reality blurred > 2009 > archives for May 2009

  • Jeana Keough may be out of OC Housewives; is NJ’s Danielle Staub ex-“coke whore” stripper Beverly Merrill?

  • Susan Boyle loses Britain’s Got Talent despite being “the biggest star on the planet”

  • Adam may come out in Rolling Stone; Kris Allen fan voted 10,000+ times with AT&T’s help; Adam slams Clay Aiken

  • Nine years, five logos: a reality blurred redesign preview

  • D.C. will likely host next Real World, as Bunim-Murray is now hiring PAs

  • Dennis Rodman, Heidi Fleiss, Mackenzie Phillips, Joey Kovar, Lisa D’Amato cast on Celebrity Rehab 3

  • Adam says to “keep speculating” on his sexual orientation as Kris discusses his chest hair

  • Fox says Kris’ win was “fair, accurate and verified”; AT&T says it’s “a leap” to think “a few” employees affected results

  • Jon and Kate’s “exploited” kids “don’t want the cameras around,” aunt Jodi says; child labor laws don’t apply

  • Jon and Kate watched by nearly 10 million, a record audience for a cable reality show

  • AT&T provided free phones, texting to Kris Allen fans, fueling typical Idol loser fans’ conspiracy theories

  • D.C. Housewives will be the latest in Bravo’s franchise

  • TV documentaries: Alzheimer’s effects, girls competing against boys in soccer, and an affair born during the Holocaust

  • Jon and Kate strongly suggest their marriage is over

  • Twitter developing a reality show

  • Nigel Lythgoe defends but now “sincerely regret[s]” his “poor word choices and comments”

  • Clay Aiken hates Adam Lambert; Carrie Underwood is richest Idol; No Boundaries studio version is slightly better

  • Nigel Lythgoe’s homophobia inflamed when two men dance together on SYTYCD

  • Survivor wrap-up: JT’s historic win, creating the opening sequence, charity auction

  • Dominant American Idol’s finale was second-lowest rated; season viewership down, too

  • Kris Allen beats Adam Lambert in not-so-surprising upset

  • Fifth season of So You Think You Can Dance debuts tonight

  • Woman arrested for choking Simon Cowell’s ex blames his behavior toward Paula Abdul

  • UK reality star Myleene Klass will host I’m a Celebrity 2

  • American Idol 8 finale live blog: amusing ourselves during all of the filler

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