America’s Next Top Model just might be a transgender woman. Us Magazine reports that Isis, a former receptionist originally from Prince George’s County, Md., will compete in the upcoming season of Top Model, which premieres September 3 on the CW Network. Isis told the magazine, “My cards were dealt differently,” regarding her identity as a transgender woman. When pressed if she’ll be a role model, she said, “I like to help people, but I’m here…

ButterReality? Buttershtick? Maybe he’s big enough for Wikipedia standards, but does Butterstick have his own reality show? No. But the gorillas at the Prague Zoo do, challenging the ‘stick in a competition for the hottest eye candy to hit an international zoo. After Czechs decided they’d had their puke-worthy share of American reality television, they came up with “Unmasking”, their own satirical spin-off. Contestants aren’t thrown onto a desolate island. They’re not running around…

It would be incorrect, albeit tempting, to say that documentary film rode the wave of “reality” obsession to its current level of popularity. If anything, documentary has succeeded, as both a critics’ darling and a profitmaker, despite the reality television craze. People enjoy reality shows because their own voyeurism happily confirms that the narrative arcs of scripted television are present in “real” life, as well. The documentary’s success as a genre, though, thrives on its…

Paris Hilton, who was in Washington before Thanksgiving, brought her “film crew and entourage” to SomaFit on Wisconsin Avenue and “commandeered” the “posh” gym, according to MSNBC’s Jeannette Walls. It was apparently for a reality television show, Paris had a pedicure and Walls’ source says that the hotel heiress has big feet. Since Ms. Hilton was filmed sans “Simple Life” co-star Nicole Richie, perhaps Paris has a new reality show in the works. DCist speculates that…