‘Jersey Shore’ is moving to Italy! According to TMZ, the hit MTV show has been scouting locations in Italy to find the right location for their new season.

One source connected with the show says they’ve already lined up some of Vinny’s Italian relatives to host the “Jersey” crew for an authentic Guadagnino dinner.

And we’re told … two months ago execs began working on getting visas for the cast and crew.

Of course, the whole thing is contingent on whether the Italian government lets them in the country!!

Even though ‘Jersey Shore‘ is such a train wreck, I cannot help but watch.  I think moving it to Italy is very smart! It will change things up enough to keep it interesting! You can only film in NJ so many times before it gets redundant.

The advertisers continue to pull out of MTV’s highly controversial new show, ‘Skins‘. All this – and only 1 episode has aired so far!

A rep for the company tells TMZ, “After ‘Skins’ on MTV aired last week, the makers of Schick Hydro decided not to advertise during the program because some of this show’s content is not aligned with Schick corporate guidelines.”

So that makes Schick, Subway, H&R Block, Taco Bell, Wrigley and GM to pull its ads from the show.

Will this spell the end for ‘Skins’? I opened a conversation about ‘Skins’ last week, after the premiere aired, and you had some interesting things to say! It looks like majority of you support MTV and what the show stands for. I disagree, I think it’s too much for basic cable. I wouldn’t want my young teenagers watching it (not that I have teenagers yet, thank God!).

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Yesterday it was reported that the Parents Television Council claims MTV’s parent company, Viacom, has knowingly produced material that may well be in violation of several anti-child pornography laws. They also called for people to contact Taco Bell (an advertiser) and complain. Taco Bell – in return – pulled their advertising off the controversial show. Today, one of the show’s actresses is speaking out.

“‘Skins’ goes where other shows are afraid to.” Skins star Sofia Black-D’elia – who plays a lesbian teen on the MTV series – is defending the controversial content.

“It’s pushing the boundaries for teen drama because I think Skins goes where other shows are afraid to,” she said on the HDNet show ‘Naughty But Nice With Rob’ this week.

But Black-D’elia says, “It’s what teens are doing. It’s the way teenagers believe, I think, especially you know in certain situations when you come from home lives where your parents don’t really support you or really listen to you. That’s what most of these kids are going through. And so, um, the drugs and the sex, they’re vices, and that’s what teenagers have.”

Skins debuted strong Monday night with 3.3 million viewers. It is now MTV’s highest-rated new scripted series in the network’s key 12-34 demo – a 3.4 – which translates to roughly 2.7 million.

Okay, I know I’m an old lady compared to the kids on this show – but I find the show a bit too shocking. Even the previews disturb me. It does seem wrong to me – to have kids that young – acting that old. And I don’t think the argument that “it’s what teens are doing” is necessarily the best path to take. Sure teens are having sex – but glorifying it probably isn’t going to help the teen pregnancy epidemic that’s going on.

What do you think?

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Watching Jersey Shore’s third season, you’ve probably noticed that you’re seeing a whole lot less of Jenni “JWoww” Farley — literally. The Jersey Shore star sat down with Life & Style to share how she cleaned up her act, lost 20 pounds, and two dress sizes in the past seven months. She attributes part of her success to Ab Cuts supplements. “I can fit into the jeans I wore when I was 21!” the 5-foot-7 star, now 25, told Life & Style at the exclusive photo shoot. “Overall, my body’s gotten tighter and more toned.”

Her new look, Jenni says, “Is me coming out of my shell. I want to go back to where I was until I was 21. I was running 3½ miles a day, and I looked amazing. I was very, very health-conscious. And I’d never had a drink.”

This season, JWoww started hitting the gym with the guys and scaled back her partying, limiting herself to lower-cal cocktails like “vodka-seltzer, no cranberry, nothing fruity,” she says to Life & Style. “I drank things that wouldn’t induce a hangover so I could stick with the gym. It was hard, but it was worth it.” Since filming of the third season ended in September, she has cut alcohol altogether. “I want to be on point, and drinking gets in the way,” she says.

Another factor in JWoww’s weight loss is her new beau, Roger Matthews, a Toms River, N.J., bodybuilder. Jenni tells Life & Style that since the two first got cozy in August, Roger has been training her for at least two of her five weekly workouts. Talk about great motivation!

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Teen Mom 2’s Jenelle Evans can add fraud to her already extensive rap sheet.

Life & Style uncovered a police report from October in which the MTV reality star’s mother, Barbara Evans, accused Jenelle and her boyfriend, Kieffer Delp, of stealing her credit card and charging more than $1,200 on it. Shortly after the incident, Jenelle, 19, took to her Facebook page and told her mother, “You’re dead to me.”

But all may be forgiven now: Oak Island, N.C., law enforcement officials tell Life & Style that Jenelle’s mother has backed down from pressing charges after a payment plan was established. Unfortunately, Jenelle is still in trouble with the law — she’s due in court in January to face charges stemming from her October arrest for breaking and entering, along with marijuana possession.

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It’s T-Shirt tiiiiiiime! Yesterday I invited my brother to see a movie with me, and he texted back (and I quote) “Uh, it’s T-shirt time!”. I asked him what he was talking about, and he informed me that he couldn’t come to the movie because of the ‘Jersey Shore’ premiere. I asked why he couldn’t just DVR it, and he didn’t even respond! ‘Jersey Shore’ is soooooo good – you have to watch it live!

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Josh wasn’t alone…

The third season premiere of Jersey Shore on Thursday night delivered MTV’s highest rated series telecast ever notching 8.4 million viewers, according to Nielsen.

The premiere delivered more young viewers (12-34) than any broadcast or cable show this season (excluding sports).

It also bested its season two premiere, which attracted 5.1 million viewers, by 63%.

Jersey Shore has been a game-changer for MTV, which was struggling to rebrand itself after earlier success with unscripted series including Laguna Beach and The Hills.

The network has already announced one spin-off with Pauly D. But more are surely in the offing. Production on the fourth season, which is expected to return to Miami (season three is back in Seaside Heights) has yet to commence as MTV continues to negotiate with the cast.

I haven’t watched the premiere yet – I went and saw ‘The Fighter’ instead. And HELLO – if you are looking for a movie to see tonight – let it be ‘The Figher’. I can’t think of a movie I saw this year that was better. ‘Black Swan’, ’127 Hours’ and ‘True Grit’ which were all amazing movies. But ‘The Fighter’ – hands down – my favorite movie of the year. Incredible! Christian Bale for the Oscar – I’m saying it now!

While Teen Mom star Amber is considering quitting the hit show admitting that airing her dirty laundry on TV has ruined her life, her participation still earns her a whopping $280,000 a year. So as a single mom with no GED, what will Amber do for income after the show? Her brother Shawn Portwood tells Life & Style exclusively that Amber hopes to become a model after Teen Mom.

“When she’s done with the show, Amber wants to be a glamorous pinup girl, like Marilyn Monroe,” her brother Shawn tells Life & Style. “People have already been asking her to do modeling — somebody even asked her if she would do porn, which she’s not interested in.” Adult entertainment company Vivid reportedly offered Amber $500,000 to get X-rated on camera.

Amber’s recent slim down from a size 11 to a size 5 has given her a major confidence boost. “She always looked up to ‘50’s pinup models because they’re known for their hourglass curves,” an insider tells Life & Style. “She thinks modeling would give her a more grown-up image and allow her to support Leah.”

A model!? Seriously!?

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