The story of Big Brother 15‘s houseguests’ racist, sexist, and homophobic comments has blown up, reaching the level of major entertainment press and prompting CBS to release a statement. But the only real consequence so far has been to Aaryn, who was dropped by her modeling agency, and I’m not convinced that CBS will take …
“I was in the industry for a very brief time when I was really hard up, waiting tables,” David Bradberry said on the Bravo show.
One of the few strong episodes from Survivor Caramoan is the episode CBS is submitting for Emmy consideration for the show: “Zipping Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” That’s the episode that features Brenda’s fishing expedition for Dawn’s teeth–and the exit of Phillip Shephard. In my recap, I said the episode was “nearly perfect,” and in a …
Update: The show’s executive producer Anthony Zuiker discusses this and gives behind-the-scenes details. Episode two of ABC’s Whodunnit–and also brought out even more people who thought that a broadcast reality TV show actually killed its contestants. The second episode was, for me, about the same as the first, with similar strengths and weaknesses–though the post-investigation …
American Idol season two winner Ruben Studdard will be a cast member on The Biggest Loser‘s 15th season this fall. NBC confirmed that he’ll participate. When he won the show, Ruben weighed over 400 pounds; he later became a vegetarian and lost almost 100 pounds in a weight management program. People recounts his struggle with …
In perhaps record time, Big Brother 15‘s houseguests have unleashed a torrent of racist, sexist, and homophobic comments, mostly directed toward other people in the house, and most of which go unchallenged by others. This year, it isn’t limited to just one or two people; as Hamsterwatch reports, “the roll call for racist/homophobic/misogynist remarks now …
A finalist on Fox’s fourth season of Masterchef, Krissi Biasiello, posted at least two comments to Twitter with racist content, including on that uses the n-word to refer to basketball players. Philadelphia Daily News columnist Molly Eichel reported on two tweets, adding that there were more that were not included in the story because “these …