This year, Donald Trump has a new slew of employees battling out the third season of NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice, working fervently to avoid hearing two words: You’re. Fired.

Among the 14 stars competing, some of the biggest names include TV personality Sharon Osbourne, rocker Bret Michaels (The Boots Girls will be rootin’ for him!), and former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich.

“This season of Celebrity Apprentice is going to be fantastic,” creator Trump said in a statement to Usmagazine.com. “The list of celebrities we have this season is outstanding and the show will really resonate with our core viewers and fans. I expect this season of Celebrity Apprentice to be the best one yet.”

The men’s team will include: Darryl Strawberry, Goldberg, Michael Johnson, Sinbad and Curtis Stone. The women’s team will include: Cyndi Lauper, Holly Robinson Peete, Selita Ebanks, Maria Kanellis, Carol Leifer and Summer Sanders.

The show will premiere March 14, where the new cast will compete in business tasks throughout the New York City area, while raising money for their favorite charities and battling for the title of Trump’s new apprentice.

Over the past two celeb seasons, more than $3.5 million has been raised for causes including the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation and the Intrepid Fallen Heros Fund.

In addition to all the competing celebs, Trump’s kids, Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr. will join the Apprentice vet and longtime Trump Organization employee George Ross to slowly pick off contestants week by week.

Donald Trump announced in a press conference today that not only can Miss California USA Carrie Prejean keep her crown - he also said she should be commended by her answer about gay marriage at the Miss USA pageant.

“She gave a very honest answer when asked a tough question,” Trump, a co-owner of the pageant said. “It was the same answer the president of the United States gave … She has to be commended.”

That’s EXACTLY what we’ve been saying!

Of the revealing photos that have surfaced of Prejean on the net, Trump said: “We are in the 21st century. We have determined that the pictures taken were fine.”

Case closed! We knew Trump would make the right decision - he is a fair minded man!

Donald Trump is scheduled to announce today at 11 a.m. in a press conference whether or not Miss California USA Carrie Prejean will be stripped of her crown.

This comes after several controversies have plagued the beauty beginning with her conservative remarks on gay marriage at the Miss USA pageant. Since then she’s been criticized for her pageant funded breast enhancements, and for racy photos which have popped up on the Internet.

To put things in perspective, there are SEVERAL other women with Prejean’s title who have posed for sexy photos, including Miss Rhode Island Alysha Castonguay, and have not been penalized for it.

Cick HERE to see Castonguay’s photos which are far more racy than Prejean’s. There is such a double standard going on here it’s sick!

Prejean’s photos don’t reveal much more than what you see flipping through the pages of a Victoria’s Secret catalogue.

Anyone with a brain can see what is going on her. She is being persecuted by the left wing media for not giving a politically correct answer when she was asked if she supports gay marriage. She stayed true to her convictions and said no which is an opinion shared by most people, not only in her state, but in the entire country too including President Barack Obama!

The way the media and left wing nuts are demonizing her is outrageous and we hope Trump would not dethrone a beauty queen simply for giving an honest answer to a tough question.

Stay tuned!

Both Khloe Kardashian and Donald Trump have taken to their blogs to discuss their opinions on The Donald’s decision to fire the Kardashian sister on The Celebrity Apprentice.

Khloe recently blogged about how she believes Trump unfairly gave her the axe due to her past problems with alcohol abuse:

“The Donald fired me off of Celebrity Apprentice last night. It wasn’t because of my work ethic, it wasn’t because I was slacking — it was because of my DUI, one of the biggest mistakes I’ve ever made that I will forever regret. I will NEVER say that what I did was right, but I think it is completely unrelated to my place on the show and I don’t think I should have been fired for that reason alone. I have tried to bring awareness to how serious DUI’s are and I am trying to make some right out of my huge mistake.”

She goes on to call The Donald out for forgiving former Miss USA Tara Conner for her drinking, but not her.

“I find it weird that he can forgive and take back Tara Conner but he can’t do the same with me?!” she adds. “The things people do for ratings!”

Never one to stay mum, Trump countered with a blog titled, Point Counterpoint:

“There’s been a lot of commotion about alcohol lately. On The Celebrity Apprentice, two of our celebrities have admitted problems with it. One had a DUI conviction. People wonder why I take a strong position on this situation,” he writes, clearly indicating Khloe, who was caught driving under the influence in 2008.

“My experience with alcohol is limited, as I don’t drink. Maybe that allows me to have a clearer view of what it can do to people who do not handle it responsibly. Many people can drink and live healthy and productive lives. Others cannot.”

He goes on to detail his brother’s struggle with alcohol, before discussing the Tara issue, “Then people got into another commotion because I pardoned Tara Connor for her irresponsible behavior which also included alcohol use. Here’s the difference: She had just entered celebrity, which was a new arena for her, and these contestants have already had professional success as well as celebrity.

“So if I take a hard line on this subject, maybe there’s a reason for it. I like and care for these people, and I don’t want to see them hurting themselves. Looking the other way might be an easier way to go, but that’s not the way I am.”

Another he said, she said involving Trump. Bottom line, stay away from the bottle if you have plans to hang with Trump. He sees drinking as a sign of weakness.

Thank goodness The Boots Girls don’t have to see him too often or we’d be in trouble!

Donald Trump says that if Rihanna stays with Chris Brown she is a “loser”!

Trump spoke candidly with Inside Edition’s Deborah Norville about Rihanna’s reconciliation with Brown and as usual he didn’t hold back!

“She better get the hell out,” Trump said. “If she goes back, she’s a loser, and she doesn’t deserve to have any future success.”

We agree that RiRi needs to get the hell out her relationship with wife beater Chris, but we wouldn’t go as far as calling her a loser. She’s an abuse victim who is clearly brainwashed and confused!

Donald Trump always has a strong opinion about everything and now he is chiming in about Rihanna’s abusive relationship with Chris Brown and the Octo Mom!

“From what I understand about abusers, they never change,” Trump told Extra to promote Celebrity Apprentice. “Now, that’s a pretty sad comment, but they never change. I would tell her [Rihanna] to get the hell out of there.”

When asked about Nadya Suleman, Trump said, “I think the Octomom is a total disaster…She is just an absolute catastrophe…She is not a great role model for people and I think something has to be done with the children to protect them.”

You can love or hate Trump, but at the end of the day what he says is usually always dead on. His take on Octo and Brown are totally accurate!

Donald Trump has reached out to Jennifer Hudson and her relatives and given them shelter at Chicago’s Trump International Hotel & Tower for free of charge since the murders of her mother, brother and nephew.

“She’s a great girl. And we’re protecting them well,” Trump said at a benefit honoring Australia director Baz Luhrman at the Museum of Modern Art last night. “They are very safe.”

Yeah, The Boots Girls have known this since the second Jennifer walked into the swanky new hotel, but have remained mum out of respect for the singer during this time of grief and tragedy for her and her family.

The famed Donald Trump and his three children, Donald Jr., Eric and Ivanka graced the skyline of the Windy City on Tuesday afternoon for the topping off of the new Trump International Hotel & Tower.

While Mr. Trump was off prepping (probably his hair) for the big press conference, The Boots Girls had a chance to sit down with Eric to chat about the new hotel, Chicago, and rappers. Yup, rappers. Keep reading — you’ll see!

BG: Eric, tell us a little bit about this fabulous new addition to Chicago and the difference between this hotel and the hundreds that are already in the city?

ET: “This property is built to cater to the young professional business traveler as well as the young professional who lives in the city. The hotel’s amenities are young and vibrant and are seen throughout the property.”

BG: What sort of amenities specifically?

ET: “We try to cater to everyone with what we have to offer. For instance, in the spa you can get champagne and oysters which would be perfect for newlyweds. Then there is Rebar, which is gorgeous and caters to the young that live in the city or are traveling. It was great being here today and seeing Rebar actually finished, because a lot of my ideas went into that, and it’s great to see it executed.”

BG: Will any of the winners of The Apprentice play an ongoing role in the management of this property?

ET: “No. Bill [Rancic] worked on the beginning stages of it, but doesn’t have any further involvement.”

BG: Speaking of television and celebrities, do you think that this hotel will cater to the celebrities that come to Chicago?

ET: “We want this hotel to cater to everyone. The young travelers as well as celebrities. A certain type of celebrity will always be present in our hotels though, like rappers. Rappers for some reason love my father. He’s in all their songs!”

BG: Eric, now that your family has a property in Chicago, do you plan on spending more time in the city?

ET: “I love Chicago, I think it’s a great city. Usually I fly in and am so busy with meetings, it’s going to be nice to get a group of friends together and spend a weekend in Chicago just having fun. I can’t wait to come back in the next month or so, and just have fun.”

And Eric, we can’t wait to have you back to the Chi.

Congratulations to the Trump family and the gorgeous structure they have brought to Chicago. We love it, and I am sure the rappers of the city do too! LOL!

  

Donald Trump helped introduce and announce David Blaine’s latest endurance challenge at the Trump Tower in NYC today.

The street performer and master illusionist will hang upside down, suspended six stories above New York’s Central Park for three days and two nights. Blaine will not have any food and will have to sleep upside down as well.

Donald Trump is going to buy Ed McMahon’s Beverly Hills mansion that was in foreclosure, and here’s the kicker…he’s going to allow McMahon to continue living in it!

“I don’t know the man, but I grew up watching him on TV,” Trump told the LA Times.

McMahon purchased the house back in 1990 for $2.6 million and put the six-bedroom, five-bathroom pad on the market about two years ago but had no luck selling it. Trump said it “would be an honor” to help McMahon.

For a guy with such loose lips he sure has a big heart!