February 2008 News Archive (Page 12)

Last night's reality TV featured dancers vying for the attention of judges, and women vying for the attention of a washed up rapper. Let's see what went down on Dance War and the casting special for Flavor of Love 3...

Dance War: Still reeling from the loss of Charity on last week's episode of Dance War, Bruno is hoping that tonight's country theme will be a gimmee for Team Bruno... -- Reality TV Magazine

Flavor of Love 3: What kind of woman could possibly find Flavor Flav attractive? Last night's Flavor of Love 3 casting special promised to answer that question... -- Buddy TV

Gina Carano doesn't just dominate competitors on American Gladiators.

She also dominates her fellow hurly, burly stars when it comes to online search results.

The raven-haired beauty known as Crush tops Yahoo's list of most-searched Gladiators. And is it really any wonder why? At 5'8" and155 pounds, Carano combines beauty with strength. Her favorite event?

The Joust. Instead of challenging her on that, we'll just take her word for it...

Another day, another rumor about a new contestant on Dancing with the Stars.

So far, we've heard that Paula Abdul, Marlee Matin and Priscilla Presley all might appear on the next season of this his reality show. The latest celebrity to be considered for the program?

Marla Maples. The former member of ABC's Ex-Wives Club and former Mrs. Donald Trump has been cast on the series, according to In Touch Weekly.

"She's landed a spot on the hottest show," a source told In Touch. "She's in great shape, so dancing is only going to make her look even better."

In addition, the friend told In Touch that Dancing with the Stars' producers are hoping The Apprentice himself star will appear as a member of the show's studio audience to watch his ex dance. But this is highly unlikely.

Maples was Trump's second wife; the two were married for more than five years and had one child together in 1993 before getting divorced in 1999.

With Big Brother 9 set to begin on February 12, we've uncovered a few clues and spoilers for the latest installment of this reality TV franchise. Take a look:

- The season will run for approximately three months. Because Big Brother 10 is on the slate for an early July start, there will be about a month to recover between seasons.

- As in the past, the show will air three nights a week. However, those nights have been juggled a bit for this season. Big Brother will air on Tuesdays at 9 PM ET/PT, Wednesdays at 8 PM ET/PT, and Sundays at 8 PM ET/PT.

- Due to its succes last season, the After Dark nightly feeds will be on ShoToo again this season. They'll run every night from midnight to 3 AM Eastern Time. ShoToo is Showtime's sister station.

- The theme, as anyone watching any CBS show can tell you from the promo spots, is along the lines of "dirty little secrets." There have been hints of lying and not playing fair in the spots, but there's no solid information on it right now. And is this really any different than past seasons?

Priscilla Presley  is the latest celebrity to be rumored for this season of Dancing with the Stars.

Previously, we reported on Paula Abdul and Marlee Matlin as possible contestant on the latest edition of the series, set to kick off on March 17.

Now, Reality TV World is reporting that Elvis' ex-wife has "signed on, or is close to signing on" as a Dancing with the Stars' sixth-season celebrity participant.

"[Presley stated she is not] confirmed to do Dancing," Presley's representative told Malkin. The rep also "could not confirm nor deny" that Presley has been in talks with producers.

Presley's previous reality TV role came in May 2006 when she served as a surrogate celebrity mentor for Elvis during an American Idol fifth-season broadcast. Currently, Presley is reportedly dating American Idol executive producer Nigel Lythgoe.

If selected, the 62-year old would become the oldest Dancing with the Stars contestant ever.

In March, Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt, and Kendra Wilkinson will appear on the cover of Playboy. This will mark the third time The Girls Next Door have been on the front page of the men's publication.

"It kinda happened by accident," said Hugh Hefner. "It was not the original plan. I knew we were overdue for a cover featuring the girls."

The issue will represent Playboy's take on the world's sexiest celebrities.

"For our annual sexiest celebrities list, we always get votes from readers on the Internet of who should be on the top of the list. Lo and behold, as the votes were coming in, we found the girls moving up higher and higher on the list," Hefner said.

Other celebrities to make the list are Jennifer Love Hewitt, Alicia Keys, Cameron Diaz, Beyonce, Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears.

As for his relationship with his girls, the Playboy founder said:

"To be perfectly frank, I have unexpectedly fallen in love. It is the relationship with Holly that will probably last forever. The others will last for as long as they want it to last before going on with their careers and lives."

According to Entertainment Weekly, ABC may have convinced Oscar-winning actress Marlee Matlin to appear on Dancing with the Stars this season.

Choosing the deaf actress would be a continuation of the show's quest to defy casting expectations and prejudices. For season 4, it lured the awful Heather Mills, who has a prosthetic leg, under the mirrored ball.

Casey Patridge, sister of The Hills star Audrina Patridge, gave birth to a baby daughter, Sadie Raine, back on January 22. Hooray!

Sadie - weighing 7 pounds, 3 ounces - is the first child for Casey Patridge and her fiance, Aaron Hershman. Congratulations to them!

Audrina Patridge confirmed the birth to Us Weekly.

"She is the most beautiful baby I have ever seen," said the roommate and BFF of Lauren Conrad. "I'm so happy to be an Auntie!"

Audrina and Casey Patridge are some seriously cute siblings!

The Hills fans have probably heard the gossip Audrina and Lauren Conrad are at odds and that was the reason Audrina was out of town a lot.

Patridge specified, though, that the reason she was spending so much time in Orange County (where she's from) was to help pregnant Casey.

On one reality TV show last night, a group of D-list celebrities fought for Donald Trump's affections. On the other, a group of hopeful models yearned to be even a D-list celebrity.

Here are recaps for Celebrity Apprentice and Make Me a Supermodel:

Celebrity Apprentice: Omarosa is shocked and disappointed by the result [of last week's firing]. Vinnie gives the $50,000 check he got for winning the last task to his ex-wife, whose husband recently died from pancreatic cancer. -- Buddy TV

Make Me a Supermodel: The super models-in-training are back this week, and it's time to find out who America does not want to see on the catwalk. -- Reality TV Magazine

The new season of Dancing with the Stars begins on March 17. At that time, might we see a merging of the two biggest reality shows on TV?

Luis van Amstel, a former Dancing with the Stars professional partner who still works as one of the ABC reality show's choreographers, told TV Guide in the magazine's February 10 issue that a certain American Idol judge wants to be included on the program.

"[Paila Abdul] told me she wanted to do [Dancing with the Stars]," he said. "I thought she meant to sing.  But she said, 'No. I want to dance.'"

Abdul recently debuted her new single "Dance Like There's No Tomorrow" - which was produced by fellow Idol judge Randy Jackson - on Ryan Seacrest's KIIS-FM radio show; it represents her first single since "Crazy Cool" was released in 1995.

What do you think? Do you wanna see Paula Abdul on Dancing with the Stars?