very, very big internationally as well. Big here in the US, but it’s very big overseas too. I’m developing a bath and body line for them that will be called … well we’re still playing with the name, but it’s in the developmental process. It’s basically Hope Dworaczyk for Lola. They thought since it was a body cream … I don’t know. I’m kind of known – as we said earlier in the conversation – for having a body. They thought having a bath and body line incorporating it in with the Lola Cosmetics was good.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Well cool. I also wanted to say I think it’s really cool that you’re not changing your name ever. I read about that.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> That is so sweet. You know what, I got such hell from everybody when I started working. When I was doing runway, they’re like, “make your name easier Hope, nobody will be able to say it.” I said no no no. And now I’m so glad that I stuck with it. It probably is harder. If I changed it, there would probably be way more people who’d be able to say my name and wouldn’t be afraid to say it out loud. When I do press, or I’ll have a girl come up to be and be like “oh, you’re Hope right?” Most of the time when people name drop, they’ll say two names. But not with me, because I know that many people can’t say it. But now I’m so glad that I didn’t end up changing it.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Well I think as your brand expands and you get more exposure with TV, films, and whatnot, people are going to remember how to pronounce it right.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Let’s hope. And if not they can remember that it’s just like “Jurassic Park” but with a “D.”\r\n\r\n[nggallery id=17]','Hope Dworaczyk Interview','','inherit','open','open','','4002-revision-11','','','2011-03-21 14:19:10','2011-03-21 21:19:10','',4002,'http://manjr.com/2011/uncategorized/4002-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(4021,2,'2011-02-23 10:42:03','2011-02-23 18:42:03','<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Fra_Angelico_0101.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3741\" title=\"Fra_Angelico_010\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Fra_Angelico_0101.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"282\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFor the most part, I think people are inherently good. That’s just my view. I’ve always been a glass half full kinda guy. That’s not to say that there aren’t plenty of bad people out there. You encounter these people all the time, and they question your faith in humanity. To help you identify these rotten apples, we put together a list of the 10 worst people in the world. We’re not talking murderers and hardcore criminals here. Those people obviously have serious issues. We’re talking more about under-the-radar evil; people who do things that deserve an instant punch in the face (and possibly a future trip to hell). Here’s our list of the 10 worst people in the world:\r\n<h2><strong>10. Non-Tipping Check Splitters</strong></h2>\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/restaurant-check.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3724\" title=\"restaurant-check\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/restaurant-check.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"481\" /></a>\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nYou know these people. They always want to split the bill, and they give you just slightly less than the cost of their food/drink selections. No tax. No tip. Those things don’t exist in their mind. Non-tipping check splitters just look at the cost of their entrée and round down. Don’t even think about asking them to cover the cost of the drinks as well.\r\n<h2><strong>9. Terrible Parking Job Types</strong></h2>\r\n<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/worst-parking-job.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3725\" title=\"worst-parking-job\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/worst-parking-job.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIf you didn’t get it right the first time, back it the hell up and try again, fool. Whatever rush you’re in, you can afford to spend 30 more seconds adjusting your diagonal parking disaster. This is especially true in areas where parking is sparse. Don’t be a dick. Contain your car in the white lines provided and the world will be a better place.\r\n<h2><strong>8. Destroyers of Bathrooms</strong></h2>\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/broken-toilet.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3726\" title=\"broken-toilet\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/broken-toilet.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nIf you clog a toilet or bomb the hell out of a lavatory, do something about it. Tell someone. Sure, it’ll be an awkward conversation, but awkward actions call for awkward solutions. Locate the plunger. Find a match. Clean up your yak before you cut out. Don’t just cause massive destruction and walk away. Own up to your restroom recklessness and don’t leave horrifying surprises for the next person who walks in there.\r\n<h2><strong>7. Subtle Racists </strong></h2>\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/subtle.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3727\" title=\"subtle\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/subtle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"527\" /></a>\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nThey’re worse than over-the-top racists. Overt racists are comical. They’re like the crazy old uncle that everyone pities and ignores. Subtle racists are much worse. They let that shit slip out real sneaky like. They’ll toss out a “them” or “those people” once in awhile just to remind you of their contempt for diversity.\r\n<h2><strong>6. Aggressive Bus Boys</strong></h2>\r\n<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/bus-boy.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3729\" title=\"bus-boy\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/bus-boy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"451\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLook, I know you got a job to do and I know that job sucks balls. I get that and I’m sorry. You wanna move at a fast pace and keep the place looking nice, but I paid $15 for that glass of scotch, and I’m going to finish every friggin’ drop in that glass, even the melty ice section. Don’t be taking my drink when it has at least one more sip in it. Same goes to you peppy server. Wait till the glass is empty, then bus all you want.\r\n<h2><strong>5. Overzealous CC’ers</strong></h2>\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/email-addict.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3732\" title=\"email-addict\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/email-addict.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"330\" /></a>\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nYou know these people. Why send out an email to one person when you can loop in 75 more people who have nothing to do with the conversation? These folks don’t limit that CC shit to email either. No, they love sending out group Facebook messages to. And God forbid that someone comments on one of those. You’ll have your inbox stuffed full of useless updates on a useless chain that you should’ve never been a part of to begin with.\r\n<h2><strong>4. Extreme Atheists </strong></h2>\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/angry-atheist-accuser.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3728\" title=\"angry-atheist-accuser\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/angry-atheist-accuser.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" /></a>\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nOrganized religion sucks. I get it. You don’t like it. Science is fantastic. There are no mysteries. Nothing’s unexplainable. If those are your beliefs, good for you, but keep in mind that fanatical non-belief is just as narrow-minded as blind, sheep-like faith. There gets to be a point where scientific logic breaks down. Just ask any hardcore physicist. You may not like spiritual types, but don’t take a piss on people who believe in the existence of the unknowable.\r\n<h2><strong>3. People Who Won’t Let You Change Lanes</strong></h2>\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/road-rage.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3730\" title=\"road-rage\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/road-rage.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" /></a>\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nI’ve had my blinker on for three and half minutes, you selfish summabitch. Clearly I need to get over. Why not take your foot off the gas for 2-3 seconds so I can sneak in the lane? Some drivers just don’t pay attention. Asian ladies come to mind. They just have no idea that you’re even there, let alone trying to change into their lane. But then there are those people that know damn well what you’re doing and they decide to push the gas pedal just enough to ef with your approach. Like it’s some sort of badge of honor to keep people from driving in front of you. You people know who you are, and you’re bad people, man.\r\n<h2><strong>2. The Anti-Sports Fan Who Attends the Big Sporting Event</strong></h2>\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/sad-sports-keanu-MANjr.com_.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3736\" title=\"sad-sports-keanu--MANjr.com\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/sad-sports-keanu-MANjr.com_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"465\" /></a>\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nYou likely encountered this person at the Super Bowl party you attended last month. They can’t hide their contempt for all things sporty, particularly the sport you’re watching intently with a bunch of people who care about what’s going on. There are different degrees to these horrible people. There are those who think all sports are just too bro to show interest in. Then there’s the anti-sports fan that feigns interest in the sport your watching by asking annoying questions like, what’s a quarterback and  why do they call it “baseball?” If you don’t like sports, that’s fine. Just don’t ruin it for the people who care.\r\n<h2><strong>1. People Who Touch Your Laundry</strong></h2>\r\n<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Laundry.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3731\" title=\"Laundry\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Laundry.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"528\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhen you live in an apartment with shared laundry facilities, there are some unwritten laundry laws that you need to follow. You can’t plop a load in the washing machine and then leave for three hours. You can’t leave a thick layer of lint in the dryer filter. Those are just basic courtesies that everyone should follow. But what happens when you’re occupying the dryer and someone tosses out your clean wash and leaves it on the filthy machines. Or those people who give you all of 2 minutes to remove your stuff from the dryer once the cycle is complete. Aggressive laundry grabbers are terrible people. They’ll find any excuse to get all up in your business. If it’s a major etiquette violation, then I get it. Go ahead and move my shit. But if I’m following the basic rules of laundry, keep your hands off my boxers, neighbor.','The 10 Worst People in the World','','inherit','open','open','','3721-revision-11','','','2011-02-23 10:42:03','2011-02-23 18:42:03','',3721,'http://manjr.com/2011/uncategorized/3721-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(4022,2,'2011-03-21 14:25:07','2011-03-21 21:25:07','<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Fra_Angelico_0101.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3741\" title=\"Fra_Angelico_010\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Fra_Angelico_0101.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"282\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFor the most part, I think people are inherently good. That’s just my view. I’ve always been a glass half full kinda guy. That’s not to say that there aren’t plenty of bad people out there. You encounter these people all the time, and they question your faith in humanity. To help you identify these rotten apples, we put together a list of the 10 worst people in the world. We’re not talking murderers and hardcore criminals here. Those people obviously have serious issues. We’re talking more about under-the-radar evil; people who do things that deserve an instant punch in the face (and possibly a future trip to hell). Here’s our list of the 10 worst people in the world:\r\n<h2><strong>10. Non-Tipping Check Splitters</strong></h2>\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/restaurant-check.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3724\" title=\"restaurant-check\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/restaurant-check.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"481\" /></a>\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nYou know these people. They always want to split the bill, and they give you just slightly less than the cost of their food/drink selections. No tax. No tip. Those things don’t exist in their mind. Non-tipping check splitters just look at the cost of their entrée and round down. Don’t even think about asking them to cover the cost of the drinks as well.\r\n<h2><strong>9. Terrible Parking Job Types</strong></h2>\r\n<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/worst-parking-job.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3725\" title=\"worst-parking-job\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/worst-parking-job.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIf you didn’t get it right the first time, back it the hell up and try again, fool. Whatever rush you’re in, you can afford to spend 30 more seconds adjusting your diagonal parking disaster. This is especially true in areas where parking is sparse. Don’t be a dick. Contain your car in the white lines provided and the world will be a better place.\r\n<h2><strong>8. Destroyers of Bathrooms</strong></h2>\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/broken-toilet.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3726\" title=\"broken-toilet\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/broken-toilet.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nIf you clog a toilet or bomb the hell out of a lavatory, do something about it. Tell someone. Sure, it’ll be an awkward conversation, but awkward actions call for awkward solutions. Locate the plunger. Find a match. Clean up your yak before you cut out. Don’t just cause massive destruction and walk away. Own up to your restroom recklessness and don’t leave horrifying surprises for the next person who walks in there.\r\n<h2><strong>7. Subtle Racists </strong></h2>\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/subtle.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3727\" title=\"subtle\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/subtle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"527\" /></a>\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nThey’re worse than over-the-top racists. Overt racists are comical. They’re like the crazy old uncle that everyone pities and ignores. Subtle racists are much worse. They let that shit slip out real sneaky like. They’ll toss out a “them” or “those people” once in awhile just to remind you of their contempt for diversity.\r\n<h2><strong>6. Aggressive Bus Boys</strong></h2>\r\n<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/bus-boy.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3729\" title=\"bus-boy\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/bus-boy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"451\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLook, I know you got a job to do and I know that job sucks balls. I get that and I’m sorry. You wanna move at a fast pace and keep the place looking nice, but I paid $15 for that glass of scotch, and I’m going to finish every friggin’ drop in that glass, even the melty ice section. Don’t be taking my drink when it has at least one more sip in it. Same goes to you peppy server. Wait till the glass is empty, then bus all you want.\r\n<h2><strong>5. Overzealous CC’ers</strong></h2>\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/email-addict.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3732\" title=\"email-addict\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/email-addict.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"330\" /></a>\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nYou know these people. Why send out an email to one person when you can loop in 75 more people who have nothing to do with the conversation? These folks don’t limit that CC shit to email either. No, they love sending out group Facebook messages to. And God forbid that someone comments on one of those. You’ll have your inbox stuffed full of useless updates on a useless chain that you should’ve never been a part of to begin with.\r\n<h2><strong>4. Extreme Atheists </strong></h2>\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/angry-atheist-accuser.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3728\" title=\"angry-atheist-accuser\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/angry-atheist-accuser.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" /></a>\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nOrganized religion sucks. I get it. You don’t like it. Science is fantastic. There are no mysteries. Nothing’s unexplainable. If those are your beliefs, good for you, but keep in mind that fanatical non-belief is just as narrow-minded as blind, sheep-like faith. There gets to be a point where scientific logic breaks down. Just ask any hardcore physicist. You may not like spiritual types, but don’t take a piss on people who believe in the existence of the unknowable.\r\n<h2><strong>3. People Who Won’t Let You Change Lanes</strong></h2>\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/road-rage.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3730\" title=\"road-rage\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/road-rage.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" /></a>\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nI’ve had my blinker on for three and half minutes, you selfish summabitch. Clearly I need to get over. Why not take your foot off the gas for 2-3 seconds so I can sneak in the lane? Some drivers just don’t pay attention. Asian ladies come to mind. They just have no idea that you’re even there, let alone trying to change into their lane. But then there are those people that know damn well what you’re doing and they decide to push the gas pedal just enough to ef with your approach. Like it’s some sort of badge of honor to keep people from driving in front of you. You people know who you are, and you’re bad people, man.\r\n<h2><strong>2. The Anti-Sports Fan Who Attends the Big Sporting Event</strong></h2>\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/sad-sports-keanu-MANjr.com_.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3736\" title=\"sad-sports-keanu--MANjr.com\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/sad-sports-keanu-MANjr.com_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"465\" /></a>\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nYou likely encountered this person at the Super Bowl party you attended last month. They can’t hide their contempt for all things sporty, particularly the sport you’re watching intently with a bunch of people who care about what’s going on. There are different degrees to these horrible people. There are those who think all sports are just too bro to show interest in. Then there’s the anti-sports fan that feigns interest in the sport your watching by asking annoying questions like, what’s a quarterback and  why do they call it “baseball?” If you don’t like sports, that’s fine. Just don’t ruin it for the people who care.\r\n<h2><strong>1. People Who Touch Your Laundry</strong></h2>\r\n<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Laundry.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3731\" title=\"Laundry\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Laundry.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"528\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhen you live in an apartment with shared laundry facilities, there are some unwritten laundry laws that you need to follow. You can’t plop a load in the washing machine and then leave for three hours. You can’t leave a thick layer of lint in the dryer filter. Those are just basic courtesies that everyone should follow. But what happens when you’re occupying the dryer and someone tosses out your clean wash and leaves it on the filthy machines. Or those people who give you all of 2 minutes to remove your stuff from the dryer once the cycle is complete. Aggressive laundry grabbers are terrible people. They’ll find any excuse to get all up in your business. If it’s a major etiquette violation, then I get it. Go ahead and move my shit. But if I’m following the basic rules of laundry, keep your hands off my boxers, neighbor.','The 10 Worst People in the World','','inherit','open','open','','3721-revision-12','','','2011-03-21 14:25:07','2011-03-21 21:25:07','',3721,'http://manjr.com/2011/uncategorized/3721-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(4023,2,'2011-03-08 13:41:32','2011-03-08 21:41:32','<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Sports-Illustrated-Model-Search-Group.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-3824 alignnone\" title=\"Sports Illustrated Model Search Group\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Sports-Illustrated-Model-Search-Group.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"159\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLast month, we told you about Nissan and Sports Illustrated partnering up to put on the first ever <a href=\"http://manjr.com/2011/girls/model-vs-model-si-videos-presented-by-nissan/\" target=\"_blank\">Sports Illustrated Model Search</a>. Eight models from around the world are competing in the search, and the winner will be featured in the 2012 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. You can vote for your favorite model by visiting the <a href=\"http://bit.ly/2011modelsearch\" target=\"_blank\">Sports Illustrated Model Search website</a>. Voting ends tomorrow, so make sure you visit the site today and cast your vote for your favorite model.\r\n\r\nNissan and SI rolled out a series of new videos to promote the model search this week. The videos feature Kowalczyk, the office-saving, donut-hunting driver from the Nissan Juke commercials and the extra-fine ladies of the SI Model Search. The series, titled “Rookie Slot,” follows Kowalczyk as he rides his Nissan Juke to Vegas to meet the models and pick up a very important bag. Take a look at the four videos in the series:\r\n\r\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"560\" height=\"349\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" /><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" /><param name=\"src\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/ekDF33VEu5I?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" /><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"349\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/ekDF33VEu5I?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"560\" height=\"349\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" /><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" /><param name=\"src\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/Zn-Os6DXLpw?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" /><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"349\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/Zn-Os6DXLpw?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"560\" height=\"349\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" /><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" /><param name=\"src\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/6kCH5KoGQKs?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" /><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"349\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/6kCH5KoGQKs?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"560\" height=\"349\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" /><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" /><param name=\"src\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/9i1AmSgi1kk?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" /><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"349\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/9i1AmSgi1kk?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\nSo how do you win the iPad giveaway? It’s simple. First, follow us on Twitter <a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/manjrcom\" target=\"_blank\">@MANjrcom</a>. Then watch the videos above and use the email form below to answer one question: What was in the bag?\r\n\r\nThat’s it. Send us your name, email address and tell us what was in the bag. One grand prize winner will receive a 16GB iPad. One second place winner will receive a $100 iTunes Gift Card, and one third place winner will receive an oversized poster of the 2011 SI Swimsuit cover signed by Irina Shayk!  Winners will be chosen at random next Monday, March 14.\r\n\r\nSo check out the videos, check out the models, send us an email and don’t forget to visit the <a href=\"http://bit.ly/2011modelsearch\" target=\"_blank\">Sports Illustrated Model Search website</a> to vote for your favorite model.\r\n\r\nGood luck!\r\n\r\n<!--cforms name=\"Contest Submission\"-->\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Sports-Illustrated-Model-Search-Presented-by-Nissan-–-16-GB-iPad-Giveaway-1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3825\" title=\"Sports Illustrated Model Search Presented by Nissan – 16 GB iPad Giveaway--\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Sports-Illustrated-Model-Search-Presented-by-Nissan-–-16-GB-iPad-Giveaway-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"139\" /></a>','Sports Illustrated Model Search - 16 GB iPad Giveaway','','inherit','open','open','','3817-revision-19','','','2011-03-08 13:41:32','2011-03-08 21:41:32','',3817,'http://manjr.com/2011/uncategorized/3817-revision-19/',0,'revision','',0),(4024,2,'2011-03-21 14:31:41','2011-03-21 21:31:41','<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Sports-Illustrated-Model-Search-Group.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-3824 alignnone\" title=\"Sports Illustrated Model Search Group\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Sports-Illustrated-Model-Search-Group.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"159\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLast month, we told you about Nissan and Sports Illustrated partnering up to put on the first ever <a href=\"http://manjr.com/2011/girls/model-vs-model-si-videos-presented-by-nissan/\" target=\"_blank\">Sports Illustrated Model Search</a>. Eight models from around the world are competing in the search, and the winner will be featured in the 2012 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. You can vote for your favorite model by visiting the <a href=\"http://bit.ly/2011modelsearch\" target=\"_blank\">Sports Illustrated Model Search website</a>. Voting ends tomorrow, so make sure you visit the site today and cast your vote for your favorite model.\r\n\r\nNissan and SI rolled out a series of new videos to promote the model search this week. The videos feature Kowalczyk, the office-saving, donut-hunting driver from the Nissan Juke commercials and the extra-fine ladies of the SI Model Search. The series, titled “Rookie Slot,” follows Kowalczyk as he rides his Nissan Juke to Vegas to meet the models and pick up a very important bag. Take a look at the four videos in the series:\r\n\r\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"560\" height=\"349\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" /><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" /><param name=\"src\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/ekDF33VEu5I?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" /><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"349\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/ekDF33VEu5I?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"560\" height=\"349\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" /><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" /><param name=\"src\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/Zn-Os6DXLpw?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" /><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"349\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/Zn-Os6DXLpw?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"560\" height=\"349\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" /><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" /><param name=\"src\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/6kCH5KoGQKs?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" /><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"349\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/6kCH5KoGQKs?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"560\" height=\"349\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" /><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" /><param name=\"src\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/9i1AmSgi1kk?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" /><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"349\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/9i1AmSgi1kk?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\nSo how do you win the iPad giveaway?\r\n\r\n<!--more-->It’s simple. First, follow us on Twitter <a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/manjrcom\" target=\"_blank\">@MANjrcom</a>. Then watch the videos above and use the email form below to answer one question: What was in the bag?\r\n\r\nThat’s it. Send us your name, email address and tell us what was in the bag. One grand prize winner will receive a 16GB iPad. One second place winner will receive a $100 iTunes Gift Card, and one third place winner will receive an oversized poster of the 2011 SI Swimsuit cover signed by Irina Shayk!  Winners will be chosen at random next Monday, March 14.\r\n\r\nSo check out the videos, check out the models, send us an email and don’t forget to visit the <a href=\"http://bit.ly/2011modelsearch\" target=\"_blank\">Sports Illustrated Model Search website</a> to vote for your favorite model.\r\n\r\nGood luck!\r\n\r\n<!--cforms name=\"Contest Submission\"-->\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Sports-Illustrated-Model-Search-Presented-by-Nissan-–-16-GB-iPad-Giveaway-1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3825\" title=\"Sports Illustrated Model Search Presented by Nissan – 16 GB iPad Giveaway--\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Sports-Illustrated-Model-Search-Presented-by-Nissan-–-16-GB-iPad-Giveaway-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"139\" /></a>','Sports Illustrated Model Search - 16 GB iPad Giveaway','','inherit','open','open','','3817-revision-20','','','2011-03-21 14:31:41','2011-03-21 21:31:41','',3817,'http://manjr.com/2011/uncategorized/3817-revision-20/',0,'revision','',0),(4025,2,'2011-03-21 17:09:03','2011-03-22 00:09:03','','JOSH RYAN HOPE DWORACZYK 1299-lead','','inherit','open','open','','josh-ryan-hope-dworaczyk-1299-lead','','','2011-03-21 17:09:03','2011-03-22 00:09:03','',4002,'http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/JOSH-RYAN-HOPE-DWORACZYK-1299-lead.jpg',1,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4026,2,'2011-03-21 14:22:45','2011-03-21 21:22:45','<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/hope-dworaczyk3-.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4007\" title=\"hope-dworaczyk3-\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/hope-dworaczyk3-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"758\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHope Dworaczyk is a whole ‘nother level of good-looking. The 2010 <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Playboy_Playmates_of_the_Year\" target=\"_blank\">Playmate of the Year</a> makes beautiful people look like absolute trolls. And if you’re even slightly unattractive, just go ahead and walk on the other side of the street. It’s like that.\r\n\r\nBefore posing for Playboy, Hope was a runway model who walked for Balenciaga, Robert Rodriguez, Abaete, XOXO and other brands. She toured with Versace and did print work for Patek Philippe. She’s also the host and co-producer of <a href=\"http://www.insidefashion.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Inside Fashion</em></a>, a shoe that appears on the E! Channel in Canada.\r\n\r\nAs Dworaczyk gets set to hand things over to the next Playmate of the Year, she’ll be competing on this season’s edition of <a href=\"http://www.nbc.com/the-apprentice/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Celebrity Apprentice</em></a>. We talked to Hope about Hugh Hefner, what it’s like to be Playmate of the Year, Donald Trump, <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em>, the madness of Gary Busey, upcoming fashion trends and why girls love boots so much. Here’s the full interview:\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Interview.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4012\" title=\"Hope-Dworaczyk-Interview\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Interview.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" /></a>CS:</strong> When you became Playmate of the Year how did that change your life?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> It changed a lot, I guess. I was going to say a little bit, but it did change a lot because suddenly it’s a completely different audience. Like the fans and people that know who you are. But for me it was different, because the whole Playboy community – it’s like once you’re labeled a Playboy Playmate, people forget you’ve done anything else. So everyone kind of focuses in on the fact that you’re the girl that got naked. That part changed as far as what people’s perception is. It changed my life in many ways, especially career-wise, because I got to do <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em>, I filmed <a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1547090/\" target=\"_blank\">a movie with Eva Longoria that will be out this summer</a>. It just spotlights you and puts you more in the public eye and let’s you have a voice of your own where and you can say, “This is what I want to do with my future.”\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> In terms of that perception shift; I know you’ve done a lot of runway modeling before. Is that something that’s less of a focus now? Are you in a different kind of category now or do you still want to do more of that stuff?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> No, I definitely still walk for designers, I just don’t do every designer. I will go and do a walk for one designer exclusively during a fashion week. So I don’t work as much on the runway, but I’ll walk. I definitely won’t stop walking. I also have a television show called <em>Inside Fashion</em>, and that’s on E! in Canada. So that’s what I was saying, that once you do Playboy, people tend to couch you in that. You’re a Playboy Playmate or Playmate of the Year, and they forget that you’ve done other things because being naked in Playboy I guess is more exciting for some people to say. Or more controversial I should say.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So what advice do you have for the next Playmate of the Year?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Just don’t take yourself too seriously. And don’t stop there, you have to work really hard. You can’t let that be the end of your story. You have to keep working and expanding your brand.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> What’s a quality or trait of Hugh Hefner that few people get to see?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I think few people get to see that he’s so friendly and so sweet. I know that he’s helped so many people – which a lot of people I guess would know that. He’s just so nice and friendly, and he’s not actually the Hugh Hefner that he was when he was 40 or 30 years old. He’s a lot more calm now.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Celebrity-Apprentice.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4010\" title=\"Hope-Dworaczyk-Celebrity-Apprentice\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Celebrity-Apprentice.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"500\" /></a>CS:</strong> So <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em> started this month. Did you have a positive experience during the whole filming of that?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I did have a positive experience. Compared to all the other people that got into fights and probably now regret it because it’s all on camera. I was really quiet, especially in the beginning, and I didn’t get involved in all the conflicts that they had and all the fighting. I do a little bit at the end, because it is unavoidable at one point – if you’re in a corner you have to defend yourself – but I’ve never gotten to the point where I regret doing that reality show.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Was it stressful at all?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Oh, it was definitely stressful, because there are people around at all times. You always have a camera on you. You’re trying to be the most creative. You want your team to win. You want your charity to win money. Then you’re sleeping 3½ to 4½ hours a night and trying to avoid the cattiness that comes with not just the women’s side, the men’s side too. So that part was a little tricky.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So who are some of the contestants who got into it and had these arguments?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Well, in the previews you can see Meat Loaf and Gary going at each other. Jose and David Cassidy didn’t get along. Star Jones and NeNe. Lisa Rinna and Star Jones didn’t get along. The only person I’ve ever had real conflict with, a little bit Star Jones and a little bit NeNe Leakes. But for the most part after the show, we’re still friends. My conflicts weren’t as deep some of the others. There were some people that probably won’t talk again ever.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (Laughs)\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> The live season finale will be very uncomfortable for everybody.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (laughs) So did you make some friends or allies? People that stuck out during the whole process?\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> You know, I really, really love Marlee Matlin and I really liked John Rich too. Niki Taylor was another one that was just such a sweet, sweet girl to me. So there were many. I didn’t get to know some of them as well as I did others, for whatever reason. Me and Niki were neighbors. Our suites were next to each other at the Trump International Hotel in New York, so we got to know each other really well. Actually my suite was between Gary Busey’s and Niki Taylor’s, so I’m like caught in the middle. (laughs) Imagine living next door to Gary for however long I was there – I can’t tell you (laughs).\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Was he the biggest character on the show? I mean you’ve got Canseco, you’ve got Little John, Busey ought to be pretty entertaining as well.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Very entertaining to watch, especially if you like to watch people. He is crazy, but he’s also really, really smart, too. I mean he says things that are completely off the wall and you’re like, “Gary, why would you say that out loud? You sound like a fool.” And then he will come up with something just brilliant or then he can start yelling and it’s the energy you needed after 10 hours. So I loved <a href=\"http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2011/03/celebrity_apprentice_recap_lig.html\" target=\"_blank\">Gary Busey</a> and I don’t know what that says about me. Maybe I’m a little crazy.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (laughs) And what was Trump like? What was it like spending time with that guy?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Trump is just like you see him on TV. Have you noticed that when you watch him, say on late night television or somewhere where he’s just on promoting something, his body language pretty much tells you how he is. If he’s in a conversation with somebody he doesn’t lean towards them like you would if you were into a conversation. If you study his body language, he’s very straight up and in his own space. He might turn his neck towards you, but his shoulders are still squared away from you and that can be very intimidating. So just his body language to be around, for me to watch and observe, was really interesting and it’s really who he is. Completely. I mean he doesn’t break from character, that’s him.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> You said you have a film coming out. Do you have a desire to do more acting? More TV and film roles?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I do. My show is in Canada and I would really love to have a project that I’m passionate about here in the US because I wouldn’t travel as much and my family could watch it if it was here. The film with Eva Longoria and Christian Slater that I filmed will be out this summer. It’s going to be interesting to see how that goes, because one thing always leads to something else, so it’s going to be interesting to see what’s next. I’m excited and it was really an honor to work with her and him both.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Now you’re still super plugged-in to the fashion world, do you see any interesting trends of anything that sticks out this year as something to keep an eye on?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Orange lips. Orange like peach orange, I don’t mean bright orange like Halloween orange. Orange on the lips, orange is going to be everywhere. The skinny jean has been around now for like four years and suddenly everything is going to be – not bell bottoms like 70s, but definitely major boot cuts and wide legs. It’s all changing come fall.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> That’s awesome. I’d love to see that return.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> (laughs)\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> I wasn’t a big fan of the skinny jeans. Let me ask you this, why do girls love boots so much?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Love boots?\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Yeah. Every girl that I know just has the wackiest collection of different types of boots and it just seems like the goofier-looking the better.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Yeah I think because they’re, sexy? I don’t know. I think we just like boots. They’re so interesting. I guess because it’s more shoe. Girls like shoes, women like shoes, and if it’s a boot, it’s more shoe I guess. There’s more room for detail. I personally have a lot of boot,s but I can’t explain it to you.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> No that makes sense. I mean you’ve got more room to show off a different style point of view.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Yeah, it’s like a big statement piece. If you have a thigh high boot on it’s like here’s my shoe.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> I never thought about it like that, just a really big shoe (laughs) that explains a bunch.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> (laughs) That’s really funny actually, I never thought about it either.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So tell me about <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAcV7UwaT1Q\" target=\"_blank\">Tees by Tina</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk0.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4011\" title=\"Hope-Dworaczyk0\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" /></a>HD:</strong> Tees by Tina is one of the endorsements I’m doing. What happened was they sent me tons of stuff to wear on the show, <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em>, and then I fell in love with them and sent them a thank you card like, really I love your shirts, I happen to be wearing one right now on my way to Pilates. Then we just developed this relationship and they said, okay, what if you became the spokesperson for a couple years. I’ve had a couple things like that going on in the cosmetics field and different endorsements that models get work for. It was a product that I really, really loved and how we came across each other and how we met, the story of it, was also so genuine. I had to do it because I liked the product so much. I’d never want to endorse or try to sell something that I didn’t love.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So just last question, is there anything else you’re working on now?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Let’s see what am I doing now? Yeah, actually there’s a cosmetics contract that I just signed. It’s for Lola Cosmetics. It’s sold at Sephora, and it’s very, very big internationally as well. Big here in the US, but it’s very big overseas too. I’m developing a bath and body line for them that will be called … well we’re still playing with the name, but it’s in the developmental process. It’s basically Hope Dworaczyk for Lola. They thought since it was a body cream … I don’t know. I’m kind of known – as we said earlier in the conversation – for having a body. They thought having a bath and body line incorporating it in with the Lola Cosmetics was good.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Well cool. I also wanted to say I think it’s really cool that you’re not changing your name ever. I read about that.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> That is so sweet. You know what, I got such hell from everybody when I started working. When I was doing runway, they’re like, “make your name easier Hope, nobody will be able to say it.” I said no no no. And now I’m so glad that I stuck with it. It probably is harder. If I changed it, there would probably be way more people who’d be able to say my name and wouldn’t be afraid to say it out loud. When I do press, or I’ll have a girl come up to be and be like “oh, you’re Hope right?” Most of the time when people name drop, they’ll say two names. But not with me, because I know that many people can’t say it. But now I’m so glad that I didn’t end up changing it.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Well I think as your brand expands and you get more exposure with TV, films, and whatnot, people are going to remember how to pronounce it right.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Let’s hope. 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The 2010 <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Playboy_Playmates_of_the_Year\" target=\"_blank\">Playmate of the Year</a> makes beautiful people look like absolute trolls. And if you’re even slightly unattractive, just go ahead and walk on the other side of the street. It’s like that.\r\n\r\nBefore posing for Playboy, Hope was a runway model who walked for Balenciaga, Robert Rodriguez, Abaete, XOXO and other brands. She toured with Versace and did print work for Patek Philippe. She’s also the host and co-producer of <a href=\"http://www.insidefashion.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Inside Fashion</em></a>, a shoe that appears on the E! Channel in Canada.\r\n\r\nAs Dworaczyk gets set to hand things over to the next Playmate of the Year, she’ll be competing on this season’s edition of <a href=\"http://www.nbc.com/the-apprentice/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Celebrity Apprentice</em></a>. We talked to Hope about Hugh Hefner, what it’s like to be Playmate of the Year, Donald Trump, <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em>, the madness of Gary Busey, upcoming fashion trends and why girls love boots so much. Here’s the full interview:\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Interview.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4012\" title=\"Hope-Dworaczyk-Interview\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Interview.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" /></a>CS:</strong> When you became Playmate of the Year how did that change your life?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> It changed a lot, I guess. I was going to say a little bit, but it did change a lot because suddenly it’s a completely different audience. Like the fans and people that know who you are. But for me it was different, because the whole Playboy community – it’s like once you’re labeled a Playboy Playmate, people forget you’ve done anything else. So everyone kind of focuses in on the fact that you’re the girl that got naked. That part changed as far as what people’s perception is. It changed my life in many ways, especially career-wise, because I got to do <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em>, I filmed <a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1547090/\" target=\"_blank\">a movie with Eva Longoria that will be out this summer</a>. It just spotlights you and puts you more in the public eye and let’s you have a voice of your own where and you can say, “This is what I want to do with my future.”\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> In terms of that perception shift; I know you’ve done a lot of runway modeling before. Is that something that’s less of a focus now? Are you in a different kind of category now or do you still want to do more of that stuff?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> No, I definitely still walk for designers, I just don’t do every designer. I will go and do a walk for one designer exclusively during a fashion week. So I don’t work as much on the runway, but I’ll walk. I definitely won’t stop walking. I also have a television show called <em>Inside Fashion</em>, and that’s on E! in Canada. So that’s what I was saying, that once you do Playboy, people tend to couch you in that. You’re a Playboy Playmate or Playmate of the Year, and they forget that you’ve done other things because being naked in Playboy I guess is more exciting for some people to say. Or more controversial I should say.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So what advice do you have for the next Playmate of the Year?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Just don’t take yourself too seriously. And don’t stop there, you have to work really hard. You can’t let that be the end of your story. You have to keep working and expanding your brand.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> What’s a quality or trait of Hugh Hefner that few people get to see?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I think few people get to see that he’s so friendly and so sweet. I know that he’s helped so many people – which a lot of people I guess would know that. He’s just so nice and friendly, and he’s not actually the Hugh Hefner that he was when he was 40 or 30 years old. He’s a lot more calm now.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Celebrity-Apprentice.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4010\" title=\"Hope-Dworaczyk-Celebrity-Apprentice\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Celebrity-Apprentice.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"500\" /></a>CS:</strong> So <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em> started this month. Did you have a positive experience during the whole filming of that?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I did have a positive experience. Compared to all the other people that got into fights and probably now regret it because it’s all on camera. I was really quiet, especially in the beginning, and I didn’t get involved in all the conflicts that they had and all the fighting. I do a little bit at the end, because it is unavoidable at one point – if you’re in a corner you have to defend yourself – but I’ve never gotten to the point where I regret doing that reality show.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Was it stressful at all?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Oh, it was definitely stressful, because there are people around at all times. You always have a camera on you. You’re trying to be the most creative. You want your team to win. You want your charity to win money. Then you’re sleeping 3½ to 4½ hours a night and trying to avoid the cattiness that comes with not just the women’s side, the men’s side too. So that part was a little tricky.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So who are some of the contestants who got into it and had these arguments?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Well, in the previews you can see Meat Loaf and Gary going at each other. Jose and David Cassidy didn’t get along. Star Jones and NeNe. Lisa Rinna and Star Jones didn’t get along. The only person I’ve ever had real conflict with, a little bit Star Jones and a little bit NeNe Leakes. But for the most part after the show, we’re still friends. My conflicts weren’t as deep some of the others. There were some people that probably won’t talk again ever.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (Laughs)\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> The live season finale will be very uncomfortable for everybody.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (laughs) So did you make some friends or allies? People that stuck out during the whole process?\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> You know, I really, really love Marlee Matlin and I really liked John Rich too. Niki Taylor was another one that was just such a sweet, sweet girl to me. So there were many. I didn’t get to know some of them as well as I did others, for whatever reason. Me and Niki were neighbors. Our suites were next to each other at the Trump International Hotel in New York, so we got to know each other really well. Actually my suite was between Gary Busey’s and Niki Taylor’s, so I’m like caught in the middle. (laughs) Imagine living next door to Gary for however long I was there – I can’t tell you (laughs).\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Was he the biggest character on the show? I mean you’ve got Canseco, you’ve got Little John, Busey ought to be pretty entertaining as well.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Very entertaining to watch, especially if you like to watch people. He is crazy, but he’s also really, really smart, too. I mean he says things that are completely off the wall and you’re like, “Gary, why would you say that out loud? You sound like a fool.” And then he will come up with something just brilliant or then he can start yelling and it’s the energy you needed after 10 hours. So I loved <a href=\"http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2011/03/celebrity_apprentice_recap_lig.html\" target=\"_blank\">Gary Busey</a> and I don’t know what that says about me. Maybe I’m a little crazy.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (laughs) And what was Trump like? What was it like spending time with that guy?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Trump is just like you see him on TV. Have you noticed that when you watch him, say on late night television or somewhere where he’s just on promoting something, his body language pretty much tells you how he is. If he’s in a conversation with somebody he doesn’t lean towards them like you would if you were into a conversation. If you study his body language, he’s very straight up and in his own space. He might turn his neck towards you, but his shoulders are still squared away from you and that can be very intimidating. So just his body language to be around, for me to watch and observe, was really interesting and it’s really who he is. Completely. I mean he doesn’t break from character, that’s him.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> You said you have a film coming out. Do you have a desire to do more acting? More TV and film roles?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I do. My show is in Canada and I would really love to have a project that I’m passionate about here in the US because I wouldn’t travel as much and my family could watch it if it was here. The film with Eva Longoria and Christian Slater that I filmed will be out this summer. It’s going to be interesting to see how that goes, because one thing always leads to something else, so it’s going to be interesting to see what’s next. I’m excited and it was really an honor to work with her and him both.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Now you’re still super plugged-in to the fashion world, do you see any interesting trends of anything that sticks out this year as something to keep an eye on?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Orange lips. Orange like peach orange, I don’t mean bright orange like Halloween orange. Orange on the lips, orange is going to be everywhere. The skinny jean has been around now for like four years and suddenly everything is going to be – not bell bottoms like 70s, but definitely major boot cuts and wide legs. It’s all changing come fall.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> That’s awesome. I’d love to see that return.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> (laughs)\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> I wasn’t a big fan of the skinny jeans. Let me ask you this, why do girls love boots so much?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Love boots?\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Yeah. Every girl that I know just has the wackiest collection of different types of boots and it just seems like the goofier-looking the better.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Yeah I think because they’re, sexy? I don’t know. I think we just like boots. They’re so interesting. I guess because it’s more shoe. Girls like shoes, women like shoes, and if it’s a boot, it’s more shoe I guess. There’s more room for detail. I personally have a lot of boot,s but I can’t explain it to you.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> No that makes sense. I mean you’ve got more room to show off a different style point of view.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Yeah, it’s like a big statement piece. If you have a thigh high boot on it’s like here’s my shoe.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> I never thought about it like that, just a really big shoe (laughs) that explains a bunch.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> (laughs) That’s really funny actually, I never thought about it either.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So tell me about <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAcV7UwaT1Q\" target=\"_blank\">Tees by Tina</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk0.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4011\" title=\"Hope-Dworaczyk0\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" /></a>HD:</strong> Tees by Tina is one of the endorsements I’m doing. What happened was they sent me tons of stuff to wear on the show, <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em>, and then I fell in love with them and sent them a thank you card like, really I love your shirts, I happen to be wearing one right now on my way to Pilates. Then we just developed this relationship and they said, okay, what if you became the spokesperson for a couple years. I’ve had a couple things like that going on in the cosmetics field and different endorsements that models get work for. It was a product that I really, really loved and how we came across each other and how we met, the story of it, was also so genuine. I had to do it because I liked the product so much. I’d never want to endorse or try to sell something that I didn’t love.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So just last question, is there anything else you’re working on now?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Let’s see what am I doing now? Yeah, actually there’s a cosmetics contract that I just signed. It’s for Lola Cosmetics. It’s sold at Sephora, and it’s very, very big internationally as well. Big here in the US, but it’s very big overseas too. I’m developing a bath and body line for them that will be called … well we’re still playing with the name, but it’s in the developmental process. It’s basically Hope Dworaczyk for Lola. They thought since it was a body cream … I don’t know. I’m kind of known – as we said earlier in the conversation – for having a body. They thought having a bath and body line incorporating it in with the Lola Cosmetics was good.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Well cool. I also wanted to say I think it’s really cool that you’re not changing your name ever. I read about that.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> That is so sweet. You know what, I got such hell from everybody when I started working. When I was doing runway, they’re like, “make your name easier Hope, nobody will be able to say it.” I said no no no. And now I’m so glad that I stuck with it. It probably is harder. If I changed it, there would probably be way more people who’d be able to say my name and wouldn’t be afraid to say it out loud. When I do press, or I’ll have a girl come up to be and be like “oh, you’re Hope right?” Most of the time when people name drop, they’ll say two names. But not with me, because I know that many people can’t say it. But now I’m so glad that I didn’t end up changing it.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Well I think as your brand expands and you get more exposure with TV, films, and whatnot, people are going to remember how to pronounce it right.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Let’s hope. And if not they can remember that it’s just like “Jurassic Park” but with a “D.”\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/hope-dworaczyk3-.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4007\" title=\"hope-dworaczyk3-\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/hope-dworaczyk3-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"758\" /></a>\r\n\r\n[nggallery id=17]','Hope Dworaczyk Interview','','inherit','open','open','','4002-revision-13','','','2011-03-21 17:09:28','2011-03-22 00:09:28','',4002,'http://manjr.com/2011/uncategorized/4002-revision-13/',0,'revision','',0),(4029,2,'2011-03-21 17:14:29','2011-03-22 00:14:29','','JOSH RYAN HOPE DWORACZYK-11','','inherit','open','open','','josh-ryan-hope-dworaczyk-11','','','2011-03-21 17:14:29','2011-03-22 00:14:29','',4002,'http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/JOSH-RYAN-HOPE-DWORACZYK-11.jpg',10,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4030,2,'2011-03-21 17:13:24','2011-03-22 00:13:24','<a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/JOSH-RYAN-HOPE-DWORACZYK-1299.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4027\" title=\"JOSH RYAN HOPE DWORACZYK 1299\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/JOSH-RYAN-HOPE-DWORACZYK-1299.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHope Dworaczyk is a whole ‘nother level of good-looking. The 2010 <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Playboy_Playmates_of_the_Year\" target=\"_blank\">Playmate of the Year</a> makes beautiful people look like absolute trolls. And if you’re even slightly unattractive, just go ahead and walk on the other side of the street. It’s like that.\r\n\r\nBefore posing for Playboy, Hope was a runway model who walked for Balenciaga, Robert Rodriguez, Abaete, XOXO and other brands. She toured with Versace and did print work for Patek Philippe. She’s also the host and co-producer of <a href=\"http://www.insidefashion.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Inside Fashion</em></a>, a shoe that appears on the E! Channel in Canada.\r\n\r\nAs Dworaczyk gets set to hand things over to the next Playmate of the Year, she’ll be competing on this season’s edition of <a href=\"http://www.nbc.com/the-apprentice/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Celebrity Apprentice</em></a>. We talked to Hope about Hugh Hefner, what it’s like to be Playmate of the Year, Donald Trump, <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em>, the madness of Gary Busey, upcoming fashion trends and why girls love boots so much. Here’s the full interview:\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Interview.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4012\" title=\"Hope-Dworaczyk-Interview\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Interview.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" /></a>CS:</strong> When you became Playmate of the Year how did that change your life?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> It changed a lot, I guess. I was going to say a little bit, but it did change a lot because suddenly it’s a completely different audience. Like the fans and people that know who you are. But for me it was different, because the whole Playboy community – it’s like once you’re labeled a Playboy Playmate, people forget you’ve done anything else. So everyone kind of focuses in on the fact that you’re the girl that got naked. That part changed as far as what people’s perception is. It changed my life in many ways, especially career-wise, because I got to do <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em>, I filmed <a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1547090/\" target=\"_blank\">a movie with Eva Longoria that will be out this summer</a>. It just spotlights you and puts you more in the public eye and let’s you have a voice of your own where and you can say, “This is what I want to do with my future.”\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> In terms of that perception shift; I know you’ve done a lot of runway modeling before. Is that something that’s less of a focus now? Are you in a different kind of category now or do you still want to do more of that stuff?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> No, I definitely still walk for designers, I just don’t do every designer. I will go and do a walk for one designer exclusively during a fashion week. So I don’t work as much on the runway, but I’ll walk. I definitely won’t stop walking. I also have a television show called <em>Inside Fashion</em>, and that’s on E! in Canada. So that’s what I was saying, that once you do Playboy, people tend to couch you in that. You’re a Playboy Playmate or Playmate of the Year, and they forget that you’ve done other things because being naked in Playboy I guess is more exciting for some people to say. Or more controversial I should say.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So what advice do you have for the next Playmate of the Year?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Just don’t take yourself too seriously. And don’t stop there, you have to work really hard. You can’t let that be the end of your story. You have to keep working and expanding your brand.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> What’s a quality or trait of Hugh Hefner that few people get to see?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I think few people get to see that he’s so friendly and so sweet. I know that he’s helped so many people – which a lot of people I guess would know that. He’s just so nice and friendly, and he’s not actually the Hugh Hefner that he was when he was 40 or 30 years old. He’s a lot more calm now.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Celebrity-Apprentice.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4010\" title=\"Hope-Dworaczyk-Celebrity-Apprentice\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Celebrity-Apprentice.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"500\" /></a>CS:</strong> So <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em> started this month. Did you have a positive experience during the whole filming of that?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I did have a positive experience. Compared to all the other people that got into fights and probably now regret it because it’s all on camera. I was really quiet, especially in the beginning, and I didn’t get involved in all the conflicts that they had and all the fighting. I do a little bit at the end, because it is unavoidable at one point – if you’re in a corner you have to defend yourself – but I’ve never gotten to the point where I regret doing that reality show.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Was it stressful at all?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Oh, it was definitely stressful, because there are people around at all times. You always have a camera on you. You’re trying to be the most creative. You want your team to win. You want your charity to win money. Then you’re sleeping 3½ to 4½ hours a night and trying to avoid the cattiness that comes with not just the women’s side, the men’s side too. So that part was a little tricky.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So who are some of the contestants who got into it and had these arguments?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Well, in the previews you can see Meat Loaf and Gary going at each other. Jose and David Cassidy didn’t get along. Star Jones and NeNe. Lisa Rinna and Star Jones didn’t get along. The only person I’ve ever had real conflict with, a little bit Star Jones and a little bit NeNe Leakes. But for the most part after the show, we’re still friends. My conflicts weren’t as deep some of the others. There were some people that probably won’t talk again ever.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (Laughs)\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> The live season finale will be very uncomfortable for everybody.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (laughs) So did you make some friends or allies? People that stuck out during the whole process?\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> You know, I really, really love Marlee Matlin and I really liked John Rich too. Niki Taylor was another one that was just such a sweet, sweet girl to me. So there were many. I didn’t get to know some of them as well as I did others, for whatever reason. Me and Niki were neighbors. Our suites were next to each other at the Trump International Hotel in New York, so we got to know each other really well. Actually my suite was between Gary Busey’s and Niki Taylor’s, so I’m like caught in the middle. (laughs) Imagine living next door to Gary for however long I was there – I can’t tell you (laughs).\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Was he the biggest character on the show? I mean you’ve got Canseco, you’ve got Little John, Busey ought to be pretty entertaining as well.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Very entertaining to watch, especially if you like to watch people. He is crazy, but he’s also really, really smart, too. I mean he says things that are completely off the wall and you’re like, “Gary, why would you say that out loud? You sound like a fool.” And then he will come up with something just brilliant or then he can start yelling and it’s the energy you needed after 10 hours. So I loved <a href=\"http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2011/03/celebrity_apprentice_recap_lig.html\" target=\"_blank\">Gary Busey</a> and I don’t know what that says about me. Maybe I’m a little crazy.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (laughs) And what was Trump like? What was it like spending time with that guy?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Trump is just like you see him on TV. Have you noticed that when you watch him, say on late night television or somewhere where he’s just on promoting something, his body language pretty much tells you how he is. If he’s in a conversation with somebody he doesn’t lean towards them like you would if you were into a conversation. If you study his body language, he’s very straight up and in his own space. He might turn his neck towards you, but his shoulders are still squared away from you and that can be very intimidating. So just his body language to be around, for me to watch and observe, was really interesting and it’s really who he is. Completely. I mean he doesn’t break from character, that’s him.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> You said you have a film coming out. Do you have a desire to do more acting? More TV and film roles?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I do. My show is in Canada and I would really love to have a project that I’m passionate about here in the US because I wouldn’t travel as much and my family could watch it if it was here. The film with Eva Longoria and Christian Slater that I filmed will be out this summer. It’s going to be interesting to see how that goes, because one thing always leads to something else, so it’s going to be interesting to see what’s next. I’m excited and it was really an honor to work with her and him both.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Now you’re still super plugged-in to the fashion world, do you see any interesting trends of anything that sticks out this year as something to keep an eye on?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Orange lips. Orange like peach orange, I don’t mean bright orange like Halloween orange. Orange on the lips, orange is going to be everywhere. The skinny jean has been around now for like four years and suddenly everything is going to be – not bell bottoms like 70s, but definitely major boot cuts and wide legs. It’s all changing come fall.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> That’s awesome. I’d love to see that return.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> (laughs)\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> I wasn’t a big fan of the skinny jeans. Let me ask you this, why do girls love boots so much?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Love boots?\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Yeah. Every girl that I know just has the wackiest collection of different types of boots and it just seems like the goofier-looking the better.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Yeah I think because they’re, sexy? I don’t know. I think we just like boots. They’re so interesting. I guess because it’s more shoe. Girls like shoes, women like shoes, and if it’s a boot, it’s more shoe I guess. There’s more room for detail. I personally have a lot of boot,s but I can’t explain it to you.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> No that makes sense. I mean you’ve got more room to show off a different style point of view.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Yeah, it’s like a big statement piece. If you have a thigh high boot on it’s like here’s my shoe.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> I never thought about it like that, just a really big shoe (laughs) that explains a bunch.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> (laughs) That’s really funny actually, I never thought about it either.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So tell me about <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAcV7UwaT1Q\" target=\"_blank\">Tees by Tina</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk0.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4011\" title=\"Hope-Dworaczyk0\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" /></a>HD:</strong> Tees by Tina is one of the endorsements I’m doing. What happened was they sent me tons of stuff to wear on the show, <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em>, and then I fell in love with them and sent them a thank you card like, really I love your shirts, I happen to be wearing one right now on my way to Pilates. Then we just developed this relationship and they said, okay, what if you became the spokesperson for a couple years. I’ve had a couple things like that going on in the cosmetics field and different endorsements that models get work for. It was a product that I really, really loved and how we came across each other and how we met, the story of it, was also so genuine. I had to do it because I liked the product so much. I’d never want to endorse or try to sell something that I didn’t love.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So just last question, is there anything else you’re working on now?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Let’s see what am I doing now? Yeah, actually there’s a cosmetics contract that I just signed. It’s for Lola Cosmetics. It’s sold at Sephora, and it’s very, very big internationally as well. Big here in the US, but it’s very big overseas too. I’m developing a bath and body line for them that will be called … well we’re still playing with the name, but it’s in the developmental process. It’s basically Hope Dworaczyk for Lola. They thought since it was a body cream … I don’t know. I’m kind of known – as we said earlier in the conversation – for having a body. They thought having a bath and body line incorporating it in with the Lola Cosmetics was good.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Well cool. I also wanted to say I think it’s really cool that you’re not changing your name ever. I read about that.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> That is so sweet. You know what, I got such hell from everybody when I started working. When I was doing runway, they’re like, “make your name easier Hope, nobody will be able to say it.” I said no no no. And now I’m so glad that I stuck with it. It probably is harder. If I changed it, there would probably be way more people who’d be able to say my name and wouldn’t be afraid to say it out loud. When I do press, or I’ll have a girl come up to be and be like “oh, you’re Hope right?” Most of the time when people name drop, they’ll say two names. But not with me, because I know that many people can’t say it. But now I’m so glad that I didn’t end up changing it.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Well I think as your brand expands and you get more exposure with TV, films, and whatnot, people are going to remember how to pronounce it right.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Let’s hope. 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The 2010 <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Playboy_Playmates_of_the_Year\" target=\"_blank\">Playmate of the Year</a> makes beautiful people look like absolute trolls. And if you’re even slightly unattractive, just go ahead and walk on the other side of the street. It’s like that.\r\n\r\nBefore posing for Playboy, Hope was a runway model who walked for Balenciaga, Robert Rodriguez, Abaete, XOXO and other brands. She toured with Versace and did print work for Patek Philippe. She’s also the host and co-producer of <a href=\"http://www.insidefashion.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Inside Fashion</em></a>, a shoe that appears on the E! Channel in Canada.\r\n\r\nAs Dworaczyk gets set to hand things over to the next Playmate of the Year, she’ll be competing on this season’s edition of <a href=\"http://www.nbc.com/the-apprentice/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Celebrity Apprentice</em></a>. We talked to Hope about Hugh Hefner, what it’s like to be Playmate of the Year, Donald Trump, <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em>, the madness of Gary Busey, upcoming fashion trends and why girls love boots so much. Here’s the full interview:\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Interview.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4012\" title=\"Hope-Dworaczyk-Interview\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Interview.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" /></a>CS:</strong> When you became Playmate of the Year how did that change your life?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> It changed a lot, I guess. I was going to say a little bit, but it did change a lot because suddenly it’s a completely different audience. Like the fans and people that know who you are. But for me it was different, because the whole Playboy community – it’s like once you’re labeled a Playboy Playmate, people forget you’ve done anything else. So everyone kind of focuses in on the fact that you’re the girl that got naked. That part changed as far as what people’s perception is. It changed my life in many ways, especially career-wise, because I got to do <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em>, I filmed <a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1547090/\" target=\"_blank\">a movie with Eva Longoria that will be out this summer</a>. It just spotlights you and puts you more in the public eye and let’s you have a voice of your own where and you can say, “This is what I want to do with my future.”\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> In terms of that perception shift; I know you’ve done a lot of runway modeling before. Is that something that’s less of a focus now? Are you in a different kind of category now or do you still want to do more of that stuff?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> No, I definitely still walk for designers, I just don’t do every designer. I will go and do a walk for one designer exclusively during a fashion week. So I don’t work as much on the runway, but I’ll walk. I definitely won’t stop walking. I also have a television show called <em>Inside Fashion</em>, and that’s on E! in Canada. So that’s what I was saying, that once you do Playboy, people tend to couch you in that. You’re a Playboy Playmate or Playmate of the Year, and they forget that you’ve done other things because being naked in Playboy I guess is more exciting for some people to say. Or more controversial I should say.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So what advice do you have for the next Playmate of the Year?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Just don’t take yourself too seriously. And don’t stop there, you have to work really hard. You can’t let that be the end of your story. You have to keep working and expanding your brand.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> What’s a quality or trait of Hugh Hefner that few people get to see?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I think few people get to see that he’s so friendly and so sweet. I know that he’s helped so many people – which a lot of people I guess would know that. He’s just so nice and friendly, and he’s not actually the Hugh Hefner that he was when he was 40 or 30 years old. He’s a lot more calm now.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Celebrity-Apprentice.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4010\" title=\"Hope-Dworaczyk-Celebrity-Apprentice\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk-Celebrity-Apprentice.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"500\" /></a>CS:</strong> So <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em> started this month. Did you have a positive experience during the whole filming of that?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I did have a positive experience. Compared to all the other people that got into fights and probably now regret it because it’s all on camera. I was really quiet, especially in the beginning, and I didn’t get involved in all the conflicts that they had and all the fighting. I do a little bit at the end, because it is unavoidable at one point – if you’re in a corner you have to defend yourself – but I’ve never gotten to the point where I regret doing that reality show.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Was it stressful at all?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Oh, it was definitely stressful, because there are people around at all times. You always have a camera on you. You’re trying to be the most creative. You want your team to win. You want your charity to win money. Then you’re sleeping 3½ to 4½ hours a night and trying to avoid the cattiness that comes with not just the women’s side, the men’s side too. So that part was a little tricky.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So who are some of the contestants who got into it and had these arguments?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Well, in the previews you can see Meat Loaf and Gary going at each other. Jose and David Cassidy didn’t get along. Star Jones and NeNe. Lisa Rinna and Star Jones didn’t get along. The only person I’ve ever had real conflict with, a little bit Star Jones and a little bit NeNe Leakes. But for the most part after the show, we’re still friends. My conflicts weren’t as deep some of the others. There were some people that probably won’t talk again ever.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (Laughs)\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> The live season finale will be very uncomfortable for everybody.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (laughs) So did you make some friends or allies? People that stuck out during the whole process?\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> You know, I really, really love Marlee Matlin and I really liked John Rich too. Niki Taylor was another one that was just such a sweet, sweet girl to me. So there were many. I didn’t get to know some of them as well as I did others, for whatever reason. Me and Niki were neighbors. Our suites were next to each other at the Trump International Hotel in New York, so we got to know each other really well. Actually my suite was between Gary Busey’s and Niki Taylor’s, so I’m like caught in the middle. (laughs) Imagine living next door to Gary for however long I was there – I can’t tell you (laughs).\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Was he the biggest character on the show? I mean you’ve got Canseco, you’ve got Little John, Busey ought to be pretty entertaining as well.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Very entertaining to watch, especially if you like to watch people. He is crazy, but he’s also really, really smart, too. I mean he says things that are completely off the wall and you’re like, “Gary, why would you say that out loud? You sound like a fool.” And then he will come up with something just brilliant or then he can start yelling and it’s the energy you needed after 10 hours. So I loved <a href=\"http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2011/03/celebrity_apprentice_recap_lig.html\" target=\"_blank\">Gary Busey</a> and I don’t know what that says about me. Maybe I’m a little crazy.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> (laughs) And what was Trump like? What was it like spending time with that guy?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Trump is just like you see him on TV. Have you noticed that when you watch him, say on late night television or somewhere where he’s just on promoting something, his body language pretty much tells you how he is. If he’s in a conversation with somebody he doesn’t lean towards them like you would if you were into a conversation. If you study his body language, he’s very straight up and in his own space. He might turn his neck towards you, but his shoulders are still squared away from you and that can be very intimidating. So just his body language to be around, for me to watch and observe, was really interesting and it’s really who he is. Completely. I mean he doesn’t break from character, that’s him.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> You said you have a film coming out. Do you have a desire to do more acting? More TV and film roles?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> I do. My show is in Canada and I would really love to have a project that I’m passionate about here in the US because I wouldn’t travel as much and my family could watch it if it was here. The film with Eva Longoria and Christian Slater that I filmed will be out this summer. It’s going to be interesting to see how that goes, because one thing always leads to something else, so it’s going to be interesting to see what’s next. I’m excited and it was really an honor to work with her and him both.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Now you’re still super plugged-in to the fashion world, do you see any interesting trends of anything that sticks out this year as something to keep an eye on?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Orange lips. Orange like peach orange, I don’t mean bright orange like Halloween orange. Orange on the lips, orange is going to be everywhere. The skinny jean has been around now for like four years and suddenly everything is going to be – not bell bottoms like 70s, but definitely major boot cuts and wide legs. It’s all changing come fall.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> That’s awesome. I’d love to see that return.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> (laughs)\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> I wasn’t a big fan of the skinny jeans. Let me ask you this, why do girls love boots so much?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Love boots?\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Yeah. Every girl that I know just has the wackiest collection of different types of boots and it just seems like the goofier-looking the better.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Yeah I think because they’re, sexy? I don’t know. I think we just like boots. They’re so interesting. I guess because it’s more shoe. Girls like shoes, women like shoes, and if it’s a boot, it’s more shoe I guess. There’s more room for detail. I personally have a lot of boot,s but I can’t explain it to you.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> No that makes sense. I mean you’ve got more room to show off a different style point of view.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Yeah, it’s like a big statement piece. If you have a thigh high boot on it’s like here’s my shoe.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> I never thought about it like that, just a really big shoe (laughs) that explains a bunch.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> (laughs) That’s really funny actually, I never thought about it either.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So tell me about <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAcV7UwaT1Q\" target=\"_blank\">Tees by Tina</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk0.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4011\" title=\"Hope-Dworaczyk0\" src=\"http://manjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hope-Dworaczyk0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" /></a>HD:</strong> Tees by Tina is one of the endorsements I’m doing. What happened was they sent me tons of stuff to wear on the show, <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em>, and then I fell in love with them and sent them a thank you card like, really I love your shirts, I happen to be wearing one right now on my way to Pilates. Then we just developed this relationship and they said, okay, what if you became the spokesperson for a couple years. I’ve had a couple things like that going on in the cosmetics field and different endorsements that models get work for. It was a product that I really, really loved and how we came across each other and how we met, the story of it, was also so genuine. I had to do it because I liked the product so much. I’d never want to endorse or try to sell something that I didn’t love.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> So just last question, is there anything else you’re working on now?\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Let’s see what am I doing now? Yeah, actually there’s a cosmetics contract that I just signed. It’s for Lola Cosmetics. It’s sold at Sephora, and it’s very, very big internationally as well. Big here in the US, but it’s very big overseas too. I’m developing a bath and body line for them that will be called … well we’re still playing with the name, but it’s in the developmental process. It’s basically Hope Dworaczyk for Lola. They thought since it was a body cream … I don’t know. I’m kind of known – as we said earlier in the conversation – for having a body. They thought having a bath and body line incorporating it in with the Lola Cosmetics was good.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Well cool. I also wanted to say I think it’s really cool that you’re not changing your name ever. I read about that.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> That is so sweet. You know what, I got such hell from everybody when I started working. When I was doing runway, they’re like, “make your name easier Hope, nobody will be able to say it.” I said no no no. And now I’m so glad that I stuck with it. It probably is harder. If I changed it, there would probably be way more people who’d be able to say my name and wouldn’t be afraid to say it out loud. When I do press, or I’ll have a girl come up to be and be like “oh, you’re Hope right?” Most of the time when people name drop, they’ll say two names. But not with me, because I know that many people can’t say it. But now I’m so glad that I didn’t end up changing it.\r\n\r\n<strong>CS:</strong> Well I think as your brand expands and you get more exposure with TV, films, and whatnot, people are going to remember how to pronounce it right.\r\n\r\n<strong>HD:</strong> Let’s hope. 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The remaining bracket is basically a consolation bracket where you pick who you think will win in the Elite 8, Final Four and Championship match up.\n\nWe think that Kelly from Ft. Lauderdale is going to win it all. She took out our girl Erica, in the Sweet 16 and it looks like she’s going to make a solid run to the final match up.\n\nYou can visit <a href=\"www.bracketmaster.spike.com\" target=\"_blank\">bracketmaster.spike.com</a> to make your selections in the consolation bracket. Voting for the Elite 8 round ends this Friday. 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font-size: x-small; margin-top: 0pt; width: 480px;\"><a title=\"from Gus Johnson, Chris Kula, CharlesIngram, NickCorirossi, LOOSEWORLD, FOD Team, and Kenny Mayne\" href=\"http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/1f417b45bb/great-moments-in-history-with-gus-johnson\">Great Moments in History with Gus Johnson</a> from <a href=\"http://www.funnyordie.com/gus_johnson\">Gus Johnson</a></div>','Great Moments in History with Gus Johnson','','inherit','open','open','','4036-revision-2','','','2011-03-25 13:13:52','2011-03-25 20:13:52','',4036,'http://manjr.com/2011/uncategorized/4036-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(4040,10,'2011-03-29 11:20:27','2011-03-29 18:20:27','The fine folks at <a href=\"http://www.infiniti.com/us/en/\">Infiniti</a> invited us to the Arizona v. 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style=\"width: 207pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;\" width=\"276\" valign=\"bottom\">\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http://www.terezowens.com/\"><span style=\"color: blue;\">http://www.terezowens.com</span></a></p>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 15pt;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 114pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;\" width=\"152\" valign=\"bottom\">\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Danielle V.</span></p>\r\n</td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 143.25pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;\" width=\"191\" valign=\"bottom\">\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Brobible</span></p>\r\n</td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 207pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;\" width=\"276\" valign=\"bottom\">\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http://www.brobible.com/\"><span style=\"color: blue;\">http://www.brobible.com</span></a></p>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 15pt;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 114pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;\" 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valign=\"bottom\">\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Maya </span></p>\r\n</td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 143.25pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;\" width=\"191\" valign=\"bottom\">\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Sports Crackle Pop</span></p>\r\n</td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 207pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;\" width=\"276\" valign=\"bottom\">\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http://sportscracklepop.com/\"><span style=\"color: blue;\">http://sportscracklepop.com</span></a></p>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 15pt;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 114pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;\" width=\"152\" valign=\"bottom\">\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Katherine </span></p>\r\n</td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 143.25pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;\" width=\"191\" valign=\"bottom\">\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Sports Hernia</span></p>\r\n</td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 207pt; padding: 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style=\"color: black;\">Hope </span></p>\r\n</td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 143.25pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;\" width=\"191\" valign=\"bottom\">\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Strait Pinkie</span></p>\r\n</td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 207pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;\" width=\"276\" valign=\"bottom\">\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http://www.straitpinkie.com/\"><span style=\"color: blue;\">http://www.straitpinkie.com</span></a></p>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 15pt;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 114pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;\" width=\"152\" valign=\"bottom\">\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Yeni</span></p>\r\n</td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 143.25pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;\" width=\"191\" valign=\"bottom\">\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: black;\">That Sports Babe</span></p>\r\n</td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 207pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;\" width=\"276\" 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