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Monday, Oct. 2, 2006

The Amazing Race 10 visits the Hanoi Hilton and Duke and Lauren are eliminated
After three episodes of The Amazing Race 10, I'm totally loving this race. It has that old-school, pre-Rob and Amber, vibe to it, like before...
The Bachelor 9 debuts tonight
The reality series that just will not die returns tonight for a ninth season when ABC debuts The Bachelor: Rome. The two-hour premiere starts at...
E!'s uncomfortable celebrity train wreck House of Carters debuts tonight
Tonight at 9 p.m. ET, E! debuts House of Carters. As the eight-episode series opens, the Carter siblings move into a house together in LA,...
Jeffrey: reports on cheating investigation came from "bottom feeding, sludge dredging, no-life having journalists"
Last week's news that Project Runway 3 producers investigated allegations that Jeffrey Sebelia cheated has prompted a reply from Jeffrey. To recap, Jeffrey was apparently...

ABC plans search for celebrity impersonators
ABC is planning yet another talent search reality show. The Imposter will search "for individuals who can do a great impersonation of a famous person,...
American Idol producers Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick will buy a vineyard, star in reality series
Two producers of American Idol, apparently no longer content to toil anonymously behind the scenes and manipulate the emotions of viewers while letting unknown kids...
Extreme Makeover Alaska house's construction detailed on web site
Last week's season premiere of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition followed the team as they built a house in North Pole, Alaska, for a large family....
MTV's True Life returns tonight with "I'm Addicted to Crystal Meth"
MTV's next season of nine-year-old documentary series True Life returns tonight with an episode titled "I'm Addicted to Crystal Meth." The episode follows "several young...
Bachelor's prince reportedly never visited Rome before the show, took a language course
An anonymous relative of Bachelor 9 star Prince Lorenzo Borghese has revealed to Radar that the prince, who's actually a prince, may never have been...

Extreme Makeover currently building a house in Wisconsin
After yesterday's post about the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition web site that chronicled the construction of the home in Alaska, two kind souls e.mailed URLs...
Contender finale was ESPN's highest-rated boxing show in nine years
The Contender 2's finale, during which Grady Brewer defeated Steve Forbes, was watched by 2.3 million people. That makes it "the highest-rated boxing telecast on...
Idol auditions end with "atrocious" and "delusional" talent in Seattle
American Idol 5's final stop on its seven-city audition tour was Seattle, but the talent there did not impress the judges. Simon Cowell told the...
Feast makes $56,131, making it the lowest-earning Project Greenlight film
During its brief run in theatres the weekend before last, Feast bombed, and bad. According to Box Office Mojo, the film earned a total of...

Keith says someone planted the books in his room; Vincent threatened to quit because of his laundry
The "never before seen footage" on reunion shows tends to consist of footage that was not shown before for good reason, usually because it's dreadfully...

Who Wants to be a Superhero will return next summer
SciFi's quasi-reality series Who Wants to be a Superhero? has been renewed by the network. A SciFi VP said the series "garnered great reviews, attracted...
Letter from Runway producers bans "patterns" and "portfolios" but not books
Entertainment Weekly has obtained a letter sent by producers to Project Runway 3 contestants before the show began. One section explains "What you CANNOT bring,"...
"Leaked" footage from Real World Denver house shows two women making out
A video that purports to be from The Real World Denver house shows two of the female cast members making out in a hot tub...
Vincent says Project Runway is "kind of trashy" and calls Tim Gunn "a trashmouth"
Vincent Libretti, former Project Runway, and laughingstock because of his laundry tantrum, says the show is "kind of trashy" during an interview segment that's now...