The Situation Stomachs the Competition
"Jersey Shore" housemates J-Woww and The Situation took their "guido" tour to Mansion in Miami on Wednesday, where they judged something called the ABSolutely best hard body contest.
If all the original "guidos" and "guidettes" don't re-up their contracts quick, MTV will have plenty of new Situations to deal with.
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'Jersey Shore' Cast Starting to Fold
Two of the cast members of "Jersey Shore" have agreed to MTV's offer of $10,000 an episode, but the others are still holding out ... sources connected to the negotiations tell TMZ.
Ronnie and J-WOWW have accepted MTV's offer. A well-placed MTV source tells TMZ the network is drawing a hard line at the close of business tomorrow -- the rest of the cast members must either accept the offer or MTV replaces them.
Earlier in the week we told you MTV's original deadline was Monday night -- but the network continued negotiations and now they say it's do or die.
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Pauly D's DJ Fee -- Spinning Out of Control
Pauly D isn't just trying to land $10,000 an episode for Season Two of "Jersey Shore" -- it's also become his going rate for a night's work on the turntables.
TMZ has learned the Cadillac tattooed "guido" is trying to solidify DJing residencies across the country. His plan: To provide the fist pump soundtrack once every six weeks at three different clubs -- for anywhere between $10,000-$25,000 a gig.
FYI -- Before becoming The Situation's summertime wingman, Pauly D was pulling in $1,000 a night, 4-5 nights a week in Providence, RI.
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'Jersey Shore' -- MTV Tries to Divide and Conquer
The stars of "Jersey Shore" have been negotiating with MTV like "Friends"... but the network could be turning them into enemies with some serious brinkmanship.
Sources tell TMZ the network has told the cast if they don't accept MTV's deal by the end of business Monday, they will be replaced. And, MTV has told them it does not have to be a package deal -- the cast members who accept the offer will stay ... those who do not can have a nice life.
As we first reported, MTV offered each cast member a $10,000 signing bonus and $5,000 per episode. We're told the cast rejected the offer and made it clear they would all stand together and hold out for their price, though they didn't say what it was.
MTV made a new offer of $10,000 an episode -- there are 12 episodes in the new season -- but so far the cast hasn't responded.
We're told MTV already has replacements if Snooki, Pauly D, The Situation and the others don't accept the offer on Monday. But, we're told, MTV is happy to mix and match if some of the cast accepts the offer and others don't.
As for who's being the most hard-headed in the negotiations -- The Situation and Pauly D.
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'Jersey Shore' Kids Drive Hard Bargain
The "Jersey Shore" kids didn't fall off the pizza delivery truck yesterday -- TMZ has learned they have rejected MTV's salary offer for Season 2.
Sources connected with the negotiation say MTV offered Snooki, Pauly D, "The Situation" and the others each a $10,000 signing bonus and $5,000 an episode.
We're told the cast rejected the offer and made it clear -- they were negotiating "Friends" style ... everyone would get the same amount and it had to be a lot higher than MTV's offer.
Sources say MTV came back and doubled the offer -- $10,000 an episode. The cast hasn't responded to the offer.
It's still a bargain. The season finale of "Jersey Shore" was off the charts with 4.8 million viewers.
And, with some members of "The Hills" scoring north of $100,000 an episode, the "Jersey Shore" kids, frankly, should be holding out for a hell of a lot more than $10k.
We've also learned MTV has a contractual hold on the cast for another year, so technically Snooki and company have no right to renegotiate -- but it's done all the time with hit shows.
An MTV spokesperson would not comment on the negotiations and said the network has not made a decision on bringing the show back for Season 2. We're also told MTV has received thousands of tapes from would-be Guidos and Guidettes.
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'Jersey Shore' Guys Hit Vegas
After delivering huge ratings for the "Jersey Shore" finale, Mike "The Situation" and DJ Pauly D took their act to JET in Las Vegas on Friday night.
Judging by the bevy of women by their side all night -- and the 276 photos we got to prove it -- it appeared to have gone well.
'Jersey Shore' Party Shut Down
Everyone loves "The Jersey Shore" -- but not everyone can fit inside a small New Jersey club, so they had to shut the club down.
Law enforcement in Montlcair, NJ tells TMZ the event at the 501 Lounge got waaaaaay overcrowded, so the fire department shut the whole club down.
A source inside the club tells us J-WOWW and Vinny were there for the event and they actually had to be hidden away in a closet while the club was cleared out.
They escaped unscathed.
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Jersey Whore -- Ronnie Gets With Other Woman
"Jersey Shore's" Ronnie might have some serious 'splaining to do -- cause dude was super close to some chick in a bar this week who wasn't his girlfriend Sammi "Sweetheart."
Anthony Pisciotto Jr., owner of OnCampusDrama.com, shot these pics of Ronnie oozing his Ron Ron Juice all over a couple of non-Sammi guidettes on Long Island.
TMZ spoke with a rep from the bar -- the Dublin Down Tavern -- who confirmed Ronnie was there on Tuesday hosting an event ... but his GF was nowhere to be found. No word on who the mystery woman is.
FYI -- Ronnie's Facebook profile still says that he's in a relationship. Check back tomorrow.
Never fall in love on the "Jersey Shore."
UPDATE: Apparently Ronnie and Sammi broke up during the taping of the "Jersey Shore" reunion show, which aired last night ... looks like it didn't take long to move on.
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Ronnie Still On Hook for 'Jersey Shore' Knockout
Ronnie from "Jersey Shore" went on a radio show and proclaimed that his sucker punch case had been officially dismissed -- unfortunately for him, someone's info is waaaayyy off.
It's all over an incident featured on the MTV reality show -- where Ronnie was arrested after bragging about knocking out some guy in "one shot." Yesterday, Ronnie and GF Sammi "Sweetheart" were on B100 in Davenport, Iowa, where they said, "The case is dismissed, all the charges were dropped."
But according to the Ocean County Prosecutor's office, the investigation is ongoing -- and the fist pumping reality star still faces a charge of 3rd degree aggravated assault.
Despite the victim -- a guy named Stephen Izzo -- telling TMZ he's going to show up to Ronnie's court date in a couple weeks, we're told no date has actually been set.
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'Jersey' Knockout Victim -- One Huge Racist
The guy Ronnie cold-cocked on "Jersey Shore" has unleashed a hateful, n-word riddled statement on his Facebook page -- verbally attacking the Black MTV security guards he fought on last week's episode.
Stephen Izzo -- the guy who got his ass kicked -- took to the Internet after the episode aired ... and typed the following disgusting tirade:
"lets get something straight what u didnt see is i never fought ronnie i was fighting...those N**GER bouncers when that bitch ran over and snuck me..then got stomped out by those 3 n**gers as he ran away."
Izzo also uses several other slurs in various updates to his profile, including the word "mulian" ... which is a misspelled racist Italian-American term for Black people.
UPDATE: Izzo tells TMZ, "First of all these guys pushed my female friend on the ground. But I was on a show that uses the derogatory slang word for Italians, 'guido.' I am not a racist, I was using a slang word just the same as the way guido is used on the show."
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'Jersey' Knockout Victim: I Got Sucker Punched
The guy who Ronnie knocked out cold in last week's episode of "Jersey Shore" claims he got sucker punched in the back of the head -- and now the guy says he wants a rematch with his new nemesis.
Stephen Izzo tells TMZ he was trying to fight MTV security after they broke up his group's expletive-filled tussle with the "Jersey" cast -- when Ronnie came out of nowhere and delivered a haymaker to the back of his head. Izzo says the cuts on his face were caused by his sudden headfirst fall into the unforgiving brick ground below.
Izzo now wants a rematch with Ronnie ... and this time he wants it to be a fair fight.
BTW: Ronnie was arrested after the knockout, and Izzo says he's gonna show up for Ronnie's court appearance in a couple of weeks.
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Snooki -- The Cracked Out Makeout Session
"Jersey Shore's" resident adorable mess Snooki got a little mouth to mouth resuscitation while partying with some random dude at Greenhouse in NYC on Monday.
Snooks likes to take a bite out of the, er, Big Apple.
UPDATE: In a message straight to TMZ, Snookers just Tweeted "it was not a random brajole it was VINNYS COUSIN thanks. i keep it in the jerz shore fam no creepers allowed."
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'Jersey Shore' Chick Wins Golden Globes
Sandra Bullock's biggest competition at the Golden Globes isn't Meryl Streep ... it's the very revealing performance of "Jersey Shore's" demure beauty, J-WOWW.
The 23-year-old ingenue showed off her awards on last night's amazing episode of the fist-pumping reality show.
J-WOWW would like to thank the person that made this all possible ... her doctor.
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Jersey Congressman: 'Shore' is a Bad Situation
Apparently the hair gel slathered, jewel encrusted people on "Jersey Shore" aren't "accurate" representations of the area -- this according to one of the state's Congressmen.
Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) put the Snooki Gang on blast yesterday in D.C., saying the "Shore" kids give the notoriously clean Garden State "a bad image."
PS -- We asked him to fist pump for us ... didn't go so well.
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'Jersey Shore' Kid Fight Nights Just Happen
While an addiction towards GTL (gym, tanning, laundry) is in their blood, Ronnie says the kids of the "Jersey Shore" aren't programmed to start fights -- they're merely forced to defend themselves.
Whether it's against drunk gym teachers or a couple of charging "hippos," Sammi's sweetheart says the group's throwdowns are "almost self defense ... we can't walk away, we gotta do what we have to do"
And speaking of fists -- Ronnie made sure to pump his for us too.
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Snooki Puncher KO'd from His Job
The guy who punched Snooki in the face on "Jersey Shore" won't even be punching the clock anymore -- TMZ has learned he's being fired from his job as a gym teacher at a high school in New York.
NY City Department of Education says they are drafting Brad Ferro's termination letter right now -- and once he gets it, he'll have 30 days to pack up his stuff and split from North Queens Community High School.
Dude had already been banished to a teacher reassignment center in the wake of the punch -- but now, because he was found guilty of simple assault for the Snooki attack -- school officials tell us, "the termination process is underway."
Talk about a black eye on your permanent record ...