August 2008 News Archive (Page 4)

As newly selected star of The Bachelor Jason Mesnick prepares to choose a fiancee among 25 women all vying for his love, former star Jesse Palmer offerd him some words of wisdom to share.

“Just be himself and enjoy the experience,” Palmer told People at the U.S. Open. “The biggest thing is to be open minded and enjoy it as best he can and not put too much pressure on himself.”

Though he may not have found the love of his life with his final rose recipient, Jessica Bowlin in 2004 (and no Bachelor star has, actually, done so before or since) Palmer has no regrets.

“I’m really excited and happy that I did it,” Palmer said. “It was a once in a lifetime opportunity, so looking back I have great memories and met a lot of good people on The Bachelor."

It's safe to say Kara DioGuardi won't be another Paula Abdul.

If you're wondering what this songwriter will bring to the American Idol judging table next year, here's a look at how fiery she got during an episode of The One: Making of a Music Star...

The producers of New York Goes to Hollywood felt the need to inject more awfulness drama into the show last night, so they brought Tiffany Pollard's mom into the picture.

Naturally, Sister Patterson created havoc, including possibly costing her daughter a chance at a real movie. How did that even come about? We're glad you asked!

Read through the full episode guide now to find out.

Two days before Joshua Allen was scheduled to leave for the So You Think You Can Dance top 20, his young 13-year-old cousin, Danny, was shot and killed during an altercation over an iPod.

When a local news report aired the story, footage was actually shown of Allen's aunt crying over his cousin’s body. Understandably, this incident almost prevented the eventual champion from continuning on the show.

"I wasn’t going to go on the show," Allen recently told The Star Telegram, a local newspaper in Forth Worth, Texas. "I told my mom, 'I just can’t, I just can’t’.”

However, the finalist's family convinced him that Danny would have wanted him to go on with his life. From there, Allen headed to Los Angeles and set out to win the competition. He accomplished that goal of course, and is grateful for the experience.

"So You Think You Can Dance has opened so many doors for me," he said, adding that he hopes to open a dance studio in the future. "I hope to go to bigger and better things."

Despite a painful foot injury, Kim Kardashian will be a contestant on this season of Dancing with the Stars.

Some critics may be wondering how this came to be. After all, the show aims to capture the family demographic - another contestant this season is Hannah Montana co-star Cody Linley - and, well, Kardashian rose to fame because she starred in a sex tape alongside Ray J.

Our Reality TV Scoop spies have researched Kim's connections on the show, and we've determined the pattern of events that led to such a surprising selection.

See, Kardashian is partnering with Mark Ballas... who dated Sabrina Bryan... who is in The Cheetah Girls with Adrienne Bailon... who is dating Kim's brother, Rob. Just take a look at the tree below. It will be easier...

On the second episode of The Hills' fourth season, Stephanie Pratt invites new BFF Lauren Conrad to her birthday party.

That sounds nice and innocent enough. Lauren immediately decides to invite Doug Reinhardt, who she’s started to date.

But drama follows peeps named Pratt. Spencer and Heidi decide to roll, too, so you know serious sh!t is about to go down.

Stephanie Pratt: Caught in the middle or just plain shady?

How did the drama play out at the club - and what, if anything, happened with the ongoing feud between Audrina and Lo?

Continue reading the Scoop's episode guide to The Hills ...

She's all about reality TV, but occasionally will appear on non-reality shows. As long as she plays herself, that is.

The Hills star Lauren Conrad is filming a guest spot on Privileged this week, according to celebrity news reports.

The 22-year-old will play Lauren Conrad and attend a bash thrown by the CW series two central characters, twins Rose (Lucy Kate Hale) and Sage (Ashley Newbrough), that gets, like, out of control.

The episode will air October 7. Our only complaint is that other stars from The Hills were not invited. No Spencer Pratt cameos? Come on, CW. Surely there's room for an extra in there somehwere.

NBC is staying mum about the new season of Celebrity Apprentice, but we have learned that Girls Gone Wild creator Joe Francis has been added to the lineup. The Sultan of Sleaze confirmed it to Hollyscoop.com.

"I’m doing Celebrity Apprentice," Joe Francis said backstage at the Randy Jackson Presents: America's Best Dance Crew.

Earlier this week Donald Trump told Ryan Seacrest that he's been getting calls from stars that want to revive their career.

So far it's rumored that Khloe Kardashian, Joan and Melissa Rivers and Dennis Rodman are going to join Donald's hit show.

On his radio show this morning, Ryan Seacrest met new American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi for the first time.

When the show's host asked the new star how she compared to fellow judge Paula Abdul, Kara replied:

"I'm definitely a little harder," she said, not making a very bold statement. "I can be pretty tough at times, and nurturing when I have to be. It really depends on the contestant."

DioGuardi went on to discuss her co-production efforts with Kelly Clarkson and other past American Idol finalists, while saying it's hard for her not to be honest at all times. Sounds like a solid addition to the show to us.

A week after the Lo-Audrina feud, Lauren Conrad opens up to Doug Reinhardt about the aftermath on tonight's all-new The Hills.

"It was kind of a disaster," she tells him over lunch.

His thoughtful and insightful response: "Everything, everybody in your life is hectic... Let's go do somethin.'"

Check out this conversation between Lauren Conrad and her baseball player beau in the preview below, and be sure to tune in tonight at 10 to this MTV's hottest reality show (and lots and lots of ads).