Where Are They Now? We get updated on Puck, Ruthie, and Jon

Yesterday, VH1 ran a special about former reality television stars and what they're up to now.

Puck (San Francisco) is still living in the San Fernando Valley. He's married to Betty, Bogart is now 5, and they have a new son, Rocco. He's doing odd jobs to support his family. One of his passions is photography. MM Agency reveals that Puck is in talks to do his own show on VH1.

Ruthie (Hawaii) is living in Los Angeles. She's an aspiring rapper/writer/poet/artist. We saw a glimpse of her performance last night. She still does promotional appearances about her experiences on the show. She does about 30 a year and talks about the dangers of alcohol abuse.

Jon (Los Angeles) is still living in Kentucky. He's singing and is a youth pastor at his local church. He still has aspirations of becoming the next Garth Brooks. Surprisingly, he says, his Real World-notoriety seems to be wearing off after 14 years. He is still a virgin, saving himself for marriage.

"Where Are They Now?" Reality TV Edition airs tonight on VH1

Tonight, VH1 is airing a special called "Where Are They Now?": Reality TV Edition. The special is scheduled to air at 10PM.

We know that Jon (Los Angeles) filmed a segment for the show, while he was performing at a bar in Kentucky. We also know that Ruthie (Hawaii) filmed a segment for the show as well. Ruthie is currently living in Los Angeles. No confirmation as to whether or not their segments will be included, but they were filmed.

Catch up on some of your favorite reality alumni tonight and see what's up with those castmembers that you don't hear so much about.

AOL updates us on the whereabouts of SF's Puck and Hawaii's Colin

AOL came out with a feature article updating on the whereabouts of Reality TV stars of the past. In the gaggle of stars they include, both Puck (San Francisco) and Colin (Hawaii) are mentioned. Again, Puck welcomed his second child recently with his wife Betty and Colin is busy with the college lecture circuit and his book. Check out the article here.

Theo doesn't make it to the next round in Last Comic Standing; Jose, Johanna, Cameran, Teck, Ace are in Denver

Sadly, if you watched Last Comic Standing, you would know that Theo and his ingredients joke did not make it the next round.

In other news, the cast of the Real World Denver has moved into the house and there will be Real World launch party in Denver this Friday at 9 p.m. at Vinyl. You can hang out with Jose, Johanna, Cameran, Teck and Ace.

Ruthie opens her owne website up; Theo and Timmy come out with a new DVD

Everybody's favorite in the Challenges, Ruthie (Hawaii) is coming to you with her very own website which she just opened recently. Although there's very little content up, you can catch pictures she posted from her days on reality television. You can also check out a couple of dates of appearances on her page as well. Check it out at missruthie.com.

Theo (Maximum Velocity Tour) and his good old website buddy Timmy (USA Tour II) are coming out with yet another set of DVDs called the Even Couple. Be sure to check out the latest installments at their website, realityspot.

Colin is biking across the country to help rebuild the Gulf Coast

Colin from the Real World Hawaii will be taking part in Bike Across America this summer to help support the victims of Hurricane Katrina. On June 1, he, along with four of his friends, will be biking from Virginia to California to raise money to help rebuild the Gulf Coast. They will be filming a documentary about it along the way. You can donate to this great cause by going to the website.

The Gauntlet 2 heats up as Beth S. confronts her team and sends Ruthie home

On tonight's episode of The Gauntlet II, the drama really heats up, as the season kicks off one of its main storylines. If you want to know what happens on tonight's episode (or on future episodes), highlight the following block of text:

Beth's (Los Angeles) suspicions of her team wanting to vote her off are confirmed when her team loses another female Gauntlet day. While Jisela (The Quest) volunteered to go home in the previous Gauntlet, the team selects Beth to face off against Ruthie (Hawaii), after Beth has a spat against Montana (Boston) during the Challenge.

Beth pulls off an upset and beats Ruthie in the Gauntlet, sending her home and making Beth captain.

Colin is dispensing sex advice over at his website

You can add sex therapist to former Hawaii cast member Colin's long list of accomplishments. Check out what he is doing now at collegeclub.com.

Teck appeared on VH1s Love Lounge and his band shows up on BET

Remember Teck from the Real World Hawaii? Well he has been all over the place lately. He recently appeared on VH1's Love Lounge and his group The Firemen have a video playing on BET. Check out "Smoke with Me" here.

MTV is updating people on former castmembers whereabouts

MTV is updating the Real World section of their site and sending questionnaires to former cast members. Check out what Colin had to say here.

Teck appears in First Daughter with Katie Holmes

For the movie-going public: another Real World alumni made an appearance in a movie. Teck (Hawaii) has a small role in the Katie Holmes romantic Comedy First Daughter. The movie, which is about the President's daughter starting a relationship with a college student, opened this past weekend. Be sure to catch Teck in his newest role.

Dan, Ruthie, Steven, Trishelle and San Diego cast weigh in on the new Philadelphia season

For those of you checking out the Blog before the Preview Special airs on MTV tonight, a preview of the preview special was aired on TRL today. In addition to Dan (Miami), Cameran (San Diego) and Jamie (San Diego), the preview special will hear what Ruthie (Hawaii), Steven (Las Vegas), Trishelle (Las Vegas) and what the rest of the San Diego has to say about the new Philadelphia season.

Ruthie may be the last female castmember to go home on Battle of the Sexes

Here's another spoiler about Battle of the Sexes 2 about another girl who was voted off:

We previously reported that Brad (San Diego) was the last male team member to go home. Ruthie (Hawaii) was the last female team member to go home. They both did not make it into the final six.

Steven, Shane, Theo, Brad, Ruthie, Robin, Ibis, Tonya, Coral are on the Challenge

Kristin at E-Online weighs in on the Challenge this week, confirming and denying some people who are in attendance:

She confirms that Steven (Las Vegas), Shane (Campus Crawl), Theo (Maximum Velocity Tour), Brad (San Diego), Ruthie (Hawaii), Robin (San Diego), Ibis (Xtreme), Tonya (Chicago), and Coral (Back to New York) are all there. But she also mysteriously says that Mike (Back to New York) declined to do this Challenge? Unfortunately, we can neither confirm or deny this.

Real World cast earns a jeer from TVGuide; MTV is holding its first ever Reality Awards

In the Cheers and Jeers of Reality TV issue for next week's TVGuide, the Real World makes the list amongst the plethora of shows out there. TVGuide jeers both Ruthie (Hawaii) and Puck (San Francisco) for their behavior during their seasons. The magazine points out Ruthie's alcoholic behavior and Puck's peanut butter habits as reasons for the jeers. However, TVGuide also lists The Real World in a blurb about the decline of reality TV, praising its early seasons for tackling tough issues. Check it out.

MTV is holding its first ever Reality Awards on August 3 at 10PM. It's unclear on whether this will be an actual award show or will be a segment/scripted show hosted by someone, but nevertheless, you can vote for your favorites at MTV.com. In the eleven categories, both shows together scored 17 nominations in 8 different categories. Las Vegas and Paris both picked up 2 nods. San Diego picked up 4. South Pacific, the only Road Rules show to be nominated only picked up 1. The Gauntlet picked up 1. And The Inferno picked up an incredible 8 nominations. The Real Worlders and Road Rulers up for the awards are:

Bad M*F*
CT (Paris)
Coral (Back to New York) for Inferno
Julie (New Orleans) for Inferno

Spit Swappin'
Brad and Cameran (San Diego)

Knuckled Up
CT (Paris) picks a fight with a stranger
Abe vs. Donnell (South Pacific)
Veronica (Semester at Sea) vs. Katie (The Quest) in the Inferno

Most Important Shirtless Male
Alton (Las Vegas)
Abe (South Pacific) for Inferno
Mike (Back to New York) for Inferno

The Fishbowl
Julie (New Orleans) attacks Veronica's (Semester At Sea) harness in the Inferno
Frankie (San Diego) freaks out over big boats

Most Unwatchable
Gauntlet cast for eating Ice Cream sundaes

Pause Worthy Female
Cameran (San Diego)
Coral (Back to New York) for Inferno
Trishelle (Las Vegas)
Jamie (San Diego)

Cry Me A River
Mike (Back to New York) for Inferno

Julie (New Orleans), Coral (Back to New York), Mike (Back to New York), CT (Paris), and Cameran (San Diego) all picked up 2 nominations. While Abe (South Pacific) and Veronica (Semester At Sea) also picked up 2. Donnell (South Pacific) and Katie (The Quest) were the only other Road Rulers nominated. Go Vote Now

Colin refuses to do appearances with Julie in the future, Melissa and Coral are moving in together

New news! Yes, yes... Apparently, the appearance that we told you about with Colin (Hawaii), Lori (Back to New York), Nathan (Seattle), and Julie (New Orleans) didn't go as well as they wanted to. Apparently, Colin will not do any more appearances with Julie claiming that her on stage "creates a bad end-product". This having to deal with Julie's lies about spirituality, abstinence, drugs, and her 9/11 ordeal... It is unclear what that means exactly, but obviously Colin did have a problem with Julie. However, Colin is still giving away copies of his book... And he's going to be filming some upcoming appearances. Go to his website to keep up with him.

Also, some news with other castmembers. If you follow any of Melissa's (New Orleans) rants on her webpage, you know that she and Coral (Back to New York) are great friends... So much so, that the two plan to move in together soon! Both Melissa and Coral moved to Los Angeles after their stints on the Real World.

And rumor has it that both Coral (Back to New York) and Julie (New Orleans) have been both asked to do the next installment of the Challenge (after the Gauntlet), which will begin filming in October.

And today was Rachel's (San Francisco) last day on ABCs The View. She is trying to get a spot on the show as a co-host. SUPPORT RACHEL! Read yesterday's post to see how exactly to do so! Congratulations to Rachel! She did wonderfully, even as Star Jones seemed to take a shine to her! Good luck!

Ruthie drives cross country, Lori will start singing, Rachel is a finalist and frontrunner on the View

A few new updates on castmembers... Ruthie (Hawaii) who has been living out of Los Angeles for the past few years, recently upped and took a trip. She actually drove cross country and is temporarily in New York. She plans to work out of New York within the next few weeks.

Another update on Lori (Back to New York)... Recently, she was seen to be singing at one of her appearances. After a long absence from singing, Lori is said to have something special in the works... But more information on that will be available later.

And this morning, Rachel (San Francisco) appeared on ABCs daytime talk show, The View. She is the first of many hopefuls to try and attempt to fill the chair left vacant by the twentysomething Lisa Ling. Rachel tried out for the spot back in 1999, and she is the frontrunner in this second search. If you missed today, her MTV past wasn't really discussed, but she showed a picture of her husband Sean (Boston), and two children, Xavier and Evita.

Meredith Viera emphazised that this year will be the Year of the Viewer, telling the audience that their opinion of the hopefuls will be a major determinant of who gets picked. So, we are going to lobby for Rachel. You might be curious as to why... But here at the Blog we are supportive of all former and current castmembers and their endeavors. We are asking YOU to write into the four current co-hosts of the View. We will also ask you to do this when Kit (Season 1) tries out for the spot later this month. However, we should mention a few things you should say to the co-hosts:

Don't say that you want Rachel to be on the View, just because she was on The Real World.

Talk about how Rachel's conservative, Republican views were a positive, refreshing change to the panel already existing on the show.

Mention how impressed you were with Rachel's involvement in politics. Today, she spoke about Arnold's bid for California Governor.

Mention how Rachel's lifestyle of being young, married, and a parent of two children brings a different light to the fifth chair.

Rachel's status as a C-list celebrity (as Kathy Griffin was explaning to Rachel this morning) lets her easily relate to guests on the show.

Just be supportive of Rachel and if you have something nice to say, say it!

With that said... Here is where you go to email the ladies of The View: These lead to webpages... You don't need to send them mail from your own personal mailbox. (Note: Star Jones is known to check her email diligently.)

Joy Behar
Star Jones
Meredith Vieria
Barbara Walters

We'd like to say good luck to Rachel! Tomorrow is her final day on the View... Be sure to catch her final day and we'll remind you to write in tomorrow as well! Tomorrow's guests are Craig Kilborn and Jessica Simpson. Most likely she will be brought back for additional appearances on the show!

Donnell alienates his castmates at the VMAs, Colin and Lori talk about Julie, Puck is arrested

Happy Labor Day! I'm sure your holiday weekend was a blast!!! As was ours!

First things first, we still have the posts saved somewhere. But the archive is no longer accessible. So just FYI...

And now news... The VMAs were last Thursday... and there are always some Roomies or Roadies in attendance. This year the South Pacific cast hit Radio City Music Hall. But... long after the trip ended there still seems to be a bit of tension in the air... Yes, Donnell (South Pacific) who was recently booted off, separated himself from the group by doing his own interviews on the red carpet, while the other members of the cast were together. And it seemed that he was in VERY good spirits as he was doing backflips all around the red carpet. My sources who saw the Roadies say that the Roadies weren't all too happy about Donnell's antics.

And speaking of the VMAs, MTV recently ran ads for The Gauntlet at the VMAs. Kinda didn't show much, but a few very beat up castmembers. Should be interesting. It premieres on the 29th of September at 10pm.

And bad blood just for television?? Well, at a recent speaking engagement both Colin (Hawaii) and Lori (Back to New York) were doing an appearance with none other than Julie (New Orleans) who was said to be a vicious backstabber in the world of speaking engagements during Battle of the Sexes. Although both Colin and Lori didn't take any official sides during the melee between Julie and Melissa (New Orleans), the fight on the show didn't stop Colin and Lori from making an appearance with her. They were even friendly enough to visit each other's hotel rooms during the engagement. Nathan (Seattle) was also at the appearance.

Also, some news about another recent Real World arrest. The Smoking Gun recently reported that Adam (Paris) was arrested for public drunkenness in Statesboro, Georgia while visiting Ace (Paris). However, news comes that Puck (San Francisco) was recently arrested AGAIN. He was first picked up a while back for hitting his then fiancee, now wife. However, we do know that Puck was picked up in Memphis. It's unclear what the charges were, but we're sure more information will come up soon.

Jisela gets the boot from Road Rules; Teck, Nathan, Beth, Syrus, Ruthie on the Wedding Video; Rumored cast of Chicago

Poor little Jisela... She got the boot. Read our episode guide of that episode and the latest Real World episode where the kids work and Lori sings:

Also, we got some more news. Dane and Chris are still working on the column for Norman's movie the Wedding Video. They are still working hard and we're looking to bring that to you soon. We got encounters with stars of the movies, and people including Teck (Hawaii), Nathan (Seattle), Beth S. (Los Angeles), Syrus (Boston), and Ruthie (Hawaii).

Also, I've been emailed like 1,000,000 corrections of the names of the RW Chicago! Here's what I have so far: Theo, Lars, Kyle, Chris, Tanya, Ariel, Nora, and Cara. As you notice, there are four guys. It has been reported that two cast members, one male and one female, have left cast to appear in RW12, which is rumored to be in Philadephia, Pittsburgh, Las Vegas or Atlanta. They reportedly chose to leave after the protesting and murders at the house.

In reality TV news, I urge you to check out the new shows. Murder in Small Town X is probably the best new show you're not watching! Well, at least in terms of reality. It's a really well put together show and has a lot of good elements. Spy TV and Fear Factor can get a little tiring. It's just the same thing over and over and over. Cannonball Run 2001 was good... For about 5 minutes. It really needed a lot more to run on. After the first episode, it seemed to lose its gas. BMP is also coming out with two new reality shows and a reality MOVIE. The first show, which is premiering soon on FOX, is called Love Cruise. It's kinda like Temptation Island, but they vote people off. It looks good. Also, they are casting for a new show set to premiere on the WB called Lost in the USA, which is a wannabe Road Rules. The movie is called The Wedding. Details are still sketchy about the last two at this point. New shows to watch for: NBC's Lost and CBS's The Amazing Race. Those look to be really good, but don't expect them to have an impact like Survivor. Also, Big Brother 2 seems to be dwindling down with only Monica, Hardy, Bunky, Nicole, and Will left in the house. Personally, I want either Nicole or Monica to win, but everyone knows it's either going to be Hardy or Will. And if you haven't heard, Survivor 3: Africa is running into problems with the protests of using the Shaba Reserve to film the show. The show is already halfway through, and should premiere soon. Survivor 4 is currently casting.

Schedule of Back to New York, Chicago, Hawaii, New Orleans marathons

Here's the schedule of the Real World episodes airing in the next few weeks:

The Real World X: Back to New York
Watch your favorite moments with Kevin, Lori, Malik, Coral, Mike, Nicole and Rachel everyday at 3:00pmEST. Also, view unique reaction from crowds at the Jersey Shore.
Other airings at Saturday Aug 3 12:30pm EDT to Saturday Aug 3 4:00pm EDT

The Real World 10th Anniversary Special
Watch the 10th annual reunion with casts from New York to New Orleans.
Tuesday July 30 08:30pm EST and Friday August 2 9:00am EST

The Real World VIII: Hawaii Marathon
Catch the dramatic season featuring Colin, Amaya, Teck, Matt, Kaia, Justin, and Ruthie.
Beginning Friday August 2 10:30am EST Ending Friday August 2 10:00pm EST

The Real World XI: Chicago Marathon
Watch Keri, Kyle, Tonya, Theo, Cara, Chris and Anessa blow a storm up in the windy city.
Beginning Friday August 2 10:00pm EST Ending Saturday August 3 11:00am EST
Saturday August 3 04:00pm EST to Saturday August 3 09:00pm EST

The Real World: Hook-Ups, Hearbreaks and Happily Ever After
Becky and Syrus recount a decade worth of hook-ups.
Airing Saturday August 3 11:00am EST and Sunday August 4 3:30pm EST

The Real World IX: New Orleans
Go to the Big Easy to see Melissa, Julie, Jamie, Matt, David, Danny and Kelley once again.
Beginning Saturday Aug 3 09:30pm EST Ending Sunday August 4 6:00am EST

The Real World XII: Seattle
The Slap Heard 'round The World: Irene, Stephen, Rebecca, Nathan, Lindsay, Janet and David.
Beginning Sunday August 4 06:00am EST Ending Sunday August 4 01:30p EST

The Real World Reunion 2000
Watch Miami through Hawaii reunite in this second installment special.
Sunday Aug 04 02:00pm EST

Enjoy the endless marathons!