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  • Donald Trump fired Carolyn Kepcher

  • American Idol 5 tour has earned $14.6 million, is the “most successful Idol tour ever”

  • Dave Navarro denies report that winner has been selected, says group doesn’t yet agree

  • Danity Kane’s album debuts at number one, beating OutKast by almost 40,000 copies

  • Celebrity Duets debut beaten by Big Brother 7

  • Who Wants to be a Superhero ends tonight

  • GM drops Survivor sponsorship, but not because of race twist

  • Mark Burnett says Survivor Cook Islands is “not racial at all”

  • Bravo announces Top Chef 2 cast

  • Janelle vetos herself yet again and Neil Patrick Harris rocks the Big Brother house

  • Danity Kane’s single debuts at 17, tying Ashley Angel and beat only by Taylor, Katherine

  • Gold Rush competitors may form teams; clues will be revealed on CBS shows

  • FOX’s Celebrity Duets and Bravo’s Million Dollar Listing debut tonight

  • Former child star will appear on Big Brother to whore his CBS sitcom

  • The Amazing Race wins its fourth consecutive Emmy award

  • Janelle and George nominated after the houseguests “spread [their] seed and pollinated the back yard”

  • Ashton Kutcher will crash weddings for a NBC reality series

  • Kathy Griffin no longer speaks to Matt, doesn’t “particularly love men right now”

  • MTV following Schlitterbahn water park employees for new reality series

  • Critic says “it’s about time” Survivor “make[s] race a front-and-center discussion, after years of shrugging [it] off”

  • New York City politicians will rally today against Survivor Cook Islands

  • Two bouncers stabbed in bar fight where Jeff Fraza was watching his Contender loss

  • Mikalah Gordon assaulted during a robbery in Las Vegas

  • MTV will air two Hawaii-set reality shows: Living Lahaina and Island Fever

  • James gets Howied and Erika is the new HOH for yet another double-elimination week

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