Masterchef season three runner-up killed himself Friday in Chicago, the day after being released from a treatment program in which he was diagnosed with schizophrenia. He was 26. The Chicago Tribune reports that “Marks suffered an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head and a revolver was found near his body,” and “an acquaintance and …
Fox reality superstar Gordon Ramsay earned the network more than $185 million in the past year from advertising alone, according to estimates. And that does not include product placement or integration. Adweek reports that “Ramsay is an ATM” for Fox, and “helped generate approximately $157.6 million in ad sales revenue for Fox” last year; add …
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 …
Gordon Ramsay has discussed what is obvious and not at all surprising to viewers of Fox’s Hell’s Kitchen: the show is stocked with cannon fodder, contestants placed there just for their personalities, there to be torn to shreds by Ramsay. In an Emmy magazine profile, Ramsay refers to “the muppets I have to work with. …
The third season of Fox’s Masterchef concluded last night, and 32-year-old creative writing student Christine Ha won the cookbook and $250,000 prize. That she’s a writer is remarkable enough, but Christine is also blind, which made her victory over Josh Marks, a U.S. Army contract specialist, even more amazing. With minimal help–Christine had an assistant …
Fox’s MasterChef edited a faked crowd shots out of at least two episodes that used it. Producers apologized after it was revealed that they enhanced a crowd, making it look like more people were auditioning than were actually there. At least two episodes on Hulu no longer have the fake crowd shot. In this image, …
Producers of Fox’s MasterChef have apologized for the faked crowd shot. A statement from Reveille Productions sent to Entertainment Weekly said, “We have reviewed the footage and it’s clear that the scene was enhanced in post-production. We sincerely apologize to our viewers and hope that they still enjoyed the show.” “Enhanced” isn’t quite the accurate, …