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Real Life Gossip Girls, ‘Dollhouse’ Cut Short, A ‘Housewives’ Catfight, And More

by Ann Murray-Yavar
Apr 10th, 2009 | 12:22 PM | Comments 0

Blair Waldorf Is Alive: Bravo has announced plans to develop ‘NYC Prep,’ a series following the lives of the real Blair Waldorf and Serena Van Der Woodsen - 6 Manhattan kids from rich families. The show premieres Tuesday, June 16 and is produced by the same team that brought us ‘Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style.’

No Last ‘Dollhouse’: Looks like the last ‘Dollhouse’ episode is missing. Fox has cut short showing the season finale of the new series starring Elisha Dushku. Felicia Day, scheduled to appear on the episode “Epitaph One”, twittered: “Man, day getting worse and worse. Found out my Dollhouse ep, #13 isn’t gonna air. Only on DVD. Such a great part too. Thx Fox. :( …”

Housewives Catfight: One of the stars of ‘Real Housewives of New York City,’ Kelly Bensimon, accuses co-star Bethenny Frankel of being “inauthentic” in an upcoming issue of Harper’s Bazaar. Frankel has fired back. She says to Us Weekly: “Is Bethenny a socialite? No. Will she ever sit next to [socialite] Lauren DuPont? No. Is she best friends with [Estee Lauder Senior Vice President] Aerin Lauder? No. Am I? No. Do I care? No. Does she? Oh, absolutely. She’s not authentic.”

Laid Off Bachelorette: Past Bachelorette Jen Schefft talks about getting laid-off on the eve of her wedding and being forced do save money on her wedding dress.”I’m not going to wear a $20,000, or even a $10,000 dress. I just don’t think it’s worth it for one day,” she says. The former reality star turned down Andrew Firestone on ‘The Bachelorette” and is currently marrying “regular Joe” Joe Waterman.

Baby And Me Makes 14: Octomom is getting closer to finalizing her reality show. People reports that Suleman has met with several production companies over the weekend. The themes that are being pitched are similar to other shows - following Suleman around as she drives her 14 kids, goes on a date, or attends family holidays.