After being married for 10 weeks, Kim Kardashian and filed for divorce from Kris Humphries on Monday, citing irreconcilable differences, as if 72 days is enough time to even figure out if you’ve watched the same movies as someone else. The predictable marriage-was-a-sham stories are surfacing, but the most interesting is some math related to… continue reading
Archives for October 2011
Video suggests Jersey Shore ice-throwing was staged
An analysis of footage of Jersey Shore‘s ice-throwing incident, in which Deena and Snooki retaliate against an Italian bartender who threw ice at her by smashing bottles, suggests that the scene was actually staged. After an ironically staged introduction to his video blog, comedian Sean Klitzner–who has previously worked as the Ryan Seacrest-like host at… continue reading
Tonya Cooley’s full lawsuit published, says she filed complaint in May 2010
Tonya Cooley’s lawsuit against MTV, Bunim-Murray Productions, and fellow cast members Kenny Santucci and Evan Starkman, who she says raped her with a toothbrush, reveals that Tonya filed a formal complaint a year and a half ago, and may have attempted to resolve her complaint without suing. That provides evidence that counters some of the… continue reading
Tonya Cooley sues, saying Kenny, Evan raped her with a toothbrush
Tonya Cooley has sued Kenny Santucci, Evan Starkman, MTV, and show producers Bunim-Murray, claiming the two men sexually assaulted her with a toothbrush while she was unconscious and cameras were filming The Challenge: The Ruins. TMZ reports on the lawsuit, which it says that Kenny and Evan “took another male participant’s toothbrush and rubbed the… continue reading
God’s intervention brings Survivor its most viewers since last December
Survivor‘s Jesus-fest episode earned the show its highest ratings since last December’s penultimate episode of Survivor Nicaragua. While the show didn’t have much competition–other networks aired mostly repeats including Fox, which aired Glee repeats instead of the World Series–Survivor is on fire this season, and has managed to avoid its usual mid-season slump. The show… continue reading
Apprentice cast for extras to get $50, watch teams’ presentations
The Celebrity Apprentice is now filming in New York City, and appears to be casting for extras who will watch the teams present and then vote on which team did the better job. An ad on OnSet Productions web site offered “$40-$50” cash for three and a half hours work today. Here’s how it described… continue reading
Ozzy sacrifices himself after God intervenes in Survivor again
In perhaps the most religiously fundamentalist Christian episode of Survivor ever, God intervened and caused Coach’s tribe to win, leading Ozzy to have a vision and sacrifice himself. Whether it was due to another intervention of a higher power in a CBS reality series or just the game play and work of the producers, it… continue reading
Behind the scenes of the creation of a haunted house
AMC is airing episodes of a new mini-reality series every night as part of its George Romero-hosted FearFest block of programming, and the show goes behind the scenes of the creation of a haunted house. American Haunters is set behind the scenes of Kevin McCurdy’s Haunted Mansion in Wappingers Falls, New York, which AMC says… continue reading
Alison Haislip replaced as The Voice’s social media correspondent by Christina Milian
The Voice has dumped social media correspondent Alison Haislip, whose segments were the worst part of the NBC singing competition series, and is replacing her with an actual singer, Christina Milian. At the end of season one, I predicted that Alison would exit a la Big Brother season one AOL adviser Regina Lewis, so this… continue reading
Nicole Scherzinger goes from bad judge to crazy judge as X Factor finds its top 12
The X Factor‘s live shows began last night as the judges eliminated contestants to get down to a top 12, and the series introduced its massive set and the dynamic we can expect the rest of the season, when viewers get to vote. I’m not yet convinced that the talent is The Voice level, but… continue reading
X Factor will accept votes via Twitter
A year and a half ago, I joked in a satirical post that American Idol would accept votes via Twitter. But that’s exactly what will happen starting next week, when voting begins on Fox’s The X Factor. Fox announced late Tuesday that it will “allow fans — for the first time in television — to… continue reading
Maksim defends his egotistical “my show” comment, fight with cranky Len Goodman
Maksim Chmerkovskiy has defended his comment that Dancing with the Stars is his show, which he made after fighting with one of the show’s judges, which helped inject some drama into an otherwise sedate season. During the critique, judge Len Goodman, whose Depends are usually bunched up and causing him excess irritation, said that Hope… continue reading
Amazing Race 3 and 4 coming to DVD
Two more early seasons of the best years of The Amazing Race are coming to DVD soon, as seasons three and four are now available for pre-order on Amazon.com. You can now pre-order season three, which featured perhaps the most galling break-down in the series’ history, and pre-order season four, which generated minor controversy for… continue reading
Colby Donaldson talks Top Shot spin-off, Jake, and the show’s surprising challenge
Top Shot ends its third season tonight, and I talked to both host Colby Donaldson, the Survivor alum, and the show’s executive producer about the History Channel series. It is spawning a a spin-off, and also faces an unusual challenge, balancing competition and the real-life drama that turns off some viewers. I first talked to… continue reading
Project Runway finalist Anya Ayoung-Chee’s sex tapes resurface
Anya Ayoung-Chee, one of Project Runway‘s final four designers, had sex tapes surface when she was a Miss Universe contestant, representing Trinidad and Tobago, and those are now getting new attention, especially after she discussed it after the penultimate episode. During Thursday’s After the Runway special on Lifetime, she called it a “scandal” and said,… continue reading