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9:21AM Jess McGuire | As an Australian pop culture enthusiast and writer, it feels a little weird to admit that I am not on the MasterChef bandwagon – from what I can gather, the show warrants constant coverage in both the Fairfax and News Limited newspapers. I’m kinda glad I haven’t been bitten by the MasterChef bug as apparently viewers can get… well, kinda creepily passionate about the program. Eliminated contestant Dani has been forced to point out that cyber bullying stars of reality shows is a fairly lame way to pass the time. More »
Settle Down, MasterChef Fans. It’s Just A Cooking Show!
9:21AM Jess McGuire | As an Australian pop culture enthusiast and writer, it feels a little weird to admit that I am not on the MasterChef bandwagon – from what I can gather, the show warrants constant coverage in both the Fairfax and News Limited newspapers. I’m kinda glad I haven’t been bitten by the MasterChef bug as apparently viewers can get… well, kinda creepily passionate about the program. Eliminated contestant Dani has been forced to point out that cyber bullying stars of reality shows is a fairly lame way to pass the time. More » 
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Reality TV Is Manipulating You More Than You Think
4:01AM Defamer US Edition | You probably think that you’re a savvy viewer who watches a lot of reality television programs and knows what’s real and what’s “reality”, right? Well, according to a new book from one of the people behind the camera, even the simplest tricks are enough to fool the audience. More »
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Fabio Will Seduce You With His Local Weather Forecast
5:36PM Defamer US Edition | Thanks to his quest to become the new Old Spice guy, Fabio has spent the past several days at America’s pop culture forefront. And while all of the Old Spice talk is getting… well, old, a recent weather forecast he did for Portland, Oregon’s CBS affiliate is strangely entertaining. More »
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Kirstie Alley Confronts David Letterman For Calling Her Fat
3:53PM Defamer US Edition | Kirstie Alley’s turn on Dancing with the Stars earlier this year helped revive her career. It also resulted in a revival of fat jokes about the actress with David Letterman chief among the offenders. So when Alley appeared on tonight’s Late Show, it was all but inevitable that she’d bring up the issue. Which she did pretty much immediately. More »
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12:45PM Jess McGuire | After grabbing the attention of an impressive 1.37 million Australians for the broadcast of episode one, ABC’s Angry Boys slowly but surely began bleeding viewers. Now that a couple of months have passed since its debut on our screens, tv writers are throwing around phrases like “ratings failure” – but WAS it actually a failure? Perhaps not, says SMH’s Karl Quinn. More »
Was ‘Angry Boys’ A Failure?
12:45PM Jess McGuire | After grabbing the attention of an impressive 1.37 million Australians for the broadcast of episode one, ABC’s Angry Boys slowly but surely began bleeding viewers. Now that a couple of months have passed since its debut on our screens, tv writers are throwing around phrases like “ratings failure” – but WAS it actually a failure? Perhaps not, says SMH’s Karl Quinn. More »
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The Strange Career Of Julie Benz
7:30AM Defamer US Edition | A hardworking TV actress has had quite the eclectic career, and she continues to. Also today: a big Walking Dead shakeup, some less than comforting news about The Killing, and Ron Swanson has a Tammy 1. More »
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Anderson Cooper Doesn’t Care That Much About His Head
5:16PM Defamer US Edition | Here’s the latest promo for Anderson Cooper’s upcoming talk show, called simply, Anderson, and produced by Nosredna Studios. (Get it? Like Harpo? Because he’s the next Oprah? Never mind.) More »
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Lady Gaga Cries, Throws Shoe On So You Think You Can Dance
1:14PM Defamer US Edition | Lady Gaga served as a guest judge on tonight’s episode of So You Think You Can Dance. And in a shocking development that nobody saw coming, she acted bit bizarrely! But don’t just take my word for it, watch the clip above and witness Gaga’s transformation from blubbering mess, to condescending body language expert, to hip hop historian, to choreography connoisseur, to shoe-throwing self-promoter. All in just 60 minutes.
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Bridge & Tunnel: The Proto-Jersey Shore That Never Aired
4:32AM Defamer US Edition | Way back a million years ago (2009), MTV filmed a show called Bridge & Tunnel, a reality program about two beautiful belles of Staten Island, New York City’s island prison colony. But then, for mystifying reasons, MTV decided to not air the show. More »
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