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Buzz News Roundup, 1/26

BuzzSugar — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:34:48 -0800

NBC's Amy Poehler comedy has a likely title: Public Service. - New York Times
Anchor Bay has bought the rights to the comedy starring Ashton Kutcher, Spread, which just premiered at Sundance. - Variety
The next Real World season will be set in Cancun. - The Hollywood Reporter
It looks like the next Batman movie, a sequel to The Dark Knight, will hit theaters in 2011. - ComingSoon
Radiohead, Kanye West, and Paul McCartney have joined the lineup of performers for this year's Grammy Awards. - Billboard
A 3-D porn movie is in the works in Hong Kong. - Variety
Fox has ordered a pilot for the US remake of Absolutely Fabulous. - Zap2it

How Much Do You Know About The Real World?

BuzzSugar — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:36:32 -0800

The Real World, the show that truly gave reality TV its start, kicks off its 21st (!) season tonight in Brooklyn. Through the years, the show has spanned the globe as countless groups of strangers fight, date, and "start being real" as the cameras look on. How much do you know about this MTV institution? Take my quiz!

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TV Tonight: The Real World Turns 20

BuzzSugar — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:30:06 -0700

Think fast: Which Real World was your first? Mine was the San Francisco season, the show's third, with the consciousness-raising storylines of HIV-positive Pedro and the attention-grabbing antics of troublemaker Puck. That season got me hooked on the show, which I followed regularly for the next decade or so, watching as group after group of attractive 20-somethings moved into an immaculately decorated house together to "stop being polite and start getting real."

Tonight, the 20th edition of The Real World premieres on MTV. It's strange to think how different television has become since the series first took the air in 1992. I'm sure there were reality series before The Real World, but the show's influence is unmistakable in so many of today's shows - notably anything that puts strangers in a house together just to watch what happens.

For the longest time, there seemed to be something pure in The Real World - like the people had chosen to do the show more for the experience and less for the exposure. But recent seasons have seemed less honest and more like all the other reality shows the series spawned, with cast members seeming to have great aspirations of Hollywood fame. So it's oddly appropriate that for its 20th season, The Real World is blatantly going Hollywood. Every member of the cast aspires to work in entertainment, whether as an actor, a model, a reporter, or a singer. On the one hand, that could make the made-up drama even more annoying, since it's clear everyone wants to get noticed; on the other hand, at least they're being honest about it.

Will you be checking out this milestone season of The Real World? To watch a preview, just read more.

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The Real World: IKEA

GiggleSugar — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:16:01 -0800

How many times have we heard The Real World intro? Well, the folks who made this parody decided they needed to inject something new into the stale formula. It goes something like this: "Five strangers were picked to live in ~~a house~~ IKEA, ~~work together~~ bug people who work there who have no idea these folks are pretending to live there, and have their lives taped to find out what happens when people stop being polite, and start getting ~~real~~ surreal. ~~The Real World~~ The Real World: IKEA."