| Pretty Wild | |
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| Genre | Reality |
| Directed by | Amber Mazzola |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 9 |
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| Running time | 40–44 minutes |
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| Network | E! |
| Release | March 14 – May 23, 2010 |
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Pretty Wild is an American reality television series that premiered on E! on March 14, 2010 and ran for one season.[1] The series chronicles the lives of sisters Alexis Haines and Gabby Neiers along with their now estranged unofficially adopted “sister” Tess Taylor[2] as they make their way into the Hollywood social scene. The girls and their family initially resided in Westlake Village, California but eventually moved to Hollywood Hills West, Los Angeles.
In mid-2009, after the pilot was filmed, Alexis was arrested for being involved with a group known as the "Bling Ring" that broke into the homes of many celebrities, including Orlando Bloom, Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, and Rachel Bilson. Pretty Wild partly chronicles Alexis's trial. On May 10, 2010, Alexis pleaded no contest to felony burglary and was sentenced to six months in Los Angeles County Jail. Her sentence was scheduled to begin June 24, 2010.[3]
In the London Review of Books, Andrew O'Hagan wrote about the series' principals:
"If real fame is a mask that eats into the face, then pseudo-fame, the current kind, might be a decoy that eats into the brain. You often meet those people in California, people who have forgotten that you are real, that you watch the news, that you know who they really are. They begin to lie to journalists and themselves with the same grim hope: if I say this and no one contradicts me it might be true. A sense of entitlement stands in for personal values. They don't mind if they're fooling you and fooling themselves, so long as they can keep the show on the road."[4]
A feature film, The Bling Ring, was released in the mid-2013. The movie is based on the burglaries committed by the eponymous group.
- ^ "Newcomer "Pretty Wild" Premieres March 14 at 10:30pm ET/PT Only on E!". The Futon Critic. March 8, 2010.
- ^ Donnellan, Sara (2022-09-27). "Tess Taylor Reacts to Alexis Neiers' Sister Gabby's Bling Ring Confession". Us Weekly. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
- ^ Law, Christine (May 10, 2010). "'Pretty Wild's' Alexis Neiers sentenced to 6 months in jail; will stay clear of Orlando Bloom". Zap2it. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved June 18, 2013.
- ^ O'Hagan, Andrew (June 20, 2013) "So Many Handbags, So Little Time". London Review of Books; Vol. 35 No. 12. Pages 19-20.