**"melrose place", new york style? didn't cbs try and do that show a few years ago? it was called "cpw" for central park west. and it failed. maybe they should've tried what hbo is doing...turn it into a reality show. wait...isn't that "the real world"? mtv did that shit a few years ago. oh well, here's the word on the new reality show about an apartment building an it's tenants on the lower east side.

First came this report, last week:
A friend of mine was at Schiller's the other night and she saw those guys who live on rivington and are developing some reality show there again, having what she assumed was some sort of meeting. Overheard one of them talking to some guy named JR about hbo....
And then this, late yesterday:
126 Rivington deal with HBO... 100% confirmed, I know most of the kids in that building. Warner Brothers sold the 126 Rivington reality TV show idea to HBO. They met with them the other day and talked about doing a documentary-type series. Hopefully that squashed the Hot Tub n' Bar on the back patio (a la The Real World) idea quickly as their lawyer told them initially that it was a good possibility. They are still in negotiations, but it looks lke they might get upwards of $20K each for participating. (source: gawker)

**it's about time he moves past this woman. andrea yates' ex-husband to re-marry. (source: wfaa)

**according to us weekly, TomKat are expecting a baby boy! (source: best week ever)

**starbucks gave away free coffee today. WTF??? i bought my coffee at 9:45 this morning, 15 minutes too early!!! (source: monsters and critics)

**sony delays the release of it's much anticipated playstation3 until november. the gamers will just have to make do with those sweet, sweet xbox360s. (source: ny times)

**michael douglas is tired of "those hollywood couples". wait, does that include him and his wife catherine zeta-jones??? (source: cnn)

**daniel craig is the "best bond ever". oh wait, the director said that. it doesn't count then. (source: mirror uk)