The Dancing with the Stars 5 national tour started Tuesday night in Seattle, but two-time winner Cheryl Burke was not there due to illness, and may not return for some time. “Last night [Monday], during the run-through, I was cramping… continue reading
Archives for December 2007
Tila Tequila selects a boy; MTV spins off show starring Domenico
MTV’s Shot of Love with Tela Tequila ended Tuesday with its bisexual star, Tila Tequila, selecting Bobby, a man. She’ll reunite with him and everyone she rejected Sunday at 10 p.m. ET. While the outcome might fuel rumors that she’s… continue reading
Celebrity Apprentice debut delayed by a week
The debut of The Apprentice 7, the celebrity edition, has been pushed back a week. In a press release, NBC said only that the show “will now debut one week later on Thursday, January 10 (9-10 p.m. ET).” While such… continue reading
Mole 2 Bill writes about his experiences; Fox Reality will air the second season Saturday
More than five years after the conclusion of The Mole 2, the Fox Reality Channel will re-air the entire season, and the show’s actual mole has written a book about his experiences. The second season airs from 2 to 10… continue reading
Denise Martin asks that producer’s $50,000 gift go to charity
Janitor and former lunch lady Denise Martin, the fourth-place Survivor China contestant, wants the $50,000 she received during the reunion to go to charity. Specifically, she wants it to go to the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. On Tuesday, Denise… continue reading
Heidi and Spencer are no longer engaged but are still together
The big cliffhanger on the season finale of The Hills has been resolved by two of the show’s stars: Heidi and Spencer say their wedding and engagement are off, but they are still dating. “We’re just going back to being… continue reading
Bill wins The Biggest Loser 4 but his twin brother Jim lost more weight
The winner of The Biggest Loser 4 was not, alas, the biggest loser, but because the show is about strategy and not entirely weight loss, Bill Germanakos won $250,000 after losing 164 pounds and 49.10 percent of his body weight…. continue reading
Kristin Cavallari may return to MTV on The Hills
Kristin Cavallari, the narrator of Laguna Beach‘s second season, may return to that series’ spin-off The Hills. She was part of a love triangle with that show’s star, Lauren Conrad, and Stephen Colletti, which means her return would likely bring… continue reading
I Love New York 2 was VH1’s third-most popular show ever
Monday’s finale of I Love New York 2, during which New York selected Tailor Made (who she’s now living with), was watched by 5.4 million viewers. That helped make this season “the third-highest-rated season of any VH1 series ever and… continue reading
New York and Tailor Made have been living together since the show taped
New York selected Tailor Made on Monday night’s finale of I Love New York 2, and since the series was taped this past summer, George Weisgerber and Tiffany Pollard have been living together. In other words, the show might have… continue reading
Denise Martin admits she’s a janitor, apologizes for being unintentionally “misleading”
In an interview this morning on The Early Show, Survivor China contestant Denise Martin admitted that she was not a lunch lady, and apologized for her comments during the live reunion Sunday. She appeared with her boss, school superintendent Nancy… continue reading
New York selects Tailor Made but rejects his proposal
I Love New York 2 limped through its finale last night as New York selected Tailor Made, aka George Weisgerber, but rejected his marriage proposal. “Yeah, he spit on somebody, yeah, he got bitch-slapped, but so what? He did exactly… continue reading
School district denies Denise was demoted; was always a janitor and was actually promoted
Survivor China lunch lady Denise Martin was not demoted to the position of janitor, as she claimed on the reunion show, and was actually a janitor before she left to tape the series, her school district said today. On the… continue reading
Survivor finale watched by 15.1 million, up from Fiji but down from Cook Islands
On Sunday night, 15.1 million people watched Todd Herzog win the $1 million prize on Survivor China‘s finale, Variety reports. Those numbers are up from the 13.6 million who watched Survivor Fiji‘s finale but down from last fall’s conclusion of… continue reading
California Senate holding hearings on reality TV labor; WGA has “room to negotiate” on reality
The California State Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee will “hold an oversight hearing on February 1st, 2008, in response to allegations of widespread and systemic violations of California’s wage and hour laws in the payroll practices of Reality television,”… continue reading