April 2008 News Archive (Page 17)

The only happy woman to ever emerge from The Bachelor or The Bachelorette (sorry, Mary Delgado, you don't count) Trista Rehn, along with husband Ryan Sutter and son Maxwell - hit a party for the Hot Mom's Handbook in Beverly Hills.

How cute are they!?

Trista and Ryan Sutter are the best. They seem genuinely happy. We always loved her. Hard to believe some loser actually negged Trista on The Bachelor.

Guess things work out for a reason. Hopefully, the new star of The Bachelorette, DeAnna Pappas, who was rejected by Brad Womack, will feel the same way.

Another day, another reality TV/soap opera connection.

So far this week, we've reported on Jillian Michaels guest starring on Days of Our Lives; and the cast of Beauty and the Geek visiting The Young and the Restless.

Now comes word that YaYa DaCosta, the Ivy League-educated runner-up on Cycle 3 of America's Next Top Model, has landed the contract role of Cassandra Foster, adopted daughter of Angie (Debbi Morgan) and Jesse look-a-like Jacob (both Darnell Williams) on All My Children.

Her first air date is set for April 25.

Rock the Cradle turns American Idol on its head.

While the latter show takes unknown singers and makes them famous, the former takes the offspring of those already well-known and puts them in the spotlight. Like Landon Brown, son of Bobby Brown.

Each week, the singers will rehearse songs (including a parent's hit), perform live before a studio audience, hear from judges and await a viewer vote to win $100,000, a record contract and a Vegas gig.

Rock the Cradle premieres tonight on MTV at 10 p.m.

During her time on Flavor of Love, Larissa Aurora was known as "Bootz."

Now, well, she's pretty much known for having large boobs. Take a look at Larissa during a recent appearance:

Looking a lot happier than she did on both episodes of The Hills this week, the lovely Lauren Conrad enjoyed the spring weather in L.A. on Wednesday.

On Monday's episode, Lauren Conrad confronted her ex Brody Jenner (who is reportedly getting a reality show of his own) about his new girlfriend - who he apparently started going out with, like, as soon as LC went to Paris.

She was also not thrilled to see Stephanie Pratt (sister of Spencer, friend of Heidi Montag) in one of her classes at school - though LC later warmed to Steph.

Republican presidential nominee John McCain took a minute on the campaign trail to comment on his latest celebrity endorser: Heidi Montag.

"I'm honored to have Heidi's support and want to assure her that I never miss an episode of The Hills, especially since the new season started," McCain told Time.

He did not comment specifically on this Monday's two episodes, which were, like, OMG, so good. Especially when Heidi and Spencer bicker!

Sen. John McCain's comment comes just hours after Heidi Montag's endorsement of him on Us Weekly's website: "I'm voting for John McCain," Montag, 21, said, "I'm a Republican and McCain has a lot of experience."

We know John McCain is a man of honesty and integrity, but does he really watch The Hills? This can't really be true, can it?

If so, maybe he can tap Spencer Pratt as V.P.

Recently eliminated Dancing with the Stars contestant Steve Guttenberg appeared on the Jimmy Kimmel Show on Tuesday night. True to form, the actor was genial and gracious.

"I think there's so many talented people on it -- that's what's great," said Guttenberg. "It's a chance for everybody in America -- we're in a tough economic time, we've got a crazy presidential race going on -- so I think that this show is so good for everybody and it makes the world a better place. I was glad to be on it."

Wow. Profound stuff from The Gutte. We like it.

During the interview, Kimmel also asked Guttenberg what he thought about Penn Jillette's recent comments that he through it was unfair that Dancing with the Stars casts celebrity participants such as Olympic gold medalist figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi, who has been atop the judges' leaderboard two weeks in a row and possesses a natural talent for dancing.

Guttenberg basically told Jillette to chill out.

"It's not a real competition," he said. "In a real ballroom competition, 10 couples dance together and the judges have a clipboard and they never talk. This is more of a television show -- an entertainment show -- so it's not a real dance competition."

What do you think? Is is fair for Yamaguchi to be on the show?

As Ramiele Malubay fans continue to mourn the loss of their favorite American Idol finalist, a trio of other reality shows aired last night. Let's see what went down on them...

America's Next Top Model: the girls broke into two teams, got a GPS enabled cell phone, and had to navigate their way around New York City to try and book gigs with various modeling agencies... -- TV Squad

Top Chef: This week's episode required the chefs to think with both sides of their brain, demonstrating their technical skills as well as their imagination. The Quickfire Challenge was almost more demanding than the Elimination Challenge, and it came with a higher reward giving the winner immunity rather than sending someone home... -- TV Guide

Big Brother: As always, we start after the veto meeting. Everything interesting in this segment always comes from the diary room. Although she's now on the block, Sharon feels safe, but she will miss Josh when he leaves. Sheila feels for the former partners being on the block, as they share a very tight bond... -- Reality News Online

Sorry for the headline. We just can't resist a good - or terrible - pun.

We actually like Ramiele Malubay and we felt for her as the tiny American Idol finalist cried her way through the show last night.

But it was time for the singer to go, as viewers sent her home following a difficult Dolly Parton rendition the evening before. Ramiele was joined in the bottom three by Kristy Lee Cook and Brooke White.

Fellow American Idol finalists show love and support for Ramiele Malubay as she sings her farewell song.

Yes, The Hills' current resident hottie, Brody Jenner, 23, and the show's former resident hottie, Jason Wahler, 21, are both getting new reality shows!

Jenner will reportedly star in a Hills spin-off that is, shall we say, a little bit more geared towards the young man's lifestyle than The Hills' girliness.

"Brody is in talks with MTV but the details of the project have not been confirmed," Jenner's rep said in statement to People.

Brody also was on The Princes of Malibu, if you recall, with brother Brandon, and is a frequent guest on E!'s Keeping up with the Kardashians (his father is actually married to the mother of all those crazy Kardashians)!

Meanwhile, the other infamous former beau of Lauren Conrad on both The Hills and Laguna Beach, Jason Wahler, is also headed back to reality TV!

"We start filming in April. It'll be the real-life version of Entourage," Jason said. "I've got a lot going on: auditions, movies, parties... It's not exactly the same as Entourage â€" I'm not making $10 million a movie!"

The show will air on VH1, supposedly, but when it does, don't expect to see a lot of his fiancée, Katja Decker-Sadowski: "Most of my relationship will be private," Jason Wahler says. "I didn't want to make Newlyweds."