Expect to see two shiny new Ford Escapes on the streets of Puyallup soon. Drew and Derek Konzelman won NBC’s and Ford Motor Company’s “Escape Routes” tonight, earning them a $100,000 award and their own Ford Escapes.

“I just won a hundred thousand dollars and a new car!!,” Drew tweeted a few minutes ago.

“Escape Routes” was an hourlong, point-based reality competition series which had teams visiting six cities over 42 days in their 2013 Ford Escapes.

“Escape Routes” was highly interactive. The show heavily incorporated social media. The teams worked with online fans on some of the challenges and …

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A film about an outlaw hobo starring Hollywood actor Michael Pitt is filming in Tacoma through Thursday.

“You Can’t Win” features Pitt, one of the stars of HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire,” and Hannah Marks of this year’s “The Amazing Spider-Man.”

The film is an adaptation of a 1926 autobiography by hobo and burglar Jack Black. Filming with Pitt is taking place in and around Old City Hall now through May 3.

Black’s autobiography covers his life on the road in the western United States and Canada. He was born near Vancouver, B.C. in 1881. His writings influenced author William …

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Tacoma’s Vicci Martinez will perform her new single duet with Cee Lo Green, “Come Along,” on NBC’s “The Voice” tonight.

Green was Martinez’s coach during last season on which she placed third.

“Come Along” is the title track of her new four song EP out today. It’s the precursor to the June 19 release of her debut LP, Vicci, through Universal Republic Records. Two days before, on Sunday, June 17, she will be performing at Jazzbones in Tacoma. Details are below.

“The Voice” airs on NBC tonight at 9 p.m. All four finalists from last …

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It seems like I can’t open my email anymore without getting a notice about a local appearing on a reality TV show. Last year we had Tacomans Vicci Martinez on “The Voice” and special effects artist Marcel Banks on “Face-Off.” Earlier this year Parkland cupcake baker Amber Serrano was on “Cupcake Wars.”

Currently, Alex Porter, 13, of Graham, and Bailey Anderson, 15, of Tacoma are competing on “America’s Best Dance Crew” on MTV and Puyallup brothers Drew and Derek Konzelman are driving their Ford Escapes on NBC’s “Escape Routes.”

The two teens and their crew, Rated Next Generation, …

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It seems hard to believe: the “kids” on MTV’s “The Real World” are as old as the show itself – one of the first reality shows of the modern era and definitely the longest running.

The 20 year old show will be holding a casting call for its 28th season on April 28 in Seattle. It will be held at Gordon Biersch Restaurant and Brewery.

Casting directors from the show’s creators and long-time producers, Bunim/Murray Productions, will be at the restaurant from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Pacific Place Shopping Center, 600 Pine Street, in Seattle.

The producers say …

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Eddie McClintock’s character on the Syfy show “Warehouse 13″ mirrors his real life in at least one aspect. Both are recovering alcoholics.

“I have 12 years of sobriety,” McClintock said Saturday at Emerald City Comicon in Seattle. It was the first time he revealed his alcoholism publicly, he said during a fan panel.

When he gave up drinking he thought, “Oh my God, the party’s over. But it’s just as fun. I can wake up without a headache and work and not apologize.”

McClintock also has been on “Sex and the City,” “Friends,” “Just Shoot Me,” “Desperate Housewives” and …

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Jason Momoa has made a career out of playing big, tough bad ass characters. The star of “Game of Thrones,” “Conan the Barbarian” and “Stargate Atlantis” said that’s OK with him Saturday at Emerald City Comicon.

“You can typecast me. I like playing those characters.”

He won’t be returning as Khal Drogo in the next season of “Thrones,” of course, but he said he’s seen the second season opener and, “You guys are going to love it.”

Momoa said he spent a great deal of time learning the language he spoke in “Thrones.” That involved many days in …

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The Syfy network debuts its latest feature tonight: “Seattle Superstorm.” No, it’s not the Sue Bird story. It’s a science-fiction movie about a UFO-induced storm that socks it to Seattle.

I watched a preview of it yesterday at Emerald City Comicon. I’m still left wondering exactly why Syfy chose to show it in Seattle. I guess they figured Seattle folk would be on the edge of their seats as the drama unfolded.

Instead the crowd laughed at the cheap special effects, the geographical errors, the (unintentional) comedic dialogue and the hammy acting.

But I can’t blame the actors. …

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