Dowd, who later became a columnist, sent back a mash note of her own.

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In Mike Phillips, the Welsh possess a 6-foot-3, 220-pound powerhouse who often towers over the opposing back-row forwards whose job is to mash him into the turf.

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Scott-Young's previous foray into unscripted television was UPN's "Road To Stardom with Missy Elliott" -- a quasi-mash-up of "America's Next Top Model" and '"American Idol" -- back in 2005, but the treacherous family dynamics and scandalous love lives of hip-hop stars is proving to be a winning recipe.

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