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Tonight, ABC Family debuts its new six-hour scripted mini-series Samurai Girl, and its star is a familiar face to MTV viewers: The Real World San Diego‘s Jamie Chung. The TV show is an adaptation of Carrie Asai’s book series; Chung plays the title character, the “sole survivor of a plane crash” after “ninjas attack her …

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Frankie Abernathy, a cast member on The Real World San Diego who left the show mid-season, has reportedly died of cystic fibrosis. (Update: Frankie’s mother confirmed her death.) Kansas City alternative weekly The Pitch reports that she died this weekend, citing “an insider over at ad firm Barkley, where Frankie’s dad, Perry, worked for more …

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The Real World San Diego house rape case ends with no charges being filed. The alleged sexual assault that took place in The Real World San Diego house between two non-cast members has resulted in no charges being filed by prosecutors. “After reviewing ‘hours and hours’ of videotape recorded for the unscripted television series, as …

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