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Entries from Austinist tagged with 'realitytv'

February 11, 2008

Photograph of Michael Strahan, coach Tom Coughin (holding the Vince Lombardi trophy) and quarterback and Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning by Tien Mao Gothamist was amazed after the Giants won the Super Bowl, the city went wild, and it witnessed a ticker-tape parade.Barack Obama drew 20,000+ ahead of Seattle’s Saturday caucus.Londonist had Super Tuesday too.Elusive guerrilla street artist Banksy revisits Los Angeles.After the Patriots lost the Super Bowl and came this close to making......

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January 29, 2007

As the world holds its breath, teetering precariously on the cusp of the Super Bowl (well, at least in America), the wheels of the -ists keep on turning. Austinist was in a musical frame of mind as they listened to the new Shins album, updated the SXSW band listings and got called "punk rock" for their efforts by MTV. Bostonist said goodbye to John Kerry's plans for running in 2008 but hello to some......

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April 5, 2006

Now we know they were just slowly trying to make us dumber on the way to class as if we needed more help. Diesel exhaust proves to be an issue on the big yellow bus. Former Iraqui leader Saddam Hussein and his cohorts are faced with new charges; they are accused of and wlll be tried for genocide for the over 5000 killings in Halabja. Ex-Lieutenant Colonel Yousef al-Suwaileh won the Kuwaiti election on......

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January 2, 2006

We still don’t understand why roller derby has yet to become a high school sport, but hopefully a reality TV show courtesy of the masterminds behind Laguna Beach will change all that. Rollergirls premieres tonight at 9 p.m. on A&E. And if you are truly bohemian (or utterly broke) and don’t have cable (or a television), you can head over to the Lake Creek Alamo Drafthouse for the free viewing party, also at 9......

Continue Reading "We're Praying For a Lonestar Rollergirl-Real World Challenge"

July 20, 2005

Before we begin, we'd like to point out the interesting comments left by reader Sgt. Anonymous, who gave us some insight into Rachel's actual experiences in the military with quotes from a magazine called Air Force Times, which clearly isn't getting enough real news from the military about the wars we are fighting, and has to fill its pages with nonsense about The Real World. Oh, we are so political! How about that Supreme......

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June 30, 2005

People living in a city "near Austin" were going to be the focus of a new reality TV show, quite possibly the most ridiculous of them all. Austinist isn't sure how the masterminds ABC didn't foresee problems with this gem of a plot. The show was going to be called "Welcome to the Neighborhood" but we think "Lock the Doors" would have been more appropriate. Seven families were supposed to convince a conservative (read......

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