reality blurred + archives + November 9 to November 15, 2003

week of November 9, 2003

Savage: it's "a horrible reality that I'm the one who got pinched by" the twist.
Savage: it's "a horrible reality that I'm the one who got pinched by" the twist. The merged tribe on Survivor Pearl Islands voted Andrew Savage...
Matt signs deal with Spike; includes commenting on reruns of Joe Schmo.
Matt signs deal with Spike; includes commenting on reruns of Joe Schmo. After being humiliated on The Joe Schmo Show, Matt Kennedy Gould has signed...
MTV signs Rod Stewart for reality show.
Rod Stewart gets MTV reality show. Rod Stewart, in case you didn't know, is now hip (again?). Recently, Rod sold 4 million copies of his...
Justin Guarini sued over car accident.
Justin Guarini sued over car accident. Before he nearly mowed over a little girl with a jet ski last July, Justin Guarini smashed into a...
O-Town officially disbands.
O-Town officially disbands. Slightly more than two months after going on "hiatus," Making the Band group O-Town announced that they have officially broken up. O-no!...

FOX casting for home renovation show.
FOX casting for home renovation show.FOX is taking a cue from every single other cable channel and ripping off Trading Spaces with an Australian import...
Trading Spaces searching for a new carpenter; Paige gets key to Des Moines.
Trading Spaces searching for a new carpenter; Paige gets key to Des Moines. Trading Spaces is searching for a new carpenter via an open casting...
Nick Lachey's solo album out today.
Nick Lachey's solo album out today. Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica star and 98° member Nick Lachey is releasing his first solo album today. It's titled...
straight guys make over gay guy on Queer Eye ep and Comedy Central spoof.
straight guys make over gay guy on Queer Eye ep and Comedy Central spoof. Comedy Central's attempt to mock Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,...

10 Trading Spaces books in bookstores by spring of 2004, with plans for more.
10 Trading Spaces books in bookstores by spring of 2004, with plans for more. Talk about overkill. There are currently eight Trading Spaces books: Paige...
the other Paris Hilton tape: cow milking and "1/2 price anal salty weiner bugers."
the other Paris Hilton tape: cow milking and "1/2 price anal salty weiner bugers." In the middle of a grainy tape, Paris Hilton exclaims, "I'm...
report: World Idol may air Dec. 24.
report: World Idol may air Dec. 24. Plans for World Idol are well underway, and the contest episode may tape Dec. 17 and air Dec....

producers defend Jai and his role.
producers defend Jai and his role. Especially compared to the other members of the Fab Five, Jai Rodriguez seems sort of, well, useless. His role...
Showtime may air American Candidate.
Showtime may air American Candidate. Exactly one month ago, as he did in August, RJ Cutler teased that there'd be an announcement about American Candidate...
Bravo renews Cirque du Soleil series.
Bravo renews Cirque du Soleil series. Bravos has renewed its Cirque du Soleil reality series, which recently won two Canadian Gemini awards. The new season,...
Rocco will return for second Restaurant season, which starts taping Monday.
Rocco will return for second Restaurant season, which starts taping Monday. The second season of The Restaurant will definitely include Rocco diSpirito. That's according to...
spoilers: full cast, location, and likely schedule for All-Star Survivor revealed.
spoilers: full cast, location, and likely schedule for All-Star Survivor revealed. Here's everything you wanted to know about the players and structure of the forthcoming...

ESPN plans Dennis Rodman show.
ESPN plans Dennis Rodman show. ESPN is planning a reality TV show starring Dennis Rodman, CNN reports. The Orlando Sentinel says it will be "a...
Australia network will have open auditions for their Queer Eye Fab Five.
Australia network will have open auditions for their Queer Eye Fab Five. The forthcoming Australian version of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy will have...
PETA slogan says Clay is "neutered," blames it on his killed-a-kitten comment.
PETA slogan says Clay is "neutered," blames it on his killed-a-kitten comment. PETA's newest advertising campaign features Triumph the Insult Comic Dog promoting neutering--by way...
Eleven Idol winners will compete in World Idol, airing on Christmas Day.
Eleven Idol winners will compete in World Idol, airing on Christmas Day. World Idol's competitors have been announced. The competition, airing in most nations on...