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...lower tier of "real" celebrities, have become indistinguishable. As reality TV has turned the likes of Richard Hatch and Kelly Clarkson into cheap, commodified and replaceable mini-celebs, the culture of celebrity has changed. "In Hollywood," says David Perler, executive producer of reality show My Life Is a Sitcom, "I go out to dinner with friends, and they'll say, 'You'll never believe who I saw at the movie theater.' You expect it to be Julia Roberts, but they say, 'Alex, from The Bachelor.'" In this climate, who should feel insulted? Feldman, a former movie star who's being...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Attack Of The Killer B-List | 1/20/2003 | See Source »

...Life--says of her two blind dates, "If they call me Tootie, they're out of here." But by her second date, she seems miffed that her beau says he has seen only one episode of Facts, and she asks him if he has ever watched her other sitcom, Living Single. ("In Living Color?" he says. "I used to watch that all the time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Attack Of The Killer B-List | 1/20/2003 | See Source »

Still, if many celebrities want to experiment with being real people, plenty of ordinary folks are willing to switch. On ABC Family channel's My Life Is a Sitcom, which premieres next Monday, eight families compete to star in a situation-comedy pilot based on their real lives. The would-be stars have their wacky home lives videotaped and evaluated by a panel of experts, including The Brady Bunch's Maureen McCormick. As executive producer David Perler admits, the show proves that the age-old declaration--My family is just as funny as the ones on TV!--"is really just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Attack Of The Killer B-List | 1/20/2003 | See Source »

...playbook of reliable sitcom conventions, renewing marital vows is usually reserved for the sixth or seventh season (see Everybody Loves Raymond et al.). OZZY and SHARON OSBOURNE decided to renew their vows last week in what is only the family's second season on MTV. At the Beverly Hills Hotel on New Year's Eve, before friends, family, Justin Timberlake, the Village People--and everyone watching MTV--Sharon and Ozzy, who have been married for 20 years, rededicated themselves to each other. It can't be long before Ozzy packs up the whole family for a two-part European adventure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jan. 13, 2003 | 1/13/2003 | See Source »

...months’ time, the stuff of his childhood will be aired on a new WB sitcom, The O’Keefe’s, created and executive produced by his younger brother Mark...

Author: By Michelle Chun, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Alum Brings Acclaimed ‘Bat Boy’ to Boston | 1/10/2003 | See Source »

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