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Slain Model Terrified of Hubby: Friend

Millionaire reality show contestant Jenkins charged with murder

(Newser) - A friend and former fiancé of slain model Jasmine Fiore says she was terrified of her husband, millionaire real estate developer and reality show contestant Ryan Jenkins, who was today charged with her murder, People reports. Fiore’s friend says she was “100%” scared of Jenkins, and that she...

Runway Still Chic on Lifetime
 Runway Still Chic on Lifetime 
TV REVIEW
Aug 21, 2009 1:28 PM CDT

Runway Still Chic on Lifetime

(Newser) - Project Runway is back after an interminable absence on a new network in a new city, but critics agree the fashion design reality show has kept all its charm intact.
  • PR has "hopped channels from Bravo to Lifetime with none of its appeal damaged in transit," Troy Patterson
...

Spencer: I Want to Be the Next Brad Pitt

The scary part? He's probably serious.

(Newser) - Spencer Pratt has officially gone off the rails: In his upcoming book, How to Be Famous, he expresses his ambition to be the next Brad Pitt, the New York Daily News reports. Pratt is most in awe of Pitt for managing to dump “beloved” Jennifer Aniston for “home-wrecking...

TV Special 'Shocked' Octomom
 TV Special 'Shocked' Octomom 
GOSSIP ROUNDUP
Aug 21, 2009 11:37 AM CDT

TV Special 'Shocked' Octomom

Plus MJ and Gosselin hangers-on still talking

(Newser) - The Octomom TV special was shocking even to the Octomom herself, Nadya Suleman’s lawyer tells Radar. Suleman “was shocked to see some of the chaos of the scenes in the show, but she understands the show has its own production agenda.” Elsewhere:
  • Mark Lester was on Today
...

Teeth, Fingers Removed From Slain Model

(Newser) - Teeth and fingers were removed from swimsuit model Jasmine Fiore, believed to be murdered by her reality-star former husband, according to law enforcement authorities. The dismemberment was apparently an effort to stymie efforts at identifying her body, which was found earlier this week in a suitcase in a trash bin...

Smug Americans Love 'Bad-Parent Porn'
 Smug Americans 
 Love 'Bad-Parent Porn' 
OPINION
Aug 20, 2009 1:22 PM CDT

Smug Americans Love 'Bad-Parent Porn'

We're addicted to seeing moms and dads face 'public smackdowns'

(Newser) - America, it seems, is addicted to “bad-parent porn,” writes Meghan Daum in the Los Angeles Times. Nadya Suleman's new reality show is only the latest incarnation, along with Jon and Kate, of course. (And let us not forget Michael Jackson.) People just love to see moms and...

Twins Ratted Out Jon to Kate
 Twins Ratted Out Jon to Kate 
Aug 20, 2009 12:18 PM CDT

Twins Ratted Out Jon to Kate

Cara and Mady made the call that led to cop confrontation

(Newser) - Turns out the real reason Kate Gosselin tried to barge into the house during Jon’s time with the kids—which turned into such a noisy mess that the cops showed up—is because the twins called her, Star reports. Jon apparently got touchy-feely with babysitter Stephanie Santoro in front...

Murdered Model's Hubby Fled: Cops
 Murdered Model's 
 Hubby Fled: Cops 
GOSSIP ROUNDUP
Aug 20, 2009 11:37 AM CDT

Murdered Model's Hubby Fled: Cops

Plus, Spector dishes on prison, and more

(Newser) - Authorities believe Ryan Jenkins, the former reality show contestant named as a person of interest in the murder of his model wife, has fled to his native Canada. But Honduras—where his architect-dad once designed a resort—may be his final destination, TMZ reports, adding that Jenkins was charged with...

Inside the Octomom TV Special
 Inside the Octomom TV Special 
Aug 20, 2009 8:51 AM CDT

Inside the Octomom TV Special

Somehow, it was even worse than anticipated

(Newser) - The Nadya Suleman “suckfest” debuted last night on Fox, and it was “even more horrible than we could have imagined,” writes Natalie Finn for E! Among the “lowlights” of the special:
  • The octuplets’ delivery: “Gee, what a coup that someone was filming!” writes Finn.
...

World Hates Prejean Cuz She's Hot: Trump
 World Hates Prejean 
 Cuz She's Hot: Trump 
GOSSIP ROUNDUP
Aug 19, 2009 12:23 PM CDT

World Hates Prejean Cuz She's Hot: Trump

Plus, first Survivor gets dragged back to jail, and more

(Newser) - Former Miss California Carrie Prejean is only controversial “because she’s so beautiful,” Donald Trump told David Letterman last night. “She said that a man should marry a woman, and it became very controversial for whatever reason, but I always said it was really because of her...

Fox May Replace Paula With...Paula

She'll definitely be back, sources say

(Newser) - Paula Abdul’s replacement on American Idol is looking more and more like…Paula Abdul. Fox will show focus groups taped footage of guest judges like Victoria Beckman, Mary J. Blige, and Shania Twain to determine exactly how damaging her absence is, Radar reports. “If Paula consistently scores far...

Jon Mulls a New Reality Show

Oh joy! Even if TLC ditches him, he won't go far

(Newser) - The good news: TLC might cut ties with Jon Gosselin for violating his contract by frequenting bars, TMZ reports. The bad news: He’s already in talks with another production company to appear in a new reality show, Divorced Dad’s Club, which chronicles the lives of famous divorced fathers....

Reality Show Contestant Sought in Model's Murder

Canadian, 32, reported girlfriend missing

(Newser) - A reality show contestant who once bragged he “left many amazing women in his life primarily because he wanted more women” is a person of interest in the murder of swimsuit model Jasmine Fiore, the Los Angeles Times reports. Fiore, 28, was last seen with boyfriend (or husband, according...

Five Moves DeLay Can't Bust Out on Dancing

Former majority leader can't fall back on political tricks

(Newser) - Tom DeLay had some clever moves to help him become majority leader—but his bag of tricks won’t help him much on the dance floor. In Newsweek, Katie Connolly lists a few techniques Dancing With the Stars fans won’t stand for. He can’t:
  • Redistrict to score more
...

Tom DeLay to Dance With Stars
 Tom DeLay to Dance With Stars 
Aug 17, 2009 10:27 AM CDT

Tom DeLay to Dance With Stars

(Newser) - Here's to hoping Tom DeLay is better at dancing than he is at obeying campaign finance laws. Dancing With the Stars host Tom Bergeron announced this season’s cast on Good Morning America this morning, and it included the former House majority leader. Bergeron said even he was floored when...

Dude, Ashton's Actually a 'Genius'
 Dude, Ashton's 
 Actually a 'Genius' 
INTERVIEW
Aug 15, 2009 4:27 PM CDT

Dude, Ashton's Actually a 'Genius'

Mr. Demi Moore has reinvented himself and saved his career

(Newser) - Is Ashton Kutcher punking all of America? The former Abercrombie model—whose surfer dude shtick climaxed in the slacker classic Dude, Where’s My Car?—runs his own production company, boasts the largest following on Twitter, and speaks eloquently about genetics. “He’s a guy’s answer to celeb...

Apprentice's Omarosa Takes Attitude to Seminary

(Newser) - Famed reality TV villain Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth has seen the light, E! reports. The Apprentice anti-hero will enter an Ohio seminary next week for 2 years of religious schooling on her way to becoming a minister. Her ambition is in line with her character, an official at the United Theological Seminary...

Kourtney and Khlo&eacute; a 'Mindless Pleasure'
 Kourtney and Khloé 
 a 'Mindless Pleasure'
TV REVIEW
Aug 14, 2009 11:03 AM CDT

Kourtney and Khloé a 'Mindless Pleasure'

Yes, it's vapid, but go ahead and enjoy it anyway

(Newser) - You might have heard that Kourtney and Khloé Kardashian are famous for being famous. “False! They are primarily famous for being the sisters of Kim Kardashian,” writes Troy Patterson for Slate—and now they have their very own reality show. “In these days of pseudo-celebrity and rampant...

Cops Called to Jon, Kate Fight
 Cops Called to Jon, Kate Fight 
Aug 14, 2009 8:10 AM CDT

Cops Called to Jon, Kate Fight

Plus: Hailey, of course, is next to do an interview

(Newser) - They’ve argued on screen countless times, but last night Jon and Kate Gosselin’s off-screen argument got heated—and the cops were called. “Kate showed up at the house unexpectedly. It’s Jon’s scheduled time to be there with the kids,” a source tells Radar. "...

Danza's Next Job: High School Teacher

 Danza's Next Job: 
 High School 
 Teacher 
GOSSIP ROUNDUP
Aug 13, 2009 12:11 PM CDT

Danza's Next Job: High School Teacher

Plus, a Kardashian is pregnant, and more

(Newser) - Who’s the boss? For a few Philadelphia 10th graders, it could be Tony Danza. The actor wants to temporarily transition into teaching as part of an A&E reality show, the Inquirer reports. The mayor is on his side, saying Danza “is dedicated to enriching the young people...

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