reality blurred + archives + September 7 to September 13, 2008

Sunday, Sep. 7, 2008

Adam Jasinski had plastic surgery
Adam Jasinski, the winner of Big Brother 9, had plastic surgery recently on his face to correct damage done after a car accident. "I went...

Matty Whitmore: "I'm an honest asshole," "a fool," and "I don't want to take myself seriously"
The first thing Matty Whitmore did when he sat down to talk to me was turn his chair 90 degrees to his left, so he...
Lifetime delays Project Runway 6 until 2009
The debut of Project Runway 6 has been pushed back to 2009 by its new network, Lifetime, although the show has already apparently been cast....
Survivor Pearl Islands diary auction removed from eBay
Nicole Delma, who no one remembers was the first person voted off of Survivor Pearl Islands, was auctioning off journals she kept during the audition...

Bravo leaves behind its loathsome Million Dollar Listing realtors as Rachel Zoe debuts
With its two docudramas that conclude and debut tonight, Bravo seems to moving into a new space: following loathsome people who are only worth watching...
Joe Francis no longer on Celebrity Apprentice cast, which includes Joan Rivers, Khloe Kardashian, Natalie Gulbis
Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis will not compete on Celebrity Apprentice 2, but several other D-list celebrities have confirmed they're on the show, while...
Ace Gordon: "We are here to win. Sometimes I think we forget that"
Ace Gordon may already be the most-recognizable Survivor Gabon cast member, thanks to the airtime the bald, English-accented 27-year-old photographer is getting in promos for...
Heidi and Spencer working with Mattel on their own Ken and Barbie dolls
Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt will become immortalized in plastic when Mattel produces Barbie and Ken versions of The Hills villains/entertainers/"improv TV personalities." "We just...
Jennifer Lopez will guest judge Project Runway's final runway show this Friday
This Friday at 9 a.m., the Project Runway 5 designers left in the competition after Wednesday night's double elimination will present their collections at Fashion...
Big Brother 10 ratings increase, beating Hole in the Wall, which is no Survivor killer
The 10th season of Big Brother concludes a week from tonight, and although this time of the season tends to get rather dry because there's...

Dan throws the final veto competition and Keesha figures out that she's out
Big Brother 10's final veto competition played out last night, and Memphis won only because Dan threw the competition in order to deflect attention from...
Randy Bailey: "If you carve a strategy in stone, you're fucked from the beginning"
In Africa, members of the press were given copies of the Survivor Gabon contestants' bios (drafts, it seems, since some have changed slightly) to read...
Red Hook neighborhood "shutting the door on" Real World Brooklyn cast
Just as has happened during the production of previous seasons, the cast and crew of The Real World Brooklyn are getting an angry reception from...

Lauren Conrad gets a three-book deal
In addition to her career as a fashion designer, Hills star Lauren Conrad will now become an author, as a publisher has given her a...
102 Minutes that Changed America includes amateur, professional footage of Sept. 11
Tonight at 9 p.m. ET, on the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, the History Channel debuts 102 Minutes that Changed America, a two-hour,...
Six Project Runway 5 designers will show at Fashion Week Friday
Project Runway 5 narrowed its designers down to six designers, all of whom will (presumably) present collections at Fashion Week this Friday morning in front...
Dan Kay: "I think it's going to help my strategy that I'm nice"
Boston lawyer Dan Kay was quiet, thoughtful, intelligent, introspective--and about to be crushed and destroyed by more ruthless competitors. And by that, I mean everyone...
Theo Tams wins Canadian Idol 6, is openly gay
Alberta 22-year-old Theo Tams beat Nova Scotia 22-year-old Mitch MacDonald to win Canadian Idol 6 last night. Tams was called "probably the best male vocalist...

"you are a guy sitting behind a computer writing SHIT about all these people"
Today's interview with Charlie marks the halfway point of my Survivor Gabon cast interviews. Re-listening to my conversations and condensing them based upon my...
Antonio Sabato, Jr., brothers Real and Chance will find love on VH1
VH1 has announced fall debut dates for its reality shows, and as part of that, has announced two new series. The first is yet another...
Dan and Memphis coast into Big Brother 10's finale
It may not have been the most spectacular game play in the history of competitive, social reality TV games, but Dan and Memphis' week-four plan...
Fox renews Kitchen Nightmares, Hell's Kitchen for two seasons; adds a new Ramsay show
Fox is in business with Gordon Ramsay for years to come. The network has renewed Kitchen Nightmares, which just started its second season, for a...
Charlie Herschel: "I want to be the gay, white, athletic, male Cirie"
Like Dan Kay, Survivor Gabon cast member Charlie Herschel is a lawyer from the northeast. Unlike Dan, however, Charlie is a student of the game...
Tim Gunn replaces Jennifer Lopez as guest judge for Project Runway 5's finale
Minutes ago, Project Runway 5's final six designers Jerrell, Suede, Joe, Kenley, Korto finished presenting their collections at Fashion Week in front of an audience...