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Reality TV People News - July 2006
Producers deny 'Idol 3' winner Fantasia Barrino was pressured to quit
July 31, 2006
Producers of Fox TV's "American Idol" say a Lifetime movie about Fantasia Barrino falsely claims she was pressured to quit the talent competition.'Breaking Bonaduce' star Danny Bonaduce all set for GSN game show
July 31, 2006
Danny "Bad Boy" Bonaduce is all set for Tuesday's premiere of "Starface," a celebrity-gossip challenge game show filmed in Hollywood for cable channel GSN.
'American Idol' runner-up Katharine McPhee finally joins 'Idol' tour
July 31, 2006
"American Idol" runner-up Katharine McPhee finally joined the Idol tour in Washington after missing nearly a month due to laryngitis.
Report: 'American Idol' judge Simon Cowell allegedly caught cheating
July 28, 2006
"American Idol" judge Simon Cowell has reportedly been seeing another woman behind the back of his girlfriend, former model Terri Seymour.
Fox's 'American Idol 5' Top 10 finalists visit the White House
July 28, 2006
"American Idol" star Taylor Hicks and nine of the popular show's runners-up Friday visit U.S. President George Bush, who could use an upturn in the ratings.
'Talent' judge David Hasselhoff has mixed luck on divorce day
July 27, 2006
The same day that "America's Got Talent" judge David Hasselhoff finalized his messy divorce from actress Pamela Bach, he was banned from a flight in England for being intoxicated.
Rosie O'Donnell invites Jessica Simpson to be 'The View' guest
July 27, 2006
Pop singer Jessica Simpson will be one of Rosie O'Donnell's first guests when she begins as co-host of "The View" in New York, People reported.
'The Amazing Race 4' winner Reichen Lehmkuhl dating Lance Bass
July 26, 2006
Ending months of media speculation about the nature of his close relationship with openly gay former The Amazing Race 4 co-winner Reichen Burke and years of public denials that he was gay, former 'N Sync member Lance Bass has "revealed" that he's gay and in a relationship with the 32-year-old reality star formerly known as Reichen Lehmkuhl.
'Simple Life' star Nicole Richie's weight rumors upset dad Lionel
July 24, 2006
Musician-composer Lionel Richie says in Hollywood, Calif., rumors about his daughter Nicole's weight hurt him more than they do her.
'American Idol 5' Top 10 finalists invited to visit White House
July 24, 2006
U.S. President George W. Bush has invited the Top 10 finalists from the last season of the TV series "American Idol" to visit him in the White House.
'The Simple Life' star Paris Hilton offended by Internet comments
July 21, 2006
Heiress Paris Hilton says visitor comments posted on the U.S. Web site TMZ.com are "very hurtful" and have caused her to cry more than once.
'The Ashlee Simpson Show' star selling her new Los Angeles home
July 20, 2006
Singer Ashlee Simpson is set to sell her $6 million Los Angeles home after living in the estate for less than a year.
'American Idol' judge Simon Cowell goes to the dogs
July 20, 2006
Simon Cowell is known for his scathing comments on "American Idol," but he had nothing but smiles for the contestants at a recent dog show in England.
''Til Death Do Us Part' couple Dave Navarro and Carmen Electra split
July 18, 2006
Rock star Dave Navarro and his Hollywood wife, Carmen Electra, have announced an "amicable separation" after 2 1/2 years of marriage.
'American Idol 5' finalist Kellie Pickler lands recording contract
July 18, 2006
"American Idol" country singer Kellie Pickler says her new recording contract is a dream come true.
'Idol 5' runner-up Katharine McPhee takes to Internet to refute rumors
July 17, 2006
"American Idol" runner-up Katharine McPhee has used an online fan site to issue an open letter and debunk recent rumors about her.
'Survivor' winner Richard Hatch appearing nude in 'Gay Movie' film
July 17, 2006
Richard Hatch, first-season winner of TV's "Survivor," is set to appear nude in the upcoming U.S. film "Another Gay Movie," TMZ.com reported.
Original 'Idol' winner Kelly Clarkson denies weight loss rumors
July 13, 2006
"American Idol" winner Kelly Clarkson is facing Internet rumors regarding her weight and her participation in a Vitaminwater advertising campaign.
Original 'American Idol' winner Kelly Clarkson to headline HBO concert
July 12, 2006
Fox TV's first "American Idol," Kelly Clarkson, has been tapped by HBO for a live concert to be broadcast over the premium cable network.
Ex-'Newlyweds' star Jessica Simpson celebrates birthday and divorce
July 12, 2006
Jessica Simpson recently celebrated her 26th birthday -- and finalized divorce -- with close friends and family in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
'Skating With Celebrities' runner-up Jillian Barberie gets married
July 11, 2006
Former "Skating With Celebrities" runner-up and "Fox NFL Sunday" weathercaster Jillian Barberie has married actor Grant Reynolds in a private Los Angeles ceremony.
Former 'Nashville Star 3' host LeAnn Rimes has surgery for leg injury
July 11, 2006
Grammy-winning country singer LeAnn Rimes underwent minor surgery in Los Angeles Tuesday for a leg injury suffered during her "This Woman" tour.
'Real World: Key West' roommate Paula Meronek arrested for assault
July 11, 2006
One of the stars of MTV's "The Real World" was arrested for allegedly assaulting her boyfriend in Cromwell, N.Y., it was reported Tuesday.
'My Life On The D-List' star Kathy Griffin confirms she's gotten divorced
July 11, 2006
After previously declining to discuss the issue, My Life On The D-List star Kathy Griffin has ended weeks of rumors about the fate of her marriage to Matthew Moline by announcing that, despite a reconciliation attempt currently being broadcast on the second season of her Emmy-nominated Bravo reality show, she and Moline recently finalized a divorce filing that she initially filed last fall.
Former 'Survivor' Stephenie LaGrossa marries longtime boyfriend
July 10, 2006
Former Survivor: Palau and Survivor: Guatemala castaway Stephenie LaGrossa has gotten married, wedding longtime boyfriend Michael Ward in a Friday ceremony in Seaside Heights, NJ, the same Jersey Shore town in which they first met.
Ex-'Apprentice' Jennifer Murphy marries 'Extreme Makeover' dentist
July 10, 2006
Former The Apprentice candidate Jennifer Murphy has gotten married, wedding former Extreme Makeover dentist Dr. Bill Dorfman in a Friday evening ceremony.Former 'Surreal Life 3' housemate Brigitte Nielsen weds for fifth time
July 9, 2006
Danish actress and model Brigitte Nielsen has wed former model Mattia Dessi at the Radisson Golden Sands Resort in Malta, People magazine reports.
'Rock Star: Supernova' star Tommy Lee lands big screen role
July 7, 2006
Tommy Lee, formerly of rock group Motley Crue and currently a member of Supernova, the new band appearing on the second season of CBS's "Rock Star" reality series, is set to appear on the big screen in the Hollywood mob drama "10th & Wolf."
'Survivor: Thailand' winner Brian Heidik arrested for shooting puppy
July 6, 2006
Former Survivor: Thailand winner Brian Heidik was arrested early Tuesday morning and charged with battery and cruelty to animals after he shot a puppy with a bow and arrow.
'Apprentice' star Donald Trump starting own TV production company
July 5, 2006
Real estate magnate Donald Trump is set to open a new production company in Los Angeles to be run by one of his former "Apprentice" contestants.
Wimbledon organizers deny 'Talent' judge David Hasselhoff ejected
July 5, 2006
Organizers of the Wimbledon tennis tournament in London Wednesday denied media reports that actor David Hasselhoff was ejected for being drunk.
Former 'Newlyweds' star Jessica Simpson involved in nightclub flap
July 3, 2006
A New York Daily News photographer, who snapped some shots of Jessica Simpson at a New York club, allegedly was jumped by four bodyguards, a report says.
