The collection of C-list celebrities, reality stars, and Bristol Palin that comprises the Dancing with the Stars cast will all be paid the same amount if they last through the entire competition: $345,000. Among the people who turned that down were Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Sylvester Stallone, Ann Coulter, Condoleezza Rice, Erin Brockovich, Richard Branson, Tim Allen, and Suzanne Somers, while Joel McHale, Drew Carey, and Kirstie Alley have also said no previously–though the show…
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The next season of Top Chef may be a full all-star season, as contestants from the previous seven seasons are currently filming in New York City. They include Spike Mendelsohn, Marcel Vigneron, Richard Blais, Fabio Viviani, Carla Hall, Angelo Sosa, Tiffany Derry, Michael Isabella, Dale Talde, Tiffani Faison, and Stephen Asprinio.
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Top Chef all-stars filming in New York, probably for a full all-star season
Big Brother’s singing clam and sock puppets made to look like the houseguests should have one giant mouth hug to viewers. Instead, they came off as a barely reconfigured challenge from last season and a bit that lasted only a few minutes and was almost ignored by some of the houseguests, like Enzo, whose puppet moved its mouth once for every three or four sentences he spoke. There were good moments here: I laughed out…
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Big Brother houseguests actively resist playing the game, clean house instead
The Amazing Race 17 11-team, highly telegenic cast has been announced, including the previously revealed beauty queens, although CBS only identifies one of three beauty queens by her pageant experience.
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Amazing Race 17 cast announced
Jeff Schroeder is currently in Laos and heading to Bangkok, where he “needs a ride from the airport and a place to stay in Bangkok,” according to the web site for his web series Around the World for Free. But sometime after his appearance on Big Brother 12 with Jordan Lloyd, his series posted a behind the scenes video that gives a bit more insight into the soundstage location that houses the hamsters
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Jeff and Jordan’s visit to Big Brother offers a behind-the-scenes look at the house
The cast of Dancing with the Stars 11 was announced during a live, faux press conference that aired toward the end of Bachelor Pad. The announcement was basically unnecessary, since all of the cast members except one had been revealed in advance by publicist leaks to various publications, particularly E! Online, which concluded its reveals the day of the official announcement.
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Dancing with the Stars cast is exactly what pre-faux-press conference leaks said it’d be
Edyta Sliwinska, who has been the only pro on Dancing with the Stars since season one, has quit the show, and although one report says that’s because of disagreements with producers, including their inclusion of her husband, Alec Mazo, she now disputes that account. “The producers’ vision of what they wanted my career to be did not meet my expectations. They wanted my career to be the show.
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Edyta Sliwinska quits Dancing with the Stars
The seemingly impossible happened during the Emmys last night: Top Chef Las Vegas won the Emmy for best reality competition show, finally dethroning seven-time winner The Amazing Race, which has won every year since the category was created in 2003. Executive producer Dan Cutforth, who is one of Magical Elves’ two principles, accepted the award, saying “we never expected it.” Host Padma Lakshmi, who was the most animated of all of the show’s cast and… keep reading » » read the full story and comment , or find the latest news about Top Chef 6 » follow reality blurred on Twitter and on Facebook
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Top Chef Las Vegas wins best reality competition Emmy, dethroning Amazing Race
While the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has gotten better with its treatment of reality TV in recent years, it still has a long way to go in recognizing unscripted entertainment as an equal among scripted and variety programs. But despite its frequent disses of the genre, there were many indications of reality TV’s importance and relevance throughout the telecast, and I don’t just mean the big upset.
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Despite dumping host award, Emmys do better with reality TV, but can still do better
The Cove is definitely the best documentary I’ve seen in years, although it’s perhaps better classified as a real-life thriller; it’s both entertaining and important.
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Must-watch The Cove airs on Animal Planet, spin-off series follows former Flipper trainer
