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  Dolly Neely gets fleeced, becomes second contestant to be booted from 'Survivor: Vanuatu'

  September 24, 2004
  Survival rule #1 of Survivor: being a fence-sitter and refusing to pick an alliance can be extremely hazardous to your game health.
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  CBS officially announces identities of 'Survivor: Vanuatu's eighteen castaways

  August 17, 2004
  Despite the fact that online sleuths managed to identify the names of all eighteen of its castmembers over the last few weeks, CBS has officially announced the names and biographical information of the castaways who will compete in Survivor: Vanuatu -- Islands of Fire, which premieres Thursday, September 16 at 8PM ET/PT.
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  CBS announces 'Survivor: Vanuatu' to premiere September 16 as contestant names begin leaking

  July 19, 2004
  CBS has announced that Survivor: Vanuatu, the ninth edition of the long-running hit CBS reality series, will premiere on Thursday, September 16 at 8PM ET/PT.

• Paris Hilton's mother Kathy gets own NBC reality show, 'The Good Life'

  April 28, 2004
  Is America so in love with Paris Hilton that it wants to meet her mother? NBC thinks so.
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  Tamyra Gray to guest-star on FOX's April 15 'Tru Calling'

  April 12, 2004
  FOX has announced that Tamyra Gray, who was a finalist in the first season of American Idol, will guest-star in the "Death Becomes Her" episode of the network's Tru Calling series on Thursday, April 15 at 8-9PM ET/PT.

• 'Real World New Orleans' David Broom busted in Chicago prostitution sting

  February 18, 2004
  David Broom, the muscle-bound wanna-be singer from the New Orleans season of MTV's The Real World was arrested by Chicago police last week on charges of patronizing a prostitute.

• 'Very litigious' David Gest sues estranged wife Liza Minnelli for $10 million

  October 22, 2003
  Even his friends called him "very litigious". On Tuesday, David Gest lived up to his image. Gest, 50, filed suit against his estranged (and soon-to-be-ex) wife Liza Minnelli, 57, claiming that she regularly beat him during their 16-month marriage and asking for $10 million in damages.

• Lawsuit between VH1 and 'Liza & David' fizzles to an end

  September 22, 2003
  PR Newswire reports that Viacom, the parent of cable network VH1, and Liza Minnelli's soon-to-be-ex husband David Gest have settled their legal battles over the failed Liza & David reality series starring the ex-couple.

• 'Survivor' juror Colleen Haskell moves into reality-show production

  August 11, 2003
  The Washington Post reports that Survivor: Pulau Tiga contestant Colleen Haskell is pursuing a new career as an entry-level associate producer of ... a reality-TV show. Colleen, who attempted an acting career but gave up after her role as Rob Schneider's love interest in The Animal, has signed on with former Survivor: Pulau Tiga line producer Kevin Greene, who is now the executive producer of E!'s upcoming The Michael Essany Show (Michael Essany is little more than a real-life Wayne from Wayne's World, hosting his own cable-access talk show from his parents' home -- except in Indiana, not neighboring Illinois; the show is an Osbournes-style look at his life and TV show.)

• Liza Minnelli marriage dissolves; lawsuit over failed reality show may end

  July 28, 2003
  The Chicago Sun Times reports that Liza Minnelli's marriage to producer-manager David Gest has apparently come to an end, as the couple have legally separated. As a result, the couple's lawsuit against VH1 over their failed reality series may also come to an end, now that the "very litigious" Gest will be removed from the equation.

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