A former Big Brother houseguest just sold her company for $1.2 billion
Jamie Kern, who appeared on season one of CBS’ Big Brother, has sold her makeup and skin care company IT Cosmetics to L’Oreal for $1.2 billion.
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12 days of reality: Five golden vetoes
My love/hate relationship with Big Brother is well-documented. Compared to Survivor, which blew regular TV out of the water with its stunningly produced first season, the other CBS reality series was a complete disaster its first season, and has always remained the ugly runt of CBS’ flock. But its obsessive fans still love it. The …
Big Brother debuted 10 years ago tonight
A decade ago tonight at 9 p.m. ET, Big Brother debuted on CBS, instantly taking network reality TV in a new direction. It was a Wednesday evening, and Survivor served as its lead-in. Everything that series introduced–cinematic production values, rich characters, an engaging host–Big Brother ignored, setting its game in a series of trailers (really) …
Former Big Brother host Ian O’Malley moved on to a career in radio, film, and philanthropy
In reality TV history, American Idol co-host Brian Dunkleman is perhaps the most in/famous forgotten host; his co-host Ryan Seacrest is hosting the Emmys tonight, and who knows where Dunkleman is, besides being mocked. While Big Brother host Julie Chen gets her own share of criticism and mocking, she wasn’t always alone. Ian O’Malley has appeared …
Original US Big Brother started filming five years ago today
On July 4, 2000, in celebration of our nation’s birthday, 12 people entered a trailer in the parking lot of CBS Studio City. Yes, the cast of Big Brother 1 started their sentences five years ago today. After we, the audience, voted out the most interesting people, the remaining cast members proceeded to put us …
Will Mega loses City Council race.
Will Mega loses City Council race. With 97 percent of precincts reporting, Big Brother‘s Will Mega received 2,913 votes–not enough to land him one of the seven at-large seats on the Philadelphia city council. An education party candidate, he ran on a platform of “jobs, safe schools, and affordable car insurance,” among other issues.
celebrity Big Brother, Survivor now both unlikely after CBS fails to get stars.
celebrity Big Brother, Survivor now both unlikely after CBS fails to get stars. A celebrity edition of Big Brother was possibly going to air last month, with plans for a celebrity Survivor in the works; CBS president Les Moonves said Ray Romano and others “[had] expressed interest” in the latter. Both shows probably won’t happen …