Reality Gets Facelift with 'Supermodel'
HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - Add supermodel to the list of dream jobs reality television is promising its viewers.

UPN has given an eight-episode midseason order to an hourlong reality series tentatively titled "Supermodel," with Tyra Banks serving as an executive producer and judge.

The project joins a growing roster of talent search series that have emerged since Fox garnered summer success with "American Idol." Already in the works: an update of "Star Search," as well as searches for country music stars, comedy stars, action film stars and candidates for the presidency of the United States.

"'Supermodel' offers a twist on the reality genre and is a perfect fit for UPN and our audience," said Dawn Ostroff, UPN's president of entertainment. "The series combines the excitement of competition and the real-life drama of people pursing their dreams."

Added Banks: "With 'Supermodel,' I want to demystify the glamour and show the challenges and hard work of becoming a supermodel, but in a humorously hip and edgy way."

Banks is known largely for her work in the Victoria's Secret campaigns as well as the Sports Illustrated swimsuit special issue.

The series will feature a nationwide talent search for eight contenders who believe they can make it in the modeling world. Participants will live together as they vie in weekly tests for a modeling contract. A panel of experts, comprised of agency representatives, photographers, fashion magazine editors and Banks, will oversee the competitions.

THE NEW YORK POST

Sarah Jessica Parker is one sexy mama now.

The "Sex and the City" siren gave birth to a bouncing baby boy in the wee hours yesterday morning at Lenox Hill Hospital on the Upper East Side, sources said.

A placard on the door to the star's private, heavily guarded sixth-floor room revealed the baby's name, "David Perkins Broderick."

Parker, 37, is married to baby-faced stage and screen actor Matthew Broderick.

Parker apparently delivered her first child with relative ease, "pushing for just an hour," one source told The Post. She and her hubby arrived at the hospital with two cars full of security guards in tow and were immediately whisked upstairs, sources said.

After the birth around 3 a.m., the newborn did not go to the nursery with other babies but instead remained in the room with Parker, as is customary in the case of moms in private rooms, sources said. The famous family's littlest show-stopper apparently debuted right on time.

Neither the pair's reps nor the hospital would comment on the joyful event.

The first photos of the couple's new bundle could fetch more than $200,000 for some lucky paparazzi, according to some estimates.