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Reality TV, religion give birth to top baby names

Reality TV is giving birth to some of the most popular baby names. No, not Snooki. But Mason, as in Kourtney Kardashian's son, jumped 10 spots to become the second most popular name for newborn boys in 2011.

Tori Spelling announces she's pregnant — again

Hopefully she didn't pack away her maternity clothes. Reality TV star, actress and author Tori Spelling is pregnant again.

Iranian-Americans get the reality TV treatment

Reality TV's life lessons tend to be at least as synthetic as the shows themselves.

Reality TV booms in Louisiana

Alligator hunters, raccoon wranglers and crawfish catchers in Louisiana's critter-filled swamps and bayous are increasingly common on television.

Pakistani and Indian chefs compete on reality TV

For decades, archenemies Pakistan and India have engaged in a dangerous nuclear arms race. Now they're also competing in a more cheerful forum. The outcome will be mouthwatering curries and soothing Sufi ballads, not violent conflict.

Polygamous family launches challenge of Utah law

Reality TV stars Kody Brown and his four wives say they just want one thing: to be left alone.

The winner of 'Biggest Loser' season 12 is ...

Just last week, special education teacher and football coach that he wouldn't be "happy until (he was) pulling confetti out of (his) hair" at the finale. As it turned out, he had plenty to be happy about on Tuesday night.

Brody Jenner, Avril Lavigne report assault in LA

Reality TV star Brody Jenner says he was hit with a bottle outside the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, and girlfriend singer Avril Lavigne tweeted that she was also attacked.

No hard feelings for Rachel Zoe's former employee

Reality TV star Brad Goreski says there are no hard feelings between him and celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe despite their much buzzed-about professional split.

'American Chopper' star sued by upstate NY town

Reality TV star Paul Teutul (TUHT'-ihl) Sr. and his business Orange County Choppers are being sued over a tax dispute with the upstate New York town where they're headquartered.

Kate Drives 88: Reality TV mom pays speeding fine

Reality TV mom Kate Gosselin says she was hurrying home to her children when she was stopped for speeding last month in central Pennsylvania.

Do children ever belong on reality TV?

Few topics can get heated faster than discussing how parents raise their children. Want to start a full-out conflagration? Try discussing how parents raise their children on reality TV.

Time to turn cameras away from 'Teen Moms'?

As hot button issues go, teen pregnancy probably ranks low on the U.S. list — not because of a lack of importance, but rather a dearth of attention. Young women who become pregnant and give birth as teenagers often have to endure the trials of sudden parental duty on their own, with little or no help, and generally the world around them shrugs and moves on.

RI reality star wants sentence thrown out

Reality TV star Richard Hatch asked a federal appeals court on Thursday to throw out a nine-month prison sentence handed down earlier this year for failing to pay taxes on the $1 million he won of the first season of the hit CBS show "Survivor."

Staff turnover ahead on 'Flipping Out'

Reality TV home designer Jeff Lewis will have fewer employees to flip out over this season.

Murphy's return makes 'SYTYCD' a must-watch

Who would have thought a year ago that Mary Murphy would be more irreplaceable than Simon Cowell?

Reality TV lands Reggie Bush in Danville, Ill.

Reggie Bush of Danville is out of town, but someone is taking his place: Reggie Bush.

Cameraman dies 3 weeks after Pa. helicopter crash

A cameraman for a reality TV show has died three weeks after being injured in a helicopter crash near a Pennsylvania university.

'Survivor' star Hatch denied bail pending appeal

A judge in Rhode Island has denied reality TV star Richard Hatch's bail request pending an appeal of a nine-month prison sentence for failing to pay taxes on the $1 million he won on the first season of the hit show "Survivor."

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TV's Hatch turns himself in to begin 9-month term

Reality TV star Richard Hatch presented himself to U.S. marshals in Rhode Island on Monday to begin a nine-month prison sentence for failing to pay taxes on the $1 million he won on first season of the CBS show "Survivor."

Judge orders Hatch to turn himself in

A judge has denied reality TV star Richard Hatch's request to delay his surrender to authorities to begin a nine-month prison sentence for failing to pay taxes on the $1 million he won on the first season of the CBS show "Survivor."

'Survivor' star Hatch gets 9 months on violation

Reality TV star Richard Hatch was ordered back to prison Friday to serve a nine-month sentence for failing to pay taxes on the $1 million he won on the first season of the hit CBS show "Survivor."

25 seasons on, 'Real World' as immature as ever

"The Real World," the first modern, narrative, unscripted reality TV show, turns 25 when its new season debuts Wednesday night. It has been around so long that its alumni now includes a member of Congress, Sean Duffy, who was previously best known for being a cast member on "The Real World Boston."

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Is Paula Abdul all washed up?
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Is Paula Abdul all washed up?

Who's the best ‘American Idol’ runner-up?
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Who's the best ‘American Idol’ runner-up?

Did the voters get it right?
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Did ‘American Idol’ get it right?

Mitchell Guist of 'Swamp People' Dies
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Mitchell Guist, one of the happy-go-lucky stars of the hit reality TV show "Swamp People," has died. Guist appeared on the show with his brother, Glenn. Their History Channel biography says: "Swampers through and through, Glenn and Mitchell Guist were born and raised on the ba …

Alas, poor Shakespeare on ‘Meerkat Manor’
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Plus: ‘Top Model’ Photoshopping; Laura Bennett's big brood

Queer Eye for the Boston Red Sox
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Fab Five to give shaggy Damon, teammates a makeover

Who will win ‘Dancing with the Stars’?
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Who will win ‘Dancing with the Stars’?

Who's your pick to win 'American Idol'?
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Who's your pick to win 'American Idol'?

Terrell Owens hits new low with Dr. Phil appearance - NFL News | FOX Sports on MSN
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Updated May 9, 2012 7:27 AM ET       During Week 13 of the 2011 NFL campaign, the Giants and Packers went at it in MetLife Stadium in what ended up being one of the best regular-season games of the entire year.  While watching that NFL on FOX game  …

Dress like your favorite ‘Idol’ contestant
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Web site allows fans to purchase styles worn by show's singers

Bucking the norm, some families think big
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Could 4, 5, even 6 kids become suburbia's new status symbol?

Ted Nugent's Texas chain saw massacre
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Rocker needs 40 stitches after accident on set of reality show

‘Rock Star’ to return with newly created band
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Plus: ‘Idol’ ending montage; ‘Bad Day’ song; ‘Amazing Race’ camera crews

FILM REVIEW: The Hunger Games « Paul Downey's Blog
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‘Overhaulin’ makes car rehab an art form
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In a world of blingy ride-pimping, Chip Foose's show is a classy exception

‘Amish in the City’ raises red flags for the sect
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Reality show features Amish teens who visit Los Angeles

Record mogul Clive Davis returns to ‘American Idol’
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Executive has guided debut albums of previous winners

Bristol Palin, Genius, to Enter 'Trial Marriage' on Reality TV
Source: Jezebel: Celebrity, Sex, Fashion for Women. Without Airbrushing.

Bristol Palin will enter a "trial marriage" — an undertaking known to most of us as "move in with" — with her boyfriend Giacinto "Gino" Paoletti, a 21-year-old pipeline worker with a known proclivity for racist Facebook posts. Naturally, the experience will be filme …

Jaslene named 'America's Next Top Model'
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Beats out Russian immigrant Natasha for modeling contract, more

Announced Today - Celebrity Battle Royale!

Inspired by the smashing success of the young adult trilogy "The Hunger Games," but more so by their (unexplainable, yet) fleeting celebrity, a few desperate reality show megastars are armoring up and taking to the arena.  In what is being dubbed "The Hunger f …

China's death row TV hit, Interviews Before Execution
Source: BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake

Each week in Henan Province in central China, millions of people tune in to watch an extraordinary talk show called Interviews Before Execution, in which reporter Ding Yu interviews murderers condemned to death. Every Monday morning, Ding Yu and her team scour the court report …

Year after year, 'Idol' has a Southern accent
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Six of eight winners have come from the South

Where should 'Real World' go next?
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Plus: Who belongs to that mysterious 'Big Brother' eyeball?

Who's your pick to go home next on 'American Idol'?
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Who's your pick to go home next on 'American Idol'?

'Project Runway' crowns winning designer
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Who earned Heidi Klum's auf wiedersehen and who rocked the runway?

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