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The Cougar Must Be Put Down
 The Cougar Must Be Put Down 
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Apr 15, 2009 1:54 PM CDT

The Cougar Must Be Put Down

(Newser) - Rebecca Traister is fed up with the concept of the “cougar,” she writes for Salon. She doesn’t “hate the solitary wildcat who feasts on deer,” or “women who have sex with younger men. What I hate is the never-ending cutesy-pie conflation of the two....

Reality TV Show Seeks to Dump Blago in Jungle

Ex-gov offered space on NBC show if judge gives the OK

(Newser) - NBC wants to pluck Rod Blagojevich from the political wilderness and dump him in the Costa Rican jungle, the Chicago Tribune reports. The ex-Illinois governor, who pleaded not guilty to corruption charges yesterday, has been offered a spot on a new season of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of ...

Artist Reenacts Goody's Death
 Artist Reenacts Goody's Death 
Apr 13, 2009 10:30 AM CDT

Artist Reenacts Goody's Death

Tickets to the show will run you $37

(Newser) - Seems there is no end of ways to make money off Jade Goody’s death. An artist is staging a reenactment of the British reality star’s final hours, the Mirror reports, and tickets are $37. “This is my tribute to Jade,” said Mark McGowan in a statement....

Duggars Kick Off the Next Gen
 Duggars Kick Off the Next Gen 
Apr 13, 2009 10:08 AM CDT

Duggars Kick Off the Next Gen

Oldest child expecting baby

(Newser) - The oldest of the Duggars’ 18 kids is starting the next generation. Joshua, 21, recently told his wife—too nervous to read the test results herself—"You’re going to join the Mommy team," he tells People. The pregnancy will be documented on the family’s TLC show,...

Co-Workers Decide Who Gets Axed on New Reality Show

Contestants will have access to coworkers' HR files

(Newser) - The recession is coming to reality TV, in the form of a show that puts employees' fates in the hands of their co-workers. The new Fox effort Someone’s Gotta Go, expected to make its debut within months, will focus on small businesses facing layoffs, Variety reports. “It’s...

Octuplet Mom Will Be Lookin' for Love on Reality Show

Unclear which network has rights to show

(Newser) - Just in case you ever wanted to live vicariously as a single mom of 14, an as-yet-unnamed network is giving octuplet mom Nadya Suleman her own reality show, Hollyscoop reports. As if chronicling that can of worms weren't enough, the show will toss in the requisite twist: It will also...

Thousands Gather for Goody Funeral

(Newser) - Thousands of mourners and well-wishers turned out for Jade Goody's funeral today, lining the streets of south London as the the reality star, who died last month of cervical cancer at age 27, made her final journey in a vintage Rolls Royce, the Guardian and CNN report. Massive screens outside...

NBC Releases Project Runway to Lifetime

Legal jousting over, show back in summer to face Bravo knockoff

(Newser) - After a nearly season-long hiatus, Project Runway will finally be back on air this summer, the Washington Post reports. In an out-of-court deal, the Weinstein Co. has agreed to pay NBC for allowing the show to move to Lifetime. And—as is common in the fashion world—NBC plans to...

Miley to Hit American Idol
 Miley to Hit American Idol 
Apr 2, 2009 7:11 AM CDT

Miley to Hit American Idol

Taped performance airs next week

(Newser) - Miley Cyrus will be the latest starlet to hit American Idol, but unfortunately for fans, she'll take the stage before the audience arrives. Cyrus will pretape her performance tonight, and it will likely air sometime next week, Access Hollywood reports. The Idol appearance is part Cyrus' media blitz leading up...

Hef Ex Kendra to Peddle Stripper Poles

Reality star will also market pole workout

(Newser) - Tae Bo just not doing it for you? Kendra Wilkinson, Hugh Hefner’s ex, has a more exciting idea for your next workout. “I’m coming out with my own stripper pole and stripper pole workout,” she tells Us. “It will connect to the ceiling, and you...

Coming: Dating Show for People With 'More to Love'

(Newser) - Fox is producing a “dating show for the rest of us” featuring average-looking and average-size female contestants competing for the love of an ample “Kevin James-type,” the Hollywood Reporter reports. Titled More to Love, it was inspired by the success of Bachelor and The Biggest Loser, which...

Jade's Funeral Date Set
 Jade's Funeral Date Set 
GOSSIP ROUNDUP
Mar 24, 2009 10:28 AM CDT

Jade's Funeral Date Set

Plus, Rihanna house hunts, and more

(Newser) - The funeral for Jade Goody, the British reality star who died of cervical cancer, will be held April 4, the BBC reports. A funeral procession will go from her house to a nearby church. Elsewhere:
  • Rihanna was spotted house-hunting yesterday in the Hollywood Hills, the Sun reports.
  • Struggling-for-cash Lindsay Lohan
...

Jade-Isms Recalled: 'Thatcher— Ain't She a Prostitute?'

Controversial star was oft-quoted

(Newser) - Jade Goody, the reality star who stirred up controversy—and then won the hearts of many during her public battle with cervical cancer—died yesterday. The Mirror remembers some of her most well-known quotes:
  • “Has Greece got its own moon?”
  • “Sherlock Holmes invented toilets.”
  • “Margaret Thatcher—
...

Jade Tributes Roll, Funeral Planned

From prime minister to a prince, tributes flood in

(Newser) - Tributes for Jade Goody are pouring in from all corners of the world, and the buildup of flowers outside her Essex home has some comparing her to “a kind of Princess D from the wrong side of the tracks,” the Telegraph reports. Among those mourning the reality TV...

Jade Goody Dies
 Jade Goody Dies 
Mar 22, 2009 6:39 AM CDT

Jade Goody Dies

Bizarre tabloid saga ends as reality TV sensation passes away in her sleep

(Newser) - Controversial British reality-TV star Jade Goody died early this morning of cancer, CNN reports. She passed away in her sleep at her Essex home with her new husband at her bedside. Goody's death, at 27, marks the end of a strange tabloid saga. Diagnosed with cervical cancer on the Indian...

Jailed Boy-Band Schemer Plots Reality Show

It's ' Making the Band meets Charlie's Angels meets Bernie Madoff'

(Newser) - Even from jail, boy-band creator-slash-Ponzi schemer Lou Pearlman is all about the spotlight. The ‘N Sync and Backstreet Boys founder is plotting a reality show he can star in from behind bars, the New York Daily News reports. “It essentially would feature Lou's disembodied voice on a speakerphone,...

OK! Prints Jade Tribute —but She's Not Dead

Gossip rag runs death issue while reality star lives

(Newser) - OK! magazine jumped the proverbial gun today with the release of an issue “in loving memory” of British reality-TV star Jade Goody—who is still alive, the Guardian reports. The edition bills itself as the "official tribute issue 1981-2009," containing photos and recollections of Goody along with...

Priest Visits Dying Jade at Home
Priest Visits Dying Jade
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Mar 15, 2009 4:35 PM CDT

Priest Visits Dying Jade at Home

'Just a matter of when' for reality star in 'coma-like state'

(Newser) - A priest visited Jane Goody today as her publicist warned that "it's just a matter of when" for the dying British reality TV star, PerezHilton.com reports. "She is unconscious a lot of the time, almost in a coma-like state," the rep went on. "She comes...

Simon, Not Paula, Rubs New Idol Judge Kara Wrong

Cowell, new judge unimpressed by each other

(Newser) - A feminine addition to American Idol’s judging panel was supposed to ruffle Paula Abdul’s feathers, but she’s butting heads with the acerbic Simon Cowell instead. The initial flirtations between Cowell and Kara DioGuardi have fizzled to mutual contempt. “Kara thinks Simon’s a pain,” a...

Brown Rumors Old News: Manager's Dad
 Brown 
 Rumors 
 Old News: 
 Manager's Dad 
GOSSIP ROUNDUP
Mar 11, 2009 11:56 AM CDT

Brown Rumors Old News: Manager's Dad

Plus, reality acts fight over Jacko, and more

(Newser) - Two British reality talent-show acts nearly came to blows in their competition to open for Michael Jackson’s London shows, the Mirror reports. It may be a moot point, the New York Post adds—so far, no one is willing to insure the July concerts. Elsewhere:
  • The father of Chris
...

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