reality blurred + archives + November 28 to December 4, 2004

Monday, Nov. 29, 2004

Expedition Robinson reality TV star in Sweden fakes rape rescue to get attention.
Expedition Robinson reality TV star in Sweden fakes rape rescue to get attention. A contestant on a recent edition of Sweden's Expedition Robinson, the show...
Kathy Griffin works as Surreal Life 4 cabbie, is getting her own reality series.
Kathy Griffin works as Surreal Life 4 cabbie, is getting her own reality series. D-list celebrity, Celebrity Mole winner, and uber reality TV fan Kathy...
Bachelor Byron proposes to Mary.
Bachelor Byron proposes to Mary. The oldest bachelor ever proposed to the oldest bachelorette ever during the season finale of The Bachelor 6, when 40-year-old...
alliance shatters as LeAnn is voted off.
alliance shatters as LeAnn is voted off. The women's alliance almost survived the entire season of Survivor Vanuatu, but instead, it crumbled, leaving one man...
prostitute hears from a client that Kwame "slept around a lot" while engaged.
prostitute hears from a client that Kwame "slept around a lot" while engaged. A New York prostitute has gossip in her weblog about two Apprentice...

Toni Ferrari performs on reality TV CD, says she wants "to be known as" an actress.
Toni Ferrari performs on reality TV CD, says she wants "to be known as" an actress. Paradise Hotel's Toni Ferrari promised to go away, but...
Manhunt ends tonight; Jon "was one of the only anti-Bush people on the show."
Manhunt ends tonight; Jon "was one of the only anti-Bush people on the show."Bravo's male modeling series Manhunt concludes tonight at 8 p.m. ET (repeating...
Queer Eye creator: Bravo "ate their own baby," "just don't get the cool, hip factor."
Queer Eye creator: Bravo "ate their own baby," "just don't get the cool, hip factor." In a profile of Queer Eye creator David Collins, the...
TBS' Real Gilligan's Island debuts tonight.
TBS' Real Gilligan's Island debuts tonight. Fourteen clones of the original seven Gilligan's Island cast members will be stranded on an island as TBS debuts...

Ruben Studdard was released from the hospital; college student looks just like Clay.
Ruben Studdard was released from the hospital; college student looks just like Clay. Ruben Studdard left a hospital just in time to stuff his face...
Leann says women should have voted out Scout, rather than Eliza or Chris.
Leann says women should have voted out Scout, rather than Eliza or Chris. The unknowing victim of the women's alliance coup, Leann Slaby, says that...
Bravo's Project Runway debuts tonight.
Bravo's Project Runway debuts tonight. Bravo kicks off its fashion designer challenge Project Runway tonight at 10 p.m. ET, further solidfying its position as the...
Jon Jonsson wins Bravo's Manhunt.
Jon Jonsson wins Bravo's Manhunt. Model and judge Bruce Hulse said that the Manhunt finale represented "the epic Super Bowl battle of two male archetypes:...

Maria's web "shrine to all things Maria."
Maria's web "shrine to all things Maria." Former reality TV cast member's web sites are generally not worthy of comment, as they've either been produced...
IMG signs runner-up Rob, who dated another Manhunt model before the show.
IMG signs runner-up Rob, who dated another Manhunt model before the show. Fans of Manhunt runner-up Rob Williams need not fret that they'll never see...
FOX will stick with low-rated Rebel Billionaire; Australia might do a version.
FOX will stick with low-rated Rebel Billionaire; Australia might do a version. In the US, Richard Branson's FOX series The Rebel Billionaire isn't quite reaching...
Clay's book debuts at #2 on bestseller list, holiday album debuts strong; Fantasia at #8.
Clay's book debuts at #2 on bestseller list, holiday album debuts strong; Fantasia at #8. Tomorrow, American Idol 2's Clay Aiken will be in the...
TBS' The Real Gilligan's Island debuted with more than 7 million viewers.
TBS' The Real Gilligan's Island debuted with more than 7 million viewers. The Real Gilligan's Island is " the first breakthrough original TBS has launched...

Apprentice 2's "innovative, new, fun way of selling" can cost companies $2 million.
Apprentice 2's "innovative, new, fun way of selling" can cost companies $2 million. The relentless product placement on The Apprentice 2 transcends ordinary product placement,...
Ami's out of Survivor Vanuatu, which will conclude live on Sunday, Dec. 12.
Ami's out of Survivor Vanuatu, which will conclude live on Sunday, Dec. 12. The apparent mastermind of the Survivor Vanuatu women's alliance was voted out...
Newlyweds will return in January despite Jessica's statement that it was "over."
Newlyweds will return in January despite Jessica's statement that it was "over." Oh, Jessica Simpson, you liar. You promised that Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica was...