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‘Jersey Shore’ is new style inspiration for some

Hair gel and hair extensions, tanning and True Religion jeans, Ed Hardy T-shirts and eyebrow threading. It’s fashion, “Jersey Shore”-style.
MTV’s hit reality show put the spotlight on the style of a group of 20-something Italian-Americans, self-professed “guidos” and “guidettes,” as they partied and fist-pumped their way through a Seaside Heights, N.J., summer. And now their [...]

Fantasia and Ruby on The Oprah Winfrey Show

Fantasia Barrino won American Idol and took Broadway by storm in “The Color Purple.” Now, she’s facing the music and taking on the recent rumors about her personal life and career. And – hear her powerhouse voice on our stage. Then, she once weighed over 700 pounds Now, [...]

David Hasselhoff to star in reality TV show

Former “Baywatch” star David Hasselhoff, whose struggles with alcohol abuse were put on vivid display in a 2007 home video, will star in a reality television series this year.
Cable network A&E said on Wednesday it had ordered 10 half-hour episodes of the still untitled series about the hunky actor nicknamed “The Hoff.”
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“Scary Spice” dancing to Oxygen weight-loss show

Former Spice Girl Melanie “Mel B” Brown will host the next edition of women’s cable channel Oxygen’s freshman hit “Dance Your Ass Off.”
The show will return in the summer on a new night of original programing for the network, Mondays.
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Bank rob suspect was on ‘Deadliest Catch’

Police say a man who appeared in the Discovery Channel show “Deadliest Catch” is wanted for three bank robberies in Oregon and has been arrested in Illinois.
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‘Jersey Shore’ town downplays linkage with show

The New Jersey beach town that’s home to MTV’s “Jersey Shore” is trying to distance itself from the controversy surrounding the reality show.
In a statement Monday, the Borough of Seaside Heights says it “did not solicit, promote or participate in the filming” of the show.
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NJ lawmakers ask MTV to cancel ‘Jersey Shore’

MTV is getting more pressure to cancel its “Jersey Shore” reality show.
The latest criticism comes from the New Jersey Italian American Legislative Caucus, which says the show promotes derogatory ethnic stereotypes and is “wildly offensive.”
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New reality show features cop cams

A head-mounted camera for police officers that’s generating national interest is set to be featured in a new reality TV show.
Base Prods. is near a deal with a major cable network for a “Cops”-type reality show using the AXON head-mounted camera. The production is part of an exclusive deal between Base (“Human Wrecking Balls,” “Fight [...]

‘Teen Mom’ shows interrupted lives

Amber Portwood’s lunch with a friend keeps getting interrupted by a crying baby. The problem is, the baby is Amber’s. She packs up and leaves the restaurant before she can finish eating.
Quieting a fussy baby is all in a day’s work for the 19-year-old and her co-stars on MTV’s new reality show, “Teen Mom” (10 [...]

Reality show looks at lives of ‘Basketball Wives’

A VH1 reality series that promises an inside look at the lives of NBA players’ wives and girlfriends is set to air early next year.
VH1 said Monday that “Basketball Wives” will show the upside of the women’s lives — big homes, designer clothes and jewelry — and the drawbacks, including worries about whether their husbands [...]

Reality TV star Kendra Wilkinson delivers baby boy

Former Playboy Playmate Kendra Wilkinson and her NFL husband Hank Baskett are the new parents of a baby boy.
Kira Costello, Wilkinson’s publicist, says Hank Randall Baskett IV was delivered Friday in Indianapolis, where his father is a wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts. He weighed in at 9 pounds, 5 ounces.
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Would-be reality TV stars crash Obama party

A couple of aspiring reality-TV stars from Northern Virginia appear to have crashed the White House’s state dinner Tuesday night, penetrating layers of security with no invitation to mingle with the likes of Vice President Biden and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.
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