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Drug Trials a Lot Like Reality TV
 Drug Trials a Lot Like Reality TV 
OPINION
May 14, 2009 12:51 PM CDT

Drug Trials a Lot Like Reality TV

(Newser) - Only one couple from The Bachelor has actually gotten married. No Apprentice winner has become fabulously wealthy. American Idol produced Taylor Hicks. Reality shows don’t always make good on their real-world promises, and in that way, they’re a lot like clinical drug trials, writes pediatrician Darshak Sanghavi in...

Teyona Wins Top Model; Porizkova Fired

Porizkova announces departure on Late Late Show

(Newser) - Though America’s Next Top Model crowned its latest winner last night, it also made headlines the previous evening when judge Paulina Porizkova announced she’d been fired, the Chicago Tribune reports. Teyona Anderson, 20, won the show, overcoming comments that she wasn’t telegenic, the New York Post reports....

Idol Down to Final 2
 Idol Down to Final 2 
May 14, 2009 6:10 AM CDT

Idol Down to Final 2

Gokey given his walking papers after some desperate dancing

(Newser) - Adam Lambert and Kris Allen are the last American Idol contestants left standing after Danny Gokey got the boot yesterday, E! Online reports. Gokey, long considered a frontrunner to take the crown, got the fewest viewer votes for his performance Tuesday of Terence Trent D'Arby's "Dance Little Sister"—...

Jon and Kate's Marriage Is Over, Says Brother

(Newser) - Given the flurry of he's-cheating/she's-cheating allegations of late, this may not qualify as a bombshell, but the marriage of reality TV stars Jon and Kate Gosselin is kaput, reports RadarOnline. "Six months ago Kate came to Jon and said, 'Hey, it's over,'" says Kate's brother. The two star...

Kate Denies Bodyguard Hanky Panky

Reality show mom denies her own set of rumors

(Newser) - It was only a matter of time before Kate Gosselin, the other half of Jon & Kate Plus 8, got a cheating scandal of her very own. And the reality show mom is shocked—shocked!—at the lengths tabloids will go to, even “[making] stuff up to connect...

Hills' Pratt on Rap Bona Fides: 'I'm the White Jay-Z'

(Newser) - The Hills’ Spencer Pratt has designs on the rap genre, MTV reports. “I’ve always known that I secretly am the hottest rapper in the game,” said the exceedingly white reality star, who plans to record an album on the heels of his single, I’m a Celebrity....

Susan Boyle Gets Subtitles for Oprah Interview

Singer discusses reality show stardom with Oprah

(Newser) - Britain’s Got Talent star Susan Boyle made her debut on Oprah yesterday, but American audiences were given subtitles to help understand her heavy Scottish accent, the Mail reports. Boyle, recorded at her home in Scotland, told Oprah she’s not lonely: “I’ve got millions of new friends...

Boyle Declines Dinner With the Obamas

UK singer too 'nervous' to rub shoulders at correspondents' dinner

(Newser) - Susan Boyle has turned down offers to rub shoulders with President Obama and Hollywood A-listers at the White House Correspondents Dinner tonight, saying she was too nervous. "She was shocked and thrilled by the invite—but it was all too much too soon for her so she said No,...

Simon to Susan: No Singing on Oprah

Boyle, Cowell to appear on Monday's show

(Newser) - Susan Boyle has officially hit the big-time: She’s appearing on Oprah on Monday, the Mirror reports. But don’t expect to hear the YouTube phenom sing—Simon Cowell, also appearing, wants to save that for the Britain’s Got Talent semi-finals. Instead Boyle, appearing via Skype, will give Oprah...

Now Paula Says She Wasn't Addicted

(Newser) - The Paula Abdul roller-coaster continues. The Idol judge says Ladies' Home Journal got it all wrong: She now insists she was never addicted to painkillers, and she never checked into a rehab facility, E! reports. “It was very stressful for me to hear that and to be quoted saying...

Kate on Jon Affair Rumors: 'We Just Need to Go Forward'

Did he cheat or didn't he? Either way, "there's really never any going back," she says.

(Newser) - The Jon and Kate back-and-forth has reached dizzying levels (see below links for all the drama), and Kate Gosselin is saying her piece, Us reports. Though her husband’s alleged affair has been denied, confirmed, re-denied, and re-confirmed, Kate is “hesitant to believe any of it,” she said...

Tab Confirms Jon & Kate Affair

Confirms with five, yes five, sources—plus video

(Newser) - Jon & Kate Plus 8 sources—five of them—who confirm dad Jon had an affair with his “mystery woman” does not equal good news for the reality show couple. Us even spoke to two relatives, including alleged mistress Deanna Hummel’s brother, who says at the house he...

Dems Spoof 'Marooned' GOP
 Dems Spoof 
 'Marooned' GOP 
May 6, 2009 8:27 AM CDT

Dems Spoof 'Marooned' GOP

Web ad likens Republicans to Survivor cast

(Newser) - A new DNC ad touts the latest Survivor series: the GOP edition, the Huffington Post reports. The Web spot begins with Sen. Olympia Snowe, the “Last of the Moderates,” describing how being a Republican moderate can feel like “being a cast member of Survivor,” and goes...

Jon & Kate Gal Pal: 'We're Just Friends'

Insists she, reality star are 'just friends'

(Newser) - The 23-year-old “friend,” who sparked the rumor mill when she was photographed with Jon & Kate Plus 8 dad Jon Gosselin outside a nightclub, denies any romantic involvement with the reality star, People reports. “We just talk and socialize, the normal things you do when you see...

Octuplet Mom Disses Allred Lawsuit

(Newser) - Nadya Suleman shrugged off a legal filing by lawyer Gloria Allred today that aims to stop the Octo-Mom from financially exploiting her kids, Radar and Us Weekly report. "People are opportunists, and they just want to be in the spotlight," Suleman said. Allred and a child advocacy...

Next for Susan Boyle: Surviving the Jungle

Internet sensation would be a goldmine for reality show

(Newser) - Britain’s Got Talent star Susan Boyle is so hot right now, is there anything she can’t do? The latest rumor on her life post-Talent is another reality show: the British version of I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! in the Australian outback, the Daily ...

Dour Simon Shows Smiley Side in UK
Dour Simon Shows Smiley Side in UK
OPINION
May 1, 2009 9:41 AM CDT

Dour Simon Shows Smiley Side in UK

Carping Idol judge is happy, sweet over on Britian's Got Talent

(Newser) - Viewers of American Idol might not recognize the jovial figure who regularly flashes his white-toothed grin from the judges' table on Britain's Got Talent. But that laughing man saying "awww" at adorable child contestants is indeed Simon Cowell. His transformation across the pond is nothing short of striking, writes...

Jon &amp; Kate Dad Cops to 'Poor Judgment'
 Jon & Kate Dad 
 Cops to 'Poor Judgment' 
GOSSIP ROUNDUP
Apr 30, 2009 10:10 AM CDT

Jon & Kate Dad Cops to 'Poor Judgment'

Plus, Hef denies wanting Holly back, and more

(Newser) - Jon & Kate Plus 8 star Jon Gosselin denies rumors that he’s cheating on wife Kate, People reports. He says the woman he was spotted with at a bar is just a friend, but adds, “being out with [her] late at night showed poor judgment on my part....

Blago Mulls 'Apprenticeship' at Nev. Reality-Show Brothel

(Newser) - A Nevada brothel featured on an HBO reality show is offering Rod Blagojevich the chance to recoup some of the cash he missed out on by being barred from leaving the country to film for NBC, Gawker reports. The former Illinois governor’s PR flak is taking “very seriously”...

Jon & Kate Plus 8, Minus Ring, Equals Rumors

Reality star denies cheating, again

(Newser) - Reality star Jon Gosselin took a break from his eight kids and wife Kate—and wearing that pesky wedding band—at a nightclub two weeks ago, Us reports. The Jon & Kate Plus 8 dad, who took flak for palling around with coeds at a February party, “could barely...

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