reality blurred + archives + February 14 to February 20, 2010

week of February 14, 2010

Real Housewives' Kelly Bensimon, Survivor Pearl Islands' Christa Hastie naked in Playboy
Playboy's March issue contains the headline-generating interview with John Mayer, but the magazine also includes something people care far less about: naked photos of Real...
10 Project Runway designers presented collections at Fashion Week
On Friday morning, the remaining 10 Project Runway 7 designers presented collections at Fashion Week in New York, thereby keeping the results of the show...

Dummies clear the way for Jeff and Jordan to check in first after not-quite-Amazing Race
As The Amazing Race began, I once again felt the excitement that comes with a new race as the camera swept across the team's faces...
Paula Abdul hints she'll judge the X-Factor
Paula Abdul has done everything but say she'll be a judge on The X Factor, dropping hints in a radio interview that are very, very...

Survivor ratings up, Amazing Race down, Undercover Boss Hooters ep outperforms both
CBS found success with two of its trio of reality shows, with one of its two veteran shows improving and the other slipping, and its...
Parvati was told about Russell pre-HvV, Sugar says; Stephenie's injury didn't occur as shown
In a post-boot interview, Jessica "Sugar" Kiper suggested that her fellow Survivor Heroes vs. Villains cast member Parvati Shallow had information about Russell Hantz's game...
"Some" of the top 24 will be revealed tonight in a shocking American Idol first
American Idol 9 is down to its two final Hollywood week episodes, and in the most shocking news ever, Fox announced yesterday that for the...

Megan Hauserman "was terrified" Ryan Jenkins "was going to come looking for me"
Megan Wants a Millionaire star Megan Hauserman has commented on the late summer death of one of her suitors after he was charged with murdering...
American Idol takes two excruciating hours to name seven of the top 24
American Idol 9 has seven of its top 24, and those of us who watched have 120 fewer minutes in our lives during which to...
Survivor 21, 22 may film in Nicaragua, followed by Caramoan in the Philippines
Update: Survivor Nicaragua was confirmed by CBS on May 16. If early location reports are correct, Survivor may return to Central America for its 21st...

TLC, Jon Gosselin settle their lawsuits, but TLC keeps the Gosselins under contract
TLC and Jon Gosselin have settled their lawsuits against one another. (TLC sued for breach of contract and Jon sued for "great anguish" and "financial...
American Idol's top 24 announced, doesn't include Chris Golightly, who was disqualified, replaced at the last minute
After the three most tedious American Idol hours I can remember, and I remember Idol Gives Back, the show's ninth season has its top 24,...
Olympics break American Idol's six-year winning streak thanks to US gold, another terrible Idol episode
American Idol's six-year streak of ratings victories ended last night when the show went up against the Olympics, and lost: 18.4 million watched the top...
Chris Golightly was under contract with a record company that was willing to release him
Disqualified American Idol contestant Chris Golightly wasn't eligible to audition for American Idol because he signed a two-year contract on May 30, 2009, according to...

Brooke Burke, Vanessa Minnillo, or Melissa Rycroft could be the new DWTS co-host
A gossip report last week about the three potential contenders for the coveted, prestigious Dancing with the Stars co-host position seems to be accurate. Three...
Heroes become villains as James rips Stephenie, Rob falls ill but rallies his tribe
What a weird but good episode of Survivor Heroes vs. Villains: the shift of heroes becoming villains has already begun, Tom Westman stands up to...
Next week: American Idol consumes an additional night
Another week has gone by, and soon it'll be another month. Here's what to look forward to during the last full week of February. The...