Reality TV Scoop

Gretta Monahan Signs On for Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style

Gretta Monahan is the new Veronica Webb.

Monahan will be replacing Webb on the second season of Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style. Bravo has tapped the personal stylist and owner of Grettacole Spas as Tim Gunn’s “fashion accomplice” for the sophomore season of his reality series, which returns on the network later this year.

Gretta Monahan

“I’ve been a fan of Gretta’s for awhile now - she’s on the edge of fashion with a fresh approach that resonates well with all types of women,” said Gunn, who also appears on Bravo’s Project Runway alongside supermodel Heidi Klum. “I’m thrilled to have her as my fashion accomplice.”

Crosby Loggins Wins Rock the Cradle!

MTV viewers actually got it right last night.

They voted Crosby Loggins the winner of Rock the Cradle. As the only contestant on this show with actual talent, Kenny Loggins’ son deserved the title.

Here he is, celebrating the victory with his own original song, “Good Enough.”

Cradle Rocked!

Here are a few other shots of Loggins from the show:

Crosby Loggins Crosby Loggins Photo Crosby Loggins Pic Crosby Loggins in Action Crosby Loggins Rocks

Brianna Taylor Speaks on Real World: Hollywood

Within days of arriving at The Real World Hollywood house, Brianna Taylor was contacted by police in her home state of Pennsylvania and notified that there was a warrant out for her arrest. That was just the beginning of the craziness this season.

Our friends at BuddyTV recently talked with Taylor about the season so far…

Why did you try out for The Real World?

Well, actually, my roommate from home had been talking about it for a few weeks. My ex-boyfriend and I, he wanted us to go, so we were like, “Alright, why not?” It was kinda weird how it happened. The auditions were at 7 o’clock in the morning and I didn’t get to bed that night until 4 in the morning. When he called me that morning to wake up and go, I kinda really didn’t want to.

Brianna Taylor

You know when you’re sleeping how nothing else is important no matter how important it really is? I really didn’t wanna go and I was thinking about not going. I felt bad for him. I didn’t want him to go by himself. So I was like, “Alright fine, I’ll just get up and go with you.”

So we got up in line and my ex-boyfriend and I actually made it through the first cut so I thought that was pretty cool. I didn’t really expect anything and I guess that kinda helped in me making it because I kinda just BS’d my way through it, pretty much like, “I really don’t care, it’s kinda cool”, having a good time. I really didn’t get my hopes up for anything. I guess when you least expect something, that’s when it happens, you know?

Were you surprised by how quickly the drama exploded in The Real World house? It was pretty early on, this season, that everybody started fighting.

Oh yeah, absolutely. Walking in there, meeting everybody, it was so weird. I really thought they were all actors because everybody was so excited. Everybody thought that about me, too. They thought that I was an actress. Come to find out, everybody is really real. It’s pretty cool – the fact that we are so much alike but yet, we’re all so different.

We all walked into the house thinking, “It’s the 7 of us, we have this awesome opportunity, we’re all best friends” and then to come find out, I really, absolutely hate these people. I cannot stand these people.

We learned to live with one another, we learned to grow with one another, and a lot of us experienced people and things that we’ve never experienced in our lives.

Read the full interview now.

Chloe Lattanzi Performs with Mother

Chloe Lattanzi and Olivia Newton-John sang a duet on Rock the Cradle this season. Here’s their version of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.”



A Sneak Peak at DeAnna Pappas’ 25 Options

The Bachelorette premieres in less than two weeks.

The counterpart to Matt Grant, DeAnna Pappas will star the lucky woman who will be courted by 25 men.

Pappas was one of the last women standing on The Bachelor season starring Brad Womack. After he dumped Jenni Croft at the final rose ceremony, that jackass opted to dump DeAnna too. Stunning and bizarre.

Pappas, DeAnna Photo

Despite the heartache of losing the man she loved, DeAnna Pappas has bounced back and is ready to give love another shot… on reality TV!

This week, ABC released the identities of the 25 men who will be competing for DeAnna’s love and affection on The Bachelorette…

Continue reading this article …



The Hills: An Epic Saga

It’s a guilty-pleasure, coming-of-age reality show featuring cute girls, but the cover of Us Weekly makes The Hills looks like the MTV version of The Empire Strikes Back. A little over-dramatic, guys?

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This week: Heidi Montag’s plot to destroy Lauren Conrad!

Next Monday ends the spring run for The Hills - but rest assured, the epic drama will return for a fourth season this August! The saga continues!



A Dreadful Performance Eliminates Jason Castro from American Idol

Jason Castro was voted off American Idol last night, but the laid back finalist left with a smile on his face.

Following an abysmal rendition of a Bob Marley classic on Tuesday night, Castro must have known his time was up. After being informed of the news by Ryan Seacrest, the dreadlocked crooner appeared to have fun with “I Shot the Sheriff,” the same song that led Simon Cowell to tell him to pack a suitcase this week.

In the end, Simon was right - but at least Jason enjoyed every second of his time on the show. We wish him the best.

Farewell, Jason!



Reality TV Rumor: A Derek Hough and Shannon Elizabeth Show

They’ve been voted off Dancing with the Stars. But might we not have seen the last of Derek Hough and Shannon Elizabeth on reality TV?

TV Guide reports that the rumored couple is in talks with the production company that Melanie Brown runs with her husband, Stephen Belafonte.

Shannon Elizabeth and Derek Hough... Kissing!

The proposed reality series would explore the recently ousted pair’s career moves, including Elizabeth’s acting efforts and Derek’s passion for music. It would also highlight their new-found “showmance.”

So, you tell us: would you watch? Or would a Shannon/Derek reality series be - sorry for this - a quickstep to regret?



Reality TV Recaps: America’s Next Top Model, Farmer Wants a Wife, Top Chef

Here’s a recap of three reality TV shows from last night, one focused on models, one focused on a farmer and one focused on cooks. Such diversity…

America’s Next Top Model: We start out this week with Whitney in confessional and voiceovers. She is stunned that she was allowed to remain as Katarzyna was sent home. She realizes that she has to relax and not be to posey. She has to bring it on to make it to the final two… — Reality News Online

Farmer Wants a Wife: On this episode, Matt has the girls get down and dirty with some pigs, then takes them out on the town for a wild night of playing bingo with the elderly… — BuddyTV

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Top Chef: Speed and stamina were two ingredients the eight remaining chef-testants needed to stay in the competition this week. Dividing into two teams of four and with immunity no longer offered in the Quickfire Challenge the relay race was on… — TV Guide



Andy Baldwin, Marla Maples Break Up

Former star of The Bachelor Andy Baldwin and his girlfriend Marla Maples have called it quits, he has confirmed to Us Weekly.

Baldwin’s recent move to Washington, D.C. to take a job as an advocate for Navy Medicine put a strain on their relationship.

“The big move coupled with the long distance relationship wasn’t working for us so I decided we were better off as friends,” Baldwin says.

He first broke the news to the Washington Post.

“We were friends, it got romantic for a little while, but we’re just friends,” he told the nation’s capital’s newspaper.

Marla Maples and Andy Baldwin Photo

Andy Baldwin and Marla Maples met last year and spent New Year’s together. They recently celebrated Easter in Hawaii.

“He’s just a good soul,” Maples said in April. “He’s a complete gentleman.”

Andy Baldwin was briefly engaged to Tessa Horst, who won the final rose on The Bachelor. That didn’t last long.