reality blurred + archives + June 14 to June 20, 2009

week of June 14, 2009

Big Brother Housecalls cancelled
When Big Brother 11 debuts next month, it won't be accompanited by the online webcast Housecalls, which has been cancelled because it didn't have a...

Are actors "upset that we no longer blindly celebrate actors as the sole basis of our evening entertainment"?
Will & Grace actor Eric McCormack recently wrote to the official Academy of Television Arts & Sciences magazine in response to a cover featuring The...
ABC News jumps on the reality TV suicide bandwagon
ABC News burned some of its credibility by essentially rewriting The Wrap's bullshit story about reality TV suicides. Because oversimplifying something complex and blaming it...
D.C. residents already annoyed by Real World
The Real World Washington, D.C.--or will it be?--has was officially announced last week, and within days, residents started reacting, and it appears to be mostly...
Jeff Probst: back-to-back Survivor seasons "because of budget cuts"; "I really don't" know about hosting past season 20
Seasons 19 and 20 of Survivor will be filmed back to back--instead of taking a three-month break in between them--and the reason is entirely about...

Biggest Loser 9 sticks with family pairs
The Biggest Loser 9 will start casting later this month, well before the eighth season debuts this fall, and the show will once again seek...
Heidi and Spencer get "attacked" by Al Roker; Janice Dickinson back after vomiting
Janice Dickinson returned to the set of NBC's I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here 2 after getting medical attention for a viral infection that...

Jon and Kate drop 70 percent of their viewers
Jon and Kate Gosselin may have an even bigger problem on their hands besides their eight children and relationship issues: people are bailing from their...
More table-flipping footage from New Jersey Housewives finale will air during Thursday special
Last night's dramatic finale to The Real Housewives of New Jersey--the first six-episode season flew by--isn't quite over yet, as Bravo will air an extended...
Katie Holmes will dance and sing to Judy Garland's "Get Happy" on So You Think You Can Dance
Katie Holmes will appear soon on So You Think You Can Dance, and will apparently both sing and dance, sort of, to Judy Garland's "Get...
Danielle Staub sex tapes may be sold by her ex Steve
Steve Zalewski dated Danielle Staub during The Real Housewives of New Jersey's first season, and now he says he may sell videos of them having...

American Idol judges still negotiating
Despite a report that said all four American Idol judges were signed to return for the show's ninth season, a rep for one of them...
Jeff Archuleta arrested for "patronizing a prostitute" by getting a happy ending at a massage parlor
David Archuleta's creepy dad Jeff Archuleta was arrested Jan. 14 at a massage parlor for being "sexually gratified by one of the masseuse girls," a...
Paris Hilton will produce BFF shows around the world
Good news: Paris Hilton has left the U.S. Bad news: She's becoming some kind of reality television global ambassador by creating local versions of her...
Lauren says Spencer's apology phone call on The Hills was faked
Lauren Conrad admitted that a key scene in a recent episode of The Hills was faked, an indirectly acknowledge how completely scripted the MTV "reality"...
Fox's overweight dating show preview is surprisingly bland
The reality wizards at Fox will soon bring us More to Love, a dating series with overweight people that debuts July 28. While Fox is...
Immersion: Porn watches "porn aficionados lost in ecstatic release"
This may be unlike any documentary I've previously covered, but an art project's documentary that's about real people being filmed while talking about and actually...
Jon and Kate may announce divorce or separation Monday
Perhaps in an attempt to recover from the ratings free-fall, Jon and Kate will make a major announcement on Monday's one-hour episode, probably that they...

Carly Smithson joins Evanescence; Kris Allen hates "cheesy lyrics"; gokeyisadouche
There were lots of not critically important but still interesting stories regarding contestants on the last two seasons of American Idol that happened this week:...
Speidi will return to compete on finale but Janice Dickinson, Holly out of I'm a Celebrity
Janice Dickinson was the runner-up in the seventh UK season of I'm a Celebrity, but Americans aren't fond of keeping annoying people on reality shows,...