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Survivor South Pacific cast photos, names leak

The cast of Survivor South Pacific has not yet been officially announced by CBS, but their official cast photos and names have leaked, so we now know the identities of the 15 people who will play with returning cast members Coach and Ozzy and another Hantz . Photos of the cast that are look like CBS-produced official photographs were published on Survivor Sucks late yesterday, along with the cast members’ names. True Dork Times has a summary of the cast including links to other evidence that they’re on this season. They range in age from 20 to 51, and include a BYU English professor, a funeral director, a Harvard law student, and a Lingerie Football League player who appeared in Playboy . CBS’ Survivor web site has a page for the season 23 cast but it shows nothing, which is probably because the cast will be announced soon, not because of their ongoing efforts to make the show’s web site suck even more. View the original article here

Baby names Maci and Bentley increased in popularity the most because of Teen Mom

Teen Mom »     by Andy Dehnart / May 6, 2011, 11:27 AM MTV’s Teen Mom has affected baby names, as parents have increasingly named their newborns after Maci Bookout and her son Bentley. The Social Security Administration announced that “Maci and Bentley had the biggest jumps in popularity.” For boys, Bentley had a 414 percent change, going from the 515th to 101st most-popular name between 2009 and 2010. For girls, it was Maci, with a 423 percent change, going from the 655th most-popular name in 2009 to 232nd in 2010. Maci and Bentley, who were also on 16 and Pregnant , will return to the show for its third season this summer; Teen Mom has also been renewed for a fourth season. The name with the second-greatest jump in popularity was Giuliana, and while I can’t imagine Style’s Giuliana & Bill is popular enough to impact that, it is an unusual enough name that it very well may have been. So yes, people actually name their kids after reality TV stars and other famous people. Among...