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VH-1 Star, Alleged Killer Ryan Jenkins Found Dead
8:03AM Andrew Belonsky | The search for Ryan Jenkins, who appeared on VH-1’s Megan Wants a Millionaire and was later accused of murdering his model wife, Jasmine Fiore, has come to a predictable, disturbing end: he’s dead. More »
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TV Networks Bravely Fight For The Right To Think You Can Dance
1:46AM John Cook | As the US plod through The Summer Americans Stopped Watching Network TV, said networks are making a fuss about Barack Obama’s insistence on holding press conferences because it temporarily prevents them from profiting from their endlessly looped last-gasp humiliation-based reality shows. More »
More On Dead Paula Fan: She Was An ‘Idol’ Contestant
3:54AM Seth | The identity of the Paula Abdul obsessive found dead in a car outside Abdul’s home last night has been revealed to be Paula Goodspeed, who Idol-watchers might recall as being the contestant who showed off a portfolio of “life-sized Paula drawings” and miscellaneous Paulapernalia. (Video after the jump.) She was then led before a judging tribunal that included her hero—certainly not an easy feat—before launching into a brain-scrambling rendition of “Proud Mary” that elicited predictable humiliation from Simon Cowell over “all the metal in her mouth.” Following that was a disturbing interview (editors underscored it with a horror movie soundtrack) in which Goodspeed pledges that, “It’s not over. I’m not just going to step singing just because you don’t like my voice.” More »
‘Denise Richards’ Cancellation: It’s Complicated
8:50AM Kyle Buchanan | Didn’t we almost have it all, America? Why, it was just a few weeks ago when we learned that E! had mercy-killed its celeb reality show Denise Richards: It’s Complicated, leading to cheers, emailed hugs, and exultant praise to God around the blogosphere. “Just when I think there’s no redeeming the entertainment industry as a whole,” said one of our commenters, “somebody makes a smart move like cancelling this famewhore’s piece of crap show, and I start to see a little glimmer of light on the horizon.” Get ready to bust out some candles, everybody: that glimmer’s gettin’ snuffed! According to Us Weekly: More »
‘America’s Next Top Model’ Boldly Going Wherever A Set Budget Of $149 Will Take Them
8:45AM Seth | Last night’s premiere of the latest cycle of America’s Next Top Model unveiled this season’s epic theme—”As sci fi as we can possibly make this using things found at a dollar store”—to much squealy delight from the carefully selected pool of regular- and plus-sized replicants. While the audience seems to be dwindling for such catwalk-crawling minstrel shows (the ratings hit an all-time low), the series is to be commended for never failing to adapt and innovate. Take, for example, the introduction of exciting Glamonator 11.0 technology: A more sophisticated descendant of the Sleeper Orgasmatron, it’s capable of producing an amazingly convincing hologram of a completely-over-it reality hostess who wishes she could fold up shop on this ghetto-arse exercise in model-search futility to spend more time on her Emmy-winning talk show. Smile with your circuits, ladies! More »
