If you’re fond of 90s television dramas and have 10 million dollars lying around gathering in dust, you’ve come to the right place! Here’s what you should do with all that scratch–buy the beach house from Beverly Hills 90210 (the original series.)

The house, which is located near the shops in Manhattan Beach, California, is on the market for a cool $10.5 million. No big!

If you don’t have millions of dollars lying around to purchase beachfront property with, like I do, then you just need a million to purchase Cameron Frye’s boxy, modern house from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. The house is located in Lake Forest, Illinois, and costs a very reasonable $1.8 million. Which we all have lying around in our real estate piggybanks.

If you could buy any famous house, what would you buy?

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The Bachelor has produced its second marriage born out of the popular reality TV show, and perhaps the most scandalous. Last year’s Bachelor, Jason Mesnick, is set to marry contestant Molly Malaney in a two-hour TV special on ABC next month. There’s just one catch.

As devoted watchers of the Bachelor might know, Malaney was Mesnick’s second choice. In the post-season finale wrap-up episode, it was revealed that Mesnick dumped his first choice, Melissa Rycroft, for Malaney (it is shocking how un-classy that reality television can be!)

The first Bachelorette to get married, Trista Rehn, criticized Mesnick’s 180-flip on Access Hollywood last fall, condemning him for being fickle in matters of the heart. And perhaps she has a leg to stand on – Rehn has been married to her first choice contestant since 2003. Mesnick and Malaney might want to take notes.

Will you watch the second Bachelor wedding?

I’m not usually an American Idol-watcher, but I did catch wind of Katy Perry’s guest-judging stint last night in Los Angeles. For those of you who didn’t see it, Perry replaced Avril Lavigne for the second day of LA auditions. After Lavigne, who didn’t manage to convince anyone that she’s functionally conversant in English (much less that she is now or has ever been musically relevant), Perry was a breath of fresh air. She was breezy, funny, and mean to the other judges.

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A brief chronicle of what may turn out to be Katy Perry’s finest hour: Perry showed up for her day of judging to news that the other judges were arriving in a helicopter, which she pronounced “ridiculous.” She was unmoved by sob stories clearly manufactured to engender sympathy votes through to Hollywood. And when Kara DioGuardi kept singing mocking snatches of Perry’s two big hits, Perry said calmly, “Please stop, or I will have to throw my Coke in your face.”

DioGuardi stopped, which is good – if Perry had followed up on her threat, I’d have to keep watching American Idol.

What’s the prescription for rejuvenating a tired grey mare of a franchise like Idol? More guest judges like Perry would be a good place to start. So thanks, Katy, for the shot of adrenaline. If you need to unwind from your Idol experience, might we recommend checking out our spa deals in LA and Orange County? A 60-minute De-Stressing European Facial at Lauren’s Salon Spa might be the first step on the road back to recovery.

Welcome to the Zit List, where we tell you exactly what to think about events, people, and things that happened this week.

Staying Up Late
With the announcement that NBC might opt to give The Tonight Show back to Jay Leno, pushing current host Conan O’Brien back to a post-midnight time slot, the late-night world erupted in support for O’Brien. The scandal has made late night more thrilling than it has been in years; now if only the shows themselves were as interesting.
Rating: 2 zits   

Earthquake in Haiti

A horrific earthquake in Haiti has left hundreds of thousands displaced, deceased, or wounded. There’s nothing else to say about it that hasn’t alreay been said, but here’s something that bears repeating: text “Haiti” to 90999 to add a $10 Red Cross donation to your phone bill, or explore other charities putting your donations to good use here.
Rating: 6 zits

Worst Face Forward?
After appearing on the cover of People magazine after undergoing 10 plastic surgery procedures in one day, Heidi Montag and her new look are all some tabloids and media outlets can talk about. The latest: the plastic surgeon who sculpted her new face is facing malpractice charges. Given everything else that’s going on in the world, we’re supposed to care about this why?
Rating: 5 zits

Swine and Moan
The Center for Disease Control estimates that 20% of Americans are currently vaccinated against H1N1, also fondly known as the swine flu. Given that the vaccine only emerged in October and in limited supply, officials are saying these figures are successful. If you haven’t gotten your vaccine yet, you may find it easier to get one now that the initial rush is over. Here’s hoping for an uneventful flu season!
Rating: 0 zits

The stars of TLC's new reality show.

TLC, home of popular reality television shows and documentaries, is coming up against a brand-new kind of controversy. Their new show, “One Big Happy Family”, features a family of four in North Carolina struggling to lose weight – and it’s coming under fire from bloggers and TV critics who say the show exploits the family for entertainment value.

The Coles, the African-American family featured in the show, weighed a combined total of 1,377 pounds when the show began. And unlike other reality television shows about weight loss, they weren’t given help from trainers or nutritionists; the show depicts the Coles struggling to adopt healthy habits on their own.

Critics of the show have said that the show exploits the family by painting them as exaggerated caricatures, making it easier for viewers to treat them like characters rather than real people facing real struggles.

What do you think of reality TV shows focusing on weight loss? Are they inherently exploitative or are they an educational tool?