reality blurred + archives + January 24 to January 30, 2010

week of January 24, 2010

Farrah Fawcett's estate sues producer over "sensationalized" documentary, but he didn't like it, either
Farrah Fawcett's estate is suing the documentary filmmaker who produced Farrah's Story, a documentary about her final years that aired last June on NBC. Her...
Kelly Bensimon will be on Playboy's cover, joining a long list of reality star cover models
Real Housewives of New York City star Kelly Bensimon will be on the cover of Playboy in March, keeping Playboy reality TV-focused this year, since...
Big Brother's Steven Daigle doing hardcore gay porn, starring in Steven Daigle XXXposed
Big Brother 10 houseguest Steven Daigle already showed the world his penis, and now he's doing something with it for money: porn. "I didn't expect...

Jersey Shore cast causes a "near riot" at club appearance
About 2,000 people showed up at a New Jersey club that can only hold 800 in order to "Meet the Jersey Shore cast," causing a...
American Idol disqualification rumor, reason spreads despite lack of evidence
The rumor that Michael Lynche was disqualified from American Idol 9 remains that, but some members of the media have been making a connection where...
CBS renews Survivor for two more seasons (21 and 22), Amazing Race for one more season
Survivor has been officially renewed for its 21st and 22nd seasons, while The Amazing Race has been renewed for one more season, its 17th, CBS...

X Factor and Idol's first choice for judge is a music industry exec; Jamie Foxx also named
American Idol's search for a judge to replace Simon Cowell and Cowell's search for a judge to join him and (most likely) Paula Abdul on...
Jake's unsettling quest for a wife leads him to cut four more women from the auction block
I've missed a few episodes of The Bachelor, so I tuned in last night to watch Jake dump four women, even though he only had...
Design Star's Mikey Verdugo suing police department for firing him over his gay porn
Design Star cast member Michael Verdugo was uninvited from the show's reunion and fired from his job as a cop when his gay bondage porn...
Why Conan O'Brien should host Survivor if Jeff Probst leaves (seriously)
Survivor has been renewed for a 21st and 22nd season, but its host has not yet officially signed on. I can't quite imagine anyone except...

Chef Academy's Emmanuel Delcour getting his own cooking show
Emmanuel Delcour, the former porn star who was a cast member on Bravo's Chef Academy, is getting his own series, although he would not reveal...
Katy Perry auditions for Simon Cowell's job as Daniel Franco shows up on American Idol
Occasionally, American Idol's audition rounds include one auditioner who's semi-famous yet not acknowledged on screen. The first one I can remember is when actor/comedian Chris...
Jersey Shore cast may get $10,000 an episode for season two after negotiating as a group
The original cast of Jersey Shore is close to re-signing for a second season of MTV's break-out hit, and they'll receive $10,000 per episode, double...
Reality TV, porn worlds increasingly overlap, like with reality star porn site Reality Revealed
A few days ago, I received an e.mail message that had a fake subject line ("Chelsia and Steven (BB)") and started with a fake partial...
Katy Perry: "I would ditch my career" to judge American Idol
On last night's American Idol 9, it looked to me like Katy Perry was auditioning for Simon Cowell's job. And although I was being sort...

Jeff Probst's Live for the Moment pilot debuts, is like Make a Wish meets The Bucket List
About a year after it was filmed, the pilot episode for Jeff Probst's Live for the Moment finally airs. The series was originally called Live...
Jason, Molly marrying on TV; Chris Harrison talks about Rozlyn scandal, Bachelor break-ups
Despite the awkward beginning to their relationship, Bachelor 13 couple Molly Malaney and Jason Mesnick will do what no other Bachelor couple has done before...
Discovery casting The Colony's second season, want "mad scientist," MMA "enthusiast"
Discovery's post-apocalyptic reality show The Colony is casting for a second season. The casting notice is being posted around the web, and says producers wants...
Samantha Harris quits Dancing with the Stars
Samantha Harris has quit as co-host of Dancing with the Stars, meaning the show will no longer have one of more entertaining components. From nonsensical...

Project Runway 7 is watchable, but the series is no longer must-watch TV
Having been severely disappointed and, worse, bored by Project Runway 7, I decided to give this a few episodes before judging it. I wanted the...
Jeff Probst's Live for the Moment "tanked" in the ratings
If CBS judges it by the ratings alone, Jeff Probst's Live for the Moment probably won't be back. The pilot/special averaged 4.67 million viewers last...
New reality TV next week: RuPaul's Drag Race, Michael Vick, Shear Genius, Survivor special
One month down in 2010, and a new group of reality shows are ready to make their debut. The Past This final week in January,...
Survivor Gabon's Crystal Cox admits steroid use, will likely lose her Olympic gold medal
Survivor Gabon cast member and Olympic relay team member Crystal Cox will probably lose her gold medal for her part in the 4x400 meter relay...

Survivor: 19 seasons, at least 19 naked cast members
From the site that brought us shirtless American Idol contestants and naked Real World cast members comes "A (Not So) Complete History of Naked 'Survivor'...