Big Brother 12‘s twist has been revealed, and it’s a variation of one we’ve seen before. One contestant will be a saboteur, and will “disrupt the lives of fellow players” based on viewer suggestions. In other words, they’re bringing back America’s Player from season 8, although with two changes: the other houseguests will know that …
Posts from: June 2010
Forbes has published its list of the 100 “richest and most powerful actors, actresses and musicians,” and it includes three of American Idol‘s cast members, plus Donald Trump and Heidi Klum. Of reality TV personalities, departing judge Simon Cowell and his $80 million a year salary are highest on the list, at #11, just behind …
Project Runway‘s eighth season is currently in production in New York City, and when it debuts July 29, Lifetime will air 90-minute episodes of the show each week. Heidi Klum explains this change by telling the AP, “We did get always a few complaints from people that they wanted to see a little bit more, …
Kids are increasingly part of reality TV shows that star adults, and The Los Angeles Times investigated their participation, and “found that dozens of kids are appearing on reality programs without legal safeguards because of widespread uncertainty about how to classify the shows.” The paper “found rampant confusion within the television industry and state agencies …
Whitney Port has taken to the internet to assure worried fans that her fake MTV reality series, The City, has not been cancelled. Fashionista reported an unsourced rumor “that MTV has canceled (seemingly) successful scripted reality series The City” after this season. In her post, which is preceded by a giant picture of her because …
On tonight’s episode of The Bachelorette 6, Ali Fedotowsky learns that one of her suitors, Justin “Rated R” Rego, has a girlfriend. (It’s the Wes situation all over again, oddly enough.) This is horrifying and unacceptable, because as we all know, it is unthinkable to date more than one person at a time–unless you are …
Celebrity Apprentice 3 winner Bret Michaels is a step closer to replacing Simon Cowell on American Idol: He’ll meet with producers soon to discuss joining the show as its fourth judge. “We have a meeting in L.A. in a couple weeks and we’re going to sit down and talk,” Bret told Parade. “I would love …