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U.S. curler Chris Plys will appear on a new reality show and try to win some cash to get his family, including his ill father, to the 2010 Olympics. Plys, an alternate on the men’s curling team for the Vancouver Games, will be part of “Bank of Hollywood” on the E! network. The eight-episode show is scheduled to debut Dec. 14. Celebrity judges will award their own money to the participants seeking it, with a minimum of $2,000. Plys, 22, wants his parents, Patrick and Laura, to be able to travel to the Olympics from Duluth, Minn. Plys’ dad has been battling brain cancer for several years. The Associated Press
