A category five cyclone devastated Vanuatu over a 24-hour period earlier this month, and relief organizations have asked for help this week. Cyclone Pam hit the island nation March 13 with sustained winds of 155 mph, and it was one of the most-intense storms ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere. In Port Vila, 90 percent of the buildings were destroyed; that’s …
Survivor host Jeff Probst and Vanuatu contestant Julie Berry are no longer together. “Sadly, Julie and I are not dating anymore. But it was a good love affair,” Jeff told the Philippine Daily Inquirer. He doesn’t reveal what happened. Three years ago, after their relationship became public, he called her “the love of my life.” …
The fourteenth season of Survivor will debut in February, according to the show’s host. An AP story about Jeff Probst and his (former contestant) girlfriend Julie Berry announces that Survivor Fiji “begins in February” in its second-to-last paragraph, as The Baltimore Sun’s Sarah Kickler Kelber noticed. CBS has yet to announce a specific date, however, …
Once they win Survivor, some people just can’t stop lying. Richard Hatch is in prison after being convicted of lying, and now Survivor Vanuatu winner Chris Daughtery may lose his job as an Ohio highway worker for lying to his supervisors about a show-related trip he took. Chris, who lied his way to victory on …
Last month’s shocking and appalling decision by the FCC to fine broadcasters over content is being challenged in court by the networks. The four major “networks filed lawsuits in federal appeals courts in Washington and New York to challenge indecency rulings against CBS, ABC and Fox involving coarse language,” The New York Times reports. One …
Have you ever wondered what it’d be like to taste fame? To live the life that just a relatively few people get to live? Ever wondered what it’d be like after you win Survivor and Or what would happen if you were a barnacle on one such person? Wonder no more: If you’re Chris Daugherty, …
GM pays $12.5 million for Survivor placement; Eliza hasn’t received her car. USA TODAY examines one of the Survivor franchise’s longest running product placement partners, and finds that “General Motors has given away nine different car and truck models to Survivor contestants, and none is seeing particularly robust sales.” Still, the company keeps its automobiles …