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Is America Stupid Enough to Elect Reality TV Stars?

15 July 2009 9:00 AM, PDT | From Vanity Fair | See recent Vanity Fair news

Randal Pinkett, the winner of the fourth season of The Apprentice, with Donald Trump. Photograph from NBC Universal. Generations from now, when historians look back on the beginning of the 21st century, they will surely watch the slew of reality television programs that have been produced in the last decade with a morbid fascination. They will cringe, they will wonder aloud why anyone ever cared whether Heidi and Spencer really were meant for each other, and then they will judge us. This is why it is particularly upsetting that Governor Jon Corzine of New Jersey is reportedly considering tapping the winner of the fourth season of The Apprentice to be his running mate as lieutenant governor. Of course, the United States has had a good run. We’ve had our inspiring moments—think of the Wright brothers taking to the skies, Henry Ford inventing the Model T, or Neil Armstrong

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Randal Pinkett: From 'Apprentice' To Lieutenant Governor?

14 July 2009 11:05 AM, PDT | From MTV Newsroom | See recent MTV Newsroom news

The Asbury Park Press is reporting that Randal Pinkett (the fourth — and sole African-American — winner of "The Apprentice") is about to get hired by another old guy with questionable hair. But this time, his boss will be New Jersey governor Jon Corzine. The gig is pretty major. If Randal gets chosen, he'll be Corzine's running mate later this fall.

You might scoff at a reality TV vet being in public office (I can hear my mom now: "What's next? Tila Tequila as secretary of state?"), but if I were a New Jersey resident, I'd probably vote for the guy because of his reality TV past.

Let's review Randal's "Apprentice" journey, shall we? (It as, after all, the ultimate job interview.)

Randal is not a quitter. In the first episode, he found out that his grandma died. Instead of leaving the show to grieve, he stayed so he could help his

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Donald Trump Rips 'Third-rate' Kurt Andersen

13 July 2009 2:26 PM, PDT | From NYPost.com | See recent New York Post news

Kurt Andersen takes a cheap shot at Donald Trump in his new book -- and the developer is firing back. In "Reset," his take on the financial crisis, Andersen writes: "Who do you think enjoys life more, Donald Trump or Warren Buffett? They are both symbols of an era just ended, but one is a clownish reality-show artifact living the high life in Manhattan and Palm Beach, and the other a respected and beloved avatar who lives in a modest

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Exclusive: Debbie Rowe In Her Own Words

12 July 2009 10:11 PM, PDT | From MTV Music News | See recent MTV Music News news

Read MTV News' complete interview with Michael Jackson's ex-wife, mother of Paris and Prince.

By James Montgomery, with reporting by Rebecca White

Debbie Rowe

Photo: MTV News

In early 2008, MTV News received a pitch from a writer named Rebecca White, who said she was good friends with Debbie Rowe, the mother of Michael Jackson's first two children (Michael Joseph Jr., a.k.a. Prince Michael, and Paris and his wife for more than three years. White said she had been invited to Rowe's horse ranch near Palmdale, California, and that Rowe was interested in doing an on-camera interview.

Obviously, we were interested in making it happen.

So, on April 6, we sent White and a crew to Rowe's ranch. To be honest, we didn't know what we'd find when we got there. Since divorcing from Jackson in 1999, Rowe had retreated to the dusty hills, having granted custody of the

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Seth Green Appearing on 'WWE Raw' Monday Night

11 July 2009 1:02 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

Seth Green will be the guest host of Monday night's WWE Raw on USA. That's right, the wrestling show. In typically hyperbolic fashion, WWE.com calls Green's gig "monumental" and "unprecedented," even though at one point, the now-defunct former rival of WWE, Ted Turner's WCW, had David Arquette briefly reign as its champion.

Now what does a guest host do on WWE Raw? Apparently, based on when Donald Trump ran the show, the guest host makes the matches, so Triple H may have to fight a guy whose entire ring persona is comprised of vowels and John Cena can...uh...not make movies. Really, he just announces the matches Vince McMahon orders, and the rest is a ratings ploy.

Even though pro wrestling isn't at its zenith anymore, Raw is still the most watched weekly cable show by a wide, wide margin and recently helped push USA to the

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Fool Me Twice, Shame on Bruno

10 July 2009 8:57 AM, PDT | From Vanity Fair | See recent Vanity Fair news

At one point in Scream 2, a character lays out the rules for a successful horror sequel: “The body count must always be bigger,” and “the death scenes are much more elaborate, with more blood and gore.” The same imperative to top oneself applies to comedy sequels, too. Except that in the case of Brüno, Sacha Baron Cohen’s follow-up to his 2006 stunt-farce, Borat, “blood and gore” should be replaced with “cock and balls.” (Horror and comedy are structurally identical, the only difference being the type of instinctual response they’re designed to elicit from a crowd. It’s no accident comedians speak of “killing” or “slaying” an audience.) The challenge was particularly tough for Baron Cohen, whose raw comic material—gullible people—gets scarcer as he gets more famous. He’s expected to do more with less. When he first conquered America with Da Ali G Show, he was

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Before ‘Brüno,’ There Was Ali G: Five Great Interviews From The Main Man

10 July 2009 8:00 AM, PDT | From MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news

You already know Borat. You’re about to know Brüno. Some of us already know Brüno, perhaps a little too well in Eminem’s case. Did you know that there’s another famous Sacha Baron Cohen character lurking in the depths of pop culture’s murky waters? In his own words, I be talkin’ ’bout me main man, Ali G.

As portrayed by Cohen, the British “journalist” called Ali G is a lewd, disrespectful and typically unintelligent personality, showing up for interviews in his trademark attire: baggy clothes, skull cap, yellow sunglasses and various rings and chains. Still, the Cohen character managed to land one-on-ones with several high profile personalities in the entertainment industry, politics and other areas of life.

After some of those tense encounters, it’s truly no surprise that Cohen has had to retire the Ali G persona for good. Luckily, these moments live eternally in our

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Josh Wigler

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Milton Glaser’s Graphic Influence: 14 Iconic Images

7 July 2009 3:00 PM, PDT | From Fast Company | See recent Fast Company news

On June 26, Milton Glaser turned 80 but there's no retirement in sight for the world's most celebrated graphic designer. As the new documentary "Milton Glaser: To Inform and Delight" screens across the country, we took a moment to pluck 14 iconic images from Glaser's archives.

On June 26, Milton Glaser turned 80 but there's no retirement in sight for the world's most celebrated graphic designer. Best known for that ubiquitous I ♥ NY logo that is about as impossible for a New Yorker to avoid as the subway, Glaser continues to make indelible marks on design, pop culture, and his hometown of New York City. As the new documentary Milton Glaser: To Inform and Delight directed by Wendy Keys screens across the country, we took a moment to pluck 14 iconic images from Glaser's archives that we thought epitomized the slogan emblazoned on his office door: "Art is Work."

Olivetti advertisement The Olivetti company hired Glaser

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See Apple, Say Apple

30 June 2009 10:16 AM, PDT | From Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news

We finally finished watching No Direction Home: Bob Dylan the great documentary directed by Martin Scorsese that aired on PBS in 2005. Watching this film has been a multi-year project. I started watching it with my wife before she was my wife. The film looks back at Bob Dylan's life but it got me thinking about looking forward. There's an expression often heard in edit rooms: "See apple, say apple." It refers to the practice of having the narrator talk about something and then showing that very thing. If the narrator is talking about apples, then we have to show some apples. When you extend that "see apple" concept to the whole film, your work loses depth. Example: You do a show about Donald Trump firing people and all you get is a treatise about a gigantic, throbbing ego. Entertaining for...

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Michael Jackson Honored In Time Commemorative Issue

29 June 2009 1:55 AM, PDT | From MTV Music News | See recent MTV Music News news

Donald Trump, Deepak Chopra, Ice-t and others remember Jackson in magazine's special issue.

By Jocelyn Vena

Michael Jackson on the July 2009 cover of <i>Time</i>

Photo: Time

Before this week, Time hadn't published a special commemorative issue (between regular issues) since right after September 11, 2001. So, what led the magazine to decide that Michael Jackson's life and death deserved the same attention as a major world event?

"I think because Michael had such a distinctive life. His fame was so much higher than other pop stars' fame," Time editor-at-large Belinda Luscombe told MTV News on Monday (June 29), when the issue hit newsstands. "Thriller was a huge best-seller. Secondly, he was young and it was really unexpected, and his life had been much, much loved and much talked about. Plus, it was a chance to write about his highs — which were very high — and his lows."

The issue examines Jackson's life, death and career,

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Morning Links - Ed McMahon Honored on The Tonight Show

24 June 2009 9:30 AM, PDT | From Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news

Conan O'Brien paid tribute to Ed McMahon on his show last night - Popcrunch Kate Gosselin is trying to speed up her divorce - TMZ Matthew Broderick is very happy after seeing his twin girls - People Daryl Hannah was arrested in Wv yesterday after a mining protest - Lifeline Live Jonathan Rhys Meyers has a run in with police at Charles de Gaulle - I'm Not Obsessed NJ Housewife Danielle Staub has quite the past - Wonderwall Is Angelina Jolie hiding the twins? - Icydk Oprah Winfrey treats her staff to a very expensive vacation - Celebitchy Donald Trump gets fired - Fox Pop Tarts

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Rest in Peace Mr. McMahon

23 June 2009 1:01 PM, PDT | From Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news

Ed McMahon (March 6, 1923 - June 23, 2009)

Ed McMahon, famous for his phrase “Heeeeeeeere’s Johnny!” for the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, passed away shortly after midnight at UCLA Medical Center today. The 86 year old entertainer took part in a variety of roles and shows, ranging from The Tonight Show to hosting Star Search throughout its entire first series run. His voice and personality lingers on everyone’s memory as an American Icon of sorts, even garnering the help of Donald Trump when he went through his financial problems a couple of years back due to injury preventing him from work.

McMahon died from several medical conditions, one of which included bone cancer. Ed McMahon is survived by his wife Pam Hurn and five children.

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WWE, USA Networks Could Face SEC Probe

22 June 2009 1:58 PM, PDT | From Studio Briefing - TV News | See recent Studio Briefing - TV News news

World Wrestling Entertainment and General Electric, the owner of USA Networks, could face an investigation by the SEC into their publicity stunt last week that likely caused WWE shares to fall 7 percent on Tuesday, Fox Business Network reported on Friday. The plunge in WWE shock occurred after WWE announced that it had sold its Raw TV franchise to Donald Trump. The following day, however, both WWE and USA apologized and acknowledged that no sale had taken place -- that it was all just a gimmick to publicize a new "story arc" for the wrestling show. But Randy Katz, a securities lawyer with Baker & Hostetler, told Fbn that an SEC probe "certainly is a possibility. ... The world today versus a couple of years ago has less tolerance for these types of issues. There's a greater likelihood today, than if this happened a few years ago."

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Take a Look at Donald Trump's First WWE Monday Night Raw

21 June 2009 8:13 PM, PDT | From MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news

We have a brand new five-minute promo video for the brand new WWE Monday Night Raw, which airs tonight, Monday June 22 at 9 Pm Et on the USA Network. Click below for this brand new video that features the show's new owner, Donald Trump.

WWE Monday Night Raw has been sold to Donald Trump! In his first act as owner, The Donald is making the June 22 episode of Raw completely commercial free! For the first time in it's seventeen year history, Raw will be two hours of non stop action! If that's not enough, Trump has also declared the main event to be a battle for the WWE Championship between Randy Orton and Triple H in a Last Man Standing match! Catch this monumental television event this Monday June 22 at 9/8c USA Network!

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Watch: Donald Trump and Vince McMahon spar once more

19 June 2009 2:00 PM, PDT | From Hitfix.com | See recent Hitfix news

    Have these hard economic times forced the WWE's Vince McMahon to sell the "Monday Night Raw" franchise to Donald Trump"  Well, as ever in the world of professional wrestling, that's what they'd like you to believe.The two promoters, who have a long history together, did a video call where Trump claimed he was going to do things "never been seen before."  What does that mean?  Trump claims this Monday's "Raw" will be commercial-free.  We'll see.Check out the clip from this past week to see what got the ball rolling.

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Trump-McMahon Deal A Hoax, WWE Admits

19 June 2009 11:50 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing - TV News | See recent Studio Briefing - TV News news

Demonstrating that there’s not much that can be believed in the wide world of wrestling, USA Network and Vince McMahon’s WWE acknowledged Thursday that an announcement that they had mutually released to the press last Tuesday saying that McMahon had sold Donald Trump his Raw franchise had no basis in fact. “We intended the release to be promotional for that ongoing story arc on the series. There is no such actual ‘sale,” the statement said. Neither the press, nor WWE investors, got the joke. A report of the sale was carried by numerous news outlets and spurred some WWE investors to sell their stock. Although Thursday’s statement ended with an apology “for any confusion,” a WWE spokesman sounded unapologetic when he told Daily Variety, “We do scripted entertainment.”

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Jon Gosselin Apartment Hunting in New York?

19 June 2009 11:47 AM, PDT | From TheInsider.com | See recent The Insider news

Is Jon Gosselin already looking for a new home over a hundred miles away from his family's Pennsylvania estate? Sources tell "The Insider" that father of eight Jon is "looking at Trump Place," Donald Trump's luxury apartment buildings on the west side of Manhattan. Could this apartment hunt be related to the "life changing decisions" that will be announced on Monday's episode of Jon's family friendly Tlc reality show, "Jon & Kate Plus 8"? According to a promo, Jon and his wife of ten years, Kate, will make an announcement on the reality show's next episode that "will affect every member of [their] family." The promo -- which flashes phrases on the screen including: "A family in turmoil," "A relationship at a crossroads," and "Where do they go from here?" -- shows shots of Jon and Kate in a reflective mode and sometimes looking away from each other. A voiceover by Kate says: "Recently,

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WWE Admits Donald Trump Sale Just a Part of the Show

18 June 2009 2:46 PM, PDT | From MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news

It seems that World Wrestling Entertainment has pulled the wool over the media's eyes. According to Variety, the announced sale of WWE Monday Night Raw to Donald Trump was all just part of a storyline to be played out on the highly-rated professional wrestling program.

The USA network, which airs the show, issued a press release on the sale on Monday and today the network issued a statement that the "sale" was part of a new storyline where WWE's CEO Vince McMahon, due to economic hardships, was forced to sell some of his assets, one of which being WWE Monday Night Raw to Trump.

"We intended the release to be promotional for that ongoing story arc on the series," USA said in the statement. "There is no such actual 'sale.' We apologize for any confusion."

Trump is still scheduled to appear on WWE Monday Night Raw as the new manager of the show,

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Shanna Moakler Moseying Back to Miss Cali?

18 June 2009 1:45 PM, PDT | From E! Online | See recent E! Online news

Don't shoot the messenger—or, since there's apparently some confusion on the matter, the dog. A month after Shanna Moakler resigned in protest from her post as the Miss California pageant codirector, the former beauty queen tells E! News she's ready and willing to once again mentor the tiara-wearing masses and resume her pageant duties, should her services be so requested. "If Donald Trump gives his blessing, I'll be back in a heartbeat," Moakler says. Moakler, who groused about Carrie Prejean's failure to live up to her contract, was seemingly vindicated last week, when Trump reversed his earlier decision and agreed with state pageant director Keith Lewis to fire...

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Shanna Moakler Wants to Return to Miss California

18 June 2009 8:56 AM, PDT | From Hollyscoop.com | See recent HollyScoop news

Shanna Moakler wants to resume her duties for the Miss California organization now that Carrie Prejean has been fired. Shanna quit after Donald Trump permitted Carrie to continue on as the CA representative. But now that she’s out, Shanna wants back in. She tells E! News, "If Donald Trump gives his blessing, I'll be back in a heartbeat.” Trump couldn’t immediately be reached for comment on Moakler's desire to return. Shanna says she is ready to recommit to the organization now that she believes its credibility has been restored, and she also praises Prejean's replacement,...

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