reality blurred + archives + March 12 to March 18, 2006

Monday, Mar. 13, 2006

Raj running for Congress "on an environmental platform," is "not your typical Republican"
Apprentice 2 candidate Raj Bhakta is officially running for Congress, and he's trying to form "a coalition of Republicans, Democrats and Independents" in order to...
Top 12 Idol finalists have dirty little secrets
If you're the kind of American Idol 5 fan who is desperate to know what kind of ringtone your favorite finalist has, TMZ.com has revealed...
Hell's Kitchen 2 has a new prize, "more intense" competition
Hell's Kitchen 2 won't air until June 12, but the series completed production last week. Besides a rebuilt restaurant (the old set was torn down...
Simon Cowell: "I actually do care" about American Idol results
The New York Times profiles Simon Cowell today, and explores both American Idol's success and Simon's hopes for his upcoming series, such as American Inventor....

Wes and Johanna selling "dumb and poseurish" t-shirts on a "dumpy little site"
TVgasm points us to a new destination on the web: Wes and Johanna's "dumpy little site" where they're selling "dumb and poseurish" t-shirts. The Real...
A&E cancels Rollergirls, is developing other reality series
A&E's Rollergirls, the first series to borrow Laguna Beach's aesthetic, has been cancelled. Variety reports that "execs were pleased with the content of the show"...
Nashville Star debuts, gets a makeover to look more like American Idol, Dancing with the Stars
Nashville Star will be getting a makeover for its fourth season, and the resulting show will look more like American Idol and Dancing with the...
Idol Tonight, American Idol Extra offer even more American Idol filler
If the filler on the regularly scheduled American Idol 5 episodes doesn't waste enough of your time, and your life just isn't complete with yet...
Bachelor 9 looking for an architect, will be set in a tropical location
Casting producers for ABC's The Bachelor 9 "are interested in finding an architect" to front the next season of the show. The show's casting director,...
Rock Star 2 will form a new group with "members from existing or defunct bands"
The identity of the Rock Star 2 group has been revealed, sort of. Executive producer Mark Burnett told the London Free Press that the group...

Dani and Danielle, Eric and Jeremy hook up before reaching a fake pit stop
From teams hooking up to a a team member using a racist euphemism for "motherfucker" to a fake-out pit stop, this episode of The Amazing...
Park Gillespie forced out of South Carolina Congressional race
American Candidate winner Park Gillespie is dropping out of the race for a seat in the House of Representatives long before the primary election because...
Tim Gunn and Andrae go on a date to Red Lobster
Tonight's that first dreaded night: A Wednesday evening without Project Runway. We'll probably have to wait another nine months for the show to return. But...
Beauty and the Geek 2's Wes and Cheryl are still together
Beauty and the Geek's Cheryl Tenbush, who won the show with her partner Josh Herman, is still dating the geek she met on the show,...

Melissa McGhee is the first to leave the top 12
Less than a month ago, the odds favored Ace Young to win American Idol 5. Last night, he was in the bottom three, having received...
ABC's American Inventor debuts tonight
ABC's American Inventor, which will either be the next American Idol or the next copycat failure, debuts tonight at 8 p.m. ET. After 12 finalists...
Tommy Lee, bassist from Metallica, guitarist from Guns 'n' Roses will form new Rock Star 2 group Supernova
As promised earlier in the week, when Rock Star 2's new format was revealed, the rockers involved have been announced. Along with Tommy Lee, who...
Bachelor 9 will be filmed in Hawaii
The Bachelor 9's casting call promised would-be bachelors that they'd be searching for their future ex in "an exotic, tropical location." That location, reality blurred...

Real World Key West cast's boss blogs and calls himself the "8th cast member"
The man who served as the boss for The Real World Key West cast's "job" is now blogging about the experience and the show. Ricky...
Evan and Jaron show up to whore themselves on American Inventor's premiere
If American Inventor is going to become the next American Idol, it needs to take some speed. Because while the first episode had plenty of...
Taylor Hicks will start dying his grey hair next week
Perhaps the most recognizable American Idol 5 contestant is reportedly about to lose his recognizable feature. Taylor Hicks' "grey [hair] is gonna go, just not...
FCC finds pixilated Surreal Life 2 scene to be "explicit and graphic"; clears Amazing Race graffiti
On Wednesday, the tight-asses at the FCC fined a number of shows, including CBS for allowing Janet Jackson's breast to horrify the nation. But besides...
American Inventor debut draws 14.2 million viewers, gives ABC a win among 18- to 49-year-olds
The first two-hour episode of American Inventor may have been slow, but it pulled in record audiences for ABC. Of course, it's ABC, so the...
DialIdol site shut down after Idol producer FremantleMedia demanded it "cease and desist"
The webmaster of Dialidol, a web site the suggested it could predict the next American Idol 5 bootee based upon the number of busy signals...