The Real World Hollywood
The twentieth season of MTV's groundbreaking reality show "The Real World" will be in set in Hollywood, California. Once again, the seven strangers will live together in a house and have their lives filmed. This season, the majority of the cast is in the entertainment industry and will using their location to help them further their career goals.
This season, the cast will live in an environmentally friendly residence, the Columbia Square Building. Located on West Sunset Boulevard, the building is 105,000 square feet and takes up an entire city block. It will include a solar-heated swimming pool, energy efficient appliances, bamboo flooring, recycled glass counters, and energy efficient lighting. MTV also plans to showcase during the series different ways the viewing audience can easily "go green."
For the first time in the show's sixteen-year history, the producers decided to allow fans to choose a roommate. Twenty thousand would-be roommates posted 90 second confessional videos on the Real World Casting page and fans were allowed to vote for the one they wanted to see live in the house. After almost 3 million votes, Greg Halstead, a.k.a. "Pretyboy," was declared the winner.
Real World Hollywood House Guests
Brianna Taylor
Brianna is a 20-year-old exotic dancer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She hopes to become a singer and even auditioning for "American Idol" season five. Sensitive, but also outspoken, Brianna is leaving an abusive relationship with her boyfriend to live in the house.
David Malinosky
David is a 22-year-old aspiring actor from Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. He is a good athlete who loves many sports. He is outgoing and loves "shock" humor.
Greg Halstead
Greg was voted into the house by fans online. The 20-year-old model hails from Daytona Beach, Florida. He calls the people around him "peasants" and women "associates." He is very competitive and enjoys playing pranks around the house. He is currently enrolled in the University of Florida studying criminal justice.
Joey Kovar
This 24-year-old personal trainer from Chicago, Illinois was once a former bodybuilder, but like the current California governor, he now hopes to break into the acting business. This season, Joey will admit to his fellow housemates that he had a substance abuse problem.
Kimberly Alexander
A Southerner, Kimberly was raised in a religious household. The oldest housemate at age 25, Kimberly is an aspiring reporter whom the other housemates occasionally think is "ditzy" and at times, offensive with her comments.
Sarah Ralston
Sarah, an Arizona State University grad, too hopes to become a reporter. She is a feminist, but also has strong conservative views. Leaving a boyfriend at home may prove to be a problem for her this season.
William Gilbert
Will, from Detroit, Michigan, is a 24-year-old DJ who works weddings, parties, and bar mitzvahs. He hopes to use his charismatic, witty ways to become a music producer. He may be the ladies man of the house this season.
Real World News
Real World Cancun: The Weirdness Continues
Posted: 31 Aug 2009
If you thought the Jonna, Pat, Jasmine, JR love square on “Real World” was weird, the roommates just turned it up a notch this week. After friends visit, Ayiiia talks about how hot Jonna is and makes a bet that she can bed her. The only thing standing in her way was Pat, [...]
Real World Cancun: Bronne Gets Kicked Out of the House
Posted: 22 Aug 2009
Bronne was having a really great time on “Real World’ right up until the point that he threw the fire extinguisher into the ME swimming pool from the balcony. The manager told him he had to go. Fortunately, Christina said he could live at GRL, the Studentcity.com housing. However, Derek is definitely [...]
Real World: Jasmine Spirals Downward
Posted: 14 Aug 2009
This week’s “Real World” dealt with the good, the bad, and the ugly. Okay, maybe the only ugly was behavior from Jasmine.
The good was the roommates had to work for the DIF charity, which houses underprivileged children. Jonna, Emilee, and Derek were all adopted, so it hit close to home for [...]
Real World Cancun: Joey Leaves the Show
Posted: 6 Aug 2009
I know I am getting old because this week’s “Real World” irritated me. It was all about promiscuity, irresponsibility, and the consequences. It seems as if most of the roommates only had on thing on their minds – getting laid! Bronne hooked up with one Playboy model (Vicky), then tried to hookup [...]
