Jeremy Renner

It’s true: before he was Oscar nominated for his role in the Iraq war drama, Jeremy had his life documented on Bravo’s 2002 reality series The It Factor. The show followed several struggling actors as they tried to catch their big break.

Uh, whaaaat? That’s pretty surprising news, because reality TV isn’t the type of medium we would’ve expected from the no-nonsense actor. We get the vibe that he takes himself very seriously, and reality doesn’t usually jive with that kind of outlook.

Last year, Jeremy did an interview blog Reality Blurred, where he talked about his experiences on the show. “I learned a lot about myself,” he said. “I was pretty private and exposing myself to whoever watched it was kind of hard for me, so it was a good lesson to learn.”

Were you surprised that Jeremy was once a regular on a reality series?

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Said Ali:

“The idea of being put in another situation where I have to choose love over work is very frightening to me.”

Looks like Ali is choosing her career (she works in ad sales at Facebook) over finding a potential mate on a reality television show. If we actually believed her we would say bravo, but we have a feeling that Ali might resurface as the next Bachelorette any way, no matter what coy game playing right now. Or maybe that’s just wishful thinking on our part since we don’t want to be stuck with Tenley.

Does Ali Want to Be the Next Bachelorette? Her Answer Will Surprise You [E! Online]

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If there was any doubt about the last statement, this year — Idol’s ninth season — has effectively silenced it. Now that original judge Paula Abdul has packed up her crazy and headed home and co-creator Simon Cowell will be following her at the end of the year, the show has to redefine itself. And, judging by the choices they’ve made so far, the next season of the show could veer wildly off the rails.

While Ellen DeGeneres is a great host and TV personality, her role on Idol still doesn’t completely fit because she’s outside the music industry. Sure, she’s there to represent the voice of the common folk, but the common folk’s voice is well-represented already since they get to vote. Randy Jackson may have experience in the music biz, but he has been useless for about seven seasons now, recycling the same “It was pitchy, dawg” and “Girl, you can saaaang”-type comments for every contestant. This year, because the show hadn’t nailed DeGeneres down as a permanent judge by the time auditions started, a revolving door of celebrities took their turn appraising the wannabe singers. Some of the choices — Katy Perry, Avril Lavigne, a Jonas brother — may not have been the most musically gifted, but their popularity on the Billboard charts at least gave them a reason to be on the show.

Now, though, it looks like Idol is desperate. One of the guest judges for this season is going to be … Paula Deen. As in, the Savannah chef who hosts multiple Food Network shows and is known for her unabashed embrace of the deep fryer. We may like a lot of Paula Deen’s food, but there’s absolutely no reason for her to be on Idol. In the past, guest judges always had some kind of connection — even a tenuous one — to the music industry. Guest judges/mentors like Mariah Carey, Burt Bacharach, and Dolly Parton provided both music advice and industry advice to the show’s contestants and provided them with great material to cover on the show. Quentin Tarantino popped in to guest judge on Season 3, and all they could come up with for his connection to music was that he likes to use a lot of it in his movies. We really can’t wait to see what farfetched reason they come up with to shoehorn Paula Deen onto the show — maybe it will be something borderline offensive, like asking her to guest judge on Country Week or something. Because you know what reminds us of Johnny Cash? Paula Deen. Yep. Totally logical. Replacing one Paula with another Paula is TOTALLY SUBTLE, Idol. Surely we won’t be able to tell the difference between the one with the Southern accent and the one who sounds like she’s drunk.

As for the ridiculous rumor the show was going to replace Simon Cowell with shock jock Howard Stern? It seems surprisingly likely now, considering that the producers are embracing their love of stunt casting.

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The show, which premiered in October, put together 10 actresses searching for their big break. The reality series is searching for the perfect horror film actress (“scream queen”), with the winner getting a breakout role in Saw VI (which will star Gilmore Girls actor Scott Patterson in his third Saw installment).

In the fourth episode of Scream Queens, Sean Gunn guest starred to make a phony movie trailer, the final product of which you can view here:

And here is a video of Sean Gunn and James Gunn discussing the episode:

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