I've always been a fan of Big Brother. It's the best of the reality shows for
the voyeurs among us. It's always been the show I figured I could actually go on. You get to live in a house, not slumming it on an island (or worse, in a Trump penthouse...yuck), you don't have to hunt for food. All in all, it doesn't seem so bad.(Let's ignore for now the fact that this season may be the one they've finally jumped the shark with, with their "Til' Death Do You Part" matchmaking).
But reality got a little too real for Jersey native Adam Jasinski, who talked on the show about working for the United Autism Foundation (the CBS website simply lists him as a "Public Relations Manager"). Last week, Adam was telling fellow housemates about the autistic children he works with and used a despicable word to describe the kids (one I refuse to repeat here). Big Brother's never been known as a ratings juggernaut, but word apparently got back to UNIAF, and it looks like Adam won't have a job to come back to. They announced his firing on their website.
The best part? He doesn't even know. People in the Big Brother house are completely cut off from news from the outside world.
For every death, there's a birth
NBC has announced the first official casualty of the writer's strike. Las Vegas won't be resuming production. The network decided that the show is just too costly.
With that end, there's a new beginning...
How's this for a strange collaboration, word's out that Ashton Kutcher and Tyra Banks will be co-producing an unscripted series featuring, "beautiful people living together". Cuz that's never been done. Yeah, well ABC has already ordered 8 episodes.
Speaking of odd teams and deathHere's another interesting team for you...John Mellencamp and Stephen King. The two are working on a musical together, tentatively titled, "Ghost Brothers of Darkland County". The show will hit the stage in April of 2009 in Atlanta. Mellencamp's been working on it on and off for almost a decade. If it does well in Atlanta, it could end up on Broadway. What do you think of this team? Match made in heaven, or gruesome twosome?
Quick Hits
* I don't know how he managed for so many hours, but marginal star Josh Hartnett had to sit in coach on his post-Oscar flight from LA to NYC. Apparently there were so many celebs on the trip that all the first class seats were taken. Poor fella.
* Arnold wants his tank back. Seriously, the Cali gov had donated an Austrian Army tank to a military museum in Ohio. Now he wants it back so he can give rides to California school kids who get good grades. Taking notes, Corzine?
* So it's not big news that Nicole Richie is dating Point rockers Good Charlotte's Joel Madden, the two just had a daughter together. Well apparently she and Paris can't do anything separately. Word on the street is that Miss Hilton is now seeing Joel's twin brother and bandmate, Benji.
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