NICK APPEARANCES.....Nick Verreos on "The Real" Daytime TV Talk Show: Blog Recap, Behind The Scenes Pics

"Gays of Our Lives": (left to right)"the Real" co-hosts Jeannie Mai, Loni Love, Adrienne Bailon, Jerrod Blandino, Alec Mapa and Nick Verreos--"The Real" Daytime Talk Show

Last week, I was contacted to do a fun segment on the new daytime talk show "The Real". "The Real" is shown on FOX networks in LA, Houston, Tampa, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Washington DC and NYC and airs at 11am, 12pm or 1pm depending on the city.

It debuted this past Monday to great ratings (it won its time slot in the NYC market according to The Hollywood Reporter). The show is hosted by a bunch of FAB women: Jeannie Mai of Style Network, Comedienne Loni Love, Music Diva Tamar Braxton, American recording artist/former "Cheetah Girl" Adrienne Bailon and Tamera Mowry-Housley, of Style Network's "Tia & Tamera".

 Prom Pic: Jeannie Mai and Nick Verreos--"The Real" TV show

My good friend Miss Jennie Mai--whom I've worked with a bunch of times--had told the producers that I would be perfect for a segment where three "Gay Besties" came on to give uncensored advice--from dating, grooming, to shopping--in short, EVERYTHING we "Best Gays" do EVERYDAY to our best girlfriends. The segment was originally title "Flaming Truth" (LOVE IT!!!) but was changed to "Gays Of our Lives".

 Heyyyyy Girls: (Left to right): Jerrod Blandino, Alec Mapa, Nick Verreos--"The Real" TV show

Joining me on the segment were Jerrod Blandino, co-founder of Too Faced Cosmetics and one of  MY Best Gays, the one-and-only Alec Mapa, fabulous comedian and co-host of AMC's "Showville"!

Alec Mapa and Nick Verreos--in the Makeup and Hair Room (where ALL the DISH happens!)--"the Real" TV show

Welcome Goodies and Goodie Bag--Awaiting me in my dressing room--"The Real" TV show

Miss Loni Love giving a "OOOH GURL!" look--"The Real" TV show

Giving Our Gay Bestie "Two Cents"--(left to right) Jerrod Blandino, Alec Mapa and Nick Verreos--"The Real" TV show

The Ladies: I had a BLAST doing the segment with my Gays and the Ladies of "The Real"--hopefully they'll bring us back for MORE!!!!

NICK APPEARANCES.....TV Guide Network 2013 Academy Awards Fashion Wrap, Host Ali Landry wears NIKOLAKI gown!

It's a (Academy Awards Fashion) Wrap!

 Actress, TV Personality and Host of TV Guide Network Fashion Wrap Ali Landry in NIKOLAKI Fall 2013 and Nick Verreos

Photo Courtesy of Jesse Jacobs

This past Monday--the day after the Oscars--I was up early to go back to the "scene of the Red Carpet Crime"--the Hollywood & Highland Center, and site of Sunday's Academy Awards. 

It's Time For TV Guide's Academy Award Fashion Wrap! Nick Verreos and Tabatha Coffey--from the Oscars tossing to the Intro of TV Guide Network's "2013 Academy Award Fashion Wrap" TV Show

It is also where the TV Guide Network Studios are and where we film our post-award red carpet recap show--Fashion Wrap! Since this Academy Award Fashion Wrap is the "biggie", I made sure to drink extra coffee and have my "Fashion Homework" done (I studied ALL NIGHT LONG!), and I decided to "dress up" with my maroon velvet shawl-collared tuxedo jacket, black tuxedo pants and straight tie with a pearl pin.

 The Fashion Team: (left to right) Tabatha Coffey, Nick Verreos, Host Ali Landry and Kyle Richards

Photo Courtesy of Jesse Jacobs 

 Photo Courtesy of Jesse Jacobs

 Guinevere Landry: Gorgeous Host Ali Landry wore one of my latest gowns--from my high-end NIKOLAKI by Nick Verreos/David Paul Fall 2013 Collection--a silk chiffon empire-cut gown with hand beaded sequin and gathered tulle trim. After her hair stylists did her hair and she emerged from her dressing room, I thought she looked like a Modern Day Guinevere! So beautiful.

 Close Up Detail of the intricate handwork on the sequin and silk tulle trim on Ali's NIKOLAKI by Nick Verreos/David Paul gown

Photo Courtesy of Jesse Jacobs

  Nick Verreos--TV Guide Network 2013 Academy Awards Fashion Wrap

The Set: Once again David Eckert outdid himself with his set decoration and those GORGEOUS colorful  roses

  The BEST Team in the Business: The TV Guide Network "Fashion Wrap" Team--on air talent, cameramen, producers, sound, lighting, set designer, wardrobe...EVERYBODY!!!!

Photo Courtesy of Jesse Jacobs

I will miss you! Until next Awards Season!

In case you missed it...here are the Times/TV Listings when the TV Guide Network 2013 Academy Awards Fashion Wrap is playing next:

Friday March 1 4:00 PM

Saturday March 2 11:00 AM

Saturday March 2 3:00 PM

Sunday March 3 1:00 AM



Click HERE for all times/TV listings



Click below for a "Preview" of our TV Guide Network 2013 Academy Awards Fashion Wrap:

NICK APPEARANCES.....TV Guide Network 2013 Academy Awards Live Red Carpet Show: Rehearsal Day!

The Day Before (The Oscars):

Rehearsal Outfits: (left to right) Nick Verreos, Tabatha Coffey, Marc Istook--TV Guide Network 2013 Academy Awards Red Carpet Show

As you may know a little awards show occurred on Sunday--yes, the Academy Awards. I was honored to be part of the TV Guide Network 2013 Academy Awards Red Carpet Live Show Hosted by Chris Harrison once again this year as the Red Carpet Fashion Correspondent--along with "Hair Diva" Tabatha Coffey of Bravo's Tabatha Takes Over and Marc Istook, who was our Sky-view/Balcony "Main Man". We had a BLAST and I have to say, it was one of the most exciting Academy Awards Red Carpet show EVER!

I will have a PHOTO RECAP of Sunday after this blog post here...but first, it's time for the Pre-Oscars Rehearsal Blog Photo Gallery. On Saturday, we all had to do a Run-Thru and Rehearsal of how the show would go on Sunday. And before, during, and after, I got some photos of the day:

Nick Verreos and Tabatha Coffey, Dolby Theatre, 2013 Academy Awards Red Carpet--Soon after we got our credentials and arrived to the Dolby Theatre, my TV Guide Network Expert-in-Fashion-and-Hair Crimes, Tabatha Coffey and I made a bee-line onto the red carpet to survey the "lay of the land" and well, take in the excitement of being there. We did it last year, so we felt, why break with tradition...

Fashion Sketch Oscars, Dolby Theatre, 2013 Academy Awards Red Carpet--I was extra excited because there were fabulous Fashion Illustrations from famous Hollywood Costume Designers and iconic Hollywood actresses and movies lining the red carpet, paying an "homage" to the glamour of Hollywood and how important and integral Fashion (with a Capital "F") has become to the Oscars.

Fashion/Costume Design Illustrations lining the Oscars red carpet (covered in plastic the day before)--Dolby Theatre, 2013 Academy Awards Red Carpet

The Sketches:

 

Elizabeth Taylor in "Last Time I Saw Paris", Helen Rose Costume Designer

Elizabeth Taylor

Joan Crawford

Bette Davis in "All About Eve", Edith Head Costume Designer and Charles LeMaire, Wardrobe Director

Sketch from Costume Designer Walter Plunkett

Costume sketch for Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone With the Wind", Walter Plunkett Costume Designer

Marilyn Monroe in "There's No Business Like Show Business", William Travilla Costume Designer

Marilyn Monroe, William Travilla Costume Designer

Besides the great Costume Fashion Illustrations, we also spotted some celebs doing their rehearsals for Sunday's show--from my "Balcony" spot right above the red carpet, I made sure to get some pics of Kelly Rowland (LOVE HER!) who was there for ABC and their Pre-Show: 

Kelly Rowland, during her ABC rehearsals--Dolby Theatre 2013 Academy Awards Red Carpet, the Day Before

Kelly Rowland, during a Dress On-Camera Test with her Custom Donna Karan Atelier gown--I almost tweeted this pic but thought "wait, if I do, then I will give away what she'll wear and I'm sure that won't be very nice..." so no tweet from me. I saved it until today.

Tabatha Coffey and Nick Verreos--on Saturday--the day before the Oscars--Dolby Theatre 2013 Academy Awards Red Carpet

**Next Up: The Final Night Photo Recap!!!

NICK APPEARANCES.....Don't Miss Me on TV Guide Network 2013 Academy Awards Red Carpet Live Show

This SUNDAY:

 Oscar Time--Nick Verreos on TV Guide Network "2012 Academy Awards Red Carpet With Chris Harrison" TV special

Time for the Oscars! So excited to be back again on TV Guide Network and their Academy Awards LIVE Red Carpet Coverage giving my "Nick Fashion Two Cents!"...

The Academy Awards, Hollywood California

 Tabatha Coffey and Nick Verreos--TV Guide Network "2012 Academy Awards Red Carpet With Chris Harrison" TV special

I will be on with my TV Guide Network Fashion Wrap "girlfriend" once again--the most FABULOUS Tabatha Coffey, star of "Tabatha Takes Over"--LIVE from the "bridge" at the Dolby Theatre overlooking the Academy Awards Red Carpet! We had such a blast last year (photo above) that yes, we are back again this year! Joining Tabatha and I, or better said, trying to "wrangle" Tabatha and I (or just me!), will be the oh-so-perfectly handsome Marc Istook:

 Marc Istook and Nick Verreos--TV Guide Network 2011 Academy Awards Live Red Carpet Show

Also on the TV Guide Network 2013 Academy Awards Live Red Carpet Countdown and Live Red Carpet Show will be Nikki Boyer (left) and Carly Steel (right)--lending their entertainment expertise to the show

So DON'T Miss it!




WHAT:

TV Guide Network 2013 Academy Awards Red Carpet Countdown Show and

TV Guide Network 2013 Academy Awards Red Carpet with Host Chris Harrison



WHERE:

TV Guide Network--check your cable provider for listings



WHEN:

Sunday, February 24, 2013



TIMES:

Countdown Show : 2pm/PT--4pm/ET

Red Carpet Show: 3pm/PT --6pm/ET



**And if you are one of those who says"I Can't Watch it Because I Don't Get TV Guide Network on my Cable", you can WATCH it Streaming LIVE--go to the TV Guide Network site HERE** 



Preview Video:

NICK APPEARANCES.....TV Guide Network "Most Iconic Movie Looks" TV Special

Award Show Special on TV Guide Network:

Nick Verreos on TV Guide Network's "Most Iconic Movie Looks" TV Special--airing this week/weekend on TV Guide Network

A very special TV show entitled "Most Iconic Movie Looks" just debuted on TV Guide Network just in time for the upcoming Academy Awards. I was honored enough to have been asked to be one of the Fashion Commentators on the show. The show is all about highlighting...you guessed it: the Most Iconic Movie Looks of All Time.

 TV Guide Network  "Most Iconic Movie Looks" TV Special

Joining me is my former Project Runway Mentor Tim Gunn, plus Creative Ambassador-at-Large of Barneys Simon Doonan, InStyle Magazine editor-at-large Hal Rubenstein, Style and Beauty Expert Mary Alice Stephenson, Stylist Phillip Bloch, as well as several of the amazing Costume Designers that helped make some of the films included on the list so Iconic.





Some of the films we discuss include:

 Flashdance

 Foxy Brown

 Breakfast At Tiffany's

 Desperately Seeking Susan

 Saturday Night Fever...among MANY MORE!

 Here are the next Airing Dates and Times:

Thursday February 21, 12:00 PM

Friday February 22, 10:00 AM

Saturday February 23 1:00 PM

Sunday February 24 2:00 PM



Click Below for a Preview Video of TV Guide Network's "Most Iconic Looks" TV Special: