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Monday, Sep. 25, 2006

Details names Reichen Lehmkuhl its fourth most-powerful man, while Ryan Seacrest is #33
Amazing Race 4 winner Reichen Lehmkuhl has been named the fourth most powerful man on Details' annual Power 50 list, although his placement has nothing...
Supernova settles lawsuit against Rock Star: Supernova
After a judge ordered the CBS-created Supernova to change its name, the original group has dropped its legal challenge. The Lukas Rossi-fronted group will forever...
30-second ads for American Idol 6 results show average $620,000
FOX is selling 30-second advertisements on American Idol 6's results show for an average of $620,000. Similar ads on the performance show go for about...
Project Runway producers "did a very intense and thorough investigation" of accusations that Jeffrey cheated
Jeffrey Sebelia has been investigated for cheating on the runway collection he presented at Fashion Week. Laura "Bennett told the producers she believed Sebelia had...
America's Got Talent 2 now casting, will include "boot camp" phase
America's Got Talent is fattening up for its second season, which is now casting, but adding "expanded audition episodes" and "a new 'boot camp' phase...

Laguna Beach's Jason Wahler arrested for the second time this month
Following his post-The Hills break-up with Lauren, former Laguna Beach star Jason Wahler has been arrested twice in the past month. On Friday, he was...
The Contender 2 concludes tonight with a live bout from LA
At 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT tonight, Steve Forbes and Grady Brewer will face off in The Contender 2's finale for the title and the...
Bianca Ryan signs record deal with Columbia
The winner of America's Got Talent, Bianca Ryan, has signed a record contract with Columbia Records/SYCO. The "12-year-old's first album is slated for a Nov....

Photographer says Mike Boogie "brazenly displayed the theft" of her photos on TV
Big Brother 7 winner and newly minted millionaire Mike "Boogie" Malin is being sued, along with his business partners, for using a photographer's work without...
Grady Brewer wins The Contender 2 by split decision
Grady Brewer won The Contender 2 by split decision, defeating Steve Forbes in what the ESPN commentators called an "upset." Two judges scored the fight...
Fantasia's father sues her publisher for $10 million over her book's "malicious untruths"
Fantasia Barrino's father, Joseph, is suing the publisher of her memoir for $10 million. He claims Life is Not a Fairy Tale includes "false, exaggerated,...
Mario Lopez's dance partner injured herself while rehearsing
Karina Smirnoff, Mario Lopez's partner on Dancing with the Stars 3, "hurt her back and neck in rehearsal," Mario told TMZ.com yesterday. While she returned...
Mario Vazquez says he left Idol because of the show's contract
More than a year and a half after Mario Vazquez quit American Idol 4, he's finally telling the world why he left. (The timing of...

Celebrity Duets finale begins tonight
FOX's Celebrity Duets begins its two-part finale tonight at 9 p.m. ET. The last three remaining celebrities are Lucy Lawless, Alfonso Ribeiro, and Hal Sparks....
Jewel replaces Wynonna Judd as host of Nashville Star 5
Nashville Star will have yet another new host when it debuts next year. For the fifth season, Jewel is replacing Wynonna Judd. Last season's co-host,...
Clay Aiken's record debuts at #2; Simon Cowell, Elton John react to his interviews
Clay Aiken's third record, A Thousand Different Ways, debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 after selling 205,000 copies. That was just 12,000 fewer...
Run's House cameras were in the delivery room where Run's baby was born, died
The conclusion of the second season of Run's House ended with Rev. Run's wife Justine Simmons telling everyone she was pregnant. That pregnancy ended tragically...
Project Runway 3 keeps all four designers for Fashion Week
The speculation and guessing about Project Runway 3's final three can now end, because there was no final three. Instead, the judges decided to keep...

Amazing Race renewed for an eleventh season
CBS has ordered an eleventh season for The Amazing Race. The news comes after just two episodes of The Amazing Race 10 have aired. Despite...
Dancing with the Stars performances are pre-taped; the audience claps for an empty stage
The performances during the allegedly "live" Dancing with the Stars 3 performance episodes have been pre-recorded, Access Hollywood reports. The audience fakes its applause even...
Survivor tribes integrate and the race war begins as one tribe forms alliances along racial lines
The racially segregated tribes, which stirred up so much controversy, only lasted two weeks. Last night, the four tribes became two: Aitutaki and Rarotonga. "Drop...