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Ten American Idol contestants cut from the show for various reasons are suing, asking for $25+ million each in damages because the show has systematically engaged in disqualifying contestants who are black. The lawsuit’s claims, as first reported by TMZ, are fascinating. The lawyer representing the contestants, James H. Freeman, earlier asked the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for permission to sue, saying the show played to “destructive stereotypes” by publicly disqualifying these contestants, acting as if they were “violent criminals, liars, and sexual deviants” even though not one of them was actually convicted of anything based on their arrests. As EW notes, “Furthermore, Freeman wrote, the show illegally dug up arrest histories for those 10 men, using them to humiliate the singers — but never attempted to dig up similar dirt about white contestants. Allegedly, only black contestants were questioned about their criminal histories.” The Huffington Post lists the pla...

Home > Entertainment > You Saw Them Here First: This clip show trawls the archives to show us the small-screen debuts of stars including Pauline Quirke, Simon Cowell and Charlotte Church July 31st, 2013 by Matt D. In the first of a two-part series, You Saw Them Here First trawls the archives to reveal the television debuts of Britain’s best loved actors, actresses, presenters and pop stars. Tonight’s instalment looks back at how This Morning has proved to be a hot spot for fresh new talent since 1988. Kym Marsh is seen auditioning in a This Morning singing competition in 1990 while, years later, Charlotte Church is seen signing for Richard and Judy. Most surprising of all though is that Simon Cowell made his TV judging debut as a member of a panel looking for Britain’s next boyband with the auditionees including Will Young and Blue’s Lee Ryan. The programme also airs some of the small screen debuts of actors who went on to achieve greatness in Hollywood. These include Daniel ...

Teresa Guidice and her husband, Joe, were indicted on 39 counts of conspiracy to commit mail, wire, and bank fraud, plus other charges. Read the indictment [PDF] and Teresa’s statement. She says she will plead not guilty.Former Bachelorette star Ali Fedotowsky is in Woody Allen’s new movie Blue Jasmine, playing a personal trainer. (It’s okay if you need to read that sentence a few more times to let it sink in.) She tells Buzzfeed how she got the role, even though she didn’t want to be an actor nor did she do any auditions, and also reacts—with silence—to a comment about how Drew appears to be gay.USA is moving its reality series Summer Camp to Mondays at 11 p.m. behind WWE Raw to help its ratings. The show is from the producers of Big Brother and seems very similar to that show, with the exception of the confined location and its ratings.Bunim/Murray Productions is partnering with Charlize Theron’s Denver & Delilah to produce reality TV, after partnering together for Style’s Gl...

The second and third seasons of Burning Love , an outstanding and fun web series that parodies ABC’s dating franchise, will air on E!, just as the first season did. The show was recently nominated for an Emmy in the Outstanding Special Class - Short-Format, Live-Action, Entertainment Program category. The two most recent seasons, which parody The Bachelorette and Bachelor Pad (the rejects from the first two seasons compete for $900), are still online, though season one is only available on iTunes now. Season two added actors Jerry O’Connell, Michael Cera, Adam Brody, Colin Hanks, and Paul Scheer, among others; here’s its trailer: View the original article here

« Brandi Glanville Has Run In With LeAnn Rimes And Eddie Cibrian | Home July 11, 2013 12:12 PM by Lisa Princ Khloe Kardashian has proven many times that she can be very outspoken, especially when her family is being attacked. So it comes as no surprise to us that the Keeping Up With The Kardashians  star was quick to defend her husband Lamar Odom, after an altercation with the paparazzi! Khloe Kardashian knows when to keep her mouth shut, and when to stand up for those she loves, which is exactly what the Keeping Up With The Kardashians star did recently. Yesterday, some footage of Lamar Odom going crazy on the paparazzi surfaced, and according to the video on TMZ , Lamar can be seen smashing a car, breaking a camera, and then taking off with some of the photographer’s equipment. Hmm, sounds like he’s been chatting with Rob Kardashian. While it was unclear what made Odom so angry with the photographer, Khloe Kardashian is not about sit back and let anyone trash talk her man. Khloe qu...

« Bethenny Frankel Prepares For New Talk Show | Home July 11, 2013 11:00 AM by Lisa Princ Brandi Glanville recently made a fool of herself when she was out drinking with friends, where she happened to have not one, but two wardrobe malfunctions. However, that isn’t the only drama that surrounded the The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills star recently, as she also had a run in with LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian, and we’re certain you know how that went down! Brandi Glanville is always chock full of drama, so it certainly did not surprise Real Housewives fans when the star recently made a mockery of herself by getting drunk and flashing more skin than anyone needed to see. But that’s not the only problem Glanville dealt with recently. In fact, according to Radar Online, Glanville had a run in with her ex, Eddie Cibrian and LeAnn Rimes, which did not go over well (not surprising). One onlooker told the site that when Eddie and LeAnn stopped by Brandi’s table to say hello, Glanville, who ...