Jersey Shore star Nicole Polizzi, aka Snooki, was arrested and taken away by police in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, where the third season is currently being filmed. TMZ has photos and says she was released around 6:30 p.m. ET. She… continue reading
Archives for July 2010
Reality show host Emmy dropped from prime-time broadcast
The Emmy for outstanding reality show host will not be presented during the prime-time awards ceremony, as it has been for its first two years. Instead, it will be given out during the Creative Arts Emmys a week earlier, the… continue reading
Heidi Montag divorcing Spencer Pratt
After just over a year of marriage, former Hills star Heidi Montag filed for divorce with her husband Spencer Pratt. Yes, 20 to 30 orgasms a day isn’t enough to keep one married to Spencer Pratt. People reports that “two… continue reading
Billy Bell’s SYTYCD journey finally ends as Nigel Lythgoe wades into homophobia again
Billy Bell was finally sent home on So You Think You Can Dance after being in the bottom three for five weeks in a row. That ends a journey that began last fall, when he dropped out for mysterious reasons… continue reading
Andrew leaves Big Brother after spectacular speech; viewers voting on next saboteur
Three weeks after its debut, Big Brother 12 finally got interesting, thanks to a big pre-eviction speech by Andrew that Julie Chen called “the best last plea speech I’ve ever seen.” While Andrew’s take-down of Kristen (of all people!) didn’t… continue reading
Kara DioGuardi fired, Jennifer Lopez, Steven Tyler join Randy Jackson as Idol judges
After yesterday’s announcement that Ellen DeGeneres quit American Idol, reports say Jennifer Lopez and Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler are joining the judging panel and Kara DioGuardi’s contract hasn’t been renewed, so she’s effectively been fired. That means Randy Jackson will serve… continue reading
Ellen DeGeneres quits American Idol
Ellen DeGeneres has quit as an American Idol judge after one season, and Fox will apparently announce Simon Cowell’s replacement–and perhaps an entirely new panel of judges–on Monday. In a statement posted on her web site, Ellen wrote that she… continue reading
Lisa Wu Hartwell quits Real Housewives because producers wanted scripted drama
The Real Housewives of Atlanta cast member Lisa Wu Hartwell won’t return as a full-time cast member for the show’s third season, though she will appear in a few episodes. Black Voices reported that she left “amicably” over “creative differences,”… continue reading
Survivor Africa, Survivor Marquesas (finally) on DVD
Seasons three and four of Survivor, which have long been missing from the available full-season DVD sets, are now available for pre-order on Amazon.com and have quickly become among the best-selling TV and movie DVDs. However, they still don’t have… continue reading
Saboteur twist returning; Big Brother producer loves it, thinks Brendon, Rachel will marry
The limp and rapidly deflated saboteur twist on Big Brother 12 will return in some form, and we’ll learn exactly how on tonight’s episode. The producers of the show revealed this in an interview, during which they expressed their love… continue reading
SYTYCD’s Lauren hospitalized for dehydration; Nigel Lythgoe already thinks he’s on Idol
After an episode in which all the remaining finalists actually danced, the Nigel Lythgoe-declared So You Think You Can Dance front-runner Lauren Froderman was hospitalized for dehydration after the show last night. At the end of the show, Cat said… continue reading
A dictionary for Big Brother 12’s morons
The Brigade’s plan to “backdoor” Brendon or Rachel backfired on Big Brother 12, largely because the alliance of morons does not understand what “backdoor” means and failed to plan for a backdoor from the initial nominations. This, alas, is what… continue reading
CBS’ The Talk stars talk about the talk that Julie Chen got the job because of her husband
Panelists on the new CBS daytime talk show–which is basically The View but with a panel of mothers, most of whom are also associated with reality series–faced TV critics yesterday. That’s the show Bethenny Frankel was in the show’s pilot… continue reading
Gordon Ramsay’s new show does well, while Tony Robbins fails to inspire
Fox’s new Gordon Ramsay-fronted cooking competition MasterChef drew younger viewers, more than America’s Got Talent, but the weak new NBC series Breakthrough with Tony Robbins failed to draw any viewers. MasterChef had 5.75 million viewers overall, and thus was beaten… continue reading
Survivor Nicaragua cast photo released, minus faces, plus a preview of Tribal Council
As part of the surprising amount of information being released pre-season, CBS sent the media a photo of Survivor Nicaragua‘s cast. Because the network has yet to release their names and identities, which are already online, the photo is cleverly… continue reading