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The Real World New Orleans debuts next week, and because DC was the lowest-rated season ever despite its drunken violence, the show will refocus on the lowest common denominator: “sluts and nuts,” as The Washington Post’s Lisa de Moraes awesomely describes it. As de Moraes points out, MTV’s cast bios make that perfectly clear.

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Real World refocuses on drunken sex and fighting, ignores first New Orleans season

Another Bachelor couple has broken up: Jake Pavelka and Vienna Girardi ended their relationship less than four months after their engagement aired on TV on the finale of the show’s 14th season.

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Bachelor’s Jake and Vienna broke up (source: Realityblurred.com)

Teenagers who are 15 can now audition for American Idol, as the show has decreased its minimum age by one year, from 16. “A lot of young, talented people are now seeking careers and representation before they turn 16

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American Idol lowers minimum age to 15, pandering to its teen audience (source: Realityblurred.com)

Teenagers who are 15 can now audition for American Idol, as the show has decreased its minimum age by one year, from 16. “A lot of young, talented people are now seeking careers and representation before they turn 16

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The American Federation of Musicians is suing American Idol for $500,000 on behalf of its band. In a story that barely makes sense because its writing is so bad, TMZ reports that the producers and musicians have a “deal that prohibits ‘Idol’ from cutting the band out of downloads and ringtones of the music played on the show,” but the show has been doing that anyway since season four.

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American Idol band sues Idol for $500,000

The reality of being an MTV reality star, especially on a has-been series, has set in for some of The Real World DC’s cast members. Having not been invited to the MTV Movie Awards Sunday, where the Jersey Shore cast was in attendance, cast member Mike Man… (source: Realityblurred.com) – Share on Twitter – Share on Facebook – RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com

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Real Worlder: MTV ”fuck[s] you for three months” (source: Realityblurred.com)

The reality of being an MTV reality star, especially on a has-been series, has set in for some of The Real World DC’s cast members. Having not been invited to the MTV Movie Awards Sunday, where the Jersey Shore cast was in attendance, cast member Mike Manning tweeted (and self-censored): “Reason 19 Why I’m mad at MTV: Like a bad Ex

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Real Worlder: MTV "fuck[s] you for three months"

Oprah and Mark Burnett are producing a reality competition series that will search for a talk show host for Oprah’s new network, OWN. The series wants those with “a big personality and a big dream for yourself,” and the show can focus on cooking, interior design and fashion, or health and well being–or it can be a “traditional talk show” or “wildcard.” Like HGTV’s Design Star and The Next Food Network Star, the show will..

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Oprah’s OWN will give a talk show to the winner of a Mark Burnett-produced competition

There’s a big threat on the set of several reality shows, and it is herpes: Both the cast and crew of two major cable reality shows take anti-herpes medication. That was revealed in The Hollywood Reporter’s entertaining roundtable conversation between Jers… (source: Realityblurred.com) – Share on Twitter – Share on Facebook – RSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

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VH1 requires Celebrity Rehab cast, crew to take herpes meds; Jersey Shore is ”a herpes nest” (source: Realityblurred.com)