Pop Fiction

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Pop Fiction
Pop Fiction 2.JPG

Pop Fiction Opening Screenshot (2008)
Format Reality/Candid Camera
Presented by Peter Katona
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 3 (5 unaired)
Production
Producer(s) Ashton Kutcher, Jason Goldberg, Karey Burke, Billy Rainey, Guy Oseary, Colleen Hall
Running time 30 min with commercials
Broadcast
Original channel E!
Original run March 9, 2008 – April 6, 2008

Pop Fiction was an American practical joke television series on E!, hosted by Peter Katona and produced by Ashton Kutcher. In the spirit of Punk'd, the show produced fake gossip for the paparazzi.

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[edit] Tagline

Is it real, or is it Pop Fiction? Celebrities who try to trick the reporters say the tagline "Is it real, or is it Pop Fiction?" at the end of the clips, similar to Punk'd, where celebrities say "I just got punk'd!"

[edit] Episodes

E! never shows any clips of any unaired episode, so people will be shocked.

Ep# Title Original airdate Code
1 "Episode 1" March 9, 2008 (2008-03-09) N/A

Part 1: Paris Hilton and a guru drove around Los Angeles, eating, shopping, and eventually going into a hotel.

Part 2: Avril Lavigne puts on a fake baby bump, and went shopping for baby clothes in Baby Kitson in Beverly Hills with her husband, Deryck Whibley and some other close family friends. [1] 
2 "Episode 2" March 16, 2008 (2008-03-16) N/A

Part 1: Eva Longoria and Mario Lopez had a lunch date together in Café Med.

Part 2: David Spade helps a bachelorette party to get into a hip club, Club Villa, and then he leaves with the bride-to-be on the eve of her wedding. [2] 
3 "Episode 3" April 6, 2008 (2008-04-06) N/A

Part 1: Audrina Patridge (From the MTV Show The Hills) gets a tattoo with the words "pork fried rice" in Chinese. But while Audrina is getting the tattoo, another star shows up right next to the place she's getting the tattoo.

Part 2 : Lisa Rinna has an affair with a younger man on a Malibu beach hotel. Then the next night the papparazi tell her husband, Harry Hamlin about the affair 

Episode 4 was slatted for April 13, 2008, but never aired. The series has been canceled.

[edit] Controversy

Pop Fiction appears identical to a treatment that Anna Nicole Smith registered with the Writers Guild in 2004 called "Celebrities Strike Back." Anna Nicole and Howard K. Stern met with Jeff Shore and Jay James, both programming execs for E! and pitched the show and sent Shore the treatment. [3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Pop Fiction: Episode 1 - TV.com
  2. ^ Pop Fiction: Episode 2 - TV.com
  3. ^ Anna Nicole to E!: You Screwed Me - TMZ.com

[edit] External links

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