The Real World Chicago‘s Tonya Cooley is taking her acting career to the next level, appearing in a soft-core porn film on Cinemax. Although she doesn’t receive top billing, Tonya is essentially the star of a 27-minute episode, as an observant reality blurred reader noticed. This line of work is not entirely new to her; …
The Real World Chicago‘s Chris Beckman has written a book about his struggle with alcoholism as a child and teenager. Save for its cover, whcih features Chris’ face, it may be the least self-serving reality TV star memoir yet. Clean: A New Generation in Recovery Speaks Out, “is part autobiography, part addiction and recovery primer, …
arrested Real World Chicago protesters sue Chicago, police, producers. Ten people arrested while protesting–or just walking by–The Real World Chicago house have “filed [a] lawsuit against Chicago police officers, the city and the firm behind the ‘Real World’ television show,” The Chicago Sun-Times reports. Charges were dropped against everyone arrested except one person, who was …
Kyle joins soap opera cast. The Real World Chicago‘s Kyle Brandt has been cast as Phillip Kiriakis on the soap opera Days of Our Lives. The show’s producer says that “Kyle’s born to act,” which we presume means that he can act like more than just a jerk. Actually, Kyle, who graduated from Princeton, has …
Real World Chicago finale the highest rated Real World episode ever. Tuesday’s finale of The Real World Chicago was watched by 5.5 million viewers, an all-time high for the series. That number is smaller, however, than The Osbournes record 6.3 million viewers, which made it become MTV’s most popular series ever.
Real World Chicago ends tonight. Exactly 51 weeks ago tonight, protested The Real World Chicago’s presence in the Wicker Park neighborhood, which was caught on tape. Tonight, a week shy of that anniversary, the show concludes its 24 episode season at 10 p.m. ET on MTV.
EW asks, “is Tonya crazy?” plus: Julie and Melissa fight via their blogs. “Is Tonya crazy?” “Yes,” says Entertainment Weekly’s Josh Wolk, who analyzes The Real World Chicago cast member’s bizarre behavior and finds that “[s]he’s a character type we’ve never seen before on the show: a meld of nuttiness, manipulativeness, hypochondria, and, uniquely, sociopathy.” …