Archive for January, 2008

DeAnna Pappas will star in The Bachelorette 4

DeAnna Pappas, one of the two women rejected by Brad Womack during The Bachelor 11’s finale, will star in The Bachelorette 4 this summer. She was chosen because she “demonstrated her assertiveness and independent nature during the series, setting her apart from the other women,” according to an ABC press…

Gossip Gal: Dr Phil Gets Indignant

It is not often you see Dr Phil get indignant but this morning on CBS’s Early Show he got down right indignant displaying contempt for the gossip rags that have been smearing his name.

Gossip Gal: Britney Spears is finally getting help!

News flash folks! I’ve been tracking this since Monday. Britney Spears is finally getting the help she needs.

American Idol: Miami Auditions

There are some lovely views of Miami that remind of me of David Caruso, and then we have Seacrest, in front of the arena with reportedly 10,000 American Idol hopefuls. And this? Is American Idol.

Paradise Hotel 2 evictees will leave letters for incoming contestants

Paradise Hotel 2 debuts Monday, and unlike the first season, which aired largely in real time, this season was produced over two months last summer. Unlike the last season, incoming contestants knew about the people they were watching on TV. Host Amanda Byram, who returns for season two, told me…

Rupert Boneham starts a record label for reality stars

Rupert Boneham, the tie dye-wearing former Survivor cast member who gets $10,000 per appearance, is starting his own record label. It’s called I Saw You On TV, and Rupert “started the label to put the spotlight on unsigned artists. Specifically, he’s tapping into the talent pool created by reality TV…

American Idol: Omaha Auditions

Welcome to Omaha, Nebraska, this is American Idol! And today we find ourselves with a crowd of 20,000 in Omaha, all who want to be the next American Idol. We learn later than only 19 will make it through to American Idol’s Hollywood round.

Survivor Micronesia has two love affairs and “a record number of blindsides,” Probst says

Jeff Probst talked to reporters yesterday about Survivor Micronesia, which debuts next week. He revealed one of the season’s twists, and also discussed some highlights that constitute mild spoilers, although he did not name names or give specifics. For example, he said that there are “a record number of blindsides…

Simon turns on Ryan, Paula acts weird during an actually palatable Idol audition episode

Last night’s American Idol 7 auditions in Omaha were surprising: They were almost entirely watchable and unoffensive, full of genuine behavior and lacking any obvious attention whore freaks. They even had some meta humor and–finally!–a bit of Paula Abdul loopiness. Paula Abdul seemed to be back to her old wacky…

Mira Sorvino won’t be on Dancing because of “the way people look at the actors who do it”

Mira Sorvino has excluded herself from Dancing with the Stars 6 because her managers were concerned about people who make fun of actors on the show, she says. Asked if she’d do the show, she told the Winnipeg Sun, “Yes, I would, but my management would not let me do…