reality blurred + archives + June 11 to June 17, 2006

week of June 11, 2006

ABC's How to Get the Guy debuts tonight
Tonight at 10 p.m. ET, ABC debuts a new series from the creators of Queer Eye. How to Get the Guy "will follow four single...
Bravo airs Three of Hearts documentary tonight, exploring a three-way relationship
Tonight, Bravo airs Three of Hearts: A Post-Modern Family, Susan Kaplan's documentary film about a monogamous relationship between three people, two men and a woman....
Hell's Kitchen 2 debuts on FOX tonight
"World-class chef" Gordon Ramsay returns to TV tonight to ridicule, humiliate, and emotionally destroy 12 chefs when FOX debuts Hell's Kitchen 2. The two-hour premiere...
Vivica A. Fox confirms she's on Dancing with the Stars 3; Mario "Slater" Lopez and Harry Hamlin rumored
Vivica A. Fox confirmed with People magazine that she'll be one of the celebrity dancers on Dancing with the Stars 3, which airs this fall....
Teen Vogue editor says Lauren didn't get the job because of the show
Of all the things about Laguna Beach spin-off The Hills, Lauren's internship at Teen Vogue seems the most made-for-television. It's automatic product placement and a...
The Amazing Race 10 spotted in Kuwait
For its 10th season, The Amazing Race is apparently returning to the middle East, specifically to Kuwait, the small country that borders Iraq and Saudi...

Svetlana is one of the Trojan 100, prefers Extra Thin Trojan condoms
The Real World Key West's Svetlana appears in this month's Maxim, but not in an editorial spread nor a story. Instead, she's part of a...
Six days left to enter the Hell's Kitchen TV giveaway; American Idol CDs, t-shirts for the runners-up
This coming Sunday is the last day to enter the Hell's Kitchen 2 contest, in which you can win a brand-new flat-screen LCD TV. While...
Paradise Hotel's Dave Kerpen whores out his wedding
It's not particularly noteworthy when a reality TV whore participates in a direct exchange of goods for their services; that is, after all, the definition...
Chef Ramsay offers to insert pumpkin into a Hell's Kitchen patron's behind
Whereas Bravo's Top Chef is about demonstrating culinary skills and challenging them, Hell's Kitchen is mostly about humiliation. It's like boot camp for aspiring chefs,...
Fear Factor returns, CBS' Tuesday Night Book Club debuts tonight
Fear Factor returns tonight, most likely to burn off its final episodes and then fade into reality TV history. At 8 p.m. ET, the three-episode...

VH1 plans competition series the White Rapper Show
VH1 will air a competition series for white wannabe rappers. The series, titled The White Rapper Show, will be produced by Ken Mok, the executive...
Real World Denver cast revealed; PA calls reporter a "sick" "stalker" for photographing the cast
A PA working on The Real World Denver called a reporter "a stalker" and "sick" for photographing the cast and crew, and producers also asked...
Feast will debut in theatres September 22
Feast, the film that was produced as part of Project Greenlight 3, has a new release date: September 22. The Weinstein Company's web site now...

Man spending six months living online, letting viewers control his life
Yesterday, 35-year-old Kieran Vogel "[became] the first person to give total control of his life to the Internet." As part of the aptly named site...
The Hills filmed four days a week for nine months; three of Lauren's friends said no
MTV's new docusoap reality series The Hills will air a total of 10 episodes, but for that short amount of air time, producers shot "for...
Track Real World Denver cast online; gay cast member changes his name
Thanks to technological advances, The Real World Denver cast may become the most-stalked cast in history. Besides The Denver Post blog tracking their exploits, a...
Taylor Hicks is People's hottest bachelor; Ace Young, Ryan Seacrest are also listed
Taylor Hicks has been named the hottest bachelor in the country by People magazine, leading a list that includes Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, and Nick...
CBS moves weekend Big Brother 7 episodes to Sundays
When Big Brother 7 settles into its regular three-nights-per-week schedule, there will be a change: The episode that has in the past aired on Saturdays...

Animal Planet's Big Brother-with-cats show Meow Mix House debuts tonight
Animal Planet tonight debuts Meow Mix House, a "show" that's like Big Brother, but with cats instead of people, and with a lot less bitchiness...
Banana Republic drops Project Runway sponsorship, but Delta, Macy's, Orbitz and others sign on
Bad news: On the third season of Project Runway, Heidi Klum will have no reason to say the word "banana." That's because Banana Republic has...
Ruben Studdard wins $2 million in lawsuit against his former manager
American Idol 2 winner was awarded $2 million by a judge, ending Ruben's lawsuit against his manager. The judge "awarded Studdard $500,000 for his actual...