reality blurred + archives + April 19 to April 25, 2009

week of April 19, 2009

Sanjaya Malakar, Janice Dickinson, Duane Chapman join I'm a Celebrity cast
NBC may soon need to rename I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here 2, calling it I'm a Former Reality Show Star...Get Me Out of...

Teams get bitchy and have meltdowns in China
We've officially reached the meltdown stage of The Amazing Race 14, where fatigue leads the teams to act irrationally. That led to the hyped showdown...
Fantasia, DJ AM, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Johnny Weir get reality series, but not Michael Vick
A handful of celebrities, including Fantasia Barrino and DJ AM, are getting their own reality shows, but one celebrity that was rumored to get his...
E! gives Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian their own series
E! is spinning off a new half-hour series from its docudrama Keeping up with the Kardashians, and it will focus only on Kourtney and Khloe...
Classless countess LuAnn publishes Class with the Countess
Last Thursday, there was a major event in American letters and literature: the publication of the long-awaited Class with the Countess: How to Live with...
Reality becomes fiction in HBO's great Grey Gardens and MTV's so-so Pedro
Two recent scripted TV films--MTV's Pedro and HBO's Grey Gardens--fictionalize people who are best known for their appearances in nonfiction, a reality show and a...

Molly and Jason still together; Molly gets free airline tickets to visit him
Gossip reports that Molly Malaney and Jason Mesnick have broken up--which, let's be honest, is statistically inevitable--are false, according to Molly. And to make sure...
Idol wouldn't say "Inglourious Basterds" yet is considering Sacha Baron Cohen for the finale
A reporter from USA TODAY spent last Tuesday with American Idol producer Ken Warwick, and witnessed the creation of the stupid-ass two-by-two judging format--and the...
Idol is "pleased" with Kara, who Simon says is "good for" Idol; Cowell's talk of quitting is "not negotiating"
For some reason, the media seems intent upon creating some drama by insisting that Kara DioGuardi is on her way out of American Idol. Perhaps...
Blagojevich can't be on I'm a Celebrity, judge says
Rod Blagojevich will not become a cast member on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here 2 because a judge has denied him the ability...
Julie Chen pregnant but won't leave Big Brother
Big Brother host and increasingly self-aware and human-like robot Julie Chen is pregnant with her first child, and she'll pull a Heidi Klum and host...
Project Runway will air Thursdays starting Aug. 20; Tim Gunn teases "cheating," soundstage use
Project Runway 6 will debut on Lifetime on August 20, which is a Thursday, the show's new day on its new network. It stays at...

Spencer responsible for Lauren sex tape rumor; Lauren may attend Heidi and Spencer's wedding
A year and a half after a rumor about a Lauren Conrad sex tape spread, Spencer Pratt will admit on The Hills he was responsible...
American Idol unplugged: just singing, judging, pimping, and Seacrest being a jerk
What happened three minutes into American Idol 8 was so abrupt and shocking I couldn't quite believe it: Ryan Seacrest introduced Lil Rounds and she...

VH1 spins off separate Sex Rehab show in addition to a third Celebrity Rehab
The sex addict rehab show that's currently in production and stars Dr. Drew Pinsky will be an entirely new series on VH1, not a third...
Anoop Desai, Lil Rounds leave American Idol, which reanimated several disco stars
American Idol 8 has five finalists and four weeks left in its run after Lil Rounds and Anoop Desai went home last night. Lil Rounds,...
Blagojevich "may play a role" in I'm a Celebrity 2, which announces its cast Friday
NBC will officially announce the cast of I'm a Celebrity 2 on Friday, confirming those who've already confirmed they're on the show and filling in...

Day26 stays together but Diddy releases Danity Kane's members to go solo
Danity Kane is officially over, as its members and Diddy revealed during last night's Making the Band 4 reunion. Last week, Diddy fired Aundrea Fimbres,...
Coach's warrior alliance crumbles as his general gets blindsided
Not until it happened did I realize there was something I wanted to see more than Coach getting voted out of Survivor Tocantins, but there...
Tabloid alleges "bitter feud" between Adam Lambert and Kris Allen
The National Enquirer claims in its new issue that American Idol 8 finalists Adam Lambert and Kris Allen "now go for long periods of time...
Stephen Baldwin, John Salley cast on I'm a Celebrity; MTV will re-air the show
Seven of the 10 cast members of I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here 2 were just officially announced, but three more cast...
Tyson Apostol: "I figured I could squeak past"
Tyson Apostol was voted out of Survivor Tocantins last night in the show's biggest blindside since last spring, and he truly had no idea that...