The TV Zone

What took Ash so long?

E!'s reporting [and of course this is absolutely take-it-to-the-bank true] that Ashley Dupre is shopping her own reality show.

[Oh hallelujah! Praise be! TV and its future just gets better by the day. Who will buy this unscripted loser of a show? Let's see...E, perhaps? And thus are scoops made. MTV? In an NY minute...Where does VH1 line up?]

Here's the story: "A source tells E! News...that Dupré, 23, has been developing an unscripted show with production execs at L.A.-based Handprint Entertainment, the same company that has managed the careers of reality icons Nicole Richie and Pamela Anderson."

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"One of the concepts being considered is a dating format."

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"They're talking to MTV about Ashley being the next Tila Tequila," says a source close to the project...

[What happened to the last Tila Tequila?]

"According to a statement released to E! News by Dupré’s lawyer, Richard C. Wolfe, 'Ms. Dupré wants to eliminate all negativity from her life and focus on the positive. She has prospects for many exciting new projects and is looking forward to starting a new chapter.'”

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