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George Clooney secretly toured the Big Brother house, and other surprises

The cast of Big Brother 3 was secretly observed by George Clooney, who took a tour of the show’s house and watched the cast from behind the glass. That amazing story and other surprisingly candid revelations came from the show’s executive ogroducer, Allison Grodner, who was a guest on The Jay and Tony Show Show podcast‘s most recent …

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Jason Guy is now a local news anchor in Orlando, says Big Brother helped his TV career

If you need any additional evidence that local news is crap and nonsense that exists only to sell ads by using fear and annoyingly, absurdly sensational teasers (“Find out why you’ll probably be dead by morning–tonight at 11!”) about stories that have been on the Internet all day, look no further than Orlando Sentinel TV …

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Big Brother renewed through 2006; third season will be released on DVD.

Big Brother renewed through 2006; third season will be released on DVD. Big Brother 4‘s ratings–it “consistently wins its time slots in the advertiser-friendly 18-49 demographic”–have led CBS to renew the show for three more years, through 2006, Entertainment Weekly reports in its Sept. 5 issue. CBS chief Les Moonves tells EW, “[i]t’s amazing how …

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Big Brother’s Will Mega running for Philadelphia city council seat.

Big Brother’s Will Mega running for Philadelphia city council seat. Another former reality TV star is trying to enter public service: Big Brother‘s Will Mega, former New Black Panther Party member and now graduate student, is running for Philadelphia city council, SurvivorSucks noticed. His mission statement says “now is the time for militant organization, agitation …

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does CBS chief Les Moonves have “a special rapport with Julie Chen”?

does CBS chief Les Moonves have “a special rapport with Julie Chen”? CBS chair–he was just promoted from president of the network–Les Moonves’ wife filed for divorce earlier this week after 24 years of marriage. The New York Daily News’ Rush and Molloy report that “[n]etwork insiders have claimed for more than a year now …

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