April 2009 News Archive (Page 2)

On May 11, Charm School With Ricki Lake premieres - and, according to the host herself, viewers should prepare themselves for a “radically different” version of this franchise.

How so? The series will still feature former contestants from Rock of Love Bus and Real Chance of Love. But these girls will actually take part in charitable endeavor. The message Ricki hopes to send?

"A big heart is more important than big breasts and big hair.”

Good luck getting that across to these women!

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This just in: Daisy De La Hoya is a hot mess!

In a long-ranging interview with VH1, the Daisy of Love star speaks on her emotions - dropping profound nuggets such as ”I would much rather feel than never feel at all" - and refers to herself a “hot mess all the time.”

Then, in an almost touching moment, she talks about how much rumors and insults on the Internet can hurt.

Follow this article's jump to watch Daisy open up. (And, for once, we're not talking about her legs.)

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Did Cocktail deserve to win For the Love of Ray J?

What about Danger?

The show may be over, but fans have a lot of questions for Ray J. Is he stressed out about tabloid lies? Does he like larger women? Has he got a celebrity crush?

In the following video, the man, the myth and the legend touches on a number of topics, as he answers queries submitted by viewers.

Last night on The Hills, Brody Jenner and Audrina Patridge hooked up randomly in Hawaii. This is one of the first times ever we did not see something coming.

After all, spoilers leak on this show like a sieve. But thousands of miles away in the Pacific paradise, feelings are feelings and we were totally the last to know.

Plenty of drama this week - even by Hills standards - and also a good number of bikini / shirtless shots and vintage Spencer Pratt comments to go around.

Follow the link for our Hills recap ...

MTV has announced plans for a new, unoriginal reality competition.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the network has ordered a handful of episodes for The Stylist, a blatant rip-off of Project Runway.

On the show, a series of aspiring fashion stylists will compete for a contract with a major agency. What a novel concept!

We've heard MTV is looking to hire a super model named Beidi Shrum as host.

Despite a pair of entertaining group dance numbers, this week's performance show was waterered down a bit.

The reason? A severe lack of Melissa Rycroft, who was forced to sit out Dancing With the Stars with a rib injury. Reportedly, the former Bachelor contestant - and our enthusiasm - will return next week.

Read a complete recap of how the show went on without her, while taking a look at the combined scores from last night (individual plus group) below:

• Gilles Marini and Cheryl Burke: 27 out of 30 for the Lindy Hop. 55 out of 60 total.
• Lil’ Kim and Derek Hough: 28 out of 30 for the Paso Doble. 56 out of 60 total.
• Chuck Wicks and Julianne Hough 26 out of 30 for the Cha-Cha. 51 out of 60 total.
• Shawn Johnson and Mark Ballas: 27 out of 30 for the Samba. 52 out of 60 total.
• Melissa Rycroft and Tony Dovolani: 21 out of 30 for the Jive (based on the couple's taped rehearsal). 46 out of 60 total.
• Ty Murray and Chelsie Hightower: 24 out of 30 for the Salsa. 52 out of 60 total.

Finally, an issue on which we can agree with Gretchen Rossi.

We can't take the reality TV star's side when it comes to hooking up with Slade Smiley, nor when she whines about photos of herself on the toilet being leaked (pun... intended!).

But the Real Housewife of Orange County was recently asked about Carrie Prejean - the Miss USA contestant that caused a stir last week when she came out against gay marriage during the pageant - and said:

“I have a lot of dear friends within the community, and I think they’re wonderful, great people. They’re the most talented, friendly, outgoing friends to have, so I think everybody should be OK with everybody having the same rights.”

We never thought we'd say this, but: Amen, Gretchen!

We felt love for Ray J.

And we hopped aboard the Love Bus with Bret Michaels.

But no reality show in recent memory has gotten us as excited for its debut as Daisy of Love, starring the irrepresible Daisy De La Hoya.

Did the ridiculous dating competition live up to its hype? You can read a summary at VH1's official series blog.

And you can also click on the photos below for a pictorial rundown of what went on between Daisy and her suitors...

Athletes have always fared well on Dancing With the Stars.

But we're not sure if this success would translate to overweight, former athletes with a history of rape and eat biting.

In a recent interview with MTV, former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson says his girlfriend wants him to try out for the show.

"She got me watching Dancing With the Stars and said, 'You should be on Dancing With the Stars,'" Tyson said, adding that his reply was: "Are you sick?"

Well, Iron Mike, she is dating a convicted rapist.

Tyson added that his live-in girlfriend also pitched him on a reality series about his life.

"She said, 'Hon, listen. I know some people, and I think it would be a good idea if you're a producer and you control everything that happened and you have your own reality show,'" Tyson said, adding that his reply was: "Are you crazy?"

Again, see our point about dating a convicted rapist.

It's official this time: Heidi Montag is Mrs. Spencer Pratt.

The Hills couple got married - and even legally this time - in an evening ceremony at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Pasadena, Calif., Saturday.

Speidi wed before 200 guests, such as co-stars Audrina Patridge, Justin-Bobby, Lo Bosworth, Brody Jenner, Kristin Cavallari, and Frankie Delgado.

Heidi's former BFF, Lauren Conrad, had a change of heart and attended the festivities, but made a quick exit from the church post-ceremony.

The wedding party included Heidi's sister Holly Montag and Spencer's sis, Stephanie Pratt, while the groom was joined by two nonceleb friends.

When she walked down the aisle, Heidi wore jewels from Neil Lane, including a pear-shaped diamond floral necklace with multiple diamond chains. The groom borrowed a pair of diamond cuff links for the big day.

After the ceremony, The Hills duo kissed on the church steps. Guests threw rose petals at the couple, who left in black Rolls Royce Phantom.

The night before the ceremony, the gruesome twosome held a rehearsal dinner at Wolfgang Puck's Beverly Hills restaurant Cut. The dinner included about 40 guests – and camera crews, which filmed the events.

The wedding comes five months after the pair flew to Mexico for an impromptu ceremony that was not legal and did not include family and friends.

The original Speidi wedding was misleadingly implied to be real, though it was not official in any way, shape or form. This one is. Most likely.

Next up for Speidi? A trip to Costa Rica ... to team up with disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich and others on I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here.