reality blurred + archives + February 1 to February 7, 2009

week of February 1, 2009

Tyson Apostol: "I'm going to try to be as helpful as I can without being the alpha male"
The initial bio for Tyson Apostol I was given in Brazil said that Tyson "compares his game strategy to that of Johnny Fairplay. Much like...
ABC flew Jason's two trainers to L.A.
ABC paid to have two trainers flown to Los Angeles during production of The Bachelor 13 in order to make sure that Jason Mesnick looked...
Danity Kane dissolves and Making the Band 4 will now focus on Day26, Donnie Klang
Danity Kane, the group formed on Making the Band 3 and followed during Making the Band 4, has broken up, so the new season of...
Top 36 American Idol 8 contestants revealed
For the next two weeks, American Idol 8 will narrow the group of contestants the judges sent to Hollywood down to the show's first-ever top...
Lawrence Taylor will be on Dancing with the Stars, Ashton Kutcher says
Former New York Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor, who's also known as L.T., will appear on Dancing with the Stars 8, if Ashton Kutcher is correct....

Joe Dowdle: "I wouldn't want to do this thing if I had to abide by my ethics because it wouldn't be fun"
Joe Dowdle is a 26-year-old real estate broker from Austin, Texas, and I left our conversation truly ambivalent about him. He was low-key but not...
Biggest Loser gains viewers even against Idol
In its newly expanded two-hour form, The Biggest Loser 7 is gaining viewers against American Idol, which is losing viewers although is still far more...
Top Chef 6 starts casting this weekend
Bravo has unsurprisingly ordered a sixth season of Top Chef, which reigns as its highest-rated reality series, assuming Project Runway doesn't come back or just...
ABC will announce cast of Dancing with the Stars 8 during prime-time Sunday
If you want to be first to know the actual cast of Dancing with the Stars 8, you'll have to sit through ABC's three hours...

A Time for Burning debuts on DOC, YouTube as part of Black History Month docs
Bill Jersey's 1966 Oscar-nominated cinema verite documentary A Time for Burning will air on DOC: the Documentary Channel tonight, kicking off the network's Black History...
Report said Slumdog Millionaire may be adapted into reality show Secret Slumdog Millionaire
A British newspaper reported Sunday that producers of the highly acclaimed (and pretty damn amazing--see it) film Slumdog Millionaire would be turned into a reality...
Kate rips Jon for failing to use a coupon, offers advice to octuplets' mother
TLC's intensely, fascinatingly disturbing show Jon & Kate Plus Eight reached a new level Monday night, when Kate threatened to shoot her husband after he...
Brendan Synnott: "I want to win; when I play games, I love to win"
Brendan Synnott is one of the three already well-known/famous contestants on Survivor Tocantins. He is well-known for co-founding Bear Naked granola and selling it for...

Reality stars will perform in the Vagina Monologues
A number of reality stars will appear in a tour of The Vagina Monologues that starts Saturday at Howard University in Washington, DC, and features...
People eat junk food while watching Biggest Loser but contestants cook for themselves
The Biggest Loser repeatedly emphasizes careful, thoughtful eating along with exercise, although we don't always see the contestants struggling to make their own food on...
Stephen Fishbach: my "goofy, benign demeanor" is "going to serve me very well"
Stephen Fishbach is a Yale graduate and corporate consultant who once traveled on foot from Brooklyn to Manhattan tied to a shopping cart while in...
Top Chef judges never considered sending Leah home
Top Chef 5's judges really had their heads rammed far up their crock pots last night, sending home Jamie Lauren and keeping Leah Cohen. Leah...

Taj Johnson-George: "I'll [be nurturing] while I stab them all in the back; they'll love me for it"
Taj Johnson-George knows that her fellow competitors may already have a good idea who she is. As a member of the Grammy-nominated group SWV (Sisters...
Jockeys debuts tonight on Animal Planet
Tonight at 9 p.m. ET, Animal Planet debuts its next docudrama, Jockeys. The series follows seven jockeys during the Oak Tree meet, both on and...
American Idol 8's fake controversies: singers' pro experience, Casey Carlson's bikini pictures
American Idol typically has a scandal or two during its four-month run, but what happens if there isn't really anything to talk about? That's when...
Jerry Springer quits as host of America's Got Talent, which is now casting
After hosting for two seasons, Jerry Springer is quitting as host of America's Got Talent. "Springer said he's leaving the show because of other commitments,...