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Anna David

Anna David is the author of the novels Party Girl and Bought and has written for The New York Times, Playboy, Details, Cosmo, and Redbook, among other publications. She appears on CBS, NBC, Fox News and many other networks regularly. Her most recent book, Reality Matters, is an anthology of essays that she edited about reality shows.

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Why Teens Love Real Housewives

The ladies of Real Housewives throw fits, feud, gossip, and think only of themselves—just like adolescents. Anna David examines the teen cult around Bravo franchise.

Anna David

articles/2010/12/07/jeremy-london-on-celebrity-rehab-with-dr-drew/david-jeremy-london_145686_s71vk1

Jeremy London Seeks Redemption

When London said in June he’d been kidnapped and forced to do drugs, no one believed him. When he was exonerated, no one noticed. Now he’s getting the word out on Celebrity Rehab.

Anna David

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'The Social Network's' Reluctant Star

Jesse Eisenberg talks to The Daily Beast about identifying with Mark Zuckerberg, living in Chelsea, and why he doesn’t have a Facebook page. Plus, read reviews of the film.

Anna David

articles/2010/09/01/tom-sizemore-from-drug-addict-to-hollywood-resurrection/david-tom-sizemore_122270_kgv9no

A Hollywood Star's Journey Through Meth Hell

With an addiction to methamphetamines and multiple arrests, Tom Sizemore's career seemed like a lost cause. Then he ended up on Celebrity Rehab and got sober—and back in the game. Anna David on his remarkable turnaround.

Anna David

articles/2010/08/17/reality-tv-spreads-to-college-classrooms/david-reality-tv-classroom_120796_a8f5aq

Reality TV Invades Campus

Challenging the general assumption that reality television is dumbing us down, colleges across the country are using it as a teaching tool. Is Richard Hatch replacing Hegel?

Anna David

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Pimping Out the Jersey Shore

The Jersey Shore kids now command upward of $25,000 even to consider showing up at a Sweet 16 party. Anna David talks to the agents who set the prices for their appearances.

Anna David

articles/2010/07/19/celebrity-book-successes-chelsea-handler-tori-spelling-and-failures-sarah-silverman-kathy-griffin-and-kate-gosselin-in-the-bubble-book-economy/david-celebrity-books_114555_mfth7w

The Celebrity Book Frenzy

The successes of Chelsea Handler and Tori Spelling have sent desperate book publishers on a spending spree that will surely backfire. Anna David goes inside the trend.

Anna David

articles/2010/07/06/real-housewives-of-new-jerseys-real-criminal-danielle-staub/david-danielle-staub_111696_eaa5ph

Has Real Housewives Gone Too Far?

Real Housewives of New Jersey now revolves solely around unhinged ex-con Danielle Staub—she tells Anna David about her “meaningless” enemies and being in the Bravo “family.”

Anna David

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Sunderland's $1.1 Million Rescue

The Daily Beast calculates the cost of saving teen sailor Abby Sunderland—and the insanity didn't end there. Anna David on the family's reality TV outrage. Plus, parents who should be shot.

Anna David

articles/2010/06/09/real-housewives-of-new-york-bethenny-frankel-and-kelly-bensimon-discuss/david-real-housewives-ny-reunion_105670_doli1j

Judgment Day for Real Housewives

The bizarre third season of The Real Housewives of New York City has ended. Anna David talks to its stars about the insanity that occurred—and about the show’s future.

Anna David

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