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From Limos to Tattoo Parlors, TruTV Goes Behind The Scenes of Crazy Professions for New Series

April 28th, 2010
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  • Apr 27, 2010 11:07 PM ET
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    Kate Stanhope

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TruTV is going undercover and behind the scenes of some of the country’s craziest professions for its newest crop of projects.

Among the cable channel’s new series are Limo Bob, which examines life in Chicago through the eyes of the owner of one of the city’s biggest limo fleets. Ma’s Roadhouse will profile the family behind a one-of-a-kind Texas saloon, which serves as a motorcycle shop, bar and tattoo parlor. Putting a whole new spin on Undercover Boss is America’s Toughest Boss, which will profile a steakhouse owner willing to spy on his employees and put them to extreme tests to get the results he wants.

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America’s Toughest Boss won’t be the only TruTV show employing hidden cameras. Exposed!, the latest comedy project from Punk’d producers Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg, will catch unsuspecting people’s reactions on camera when others take off their clothes in public. Hidden-camera show Rogue Society showcases individuals going undercover to get revenge on scam artists and crooked businessmen.

TruTV’s other new series include Disclosure, which looks at two people who have dedicated their lives to uncovering government secrets, and The Naked Office, which employs a very revealing form of group therapy to keep employees productive and positive.

In addition to the channel’s new series, TruTV has ordered new seasons of Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura, Full Throttle Saloon, Black Gold, Las Vegas Jailhouse, and Rehab: Party at the Hard Rock Hotel.

Will you tune into TruTV’s new shows?

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Lin Yu Chun Speaks Out: Just Be Yourself!

April 11th, 2010
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Almost a year to the day after Susan Boyle burst on to the global scene, Lin Yu Chun has taken the baton as the Next, Great, Unexpected Singer to Be Discovered on a Reality Show.

The 24-year old from Taiwan auditioned for that nation’s version of American Idol with a rendition of “I Will Always Love You” that you need to hear to believe.

Let’s just say its a whole lot better than anything Whitney Houston sings these days.

After receiving such acclaim for his performance, Chun spoke to The Associated Press about his life:

“I now have more confidence in pursuing a singing career. You don’t have to be a good-looking man or woman to succeed. Just be yourself and try your best.”

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Lin said he suffered from a lack of self-esteem growing up because “being fat draws a lot of mockery in our society.

However, those difficult times helped the aspiring singer hone his talent: to cope with taunts from peers, Chun locked himself in his room and sang along to hits by Celine Dion and Mariah Carey.

But he loved Houston’s take on the famous Dolly Parton classic the best: “I played it again and again even though my parents couldn’t stand it anymore and asked me to stop,” Lin said of the single that’s made him famous.

His audition has already earned over 1.3 million views on YouTube and if Chun wins the competition, he’ll pocket a well-deserved $1 million. Go get ‘em, Lin!

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High Society Star: "Ridiculous" of Co-Star to Blame Show for Offensive Comments

March 17th, 2010
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  • Mar 17, 2010 02:01 PM ET
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    Tim Molloy

Tinsley Mortimer

Tinsley Mortimer, the star and executive producer of CW’s High Society, says it’s “ridiculous” for one of her co-stars to claim she was manipulated into making offensive comments about African-Americans, gays, Jews and overweight people on the show.

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“For her to say that it was sort of scripted and that she was fed those lines is absolutely untrue,” Mortimer said, referring to castmate Jules Kirby. “On your site… you do show a video where it’s clear that she’s not being manipulated, that she is actually saying this stuff. And it’s shocking to me.”

Kirby is quoted on the show saying she uses the N-word and believes it’s OK, that she only likes white men, and that her friends tend not to be gay, Jewish, or fat. In the exclusive TVGuide.com video mentioned by Mortimer above, Kirby says fat people are “gross to me” and makes several other remarks that offended many viewers.

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Reality Show Racist? Socialite Says She’s Unfairly Portrayed on High Society

March 12th, 2010
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  • Mar 12, 2010 01:08 PM ET
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    Tim Molloy

High Society, Jules Kirby

One of the stars of CW’s new reality series High Society says she’s been unfairly edited to look like the villain, but Jules Kirby’s statements on the show don’t exactly help her case.

The socialite was quoted on Wednesday’s debut episode as saying her “friends do tend not to be homosexuals, fat or Jewish people” and that “I use the N word sometimes… and I really think it should be okay to say.”

She’s also caught saying, one night at a club, “That black girl has got to get away.”

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Seconds later, the show’s editors wittily insert another, apparently sincere comment from Kirby: “My dream is to work for the United Nations.”

Viewers next see her berate an employee at the hotel where she’s living.

The New York Post’s Page Six notes that Kirby took to Facebook Thursday to complain about her edit. “I am sorry if you were offended,” she said. “The show is scripted, and we are given lines and characters. My grandmother is married to a Jew … Everything was cut and pasted to make it look like I was a stupid b—h, and I regret that they do not do a better job of saying it is a docu-soap, not a reality show.”

Kirby’s pique with the show play nicely into its narrative: She plays villain to our apparent protagonist, newly single socialite Tinlsey Mortimer, as she moves from the Upper East Side to (gasp) Midtown. Kirby lives with Mortimer’s sister, Dabney Mercer, and feuds with the rehabbed-but-still drinking Paul Johnson-Calderon, a hard-spending trust-funder best known for wearing bow ties (who has also been accused of stealing a purse).

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The Kirby presented on the show is far different from the public personae she tries to present. In a recent interview she touted her outdoorsy hobbies and “environmentally friendly as it can get” boutique. And she may not have to worry about too many people seeing her portrayal: The show had just 1.4 million viewers and lost in its timeslot Wednesday.

A CW rep did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

High Society airs Wednesdays at 9:30/8:30c.

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Dr. Drew: I’ll Stop When Addiction Stops

February 4th, 2010
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  • Feb 4, 2010 03:15 PM ET
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    Gina DiNunno

Dr. Drew, Celebrity Rehab

As the star of three seasons of Celebrity Rehab, Dr. Drew Pinsky knows he might sound hypocritical when he tells people not to fixate on celebrities’ lives.

“I understand that people interpret this as hypocritical, but what I mean to say is the media is presenting really disturbed people in desperate straits, and we as consumers are just lapping it up. And that says something about us, not about them,” Pinsky told TVGuide.com. “I’m also the person treating addiction saying, ‘Don’t do drugs.’ But I’ve got to go to where the problem is to address it. When it stops, I’ll stop — happily.”

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The VH1 series (Thursdays, 10/9c) follows several celebrities as they undergo treatment for drug and alcohol abuse, under the watchful eyes of Pinksy, a camera crew and the audience at home. Participants in the program/show include Tom Sizemore, Heidi Fleiss and Mackenzie Phillips, as well as Dennis Rodman.

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