reality blurred + archives + September 3 to September 9, 2006

Tuesday, Sep. 5, 2006

Big Brother 7 houseguests make out, make us gag
Well, Sunday's episode of Big Brother would go down in history as the most depressing ever, if it weren't for the final moments. It will,...
Marathon of HGTV's Design Star airs tomorrow
This weekend, I finally watched HGTV's Design Star, a competition featuring interior decorators. HGTV aired a marathon yesterday, in addition to repeating the last few...
Darrell and Aviv win Fresh Meat Challenge
Darrell has won a Real WorldRoad Rules Challenge for the fourth time. He and his teammate Aviv, the only functional team remaining on the Fresh...
Carolyn, George were not part of The Apprentice 6 even before Carolyn was fired
Carolyn Kepcher was fired by Donald Trump just last week, but she will not appear in The Apprentice 6, which was filmed earlier this summer....

CW holds open casting calls for next Pussycat Doll series
The CW's search for the next Pussycat Doll, which will become a series called, oddly enough, The Search for the Next Pussycat Doll, will visit...
Contender producer says "NBC fucked up" and Jeff Zucker "is an idiot"
Jeff Wald, an executive producer of The Contender, and the man who came up with the initial concept, tells FightNightNews that "NBC fucked up" the...
Janelle evicts Will with help from Erika, the world rejoices, and Mike Boogie is left alone with "these bitches"
I've complained non-stop about this season of Big Brother 7, and for good reasons, but all of the boredom and disappointment was, I realized last...
Mark Burnett says "racial differences are unlikely to matter" on Survivor Cook Islands
Mark Burnett has given his most extensive reply yet to his critics about the racially divided cast of Survivor Cook Islands. It's in the form...

Clay Aiken appointed to President's Committee for People With Intellectual Disabilities
In the same announcement in which George W. Bush announced his appointments of the Secretary of Transportation, the Director of the National Park Service, and...
Tom DeLay urges Dancing support of his "good friend" Sara Evans, not Tucker Carlson
When former Congressman Tom DeLay resigned earlier this year, Think Progress notes, he said he wanted to "pursue new opportunities to engage in the important...
Carolyn says she wasn't fired, but it was a 'mutual' decision; George disagrees
Carolyn Kepcher showed up on Good Morning America--ABC's morning show, not NBC's--to tell the world that she wasn't really fired by Donald Trump, she says;...
Design Star has been renewed for a second season, will air a mini-series following the winner
HGTV's Design Star, which concludes Sunday night at 9 p.m. ET, will continue in November with a spin-off series that follows the winner. The series...
Mike Malin on Janelle: "If she votes [Will] out, I'll shit in her face" and "piss on her face"
On the live feeds a few days ago, Mike "Boogie" Malin said a lot more than the hateful remarks he made about the two female...

Janelle evicted from Big Brother All-Stars, leaving Mike and Erika as the final two
What a difference 48 hours makes. Janelle has been evicted from the Big Brother house, and either Mike "Boogie" Malin or Erika will win the...
Al Sharpton endorses Tucker Carlson
After the recent revelation that Tom DeLay had endorsed Sara Evans, encouraging his supporters to vote for her on Dancing with the Stars 3, I...
Jeff Probst says Survivor Cook Islands represents the series' "rebirth," says sponsors left before they knew of the twist
Survivor host Jeff Probst told reporters yesterday that the new Survivor Cook Islands, which debuts next Thursday, represents the series' "rebirth." However, that's not entirely...