ROLL CALL: Fantasia Gets Real With New VH1 Show

Access Hollywood - April 16, 2009 9:14 AM PDT
Story photo: ROLL CALL: Fantasia Gets Real With New VH1 ShowFantasia Barrino is pretty in purple at the Clive Davis pre-Grammy partyDavid Greenwald/Access HollywoodAccess Hollywood

By Jesse Spero

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Your Daily Dispatch of Celebrity Shenanigans

New Girl On The Reality Show Block: Move over Bret Michaels and Tiffany "New York" Pollard - VH1 is about to get a little more fabulous with a lot more Fantasia! The former "American Idol" champ has landed her own reality show on the cable channel, premiering in 2010, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The series will reportedly chronicle the singer's life as an artist and a single mom. We hope Paula Abdul makes an appearance - though we love her each week on "Idol" - we sure do miss the antics and breakdowns she shared with us on her Bravo reality series, "Hey Paula."

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A Little Less 'Housewives': Spoiler alert! "Real Housewives of New York City" star Jill Zarin , recently underwent breast reduction surgery, The New York Post's Page Six reported. "She feels 20 pounds lighter," an associate of Jill's told the paper. "She said she was a G-cup." Bravo was reportedly trying to keep the surgery under wraps in order to reveal it on the next season of the reality show - which begins taping next month - but the transformation was reportedly too obvious. Let's hope her co-stars/frenemies are nice to Jill while she recovers.

Whoopi Flies The Friendly Skies Again: Speaking of celebs recovering, Whoopi Goldberg , who has an extreme fear of flying and has been known to take a bus from New York to LA - has braved the skies again! "The View" co-host recently flew to London, The New York Post's Page Six reported. She flew on a private plane with a doctor who has sedatives on hand just in case she began to panic. "I had a guy with me, but I didn't need it," she told Page Six. "I'm kinda proud." And now that she has conquered her fear - the sky is the limit for the Oscar winner. "I'm going to fly to the West Coast to surprise my daughter," she added. Hopefully Whoopi's daughter doesn't read Roll Call or Page Six, or we've helped just ruined the big surprise!

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Franco Sleep Watch!: After James Franco was photographed by a classmate sawing logs in the middle of a Columbia University lecture last month, the world has been riveted with the ups and downs of the actor's sleep cycle. We're happy to report that TMZ spotted James wide-awake on Monday at the Columbia University library while reading James Joyce's "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man." To see James in full consciousness, CLICK HERE!

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  • Nancy
    Another looser show to clutter the TV. Who cares about her life? She doesn't sing, just screams. She shouldn't have won Idol. There are just so few good shows that people can watch. Bring back the Waltons!
    report abuseposted June 8, 2009 6:14 AM PDT
  • Carolyn
    Well if her non reading ass can get a show, then I definitely can create one and it would be better than all the show's that's been out. As for Ray J, the only reason why those tricks wereon was brcause of the tape!!!! Lol!!!
    report abuseposted June 8, 2009 5:58 AM PDT
  • Jeffrey H
    Look VH1 jump the shark when they gave Ray J a show, no one wants to date Brandy's little brother, the only reason those women were on there was to get on TV, probably the same with Flav, Rock, and NY, but Ray J!!! I dig some of the reality shows but here is a list of people that need to be swallowed by a volcano Spencer and Heidi Ray J The Octomom Paula Abdul Jon and Kate, give me
    report abuseposted June 7, 2009 11:21 PM PDT
  • NOTALEPER
    How much more of this trash do we really need? It's severely contributing to the dumbind down of this country. It started wih the trash talk shows, that freak jerry springer is still %@!*#ing up the airwaves. He's set this world a new low with that gutter trash he has on there. THOSE people go on there and make fools of themselves for nothing to make his sorry bernie madoff look
    report abuseposted June 7, 2009 7:32 PM PDT
  • STAR..
    HATERS WILL HATE,BUT DO U GIRL!!!
    report abuseposted April 16, 2009 11:17 AM PDT
  • STAR..
    YES TASIA!!!!!!!!!!! UR AWESOME!!!!!!
    report abuseposted April 16, 2009 11:16 AM PDT
  • OK
    I totally agree with you Chyenne.
    report abuseposted April 16, 2009 10:30 AM PDT
  • Valerie
    OMG.. another Hot Ghetto Mess of a show..
    report abuseposted April 16, 2009 10:16 AM PDT
  • K D
    Why don't they try to find a flattering picture every once in awhile?
    report abuseposted April 16, 2009 10:16 AM PDT
  • BAD BYTCH
    OMG. . . . I LUV FANTASIA SO MUCH SHE HAS A BEAUTIFUL VOICE!!!
    report abuseposted April 16, 2009 10:01 AM PDT
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