reality blurred + archives + August 24 to August 30, 2003

week of August 24, 2003

O-Town now officially "on hiatus."
O-Town now officially "on hiatus." Following a concert last Monday, Making the Band group O-Town are officially on hiatus. That prompts Orlando Weekly columnist Billy...
gay Boy Meets Boy cast member honorably discharged from Navy.
gay Boy Meets Boy cast member honorably discharged from Navy. A Boy Meets Boy cast member who was booted during the first episode has been...
Chip, Reichen are kind of still together; finale highest rated since first episode.
Chip, Reichen are kind of still together; finale highest rated since first episode. On their Early Show appearance Friday, The Amazing Race 4 winners Reichen...
Battle of Shaker Heights averages $10.4K on each of five screens.
Battle of Shaker Heights averages $10.4K on each of five screens. The Battle of Shaker Heights earned an estimated $52,000 on a total of five...

drunk Adam arrested for "prowling."
drunk Adam arrested for "prowling." While visiting fellow The Real World Paris cast member Clyde "Ace" Amerson, Adam King was arrested by Atlanta cops for...
Paradise Hotel may return next summer; guests will start voting each other out.
Paradise Hotel may return next summer; guests will start voting each other out.FOX's Paradise Hotel "has shown enough life for Gail Berman, the president of...

rejected 26-year-old Pop Idol 2 contestant is actually 41-year-old escort.
rejected 26-year-old Pop Idol 2 contestant is actually 42-year-old escort. A 26-year-old Pop Idol 2 contestant who was rejected during last weekend's episode is actually...
Chris Moore: it's "a total lie" that the series is just about controversy.
Chris Moore: it's "a total lie" that the series is just about controversy. Project Greenlight 2 and The Battle of Shaker Heights producer Chris Moore...
Big Brother 4 season extended by two episodes and will conclude Sept. 24.
Big Brother 4 season extended by two episodes and will conclude Sept. 24. Rather than air the finale of Big Brother 4 opposite the debut...

indie director Pete Jones: "I wish they were more honest" with Greenlight.
indie director Pete Jones: "I wish they were more honest" with Greenlight. Despite the not-so-fantastic reception to both his film Stolen Summer and his Project...
Temptation Island 3 debuts tonight.
Temptation Island 3 debuts tonight. A year and a half after the finale of Temptation Island 2, the show returns on FOX tonight at 8...
$1 million advance for Queer Eye book.
$1 million advance for Queer Eye book. Random House has paid a $1 million advance to the creators and producers for a book based upon...

straight guys recap Queer Eye.
straight guys recap Queer Eye. "Four straight guys out to recap the world--one queer show at a time" are recapping episodes of Queer Eye for...
Freshman Diaries debuts Sunday.
Freshman Diaries debuts Sunday. American High producer RJ Cutler turns his cameras on a group of kids once again, but this time, they're in college,...
World Idol will air in December; American Juniors 2 won't air this fall.
World Idol will air in December; American Juniors 2 won't air this fall. Winners of all the world's Idol shows, including Kelly Clarkson, will face...
Survivor Pearl Islands players revealed; won't get clothes, swimsuits, luxury items.
Survivor Pearl Islands players revealed; won't get clothes, swimsuits, luxury items. The 18 people stranded on two islands Survivor Pearl Islands won't be bringing luxury...