Alex Da Silva, a local dancer, instructor, and choreographer whose resume includes a gig on the hit reality show "So You Think You Can Dance" will be tripping the light fantastic behind bars for the next 10 years. Da Silva, 43, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for aping one woman and assaulting another. more ›

How did the "dim-witted" sheriff's deputy who flunked out of "The Academy" on his first try get caught smuggling a burrito loaded with black tar heroin into jail? It was a set-up. more ›

The LASD deputy who allegedly smuggled heroin into jail via a burrito also happens to have been one of the participants of "The Academy," a Fox reality show in which he "was portrayed as the dim-witted class bumbler." more ›

Renee Strauss' fancy wedding dresses and star-treatment customer service may have landed her a TLC reality show, but her failure to pay the amount she owes in a lawsuit judgment has landed her a raid and seizure of her merchandise. more ›

SoCal lifeguards might soon be found basking in the limelight in a new reality television show on the Weather Channel. "Southern California Lifeguards" would showcase 13 episodes, featuring lifeguards from Long Beach, Huntington Beach, Newport Beach and San Diego. Though perhaps the last thing television needs is another reality flub, this show would not offer the typical shallow drama of most candidates in its pool. more ›

After the recent suicide of Russell Armstrong, the estranged husband of Taylor Armstrong of "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills," Bravo has decided to air a special addressing his death, reports the LA Times Showtracker blog. The special will feature the other housewives, but not Taylor, and was filmed today. No word on whether it will be released before the show's scheduled September 5 premiere or after. more ›

Bravo has revealed they intend to re-edit footage from the upcoming season of "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" following the suicide of one of the cast members' estranged husband. more ›

Ryan Seacrest Productions and Bravo present tentatively-titled "Shahs of Sunset," a new "docu-series" following the lives of young, rich Persian-Americans residing in Los Angeles, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The show enters into the group's lives as they maneuver post-college life, new careers, family and tradition. more ›

In Part One of our two-part interview with Chef Ludo Lefevbre and his wife Krissy about their new TV show Ludo Bites America, we talked logistics, and Hooters girls, foie gras, and "foodies." Now, in Part Two we talk food...and, okay, food bloggers. more ›

The dynamic duo of Chef Ludo Lefebvre and his wife Krissy took their act on the road for a new series on the Sundance Channel called Ludo Bites America. With the series debuting on Tuesday July 19th, we had the chance to ask the Lefebvres a few questions about the show, the food, and life in front of--and behind--the cameras. Here's Part One of our two-part interview. more ›

This is the true story... of thousands of strangers... living together in the Los Angeles Country Men's Central Jail. From the deeply 90s file of Where Are They Now And Why Do We Care?, David "Puck" Rainey, of the 1994 San Francisco installment of The Real World, has been arrested on domestic violence charges in L.A., according to the L.A. Times. more ›

Everyone's favorite dispenser of justice has been hospitalized, reports KTLA. Judy Sheindlin, known by her TV persona Judge Judy, was taken from her set at KTLA around 9:12 a.m. today and rushed to a hospital, after reporting nausea and intestinal discomfort. Sheindlin, 68, will be kept at the hospital overnight for testing. more ›

If there's one thing the world needs more of, it's naked girls on film. And thanks to indie-porn darlings, the Suicide Girls, we're about to get just that. The company is in the midst of casting a reality show for VH1 that will follow a group of young women on tour with the Suicide Girls Burlesque Show. more ›

The Los Angeles Unified School District has flat out rejected the offer of Chef Jamie Oliver's reality television school nutrition makeover show Food Revolution to help them transform their lunches into good food that is good for the students, according to the LA Times. "Our feeling was that his time would be better spent or invested in other communities," said a representative from the Superintendent's office yesterday. more ›

It was kind of disappointing to click onto the Yahoo! TV News page earlier today to have 1/3 of the stories be crime-related. From David Cassidy's DUI to the report of a contestant of "The Bachelorette" being found dead off of Route 74. While we're not sure if an actual human maintains that page for Yahoo! or if it's assembled by content tags, we're not sure if the connections between criminal activity and TV shows are on the increase, if they're blown out of proportion, or if, in some cases [think Charlie Sheen, Heidi Montag, etc.] these situations happen as part of some cynical PR programs. Were there always this many drunk/deranged idiots involved in showbiz or has showbiz, in an effort to appeal to the lowest common denominator, built itself around these debased antics? It appears to be the latter. more ›

Honestly, watching the Fox version of Kitchen Nightmares is pretty joyless--Gordon Ramsay is far more palatable in his native UK--unless they happen to be featuring restaurants in Los Angeles. more ›

Rock and reality TV star Bret Michaels is listed in critical condition today after suffering a brain hemorrhage last night, KTLA is reporting. Apparently, Michaels was "complaining of an excruciating headache" on Thursday night before being rushed to a local hospital. Last week the diabetic celebrity had an emergency appendectom, but it is unknown if today's case is related to that. "I have a pretty good threshold for pain, but this one hurts," he said in a note to fans, joking that he's being taken care of by hot nurses. The Poison frontman is currently on Celebrity Apprentice. more ›

Since LAist let met Anna David, the talented author has been writing and editing "Reality Matters," an ambitious new book. It features a team of successful authors detailing their intimate relationship with their favorite reality TV programs. more ›

If it's trendy, it's likely to end up on television, and it looks like gourmet food trucks are no exception. Fresh in our inbox are details about a new show being prepped for the Food Network from the same folks behind the three-hanky heart-warmer "Extreme Makeover Home Edition." The show is has a "competition adventure" premise that takes popular food trucks "on a thrilling road trip across the country to compete for a BIG CASH PRIZE." But are food trucks that popular? And will as many people watch the trucks on TV that line up for the trucks? Tell us: Which LA food truck would you want to see compete for the TV glory? more ›

If you are comfortable in the kitchen, but not a pro, and you're ready for your closeup, you might want to get yourself and your savvy down to the Sur La Table store at the Original Farmers Market next weekend to see if you've got what it takes to be on a new show. Gordon Ramsay will star in the upcoming MasterChef, a show that "celebrates great people who make great food." (The Hollywood Reporter called it a "culinary American Idol.")They are on a national search for budding chefs from all walks of life - amateur chefs, passionate foodies, or the ultimate dinner party hosts to be a part of the show. more ›

No joke, via Craisglist via Curbed LA & @takesunset: "A new Reality Show is casting Silver Lake's rich, wealthy, hipster GUYS and GIRLS 21-30 whose personal style is homeless chic: Guys with beards, ratty hair and raggedy yet stylish clothing - and Girls dressed in fashionable, vintage hippie-type garb accessorized with large sunglasses and oversized tote bags. You must be incredibly involved in the Silver Lake social scene, enjoy a sensational nightlife Silver Lake style and be very outspoken with a vivacious personality. You must also hang with a racially diverse, intriguing group of friends who all live in Silver Lake..." Will it go hand in hand with the related HBO show in development? more ›

An annual end-of-the-year poll puts Orange County "OctoMom" Nadya Suleman at the top of a bittersweet heap. The real estate Zillow's users voted the mother of 14, including those octuplets born in early 2009, as the "worst neighbor" in America, edging out second-place "winners" Jon and Kate Gosselin with their brood and tabloid brouhaha, according to the OC Register. more ›

A close friend and I have an ongoing game we call "I can't believe it's not a parody". The objective is to find songs that are 100% serious and have not been created by a comedian, and yet are impossible to believe to not be kidding. Once upon a time this was quite the difficult game, but in recent years, it has become so easy that it's almost beginning to feel like time to changes the objective to finding songs that do not sound like jokes. more ›

She's baaaaaaack! OctoMom Nadya Suleman has found a way to make headlines again: The documentary on her and her brood of 14 has aired in the UK and will soon air in the US. Now she's having her reasoning for not selectively reducing the number of embryos she was carrying as part of her pregnancy with her nearly-year-old octuplets serve as the latest soundbite to make its media rounds, thanks to an appearance today on Good Morning America. more ›

Stephanie Pratt can add one more dubious claim to fame to her resume after an early Sunday morning arrest that took place outside a Hollywood nightclub, according to On The Red Carpet. Pratt, 23, the blonde fashion-student and sibling of the notoriously unlikeable Spencer Pratt (one half of the "Speidi" duo comprised of him and his starlet wife Heidi; LAist Interview) was "booked at the Van Nuys jail" and "released a few hours later after posting $5,000 bail." more ›

Yesterday morning, authorities in Larimer County, Colorado, revealed that they are pursuing a criminal investigation of Thursday's "Balloon Boy" incident, when the Heene family allegedly led the Sheriff's Department, the media, and stunned viewers all over the world, to believe their 6-year-old son Falcon was drifting over the countryside in a home-made weather balloon. While no charges have been filed yet, patriarch Richard Heene could face a hefty laundry list of accusations, including several felonies. more ›

Oh, this is good. FOX has landed a deal with talk show host and comedian Ellen DeGeneres to become the newest American Idol judge, replacing Paula Abdul who quit the reality show this summer over salary issues. “I’m thrilled to be the new judge on American Idol,” said DeGeneres in Fox's news release, via The Wrap. ”I’ve watched since the beginning, and I’ve always been a huge fan. So getting this job is a dream come true, and think of all the money I’ll save from not having to text in my vote.” Har, har, Ellen, har... har. more ›

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Ryan Jenkins, the missing husband of Jasmine Fiore. He was reportedly last seen in Bellingham, Washington and is thought to have walked over the border into Canada. TMZ says police obtained a "Ramey Warrant," which they explain to be "an arrest warrant that allows police to bypass the D.A. and go directly to the judge... In order to get a Ramey Warrant, police must prove there is probable cause to believe the suspect committed a felony. In this case we're told a judge decided there was probable cause to believe Jenkins was involved in the murder of his wife, Jasmine Fiore." The warrant will bring in the help from Canadian authorities. more ›

It's a dream come true for the woman known as OctoMom: A European production company has hired the 14 children of the OC's Nadya Suleman and papers have been signed and filed guaranteeing each kid a $250 a day salary for their upcoming work in a reality TV show, reports the LA Times. The Suleman brood, including the octuplets born amid a flurry of flashbulbs and headlines earlier this year, will begin work September 1st. more ›