reality blurred + archives + April 18 to April 24, 2010

week of April 18, 2010

Carrie Underwood is the first female to win the ACM Awards' entertainer of the year twice
Carrie Underwood was named the entertainer of the year at the Academy of Country Music Awards Sunday night--the show that preempted The Amazing Race--and because...
Brian Dunkleman: Seacrest's joke "was pretty tame"; "he would act crazy to get attention"
Brian Dunkleman was the subject of a pointlessly mean joke delivered by Ryan Seacrest, who used his former co-host as part of his campaign to...
Trace Adkins disrupts The Apprentice, universe by questioning Donald Trump
Once again, the predictable happened on The Celebrity Apprentice 3: Donald Trump fired the less-entertaining, less-famous person instead of the person actually responsible for a...
VH1 president admits we're "fatigued" by "manufactured reality," will offer "authenticity" in 44 new shows
While announcing a slate of new programming, VH1's president admitted that the network went overboard cloning its dating reality series, and admits that they weren't...

Trump: "I never make a decision based on entertainment value"
Donald Trump insists he's never fired a contestant on The Apprentice in order to keep someone who's more entertaining. Seriously. "I make my own decisions,"...
Crystal Bowersox said she was "betrayed by Seacrest," is being investigated by tabloids
Last week's Ryan Seacrest-as-Crystal-saving Superman story was odd: a TMZ story credited Seacrest with convincing Crystal Bowersox to stay in the competition, and then E!...
Russell Hantz "could never win the game," fellow villains say
While it's no secret that Russell Hantz makes my face burn, I recognize that he's done some pretty smart things. I'm still baffled, though, by...
Survivor's use of now-destroyed Ponderosa resort may have saved lives
Coach became the first member of the Survivor Heroes vs Villains jury a few weeks ago, and that meant the start of the Ponderosa web...
Bravo replaces Fashion Show producers, starts casting for season two
As Bravo previously announced, its Project Runway knock-off The Fashion Show is coming back for a second season, but it'll have new producers, who will...

Michael Jackson Cirque du Soleil shows will cast dancers, choreographer via reality TV
The Las Vegas Cirque du Soleil show and touring arena show that will use Michael Jackson's music may find their choreographer and dancers via a...
Kate Gosselin finally leaves Dancing with the Stars, cries, makes viewers even happier
Kate Gosselin was voted off of Dancing with the Stars 10 last night, ending an inexplicable run during which barely improved from her first dance,...
David Archuleta's gay club appearance leads to awkward defense
David Archuleta went to a gay club last weekend, and when that led people to assume he must be gay himself, and by the reaction...
Crystal Bowersox says she "never intended on quitting" in another obnoxious E! story
Crystal Bowersox has denied the report that she wanted to quit American Idol 9, and she did so in the very pages where Ryan Seacrest...

Julie Chen, Bethenny Frankel shooting a pilot for CBS' The View for moms
Two reality stars from very different shows, Big Brother host Julie Chen and departing Real Housewives cast member Bethenny Frankel, will team up as panelists...
Idol needs to give back 144 minutes of my life
Although I wasn't exactly looking forward to Idol Gives Back, I forgot what makes it so awful--beyond the fact that it's largely a two-hour results...
Cove screening at US Air Force base in Japan cancelled, director giving out DVDs instead
A screening of the Oscar-winning documentary The Cove at a US military base in Japan was cancelled, but the director says he'll distribute DVDs of...

Seth Aaron Henderson wins Project Runway 7
Project Runway 7, the second Lifetime season, ended last night as the judges and guest judge Faith Hill gave the win to Seth Aaron Henderson...
Iceland volcano erupted two days after being visited by world-traveling Bachelorette Ali
The eruption of the volcano Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland happened just two days after it was visited by ABC's The Bachelorette and its sixth star, Ali...
Parvati becomes a true Survivor idol as Russell's seed explodes in JT's face
The best part of a very amazing Survivor Tribal Council last night was not that JT got blindsided, nor that we got blindsided when Parvati...
Russell Hantz arrested for battery
Survivor Heroes vs. Villains cast member Russell Hantz was blindsided last night and blindsided someone at a street festival, shoving them and getting himself arrested...
Bret Michaels had a brain hemorrhage, is in ICU
Celebrity Apprentice 3 cast member and Rock of Love star Bret Michaels is in an intensive care unit after suffering a brain hemorrhage early this...
Next week: 1,300-pound stingray, old people, and the beginning of the end for The Hills
Miss something last week in reality TV news? Or wondering what's coming up next week? You're in the right place. The Past In between 144...