May 2008 News Archive (Page 6)

Amanda Lorber may be a reality TV star, but the editor-in-chief of The Paper will be a typical freshman at NYU this fall.

This MTV reality series airs on Monday nights and follows the staff of The Circuit, the award-winning student newspaper at Cypress Bay High School in Weston, Florida. The show focuses on their struggles to get along and get work done.

The series premiere, which aired last month, saw the staff competing for the paper's top job of editor in chief. Lorber won the promotion.

Consider this a reason to watch Living Lohan: Lindsay Lohan will NOT be appearing on the reality show.

Of course, awful mother Dina Lohan still will be. In fact, she's the person who said her eldest daughter would be avoiding the cameras on this E! program.

"Doing reality TV would almost be taking a step backward as far as her career goes," Dina tells TV Guide in its upcoming issue.

It's not a step backwards for Dina, though. It's actually a step forwards, she insists, as this is her chance to shoot down rumors about her screwed up family.

"I just want to get the message across that we are a normal family," Dina said. "People believe I'm this crazy party mom, [but] I have never partied with Lindsay."

No, you've just pimped her and daughter Ali out to the highest bidder every chance you've gotten.

We didn't see this coming.

Wolf, known for his commitment to his character on American Gladiators, attended the 2008 Country Music Awards over the weekend.

And he wore this:

Just a few hours prior to the Dancing with the Stars finale, Kristi Yamaguchi sat down with TV Guide. Here are highlights from the interview:

TV Guide.com: You've been a favorite from the start, and it's been a while since a woman has won Dancing with the Stars. Are you feeling any extra pressure?
Kristi Yamaguchi: No, I'm not looking at it as extra pressure. I think there's been pressure throughout the competition. I'm really proud and thankful for the fans who have voted us all the way through. At this point, I just want to dance my heart out and do all I can and hopefully have a good time.

TV Guide.com: You'll be going up Cheryl and Edyta. One of them is the two-time champion and the other is a show veteran.  What tricks are you and Mark planning to pull out for your freestyle?
Kristi: We've definitely got tricks up our sleeve. We've been working really hard and I think we've got some good surprises in store.

TV Guide.com: What's the best advice Mark Ballas has given you?
Yamaguchi: The best thing he's done is just prepare me for every Monday. We work really hard â€" we spend six to eight hours in the studio a day. Were adding on hours now because this week we have three dances to get ready. It's really non-stop. He has been good at knowing how to push me and how far to push me.

Audrina Patridge celebrated her birthday (her actual birthday was May 9) in Las Vegas Saturday night - without Hills BFF Lauren Conrad.

But The Hills star still had fun, not to worry.

Drinking Grey Goose and Red Bull and goofing off with pals â€" including her mom! â€" Audrina Patridge had a blast, and netted a fat paycheck at club LAX.

Check out the photo below ...

The Hills' Audrina Patridge is 23... and pretty.

As The Hollywood Reporter puts it, Fox is "gunning to finally take down Survivor."

The network has lined up its second and third-highest rated reality shows to air head-to-head against CBS' veteran hit.

In the fall, Fox will air The Moment of the Truth against Survivor; the spring will see Hell's Kitchen inserted into that time slot.

Launched in 2000, Survivor has absolutely owned its Thursdays at 8 p.m. time period over the last few years. Even as this recent cycle dropped in the ratings (like just about every program on broadcast television), Jeff Probst and company continue to provide a strong lead-in for CSI.

So, what do you think? Is this finally the plan that will take down Survivor? Or will it, well, survive?

The recent star of The Bachelor, Matt Grant, steps out with his fiancee, Shayne Lamas, at Bar 1200 in Hollywood on Friday.

This past Monday's season finale of The Bachelor: London Calling had Matt Grant, 27, choose Shayne Lamas over Chelsea Wanstrath.

Good choice? You tell us. Here's Matt and Shayne ...

Matt Grant and Shayne Lamas: We give it eight months.

Despite the fact that a Survivor all-stars edition didn't fare too well, producers of Project Runway are rumored to be considering a similar plan.

Those behind the fashionable hit are looking at a truncated season will feature the return of season one winner Jay McCarroll, season two winner Santino Rice, runner-ups Daniel Vosovic, Chloe Dao, Andrae Gonzalo and Nick Verreos.

"It most likely won't be a full season, more like a Christmas or Thanksgiving special," a show insider told OK!. "And since a lot of contestants were hesitant to return to the show, producers have upped the ante by offering that the individual challenges will feature fabulous cash prizes."

What do you think of the idea of a Project Runway: All Stars edition?

No, VH1 has not bought any part of Matt Grant.

But the music channel - which has tried to emulate The Bachelor with shows such as Flavor of Love and Rock of Love - now the rights to every season of the original ABC series.

This includes all 12 seasons of the regular show and four The Bachelorettes, plus "all cycles through at least 2008," according to VH1. So expect to see DeAnna Pappas and this summer's edition on cable in the near future, as well.

Soon, you'll be able to see more of Matt Grant on VH1.

Amazingly, the network's press release refers to the Chris Harrison-hosted ABC series as "America's Most Romantic Reality Show." We thought it was "America's Most Universally Mocked Show." Guess we were wrong.

In his press release quote, VH1 producer Ben Zurier actually says:

"‘The Bachelor' is the granddaddy of the dating reality format. It's been a water cooler staple from the moment it premiered in 2002, and it's still on top of its game.

As we've seen with our own record-breaking ‘Rock of Love with Bret Michaels' and ‘Flavor of Love' series, dating reality has become the drama for the current generation of young adults, with an engaging mix of intrigue, romance, and surprises. ‘The Bachelor' and VH1 certainly feels like a good match."

What a funny guy!

Fatima Siad doesn't think Whitney Thompson deserved to win the tenth cycle of America's Next Top Model. And she's not shy about saying so.

"When [Claire Unabia] and [Lauren Utter] and [Katarzyna Dolinska] got kicked off, I was just like this whole thing is a joke," Siad told reporters during a conference call yesterday.  "They look like models.  If this supposed to be a modeling competition, one of them should have won or [Anya Kop] should have won.  But it goes to show you that it might be about politics."

Would you consider Whitney Thompson to be a plus-sized model?

Siad reached that conclusion because Thompson is considered the first-ever full-figured woman to win the show's crown,

"Whitney took great pictures and she definitely knows how to conduct herself - she's very outspoken and she speaks really well," said Siad. "I think that's why she won over Anya, otherwise I wanted Anya to win.  Anya has that high-fashion look and she really knows how to model.  But she lacks the confidence and speech skills that Whitney has."

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