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Oprah to interview Julie from ‘Real World’ and Natalee Holloway’s mom

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The Real World - Norman Korpi, Heather Gardner, Julie Oliver Gentry

“Real World” pioneers Norman Korpi, Heather Gardner (center)
and Birmingham’s Julie Oliver Gentry reunite Sunday on OWN.

It was the series that launched the reality TV craze. Sunday, Oprah Winfrey catches up with a cast member from Birmingham.

Julie Oliver (now Gentry) starred in the first (of 30!) season of “The Real World,” MTV’s docu-soap that followed seven strangers in a New York loft. She joins castmates Heather Gardner and Norman Korpi for “Oprah: Where Are They Now?”

Not that we haven’t had multiple opportunities (People | Miss Stacy | Wetpaint) to catch up with Gentry and company since 1992 …

Just think: No “Real World,” no “Jersey Belle”

Julie Oliver Gentry

Julie Oliver then (on the show in 1992) and a few years later.

In the same hour, Winfrey interviews Beth Holloway, whose daughter Natalee disappeared in 2005 during a Mountain Brook High senior trip to Aruba. She has never been found.

“Oprah: Where Are They Now?” airs at 8 p.m. Sunday on OWN (repeats throughout the week).

Video: Promo for “Oprah: Where Are They Now?”
(and note who else is on the show)

Video: Catching up with Julie, Norman and Heather

Video: Clip from the very first “The Real World”

“The Real World”

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