reality blurred + archives + April 11 to April 17, 2004

week of April 11, 2004

Omarosa is everywhere, from books to dolls; Ereka may sue Omarosa for slander.
Omarosa is everywhere, from books to dolls; Ereka may sue Omarosa for slander. Former The Apprentice villian Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth tells the Washington Post that "Being...
report: Will Young coming to the US; Clay's single Solitaire is number one again.
report: Will Young coming to the US; Clay's single Solitaire is number one again. A year ago, Pop Idol winner Will Young turned down a...
Rocco: plot was surprising; "it was not my choice to make my litigation public."
Rocco: plot was surprising; "it was not my choice to make my litigation public." The second season of The Restaurant debuts next week, and will...
online wedding registry suggests Justin Guarini and Nicole Richie are engaged.
online wedding registry suggests Justin Guarini and Nicole Richie are engaged. Are American Idol Justin Guarini and The Simple Life star Nicole Richie are getting...
Joe Schmo Show 2 will feature two victims and mock relationship shows.
Joe Schmo Show 2 will feature two victims and mock relationship shows. The Joe Schmo Show 2 will take on the form of a reality...

Lex is no longer friends with "despicable scoundrel" Rob; Kathy booted Jerri.
Lex is no longer friends with "despicable scoundrel" Rob; Kathy booted Jerri. The friend that once called Lex van den Berghe "in tears when he...
marijuana found on Ruben's tour bus.
marijuana found on Ruben's tour bus. Marijuana was allegedly found on Ruben Studdard's tour bus yesterday; Ruben "was not on the bus, but three people...
Britney Spears shopping reality series.
Britney Spears shopping reality series. Not content to be shown up by the likes of Bobby Brown, Whitney Houston, Missy Elliott, and Sugar Ray, who...
Bush's news conference bumps Idol.
Bush's news conference bumps Idol. American Idol 3 won't air tonight as scheduled because of a recently announced Presidential press conference, the 12th of his...
Trump has yet to decide the winner; NBC raises his per-episode salary.
Trump has yet to decide the winner; NBC raises his per-episode salary. Donald Trump says he has not yet selected the winner for The Apprentice....

Big Brother Africa won't return, but will be replaced by African Idol show.
Big Brother Africa won't return, but will be replaced by African Idol show. Big Brother Africa won't return for a second season. However, producers are...
Queer Eye wins GLAAD award.
Queer Eye wins GLAAD award. In an announcement as surprising as Carson Kressley's coming out must have been, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy won...
group won't try to block Philly taping.
group won't try to block Philly taping. The Real World Philadelphia production has dodged another possible conflict: Racial Unity USA "was planning to become an...
fired Apprentice Jessie wants trademarks for "you're fired" and "the apprentice."
fired Apprentice Jessie wants trademarks for "you're fired" and "the apprentice." Jessie Conners was fired by Donald Trump during the sixth episode of The Apprentice,...
report says Ian and Meredith are over, but they say they're living together.
report says Ian and Meredith are over, but they say they're living together. ABC shouldn't hold its breath for a Bachelorette 2 wedding special, at...
FOX cancels Forever Eden.
FOX cancels Forever Eden. FOX has ditched another series: Forever Eden is gone. Once scheduled to run indefinitely for years and years and years, only...

NBC to air two-hour dating series which finds a man courting his ex-girlfriends.
NBC to air two-hour dating series which finds a man courting his ex-girlfriends. Accelerating the sometimes tedious process of , NBC will air a dating...
Bachelor 5 reveals Jenny is the spy.
Bachelor 5 reveals Jenny is the spy. Wednesday's episode of The Bachelor 5 unveiled the face behind the blur, the spy who is secretly feeding...
William Hung debuts at #34; final 12 are producing a record with soul classics.
William Hung debuts at #34; final 12 are producing a record with soul classics. After selling 37,676 copies in one week, William Hung's Inspiration debuted...
The Apprentice concludes live tonight.
The Apprentice concludes live tonight. More than three months of orgiastic media coverage and national obsession will come to an end tonight (or shortly thereafter)...

ITV show Vote for Me will search for candidate for House of Commons seat.
ITV show Vote for Me will search for candidate for House of Commons seat. Next year, both the US and the UK could have politicians...
WB will air Idol spoof Superstar USA, which will advance awful singers.
WB will air Idol spoof Superstar USA, which will advance awful singers. The WB will reverse the Idol formula with its upcoming Superstar USA, letting...
MTV's Sorority Life led sororites to not "cooperate with ... the media."
MTV's Sorority Life led sororites to not "cooperate with ... the media." In Alexandra Robbins' new book Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities, she reveals...
Quentin Tarantino's "f-in" reshot and edited; Jon Peter Lewis goes home.
Quentin Tarantino's "f-in" reshot and edited; Jon Peter Lewis goes home. As a guest judge on American Idol 3 Wednesday, Quentin Tarantino got really excited,...
Bill Rancic is Trump's Apprentice.
Bill Rancic is Trump's Apprentice. Right about now, Bill Rancic is probably very glad that the producers of The Bachelor 3 dropped him after they...