Apolo and Julianne Pictures
Pictures of Apolo Anton Ohno and Julianne Hough performing on Dancing With The Stars.
About.com Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:00:00 EST
Hot or Not?: America's Next Top Model 5's Jayla
Check out this picture of America's Next Top Model's Jayla and cast your vote in her
About.com Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:00:00 EST
Picture of Kat Von D and the MTV Video Music Awards
See pictures of reality stars out and about.
About.com Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:00:00 EST
Natalie of Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious
Photos and info for the hopefuls competing on Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious. Meet Natalie.
About.com Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:00:00 EST
Fang tribe takes turn for the dumb on 'Survivor'
A surprise tribe realignment on "Survivor Gabon" shocked the castaways.
MSNBC.com Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:57:05 GMT
Whitney Port will move to New York on The City
The Hills star Whitney Port will get her own, long-rumored series early next year when MTV debuts The City, a pretty undescriptive title. The network officially announced the spin-off today. The new series will follow Whitney as she moves from L.A. to New York and starts working for Diane Von Furstenberg. In her press release quote, Whitney said, "I am thrilled and honored to be in New York City. Not only working for one of the most renowned fashion designers, Diane Von Furstenberg, but to be able to mature as a young woman both professionally and personally." MTV started overstating the drama already in its press release, saying that she "is taking a huge chance at a brand new life. Surrounded by all new friends, pursuing a fresh love life, and starting to work in the upper echelon of the fashion industry is a lot to navigate for a new girl in the big city ... especially one who has everything to lose. In a city full of people with their own agendas, Whitney will have to quickly decide who she can trust and who to stay away from.">> share, link to, or e.mail this story >> read the latest news about The Hills >> find more reality TV news and gossip at reality blurred
Realityblurred.com Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:26:58 -0500
Burnett, Edwards present 'Your Life'
Reality TV: Companies pact to produce redo of hit show -- Mark Burnett and Ralph Edwards Prods. have pacted to produce a new incarnation of "This Is Your Life."
Variety Thu, 9 Oct 2008 14:48:15 EST
Robo-hosts who get fed lines by producers include Ty Pennington, Tabatha Coffey
Bravo's Tabatha's Salon Takeover, which is essentially a salon version of Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, concludes its run tonight. It's a competently produced, relatively engaging series, even if the makeover part is a bit forced. It's also hosted by a robo-host, like an increasing number of other reality series. "Robo-host" (maybe it should be one word, robohost?) is an awesome term reality show producer JD Roth used when I talked to him this summer. If you don't recognize Roth as the host of Discovery Kids' Endurance (Survivor for teenagers), the talking head on Fox's Unan1mous, or ABC's new hybrid game/reality show Opportunity Knocks, you'll recognize his voice from shows such as The Biggest Loser, which he narrates. He's also the executive producer of all of these shows produced by his company, 3Ball Productions. So why, I asked him in July, does he host and/or narrate so many of his shows? As I mentioned in this msnbc.com piece about the new reality host Emmy, Roth said that's because "there's no better way as a producer to control what's going on on your set than to be in front of it. A lot of hosts now, they wear the earpiece, and I have to sit back there, and they become robo-host, and I gotta talk to them, and everything that comes out of my mouth comes out of theirs." That hosts are being fed lines through small, wireless IFB earpieces is sometimes obvious, but it's also annoying. Real hosts--Seacrest, Probst, even Bergeron--work closely with producers, but they don't get fed lines while they're live on camera. Robo-hosts, however, just parrot or do whatever a producer tells them, so they're basically like human puppets. For sure, not all are being told everything to say, as producers can also communicate stage directions or other information. But shouldn't good hosts be able to take directions before filming starts and then just improvise? It's becoming increasingly obvious that the industry has run out of good hosts and now has to fake them, which makes Roth's decision to just host himself make a lot of sense, especially because he's good at it. Hosts I've spotted wearing earpieces recently include Glam God judge Phillip Bloch, Groomer Has It host Jai Rodriguez, Shear Genius salon manager Rene Fris, and Tabatha Coffey, who appeared on the first season of Shear Genuis. Those who have short hair, like all of the aforementioned hosts, are the most easy to spot, but it's safe to say that others wear them, too. Even Extreme Makeover: Home Edition host Ty Pennington wears one, as a New York Times article revealed. Dominici told Pennington, "I want you to tell me that this is a very green energy source. And I want you to stick the hose into the ground!'" The other designers and carpenters on the show wear earpieces, too, although Paul DiMeo told the paper he won't wear one: "I'm 50 years old. I will say what I say, and they will use it!" Executive producer Anthony Dominici is unapologetic about what he does, as while the Times said that "cast members tend to bristle when they sense they are being fed lines," Dominici his cast members will repeat what he says multiple times. "Until I get it right, they're not in the show," he said. That's such a bizarre statement: Until the producer gets it right, the cast member doesn't get included. It's kind of amusing to watch producers try to cover that up the earpieces. Jai Rodriguez wore his in the ear facing the camera on Roth's production Groomer Has It for a few episodes, but then producers got smart and switched ears--although it was still visible when he turned his head. Tabatha Coffey's is probably the worst-concealed earpiece of them all. In the first episode of Tabatha's Salon Takeover, she'd put her hand on the earpiece and then suddenly respond, as if she was a Secret Service agent. On last week's episode, she was clearly wearing an earpiece when she confronted an employee in the salon's back room, but when the editors cut back to her, they were blurring out the earpiece: suddenly, the inside of her ear was fuzzy. If editors have to go to that much work to conceal the fact that the host is being controlled off-camera, there's something very wrong. How about hiring hosts you trust enough to do their jobs instead of ones who need to be fed and led like babies?Emmys get a reality check -- at last [MSNBC] Emotional Buildup [New York Times]>> share, link to, or e.mail this story >> read the latest news about industry news >> find more reality TV news and gossip at reality blurred
Realityblurred.com Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:02:22 -0500
Husband leaves so wife can stay on 'Loser'
In the fourth week of "Biggest Loser," it was up to the teams to decide which contestant would be sent home after the weigh-ins. Despite Heba's amazing eight pound loss, the orange team fell below line and it was now up to Ed and Heba to decide which one of them would be going home. Ed thanked his wife Heba for entering his life and decided she should stay on the campus so they could improve their chances of fertility.
MSNBC.com Thu, 9 Oct 2008 13:29:09 GMT
Celebrity Rehab 2 trailer shows Jeff Conaway fighting with Gary Busey, calling 911
The most unexpectedly great and best new show of the year, VH1's Celebrity Rehab, returns two weeks from tonight, on Oct. 23 at 10 p.m. ET. VH1 has released the five-minute supertrailer, which is basically the "this season on" segment. The new cast/group of addicts is comprised of Steven Adler, Gary Busey, Jeff Conaway, Rodney King, Tawny Kitaen, Nikki McKibbon, Amber Smith, and Sean Stewart, and together they seem to be an incredible source of real-life drama, fighting with the staff and with each other. Jeff Conaway is still out of his mind, looking like he'll again be receiving lots of air time; the trailer shows him clashing with Gary Busey and the staff, and even calling 911. Here's the preview of Celebrity Rehab 2: >> share, link to, or e.mail this story >> read the latest news about Celebrity Rehab >> find more reality TV news and gossip at reality blurred
Realityblurred.com Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:36:30 -0500
An actor will recreate scenes from The Hills for a four-episode spin-off
MTV is planning two extensions to its already-extended Hills franchise: a special that includes "lost scenes" and another that includes an actor recreating scenes by standing in for characters on the actual show. Both will air Oct. 18 starting at 1 p.m. ET. First, "The Hills: The Lost Scenes" will include "scenes that have never before been seen on television," according to MTV, including "intimate, funny and touching moments with the cast" and "exclusive bonus footage, extended from scenes already in the series." At 2 p.m., MTV plans to "pay homage" to The Hills with "a comically twisted take on" the show. A single actor, Derek Miller, will reenact scenes and do not-exactly-convincing but somewhat funny versions of the characters for "The Hills: According to Me." That's so surreal I don't know where to begin: an actor will recreate footage from the lives of people who already recreate and reenact their own lives with the help of actors. Here's the trailer for that new and bizarre series, which since MTV is running all four episodes back to back, probably doesn't count as much of a series:>> share, link to, or e.mail this story >> read the latest news about The Hills >> find more reality TV news and gossip at reality blurred
Realityblurred.com Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:03:30 -0500
Hugh Hefner opens up about 'Girls' breakup
Hefner and Holly Madison, one of E!'s "The Girls Next Door," are no longer dating. Hefner said he's been "down in the dumps" about the split.
MSNBC.com Thu, 9 Oct 2008 00:24:23 GMT
Non-elimination night keeps Rocco 'Dancing'
As many viewers suspected, Misty May-Treanor's early exit from "Dancing With the Stars" meant that all of the other dancers were safe. Even you, Rocco.
MSNBC.com Wed, 8 Oct 2008 01:18:50 GMT
NBC sets date for 'Momma's Boys'
Reality TV: Reality show to bow on Oct. 29 -- NBC has bumped "Momma's Boys" to fall, slating it Wednesdays at 9 p.m. starting Oct. 29.
Variety Thu, 2 Oct 2008 12:58:03 EST
South African farmers want 'Wife'
Reality TV: 'Boer soek 'n vrou' features 10 lonely farmers -- A local version of FremantleMedia reality format "Farmer Wants a Wife" debuted Tuesday on KykNet, the Afrikaans-language channel on MultiChoice's DStv satellite service.
Variety Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:07:37 EST
Marcil to host Lifetime reality series
Reality TV: Charlie Green to mentor 'Blush' contestants -- Lifetime's reality competish series "Blush: The Search for the Next Makeup Artist," has tapped actress Vanessa Marcil as its host.
Variety Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:18:41 EST
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