The Real World (TV Show)

Watch a Musical Mashup of the Eleven Madison Park-Alinea Restaurant Swap

If food is the new rock, this music video of last September's Eleven Madison Park and Alinea Restaurant trade-off might be the perfect validation of the claim.

Dr. Drew Officially Is The Grim Reaper; Another "Celebrity Rehab"-er Bites The Dust

In what can only (and extremely sarcastically) be described as a staggering loss for humanity, "Celebrity Rehab" alum Joey Kovar has reportedly died from a drug overdose outside of Chicago.This puts the tally of dead Celebrity Rehab "stars" at three.If you're unfamiliar with "Celebrity Rehab," it's ... More >>

Here Are the 20 Most-Read Village Voice Stories of 2011

Somewhat unbelievably, here we find ourselves on the last Friday of 2011. We hope this year has been a good one for you. As for us, well, we can't complain too much. After all, this is the post in which we get to brag a little: The most-read stories in the Voice for the year. Whee. Previous top stor ... More >>

THE DRIVING FORCE

Holidays are about giving, remember?

MTV Milking Occupy Wall Street For All It's Worth

Tom Morello at Occupy Wall Street. ​First there was Real World 27, which will include Occupy Wall Streeters if everything goes to plan. Then there was True Life: I'm Occupying Wall Street. Now there is the O Music Awards, where there is a new category for Most Memorable OWS Performance and it' ... More >>

MTV's 'True Life: I'm Occupying Wall Street' Coming Very Soon

Bryan, a star of 'True Life: I'm Occupying Wall Street'​Last week we confirmed that MTV's Real World is looking for Occupy Wall Street protesters to be on season 27. But that's not all: MTV is also coming out with an episode of True Life starring Occupy Wall Street protesters, as New York Tim ... More >>

"Occupy Wall Street" Exploitation Examined By Olbermann and I

​On last night's Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Keith and I chewed over the weird way TV and movie cameras have been diving onto Occupy Wall Street, from the Real World casting notice looking for activists to the alleged Dark Knight Rises flirtation with marching extras.

The Real World's Casting Call for Occupy Wall Street is Definitely Real

Ted Hall, natural candidate for Real World: OWS.​Yesterday it looked as though Bunim/Murray, the production company behind MTV's Real World, had put out a casting call on Craigslist. Nothing weird there, but the casting call asked for Occupy Wall Street protesters, who don't immediately spring ... More >>

Is 'Real World: Occupy Wall Street' Legit?

Ted Hall, our nominee for Real World: OWS, in an emotional YouTube video. ​Real World 27 is being cast -- at Zuccotti Park?? The Observer today picked up on a Craigslist ad that -- there's no delicate way to say this -- is a casting call for Occupy Wall Street protesters that would like to be ... More >>

Creole Choir of Cuba

We Have Obtained a Copy of MTV's Standard Real World Cast-Member Contract

MTV turns 30 today. To celebrate, we're running a bunch of pieces on the channel, its legacy, and its future. Last Wednesday's Village Voice cover story profiled the DeBartoli sisters, two Staten Island sisters who starred in the never-aired Jersey Shore precursor Bridge & Tunnel who signed enorm ... More >>

Baby Jane Dexter

Top 10 Rap-Related Reality-TV Moments

​"Reality rap" was once a phrase invoked by gangsta rappers to defend their music against moral outcry from the mainstream media and pesky suburban dwellers. These days, the term largely refers to the slew of emcees lining up to star in their own TV shows. While Boogie Down Productions associa ... More >>

Prude New York Times Blows Chance For Killer Internet Slideshow

Krystal Ball, Politican​Sunday's paper includes a fascinating Style section think-piece entitled "The Facebook Skeletons Come Out" about all of the 2010 politicians with embarrassing photos floating around online. "I think all of us know that politicians would have to confront the Facebook ske ... More >>

A Photographic History of 'Hipsters' on MTV

​On Friday, Crushable and Guest of a Guest noticed an MTV casting call on Craigslist. "Do you own skinny jeans, old school chucks, cabbie hat, the 70's vest, an ironic t shirt or hat, a fitted sweater, flannel shirt, or chunky lens-less glasses?" it reads. "Do you drink PBR, have an ironic mus ... More >>

Three Former Reality TV Stars Are Running for Congress this Fall

​Donald Trump told Surya Yalamanchili "you're fired" on national television in 2007, and now the former contestant hopes to be "hired" into the U.S. House of Representatives by Ohio voters. He is one of three ex-reality show cast members running for Congress this fall, including Republican Sean Du ... More >>

MTV and CW Rewarded For Representing Gays on TV, Still Lack Diversity

Transgenders on TV!​The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has awarded their first-ever rating of "excellent" to MTV for offering "richly diverse portrayals of gay and transgender people" for 42% of their line-up. The CW fell only a little short with 35% of their airtime devoted ... More >>

Is Elvis Rolling in his Grave?

The Addams Family: ghoulish turns into goulash. Get it?At least other nightlife isn't such torture.

The Queer Issue: Beefcake's Golden Age

Dave Eggers's Away We Go a Work of Staggering Something

Noobs Flood the City; We Propose a Screening Process

For years we had this place all to ourselves, it seemed; feebs and hayseeds hated New York and, as the old saying went, wouldn't want to live here. Now the Times finds that between July 2007 and July 2008, our population grew by nearly 54,000 -- a "stunning" reversal, say demographers. 76,000 citiz ... More >>

Dirty Blonde: Where to Drink in 2009

Even bars get sequels now

Loftstel Reaches Out to the Young and Broke

"Real World: Brooklyn" Kids Plead For Your Love

New Borough: The Real World Does Brooklyn

'Blogger of the Week' Winner Number One!

On the Campaign Trail With MTV Semi-Celeb Kevin Powell

The former Real World star tries to shed his violent rep and enter the real world of politics

Red Hook Vendors Return, Weeks Late and Many, Many Dollars Short

OUT OF AFRICA

Is Damon Albarn the new Peter Gabriel?

Attention Starved

Can a doc about an almost-aired cannibal reality show be for real?

Hellogoodbye: Emo Doesn't Always Suck

Pub Crawl: Spring Break in New York?

The bar scene at Time Square’s casual dining chains

Return to the Blue Lagoon: Get Smashed Without Much Effort

Waxed, Buffed, and Bejeweled

The grassroots movement to curb metrosexuality

Young Guns

In embedded Iraq documentary, soldiers rap for camera, introduce orphans to SpongeBob

The Boob Tube: It's Not Just For the Breeders Anymore, Kid!

WMC vs. the Whitney Biennial

Burlesque Queen Julie Atlas Muz Scores! Winter Music Conference Bores!

Ugly Americans

Accidental Tourists Stumble Abroad

No Feelings

Midwestern rock critic and greatest living American writer defeat their designations

Dorm Chasers

R.J. Cutler Goes to College; Artists Get Some Airtime

The Music TV Wars

Reality Killed the Video Star

Diffusion Rools

No Exit

Hell Is Other People

Hunks and Has-Beens

Reality TV—Pop Thrills at 'Human Amusement Parks'

Lords of Discipline

Worse Lieutenant

NY Mirror

Let’s Get Real

The Lesbian Cock

Soap of the Earth

Farming in a PBS Fishbowl