Oh, the horror.

Page Six is reporting that three members of Jersey Shore (is it just me or are they everywhere?) are demanding tickies to New York Fashion Week events which starts on Feb 11th.  Apparently Michael Schweiger, who manages all of the cast save for Snookie, is saying three designers have approached members of the cast to either attend shows or actually model in them.  Hey, if Pamela Anderson can do it, why not the cast of Jersey Shore? 

Personally, I don’t see what the big deal is, although the idea of Snookie and The Situation seated beside someone like Karl Lagerfeld or Anna Wintour and asking them if they know who they are (apparently a common theme at the Grammy’s) would totally make my life.

Can you imagine the cut eye?

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Meh.

Don’t know how I missed this one.  Actually I do, I was hoping praying it was a joke, but Mike (The Situation) Sorrentino of Jersey Shore is supposedly launching his own celebrity fragrance for men.

Called The Sitch, the fragrance will possibly include hints of tanning booth, hair gel, hot-tub hook-ups, ‘roids and gym sweat.  Mmmm…Hot! 

No telling when The Sitch will be launched or who in their right mind will carry it (discount drugstore chains?) as something tells me retailers like Saks, Macy‘s and Holt‘s won’t be on board for this one.

What’s next, “Snookums by Snookie”?

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Literally.

Showing that he’s never going to completely leave his past as a peeler behind him or have any qualms about objectifying himself, if you haven’t noticed, almost half the photo’s he’s in, he’s either lifting up or unbuttoning his shirt, Jersey Shore’s The Situation (aka Mike Sorrentio) was at the Grammy Awards as well last night.

Guess the burning question of who Snookie took as her plus one has now been answered. 

Where did he buy that suit and shirt?  Stitches or Le Cheateau?  You’d think that asking for and getting about $7000 per appearance (for about 3 to 6 hours of “work”) The Situation would be able to afford something a little more chic.   You can take the boy off of Staten Island, but you can’t Staten Island out of the boy.

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Start buying stock in hair-gel.

MTV has confirmed that Jenni, Ronni, J-Wow, Pauly D, Vinnie, The Situation, and everybody’s favorite punching bag, Snookie, all re-signed after a week of some pretty tense negotiations.

The network played hardball, saying that any cast-members who didn’t agree to their offer (originally said to be about $5000 per episode) would be replaced.  No word on what was finally agreed upon, but the amount would be significantly higher than what was paid for the first season, as Jersey Shore became yet another reality show hit turning the cast into instant celebs.

In addition to their salary, the Jersey Shore cast (gang? crew? bunch?) demand and get a lot of money for making appearances at various events and clubs.  How long do you think it’ll be before community colleges start offering courses in “Professional Celebrity” to wannabe famewhores?

As for the second season, MTV has ordered 12 episodes to air next summer which will follow the cast as “they escape the cold north-east and find themselves in a new destination” meaning that Jersey Shorewon’t actually take place in New Jersey.  How avant-garde!  

Looks like Florida or Mexico is about to be invaded, Guido style.

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Pay up or they walk….

After an initally bumpy start, roided, implanted, gelled, and overly tanned trainwreck Jersey Shore became a hit for MTV, despite, or more likely in part, due to all the calls for boycotts from various groups and their outrage! (who never seem to learn that this approach rarely ever works).

According to Page Six, the cast is pulling a Friends and are demanding a hefty pay increase for the second season.  Sources are saying the group is looking for a $10 000 per episode commitment from the network, and if they don’t all get it, none of them will return. 

The cast haslready benefited from their new found fame, asking and getting several thousand dollars each per appearance at various events and night-clubs.

Thursday’s Jersey Shore finale was watched by over 4.8 million people, three times the number that tuned in for the premiere.  In contrast, the cast of The Hills gets an average of about $100 000 per episode although their ratings are now lower.

For it’s part, MTV is remaining coy on the matter, saying that a decision hasn’t been made yet regarding a second season.  Which means of course that it totally has, the network suits are just deciding on whether or not to stick with the original cast or go with a new one.

Developing…..

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Jersey Shore has become a hit, apparently to the point where people are taking fashion tips from the cast.  As evidence, behold the latest photo of Amy Winehouse, clearly channeling her inner Snookie.

Plastic Surgery?  Check!

Orange Skin?  Check!  

Tendency to fight with just about everyone?  Check!

Result?  Glamour!

MTV needs to get Amy on the second season of that show!  Can you just imagine?  Amy would fight with everyone in the house, probably clock Snookie in the face (at this point, it’s a given that Snookie gets a beatdown at least once a season) and then drink to the point that she’d mistake one of the guys for “her” Blake.

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How long before the “Lindsay hooked up with The Situation” or Pauly D stories start, if they haven’t already?

Apparently she ran into them at Vouyeur last night in LA during the launch party for Vida, a “luxurious” new sex toy.  Hmmm..fleshlight, dildo, or vibrator?

Anyway, in addition to possibly fist pumping with the Guido’s, Lindsay’s next film appearance might be in a sex tape.  Rumour is she hit it with some male waiter, who now plans on releasing the eyeball traumatising 47 second event via an off-shore porn site. 

47 seconds?  Talk about a quickie.

Some source spoke to the Mirror in the UK about the whole sordid affair, saying “This video file is dynamite. It is pretty seedy and shows Lindsay engaged in a particular sex act which, obviously, should remain behind closed doors. Lindsay was desperate to start 2010 off on a good footing and this is the very last thing she needs. If and when it is released on the internet there is absolutely nothing she or her lawyers can do about it. She is devastated – particularly as she is working hard on cleaning up her act. Lindsay has just made a serious documentary on child poverty in India for the BBC, she is terrified this will be put in jeopardy now. It is fair to say that Lindsay has had a pretty torrid past 24 hours.”

Keep in mind there was a supposed sex tape of Lohan and Callum Best a couple of years ago which turned out to be fake.  Is this just a different spin on that story, or is there something to this?

Developing….

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BAM!

The drunken teacher that clocked the stubby, orange, tacky, Goddess that is Snookie in an episode of Jersey Shore is losing his job over the incident.

The knock out punch became a viral sensation (but wasn’t aired due to complaints MTVwas already receiving before even showing it) shows Brad Ferro hitting the pint sized reality star, who was telling him off for stealing one of her friends drinks.  He was later arrested and charged with assault, fined $500 and given a six month suspended sentence.

The NYC Department of Education is currently in the process of terminating the mal-tempered teacher, a process that can take 30 days.  Why do I get the feeling that this isn’t the last we’ve heard of him?  I foresee a lawsuit against MTV,for their involvement in all of this, with the result being if not an out of court settlement, at least a reality TV show or a stint in one on another network.

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Haters really are lining up to the left.  Go fig!

First it was an Italian American group protesting, then it was a couple of companies pulling their ads from the show.  Next, women’s groups got in on the act with the punch that was seen around the world, but never actually aired on the show itself due to Outrage!

It was really only a matter of time before some politician desperate to make a name for himself decided to get in on the act.

Enter Senator Joseph Vitale, who doesn’t like the way Italian-Americans are being portrayed, because as we all know, Jersey Shore represents ALL Italian-Americans.  Except not. 

According to Gawker, besides asking MTV and parent company Viacom to pull the plug (good luck with that Joe), he’s also tapped the Department of Labor and Workforce Development to launch an investigation into the employment and wages paid to the cast as well as the tax status of Shore Store, the production company behind the show.  

I thought for sure if there was any criminal investigation going on it would be for crimes against fashion, possible steroid use, and environmental laws being  flagrantly ignored between all tanning booth and hair gel use.

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