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Octuplet Mom Rules Out Reality Show

Another PR firm cuts ties, former publicist speaks out

(Newser) - Is a reality show in octu-mom Nadya Suleman’s future? “No, I think that's exploitation of my kids,” she told TMZ. Good thing that's her attitude, because yet another PR firm has denied having ties with the mother of 14, reports Access Hollywood. The president of Ambassador Agency,...

'Real-Life Gossip Girl' Heads to Bravo

(Newser) - Bravo is making a reality show focused on New York private school students that insiders are calling a “real-life Gossip Girl,” Broadcasting & Cable reports. The show will employ the format used in webisodes the network produced featuring kids from its hit The Real Housewives of Orange County....

New Dancing Lineup Adds Criminal Twists

Julianne's back; Jewel, Denise Richards, and 3 felons will compete

(Newser) - Dancing With the Stars is introducing a few new twists this season, including one couple competing against each other and another working together, USA Today reports. Returning pro Julianne Hough will partner with her real-life boyfriend—country singer Chuck Wicks—while singer Jewel will dance against rodeo-riding husband Ty Murray....

'Paris Doesn't Walk, She Floats' (and No, It's Not an Act)

Reality show contestant gives play-by-play

(Newser) - Assistants to hold her umbrella and apply her lip gloss; three outfit changes a day; two BlackBerrys. Such is the life of Paris Hilton, the Mirror reports. Laura Meakin, who appeared on reality show Paris Hilton’s British Best Friend, dished on what it’s really like to spend so...

Slumdog to Spin Off Reality Show

Show would focus on poverty-stricken Mumbai

(Newser) - Slumdog Millionaire, which centers around a reality show, may soon get a reality show of its own, E! reports. Secret Slumdog Millionaire, like its predecessor Secret Millionaire, would follow undercover richies handing out $100,000 in poor neighborhoods—except this time in Mumbai. “The millionaires who sign up will...

Hef's Ex Lands Own Reality Show

Girls Next Door may star Hef's new squeezes

(Newser) - Kendra Wilkinson is saying goodbye to the Playboy Mansion and hello to her own reality show, the Daily News reports. Kendra will follow Wilkinson as she adjusts to life without Hugh Hefner and plans her wedding to Hank Baskett of the Philadelphia Eagles. But no worries: The Girls Next Door...

Reality Show to Feature Arranged Marriage

Brains behind Top Chef , Project Runway team for venture

(Newser) - A series following arranged marriages is CBS’ next big reality-TV venture, James Hibberd writes on his Hollywood Reporter blog. The show, from the producers behind Project Runway and Top Chef, will follow four unlucky-in-love singles whose friends and family select a spouse; cameras will then continue to follow the couples...

Paris: Acting Dumb Is Hard
 Paris: Acting Dumb Is Hard 
Jan 28, 2009 11:00 AM CST

Paris: Acting Dumb Is Hard

Heiress mistakes chef for prime minister

(Newser) - Paris Hilton is no dummy—just ask her. The hotel heiress blames her stint on The Simple Life for her international reputation as a five-star ditz, the Daily Mirror reports, and she insists she didn't really mistake TV chef Gordon Ramsay for British PM Gordon Brown. “I know exactly...

Speechwriter's Gal Has Roots in Reality TV

Gawker dishes the dirt on White House hottie

(Newser) - It’s apparently been quite the journey for Alejandra Campoverdi, the pinup girl who’s now dating hotshot White House speechwriter Jon Favreau, Gawker reports. The farm worker’s stepdaughter is now a deputy chief of staff’s assistant, having appeared in a reality TV show (oh, and that Maxim...

Simon to Hopeful: Try Hooking Instead

Judge's zingers get nastier

(Newser) - Simon Cowell is well-known for his zingers on American Idol, but now he’s getting personal. The acerbic judge told one hopeful, clad in what looked to be short-short drapes, "You should be a hooker," the Sun reports, and complained to another, “I hate what you’re...

McCain Crushes Cindy's Dancing Dreams

Mrs. McCain won't compete on reality show

(Newser) - Sorry, McCain fans. Your candidate is back in the Senate rather than moving into the White House, and you can't even take solace by watching his wife on Dancing With the Stars. Cindy McCain had been in talks with producers since Thanksgiving and “wanted to do it very badly,...

Idol Ratings Slip, but Still Strong at 30M

Smallest audience since '04 as Fox sees 10% dip

(Newser) - American Idol’s eighth-season opener drew 10% fewer viewers than the previous installment’s premiere, Bloomberg reports. But with 30 million viewers, it still tripled the ratings of nearest rival CBS among viewers aged 18-49. Idol, Fox’s highest-rated show, raised $750 million in ad revenue last year. The judges...

New Judge Tangles With Bikini-Clad Idol

Eighth season starts with a splash—of skin

(Newser) - The newest American Idol judge forgot it’s the contestants who do the singing, busting out her own vocal chops to upstage a bikini-clad hopeful on last night’s premiere, Access Hollywood reports. Idol made sure to point out new judge Kara DioGuardi has worked with such divas as Celine...

Cowell Regrets Suicide of Idol Contestant

But doubts producers shrugged off Abdul's protests about audition

(Newser) - Simon Cowell says he regrets not realizing how troubled the American Idol contestant who killed herself outside judge Paula Abdul’s home last month was, but refutes Abdul’s claim that she begged producers to keep the obsessed Paula Goodspeed off the show. “I wish we could have spent...

They Did. They Didn't. Repeat.
 They Did. They Didn't. Repeat. 
Dec 18, 2008 12:11 PM CST

They Did. They Didn't. Repeat.

AP picks at details of MTV video of civil ceremony

(Newser) - Spencer Pratt insists his marriage to Hills co-star Heidi Montag is legal, though AP finds inconsistencies in accounts of a Beverly Hills civil ceremony filmed by MTV and set to air Monday. MTV tells Us Magazine the couple filmed after hours with a deputy commissioner; the court says no judge...

Will Abdul Kiss Idol Good-bye?
 Will Abdul Kiss Idol Good-bye? 
Dec 12, 2008 2:40 PM CST

Will Abdul Kiss Idol Good-bye?

Singer may leave show before new season starts, sources say

(Newser) - American Idol may not have Paula Abdul to kick around anymore, reports MSNBC's Scoop blog. Abdul, who seems perpetually ticked off at Simon Cowell and the show’s producers, doesn’t need them, anyway, says a friend: “Paula has a reality show on MTV and her jewelry line.”...

Paula Almost Loses It on Letterman

Idol judge can't handle stalker questions

(Newser) - Poor, beleaguered Paula Abdul came unglued at the end of her interview with David Letterman last night, Gawker reports. The singer got upset when Letterman brought up her recent allegations that American Idol purposely brought known stalker Paula Goodspeed—who later committed suicide—onto the show. After a few minutes...

Pirates' India Experiment 'Endearingly Ridiculous'

Signing pair of reality-show winners brings baseball to India, adds to mutual ties

(Newser) - The Pittsburgh Pirates, baseball’s perennial losers, scored a huge win for US-India relations last week when they signed as pitchers two young reality-show winners, Bruce Reed notes in Slate. “With one grand, unlikely gesture, Pennsylvania has introduced America’s national pastime to the second-most-populous nation on earth,”...

Mom Gives Hills Marriage '6 Months'

'It's the biggest mistake Heidi's ever made,' says Mom

(Newser) - Heidi Montag’s mother gives her daughter’s marriage to fellow Hills star Spencer Pratt “six months,” saying she is devastated to lose her daughter to the “manipulative” Pratt, US Magazine reports. Darlene Egelhoff says that she suspects her daughter was drugged by Pratt during their elopement...

Brooke Burke Wins Dancing With Stars

Burke and Hough crowned champs after perfect freestyle, Viennese waltz

(Newser) - Brooke Burke and her partner Derek Hough have been crowned the champions of this year's Dancing With the Stars, People reports. The pair scored a perfect 30 for their final dance and came out first in the viewers' votes. Burke, who beat Warren Sapp and Lance Bass to the mirror-ball...

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