June 2008 News Archive (Page 7)

Will the madness never end?!?

According to Entertainment Weekly, Nicole Richie is trying to make a reality show comeback, pitching a series that offers contestants the chance to compete to become... the next Nicole Richie.

We'd make a joke here about individuals vying to achie fame with no discernible talent - but that is actually what the show is about!

In order to become the next Nicole Richie, must you wear ridiculous, oversized sunglasses?

The unscripted series would reportedly test each contestant's ability to achieve notoriety (get those sex tapes rolling!). In the end - get this! - the winner would receive his/her own reality show. Yes, it's a reality show to crown the unknown most deserving of another reality show.

At least three cable networks are interested in the cyclical, Apocalyptical concept. We're gonna go bash our heads in with a tire iron.

While the reality TV world is still buzzing over Stephanie Izard being named the first-ever female winner on Top Chef, a couple other shows did air last night. Here's a recap of each...

So You Think You Can Dance: Cat Deeley strutted on stage and announced that America was now in control of the future of the eventual winner and that the winner would be receiving $250,000.00 in prize money for their dancing abilities... -- Reality TV Magazine

Farmer Wants a Wife: On tonight's episode, the girls put on a talent show for the local townsfolk, and Ashley puts Matt on the spot yet again... -- BuddyTV

Stephanie Izard beat out Richard Blais and Lisa Fernandes on the fourth season finale of Top Chef last night, eartning the $100,000 grand prize and the unique honor of being named the first female winner of the highly-rated Bravo cooking competition.

In all three seasons prior to this, women placed in the final three, but have never taken the Top Chef title, a distinction not lost on the Chicago resident.

"This is the biggest thing that's happened in my life," Izard said. "This is what I'm meant to do in life."

Stephanie Izard is your Top Chef, America.

Here's a shock:

It's dangerous for telebrities to act like circus performers!

According to The New York Post, three celebrities from Celebrity Circus - which debuts tonight - found this obvious piece of information out the painful way.

Christopher Knight fractured his forearm while practicing with a giant disc he failed to control; Stacey Dash cracked three ribs climbing "the silks," a length of fabric suspended 30 feet in the air; and Olympic swimmer Janet Evans fell 15 feet from a trapeze.

Sources say the injuries were quickly taken care of. We can only hope the show called out Alice to put an ice pack on the former Peter Brady.

The Top 20 of So You Think You Can Dance's season four have been chosen. Our thanks to Kristin from E! Online for this glimpse at some of the dancers...

• According to finalist Marquis Cunningham: "They have forewarned us that there are going to be several new genres in the hat that they haven't shown the past three seasons."

• The top 20's first group dance will be choreographed by legend-in-the-making Wade Robson. Many of the contestants have admitted that Robson is choreographer with whom they'd most like to work.

• Jamie Bayard (pictured) is a scion of the Schwimmer dance dynasty. He's not biologically related, but he was the dance partner of Lacey Schwimmer for four years; they won two U.S. Swing Dance championships together.

• Chelsie Hightower went to high school with season-two star Allison Holker; Katee Shean grew up in the same town as season-one finalists Nick Lazzarini and Melody Lacayanga; and Matt Dorame and Thayne Jasperson study at the same studio.

From lesbians to chefs, here's what went down on reality TV last night...

A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila: This episode sends Tila Tequila to the hometowns of the final four and it looks like we have plenty of rivals to Dani's grandmother, who holds the all-time great family member quote: "Put that butt on these knees." -- BuddyTV

Hell's Kitchen: For the first challenge tonight, Gordon taught the chef's a new lobster spaghetti dish, which they chefs in turn had to teach five cute but clueless housewives, one of whom even brought a dog into the kitchen... -- TV Guide

Simply finding a wife isn't the only challenge facing Matt Neustadt. The framer has had to overcome a negative reactions from his home town.

"Locally, in the beginning, during filming, people were frightened. Country folks and farmers haven't been portrayed well in the media at any point in time... so rightfully people were skeptical," Neustadt said of the local's reactions towards the Hollywood production staff's arrival. "As of now, I think they are enjoying [the show]."

Matt Neustadt is a farmer and he wants a wife.

Locals are also recognizing this new reality star on the streets. It's just one of the new experiences and worries Neustadt faces, as he also must deal with the show's editing process.

"You definitely worry and you never know with editing, but I knew if I didn't do it on TV or say it, they couldn't make me do it," he said. "If you don't cuss on TV, they can't put a cuss word in your mouth."

Catch more of Matt's profound observations on Farmer Wants a Wife on The CW.

Great news, train wreck fans!

Celebrity Rehab 2 began production yesterday at Dr. Drew's facility in Pasadena. And this is simply hilarious:

Jeff Conaway (pictured), who was a cast member of the first Celebrity Rehab, is back for more. Considering the fact that the first time didn't work, could it be that Conaway is more interested in attention than actually being cured?

No way, right?

Jeff Conaway wants attention. And another drink.

The rest of the cast includes:

• Rodney King
• Nikki McKibbin (American Idol)
• Tawny Kitaen
• Amber Smith
• Steven Adler
• Sean Stewart
• Gary Busey

The new season premieres in October.

It's official. The Hills' Brody Jenner has a new reality show called Bromance and it's being produced by Ryan Seacrest's production company.

The six-episode stint will feature a group of "bros" compete to join Jenner's entourage. Contestants will have opportunities at a "group date" and "alone time" with Brody in every episode.

At the end of every episode, a rejected "bro" will be asked to leave the bachelor pad dripping wet during a "‘Hot Tub Elimination Ceremony."

"I thought it was funny, and we recently lost a member of the entourage, so I thought we'd have fun with it," Brody Jenner told Variety.

Brody's BFF Frankie Delgado, his one, true love and entourage member who also appears on The Hills, is one of the show's producers.

In other breaking Brody Jenner news, he and his girlfriend Cora Skinner (above) are apparently back together, despite rumors of a breakup!

Granted, it doesn't get much better/worse than this summer's I Love Money. VH1 will be airing a reality show that actually brings back talented stars such as Pumkin and Jennifer Toof.

But CMT is at least attempting to compete with this low brow series by announcing the premiere of Outsider's Inn.

In this show, Maureen McCormick (pictured) will join forces with Bobby Brown and Carnie Wilson. The trio will manage a bed and breakfast in rural Tennessee, as Brown serves as the inn's entertainment director and Wilson is the chef.

Allow us to repeat that: the woman that played Marcia on The Brady Bunch; a singer who last had a hit more than a decade ago; and a woman best known for gastric bypass surgery will be filmed while running a southern hotel.

The eight-episode season of Outsider's Inn will premiere on CMT in August. Get pumped!