Macy's Stars on the Rise: Congrats Heffron Drive!

Congratulations to our favorite alternative duo, Heffron Drive! Kendall Schmidt and Dustin Belt have been crowned the winners of the 2018 iHeartRadio and Macy's Rising Star Contest. Their big win comes just one year after former Big Time Rush's James Maslow took the crown. 

The competition began with a large pool of contestants, that eventually narrowed down to the top 10, then top 5, and finally the lone winner. Fans are excited for their scheduled prize-winning performance at the 2018 iHeartRadio Music Awards in Las Vegas in September. 

The Challenge Final Reckoning Premieres

The time has come for the throwdown of all throwdowns when MTV's The Challenge: Final Reckoning premieres tonight, July 10th at 10 PM on MTV. This season has been boiling over from the last TWO seasons (Dirty Thirty, and Vendettas). This season partners enemies that guarantees to provide a lot of baggage, drama and hook-ups. 

Series favorites such as Cara Maria, Jenna, Kailah, Tori, Kam and Zach are all slated to make an appearance and compete for one of biggest prizes in Challenge history in one of the most beautiful places in the world - South Africa. 

CABS AH HERE!: JERSEY SHORE SEASON 2 FILMING

Coming not long after the explosive season one finale of Jersey Shore: Family Vacation, the guidios are jumping directly into Season 2 while the momentum is still high. 

Since the cameras have began rolling on and off for the past few weeks, Deena Nicole announced her pregnancy with a little boy, Ronnie and his baby-mama have had intense drama, Mike is planning his wedding, and Pauly has been continuing to DJ around the world. 

The new season will be filmed in more of a documentary-style, tracking what the cast does in their day to day lives, but they will eventually reunite once they find a new home for their New Jersey filming location (both Seaside and Wildwood rejected their permit requests). 

It'll be an interesting season, now that these former-party stricken 20 somethings have evolved into more sophisticated thirty-somethings, taking on the challenges of being spouses, parents, and soon-to-be parents. 

SOUTHERN CHARM S5 IS COMING TO A CLOSE

It has been a rollercoaster ride of a season, but our favorite Southern Charmers are beginning to wind down. Thomas's new girlfriend Ashley is struggling to acclimate to the shade the rest of the cast is throwing, Craig and Naomie have officially split, Kathryn has become the "good guy," Cameran is pregnant and Austen was blindsided by some of his ex Chelsea's comments. 

There are only a few episodes left of Season 5, and then we get to look forward to he coveted Reunion, hosted by Bravo's Andy Cohen. 

CEG in the Spotlight

Racked.com recently wrote a feature article on "Why Influencers Use Their Kids in Instagram Ads" which highlights industry insights from CEG's own senior talent agent, Paul Desisto! 

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