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Reporter Bravely Disregards Own Dignity To Go Undercover At Reality Show Audition
Daily News reporter Shallon Lester wasn't satisfied just secretly yearning to be friends with Paris Hilton, like most entertainment reporters. She wants to actually be her friend! On TV, at least. (Pictured: an actual photo montage of what the two would look like if their heads were in close proximity, via the NYDN). So the intrepid journalist ventured out to the auditions for the upcoming MTV show and small step towards the apocalypse "Paris Hilton Is My New BFF." How could a trained, professional journalist possibly blend in with a crowd of fame whores? It wasn't that hard at all! More »
miss rap supreme
Non-Jailed Female Rappers Line Up For Chance To Fight On TV
It's rare that a reality show performs a true public service, but if this new Miss Rap Supreme show on VH1 can actually uncover a single talented female rapper, it would be doing America a favor. Think about the current status of our most famous female MCs: Lil Kim went to jail, Foxy Brown went to jail, Remy Ma is going to jail, and Lauryn Hill, the best of them all, is behaving like a crackhead. Who are young women supposed to look up to, public intellectuals? Ridiculous. I have high hopes about the idea for the show, which is the logical demographic successor to last year's painful version, The White Rapper Show. MC Serch is back (and still employed)! And he's finally teamed up with Yo-Yo! Miss Rap Supreme premiers tonight at 10. I have no idea whether any of the girls on it are good rappers or not, but they do look reliably crazy, which is half the battle. The full trailer, below. More »
the hills
Lauren Conrad's Branding Strategy: "Tchotchkes, Trinkets, and Trash"
The Hills reality mini-star Lauren Conrad is on the cover of US Weekly and the Wall Street Journal in the same week! (Which one do you think she is more excited about?) From the WSJ: "Lauren Conrad is famous for being on a reality show. But what she really wants is to run a merchandising empire." Literally: she's hired, like, a whole team of people to brand her. The problem, though? People don't take her seriously! (She goes on to hang herself in front of the reporter, asking somebody, "How do you spell 'beret'?") Then Kate White, editor of Cosmopolitan, explains why little LC will never be chosen for the cover of their magazine: More »
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