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Spend Night in Jersey Shore Pad —for $2.5K

Apparently it's worth it, according to renters

(Newser) - If, for some reason, you want to live out your own Jersey Shore fantasy, all you need is $2,500 a night. That’s how much the Seaside Heights home where the reality show is taped rents for, according to the AP , which uses a bunch of terms in its...

Real World Wants to Cast ... Occupy Protesters?

And 'Dark Knight' just might end up filming them, too

(Newser) - Participating in Occupy Wall Street might actually get you a job … on the Real World. The New York Observer points to a Craigslist ad that showed up Monday: “MTV's Real World is seeking cast members to tell their unique stories on our show,” it reads. “...

Food & Wine Gets Reality TV Twist

'Top Chef Magazine' section to grace January issue

(Newser) - Reality television apparently isn't too lowbrow for Food & Wine. The magazine's January issue will feature a 24-page special section called Top Chef Magazine. The articles, which will be labeled as an advertorial, will focus on aspects (culinary, we assume) of the Bravo show's contestants. If it...

Next Reality TV Stars: Mandela's Granddaughters

Three girls announce: We are not the 'African Kardashians'

(Newser) - Kim, Khloe, and Kourtney, meet Zaziwe, Swati, and Dorothy: The newest trio of ladies to enter the big bad world of reality TV will be none other than Nelson Mandela's granddaughters, the women announced today in Johannesburg. The unnamed show, which will likely air next year, will follow the...

Ted Haggard to Appear on Celebrity Wife Swap

And he'll trade mates with ... Gary Busey

(Newser) - In possibly the weirdest news you’ll hear all day, sex-and-drug-scandal-plagued Ted Haggard is going on the celebrity edition of ABC’s Wife Swap reality show … and will swap partners with Gary Busey. Yes, in case you’d forgotten, Haggard still has a wife—despite the fact that he...

Ryan O'Neal: Tatum Drama All Oprah's Fault

Winfrey didn't work her magic, he complains

(Newser) - Bad news: Turns out Oprah Winfrey is not always the magic antidote for what ails you, a lesson Ryan O’Neal learned the hard way: It seems that simply appearing in a reality show on her Oprah Winfrey Network did not manage to fix the long-troubled relationship between O'Neal...

Chaz Bono DWTS Pick Sparks Dialogue on Transgenders

ABC message board lights up with critics, defenders

(Newser) - If ABC wanted to generate buzz with the announcement of the new Dancing With the Stars cast , then it looks the selection of Chaz Bono was a wise choice. Tim Molloy of the Wrap notes that the show's message board has been besieged with comments about the transgender Bono,...

Reality TV Is a Psychological Blood Sport
 Reality TV Is a Psychological Blood Sport 
OPINION
Aug 18, 2011 1:50 PM CDT

Reality TV Is a Psychological Blood Sport

We need to get these people mental health

(Newser) - The suicide of Real Housewives hubby Russell Armstrong ought to make us think twice about reality TV, which has become “the soft-bellied, 21st century American TV version of a gladiatorial contest,” writes Matt Zoller Seitz on Salon . “As your parents may have warned you, it’s all...

Russell Armstrong Suicide: Real Housewives to Blame?

Media offer up quite a few theories

(Newser) - After Russell Armstrong's suicide , one question is apparently on everyone's mind: Is Real Housewives to blame? The Los Angeles Times , Christian Science Monitor , and two separate Daily Beast stories all delve into that question, noting that Armstrong's marriage troubles were splashed all over television during the first...

Real World Contract: You Could Die, Get AIDS
Real World Contract:
You Could Die, Get AIDS
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Aug 7, 2011 7:25 AM CDT

Real World Contract: You Could Die, Get AIDS

'Village Voice' highlights the frighteningly specific warnings

(Newser) - Want to appear on MTV's Real World? First you might want to take a look at the contract, an "amusingly specific ... 30-page spectacular" the Village Voice got its hands on. Highlights, as interpreted by Camille Dodero:
  • "You may die, lose limbs, and suffer nervous breakdowns."
  • "
...

Model Knocked Out Cold on TV Dance Show

Hits head performing complex move

(Newser) - Dancing on a reality TV show, an Argentine model attempted a flip over her partner’s back, landed on her face, and was knocked out, Cleo reports. Rocio Guirao Diaz was performing on a show that pairs celebrities with unknowns looking to “dance for a dream.” She was...

Psychiatrist Kills Too Fat for 15 Son, Self

13-year-old had just finished year at weight-loss boarding school

(Newser) - A prominent Maryland psychiatrist specializing in women's health shot her 13-year-old son dead before killing herself, police say. The son, Ben Barnhard, had recently completed a year at the boarding school for overweight kids featured in the Style Network show Too Fat for 15, which tracked his loss of...

How Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt Squandered All Their Money
How Heidi and Spencer Squandered All Their Money
cautionary tales
Aug 1, 2011 10:59 AM CDT

How Heidi and Spencer Squandered All Their Money

Once reality royalty, now they're forced to eat 'tacos and burritos'

(Newser) - The famewhoring and ridiculous antics of Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag finally backfired, leaving them broke and forced to live rent-free at Spencer's parents' house. (Although, it is a Santa Barbara beach house, so don't feel too sorry for them.) They explain to the Daily Beast how...

Ricky Gervais on the 10th Anniversary of 'The Office': It's Funny Because It's Real

 The Office 
 Is Funny 
 Because 
 It's Real 
ricky gervais
Jul 19, 2011 3:39 PM CDT

The Office Is Funny Because It's Real

Ricky Gervais reflects 10 years after show's debut

(Newser) - It's been 10 years since his signature show debuted in Britain, and Ricky Gervais takes a moment to reflect on what made The Office, well, The Office. It was all about real people and the “dysfunctional” families we all have, Gervais writes in the Wall Street Journal . “...

Cash Cab Kills Man
 Cash Cab Taxi Kills Man 
Jul 18, 2011 5:00 AM CDT

Cash Cab Taxi Kills Man

Canadian, 61, hit as car is being returned after filming

(Newser) - The fake taxi used by the Canadian version of the reality TV show Cash Cab killed a 61-year-old man as a producer was returning the vehicle to a storage lot after filming, reports the Vancouver Sun . There were no witnesses, but the "taxi" is now being held by Vancouver...

Florence to Jersey Shore: No, Grazie

Old World Italians don't care for vulgar American-Italian cast

(Newser) - Old World Italians are face to face with the self-described guidos and guidettes of the Jersey Shore—and they definitely don't like what they see. The hard-drinking, sex-ravenous East Coast crew is an embarrassment to Florentines, who are trying to figure out how to keep the reality stars quiet...

Great Scotty! McCreery Wins Idol

NC country singer become Idol's youngest champ

(Newser) - Scott McCreery won the battle of the teenage country singers last night and walked off with this year's American Idol crown. The deep-voiced grocery store clerk from North Carolina is, at 17, the youngest ever to win the singing contest, reports the New York Daily News . Defeated finalist Lauren...

Jennifer Lopez Is Idol’s Best Judge Ever

Because she knows how to create a star from modest talent: Jon Caramanica

(Newser) - Simon who? Jennifer Lopez has emerged as "the most cogent, sensible, and helpful judge Idol has ever had," writes Jon Caramanica in the New York Times . It makes prefect sense: Lopez, after all, is neither a great singer nor a great actress, but she's famous for both...

Italian Mayor to Jersey Shore Cast: No Partying Here!

He doesn't want Florence's image sullied by reality show

(Newser) - In case you haven't heard, the Jersey Shore cast is going to Italy —but the mayor of Florence somehow expects the reality show not to "promote Florence as a drinking town." That's just one of the rules he's given to the cast. The New ...

Trump Run Could Kill Apprentice

NBC won't renew if he decides to run

(Newser) - If Donald Trump decides to run for president, NBC plans to tell him he’s fired. The network hasn’t renewed The Apprentice yet, or done any serious planning about the next season, because it’s holding its breath to see if Trump will formally jump into the 2012 fray,...

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