One of the cast members of the first broadcast TV reality series, Making the Band, says he’s finished with reality television. Ashley Parker Angel, who was most recently seen spawning a kid named Lyric on his MTV series There and… continue reading
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Ashley Parker Angel says he “will be starring in Hairspray on Broadway,” doesn’t like his label’s single selection
Making the Band and There and Back star Ashley Parker Angel will soon be appearing on Broadway, he recently announced on his MySpace blog. On Christmas Eve, he announced that “starting in mid-January 2007 I will be starring in Hairspray… continue reading
Ashley Parker Angel’s Soundtrack to Your Life debuts at #5 on the Billboard 200
Ashley Parker Angel’s Soundtrack to Your Life debuted at number five on the Billboard 200 chart. A press release issued by his record company says this “[proves] he can stand alone” and “is all grown-up.” It also proves that a… continue reading
Ashley Parker Angel’s Soundtrack to Your Life released today
Former O-Town member and Making the Band star Ashley Parker Angel takes the next step of his post-boy band life today when his solo record, Soundtrack to Your Life, hits stores. The recording of the record was featured as part… continue reading
Ashley Parker Angel “almost completely cut off [his] finger” on Celebrity Cooking Showdown
Attention C-list celebrities who want to increase your stock by appearing on a cheesy reality TV show: participation may ruin your career, and not just because of the stupid things you say to the confessional camera. Here’s an example: While… continue reading
Ashley Parker Angel’s “Let U Go” has Billboard’s highest debut this week
There and Back has paid off for former O-Town member Ashley Parker Angel. The first track off his solo album was Billboard’s highest selling new single for the week of April 29. On the Hot 100, “the top debut belongs… continue reading
Tiffany says no to Ashley at the altar as There and Back loses its magic
The ratings for There and Back have been growing, making the show the third highest-rated show on cable last week. That’s impressive, especially because the show seems to have jumped the shark after the birth of Lyric. There still have… continue reading
There and Back hits ratings high, is the third-highest rated 18-34 show on cable
Ashley Parker Angel’s weekly humiliation, also known as There and Back, is doing quite well. Last week’s episode was the series’ highest-rated yet, and was watched by “1.5 million viewers 18-34, up 48 percent from its debut,” according to Media… continue reading
Ashley Parker Angel gets into a fight at the Roxy when a drunk calls him “cupcake” and slaps him
There and Back just keeps on delivering the awesome. In two short weeks, we’ve gone from the emotions of childbirth to bar fights. Yes, this week, Ashley gets physical with a drunk who called him “cupcake.” But there was even… continue reading
Ashley wants to get busy again on There and Back
Last week, There and Back took us from completely absurd moments to, surprisingly enough, the most touching, heartbreaking moment MTV has aired in a while. It was the birth of Lyric, the child of Ashley Parker Angel and his girlfriend… continue reading
The spawn of O-Town arrives, and his name is Lyric
Yes, one of O-Town’s members has actually reproduced, and we saw it happen live on MTV. But before we get to that momentous occasion, we still have to work through last week’s episode, which I missed because I was traveling…. continue reading
The future spawn of O-Town makes life difficult on There and Back
There and Back may have its haters, but for me, it’s almost becoming more fun than the rapidly tiring Challenge show that airs before it. The big problem with There and Back, however, is that it doesn’t really work if… continue reading
Ashley Parker Angel and the case of the morning wood
The Golden Globes may have interrupted my regularly scheduled viewing of MTV’s newest guilty pleasure, There and Back, but MTV’s endless repeats and a DVRed recording ensured that we will not be deprived of our weekly dose of Ashley Parker… continue reading
Ashley’s girlfriend disses O-Town and Jacob shows off his monkey on There and Back’s debut
Ashley Parker Angel’s new MTV series There and Back debuted last night, and it was overly self-conscious. The show used narration and bizarre editing techniques, mostly to just state the obvious. And nearly every scene seemed set-up at best, which… continue reading
Ashley Parker Angel’s There and Back debuts tonight on MTV
Making the Band, network television’s first reality series, makes a comeback of sorts tonight with There and Back: Ashley Parker Angel. The new MTV series, which debuts at 10:30 p.m. ET, follows Ashley post-O-Town; now he’s “at ground zero struggling… continue reading