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A-List Secrets: Why Stars Need Reality Shows
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What's with celebs needing to do all these reality shows? Are these people so obsessed with themselves, or do they just need the money?
—D.D.
The answer is as varied as the colors of the diamonds that Jennifer Lopez sees dancing in her dreams. Jamie Foxx has a new MTV reality show debuting July 15, but he won't be appearing at all, leaving money as the most likely motivation.
In producing a reality show, big celebs typically get "a 5 or 10 percent takeback from everything made through the show," explains marketer Richard Laermer, who steered über-producer Peter Guber into a reality-show career. "And if the show goes overseas, you can make a fortune on that thing."
So where does that leave, like, Tori Spelling? Well...
Jamie Foxx Wants His Reality MTV
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Jamie Foxx is adding reality television to his résumé.
The Oscar winner is an executive producer of MTV's From G's to Gents, a new competition show in which host Fonzworth Bentley (aka, Diddy's Personal Umbrella Holder) attempts to makeover a bunch of rather rough men into charming sophisticates.
Think Pygmalion meets Boyz n the Hood.
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Mixed Feelings Judging by their opposite body language, this relationship could be one-sided. Careful, Adrian!
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Grape ExpectationsBut not-so-great execution there, Jamie-Lynn. Nice try, but leave the purple to the dinosaurs...
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