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Bolton Booted from DWTS
 Bolton Booted from DWTS 
Sep 28, 2010 11:02 PM CDT

Bolton Booted from DWTS

Show addresses alleged Palin-booing

(Newser) - Michael Bolton was voted off Dancing With the Stars the day after performing what judge Bruno Tonioli called the worst jive he'd seen in the show's 11 seasons. Bolton—who scored just 12 out of 30 points for the dance with partner Chelsie Hightower—called the judge's remarks "inappropriate...

Bristol Palin Takes it Off for DWTS

But that doesn't get her more than 18 points

(Newser) - Any of you hoping Bristol Palin would quickly emerge as a Dancing With the Stars frontrunner were likely disappointed while watching last night’s premiere. Palin managed not to come in last, however, landing herself in the middle with a score of 18. David Hasselhoff , Mike “ The Situation ”...

Awful New Reality Show: Brides Vie for Plastic Surgery

It gets worse: Unveiling will come at wedding

(Newser) - Just when you thought reality shows couldn't possibly get more awful, E! orders Bridalplasty. The show will feature brides-to-be competing to win plastic surgery procedures. "Extensive surgical procedures," as the Hollywood Reporter puts it (emphasis ours). The wedding-related challenges will include writing vows and planning honeymoons, and the...

Iraqi Prank TV Show Plants Fake Car Bombs

Celebrities are told they'll be jailed, executed

(Newser) - Looks like years of war have given Iraq a pretty dark sense of humor. In a new reality TV program there, Iraqi soldiers prank celebrities by planting fake bombs in their vehicles—and then threatening to jail or execute them. “Why do you want to blow us up?” the...

Talentless Best Friends Get Into TV Brawl

Viral singing sensation sounds, fights like Susan Boyle's cat

(Newser) - Like so many other hopefuls with stars in their eyes, Abbey Johnston and Lisa Parker excitedly took to The X-Factor stage—and it was all downhill from there, reports Time . Before they even opened their mouths to "sing," the duo, titled "Ablisa," told the audience to...

Dancing With the Stars Lands Bristol Palin

She's expected to be on the next cast

(Newser) - She won't be tangoing with Levi, but Bristol Palin will be on the next season of Dancing With the Stars, reports E! Online . Also reportedly on board are David Hasselhoff, The Situation, Brandy, and Audrina Patridge. The season begins Sept. 20. ABC isn't confirming, but E! notes Bristol already has...

Heidi Montag: Implants Were G-Cup-Size Mistake

Reality star wants breast reduction

(Newser) - The very last person to realize that Heidi Montag's plastic surgery binge was a mistake has seen the light. "It's heartbreaking," the reality star tells Life & Style in an interview about her G-cup implants." I can't live an everyday life." Complicating matters is the death...

The Situation Will Earn $5M This Year

'Jersey Shore's' breakout star is raking in the dough

(Newser) - Today’s true WTF moment: Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino is on track to earn $5 million this year. That’s more than Michael Cera earned for Scott Pilgrim or Don Cheadle earned for Iron Man 2, for those of you keeping track. How in the world did this happen?...

Tyra's Apology Is BS: Janice Dickinson

Says Banks definitely saw Top Model promo

(Newser) - Tyra Banks is full of it, says Janice Dickinson. Banks, who recently apologized for an America’s Next Top Model promo in which she appeared to gush over an ultra-skinny model, claimed she hadn’t seen the spot before it aired. BS, claims Dickinson, a former Top Model judge. “...

Teen Reality TV Finalist Scouted Mosque Location

Francisco Patino probably had no idea what he would spark

(Newser) - The mastermind behind the “ Ground Zero mosque ” location: A 19-year-old former reality show finalist from Colombia. Francisco Patino, who came to the US at 12, scored a spot on American Inventor in 2006 by developing a dual-passenger bicycle. The show happened to be playing at a Sharper Image...

Prosecutor Charges Snooki With Being Annoying

(Newser) - A prosecutor overseeing the disorderly conduct case of Jersey Shore's Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi has added an additional charge to the star's rap sheet: being annoying. Snooki already faced disorderly conduct and public nuisance charges after she was arrested while intoxicated at a beach last month. Snooki's trial date has...

Tyra: Skinny Girls Have It Tough, Too
 Tyra: Skinny 
 Girls Have It 
 Tough, Too 
she's sorry for promo
Aug 17, 2010 9:20 AM CDT

Tyra: Skinny Girls Have It Tough, Too

But she apologizes for the tiny-waist promo

(Newser) - Tyra Banks apologized for a controversial America's Next Top Model promo in which she appeared to gush over a super-skinny model, but says she wants to expand "the definition of beauty—EVERY kind of beauty"—including the extremely tall, thin kind. The model in the promo "was...

Steven Slater, Reality TV Host?
 Steven Slater, Reality TV Host? 
Aug 16, 2010 10:25 AM CDT

Steven Slater, Reality TV Host?

Disgruntled former flight attendant has offer on table

(Newser) - Can't get enough of former flight attendant and newly minted folk hero Steven Slater? Then this is good news: He may not be able to get his job at JetBlue back , but he has been offered a reality show. Reality TV powerhouse Stone Entertainment wants Slater to host a show...

What Killed the Soap Opera
 What Killed the 
 Soap Opera 
Aug 9, 2010 6:48 PM CDT

What Killed the Soap Opera

Working women, reality TV, and 24-hour news, among other things

(Newser) - With the Sept. 17 finale of As the World Turns looming—and View clone The Talk ready to replace it—only six soap operas are still on the air. The genre is weak and possibly headed for extinction, largely because ad spending is in freefall. Advertising Age tries to figure...

'Worst Governor Ever' Palin 'Honored' to Be a 'Celebrity'

Confrontation with ex-constituent caught on tape

(Newser) - While filming her reality show in Alaska over the weekend, Sarah Palin was caught on camera having an all-too-real discussion with a disgruntled former constituent. While fishing, Palin spotted a sign reading “Worst Governor Ever,” according to longtime Palin nemesis Shannyn Moore of the Huffington Post , and approached...

Sarah Palin Reality Show Premieres Nov. 14
Sarah Palin Reality Show Premieres Nov. 14 
set the dvr!
Aug 6, 2010 3:25 PM CDT

Sarah Palin Reality Show Premieres Nov. 14

One 'Sarah Palin's Alaska' guest star: Kate Gosselin

(Newser) - The fall TV season really starts on Sunday, Nov., 14, when the first episode of Sarah Palin's Alaska airs. "It takes a special individual to thrive in Alaska," says the head of TLC, the network best know for inflicting the Gosselin family on America. Not coincidentally, Kate Gosselin...

Polygamy Reality Show Hits TLC
 Polygamy Reality Show Hits TLC
real-life 'big love'?
Aug 6, 2010 8:57 AM CDT

Polygamy Reality Show Hits TLC

13 kids (and 3 wives) and counting...

(Newser) - It was only a matter of time before TLC, home to the Duggars and their 19 kids and, of course, Jon and Kate and their eight , got itself a polygamist family. Sister Wives, premiering next month, follows Utah polygamist Kody, his three wives, their 13 children…and the fourth wife...

Real Housewives of DC : Blech, but in a Good Way
Real Housewives of DC:
Blech, but in a Good Way
TV REVIEW
Aug 2, 2010 11:45 AM CDT

Real Housewives of DC: Blech, but in a Good Way

Michaele Salahi & co. debut Thursday

(Newser) - At least one of the Real Housewives of DC made Heather Havrilesky say, “Blech. Of course,” she notes on Salon , “this is exactly the response a Real Housewife should elicit, ideally, and it's a sign that this is going to be an invigorating season.” The latest...

Mayor to Snooki: Thanks for the Publicity!

'Jersey Shore' star's arrest puts town back on the map

(Newser) - "Snooki arrested!" screamed the headlines around the world, and the mayor of the town where the Jersey Shore star faces a disorderly conduct charge couldn't be happier, reports the New York Post . "We're getting wonderful publicity!" says Ken Hershey. "We couldn't pay a half-million dollars...

MTV Reality Show Caused Crime Wave: Study
 MTV Reality 
 Show Caused 
 Crime Wave: 
 Study 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Aug 1, 2010 11:02 AM CDT

MTV Reality Show Caused Crime Wave: Study

Laguna Beach led to more robberies, rapes, study says

(Newser) - MTV's Laguna Beach contributed to a rise in crime in the real Laguna Beach, a new study suggests. Researchers from Occidental College analyzed crime statistics from 2004 to 2006, when the popular reality series was on the air—and perhaps turning the ritzy, gated enclave into a tourist hub. The...

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