reality blurred + archives + August 27 to September 2, 2006

week of August 27, 2006

MTV following Schlitterbahn water park employees for new reality series
If you've ever seen one of those Travel Channel water park countdown shows, you've heard of Schlitterbahn, the huge water park in Texas. Soon, the...
Kathy Griffin no longer speaks to Matt, doesn't "particularly love men right now"
Kathy Griffin has been very wounded by her public divorce from Matt Moline, who stole $72,000 from her. While Matt "apologized, Griffin said they no...
Ashton Kutcher will crash weddings for a NBC reality series
After creating mental anguish for celebrities with his MTV series Punk'd, Ashton Kutcher went on to executive produce Beauty and the Geek, which was, for...
Janelle and George nominated after the houseguests "spread [their] seed and pollinated the back yard"
Last night, HBO aired the season finales of both Deadwood and Entourage. Over on NBC, there was the three-hour Emmy telecast. There was also our...
The Amazing Race wins its fourth consecutive Emmy award
The Amazing Race is fast becoming the reality TV version of Third Rock from the Sun, Friends, or Will and Grace, a show that keeps...

Former child star will appear on Big Brother to whore his CBS sitcom
The Big Brother 7 houseguests are getting a surprise visitor tonight, CBS has announced, spoiling its own surprise before it even happens. Of course, it...
FOX's Celebrity Duets and Bravo's Million Dollar Listing debut tonight
FOX presses its luck tonight when it debuts yet another singing talent show that follows in the footsteps of its own American Idol. Celebrity Duets...
Gold Rush competitors may form teams; clues will be revealed on CBS shows
Mark Burnett talked to reporters a few minutes ago about his upcoming online competition series Gold Rush, and, among other things, clarified the rules of...
Danity Kane's single debuts at 17, tying Ashley Angel and beat only by Taylor, Katherine
Making the Band 3 group Danity Kane released their self-titled debut album last week, and its first single, Show Stopper, has debuted at #17 on...

Janelle vetos herself yet again and Neil Patrick Harris rocks the Big Brother house
At the end of last night's episode of Big Brother 7, a peanut M&M climbed up my esophagus and landed on my tongue. I realized...
Bravo announces Top Chef 2 cast
Bravo has announced the cast of Top Chef 2, and it has grown from season one. For the second season, which debuts immediately after Project...
Mark Burnett says Survivor Cook Islands is "not racial at all"
Talking yesterday to reporters about Gold Rush, Mark Burnett was asked by an AP reporter about the controversy surrounding Survivor Cook Islands, even though, as...
GM drops Survivor sponsorship, but not because of race twist
After sponsoring Survivor for its first 12 seasons, GM has dropped its sponsorship of the show. That their sponsorship was dropped before the most controversial...

Who Wants to be a Superhero ends tonight
Having debuted six weeks ago, SciFi's Who Wants to be a Superhero? concludes tonight at 9 p.m. ET. Either Fat Momma or Feedback will win,...
Celebrity Duets debut beaten by Big Brother 7
FOX's Celebrity Duets have been beaten by the hamsters: the new series had lower ratings than Big Brother 7 in both total viewers and among...
Danity Kane's album debuts at number one, beating OutKast by almost 40,000 copies
Danity Kane, the debut album from the Making the Band 3 album, has debuted at number one. That's better than either O-Town or Da Band's...
Dave Navarro denies report that winner has been selected, says group doesn't yet agree
Dave Navarro has responded on his web site to an online gossip report that the winner of Rock Star: Supernova has already been decided upon....
American Idol 5 tour has earned $14.6 million, is the "most successful Idol tour ever"
The American Idol 5 arena tour, which continues through Sept. 10, is "the longest and most successful Idol tour ever," according to USA TODAY. Citing...
Donald Trump fired Carolyn Kepcher
Carolyn Kepcher, Donald Trump's left-hand woman on the first five seasons of The Apprentice, has been fired, literally. She "was fired earlier this week. Rhona...

Danielle and George evicted as Big Brother 7 does a week in one live, dreadful hour
On Tuesday, Big Brother 7 will evict yet another houseguest, the third in less than a week, and that person will be Janelle. At least,...
Feedback wins Who Wants to be a Superhero
Feedback, aka Matthew Atherton, has won SciFi's Who Wants to be a Superhero?. Feedback hugged Stan Lee, who finally emerged from his on-screen prison, and...