Bachelor host Chris Harrison has been intimately involved in some of the biggest hookups and breakups in pop culture. From Trista and Ryan’s eight-year marriage to Jake and Vienna’s tabloid-fueled split, Harrison knows that while love may be easy to find on a fantasy TV date, it’s not easy to keep.

Harrison, 40, talked to Parade.com about the Jan. 2 premiere of The Bachelor with Ben Flajnik (ABC, 8 p.m. ET). Plus, how he’s changing things up with a new hosting gig on the heartfelt game show, You Deserve It.

On the toughest part about hosting The Bachelor.
“I guess what I find the most challenging is just keeping up with our Bachelor or Bachelorette and staying in tune with them emotionally and trying to say and do the right things for them and be a friend. I’m a host, but more importantly, I feel like I’m a friend.”

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An Arkansas woman who stars on the TLC reality show “19 Kids and Counting” has suffered a miscarriage after announcing she was expecting her 20th child.

Jim Bob Duggar said in a statement that he and his wife, Michelle, were told at a doctor’s appointment Thursday morning that she had miscarried. He says she is resting comfortably at home and asked for privacy.

Michelle Duggar announced last month she was expecting her 20th child in April and had said she wasn’t worried, despite the premature birth of their youngest child two years ago. She said last month that she had made it through the first trimester safely.

The reality show chronicles the family’s home life. The couple has said they don’t use birth control.

Patti Stanger is not one for mincing words. The star of Bravo’s “The Millionaire Matchmaker” is famous for telling it how she sees it, and there’s very little question how she feels about – about how society has emasculated men, how gentlemen prefer blonds, brunettes and pretty much anyone who’s not a redhead, and how sex before monogamy dooms a serious relationship.

So she’s not kidding around when she assures you that the last three shows of the season, an episode where the very outspoken matchmaker becomes the matchmakee, and the two-part  reunion show hosted by Bravo exec and “Watch What Happens Live” host Andy Cohen, feature “the most exciting thing that will ever happen on Bravo.”

Perhaps you didn’t hear her.

“The ending is the biggest twist we’ve ever had,” Stanger says. “‘The Bachelor”s got nothing on it. I cry. And I never cry on network televiion. I’m not Kyle or Bethany and Jill. But if you bring up anything to do with my personal life, or being adopted or looking for my birth parents, I start bawling. I cry my eyes out.”

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Tori Spelling and husband Dean McDermott have a new baby girl.

Spelling gave birth to daughter Hattie Margaret McDermott on Monday.

The couple confirmed the news over their Twitter accounts, saying the baby is “gorgeous” and the family is “so happy.”

Spelling and McDermott already have two children together, Liam and Stella. McDermott also has a son from a previous marriage.

The birth was first reported by Life & Style magazine.

Spelling wed McDermott in 2006 after meeting on the set of a TV movie.

The couple plans to introduce their new baby on the premiere of the sixth season of their reality show, “Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood.” It airs Nov. 29 at 10pm ET/PT on Oxygen.

FORT LAUDERDALE—
Contracts for four Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies who appear on “Police Women of Broward County” reality TV show were turned over to a Broward County judge Monday for his review.

The side deals with the deputies are being sought by the Broward public defender and the state attorney.

At issue is whether the women are being paid to “manufacture arrests” that may appear on the TV show, and whether show business is influencing them while they’re enforcing the law, Assistant Public Defender Gordon Weekes Jr. says.
There are seven cases in which he says the contracts are an issue.

“We’re inching closer,” Weekes said after Discovery Communications gave the contracts to Broward Circuit Judge David Haimes. Discovery owns TLC, the network that has aired two seasons of “Police Women of Broward County.”

Weekes still wants his colleagues to also be able to review the deputies’ deals.

Assistant state attorney Jeff Marcus had subpoenaed the deputies’ contracts, and on Monday, the company complied with the subpoena. The state is legally required to provide all evidence in the possession of law enforcement that is favorable to the defense.

Discovery Communications had previously tried to keep the deals confidential, citing trade secrets in a highly competitive industry.

The corporation has said in court documents that the women are not paid for the type or quantity of arrests they make on the show.

The Sheriff’s Office has said their employees are paid by the reality TV show for their off-duty time, though the deputies appear in episodes while in uniform and on the job, using county equipment and vehicles.

Dana McElroy, one of Discovery’s lawyers, argued before the judge that confidential terms of the contract do not shed any light on any possible motives that are suggested by the public defender. She also argued that it was not relevant how much the deputies were being paid.

“So in other words if there is an expert witness, you can ask, ‘Well, aren’t you getting paid?’ but you can’t ask them how much?” Haimes said to McElroy. “I don’t think that’s ever the case.”

Haimes asked the lawyers to return Sept. 8 to continue their arguments. At that time, he is also scheduled to review Weeke’s request that the court find one of the deputies, Detective Andrea Penoyer, in contempt for not answering questions about the reality TV show during a deposition.

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And the winner is…

Contestants Samuel Larsen and Damian McGinty were both announced winners on Sunday night’s Glee Project finale.

Torn between four charasmatic finalists, Glee co-creator and executive producer Ryan Murphy chose to name two winners.

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Larsen, 19, and McGinty, 18, will each receive a seven-episode arc during the upcoming season of Glee.

Fellow finalists and runners-up Alex Newell, 18 and Lindsay Pearce, 20, didn’t leave empty-handed, as they will also receive two-episode arcs.

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McGinty thanked fans on Twitter, writing, “Thank you all so much…UNBELIEVABLE feeling…i won The Glee Project!!!”

Murphy discussed the small screen roles of the winners: “It’s definitely being discussed but we haven’t done anything yet. We’re also writing the part for the winner and it’s quite a great role. They’re all talented and I think they all fit. They’re part of the Glee family.”

Glee returns for its third season this September on FOX.

By SANDY COHEN

Bravo isn’t saying what might happen to the second season of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” following the unexpected death of Russell Armstrong, estranged husband of cast member Taylor Armstrong.

The couple’s marital troubles were part of the drama on the first season of the reality show, which follows the lavish lifestyles of six women living in the posh neighborhood. Their problems were to remain part of the plot of season two, set to premiere Sept. 5.

Russell Armstrong, 47, an investment banker and venture capitalist, was found dead Monday night, hanging in a home on Mulholland Drive. Los Angeles County Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter said no suicide note was found.

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The estranged husband of “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” cast member Taylor Armstrong has been found dead in what police on Tuesday said appeared to be a suicide.

Venture capitalist Russell Armstrong was found dead on Monday evening at a house on Los Angeles’ famous Mulholland Drive, a Los Angeles police spokesman said.

Celebrity website TMZ.com said Armstrong, 47, was found hanging in a bedroom. Police could not confirm details but said Armstrong’s death was being treated as an apparent suicide.

Armstrong’s wife Taylor filed for divorce in July and her struggle to keep her six year marriage alive was expected to be a key theme in the second season of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills“, which is due to start on September 5.
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A North Carolina teenager who stars on MTV’s reality show “Teen Mom 2″ has been charged with a probation violation.

Brunswick County Detention Center Officer Chris Farmer said Jenelle Evans was brought to the county jail Monday evening. He did not have details of the arrest other than the charge.

Evans attorney Dustin Sullivan did not immediately return messages left after hours Monday.

The 19-year-old Evans was charged with assault in March after a fight recorded on video. A month later, she received 12 months of probation and community service for a drug paraphernalia charge.

Evans is from Oak Island.

“Teen Mom” documents the challenges of four teens’ first years of motherhood.