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Reality TV People News - June 2007
'The Simple Life' star Paris Hilton jets off to Maui after TV interview
June 29, 2007
Los Angeles socialite Paris Hilton donned a black wig, a floppy hat and big sunglasses as she jetted to Maui just days after her three-week stint in jail.
Paris Hilton "sick" of spotlight, ready to "learn and grow" from mistakes
June 28, 2007
Prison may have been a "very traumatic experience" for Paris Hilton, but it also provided The Simple Life Star with "a new outlook on life."
'Idol 6' runner-up Blake Lewis already in studio recording debut album
June 28, 2007
Beat-boxing Blake Lewis believes he stayed true to himself throughout his American Idol sixth-season journey, and his originality was rewarded by fans as he finished as the runner-up. Now the 25-year-old Bothell, WA-native is apparently ready to pay his fans back with his debut album.
Carrie Underwood named PETA's sexiest female vegetarian again
June 27, 2007
Carrie Underwood's pretty face and vegetarian stance have garnered her recognition once again.
New 'American Idol' champ Jordin Sparks has a hectic summer ahead
June 27, 2007
It's shaping up to be a busy summer for recently crowned sixth-season American Idol champion Jordin Sparks, who'll be juggling preparations for her debut album with her participation on the Fox mega-hit's 2007 summer concert tour.
Former 'American Idol' finalist Jennifer Hudson wins two BET Awards
June 27, 2007
Award-winning American Idol fourth-season champ Carrie Underwood may want to check her rearview mirror, as Jennifer Hudson continues to accumulate her own honors.
Former 'Idol' finalist Melinda Doolittle going to Africa with Laura Bush
June 27, 2007
Melinda Doolittle went from a background vocalist to American Idol's sixth-season third-place finisher, and now she's teaming up with First Lady Laura Bush for a trip to Africa as part of a Malaria No More campaign.
Former 'American Idol' finalist Jessica Sierra in trouble over rental car
June 27, 2007
Jessica Sierra apparently doesn't understand the concept of renting.
'The Simple Life' star Paris Hilton released from LA County prison
June 26, 2007
Paris Hilton's stint in the slammer has come to an end.
'Survivor: Fiji' castaway Andria 'Dreamz' Herd hit with paternity lawsuit
June 25, 2007
Karma has apparently wasted little time in catching up with Andria "Dreamz" Herd, the one-time homeless Survivor: Fiji castaway who reneged on a Final 4 Immunity Challenge deal and cost fellow castaway Yau-Man Chan a chance at the competition's $1 million grand prize.
'Extreme Makeover' surgeon Garth Fisher weds former Playboy model
June 25, 2007
Garth Fisher apparently has a thing for former Playboy models.
Paris Hilton to do her first post-jail interview with CNN's Larry King
June 25, 2007
NBC and ABC both passed on the first post-prison interview with Paris Hilton, apparently causing the honor to fall into the lap of CNN's Larry King.
Prison officials announce Paris Hilton will be released Tuesday
June 22, 2007
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Friday set a date for the release of Paris Hilton from jail, where she is serving 23 days for violating probation.
Paris Hilton: Being behind bars hardest thing she's ever gone through
June 22, 2007
The Simple Life has presumably taught Paris Hilton lots of life lessons, but none of them apparently compare to what she's learning behind bars.
NBC and Paris Hilton deny $1 million post-jail interview deal report
June 22, 2007
Paris Hilton and NBC have denied a report that the network had agreed to pay Hilton "as much as $1 million" for The Simple Life star's first interview when she's released from jail next week.
Ex-'Laguna Beach,' 'Hills' star Jason Wahler "embarassed" by arrests
June 22, 2007
Former Laguna Beach and The Hills star Jason Wahler has been arrested four times in the last several months, but don't ask him about any of the specifics.
Report: NBC to pay Paris Hilton $1 million for post-prison interview
June 21, 2007
Few people garner more attention from behind bars than Paris Hilton.
'Bachelorette' couple Trista and Ryan Sutter say no to more cameras
June 21, 2007
Their courtship was televised, as well as their wedding planning and the actual ceremony. But fans of The Bachelorette's Trista and Ryan Sutter apparently won't be seeing the birth of the couple's first child later this summer.MTV's 'Run's House' family puts New Jersey home up for sale again
June 21, 2007
Who's house? Run's House! Perhaps not anymore.'Shooting Sizemore' star Tom Sizemore begs judge for leniency
June 20, 2007
Actor Tom Sizemore wept and begged a Los Angeles County judge not to send him to jail, after he admitted violating his probation in a drug case.
Ex-'Idol' employee ordered to arbitrate Mario Vazquez harassment suit
June 20, 2007
Apparently American Idol contestants aren't the only ones who sign very specific agreements to work with FreemantleMedia, the Fox mega-hit's production company. Just ask the show's former assistant production accountant Magdaleno Olmos.
'The Simple Life' star Nicole Richie granted delay in drunk driving trial
June 20, 2007
Nicole Richie has apparently played a get-out-of-jail-free card to keep her from behind bars for at least a few more weeks.
'Hell's Kitchen' star Gordon Ramsay dishes about personality traits
June 20, 2007
Bearing the brunt of Gordon Ramsay's wrath in the kitchen is one thing, but imagine how it must have felt staring down the Hell's Kitchen star on the soccer field.
Former 'The Real World' star Coral Smith comes out of the closet
June 19, 2007
Coral Smith first appeared on MTV's The Real World: Back to New York in 2001 and has since competed in five editions of Real World/Road Rules Challenge -- winning her first, making it to the end of four of the five and having to excuse herself due to injury the other time. However the battles and challenges she overcame while appearing on the MTV reality competition series apparently pale in comparison to the internal struggles she's faced.
Ex-'Rock Star' contestant Dilana Robichaux signs co-publishing deal
June 18, 2007
Dilana Robichaux may have finished as a runner-up while competing on Rock Star: Supernova, but she's making sure her fans across the globe can still have access to her music.
Gordon Ramsay's brother on trial for heroin possession in Indonesia
June 18, 2007
Ronald Ramsay is apparently just as fiery as his foul-mouthed brother Gordon, but the similarities between the Hell's Kitchen star and his closest kin end there.
'Talent' judge David Hasselhoff gets custody of teenage daughters
June 16, 2007
Actor David Hasselhoff has received primary custody of his two teenage daughters.
'The Real World: San Diego' cast reflects on Frankie Abernathy's death
June 15, 2007
Frankie Abernathy didn't make it through the entire season as a housemate on MTV's The Real World: San Diego in 2004. However she still spent enough time with her fellow housemates to become close with them -- especially Jacquese Smith -- who said he was "shocked" Monday to learn Abernathy had passed away over the weekend.
Kelly Clarkson postpones tour, scope and size to be 're-evaluated'
June 14, 2007
It looks like things are going to get worse for Kelly Clarkson before they get better.
Paris Hilton transferred out of medical ward and back to original jail
June 14, 2007
Paris Hilton is back where she started, as The Simple Life star has reportedly been transferred from the medical ward of a Los Angeles County jail to the Century Regional Detention Center where she initially began to serve her 45-day sentence that resulted from parole violations of a September 2006 drunken driving conviction.
Ex-'Idol' finalist Kellie Pickler and new beau each other's biggest fans
June 13, 2007
Opposites attract, and it doesn't get much more different than American Idol fifth-season finalist Kellie Pickler's native Albermarle, NC and the hometown of her new boyfriend Jordin Tootoo, a professional hockey player from Churchill, Manitoba in Canada's Northwest Territories.
Original 'Idol' winner Kelly Clarkson parts way with her manager
June 12, 2007
Original American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson, already embroiled in an ongoing feud with RCA chairman Clive Davis over the musical content of "My December," her upcoming third album, has now parted ways with Jeff Kwatinetz, her longtime manager, just two weeks before the album's release.
Former 'Idol' finalist Kimberley Locke living healthier 'Fit Club' lifestyle
June 12, 2007
Kimberley Locke gained notoriety as a finalist on American Idol's second season and recently lost 28 pounds as a contestant on Celebrity Fit Club's fifth season.
Paris Hilton's talent agent drops 'The Simple Life' star as a client
June 12, 2007
Fallout from Paris Hilton's trip to prison has apparently already begun to affect The Simple Life star's celebrity status. Hilton has reportedly been dropped by her talent agent.
Original 'Dancing with the Stars' celeb Joey McIntyre becoming a dad
June 12, 2007
First season Dancing with the Stars participant Joey McIntyre will apparently soon have somebody new to teach his dance moves to.
Report: Carrie Underwood, Tony Romo engagement may be coming
June 12, 2007
Last month, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo reportedly wanted a timeout from his romantic relationship with fourth-season American Idol champ Carrie Underwood -- but now, he's reportedly called an audible and reversed course.
New 'American Idol' champ Jordin Sparks saving herself for marriage
June 12, 2007
Jordin Sparks sports a platinum band on her wedding finger, but don't expect to see the American Idol sixth-season champ walking down the aisle anytime soon.
Jailed 'Simple Life' star Paris Hilton: My dumb act is no longer cute
June 11, 2007
She's an heiress but when locked in a California jail, Paris Hilton needed to call collect to get her side of her story out on national TV Monday.
Original 'Idol' Kelly Clarkson "could give a crap about being a star"
June 11, 2007
Kelly Clarkson may be the original American Idol, but she apparently has no grandiose visions for her celebrity status.
LA County Sheriff: Paris Hilton has "severe medical problems"
June 8, 2007
Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca said he reassigned Paris Hilton to home monitoring because of overcrowded conditions and "her severe medical problems."
Taylor Hicks' 'Heart Full of Soul' book to be released July 10
June 7, 2007
Random House has announced American Idol fifth-season winner Taylor Hicks' memoir "Heart Full of Soul" will be released on Tuesday, July 10.
'Simple Life' star Nicole Richie prepared for own jail time possibility
June 7, 2007
Socialite Nicole Richie told David Letterman in New York that she's ready to face the consequences for her DUI charge, even a possible jail sentence.
'Simple Life' star Paris Hilton released from jail for "medical issues"
June 7, 2007
After spending only spend 72 hours in the pokey, Paris Hilton has been released from behind bars.
'Shooting Sizmore' star Tom Sizemore arrested on probation violation
June 6, 2007
Viewers saw Tom Sizemore battle drug addiction and legal woes on VH1's Shooting Sizemore, however when the cameras stopped rolling on the docu-reality series, the actor's problems apparently continued.
Ex-'Idol' hopeful Antonella Barba lying low, waiting for 'right' opportunity
June 5, 2007
Antonella Barba's provocative photo scandal created quite a media firestorm while she competed as a semifinalist at the onset of American Idol's sixth season. However once she was eliminated on the cusp of reaching the Top 12, Barba says she was able to do what she had presumably hoped would happen to those photos -- she vanished.
'American Idol 5' runner-up Katharine McPhee to star in feature film
June 5, 2007
More than a year after she first began talking about it, Katharine McPhee is reportedly ready to make her leap to the big screen.
Paula Abdul gushes that judging 'American Idol' is her "purpose in life"
June 5, 2007
American Idol has helped numerous singers find their path in life, and apparently its done the same for judge Paula Abdul.
New 'American Idol' champ Jordin Sparks a big Sanjaya Malakar fan
June 4, 2007
Jordin Sparks may be American Idol's sixth-season winner, but she's also apparently a "fanjaya."
'The Simple Life' star Paris Hilton enjoying her final days of freedom
June 3, 2007
California rich girl Paris Hilton may have to start serving a 23-day jail sentence by Tuesday, but she doesn't seem to be letting it get to her.
'The Simple Life' star Paris Hilton's pending jail stint a challenge
June 1, 2007
Paris Hilton's incarceration at a California jail is neither a photo-op nor other media event, but a sentence she must serve, law enforcement officials said.
Paula Abdul call leaked, "deeply hurt" meltdown became public
June 1, 2007
Poor Paula Abdul.
