Archive for March, 2009

Fox has decided to break with dating show tradition with a new show that is all about fat people finding love. “More to Love” is billed as the first “dating show for the rest of us,” throwing open its doors to overweight contestants, according to THR. The show will have a similar format to “The Bachelor,”... »

Jade Goody, a British reality television star whose battle with cancer has become the latest episode of her life to play out in public, has returned home as she nears death, her publicist, Max Clifford, said on Sunday. “She’s very fragile, she’s heavily sedated,” Mr. Clifford said in a telephone interview. “It could be anytime.” Ms.... »

Critics are dismayed by a rule change introduced to hit talent show American Idol, which gives judges the power to save an act from public elimination. Some TV insiders have called the move, which can be performed just once during the series and must be agreed by all four judges, “un-American”. The show, now in... »

According to EW.com, Jenna Morasca, winner of Survivor: Amazon, is trying her luck on Pro Wrestling. Watch her debut on Thursday, March 12, at 9 p.m. on Spike TV’s TNA iMPACT. The survivor winner once posed naked for Playboy.. Could she survive this time… ‘Survivor: The Amazon’ winner Jenna Morasca becomes pro wrestler »

“American Idol” has selected three more finalists. Lil Rounds, the smooth 23-year-old mother of three from Memphis; Scott MacIntyre, the soulful 23-year-old piano player from Scottsdale; and Jorge Nunez, the charming 20-year-old college student from Carolina, Puerto Rico, will join the previously picked finalists: Kris Allen, Adam Lambert, Allison Iraheta, Danny Gokey, Alexis Grace and... »

Sure, single papa Jason Mesnick’s Bachelor finale showdown — and subsequent After The Final Rose specials part 1 and part 2 — brought record ratings, but will the fan backlash end up hurting ABC’s hit reality series? Pick up a copy of Entertainment Weekly this Friday for our full report, including what advice season... »

“All will be revealed” is the promise of many a current television epic, but Wednesday night’s “American Idol” featured enough curtain lifting to keep the online Idolsphere’s collective head whirling for a year. Not only did we, as expected, fill out the final slots in the Top 9 (with the predictable Scott MacIntyre, Lil Rounds... »

Jason Mesnick says he followed his heart when he broke up with Bachelor winner Melissa Rycroft, pursuing a relationship with finalist Molly Malaney instead. Now, a majority of People.com readers feel that Melissa is still the winner in the situation. Seventy-seven percent of readers who took our poll say that Melissa is better off... »

Nick Mitchell probably won’t be having the last laugh on “American Idol.” The outrageous 27-year-old sketch comedian, who performed as his over-the-top alter ego Norman Gentle, was one of nine semifinalists sent packing Thursday on the popular Fox singing competition. “I’m looking for employment — always,” Mitchell of Brookfield, Conn., told host Ryan Seacrest before... »