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Amazing Race, Below Deck sued for $858 million by reality stars who don’t have lawyers Jonathan and Ana from The Amazing Race 37 want $8 million, and Emile from Below Deck season 3 wants $850 million, all for the way they were portrayed on TV.

Thanks! Here you go 🙂

06.03.2026 18:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Amazing Race, Below Deck sued for $858 million by reality stars who don’t have lawyers Jonathan and Ana from The Amazing Race 37 want $8 million, and Emile from Below Deck season 3 wants $850 million, all for the way they were portrayed on TV.

Jonathan and Ana from The Amazing Race 37 want $8 million, and Emile from Below Deck season 3 wants $850 million, all for the way they were portrayed on TV. #AmazingRace #BelowDeck

06.03.2026 16:46 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Why do so many people write Padma Lakshmi’s first name as “Parma”—was a question I just had until autocorrect changed Padma to “Parma” and now I get it.

06.03.2026 14:09 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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How will Paramount+ be Making Love? Is Paramount+’s new dating show from the producers of Love is Blind going to be another Love Island? Or is there something more sinister here?

I now think it’s an AI sex doll show. My argument:

06.03.2026 13:10 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Survivor 50 episode 2 recap: snakes in the bag On Survivor 50 episode 2, another fantastic episode, we got two challenges; lots of time at camp, including strategy; and more fourth wall breaks.

ICYMI: On Survivor 50 episode 2, another fantastic episode, we got two challenges; lots of time at camp, including strategy; and more fourth wall breaks. #Survivor50 #RealityTV

06.03.2026 11:02 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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America’s Culinary Cup review: Top Chef, stirred, not shaken America’s Culinary Cup, CBS’s new competition, will be compared to Bravo’s Top Chef, so let’s start there. Not only are the two shows directly competing—Top Chef: Hopefully No Plantations This Time premieres next week on Bravo—but America’s Culinary Cup invites direct comparison via its choices. Padma Lakshmi is back in an iconic city hosting a ... Read more

ICYMI: America’s Culinary Cup, CBS’s new competition, will be compared to Bravo’s Top Chef, so let’s start there. Not only are the two shows directly competing—Top Chef: Hopefully No Plantations This Time premieres next week on Bravo—but America’s Culinary Cup invites… #AmericasCulinaryCup #TopChef

06.03.2026 08:48 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Vanderpump Rules’ reunion made me love these hot dummies even more Vanderpump Rules season 12's cast of hot, dumb SUR employees delivered the perfect balance of inane fights over inconsequential things. I still can't tell the OnlyFans cousins (or anyone else) apart, but I want more.

ICYMI: Vanderpump Rules season 12's cast of hot, dumb SUR employees delivered the perfect balance of inane fights over inconsequential things. I still can't tell the OnlyFans cousins (or anyone else) apart, but I want more. #VanderpumpRules #RealityTV

06.03.2026 02:18 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Love is blind judging I love blind judging but not Love is Blind, and I'm glad some viewers are no longer blind to unconscious biases on The Traitors and I wish I had a different word here than "blind."

ICYMI: I love blind judging but not Love is Blind, and I'm glad some viewers are no longer blind to unconscious biases on The Traitors and I wish I had a different word here than "blind." #LoveIsBlind #RealityTV

05.03.2026 21:47 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Interestingly, there's another case from a reality star representing himself, and the judge's opinions seem quite annoyed at him getting everything so very wrong.

05.03.2026 20:34 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Interesting that they're going with "we caught them cheating and then they punished us," and then alleging libel and actual malice.

Also interesting that they're representing themselves. So who wrote this complaint?

05.03.2026 20:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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Reality TV contracts: what 9 reality show legal agreements reveal These reality TV contracts—for Survivor, Drag Race, Love is Blind, Big Brother, and other shows—detail what happens before, during, and after a reality TV show’s production.

Every reality TV contract I've ever seen is like: We'll fictionalize you, make you look like an idiot, destroy your life, and use your real name: www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/20...

I don't know if those clauses have ever been tested legally?

05.03.2026 20:10 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

(It's totally going to be an AI fucktoy show, I just know it!)

05.03.2026 18:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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How will Paramount+ be Making Love? Is Paramount+'s new dating show from the producers of Love is Blind going to be another Love Island? Or is there something more sinister here?

Is Paramount+'s new dating show from the producers of Love is Blind going to be another Love Island? Or is there something more sinister here? #ParamountPlus #MakingLove

05.03.2026 18:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

New show for Paramount+ from Love is Blind's producers: "Making Love ... a bold new relationship experiment, where singles take their destiny into their own hands and attempt to turn their desires into a lifetime of love"

🤨 Is this...? Could it...? Please don't let this be AI chatbot love...

05.03.2026 17:57 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 1

I'm reading a mix of reactions to America's Culinary Cup, from the done-with-this types to the love-its. I wonder if that's partially due to it being on CBS, and bringing in Survivor viewers—or those more familiar with network food competition, e.g. Masterchef.

05.03.2026 16:59 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
SURVIVOR So what do the If someone else finds producers do with it-and it was about as the fake idol that well-concealed as the Devens hid while stain on Christian's Christian tripped, pants-they'll have destroying his body found a legit hidden once again for idol wrapper and Survivor? Leave it instructions. Then there? Only put it back again, they'll when that tribe is at probably chuck it in Tribal Council? Is there the fire when they a rule about this? read "Billie Eilish" because that's so ridiculous, it must be fake. reality blurred reviews « recaps › recs reveals

SURVIVOR So what do the If someone else finds producers do with it-and it was about as the fake idol that well-concealed as the Devens hid while stain on Christian's Christian tripped, pants-they'll have destroying his body found a legit hidden once again for idol wrapper and Survivor? Leave it instructions. Then there? Only put it back again, they'll when that tribe is at probably chuck it in Tribal Council? Is there the fire when they a rule about this? read "Billie Eilish" because that's so ridiculous, it must be fake. reality blurred reviews « recaps › recs reveals

Another amazing episode of #Survivor50, and lots of seeds planted for the future—including a fake idol!

05.03.2026 15:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The only thing that scares me about that are e-mail software or platforms that don't show images and/or tracking by default—and that includes me! I'd hope I'd notice if something I loved disappeared, though.

05.03.2026 14:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Woo hoo! And yeah, it took me a while to appreciate this, but now when someone unsubscribes, it's easy for me to say: all good, friend! If they're not into what I'm doing, then they shouldn't be on the list!

05.03.2026 14:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Yeah, Kristen is the best part of Top Chef these days!

05.03.2026 13:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Why Padma Lakshmi didn’t want blind judging on America’s Culinary Cup America's Culinary Cup judges score chef contestants dishes numerically—but the show does not have blind judging. I asked Padma Lakshmi why not.

ICYMI: America's Culinary Cup judges score chef contestants dishes numerically—but the show does not have blind judging. I asked Padma Lakshmi why not. #AmericasCulinaryCup #PadmaLakshmi

05.03.2026 06:13 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Survivor 50 episode 2 recap: snakes in the bag On Survivor 50 episode 2, another fantastic episode, we got two challenges; lots of time at camp, including strategy; and more fourth wall breaks.

On Survivor 50 episode 2, another fantastic episode, we got two challenges; lots of time at camp, including strategy; and more fourth wall breaks. #Survivor50 #RealityTV

05.03.2026 03:01 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A person in a purple t-shirt and glasses looking off into the distance while standing in the jungle. The words: "I've entered the pantheon-the history of people whose pants have become unexpectedly colored" —Christian Hubicki, making Survivor 50 episode 2 memorable with its own version of "Oops! | Crapped My Pants"

A person in a purple t-shirt and glasses looking off into the distance while standing in the jungle. The words: "I've entered the pantheon-the history of people whose pants have become unexpectedly colored" —Christian Hubicki, making Survivor 50 episode 2 memorable with its own version of "Oops! | Crapped My Pants"

Poor Christian! We've all been there. Some of us tonight, during #Survivor, in solidarity! 💩

05.03.2026 02:02 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

No spoilers! It's a review, not a recap. That said, I do mention things about the set and location, and two structural things about challenges—one for this episode and one for next week's. So if don't want to know anything, read after you watch tonight!

05.03.2026 01:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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America’s Culinary Cup review: Top Chef, stirred, not shaken America’s Culinary Cup, CBS’s new competition, will be compared to Bravo’s Top Chef, so let’s start there. Not only are the two shows directly competing—Top Chef: Hopefully No Plantations This Time premieres next week on Bravo—but America’s Culinary Cup invites direct comparison via its choices. Padma Lakshmi is back in an iconic city hosting a ... Read more

America’s Culinary Cup, CBS’s new competition, will be compared to Bravo’s Top Chef, so let’s start there. Not only are the two shows directly competing—Top Chef: Hopefully No Plantations This Time premieres next week on Bravo—but America’s Culinary Cup invites direct comparison via its choices.…

05.03.2026 00:47 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0

Oh, I forgot the punchline! I remembered your memorable quotes about his "work," looked them up, sent them, and we had a good conversation about attribution—and now they're calling him a grifter.

04.03.2026 23:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Credit: @josegabrielwildlife

forrest.galante • Edited • 6d Bats are one of the most morphologically diverse groups of mammals on Earth. Those exagger ears, nose structures, and facial fo you're seeing here aren't random. They're specialized adaptations sh by diet, habitat, and echolocation r Credit: @josegabrielwildlife

josegabrielwildlife 
José G. Martínez-Fonseca 🇳🇮
587 posts 22.9K followers 1,607 following
Ph.D. Wildlife Ecology | @astrodsIr

josegabrielwildlife José G. Martínez-Fonseca 🇳🇮 587 posts 22.9K followers 1,607 following Ph.D. Wildlife Ecology | @astrodsIr

Then I saw the "credit" link: the photos were by a Nicaraguan wildlife ecologist. Of course. 😑 I guess it's possible ol' Forrest asked for permission? Or he stole them and thought "credit" was enough. Either way, seems to me like it still minimizes the work of the photographer and benefits Forrest.

04.03.2026 22:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

@whysharksmatter.bsky.social A family member sent me an Instagram post with photos of bats, which were very cool! Then I saw the account name: Forrest Galante.

And I rolled my eyes but was like, well, maybe he's just taking photos of bats and not pretending he discovered them!

04.03.2026 22:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
VANDERPUMP RULES Vanderpump Rules, like the best Real Housewives, works when the stakes are Low, and the cast are arguing over petty things that they treat as having grave importance. That's what most of the reunion has been like so far, led, as always, by Andy Cohen and his stack of Cards with the Real Questions, so he can stay friends with the cast while still saying mean things. reality blurred reviews ‹ recaps › recs reveals

VANDERPUMP RULES Vanderpump Rules, like the best Real Housewives, works when the stakes are Low, and the cast are arguing over petty things that they treat as having grave importance. That's what most of the reunion has been like so far, led, as always, by Andy Cohen and his stack of Cards with the Real Questions, so he can stay friends with the cast while still saying mean things. reality blurred reviews ‹ recaps › recs reveals

VANDERPUMP RULES la fail a quiz asking me to trace most of the drama or identify the cast. Too many people, too little consequence, just right for a background reality TV experience. I know Marcus and Kim by name, because I'm terrified by all their baby talk and lack of contraception; I don't think Marcus is capable of changing his own clothes, never mind diapers, and wouldn't trust Kim to deliver a plate to me from the kitchen. reality blurred ‹ reviews › recaps recs reveals

VANDERPUMP RULES la fail a quiz asking me to trace most of the drama or identify the cast. Too many people, too little consequence, just right for a background reality TV experience. I know Marcus and Kim by name, because I'm terrified by all their baby talk and lack of contraception; I don't think Marcus is capable of changing his own clothes, never mind diapers, and wouldn't trust Kim to deliver a plate to me from the kitchen. reality blurred ‹ reviews › recaps recs reveals

The new #VanderpumpRules cast did exactly what they needed to do.

04.03.2026 21:08 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Meta Manus from Meta. Your to-do list, doneManus automates tasks like research and data analysis so you can focus on growing your business. Open Manus

Meta Manus from Meta. Your to-do list, doneManus automates tasks like research and data analysis so you can focus on growing your business. Open Manus

Oh, Meta! How perfect. Should we pronounce it ⅿսһ-аոսѕ оr ⅿаո-аոսѕ? Either way, flawless work here!

04.03.2026 20:14 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 4
But sometimes what's cut is actually interesting, and thanks to all the press on location for this premiere, we have some glimpses of what was left out. Here are five things that I would have included, if it was up to me. But it isn't. But you know that. Okay this paragraph is over now. We didn't see Kyle didn't tear his tendon Uh, I totally saw that! you might be thinking right now. But no: the footage on Survivor 50's premiere of Kyle running up the ramp and landing hard on his feet was not the moment when he tore his Achilles tendon.

But sometimes what's cut is actually interesting, and thanks to all the press on location for this premiere, we have some glimpses of what was left out. Here are five things that I would have included, if it was up to me. But it isn't. But you know that. Okay this paragraph is over now. We didn't see Kyle didn't tear his tendon Uh, I totally saw that! you might be thinking right now. But no: the footage on Survivor 50's premiere of Kyle running up the ramp and landing hard on his feet was not the moment when he tore his Achilles tendon.

Like all reality TV shows, #Survivor50's premiere was edited and condensed—and here's what we missed: https://www.realityb...

04.03.2026 18:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0