
Rod Blagojevich
A judge will allow former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich to join the cast of The Celebrity Apprentice, but has requested that his attorneys meet with prosecutors to discuss how his participation in the reality show will affect his upcoming trial, according to the Chicago Tribune.
New Celebrity Apprentice cast revealed
Prosecutors did not seek to block Blagojevich from joining the cast, and have already met with his attorneys to discuss what he will be allowed to say about the trial on the television show. Statements he makes could be...
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Cyndi Lauper and Bret Michaels
Two reality-TV veterans and a pop songstress make up part of this year's Celebrity Apprentice cast.
Bret Michaels, Sharon Osbourne and Cyndi Lauper may all get to hear the words "you're fired" from Donald Trump on the NBC program's new season.
Nine others are joining them, including...
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Davey Holmes
Fox has committed to a pilot for the political drama Worthy, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Written by In Treatment's Davey Holmes, Worthy follows an Arizona politician who is involved in a hit-and-run accident and gets blackmailed by the mob. The concept ...
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Rod and Patti Blagojevich
Testing the very limits of the word "celebrity," NBC has cast Patti Blagojevich on I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
Patti Blagojevich, the wife of ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, announced on the Today show Thursday that she will replace her husband, who had to drop out of the show after a federal judge barred him from participating because he would have to leave the country.
Patti Blagojevich said she ...
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Heidi Montag, Spencer Pratt, Rod Blagojevich
Idol headache Sanjaya Malakar, the ubiquitous Janice Dickinson and professional lovers Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are among the celebrities who will vie to be king or queen of the jungle on NBC's I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! this summer. Impeached Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, whose legal troubles will prevent him from competing on the show, is nonetheless "discussing potential different options" with NBC to remain involved, he told reporters. (Why, exactly?)
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Rod Blagojevich
Rod Blagojevich can't get out of Chicago to get Out of Here.
A federal judge denied Blagojevich's request to amend the terms of his bail so he could travel to Costa Rica to film NBC's summer reality series I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, according to The Chicago Sun-Times.
Calling the project "way too soon," Judge James Zagel said he does not have faith that the former Illinois governor would ...
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Rod Blagojevich
The reality for Rod Blagojevich? He may become a TV star.
The former governor of Illinois, who pleaded not guilty to federal racketeering and fraud charges Tuesday, has inked a deal to star on ...
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Ben Roethlisberger, Rod Blagojevich
David Letterman is going to get a one-two punch of headline-making guests with hard-to-spell surnames this week.
First, he'll welcome Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger on Monday's Late Show, one day after the team's Super Bowl XLIII victory. Roethlisberger, who last dropped by the Late Show following ...
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