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Surreal Life Lands Wild Cast of Oddballs By Jack Bachariv Reports out of Hollywood have the rumored cast of the next incarnation of VH1’s Surreal Life including a legendary professional wrestler, a Playboy Playmate, a could-have-been James Bond, a would-be politician, a professional gambler, and a failed Presidential candidate. For six seasons, The Surreal Life has paired unlikely quasi-celebrities in close quarters to sometimes hilarious, and occasionally tearful outcomes. Past notables to share their offbeat lives within the Surreal Life house walls include former rapper Vanilla Ice, David Arquette’s transsexual sibling Alexis Arquette, Brady Bunch brother Christopher Knight, and former child star turned teen drug addict Corey Feldman. The rumored cast for the upcoming season of the show is said to include famed wrestler Randy “Macho Man” Savage, Playboy Playmate Tina Jordan, adult film actress Mary Carey, John Travolta’s nephew Rikki Lee Travolta, professional poker player Phil Hellmuth, rock musician Peter Steel, and Rev. Al Sharpton. One of the most successful and popular wrestling champions of all time, Savage has maintained a strong presence in the media in and out of the ring with flamboyant personality and larger than life physique. A former professional baseball player before entering the wrestling world, Savage has also achieve international fame a pitchman for Slim Jim meat snack foods. He co-starred in the first Spider-Man feature film in 2002 as Bone Saw McGraw and has had roles on Family Guy, Space Ghost, abd Dexter’s Laboratory. He also launched a rap music career in 2003 with a single targeting fellow former wrestling great Hulk Hogan, who ironically stars on his own series on VH1. Jordan is a former hair salon receptionist and loan officer who was study for her real estate license when she was discovered by Playboy magazine publisher Hugh Heffner at a popular LA night club. Upon dating Heffner, Jordan was named Miss March 2002 for his magazine. She has represented Playboy on the Howard Stern Show, on the Craig Kilborn Show, and at the Cannes Film Festival. She also has appeared in several music videos for artists such as Ja Rule and Crazy Town, and was featured opposite Robert DeNiro in the feature film 15 Minutes. After being raised by adoptive parents and embarking on a highly successful career in the adult film industry, Carey discovered her biological parents were both mentally retarded. She has since established contact with her biological parents. In a special 2003 California recall election she ran for Governer against eventual winner Arnold Schwarzenegger, former Major League Baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth, Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flint, and former child star Gary Coleman. Shakespearean trained actor, Travolta is one of three actors who turned down propositions to take over the role of James Bond from Pierce Brosnan (the other two being Hugh Jackman and Clive Owen) before the role was finally accepted by James Blond Daniel Craig. Instead of Bond, he has been recruited to play comic book hero Thor. Named one of the World’s 50 Most Beautiful People by Italy’s il Massimo, Travolta has modeled alongside Fabio, and been linked to both Anna Nicole Smith and Pamela Anderson. At the age of 24 Hellmuth became the youngest World Champion of Poker. He attended college for three years but dropped out to focus on being a professional gambler, by contrast his wife is a doctor at Stanford University. In 2006 his live tournament earnings alone totaled over $6.5 million. In 2006 he also became the color commentator for Bravo channel’s Celebrity Poker Showdown. Steele is the six-foot six-inch tall lead singer and bassist of the gothic-doom band Type O Negative. He also played with the heavy metal band Fallout and the thrash metal band Carnivore. Nicknamed Lurch for his stature and deep voice, Steele openly battles with depression, takes antidepressants, and has previously attempted suicide. In 1995 Steele posed naked in Playgirl magazine, but later stated regretting the act after learning only 23% of subscribers are female. Sharpton is a Pentecostal minister and outspoken political activist, and a former protégée of fellow minister turned activist Rev. Jesse Jackson. Like Jackson, Sharpton has sought elected office on multiple occasions with great fanfare but without success. He unsuccessfully sought the Democratic Party nomination to become President of the United States in 2004. Previously he ran for Mayor of New York and for a seat in the United States Senate. |
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