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VH1 trying black reality shows By DERRIK J. LANG AP Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES — On her new VH1 reality dating show, Rozonda Thomas — better known as Chilli from the groundbreaking hip-hop group TLC — doesn’t lounge in bubble baths or hand out fake bling to her suitors. Instead, the 39-year-old singer and mother meets bachelors at black-tie affairs and confers with a dating expert, as well as her 12-year-old son. The cable network synonymous with “Flavor of Love� and its sleazy spinoffs is trading trampiness for fabulousness with a new slate of series starring seemingly well-adjusted rich and famous black Americans. VH1 executive vice president Jeff Olde admits that the shift from oh-no-they-didn’t fare to more mature material is totally intentional. “We constantly have to evolve and tell our audience different stories,� he says. “I love that we’ve been able to get more diverse with our audience by — in large part — attracting African-American women to the network. We got them in the door with some shows, and now I’m excited about where we’re going and how we’re telling them different kinds of stories.� With an April 11 debut,
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In this publicity image released by VH1, singers Brandy Norwood, left, and her brother Ray J Norwood pose together to promote their new reality series, “�Brandy & “What Chilli Wants� will be partnered on Sundays with “Brandy & Ray J: A Family Business,� focusing on sibling R&B singers Ray J and Brandy Norwood as they attempt to relaunch their music careers, and “Basketball Wives,� starring Shaquille O’Neal’s ex-wife, Shaunie O’Neal, and five other women with romantic links to basketball players. For the notoriously trashy VH1, it’s not reality as usual. While cat fights will flare up with the “Basketball Wives� and Chilli promises a tiff with her sassy matchmaker on “What Chilli Wants,� these new shows certainly aren’t selling buzzworthy moments akin to “Flavor of Love� contestants spiting on each other or suddenly
defecating on the floor. “I watched ’Flavor of Love’ myself,� attests Chilli. “It was definitely one of the shows I thought was interesting, but it made sense for Flav to do it just that way. For me, I wanted to do my show in a way that I would be comfortable with, and I was very happy that VH1 was on the same page with me. They did have a formula that has been working for them.� Olde dismisses any past criticisms of “Flavor of Love� and its offspring, mostly produced by 51 Minds Entertainment, by calling the franchise ignited by black rapper Flavor Flav and his multiracial harem “big fun romantic comedies.� (Olde confirms that “I Love Money 3,� featuring
murder suspect and suicide victim Ryan Jenkins, as well as the Jenkins-free “I Love Money 4� won’t air.) Instead of lewd antics from “Flavor of Love� standout Tiffany “New York� Pollard or that toxic spill of “Charm School� women, the network is now interested in transformative experiences from celebrities, such as third season “American Idol� winner Fantasia Barrino or rapper Sandy “Pepa� Denton from Salt-N-Pepa. The evolution is already proving successful. Premieres earlier this year of “Fantasia for Real� and “Let’s Talk About Pep� topped that same week’s third season debut of “Celebrity Rehab� and episodes of the seedy dating shows “For the Love of Ray J� and “Frank the Entertainer in a Basement Affair,� which starred “I Love New York� reject Frank Maresca searching for love from his parent’s basement. “The new VH1 shows offer a different take on the black reality TV star,� says Imani Perry, a professor at Princeton University’s Center for African American Studies. “These are images of wealthy black families. These shows may potentially be less stereotypic because they present a different, higher status black image.�
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AG says Haim obtained 550 pills before death
Bristol Palin speaks out about being a teen mom
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Corey Haim employed “doctor shopping� to obtain 553 prescription pills in the two months before his death, California Attorney General Jerry Brown Haim said Tuesday. Haim obtained the meds, which included Valium, Vicodin, Xanax and Soma, through seven different doctors and seven pharmacies, Brown said, and he used an alias on at least one occasion. Brown said it did not appear the doctors knew Haim was obtaining prescriptions through multiple sources. He said investigators verified Haim filled the prescriptions this year, but have also found that thousands of pills were obtained in Haim’s name before then. He called Haim — the star of 1980s films such as “The Lost Boys� and “License to Drive� — a “poster child� for prescription drug abuse. He said that it wasn’t just celebrities who were obtaining massive quantities of prescription drugs through doctor-shopping. “We think it illustrates a problem that is more widespread,� Brown said. His office has pursued more than 200 cases statewide involving prescription abuse by both doctors and patients.
NEW YORK (AP) — Bristol Palin says that if girls knew how tough it was to be a mom, they’d think twice about having sex. The 19year-old daughter of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she has Palin chosen to practice abstinence herself, until marriage. Bristol Palin, who once said it was unrealistic to ask young people to abstain from sex, said in an interview with The Associated Press that it’s realistic for her personally. “I know it’s realistic to ask myself that, because I know I’m not going to until I’m married,� she said. Palin gave birth to a son, Tripp, in December 2008 and says she “wasn’t prepared at all� for the dramatic changes in her life since then.
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