Reality TV
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Bankruptcy, Celebrities, Fame Brief, Reality TV, Television
Fame Brief: Is the Giudices' $60K Post-Bankruptcy Spree Legal?
Ed. note: Welcome to ATL’s new column, Fame Brief. Since Kash has left the building, Marin, ATL’s other lady-in-waiting, will be picking up her celebrity beat and filling you in on the latest celebrity legal shenanigans. Before you fall over yourself to post an annoying comment about how this blog be sinking or how nobody […] -
Breasts, Celebrities, Crime, Jersey Shore, Reality TV
Jersey Shore's Snooki Is Not Above the Law
Some Italian-Americans from New Jersey end up handing down the law. E.g., Justices Antonin Scalia and Samuel Alito. And some Italian-Americans from New Jersey end up getting in trouble with the law. E.g., Snooki, the pint-sized, gallon-breasted breakout star of MTV’s popular Jersey Shore reality TV show. According to TMZ, Snooki — a.k.a. Nicole Polizzi […] - Sponsored
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Layoffs, Reality TV, Television
Another Legal Eagle on the Upcoming 'Laid-off' Edition of 'The Apprentice'
Earlier this week, we told you to look out for a former Clifford Chance associate — Georgetown Law grad James Weir — on the upcoming recession-inspired edition of “The Apprentice.” We lamented that Donald Trump was providing work to only one unemployed lawyer. Shortly thereafter, we found out that the Donald had in fact been […]
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Layoffs, Reality TV, Television
Former Clifford Chance Attorney in the Cast for This Season's 'Apprentice': Laid-off Edition
Donald Trump knows what it is to be down but not out. We’ve lost track of how many times he’s filed for bankruptcy. But he is a phoenix, who always arises from the Chapter 11 ashes, his flaming reddish hair unruffled. Now Trump wants to offer the same opportunity to other high-flyers who were knocked […] -
Reality TV, Screw-Ups, Television
Who Wants To Be a Millionaire Embarrassed?
Going on game shows offers up the possibility of great reward or eternal humiliation in the form of YouTube’s infinite archives. An Oregon lawyer by the name of Paul Galm experienced the latter, when he appeared on “Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?” in 2006. (This is admittedly old, but sometimes we like to exhume […] -
Hotties, Law Schools, Reality TV, Ridiculousness, Television
Albie Manzo v. Seton Hall Law School?
Real Housewives of New Jersey son Albie Manzo may be slow, but he’s determined. He flunked out of Seton Hall law school, but he still wants his law degree, and met with a lawyer in the show’s last episode to figure out how he can get it. Manzo says that the culprit behind his poor […] -
Media and Journalism, Reality TV, Romance and Dating
Skadden Associate Graces The Cover of In Touch Magazine Thanks to Rumored Relationship with The Bachelorette
It’s not every day that we see a Biglaw associate on the cover of a celebrity gossip magazine. So we were a bit shocked when a tipster sent along the scanned image (right) of last week’s In Touch magazine, with this message: The guy identified as “Ali’s new guy” in this week’s Intouch weekly (and […] -
Bad Ideas, Hotties, Reality TV, Television
Reality Television Can Be Good For Your Career, Says Apprentice Loser
In our last few reality TV stories, we have highlighted the perils of putting your life on camera — publicly flunking out of law school, having the world know you’ve failed the bar exam twice, and exposing an ego surgically enhanced to the size of Texas. One former reality TV star emailed us to protest. […] - Sponsored
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Hotties, Law Schools, Reality TV, Television
Reality TV On Mission To Destroy Reputation of Law School Students Everywhere
This is not a good month for legal types in reality television. Albie Manzo of The Real Housewives of New Jersey failed out of Seton Hall Law School. Brooklyn Law School grad Victoria Eisner of Downtown Girls failed the New York bar exam. And now all of the law school classmates of Erica Rose have […] -
Bar Exams, Hotties, Reality TV, Skaddenfreude, Television
Reality TV Star Victoria, of Downtown Girls, Fails the Bar Exam
MTV has sunk low. Really low. Its newest program, Downtown Girls — a reality TV show about a group of hot girls living in TriBeCa — is using the New York bar exam as a dramatic narrative hook. We wrote before about the law grad on the show in our post: Why Unemployed Lawyers Shouldn’t […] -
Law Schools, New Jersey, Reality TV, Television
Real Ex-Law Student of New Jersey: Albie Manzo
New Jersey is taking over the world of reality television programming. Though it would surely be sheer torture to be locked in a room with a bunch of Jersey folk, their ridiculous antics and outsized attitudes make for great entertainment when confined to the small screen. The Real Housewives of New Jersey is by far […] -
Food, Hotties, In-House Counsel, Reality TV
Can In-House Counsel Serena Palumbo Be The Next Food Network Star?
Most New York lawyer types have given up on the idea of cooking for themselves; they’re far more likely to get their dinner from Seamless Web than from their own fridge and stovetop. But not Serena Palumbo. She’s now in-house counsel for an Italian bank, and has persevered in making nightly home-made dinners, despite prior […] -
Bar Exams, Hotties, Reality TV, Romance and Dating, Television
Why Unemployed Lawyers Shouldn't Go On Reality TV Shows -- Exhibit A: Victoria, of MTV's Downtown Girls
With job prospects bleak and the allure of fleeting fame high, some lawyers have considered sending their résumés to reality TV show casting companies instead of legal recruiters. But competition is tough in the realm of trashy television, too. One unemployed New York lawyer is living the reality TV star dream. Meet Victoria. She is […]
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Reality TV, Romance and Dating, Television
Meet This Season's Lawyers from The Bachelorette
This past Monday, middle-aged housewives, quadriplegics who were not able to turn the channel, and yours truly tuned into the 763rd 20th season of The Bachelor franchise. This season stars Bachelorette Ali Fedotowsky, an unemployed 25-year-old who quit her job at Facebook and moved back in with her parents to be on the show. Fans […] -
Reality TV
Did You Know That the Real World Has an STD Waiver?
A local woman is suing the producers of The Real World D.C. over her portrayal in the show. I don’t really care about this woman’s claims or why she thinks she’s owed $5 million, but in case you’re interested, DCist reports: In the suit, Golzar Amirmotazedi, 22, says that during one episode, cast members Andrew […] -
Career Alternatives, Layoffs, Reality TV, Television
Career Alternatives for Laid-off Attorneys: The Apprentice Wants You!
Donald Trump is in the market for a lawyer, and if you’re unemployable, laid-off, or suffering because of the recession, you might just be the attorney for him. The next iteration of “The Apprentice” will be devoted to recession refugees, and the producers are looking to cast some legal types. If your world has been […] -
Lawsuit of the Day, Reality TV, Television, Violence
Update: Jersey Shore Fans, Rejoice! Judge Will Not Block DVD Release.
We reported this morning that a victim of a Jersey Shore beatdown was trying to prevent the Tuesday DVD release of the popular MTV reality series. Stephen Izzo, Jr., 26, was attacked by Ronnie “Don’t fall in love at Jersey Shore” Ortiz-Magro during the show’s first season. In the episode, Ronnie bragged that he knocked […] -
Food, Loyola Law School, Reality TV
Loyola L.A. Law Grad Gets Savaged in the Shark Tank
Jeff Hughes graduated from Loyola Law School – Los Angeles in 1992. Then, like now, law jobs were hard to come by. Hughes didn’t need an LLM in entrepreneurship to come up with an interesting business idea though. He and his paralegal wife decided to start a “coffee & counsel shop” aimed at middle class […] -
Celebrities, Jersey Shore, Law Schools, New Jersey, Reality TV, Television
Is Vinny of 'The Jersey Shore' Smarter Than You Are?
Are you one of the 21 percent of law school students who, due to the changing legal job market, regret going to law school? If going to law school was a stupid decision decision for you, then congratulations — Vinny Guadagnino, the “self-confessed mama’s boy” of Jersey Shore fame, is smarter than you are. We […] -
Celebrities, listserv, Parties, Reality TV
Jersey Shore at NYU Law?
Over the break, one NYU Law student started a movement to bring Nicole Polizzi (a.k.a. Snooki from the cast of Jersey Shore) to an NYU party. NYU students thought they could hang out with a drunk girl who likes to party, for just $2,000. Here’s the email that was sent to the NYU Law listserve: […]