Jersey Shore star Mike Sorrentino, aka The Situation, placed fourth in the UK’s 10th season of Celebrity Big Brother, on which he was one of two non-English cast members along with former Bachelor star Lorenzo Borghese. Though he didn’t win, he’s popular enough to be going on tour there, according to his Gawker-ish official blog. …
Jersey Shore
MTV’s improbable success Jersey Shore, which is the most-watched series in the network’s history, will end after its sixth season, which debuts in October. After immediately penetrating the pop culture zeitgeist, and continuing to be among the country’s most written-about celebrities, its cast won’t go anywhere any time soon, including on the spin-off Snooki & …
Jersey Shore‘s popularity has made it impossible for the show to be produced in the world that made the show so popular, a problem faced by previous series such as The Hills. But few people have written about what that means for those who end up on camera, and why it’s possible to maintain the …
A lawsuit filed against Jersey Shore star Pauly D, aka Paul DelVecchio Jr., reveals his salary for the fifth season: $150,000 per episode for the 12-episode season, a raise from his fourth season salary of $100,000 per episode. Snooki and The Situation apparently have similar salaries, with the other cast members paid less; the cast …
MTV has renewed Jersey Shore for a sixth season, and a pregnant Snooki will be one of the focuses of the season, just like her spin-off that she’s currently filming. The network joked in its press release that it is “ready for fist pumps and baby bumps” in the new season, saying that Snooki’s pregnancy …
A Jersey Shore spin-off starring Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi and Jenni “JWoww” Farley is supposed to start filming this month, but Hoboken, New Jersey, has denied 495 Productions a filming permit, protecting the rest of the country by at least delaying their return to the attention of cameras. City of Hoboken’s film commission denied the permit …
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 …