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"I'm going to kick your ass over the computer, Uncle Russell!"

It’s no secret that Russell Hantz will go to battle against his Survivor castmates, but now he’s in the middle of ferocious fight with a family member, nephew and current ‘Survivor’ cast member Brandon Hantz!

Emotions have been running high between the uncle and nephew since Brandon’s season of ‘Survivor’ started. Russell has taken to doing live commentating on his Twitter while the show is on, and oftentimes, his uber-emotional nephew is the butt of his jokes. Russell especially likes to pick on Brandon for his tendency to cry.

This morning things came to a head between Russell and Brandon, who waged an all-out Twitter war against each other!

I don’t know about you but The Ashley is a big fan of reality TV stars taking their personal problems and arguing about them over the Twitter. It’s pretty much the best thing ever, yes?

"There may be one thing I've forgotten to tell you..."

On last night’s episode millions of Survivor fans saw the blossoming love story between Whitney and Keith. We watched as they played footsie in the ocean, snuggled in a hammock and got freaky in the hut (much to the dismay of poor Cochran, who had to sleep next to them).

Their little ‘rumbles in the jungle’ seemed cute and innocent, and caused many fans to wonder if they could be the next Rob and Amber (a.k.a. fall in love on the show and end up getting married.)

One problem: Whitney’s already married. To someone else. And has been the whole time.

Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!

I'm mysterious!

OK Survivor fans, admit it. You’re just as intrigued with Rick from Survivor as I am.

I’ll admit it; before researching this story, I didn’t even know his name was actually Rick. I have been referring to him as “He Who Will Not Talk” since the start of this season of ‘Survivor.’

But who is this mysterious cowboy? We don’t know much about him (except that he can work a mustache like nobody’s business!) We’ve seen him, lurking in the background during pivotal scenes; sitting silent at tribal council. We’ve even caught half-glimpses of his trusty cowboy hat during challenges. But The Ashley needs to know more.

The Ashley has been meaning to write about this for a while, but has gotten busy and it’s been put to the side. (That’s what happens when you’re living la vida loca, ya’ll.) She’s done some research and found out that 1) Rick is an actual person; he is not a robot, contrary to what some may think. 2) He’s an avid ‘Survivor’ fan, although we would never know that because he never talks about his love for the game (or anything else, for that matter).

"I did a bad, bad thing...."

This season of Survivor suddenly got extremely exciting, thanks to Cochran‘s ginormous move last week! ‘Survivor’ fans watched in delight/horror as Cochran betrayed his tribe and flipped at the last minute, giving the other tribe the numbers after the merge and essentially sealing the fate of his tribe members. After being kicked around by his tribe for weeks, Cochran pulled a fast one on his bullies and screwed them over.

But here’s the real question: did he, in fact, screw himself over by flipping sides? The Ashley thinks so, but what’s your opinion? Was this one of the smartest moves made this season, or was it one of the dumbest?

Take the poll and tell The Ashley!

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(Photo: CBS)

Screw those Hollywood celebrity tours: if you really want to see celebrities, you need to go run the New York City Marathon. (Or, if you’re lazy like The Ashley, you can always just creep along the sidelines eating an ice cream cone and watch everyone run.)

Anyway, a plethora of reality TV stars huffed and puffed their way through 26.2 miles yesterday, including former Dancing With the Stars winner Apolo Anton Ohno and former Bachelor star Dr. Andy Baldwin (‘member him?!)

Ryan Sutter (of ‘Trista and Ryan’ fame on the Bachelorette), “Top Chef” Richard Blais and Sandy Draghi and Jeremy Cline from this season of The Amazing Race were spotted on the marathon course. Ryan got the fastest time of any celebrity in the race, running it in an impressive 3 hours, 17 minutes.  

Stay strong, Ethan!

Heartbreaking news out of People Magazine today: apparently Ethan Zohn, Survivor winner and more recently a contestant on The Amazing Race, is no longer in remission. His cancer has returned, according to a story posted on the site today.

Ethan found out that the cancer was back on September 14.  Luckily, the Hodgkin’s Lymphoma is only contained to his lung area and has not spread to his whole body. On the day he was re-diagnosed, Ethan simply posted “Crush” on his Twitter.

The Ashley feels for Ethan, who went 20 months living cancer free. During that time he and his longtime girlfriend (and fellow Survivor winner) Jenna Morasca competed on The Amazing Race.

He is currently undergoing a chemotherapy treatment that will not cause him to lose the curly mop of hair that has become his trademark. He is also hoping to do a stem cell transplant, according to People, and plans to fight for his life once again.

If you’re still not inspired by this amazing man, wait until you read this: despite undergoing treatment, Ethan still plans to run the New York Marathon on November 6 to raise money for his soccer charity! (Now I feel really, really lazy!)