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  NBC announces identities of 'The Apprentice 3' contestants

  December 26, 2004
  NBC has revealed the identities and background information of the eighteen highly-schooled bookworm and school of hard knocks graduates that will compete on the third season of The Apprentice beginning January 20 at 8PM ET/PT.

• Robert Duvall joins cast of 'Thank You for Smoking' tobacco satire

  December 14, 2004
  Robert Duvall has joined the cast of "Thank You for Smoking," a satire about Big Tobacco, The Hollywood Reporter said Tuesday.

• CBS's 'Wickedly Perfect' domestic diva reality competition to premiere January 6

  December 6, 2004
  CBS, which hasn't introduced a new reality series since Simon Cowell's Cupid reality dating series aired to lukewarm ratings in Summer 2003, has announced that it will premiere two new reality shows in January, Wickedly Perfect and The Will.

• Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg admits to being huge reality TV fan

  June 16, 2004
  First Michelle Pfeiffer, then Steven Spielberg ... looks like reality TV may have a foothold in Hollywood that extends beyond the Osbourne household and The Surreal Life.

• 'Cupid' duo Lisa Shannon and Hank Stepleton still together despite $1,000,000 veto

  December 23, 2003
  Maybe the solution to the dearth of romance in reality-dating shows is simply to let the women pick their potential husbands, instead of vice versa.

• Former 'Survivor' Elisabeth Hasselbeck wins co-host slot on ABC's 'The View'

  November 24, 2003
  For some contestants, appearing on Survivor represents their entire 15 minutes of fame. And then there's Elisabeth Filarski Hasselbeck.

• Former 'Real World: San Francisco' castmember Rachel Campos a finalist for 'The View' co-hosting position

  November 5, 2003
  The View creator/executive producer and co-host Barbara Walters has announced that former Real World: San Francisco participant Rachel Campos is one of the final three contenders vying for the co-hosting position vacated by former co-host Lisa Ling last December.

• Former 'Survivor: Australia' contestant Elisabeth Hasselbeck a finalist for 'The View' co-hosting position

  November 4, 2003
  The View creator/executive producer and co-host Barbara Walters has announced that former Survivor: The Australian Outback Final 4 finalist Elisabeth Hasselbeck is one of the final three contenders vying for the co-hosting position vacated by former co-host Lisa Ling last December.

• 'Road Rules' Donell Langham fights the law (again) ... and the law wins

  November 4, 2003
  Some people never learn. Meet Donell Langham from MTV's Road Rules: South Pacific.

• 'For Love Or Money 2' cast/crew conducting eBay charity auction of show props

  September 10, 2003
  Are you such a big "For Love Or Money" fan that you still can't get enough of the show despite the fact it's over? Did you love Wade's cowboy hat so much that you just have to have one for yourself? Did Kelly's poem touch you so much that you'd like to own the original copy? If so, here's your chance -- the cast and crew of "For Love Or Money" are running a charity auction of some series props for the benefit of the Lance Armstrong Foundation for Cancer Awareness and Support.

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