For the first time in 22 years, three former strangers picked to live in a loft and have their lives taped returned to said loft to have their mini reunion taped.

· You may have thought you knew what a hack director Joel Schumacher is. But until you've heard his grave (and maybe fabricated) casting miscalculations from Eric Nies, you only know half the story.

[Eric Nies, from the original season of MTV's "The Real World" and host of "The Grind," at a party in Hollywood yesterday celebrating all 19 (!) seasons of the once pioneering, now dreadful reality show; image via WENN]