Fantasia Reveals She’s Illiterate And Was Raped

In an interview on 20/20 with ABC News Correspondent Bill Ritter, American Idol 3 Winner Fantasia Barrino discusses some of the shocking revelations in her new book entitled “Life is Not a Fairly Tale.”  Fantasia, who dropped out of high school, tells Bill Ritter that she has gone through life barely able to read or write.

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OLN President Will Eat A Cricket To Make Good On Survivor/Amazing Race Bet With GSN President

While head-to-head network competition has been a part of television since its earliest beginnings, the Presidents of GSN and OLN took it to a personal level, when they placed a side bet against the month-long performances of their respective adventure reality acquisitions THE AMAZING RACE on GSN and SURVIVOR on OLN.

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Ebony Eliminated On America’s Next Top Model

Ebony, a student from Sylmar, Calif., became the second girl eliminated from the fifth cycle of UPN’s hit series AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL, reducing the pool from 12 girls to 11.  Tyra and Jay Manuel greeted the girls at the Louis Licari hair salon where each girl received a fabulous makeover to jumpstart their transformations into high-fashion models.  Jay additionally provided tips on how each could either incorporate or depart from their own personal style to punctuate their new dramatic looks.

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Constantine Maroulis Signs Sitcom Deal & To Appear On Leno, Also His Picture Is Used In Carolina Panthers Hazing Incident

People Magazine is reporting that Constantine Maroulis has signed a sitcom deal with ABC.  Back on May 31, 2005, Reality TV Magazine speculated that a network sitcom deal could be around the corner for Constantine based on his hilarious portrayal of Greek waiter Stephano Popodopolous during the American Idol finale.  On July 30, 2005, Reality TV Magazine reported on a story in People Magazine that said Constantine Maroulis would be starring in a “family drama with music” TV series being produced by Kelsey Grammer’s production company. 

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The Apprentice 4 Results – Markus Annoys, Chris Gets Fired

Donald Trump tasks Excel (the men’s team) and Capital Edge (the women’s team) with designing an ad campaign for Lamborghini.  Chris Valleta serves as project manager for Excel, and Marshawn Evans serves as the project manager for Capital Edge.  The men are cocky and confident that they will win the competition.  Mark even goes as far as to guarantee a victory for the men.

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Survivor Guatemala – Is Stephenie LaGrossa the Unluckiest Survivor Ever?

Poor Stephenie LaGrossa just can’t catch a break.  She might be the strongest woman to ever play the game of Survivor, but she keeps winding up on losing teams.  In Survivor Palau, Stephenie LaGrossa was a member of Ulong, the losingest tribe in Survivor history.  Despite performing well personally in challenges, Stephenie’s team just couldn’t seem to catch a break and was wiped out by Koror.

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