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Vajazzling Is Out And Merkins Are In!

2012-01-30T21:45:00.000-08:00

#TMI

Completely Bare

According to Cindy Barshop at least!

Former Real Housewives of New York City star Cindy Barshop may have gotten her pink slip from Bravo last fall after a shaky debut on the reality series, but she is by no means struggling without the paycheck from the hit franchise!

Cindy, as we all know, is the founder and owner of Completely Bare in NYC. She got everyone's attention with her Vajazzling procedures, but now she is making headlines with her new line of Merkins. What kind of Merkins, you ask? Well, the first is a faux fur line called "Foxy Bikini" in a variety of colors, including pink (Lisa V, we're looking at you!). The other is called "Carnivale" which is made out of a variety of different colored feathers.

But before you all crash the Completely Bare site scheduling your Merkin appointment, these procedures don't come cheap. The cheapest choice to furify your vajayjay is still a whopping $190!

Good to see Cindy doesn't need RHONY to have a career! She should offer seminars to a certain group of has beens who are still clearly struggling...

Kelsey Grammer Expecting Twins!

2012-01-27T13:35:00.000-08:00

#BabyDrama

Hollywood Reporter

Following up on his recent win for Best Actor at the Golden Globes, former Housewives Husband Kelsey Grammer announced that he and his new wife, Kayte Walsh, are expecting twins!

Last year, Kayte miscarried shortly before their marriage in February 2011. This is Kelsey's fifth--and sixth?--child, while it's Kayte's first.

We wish you the best of luck in your pregnancy, Kayte!

...but we do have to wonder what Camille thinks of all this!

Kathy Hilton Says Kim Is Doing Great

2012-01-26T13:23:00.000-08:00

#OnTheMend

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We were all shocked when we learned that Kim Richards had entered rehab last month, though our emotions were mixed with relief and gratification. Who didn't see this one coming?

Ever since she left last month, there have been multiple reports--mainly from her sisters-that Kim has been doing great since leaving rehab the first week of January. Most recently, Kim was spotted out with her older sister Kathy Hilton, aka Paris' mom, getting their nails did and their eyebrows waxed on Friday, January 13th.

Here's what Kathy had to say about Kim's recovery: "Kim is on her way. She is having a good time,"

Kathy also said that her little sister "doing well" after being discharged, despite the reality star's stint in rehab wasn't an easy journey. According to an insider, Kim "tried to leave and ended up coming back". They told US Weekly that Kim was "very defiant."

We're just glad that Kim is clearly getting the help she needs! We wish her the best on the road to recovery. It's great to see her being surrounded by people who love her.

Michaele Salahi Could Be A Criminal

2012-01-25T19:03:00.000-08:00

#HeSaidSheSaid

Access Hollywood

Actually, it's more like he said, and she won't say!

In what's turning into arguably one of the most ugly Housewives divorce battles, the Salahis are forsaking the high road in their divorce proceedings.

In one corner, we have Tareq Salahi, who is wasting no time in his efforts to destroy his estranged wife's reputation, claiming that she's "a compulsive liar" citing her claims of being a Washington Redskins Cheerleader and a Victoria's Secret Model as examples.

But he doesn't stop there. Tareq goes on to claim that Michaele was living way beyond her means, and was routinely spending thousands of dollars on hair extensions and beauty treatments and throwing lavish parties for him, one of which cost a reported 16k!

And then there's that little issue of, well, when she left him for someone else. And by someone else, we're of course referring to the guitarist from Journey.

Meanwhile, Michaele is keeping an unusually mum stance on the whole infidelity situation, and pleading an eye-roll-inducing 5th Amendment on the situation of whether or not she was sleeping with Neal Schon while still married to Tareq.

You may be wondering, why is this little fact of when the relationship with Neal started important? Two reasons. One, committing adultery is a crime in Virginia that as a misdemeanor is punishable with a $250 fine. Two, turns out that the White House crasher couple's pre-nup states that if Michaele was to commit adultery, she gets absolutely no spousal support.

Such drama! Do you think Bravo producers are kicking themselves for axing RHODC and missing out on this scandalous development? Wait, but that would mean they would actually have to spend a whole 4 months dealing with the Salahis again...

Housewives In Film

2012-01-25T19:02:00.001-08:00

#RedCarpet

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New York City's finest Women of film and television all came out on Wednesday, December 7th, for the 31st annual Muse Awards for the NYWIFT, aka New York Women in Film and Television.

Never ones to shy away from a red carpet appearance, the veteran Real Housewives of New York City came out to support all things women, New York, film, and television. Things these women are all at this point pretty well versed in!

Sonja Morgan walked the red carpet rocking a gorgeous coral dress with gold peeped toed stilettos, and while we love the look, isn't it a bit out of season? Save that dress for spring 2012 girlfriend! Also, does anyone else think Sonja looks a bit...out of it?

Her fellow blonde cast-mate Ramona Singer came to show off some awesome stems wrapped in absolutely trendy cute printed tights and mile-high patent black pumps. While we love the color of the dress and the black lace detail, Ramona looks slightly uncomfortable, like her dress doesn't fit her just right. Oh Ramona, don't you know how hard it is to do Turtle Time in an ill-fitting dress?

Last but not least, Bravo's favorite Countess graced the carpet with her presence. We gotta give Luann major props for her boots and sheer tights. Way to acknowledge the chilly Winter season we are in! Matched with her signature oversized jewelry pieces, Countess rocked a well-fitted charcoal dress.

Who do you think was the best dressed NYC Housewives for the evening?

Is Housewives Drama Finally Catching Up With NeNe?

2012-01-25T19:02:00.000-08:00

#SayItAintSo!

NeNe Leakes, The Real Housewives of Atlanta's leading lady, is now claiming that she finds the drama filled lifestyle a bit draining.

Woman says what now!?

The reality star rencently sat down with the women of The Talk to discuss this season's explosively drama and gave the women an honest look into the perils of this popular housewife genre.

Getting right down to it, host Aisha Taylor asked NeNe straight up if she found the fighting to be too much, to which Neens repsonded "Very exhausting, it's very negative, I'm so tired. It's very entertaining though, don't ya think?"

Hmmm...NeNe is being very coy about all of this. Could she potentially leaving some space for her own spinoff??

Check out the rest of the interview above and see for yourself!

Kelly vs. Kelly

2012-01-16T14:27:00.000-08:00

#FashionFaceoff

People

Everyone loves a good fashion throw down! Especially a good ole namesake battle.

In this round, we have former Housewife Kelly Bensimon in one corner, with Gossip Girl hottie Kelly Rutherford in the other. Both were spotted out in a Ramy Brook violet shift dress. While one Kel paired it with black tights in honor of the current season, the other dared to bare her mile-long stems. Damn girl!

Usually, these kinds of repeats can be embarrassing between competing celebrities. But these two Kellys go way back! Maybe these besties did a closet swap.

Jill Zarin, The Diva

2012-01-15T07:02:00.000-08:00

#OhNoSheDidn't

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Despite her 15 minutes of fame being long over, Jill Zarin is still pumping her dwindling notoriety for everything it has. Most recently, Jill's camp was reported to have been asking restaurants to host her recent birthday dinner for free in return for "press and tweets", as well as asking PR firms for gifts. Surprisingly, there were no takers.

Instead, Jill's assistant opted to go with Lavo to host Jill and her entourage. In the end, Jill's husband, Bobby, took the bill.

Seriously, Jill, you used to be our favorite New York Housewife. But this constant call for attention and fame is getting ridiculous.

LuAnn's Broadway Dress Code

2012-01-15T07:01:00.000-08:00

#RedCarpet

Bravo's favorite Countess was spotted out and about on Thursday, December 1, walking the red carpet for the opening Bonnie and Clyde production on Broadway.

Always the classy housewife, LuAnn deLesseps looked absolutely fabulous while rocking her signature oversized hoops, matched with a classic black trench and sassy black booties. We're gonna give LuAnn top marks for this ensemble, even with the weird fish scale top poking out of the trench. Hope you had fun, LuAnn!

Kim Richards Is Out of Rehab, Camille Grammer is Out of Divorce Drama, Kyle Richards Is Out On the Town

2012-01-12T16:35:00.000-08:00

#BeverlyHills

People

Things are looking up in Beverly Hills. Back on Monday, December 5, it was reported that Kim Richards entered rehab. The 47-year-old "housewife" received treatment at an undisclosed location.

Kim previously entered rehab after the first season of the show, but checked herself out a week later. This season, Adrienne Maloof's husband, Dr. Paul Nassif, noted that Kim's bizarre behavior was likely due to her mixing of the drugs Lexapro, Trazadone and Topamax. It has also long been suspected that Kim abused alcohol following an apparent drunken episode at the airport.

The next day, a source finally put us out of our agony and revealed the "offical" word on why Kim entered rehab. "Kim's alcohol addiction along with other substance abuse problems has been obvious for quite some time, but it's really good that she's finally getting help," one source told Us.

"It became really obvious that Kim was not herself," the source says of the former Disney child star. "It was really just a matter of when she would enter rehab. I think everyone is actually pretty happy she's taking the proper steps forward to deal with her issues."

"The relationship with everyone is so strained and it was because they weren't going to coddle Kim - she had to know when she was ready to do this…She's making the right decision."

Radaronline went and gathered its on sources who claimed it was Bravo who pushed Kim to enter rehab. They apparently didn't want any craziness on its watch. It has clearly dealt with more than its share of issues this season with the suicide of Russell Armstrong.

“Kim was told by the people at Bravo that she had to get help and that help meant going into rehab immediately,” a source told RadarOnline.com. “The network people were worried about her and wanted her to try and fix her problems.”

“After Russell Armstrong’s suicide Bravo is trying to making sure that nothing bad happens to the people on their shows,” the source said. “They don’t want any more tragedies on their hands.”

“The pressures the women face being on the show are enormous. Kim was basically told that if she wanted to stay on the show then she had to get help, so she did. Kim doesn’t have any other significant source of income and she needs to keep her job on the show.”

Kim left rehab earlier this week, completing the 30-day program. Today, Thursday, January 12, Kim was spotted leaving Mr. Chow with her big sister, Kathy Hilton. Kim looked radiant, healthy, and happy.

Meanwhile, last season's troubled character, Camille Grammer, is so over the totally messed up way her divorce went down. She's moved on to this talk dark, curly haired man, Dimitri Charalambopoulos. The couple was spotted together Wednesday, January 11 making their way through LAX airport.

Kyle Richards was having a good time of her own this week. Yesterday, January 11, Kyle hit up Boa Steakhouse in Hollywood to celebrate her birthday. Kyle wore black jeans, a purple shirt, and black open toed shoes. It's good to be a Richards this week!

Bethenny Fades to Black

2012-01-11T13:14:00.000-08:00

#Fashion

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Bethenny Frankel was spotted bundled up in warm winter clothes as she took an afternoon stroll through SoHo, Sunday January 8. The reality TV star wore skinny gray jeans, a black coat, and cute black riding boots.

A few weeks ago, Bethenny was also spotted in black making her exit from the Wendy Williams show, Thursday December 8. Bethenny wore a big black coat, black leggings, and black boots.

Join Walgreens' Prescription Savings Club

2012-01-11T13:01:00.003-08:00

This post brought to you by Walgreens. All opinions are 100% mine.

Express Script acts as a middleman between pharmacies and and employers. After Walgreens and Express Script were unable to come to a new agreement, Walgreens is no longer a part of Express Script's pharmacy network.

Unfortunately, customers are now being forced to go elsewhere to use their in-network pharmacy benefits. Due to the actions of Express Scripts, customers are being disrupted. Disruption in something as important as health care is unfortunate. Not only is it unfortunate, it is unnecessary. Customers, who have gotten close to their pharmacists, are having to switch pharmacies, and drive to far locations with less convenient hours just to have their prescriptions filled.

Discontent with the new burdens being placed on its customers, Walgreens is taking steps to alleviate the disruption in customers' health care plans. Walgreens is offering a special discount on annual membership for the Walgreens Prescription Savings Club. During the month of January, an individual can join the Club for the promotion price of $5, or $10 for a family membership.

With the Club, members can receive a savings on more than 8,000 brand name and all generic medication. In addition, over 400 generic medications are available with a three-month supply for under $1 a week. The membership also includes discounts on flu shots, pet prescriptions, nebulizers and diabetic supplies.

The non promotion annual membership price is $20 for an individual and $35 for a family membership.
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Brandi Glanville's Vegas Marriage Wasn't a Real Marriage

2012-01-11T12:59:00.000-08:00

#Publicity

Over New Year's, Brandi Glanville revealed that she had gotten married to her best friend in a drunken Vegas moment. As it turns out, the marriage was never really legal. There was no marriage license, and no papers were signed.

But hey, she sure got a heck of a lot of publicity.

Camille Grammer Has Suddenly Become The Most Likable Housewife

2012-01-10T10:54:00.000-08:00

#WhatADifferenceASeasonMakes

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Camille Grammer definitely wins the title for Most Changed Housewife this season. Last season was all about the turmoil in her life and the enemies she made. This season, Camille is probably best known for being one of the most likable cast members, the most fashionable, and the least dramatic. She even became almost heroic when she blurted out that Taylor told all the women that Russell beat her.

Other than that outburst, Camille's role this season hasn't been as significant as last year. When she is on, things are mainly peaceful. Camille took her newfound persona onto the Today Show today, Tuesday, January 10, to talk about the show.

Camille maintains that she thinks she's a good person, so the second season Camille is a better depiction of who she is in real life than season one Camille.As for the primary drama this season, Taylor and Russell's fallen marriage and Russell's eventual suicide, Camille reveals that she initially thought season two shouldn't air. However, she eultimately had no say in it, and eventually came to agree with the decision Bravo made to air it.

Beverly Hills Royalty

2012-01-09T12:38:00.000-08:00

#RedCarpet

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Beverly Hills royalty, entrpreneur Adrienne Maloof and Dr. Paul Nassif walked the red carpet at attend the 50th anniversary celebration for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital at The Beverly Hilton hotel on Saturday, January 7, in Beverly Hills.

Adrienne wore a tight black dress, black tights and shoes. She paired this with gorgeous blue drop earrings. Paul matched his wife in a dapper black suit.

Teresa Giudice and Her Celebrity Apprentice Castmates

2012-01-09T12:27:00.000-08:00

#Entertainment

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Teresa Giudice joined her fellow new castmates on The Celebrity Apprentice including Lisa Lampanelli, Clay Aiken, Dayana Mendoza, Dee Snider, Michael Andretti and Paul Teutul, Sr. at a luncheon at the 30 Rock Center Cafe on Wednesday, January 4, in New York City.

Rounding out the rest of the 18 member cast will be mob princess Victoria Gotti, pop stars Debbie Gibson and Aubrey O'Day, Dayana Mendoza, Tia Carrere, funny guys Adam Carolla and Arsenio Hall, and Patricia Velasquez. A fun game is to try to figure out how many of the names you recognized before you opened a new tab and googled them.

The teams were spotted last week on their first challenge. The Apprentice first challenge is always rooted in selling and this season will be no different. Instead of selling ice cream or pizza, this group was tasked with selling sandwiches.

We wonder how many episodes it takes for Teresa to pick up some enemies and put down some tables? Will you watch?

Real Housewives And Toddlers and Tiaras Are a Perfect Match

2012-01-09T11:31:00.000-08:00

#Fashion

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Teresa Guidice and Cindy Barshop attended Isabella Barrett's from TLC's Toddlers and Tiaras Reality Weekly Launch Event to benefit her anti-bullying bracelets at the Providence Marriott Downtown Hotel on Thursday, December 29 in Providence, Rhode Island.

The Real Housewives of New Jersey star wore a sleeveless purple dress with black boots. She brought her own former tiara'd toddler with her, her 10-year-old daughter Gia.

The fired Real Housewives of New York star, Cindy, wore black jeans, a black vest and black booties.

This is a fitting collaboration. After all, aren't the housewives just the grown up version of the Toddlers and Tiaras? They're over the top extravagant and they often behave like children. But we love them1

Bethenny No More

2012-01-09T11:08:00.000-08:00

#Entertainment

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Bethenny Frankel has been Bravo's best specimen for quite some time, and on Saturday, January 7, the spotlight was on her at the Bravo NBCUniversal portion of the 2012 Winter TCA Tour in Pasadena, California at the Langham Huntington Hotel and Spa.

Bethenny answered questions about her hit Bravo show, Bethenny Ever After, while seated alongside Executive Producer Matt Anderson.

But Bethenny probably won't be at this event next year. Reports claim that the next season of Bethenny's Bravo show will be her last. Season three will be the last as Bethenny "is going to concentrate on her many business ventures."

"The door is open for other projects with Bravo," adds the source. "But as far as Bethenny Ever After goes, she feels that ending the show on a high note and ending it after this season would be best for her family. She doesn't want her [20-month-old] daughter [Bryn] to grow up on TV."

While the shows ratings are good, they have been steadily declining. But Bethenny hasn't given up on TV altogether. Although her talk show pilot didn't get picked up, Bethenny plans to contiune her relationshipw tih Bravo. According to the source, Bethenny "loves working with Bravo" and "will probably continue to work with Bravo in some way.."

"The world is her oyster right now," the source says. "She has so many options. Her Skinnygirl empire is doing so well, and the paperback version of [her book] A Place of Yes went on sale Jan. 2. Bethenny will pull something out of her sleeve shortly."

"They haven't even finished shooting this season so no decision has been made about another one yet."

Bethenny Ever After season three premieres Monday, Feb. 20 at 9 p.m. EST on Bravo.

Ignorance Is Bliss

2012-01-08T16:09:00.000-08:00

#Entertainment

Kyle Richards definitely made her publishers proud. Writing the obligatory Housewives' book, Kyle included some controversial statements that have gotten the media's attention. Chief among them is the notion that if you cheat once, you should not tell your partner.

The logic? The wife of Mauricio Umansky says,"If you cheat once, don't tell," the 42-year-old mom says in her new book, Life Is Not a Reality Show: Keeping It Real With The Housewife Who Does It All. "You get a free pass." Kyle and Mauricio have been married for 17 years. We wonder if he's used his pass yet?

When questioned about the statement on Good Morning America recently, Kyle admitted, she "[knew] I was going to get some heat for that."

She continued, "I've seen circumstances with people that I know are in love with their spouse and they made one mistake and I said -- this is somebody that I know, nobody that anybody knows here, 'Listen, if this really was a one time mistake, and you did not put this person in jeopardy,' I personally think you should deal with it with yourself and with God and not go and say: 'Honey look what I did,' because I knew that this would ruin their relationship and their life," she said.

"And I can tell you that many, many, many years later they're happy and together and she did make that mistake and she has to carry that and live with that," Kyle added.

Agree or disagree?

Brandi Glanville Elopes In Vegas

2012-01-02T09:22:00.000-08:00

#BlameItOnTheAlcohol

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Brandi Glanville didn't just drink and party on New Year's Eve like the rest of us, she went to the chapel to get married.

Brandi eloped with Darin Harvey over New Year's Eve in Las Vegas, but indicated that it's a temporary union. She tweeted, "Yes, I'm married get over it!", along with this photo outside a wedding chapel. She quickly added, "but not for long!"

Darin also decided to get contemplative all of a sudden, expressing his disbelief that he was marrying his "best friend forever." He added,"@BrandiGlanville did we really do it. remember Elvis then blacked out. Did I have you sign anything," he asked.

Darin is blaming it on the ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-alcohol. "It's a big blur bottle of Patron Elvis now I'm married. At least shes hot and sane."

Drunken marriages are made for lasting. Darin tweeted early Monday morning, "no worries was a drunken BFF thing getting annulled."

Who is this random guy? Brandi spilled deets on her husband yesterday via twitter.

Brandi Glanville was married to actor Eddie Cibrian, the father of her two children. Eddie notoriously left her for singer LeAnn Rimes. Eddie and LeAnn married in April 2011.

Real Housewives Get Paid to Party on NYE

2012-01-01T07:25:00.000-08:00

#NewYear

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The Real Housewives of Orange County left the OC and headed for LA for New Year's Eve. Saturday, December 31, Alexis Bellino, Tamra Barney, and Gretchen Rossi hosted CIROC The New Year 2012 at Beverly Club in Los Angeles. While most people have to come out of pocket a couple hundred dollars to party on New Year's Eve, The Real Housewives got paid to play.

New Year's Eve dresses are so important, especially if you're a celebrity. Even though New Year's Eve is just another night of partying, the stakes are raised. The goal is to get something sexy, but not slutty like Halloween, and still look fashionable.

Alexis wore the typical New Year's Eve dress -- strapless gold sequins -- paired with black strappy heels. Her husband, Jim, joined her on the red carpet in a black suit with a gold scarf to match Alexis.

Gretchen was not quite as lucky as Alexis. Gretchen hosted the Ciroq party, but had to travel to Houston, Texas to do it. Gretchen and boyfriend Slade Smiley are still going strong as they toasted the New Year together and even got a little frisky with Slade spanking Gretchen in the club. Cool.

Gretchen also went the typical New Year's route with a mini gold dress with silver shimmers. Even though it was not groundbreaking, Gretchen's dress was the cutest of all the housewives. It was very short, meeting the NYE sexy criteria, but the long sleeves balanced the length of the dress out.

Taylor Armstrong was summoned all the way to Chicago, Illinois to host her version of the Ciroc The New Year party at the Enclave. Taylor seemed to enjoy her paycheck the event, partying with Shaneeka Hickling and Jennifur Diamond.

The RHOBH star wore a knee length black dress that was spiced up with a v-cut and off the shoulder sleeve.

Kim Zolciak hosted the Ciroc the New Year party in New York City at Beauty & Essex. Kim wore a multi-colored dress with black sequins at the top, a gray blazer, black tights, and knee high boots. Kim was the worst dressed of the evening. The dress looks like it was hemmed improperly, and there's way too much going on. Too many colors, too many patterns. It's also hard to pull off a longer dress with high boots because they usually run into each other.

If you're wondering where Kim's new husband, Kroy is, he has a job. Kroy was preparing to play in the final game of the NFL season today. His team, the Atlanta Falcon's have clinched a playoff spot, but still have to find out who they will play in the first round.

Like most of the city of Los Angeles, Kyle Richards ditched Hollywood for New Year's Eve for the bright lights of Sin City. Joined by her husband Mauricio, good friend Faye Resnik, and Everette Jack, Kyle rang in 2012 at Stevie Wonder's performance at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Saturday, December 31.

Kyle choose a black cleavage inducing dress, with fringe at the bottom, while Faye went for a more festive gold, shimmery dress.

Taylor Armstrong Gets Her Grove Back

2011-12-29T19:13:00.000-08:00

#Entertainment

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Taylor Armstrong and her daughter Kennedy seemed to be in good spirits while doing some last minute shopping, Saturday, December 24. Kennedy still has it all as she and her mom left the American Girl store with multiple bags. American Girl is the store with $100 dolls. Once you buy the dolls, you take them back to American Girl for things like $11 hairstyles.

Taylor wore a casual look for the holiday shopping trip -- black leggings, a black top, blue jean vest and furry boots.

Taylor Armstrong Signs Book Deal

2011-12-26T19:47:00.000-08:00

#StillSad

Earlier we reported that Taylor Armstrong had raked in the dough by releasing the photos of her injuries at the hands of her allegedly abusive late-husband Russell Armstrong before his suicide in August. Taylor was on the press circuit for a while, sitting down with Extra! and then Dr. Phil to open up for the first time since Russell's suicide. There were whispered rumors of a potential book deal, but then all went quiet.

But now it's forreal- Taylor has officially signed a book deal for an autobiography to be released February 7, 2012. The book is titled Hiding from Reality: My Story of Love, Loss and Finding the Courage Within, and Armstrong says that she hopes her story will raise the awareness of domestic abuse and violence by telling her own story of her seven year marriage to Russell.

So why now? Taylor explained in a statement:

“I wish I would have been able to tell my story before now. But, until my husband Russell’s suicide, I didn’t feel safe to tell anyone for fear of my own safety and the safety of my daughter. With Russell’s passing, I now feel safe to bring my story into the light, to help all battered and abused women, and men, and aid them in their struggle.”

Yikes. Again, this is a really uncomfortable situation. While we admire Taylor's courage to get her story out there with the intention to help other men and women who maybe struggling in a similar situation, we can't help but feel how this may negatively impact poor little Kennedy, and this book's details will expose her to facts about her parents that perhaps no child should ever have to deal with.

What do you think? Is Taylor right to publish a tell all book about her late-husband?

Melissa Only Bartended at the Strip Club

2011-12-26T18:49:00.000-08:00

#Fashion

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Melissa Gorga was spotted out in NYC on Wednesday, November 30 for the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation's A Miracle Evening Gala at Cipriani Wall Street. And she looked AH-MAY-ZING! She knows she's got it and she knows how to work it.

On her flawless skin, Melissa admits to using the skin illuminator Body Bling, saying, "I use Body Bling on the red carpet at all times. My makeup artist literally paints me with a paintbrush before I arrive."

Apparently, the bronze-based body moisturizer is packed with golden shimmer and is perfect for hiding skin imperfections while delivering a natural, bronzy glow. Melissa should consider an endorsement deal.

Melissa looked gorgeous and posed with the Mark Ruffalo and the Great Meryl Streep. And of course, her man, Joe Gorga, was faithfully by her side.

We really like Melissa because she seems so down to earth, despite her totally glamorous and over the top lifestyle. And she's definitely not letting any of those pesky rumors get to her. You know, the ones where her sister-in-law tried to set her up and get her to admit on camera that she used to be a stripper? Gotta love family.

But this Italian can definitely hold her own--she is not taking these rumors sitting down! Melissa hired attorney James J. Leonard Jr who released the following statement on her behalf:

"At this time we are aggressively pursuing the commencement of litigation against any and all individuals, in any jurisdiction, who have or continue to disseminate false statements against Melissa Gorga"

Melissa is adamant that she never stripped and was just a bartender during her time at Lookers Gentleman Club. And you know what, we believe her! We think she has nothing to hide and has always been upfront and honest with the cameras, and that's why we like her.

Larsa and Cristy Are Out of RHMIA

2011-12-18T22:08:00.000-08:00

#SameShowNewDrama

People

It's recently been announced that The Real Housewives of Miami will indeed be returning for Season 2. But sadly, not all of the original ladies will be returning. Sources have reported that now-former housewives, Larsa Pippen and Cristy Rice, will not be returning for the second season of the Bravo franchise.

Larsa tweeted the statement above regarding her departure, but all in all doesn't seem too torn up about it. We wish her the best of luck in Chicago.

So who will be replacing these sassy ladies? Fellow cast mate, Adriana De Moura reveals, "Producers didn’t want this to go in a Basketball Wives direction. We’ll portray Miami the way it should be portrayed." We detect the slightest hint of cattiness in that statement?

Apparently, Adriana thinks very highly of the Miami franchise, saying, "It’s so funny, when we aired, everyone said, ‘Oh that show is so bad. I don’t even watch it,’ before adding, "But when they were casting, all of a sudden — I’m not going to mention names — but now half of Miami wants to be in it."

She continues that the part of the problem with the first season was that Bravo never actually intended it to be part of the coveted Real Housewives franchise, but got switched to the roster during the editing process. She adds, "That’s why we had shorter episodes and all that foolishness. Now we’re hoping to beat Beverly Hills!"

Those sound like fighting words! We don't think Lisa Vanderpump will take that statement sitting down.

Will you be tuning in for season 2 of The Real Housewives of Miami?

Kelly Bensimon Gives to the Kids

2011-12-15T12:44:00.000-08:00

#GivingBack

Take notes, Jill Zarin! This is how a former Housewife should be seen in the press.

On Tuesday, December 13, celebs came from all corners to participate in the 2nd annual CitySights Toy Drive to hand out over 2,000 toys to diabetic children at the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center in New York City.

Former housewife Kelly Bensimon joined former tween heart-throb Aaron Carter, Alyssa Campanella, Miss USA 2011, Danielle Doty, Miss Teen USA 2011, and Leila Lopes, Miss Universe 2011 in handing out toys at Columbia University Medical Center.

It's so good to see Kelly giving back to children in need, especially during the holidays. It looks like she is enjoying life without the drama of reality TV.

How Did Vicki Celebrate Her Divorce?

2011-12-12T18:09:00.000-08:00

#Knifestyles

Orange County Register

With a total body makeover, of course!

In true Orange County fashion, Real Housewives vet Vicki Gunvalson celebrated her finalized divorce from Donn Gunvalson by dropping a hot $8K's worth of plastic surgery in Boca Raton, FL.

Says Vicki of her Heidi-Montag-esque surgery: “I want to have it all...Some doctors do too much and you look like a dead Barbie doll. I didn’t want to look plastic!”

....insert awkward silence here....

Her work included Botox, fillers and a laser treatment on her face, as well as some body contouring on her torso and thighs. Dr. Jason Pozner, the plastic surgeon on the case, added ”She just wanted a little pick-me-up.”

Ick. We can't exactly pinpoint what it is, but something about this whole "makeover" seems like such poor form. We can't help but feel like poor Donn really had the rug pulled out from under him. All he wanted to do was retire and hang out with Vicki and her children, who he treated like his own, and of course his pugs. Now, it seems like she's playing the divorced card and trying to gain some sympathy even though she's off parading her much younger beau and new body. It's icky Vicki, that's what it is.

Oh well. Regardless of Vicki's intentions, we wish her the best with her new body and boyfriend! We hope your love tank is finally "full", Vick.

Another Party, Another Meltdown

2011-12-06T10:39:00.000-08:00

#SmallScreen

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: Season 2: Episode 14: "Malibu Beach Party From Hell"

This week's episode kicks off with Lisa, Pandora, and of course the fabulous Kevin Lee. Kevin has set up a bunch of over the top and beautiful centerpieces for Pandora’s wedding.

After spending some time debating whose wedding it really is -- they ultimately decided its Kevin's wedding -- we head over to Paul’s office see Kyle and her mother in law Estella and Estella's new face.

Estella is healing nicely and both she and Paul are trying to convince Kyle to get surgery herself. Kyle wishes everyone would just “stop the botox, stop the filler, and just fight fair”. Somehow, we don't think that would fly with the ladies of 90210. So Kyle continues to wince in the corner every time a needle comes out while Estella basks in all her plasticized glory.

After spending a little time with her better half we stop in on Adrienne and Brandi having lunch. Brandi is sharing her idea about a Malibu beach party with Adrienne but this time there’s no sex toy talk, thank goodness. Adrienne may have died of shock.

Adrienne does mention that Camille and Taylor are having issues but both ladies think they should be okay since they were so well behaved at the fashion show. Famous last words?

Back at Casa de Kyle, there’s a Cinco De Mayo celebration. None of the Housewives are in attendance, but Mauricio is, and you know we’re a fan of that. While Kyle is celebrating, Lisa is planning for the expansion of her restaurant Sur. Lisa is in total take charge role with the contractors. A savvy business woman for sure. Her husband Ken -- he's in retirement mode. Just nod and grin. Then prepare the check.

In the midst of all the party planning, wedding planning, and restaurant renovations we finally get to catch up with Kim. Doing laundry. The producers need to find a storyline for Kim. Next.

After our brief, and we do mean brief, moment with Kim we're with Camille and a few of her girlfriends heading to the party. Camille is sharing her apprehension over seeing Taylor at the party because of their disastrous interaction at the tea party. In another limo across town Kyle and Taylor are cracking open a bottle of wine and also heading to the beach party. Drama's in the air. Suspense is building. Bravo is playing a scary movie soundtrack.

We spend a bit of time going back and forth between each limo and the sentiments of both seem to be the desire not to have any drama. Those are definitely the famous last words in this franchise.

Once all the ladies arrive to the party, sans Kim of course, the party can finally begin. The awkward moment of the night goes to Camille and Taylor who have one of the longest embraces ever. Especially when you consider the fact that in her interview Taylor says how fake she thinks the whole embrace was.

After the awkward hugging the ladies all sit down to drink, chat, and discuss Brandi’s outfit. There was less drinking and chatting and more discussing how much they hated Brandi's outfit. The dress was pretty interesting. Kyle said it best, “it’s a wedge and no bra party”. The ladies, but most Kyle, couldn't get over Brandi's white see through dress showing her high beams all night. The dress was cute, but a bra is cuter.

It's a lights show!

With the help of liquid courage, the ladies begin to partake in the night's festivities- belly dancing. Everyone's just happy they don't have to learn how to give BJs. Kyle puts on the best show with her splits and attention grabbing dancing. Somewhere in the midst of drunken dancing and flashing lasers on Brandi’s nipples, Taylor has disappeared. And this is where the drama begins.

Once Taylor comes back inside she makes snide comments about Camille which in turn sets off Camille’s friend, DD. Cue the third major blowup of the season.

Camille's friend D to the D decides to confront Taylor about her comments and Taylor goes from 0 to 60 in about half a second. One minute she was on the verge of tears and the next she is ready to attack. At this same time, all the women are backed into a corner and yelling at each other or trying to break up the fight. The entire scene is so confusing because the ladies are all screaming over each other. Finally after too much yelling and too much wine, Adrienne tells Taylor that she has to talk to Camille. DD refuses to let it die and continues to rile Taylor up.

This would be Brody Jenner's mother in the gold top!

In the middle of all the drama Brandi decides it would be a good idea to throw Taylor out. Wow, are these people serious right now? How does throwing out the hysterical woman fix anything? We understand Brandi was using someone else's house and if she wanted to use it again, these women had to get out and get out quickly. And perhaps this could have been done in a civilized way, but it's The Real Housewives so it wasn't. Brandi mustered up some base in her voice and harshly said, "Taylor, I need to ask you to leave." Never crossed her mind to show empathy and suggest that maybe it was better for Taylor if she left. Nope. None.

Of course this sets Kyle off and she and Brandi almost get into their own altercation in the middle of all of this. This entire scene is so chaotic it’s hard to even follow what’s going on. Taylor is hysterical and no one knows why, DD is crying, Brody Jenner’s mom, Linda Thompson, is giving a lecture about how they’re all an evolved species and shouldn’t be behaving like this.

In the end all the ladies decide it's best to just go home and the party comes to an abrupt end. In the limo ride home, Taylor is still yelling and crying while Kyle is trying to calm her down. Kyle’s worried about Taylor’s wellbeing and we’re pretty sure all the ladies can agree on that. Taylor is actually having an emotional breakdown in the car (give her a cigarette, driver!) and as a viewer this is very hard to watch. The episode ends with Taylor saying “I can’t live my life like this Kyle”.

In case you missed Watch What Happens Live, Taylor was on the show with Andy Cohen discussing the episode. Taylor admitted that she was having an emotional breakdown during that time and that the reason she was so upset with Camille was because she discussed the abuse on camera. Taylor felt she was in danger after Camille revealed that on television. That definitely couldn't have made Russell too happy with Taylor.

Taylor also addressed Russell’s suicide, telling Andy that she and her daughter are both in counseling and have their good and bad days. As bad as this situation was, it was good to see Taylor looking healthy.

NeNe Doesn't Like Her Celebrity Status

2011-12-05T15:05:00.001-08:00

#YeahRight

The Real Housewives franchises may be called a lot of things: staged, fake, overly dramatic. While some of the stories are undoubtedly true in drama and suspense, there are also definite plot lines that are just for the sake of rolling cameras. We are well versed in this difference. We can smell fake from a mile away.

So when NeNe Leakes gave an interview claiming that she's not a fan of her celebrity status, we call total bull!

The feisty housewife recently divulged all on her boo Anderson Cooper's new talk show.

"I had no idea that being on the ‘Housewives’ show, that we were going to blow [up] the way that we did. …If you were with me in a day-to-day situation, I don’t hang out—I’m a real homebody. I don’t like people digging into my personal life."

Okay, it's understandable that you like your privacy. But saying that when you're famous because cameras follow you in your day-to-day life doesn't quite add up. The self-proclaimed rich one then goes on to rebut Sheree's statement that she's totally changed after her stint on Celebrity Apprentice, saying, “Celebrity hasn’t gone to my head...My star is rising, her's is falling...You usually talk about the people that are rising."

Oh no she didn't! Need more proof NeNe eats up fame right up?

In another interview, NeNe lamented, "I've got a lot of shine and had things happen for me, and they're definitely jealous."

It's also rumored that she's been boasting about being more famous than any of the other Atlanta housewives, including Grammy winner Kandi. "They can go out and make it happen for themselves, but don't try to take it from me!"

Oh Neens. We can admire a girl with confidence and sass, we even encourage it. But this behavior is destined to come back and bite you in the butt. We just hope Bravo's cameras are rolling to catch every moment of it when it happens!

The Atlanta Housewives Have Soul

2011-12-04T16:10:00.001-08:00

#Fashion

Reality Tea

On Wednesday, November 23, celebs came from all corners of the entertainment industry for the BET 2011 Soul Train Awards. Never ones to shy from the spotlight, the ladies from The Real Housewives of Atlanta strutted their stuff on the red carpet, presented at the awards show, and rubbed elbows with famous musicians at the after party.

Noticeably absent were castmates Kim Zolciak and Kandi Burruss--Kim is probably still making her way through Thank You cards while working through leftover wedding cake but this kind of event is right up Kandi's alley. We'll give her the benefit of the doubt and say she was pouring over a hot stove working on her pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving eve.

The ladies that did attend looked incredible. Cynthia looked absolutely fabulous in a red dress with a featherish detail on top, NeNe was rocking a high waisted royal blue skirt with her signature hoops, and Phaedra looked gorgeous in a gold number working some major arm candy--her husband, Apollo Nida. Sheree also attended, but looked mega uncomfortable both on the red carpet and at the after party. It looks like her heart wasn't all in whatever fashion risk she was trying to take, as clearly evidenced by the awkward look on her face. You're a beautiful woman Sheree! Rock what you want and be confident doing it.

See the ladies fashion for yourselves below.

Is it just us or do some of the camera angles look kind of weird? Either way, we're going to have to give best dressed to Phaedra. From hair and makeup to that amazing dress, she got it all right.

Did Vicki Know Her Daughter Was Eloping?

2011-12-03T12:26:00.001-08:00

#WeddingDrama

Celebrity Chatta

Last week, news broke that Vicki Gunvalson's daughter Briana Wolfsmith had run off to Vegas and eloped with her boyfriend of a year, Ryan Culberson.

But did Vicki--the type A control freak--know about the spontaneous nuptials beforehand? Possibly not!

On Thursday, November 3rd, Vicki tweeted the following regarding her daughter's engagement:

When the story broke regarding Briana's wedding, the marriage license was also posted online. The date on the marriage license is listed as Sunday, October 23 (which by the way, was significantly waaay before Vicki's tweet)!

So the question is, did Briana get hitched behind her controlling mom's back? Or is Vicki's lackluster reaction to her baby's engagement just a marketing ploy for the next season of The Real Housewives of Orange County, which is currently filming? It definitely seems off that Vicki isn't more thrilled about Briana's happy news. She's been trying to play matchmaker for a couple of seasons now. Something is fishy here.

Either way, congratulations to happy couple! We can't wait to see it all undoubtedly unfold on the next season of RHOOC. That cast is long overdue for a good story line.

Before They Were Housewives: Atlanta Version

2011-12-03T11:30:00.001-08:00

#HolyHairdo

Long before the cameras were rolling, before the diamonds and the Range Rovers, The Real Housewives of Atlanta were just little girls, dreaming of starting fashion lines using cheap material and singing songs about tardiness. Check out the ladies of ATL in all their teased hair glory!

First up, Phaedra, who rocked the poof long before Snooki.

Cynthia looks regal, even from a young age.

Check out Kandi! From multiple braids to multiple Grammys and hanging with Mariah Carey. She won the coveted music award for her contribution to TLC's No Scrubs.

These photos of NeNe definitely prove she's had sass pretty much since the day she was born.

And of course, Kim, and her transformation to the blonde bombshell she is today.

Who has changed the most since Housewife fame?

Bethenny Is Stuck Doing Reality TV

2011-12-01T14:52:00.001-08:00

#Canceled

Bethenny clearly has the magic touch with reality TV, which is good because that's where she'll be staying if she wants to remain on television.

As we previously reported, Bethenny shot a talk show, which was always a dream of hers. The adviced based show was basically an extension of her segments on Ellen, which created and marketed the concept.

Bethenny worked with Ellen on the new talk show, but Ellen, who is also usually TV gold, didn't make the winning difference. Unfortunately, the show failed to sell in syndication. As a result, the production company, Telepictures has dropped the show.

According to Page Six, Bethenny's show flopped after network executives frowned on Bethenny's “too aggressive” personality and fast-talking in meetings with them. We guess they wanted her to be shackled at the feet and have their dinner prepared for every meeting. Producers eventually brought on a “nice coach” to help make Bethenny less abrasive. Bethenny denies any such happenings.

Always a silver lining for Bethenny, other TV types, from network to cable, have reportedly shown interest in working with her.

Michaele Salahi Is Still On Her Latest Journey

2011-12-01T14:41:00.001-08:00

#Couples

Zimbio

If you're like us, you're still waiting for the Salahis to reveal that they pulled the wool over our eyes and have been together all along. We're waiting for a "source" to tell us this romance between Michael and her journeyman, Neal Schon, was just a big phony.

To everyone's surprise, quite the opposite has occured. Tareq Salahi is busy hitting on Kate Gosselin through the press, and Michaele is still traversing the world with the aging singer, Neal Schon of Journey.

Most recently, the odd pair attended the 2011 Billboard Touring Awards at the Roosevelt Hotel on Thursday, November 10, in New York City. Michaele wore her go to look -- a skin tight red bandage dress, with nude heels. Neal wore an all black look on the night, as Michaele towered over him.

There Is Life After Reality TV

2011-12-01T14:30:00.001-08:00

#Fashion

Zimbio

Lynda Erkeletian of the now defunct Real Housewives of DC, may not be on reality TV anymore, but she still gets to walk the red carpet.

Ebong's lady attended the inaugural Global Down Syndrome Foundation's Be Beautiful Be Yourself Gala on Wednesday, November 16, in Washington, DC. Wearing a black belted coat, black tights and black heels on the night, Lynda posed alongside CNN anchor Kyra Phillips.

Jill Zarin is more proof that life in the spotlight can go on after reality TV. Jill, recently released from her duties as a Real Housewives of New York, was also spotted on a red carpet recently.

Jill attended the Long Live Imagination campaign screening of When You Find Me at the American Museum of Natural History on Tuesday, November 15 in New York City. Jill wore an unattractive red and blue plaid suit, with red satin heels. It looks like a motherly Catholic school girl look. That makes no sense but neither does the outfit.

We think we discovered the secret to reality TV. Get on a show, but get off quickly. Stay on long enough to make a name for yourself and get the lifelong perks like cool invites, red carpet walks, and celebrity gifting suites. But get off before you ruin your reputation and life!

One Day You're In, And The Next Day You're Out

2011-11-30T18:26:00.001-08:00

#Vacay

Zimbio/Reality Tea/Twitter

The Real Housewives franchise is something like Project Runway. Not in the sense of the content of the shows. Not in the sense of the validity or responsibility of the shows. And definitely not in the sense of what the shows do for mankind. But, just like in fashion, being on The Real Housewives, one day you're in, and the next day you're out. Friendships constantly rotate.

The Laurita-Manzos tripped to Miami last week, but they left former BFF and travel buddy, Teresa Giudice where she belongs. At home at the Jersey Shore. Chris Manzo, Albie Manzo, Lauren Manzo, and a bunch of unnameds joined Caroline, Albert, Jacqueline and Chris on the vacation to sunny Miami. While in Miami, they took in the sights and shopped on Ocean Drive.

The extended family was in town to launch their new product, Blk Water, which is black water containing trace minerals and elements, powerful electrolytes and antioxidants and colored with food dye. This, after Jacqueline reportedly moved in with Caroline's family after Jacqueline's home lost power following a severe storm.

Somewhere along the lines, Caroline must have gotten a call about Teresa.

Caroline was much happier when she was snapped hugging her husband.

The Gorgas didn't miss the Miami trip to sit at home and twiddle their thumbs. No. Melissa was "on display" at the Zenvo ST-1 50S launch at the Liberty House Restaurant last week in New Jersey. The Denmark car is reportedly worth $1.8 million.

Former Jersey housewife Dina Manzo got a ladybug tattoo on her foot. The Ladybug is to commemorate Dina's Ladybug Charity for children.

Lea Black Doing What She Does Best

2011-11-30T17:47:00.001-08:00

#Fashion

Zimbio

It's been a while since The Real Housewives of Miami aired their rather uneventful season. We can barely remember anything about the season or its characters, but we do remember Lea Black and her events and name dropping. She must've hosted an event in every episode. When she wasn't hosting an event, the topic of conversation was always the events she hosted.

So Lea was just being herself when she was on the scene while attending an event hosted by Pharrell Williams, who we're sure is her BFF. Pharrell hosted a cocktail reception for the Soledad O'Brien and Brad Raymond Foundation at a private residence on Friday, November 18 in Miami.

Lea looked cute in black leggings, and a black low cut top. She paired the look with black heels. Soledad O'Brien went the opposite route wearing a three-quarter length sleeve fire red dress and silver heels.

Bring On the MaloofHoof

2011-11-30T11:11:00.000-08:00

#AnyExcuseToThrowAParty

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: Season 2: Episode 13: "Adrienne's Fashion Show"

First up it's more wedding planning time with Pandora, Lisa, and the fabulous Kevin Lee! They’ve finally finalized the invitations and we must admit, they’re gorgeous (they better be for a whopping 15k!). After all, they're the size of our bathroom floor. Along with the invites, Kevin brought over a caterer and bartender to show the family some of the goodies he can prepare for the wedding.

Across the street from the wedding planning extravaganza we join Adrienne at her house to sit in on a business meeting. Apparently Adrienne has decided to start her own shoe line and will be debuting it at a fashion show later. Adrienne gathered inspiration for her own line from the collection of fabulous shoes she owns. Okay, was anyone else drooling over the YSLs and Louboutins all over the table in that meeting? Wow.

We quickly go from fun and light party planning to extremely heavy marriage counseling with Taylor and Russell. There’s something about this couple’s issues that seem extremely serious and private and making it very awkward for the viewer watching their therapy session. The worst part, Russell tells the therapist, Dr. Sophie -- every reality star's on screen doc -- "The good news is there's nothing that's happened in this marriage that's so damaging that neither one of us can not recover," Russell declared. Meanwhile, Taylor said, “When Russell is good to me, it's better than any other good I can imagine ... [when he’s not,] it hurts more than anything in the world.” You can't help but feeling like you shouldn't have seen this.

After the incredibly depressing and sad counseling session, we’re back to food tasting with Lisa and Pandora. The juxtaposition in this show is amazing. Seriously, something must be done about the way they go from scene to scene in this show.

The subject of wedding guests comes up and Pandora expresses her objections to having all the ladies at her wedding because she doesn’t want any drama. The kids on these shows always appear more mature than their parents. Lisa explains to Pandora that she is fine with Taylor now but Pandora isn't having it. Her exact words were, “I’m not having a showdown at my wedding."

While Lisa and “Pandy” are wedding planning Brandi and Kyle are enjoying a little manicure/gossip combination. Brandi wants to have the ladies over to a Malibu beach house for a little fun in the sun, and for a little porn star workshop to match. Luckily for Brandi, Kyle politely suggests that the ladies would probably enjoy something else.

After manicures and inappropriate suggestions it’s finally time for Adrienne’s fashion show. We’ve all been patiently waiting since she announced her shoe line 20 minutes ago and finally the show is here. The show looks lovely and draws quite the crowd, including Taylor’s husband Russell.

All the ladies, except for Kim (of course), finally arrive at the fashion show and they look Housewives amazing. The awkward arrival award goes to Lisa and Adrienne who pretty much agree to disagree about the bachelorette party fiasco. Adrienne’s feelings are still hurt over the party being at Planet Hollywood. Lisa explains she wasn’t comfortable asking Adrienne to throw the party. Plus Lisa asked Adrienne to put her wine in Adrienne's hotel and she says Adrienne never did anything. Adrienne claims she put Lisa in touch with the relevant person, but Lisa says said person never called her. Adrienne says the call was placed, but Lisa just never attended the meeting. Nothing was really accomplished during the chat except for the viewer feeling that if this is what you have to argue about you should really count your blessings.

Camille is the last to arrive and has an interesting run in with Taylor in front of the guest restroom. Taylor is still upset that Camille blew up her spot and revealed that Russell abused Taylor. While the run in was awkward and nothing more than an exchange of pleasantries both ladies should be commended for understanding that a fashion show is not the time nor the place to hash out drama. Perhaps they could teach a seminar on this to the ladies of every other housewives franchise.

Finally the fashion shows begins. While the clothes are fabulous you can’t really see any of the shoes that Adrienne created. Hello, you can’t promise a girl shoes then not deliver. That’s just wrong. Adrienne explains that she didn’t want the shoes to take away from the charity and wanted to wait until after the fashion show to show the shoes. We love Adrienne's humility, but her brother's must be the shrewd business persons in the Maloof dynasty.

The last scene of the night belongs to Kyle, Taylor, and Lisa discussing Adrienne’s hurt feelings over the Pandora bachelorette party. Lisa feels that Adrienne has been upset with her a lot more lately than usual and she’s a bit confused by it. The episode abruptly ends with that scene.

Photo credit: BravoTV

Alexis Bellino Gets a New Nose And a New Home

2011-11-29T12:34:00.001-08:00

#Knifestyles

OC Register

Think what you want about Alexis Bellino, but she's one of the few celebrities who is being candid about her plastic surgery. Getting out ahead of all the rumors, Alexis is admitting to buying a brand spanking new nose.

Alexis had the nose job back on October 17. She's probably been healing and figuring out the right time to debut the new nose to the public. Alexis told the local website, OC Register, that people are starting to notice that there's "something" different about her. They haven't quite been able to put their finger on what it is, until now.

“Most people don’t even know I had a nose job,” she said in an interview with The Orange County Register this week. ”They notice something [new] about me. It’s perked up my face.”

As with most celebrities who actually admit their nose jobs, Alexis says hers wasn't just cosmetic. It was also medical. The Register says Alexis suffered from debilitating sinus infections. She also broke her nose on the playground when she was 6. She figured the surgery would kill three birds with one knife.

Dr. Michael Niccole of Corona del Mar, says, ”She asked me if I could make the tip a little more defined and also file down her bump.”

Alexis apparently works for the doctor, and despite being a very vocal Christian, hasn't been shy about her plastic surgery. During Alexis' first season on The Real Housewives of Orange County, Alexis' enhanced breasts were always the topic of conversation. As Alexis says in the show's opening, "my body's sinful". Alexis has also had botox and lip injections.

Still, she was nervous about the nose job. “Anything to my face I just couldn’t do it,” she said, admitting she was in tears before the procedure. “I couldn’t take the plunge. I did not want to go under the knife.”But she did and her husband Jim approves. “Oh, he loves it,” the Dr. said. “Thank God. I prayed for about a week on that one.”

Alexis' new nose will be living in a new house because Alexis and Jim just got one of those too. The couple left their home in Newport Beach which they sold at a loss, for a new home in the still expensive, Dana Point area. The Bellinos faced financial difficulties with their Newport Beach home, and it is unknown whether they purchased the new home or are renting. In 2009, the Dana Point home sold for over $4 million so it's probably expensive to both buy and rent. The 7,146 square foot home boasts five bedrooms, five-and-a-half bathrooms, a seven-car garage, a rooftop deck and stunning ocean views. God is good!

More photos here.

Teresa Is Such an Animal

2011-11-29T12:16:00.001-08:00

#Fashion

Zimbio

Continuing with the theme of Wendy Williams' Housewives' series, Teresa Giudice took all of her fabulosity there last Tuesday, November 22. Teresa was on hand to promote her newest cookbook, Fabulicious.

Wearing a chinchilla animal on her top half, and leopard print open toe shoes on the bottom,Teresa was all smiles. Promoting a cookbook equals more sales which equals more money which means more shopping! Teresa paired the animals with a cute burgundy sequined dress.

Teresa's newest arch rival, Jacqueline Laurita, was also papped recently, on Saturday, November 19, while shopping in Miami with her husband, Chris. In much more casual attire, Jacqueline rocked a weird shade of green jeans, cuffed high at the calf, black heels, and a black top. A very boring mom look. Chris tried to bring some cool factor to the couple's stroll with some sunglasses and Nike tennis shoes.

Divorcing NeNe Speaks About Kim Kardashian's Divorce

2011-11-29T12:00:00.001-08:00

#Opinion

NeNe Leakes is practically almost divorced. She hired a lawyer, filed papers, and finally kicked her husband, Gregg, out the house. They're in the process of mastering co-parenting. Gregg comes by and picks up his son, Brent, for his custodial visit. Gregg and NeNe even still have sex from time to time. So, NeNe's totally qualified to talk about divorce.

So, let's turn to Kim Kardashian. NeNe talked to E! about Kim's divorce and the perils of having a televised weddings. NeNe, as much as she loves her spotlight, sounded reluctant to have a wedding televised. The cynics amongst us will just think it's the contrarian in NeNe. Her genetic makeup forces her to be against anything her archrival Kim Zolciak is doing. Clip above.

I Ain't Saying She A Gold Digger...

2011-11-29T11:40:00.001-08:00

#...ButSheAintMessinWitNoBroke

The Real Housewives of Atlanta are known for snagging wallets. They have typically dated up. NeNe was a stripper when she married Gregg, who once had some money. Shereé hit it big with Big Bob Whitfield, a former NFL player. Kim is the master. She had Big Poppa, a married man, financing her life until she moved on to her very own NFL player, Kroy Biermann.

We're not saying anything is wrong with this. That judgment, or its converse, can be made by someone else. We're just stating facts. Another fact of the ironic variety is that Kandi Burruss, probably the Atlanta housewife who has made the most money based on her own hard work, skill and talent, has tended to date down. Last season on the show, Kandi dated a man with no discernible job, but a host of children and baby mamas. Kandi, authored the song No Scrubs, but she doesn't appear to believe in the principle as much as her counterparts.

Nonetheless, Kandi joined Phaedra, Shereé, and Wendy Williams on The Wendy Williams Show earlier this month, on November 3, singing the TLC hit, No Scrubs. Phaedra and Kandi were comfortable on stage, but Sheree, the actress/dancer, froze, stumbled, and forgot the words to the most popular song of the 90's. Wendy was very vocal about this, of course. "Ok, Sheree can't dance, Sheree can't sing," she told Sheree. "I can't dance, but I tried." Still, we applaud the effort.

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2011-11-27T15:00:00.001-08:00

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Lisa Says She Expected Too Much From Disloyal Kyle

2011-11-27T09:55:00.001-08:00

Zimbio

Kyle Richards has a less controversial role in this season's Real Housewives of Beverly Hills than she did last season. But that doesn't mean it's all good.

Former BFF Lisa Vanderpump expressed her feelings on her relationship with Kyle in her new blog on BravoTV.com. Lisa begins with a dark and ominous, "This week we return to the tea party, where emotions ran high, loyalties were divided, and I floundered as I wondered if any support would come my way. . ."

She continues:

"I expected too much. Even though you give others support, it is still impossible to assume that you will be rewarded with the same. I learned you can't expect loyalty to be reciprocated. Take heed. It was like rats deserting a sinking ship. I don't want anybody to "back me." If you believe I am right, and many had voiced the same doubts as I over the last year, then speak up. Don't do as I had mistakenly done, in defending Kyle against Brandi when I did not have an accurate picture of what had really transpired.

What did I learn from this humiliating experience, where I was insulted so publicly? I learned to pick my battles, and I realized that the person I was dealing with had greater battles of her own. Was my pride hurt? Yes, of course. Hearing Kyle confirm Taylor's accusations against me regarding my ego was very hurtful. But it was also enlightening, as previously I had no idea what had been said between the two of them."

We're not sure how Kyle was disloyal to Lisa. She just told the truth when she said Lisa had an ego. But we don't profess to know the full story.

Lisa also reveals that she may have been manipulated by Taylor:"I embraced her, confirming, much to Kyle's surprise, that it was time to start anew and erase all the negative feelings and many unanswered questions and extend a hand of support to somebody who desperately needed it.I really believed at that time, whether or not, I was being manipulated, that her need to have me as a friend superseded all that I felt and would just continue to feed into her insecurities."

So you will be as surprised as we were that Taylor was out at Lisa's restaurant, SUR, on Tuesday, November 8. Of all the restaurants in LA, she chose Lisa's. That shows something, right?

Taylor was actually there for an occasion; she was celebrating Brittny Gastineau's birthday.

Meanwhile, Kyle isn't letting her broken relationship with Lisa get her down. She and her husband, Mauricio Umansky attended a fundraising gala for Virgin Unite, hosted by Richard and Eve Branson at Boulevard 3 in Hollywood. The event included a cocktail reception, dinner, auctions, exclusive experiences and one of-a-kind items, along with special performances.

Kyle's niece Paris Hilton attended, along with Audrina Patridge and other celebrities.

Kyle and Mauricio wore matching his and hers ties to the event.

Real Housewives' Real Lawsuits

2011-11-27T08:57:00.001-08:00

#JudgeAndJury

New York

Bethenny Frankel's $120 million payday has made her an easy target. But just because she's rich, it doesn't mean she's always lawful. Her landlord is the latest to argue that Bethenny is liable to him for money damages.

Bethenny filmed some episodes of her show Bethenny Ever After at a beachfront house in Malibu. The one we all swooned over last season. The landlord didn't have the same warm, fuzzy, feeling when watching the show.

According to TMZ, the landlord, Bijan Shahmoradi, is suing the producers behind Bethenny's show arguing that they filmed footage of the house without his permission. Bijan filed documents in L.A. County Superior Court, claiming he leased the house to two people for $13,000-a-month. Said people then illegally subleased the house to NBC Universal to tape the show.

Bijan is suing the tenants for allegedly violating their lease agreement and NBC, for allegedly invading his privacy by exposing the house to millions of people on TV.

Beverly Hills

Meanwhile, almost a year after the bloody attack that Lisa Vanderpump witnessed, the victim, her friend, newsanchor, Robert Kovacik, is seeking legal recourse against the attacker, Roger Talavera and the Beverly Hills Hotel.

Last Christmas Ever, Lisa and Robert went to the famed Polo Club Lounge in the Beverly Hills Hotel for a drink. Upon their arrival, a fight broke out and Roger got physical with Robert, allegedly punching him in the mouth for no reason. The punch left Robert with a bloody lip, which required

Robert claims that Roger was drinking heavily and argues that the hotel should have cut him off. He goes on to say that Roger was clearly loud and spewing threats at people, but the hotel never made any attempts to thwart the situation.

Robert wants the Hotel and Roger to pay his medical expenses and other damages. Beverly Hills Hotel is the deep pocket, so their probably the ones who will have to cough up the series cash. So it's good they're investigating things. A rep for the Beverly Hills Hotel told TMZ, "The Hotel will review its records of the incident, conduct an internal investigation of the allegations, and then respond to Mr. Kovacik's claims.”

Still in Beverly Hills

Dana Wilkey is much closer to these legal allegations than her counterpart down the road is. Plus, Dana is on the right side of the lawsuit, as her fiance, John Flynn, is the one being sued.

This time, the allegation is fraud. And in true housewife style, it's over a business deal. An investor, Mary Painter, claims she invested $53,000 in 2008 with Dana, John and another man. She alleges that the trio claimed Mary would get at least a 10% return on her investment. The lawsuit doesn't make it clear what Mary was investing in.

Mary's suing for several things, including breach of contract and fraudulent misrepresentation. She wants her money back, and damages.

John got all PR on TMZ and also defended his fiance, saying, "There is no fraud. Dana Wilkey is not a properly named defendant, and we expect to continue to negotiate and gain dismissal of this lawsuit as quick as possible."

Taylor's Cover Is Blown

2011-11-26T13:14:00.000-08:00

#KiddiePartyDrama

BravoTV

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: Season 2: Episode 12: "The Great Divide"

This week’s episode picks up exactly where the last one left off with Camille revealing Taylor’s abuse. Camille gets up and walks out after telling Taylor to be honest about things.When this all began, no one thought Camille would be the one to get up and leave. The strangest thing about the entire scenario is that Camille’s outburst towards Taylor has led to reconciliation between Lisa and Taylor. Kyle is baffled.

Kim, never one to be around for anything, is at her new place decorating with her new boyfriend. The one Kyle isn't feeling. They discuss hanging a picture and that pretty much sums it up. After visiting Kim and her decoration we head over to Kyle’s where she’s telling her infamous friend Faye all about the great tea debacle. The discussion that these ladies keep having about whether or not Taylor is abused is borderline disgusting. If someone tells you they’re being abused you don’t judge them, you try to help them. Just because she stays with the man, doesn't mean the abuse stories are fabricated. During this whole scene Faye really provides a voice of reason saying “just because you don’t see it, doesn’t mean it isn’t happening.” Amen sister, amen.

After a quick commercial break we join Lisa and Pandora at Villa Blanca. Pandora has stopped by to show Lisa her bridesmaids’ dresses. Pandora’s bachelorette party comes up and Lisa refuses to go. We’d be happy to take your place Lis, just throwing that out there.

Next, we join Adrienne, Camille, and Kyle at lunch on the other side of town. Taylor is of course the subject of conversation again; we’re sensing a theme here. During the lunch we find out that Camille has tried to reach out to Taylor a couple of times but Taylor is ignoring her. This situation is sad because it doesn’t appear that Camille had any malicious intent when she revealed that Russell abused Taylor. While the ladies finish up discussing Taylor, Taylor is out preparing for Kennedy’s mega monumental super extravagant 5th birthday party.

After a minor snafu with some kiddie tables the party finally begins. 5,000 guests are expected. Poor Kennedy. What will she do to make her wedding day special? Still, this party is definitely not as over the top as last year’s party but it seems more kid friendly and age appropriate, also known as, fun. Kennedy still rarely cracks a smile, so we still don't see spending the money on something that she's lukewarm about.

Dana’s gift to Kennedy is a performance of an original song for Kennedy by Ace Young from American Idol. Not entirely sure a 5 year old can appreciate that kind of gift but we suppose that’s cool. While Taylor is kicking off her daughter’s party, Lisa is busy planning her own party for Pandora, and by party, we mean wedding.

The Beverly Hills wedding planner extraordinaire, Kevin Lee, comes over to help plan Pandora’s wedding and he definitely wants it to be out of this world. You see, in Beverly Hills, if Kevin Lee doesn't plan something in your wedding, you'll be laughed out of town. Lisa has to take a moment to tell Kevin that it’s not his day it’s hers. Never mind Pandora. She's only giving her life to her boyfriend.

Back at Kennedy’s birthday party, Kim has actually arrived; it’s been so long since Kim has been to a group event with the ladies. Even more shocking than an appearance from Kim is an appearance from Brandi. She's had about a three episode dry spell.

During a serious moment at the party Kyle and Taylor get a chance to chat about Camille. Taylor shares with Kyle that she’s “done with Camille”. Apparently she’s received all of Camille’s apology texts and calls but she doesn’t want to hear it. This seems like an extreme reaction to what happened but we suppose this show is almost entirely built on of extreme reactions. Kyle thinks it's wrong that Taylor is upset with Camille because Camille was just being honest and saying what all the women wanted to say.

Speaking of extreme reactions, Adrienne found out that Pandora’s bachelorette party will be at Planet Hollywood in Vegas. The hotel is the direct competitor of Adrienne's hotel, The Palms. This is the first time we’ve ever really seen Adrienne upset and it seems like she might be overreacting a bit. Does Adrienne always eat at Villa Blanca?

While Kyle and Adrienne are chatting and Taylor is busy helping her daughter change clothes, Brandi comes over to try and smooth things over with Kim. Kim is completely unreceptive to it and won’t even say hi to the woman. A tad childish but what can you expect at a child’s birthday party? But wait, the children aren’t the ones throwing fits and pouting, odd.

After the last break of the episode we finally get to hear Kennedy’s song being performed. It's a sweet song but seriously, a five year old doesn’t care about an original song. Kennedy gets to end the party with her big gift which just happens to be a horse. Dana, the surprising voice of reason says “that if you can’t handle a dog you can’t handle a horse”. We are inclined to agree.

The episode ends on a sad note with Kyle saying she feels like “Taylor and Russell never had that mad about each other feeling”. Indeed in this episode, Russell is shown getting angry over the time of the performance and gets rather snappy with not just Taylor, but Dana. #Chilling.

Melissa and Adrienne Give Good Face

2011-11-25T11:32:00.000-08:00

#HousewifeFierce

Zimbio

We love when housewives from different franchises intermingle with each other. It's like seeing a teacher outside of school, or seeing a dog walk on it's hind legs. It doesn't happen too often, but when it does, you feel like it should be appreciated. And especially when it's New Jersey and Beverly Hills coming together. They have nothing in common. Like not one thing.

On Thursday, October 20, coasts collided when Adrienne Maloof, Kathy Wakile, and Melissa Gorga all attended the About Face 2011 Benefit in New York City. In addition to the housewives, their husbands were spotted on the red carpet, along with their boss/BFF, Andy Cohen.

Melissa looked gorgeous as always in a strapless, lace-detailed number, while Kathy and Adrienne both opted for asymmetrical dresses. While we give props to Kathy for taking a risk with such a lovely and bold color, we have to give the Best Dressed of the night award to....Dr Paul Nassiff! He always looks so good, but theres something about him in a suit.

We have to wonder what cross-over housewives talk about when they get together? All things housewife and Bravo related? Or like, real life?

Jill is Always Camera Ready

2011-11-21T19:24:00.001-08:00

#ReadyForMyCloseUp

Zimbio

Although it was only two months ago, we've all pretty much moved on from the initial shock regarding Bravo's decision to recast the majority of The Real Housewives of New York cast.

Who can blame us? The other franchises are pretty much starting drama and gossip, even though they're off the air. Also, we've been a little preoccupied obsessing how to be just as badass as Camille Grammer was in last week's episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

So it's no surprise that while she can still claim housewife fame, Jill Zarin is hamming it up for the paps as much as possible.

Jill was spotted shortly after making an appearance on Good Day New York back on Thursday, October 20, and was happy to stop and pose for the cameras. Judging by the expressions on her face, she was delightfully surprised to see a group of paparazzi waiting for her outside of the building and wasted no time in pulling her coat back to reveal her whole ensemble. We love the printed tights and the dress is cute, but there's just too many stripes on stripes going on here. Maybe next unintentional photo shoot, Jill.

Don't Be Tardy For the Wedding

2011-11-18T21:53:00.001-08:00

#WeddingDeets

Zimbio

Move over Bethenny Frankel! There's a brand new just married/new mommy/spinoff Housewife in the mix! No, B, calm down. it's not Ramona...

Putting her shady Big Poppa days behind her, Kim Zolciak tied the knot on on Friday, November 11--the lucky date 11/11/11/ --with her NFL beau, Kroy Biermann.

The private ceremony was held in Kim's home in Roswell, Georgia, and cost a reported $1 million.

In true Southern style, the bride went all out in her wedding gowns--three to be exact! For the ceremony, Kim wore an outrageously elaborate white wedding gown covered in beading, embroidery, and hand-carved crystal roses. The dress was a pre-owned handmade Baracci design.

If you're dying to know what went down at the wedding, don't you worry. The cameras were rolling not only on the big day, but during the planning leading up to it. Kim is the next housewife to land her own Bravo spin-off, Don't Be Tardy for the Wedding.

The new wife shared her excitement saying, "I am so excited to give an up close and personal look at the next chapter in my life. My life has turned into a true Cinderella story and to watch the pieces unfold is going to be great! I can't wait to share with all of you!"

Will you be tuning in? NeNe Leakes probably won't. We'd love to hear her thoughts on this though. The self proclaimed rich person was rumored to want a reality show more than she wanted air.

Beverly Hills Tea Party: The Brit Is Coming

2011-11-16T19:23:00.001-08:00

#SmallScreen

BravoTV

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: Season 2: Episode 11: "Tempest at a Tea Party"

We pick up this week right where we left off, with Kyle meeting Kim’s secret boyfriend, Ken. It is quite possibly one of the most awkward moments of the franchise. The first thing Kyle notices is a band on the BF's finger and asks him if it’s a wedding band. Turns out to be a promise band from Kim. The surprises seriously don’t stop with this relationship. During Kyle’s confessional interview she says Kim’s kids don’t really love the new boyfriend, which hasn't helped Kyle’s apprehension. There’s something to be sad for Kyle’s apprehension.

Next up we join Adrienne and Paul. We love all the Paul Nassif this season. It’s Pauls’ bday and he and Adrianne are having a lovely, private dinner. The topic of discussion eventually turns to Taylor and her husband like every conversation. It's like it's mandatory. Bravo must tell people if you get in front of our camera you better talk about Taylor and Russell. It’s the first time that any of the ladies have mentioned that Russell could be physically abusing Taylor.

After the break we’re back to the Cleavers', Kyle and Mauricio, who are discussing the situation with Kim…again. Bravo must tell talent if you don't talk Taylor and Russell, you must talk Kim. But any time we get to spend with Mauricio on the screen is time well spent.

Later, we head to some awards ceremony where Taylor is nominated. Apparently all the ladies have been invited to the event except for your royal highness, Lisa.

Kyle inadvertently takes a call from Lisa and starts asking Lisa where she and the group is because she can't find the ceremony. Problem is, Lisa wasn’t invited to the event. After Kyle swallows her foot that she prominently inserted into her mouth, the ladies spend the entire event talking about how Taylor didn’t invite Lisa to the event. It's as if people invite people who constantly make disparaging comment about them to events. Only in Beverly Hills.

Finally it is time for Lisa’s tea party and while it looks to be like quite the proper affair, we’re pretty sure this little tea party is about to turn into a WWE smackdown. What is with these ladies and fighting during high class events?

Adrienne, Camille, and Kyle are the first to arrive. We’ve all heard about the custody drama between her and Kelsey so it’s nice to see that all the ladies were there for her at that time, supporting her against Kelsey's wild attempts to take her kids from her. After their sweet moment we find out that Russell has been cryptically emailing the ladies random tabloids about Taylor. His latest email was about Taylor being on diet pills. No one could figure out the enigma that was Russell Armstrong.

During a lull in the conversation Lisa decides to take the opportunity to find out why she wasn’t invited to Taylor’s event. Taylor gets extremely defensive and starts shouting at the top of her lungs. Remember, she's "not afraid" to use her long lost voice.

In explaining why she didn't invite Lisa to her awards ceremony, Taylor confronts Lisa about saying “I’m not your friend” to Taylor. It's a pretty annoying argument. For the record, Lisa said “I’m not your best friend” which was a valid statement and doesn’t really strike us as that offensive. Somewhere in the middle of the argument Taylor turns from weepy, sad, pathetic, victim to the one on attack. Lisa is definitely not innocent. Regardless of whether she used the word "best friend" "friend" or "enemy", there's no denying that Lisa makes disparaging remarks and has a condescending tone when she talks to Taylor.

When Lisa tries to wiggle out of any wrongdoing and downplay everything that she's said to Taylor, Taylor tells Lisa all the ladies feel that Lisa is an egomaniacal freak. Proving she's really getting some cajones, Taylor asks Lisa's BFF Kyle to admit to Lisa that Kyle thinks Lisa's ego has inflated after season 1. Kyle reluctantly admits what she has said behind Lisa's back, "I think she has a big ego". Props to Kyle for not backing down. After dropping her bombshell on Lisa about the ladies talking behind her back Taylor storms out of the Lisa’s house.

After Taylor leaves, Lisa and the ladies have it out about Taylor’s spousal abuse accusations and Lisa finally, finally, says what everyone has been alluding to the entire episode. Taylor told the ladies that Russell abused her.

The odd thing is that all of the women seem to have doubts about whether or not Russell is actually abusing Taylor. It’s odd that a group of women who are supposed to be your friends would spend so much time analyzing your behavior and trying to figure out if you’re lying about your abusive relationship. Apparently the battered women's syndrome does not exist in Beverly Hills, because these women cannot comprehend why a woman would stay in an abusive relationship and the judgment is running rampant. Taylor walks into the living room in the middle of the women discussing her a relationship and now we’ve crossed over from tea party to intervention.

This is when Camille Grammer comes alive. There's a fire starting in her heart, reaching the fever pitch and it's bringing her out. When Taylor complains that none of the women had her back today, Camille explains that they have always had her back. Especially on the important stuff. Like domestic violence. Camille calls Taylor out on how her husband “hits her, abuses her, and broke her jaw”, and how they have had her back on that by keeping that quiet. Until Bravo caught it on camera.

Lisa Vanderpump's Tarts Are Really Good

2011-11-15T17:32:00.001-08:00

#GettingGiggyWithIt

Her royal heiness Lisa Vanderpump and her most loyal duke, Giggy, stopped by The Grove today, Tuesday, November 15, to chat with Extra host Mario Lopez.

Lisa brought along her new cookbook and handed out some of her tarts for the audience to try. Mario also tasted the tart, as did we. They were pretty good, but we also just really love food.

Lisa wore a purple blouse with a black skirt and looked fabulous.

Kim Gets Ready to Shack

2011-11-15T07:57:00.001-08:00

#RHOBH

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: Season 2: "Your Face Or Mine"

So last week we're back again for another episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. This week's episode was pretty quiet, which probably means next week's episode will be explosive!

Paul offers a beauty day for all the ladies at his office. Only in Beverly Hills. All the ladies decide to get some kind of treatment except for Lisa. Lisa is too rich and beautiful for this. Plus, she has to be at work later and doesn't want her face to be all "puffy". Kim, as usual, is running late but does finally show up later.

Once Kim shows up and decides on a lip injections procedure, Paul gets down to the business of finding out if she's on any medications. The suspense builds. We were so grateful for this little chat we had because Kim finally addressed the fact that she's taking 3 different kinds of prescription drugs. This explains so much about her behavior. Paul kindly suggests that perhaps she have her doctor adjust her prescriptions because her behavior is erratic.

Next up we join Kyle getting ready for her séance and catching up on some mother daughter bonding with her daughter. We really love these quiet moments at home with Kyle and her kids. While Kyle is getting ready Taylor comes over to dish that she’s heard some of the things Lisa has been saying about her around town and she’s over it. We are sensing an epic showdown between Lisa and Taylor coming up.

Finally it’s séance time and all the ladies gather around to see if they can connect with some of their loved ones via Kyle’s psychic. We must admit that it was kind of cool to watch the séance but we aren’t exactly sure if we are believers. It's a little weird. Somehow, the séancer brings up the medium from Camille's dinner from hell. Somehow, some way, all hell does not break loose. The ladies listen, nod, and move on.

Later, we head over to Kim’s to witness some of the packing she's been doing for the past three weeks. It seems like every time anything is going on Kim can't come because she's "packing" so we're very happy she's finally moving. Kyle tells Kim she’s scared and wants to know Kim’s big secret. The big secret is a biggie. Kim is moving in with her boyfriend. Kyle didn't even know Kim had a boyfriend, let alone that she's about to shack up with him.

Kyle, like any good friend/sister would be, is concerned when she finds out Kim is moving in with a man she's been secretly dating for a year. Kyle doesn't think that if you love someone it should be a secret. There she goes playing mother again. The episode ends with a cliffhanger as Kim bring Kyle inside to introduce her to the secret boyfriend, Ken.

True Blue

2011-11-12T20:52:00.001-08:00

#Fashion

Zimbio

Luann DeLesseps was certainly feeling blue last month.

The Countess was spotted at the 2011 Game Changers Awards on Wednesday, October 19 in NYC. LuAnn posed for photographs next to other guests including Kim Kardashian, Bai Ling, and Gayle King.

Luann was decked out in all blue: dress, earrings, nails, makeup--the works--and matched it all with nude heels and a gold clutch. This outfit is so close to being a perfect 10. We wanna say we love the dress but dahling we can barely see Luann's signature a-symmetrical dress under that grandma shrug. Next time Countess, please leave the sweater at home.

Who Wears Short Shorts

2011-11-12T20:35:00.001-08:00

#ShakeYourBooty

Zimbio

You heard right.

Ever the risk taker, the face of SkinnyGirl was looking absolutely ferosh at Sirius XM's Studio 54 "One Night Only" reopening on October 18th in NYC.

Being that Studio 54 was a famous nightclub from the 80's Bethenny Frankel opted to give a little shout out to the era by strutting the red carpet in an all black ensemble, including a pair of super short sequin hot pants and serious stilettos. To finish the look, Bethenny accessorized with some gold accents and curly hair. She looked amazing.

No doubt she was probably sipping a SkinnyGirl Mararita once inside while mingling with other celeb royalty such as Cameron Diaz, Kevin Bacon, and of course, Andy Cohen.

Which Jersey Housewife Used To Be Blonde?

2011-11-12T20:20:00.001-08:00

#FashionPolice

Life & Style

The one and only Melissa Gorga!

Never one to shy away from being the center-of-attention, Melissa Gorga recently revealed to Life and Style that back in the day, she was a blonde.

"The biggest risk I've ever taken was going blond!" the sassy brunette reported.

Back before she was becoming a Bravo staple, blonde Melissa had big dreams of not just being a singer but also winning a Grammy. When asked about who she looks up to in the industry, Melissa revealed that her favorite fashionista and singer is Jennifer Lopez.

"I absolutely adore her style, and I love her story. She was a girl from the Bronx who made it huge."

That could be Melissa one day, accepting your first Grammy while thanking your husband and simultaneously praising Jesus.

Michelle Obama Watches Beverly Hills Housewives

2011-11-06T14:16:00.000-08:00

#FirstDrama

Real Housewives: they're just like us. Except when they get to meet the President of the United States.

On September 27, Kyle Richards was not in her usual Monday night spot: snuggled in front of the TV with a bowl of popcorn to watch her own life's drama unfold on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Instead, she geared up in her most politically chic outfit and with her cutest accesorry, husband Mauricio, headed to the House of Blues in Los Angeles to meet the nation's Commander in Chief.

Obviously nervous, Kyle tweeted before the much anticipated event "Off to meet our President @BarackObama #surrealtweet #whatdoiwear #hopeidontsaysomethingstupid."

Always the comedic housewife, Kyle then followed up with "I'm going to ask our President if he can do anything about my favorite lip gloss that was discontinued," she later posted in jest. "[Or] maybe I will give him my suggestions for the deficit...JUST PRINT MORE MONEY."

We love us some good Richards Sass on a Sunday afternoon. We also love how afraid Kyle looked in the picture like she was waiting for some secret service to tell her she wasn't worthy enough to be that close to the President.

Despite this totally rational fear, Kyle seemed to have a great time with the president. She even tweeted out the super cute photo of the two. And while on Watch What Happens Live! with Andy Cohen, she let us on in on Michelle O's guilty pleasure: Real Housewives! At the House of Blues, the President apparently asked Kyle what television show she was on and she replied "I'm embarrassed to tell you, but Real Housewives of Beverly Hills."

Obama's prompt reply? "I don't watch that but my wife does."

So, the Real Housewives may not be just like us, but Michelle Obama is!

You Have To Love Your Kids More Than You Hate Each Other

2011-11-06T08:26:00.000-08:00

#FamilyFeud

US Weekly

So sad. Especially for the children.

As you can imagine, the on-going custody battle between Kelsey and Camille Grammer has been anything but amicable. After he left Camille for 29 year-old Kayte Walsh and married the former flight attendant days after his finalized divorce, Kelsey and Camille have been struggling to come to a custody agreement for their children Mason and Jude.

The two only saw each other for the first time since their initial separation on September 30 when they met in court to discuss their children. Kelsey of course showed up with his new wife, Kayte. But during the actual case, everyone but the two parents and their lawyers were sent out.

Kayte was apparently very tear-eyed outside the court room. She needs to have a little bit of respect for her predecessor, Camille. These are her babies!

But was anything settled in the court session? Hardly. Kelsey wanted to take the children for 6 days while he was in LA, but not take them to any of their scheduled activities--including therapy sessions--because he didn't want to have to see Camille at any of them.

This former couple needs to realize ASAP that you may have gotten divorced from each other last year but you will forever be connected through these children. It's absolutely unrealistic to expect not to have to deal with each other, especially when their children are so young. Shame on Kelsey for wanting to pull his kids out of their activities. Continuity for the children--especially at this crucial time when their lives are totally readjusted--is essential in keeping them happy and healthy. Camille may not have been portrayed in the best light on TV, but it seems like her children are her first priority and she takes her role as their mother very seriously. This round goes to Camille.

Jacqueline Calls Teresa "No Good"

2011-11-05T21:00:00.000-07:00

#CatFight

US Weekly

The third season of The Real Housewives of New Jersey may have wrapped, but the drama is far from over.

The night before the Jersey ladies sat down with Andy Cohen to tape the season 3 reunion, something absolutely epic went down in the Jersey Housewife Universe. It was so epic, that Jacqueline Laurita refused to attend the reunion taping the next day. That's big.

Initially, Jacqueline released what can only be described as a fury of cryptic tweets, detailing her frustration with the charade surrounding the show. Reports on what happened between the cast that night have been incredibly vague, including the famous phrase from the cast members "you'll have to tune in next season". Nothing sends us into a tailspin faster than having to be patient for the details on news like this!

From what we can gather, the night in question revolves around yet another drama filled Posche Fashion Show, where apparently someone showed up to confront newbie Melissa Gorga about her supposed stripper past. And Teresa Guidice was apparently behind the whole thing! The usually sweet tempered Jacqueline was so sick of the fake behavior and staged drama that she unleashed her own take on the night via her official twitter. She posted the following:

Meow!

But Jacqueline wasn't finished there. She then went on to call Teresa "scum". Girlfriend is not messing around!

Obviously, this is not an accusation Teresa would take sitting down. This is what she had to say in response:

"The whole time we were filming, I had no idea what other people were saying about me. I just assumed they were all my friends. I had no idea they were bashing me like that," she continues. "Although, tell you the truth, even if I did, I wouldn't do it back. I'm just not like that."

Ah, classic Teresa playing innocent while down playing even the worst possible situation.

It sounds like whatever went down is not something easily forgotten over a nice "Friends-giving". If what Jacqueline is saying is true, we don't blame her for not only opting out of the reunion but also venting her frustration in the twitter-verse. More so, we have to give major props to Melissa. If Teresa did in fact have these intentions going into the night, then Melissa is only a better person for not only showing up to the reunion but also calling out Teresa on all the flack she gave her all of season 3 while managing to hold her tongue about the night before. Snaps to Melissa.

What do you think? Is Teresa finally getting what has been a long time coming? Do you think Jacqueline will return for season 5? Is anyone right in this situation?

Sheree Says Fame Went To NeNe's Head

2011-11-05T19:52:00.000-07:00

#Duh

Phaedra, Kandi, and Sheree sat down with Us Weekly to talk about what we can expect to see from them this season on The Real Housewives of Atlanta. Most noteworthy was Sheree explaining the big fight between she and NeNe which will air on the season premiere tomorrow, November 6.

"I had an appearance and I was asked to bring some of the other girls along," she explains in the video above, adding that she believes fame went to NeNe's head after her stint on The Celebrity Apprentice. "NeNe tried to go over my head and pull money from me. I thought that was crazy, but that's just something NeNe does, which is why we're not friends to this day. She's not loyal and not a good person!"

She goes on to say that NeNe is always bragging about being rich, but she should fix her missing tooth and her hygiene first. #OhSnap.

Melissa Gets Posh for Charity

2011-11-04T17:59:00.000-07:00

#FashionForACause

A drama-free Jersey fashion show? We thought it was impossible. Maybe it would only be impossible for Teresa Giudice. But leave it to Melissa Gorga to pull it off.

A few weeks ago, New Jersey's newest housewife Melissa Gorga hosted the Got Pink? fashion show to raise money for Breast Cancer in Livingston, NJ. The Thursday, October 27 event featured some of the newest fashions from the Posh Boutique and enough signed copies of Melissa's On Display CDs for every guest. Event proceeds benefitted Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

Guests in attendance at the event included Joe Gorga, Melissa's sister Lysa, Scott Simpson, Joe and Kim Pirella, Tanya Tambruin, George Miguel and Ava Cowan.

During the event, guests nibbled on food from around the world and enjoyed drinks from the open bar. We wonder if Melissa got a special deal on cases of Fabellini cocktails from her favorite frenemy/sister-in-law, Teresa.

Sounds like Melissa managed execute the perfect charity fashion show. Kim D., take notes.

You're Apparently Never Too Old To Trick Or Treat

2011-11-04T06:44:00.000-07:00

#TrickOrTreat

What we wouldn't have given to be Adrienne Maloof's neighbor on Monday night.

The Real Housewives of just about every city have been spotted out and about more than usual recently showing off their trick-or-treating finest. We've already reported some of the Housewives' costumes for various Halloween parties and events last weekend, but was anyone left wondering whether or not these fabulous ladies can actually be spotted ringing the doorbells of their neighbors on all hallow's eve? The answer is a big fabulous yes.

In true Beverly Hills fashion, Adrienne Maloof rented two CitySights LA tour buses so that her family, friends, and neighbors could all stay together while trick-or-treating around the extensive estates of Beverly Hills. To top it off, Adrienne rode a bus with her own face on it! The bus had been dedicated to her from her work as a Grand Marshall this past summer when CitySights launched their LA fleet.

Amongst her bus cohorts was actor Mark Wahlberg, Charlie Sheen's ex wife Brooke Mueller, and of course Adrienne's husband, Paul Nassif.

Lisa Vanderpump Is The Latest Housewife To Attempt To Sing

2011-11-03T19:13:00.000-07:00

#ThingsHousewivesDoJustBecauseTheyCan

Lisa Vanderpump is representing the Beverly Hills housewives making sure they aren't the only franchise without a singing Real Housewife.

Lisa debuted her first single, a cover of Carol King's Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow on Ryan Seacrest's KIIS FM morning show Monday, October 31.

Lisa teamed up with Lionel Richie, who is obviously her friend because all rich people are friends. Lionel heard Lisa's karaoke version and created a more modern sound.

"It's just a different play on an old classic, and he liked the vocal, and so, there we have it," Lisa said.

But she doesn't plan on making it a career. "I think that's the only song I have in me," she confessed to Ryan. That's what they all say.

So, where does she rate among the way too long list of Housewives who have sang?

Mermaids, Camels, and Secret Boyfriends...Oh My!

2011-11-02T20:32:00.000-07:00

#RealLove

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The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: Season 2: Episode 9: "Otherwise Engaged"

So while we’re all trying to wrap our heads around the demise of Kim Kardashian’s 72 hour marriage it is time to dive right in to another Real Housewives of Beverly Hills recap! We kick things off with Lisa driving down the road in her fabulous Bentley and calling all the ladies up to try to invite them to Pandora’s engagement party. After trying Camille, Adrienne, and Kim’s numbers and getting voicemail she finally gets through to her ace, Kyle, and confirms her attendance. They then chat about the hilarious hijinks of Adrienne’s cooking lesson.

Next we catch up with Taylor and Dana who are meeting at a cake shop to look for cakes for Kennedy’s 5th birthday. After seeing the extravaganza that was Kennedy’s 4th birthday we're afraid to see what will happen in the fifth year of Kennedy's life. Unicorns may fly. Once a cake is agreed upon we catch up with Kyle, Kim, and Kyle’s mother-in-law at Adrienne’s husband’s office. Kyle’s mother-in-law decided it was time for a face lift and of course Paul was the one to do it. Only in Beverly Hills do you go from the cake shop to the plastic surgeon’s office.

Next we take a trip into the operating room to watch the face lift magic. We’ll spare you the gory details but let’s just say we plan to try and age gracefully because, although you may expect the final result to be, surgery itself is not pretty. Paul calls Mark Wahlberg in the middle of the surgery to ~~namedrop~~ tease him because his anesthesiologist looks just like Mark, but cuter. Paul was hilarious as usual, but if we were the one under that knife, we may not have found it as comical.

A double dinner date with Russell, Taylor, Kyle, and Mauricio is what’s up next for the ladies and it was anything but comfortable. Russell brings out an UsWeekly magazine to show Mauricio and Kyle the article that indicated they had separated. Although Russell and Taylor acted like the mag was far off, they were really very prophetic. Russell accuses Lisa of planting the story. Lisa just so happens to be friends with the editor in chief of UsWeekly and this screams red flag. Still, who pulls a magazine out at dinner? Tacky.

Even Kennedy is shocked by a magazine at the dinner table!

Lisa, in between all her time planting stories about Taylor and Russell, is running around getting ready for Pandora’s engagement party. Lisa finally gathers all troops together so they can leave for the party but not before telling her son Max that she “doesn’t like his trousers down around his bottom because it sends the wrong message, especially in West Hollywood.”

Before they all leave they have a sweet moment where Lisa and Ken give Pandora and her fiancé sentimental engagement presents. But it's very hard to concentrate on the tear inducing moment because Pandora’s fiancé Jason is wearing the shiniest, most distracting jacket we’ve ever seen. Where does one even find a men’s jacket that shiny?

All the ladies finally arrive for Pandora’s engagement party and it's obvious the women of Beverly Hills know how to dress for a black tie affair. The guests at this party are fabulous. Lisa says this party is unlike a regular Beverly Hills engagement party and that may be the understatement of the year. Camels, snakes, belly dancers, a tent inside the house, and a mermaid are all part of the party. We're pretty sure this is unlike any engagement party anywhere. But let's take a moment to talk about this mermaid. When she wasn't awkwardly announcing that she was a mermaid every two seconds, she was flailing around like one, in an overly sexual way. Only in Hollywood.

While the rest of the ladies are partying in celebration of Pandora’s engagement we catch up with Kim, who's been MIA the entire episode. Little did we know she was on a super covert CIA type of mission. Kim says that she’s “keeping a secret” from her family but she doesn’t want to keep it a secret anymore. After this ominous statement we meet Ken, Barbie's new boyfriend. Barbie has been dating Ken for a whole year. If we have a secret to tell, we think we could trust Barbie with it.

We end the show with Lisa thanking Mohamed for throwing the party and everyone for coming. Not to mention an awesome performance from some very flexible dancers. Kyle, ever the one to show someone up, decides she’s just as acrobatic as the dancers and decides she’s going to show everyone what she’s got. Kyle then proceeds to climbs up on the table and do a full split on top of it. Lisa, never wanting to be outdone, says she “used to be able to do the splits in bed but that was back in the 60s” and besides, she wouldn’t want to get on table during her daughter’s engagement party “she’s saving that for the wedding”. That is what you call, a one upper.

This week’s episode was a welcome break from the last two weeks of drama and tension. It is worth mentioning that an episode without Brandi and almost no Dana proves to have no drama.

Cedric Martinez Says Lisa Told Press About Taylor's Marital Issues

2011-11-01T06:46:00.000-07:00

#Minute14

Cedric Martinez is still finding ways to keep himself relevant. Apparently popping up on an episode of season 2 of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and just the mere mention of his name causing trouble wasn't enough.

Cedric, the former long time houseguest of Lisa Vanderpump who she claims betrayed her and now the current friend of Brandi Glanville, talked to Wetpaint about why his relationship with Lisa was derailed. On last season's reunion show, Lisa's commented that she once considered him "family" but said she knew ole' Ceddy would “go a long way to find another idiot like me.”

Finally responding to Lisa's comments, Cedric said of the situation, “It was a rough year, but I've landed on my feet. Ken stabbed me in the back and Lisa twisted the knife, but they didn't kill me.” Cedric now has his own place and a job he likes. If that's the case, then this little tiff was great for him. Because this needed to happen, right?

Cedric obviously hasn't let go of the little sliver of limelight he earned on the show. He's now working on a tell-all memoir. That will keep in the news a little longer.

One thing we can probably expect to see in this little gem of a book is Lisa's alleged missteps. Cedric claims Lisa planted stories about him in the tabloids, and talked to the press about Taylor Armstrong's marital problems. On season 2 of RHOBH, Taylor herself suspects Lisa was the snitch.

“There's no question about it. I've known Lisa has Us Weekly on speed dial since she sold out my relationship with Lance Bass.”

Turning to the always controversial Kim Richards, Cedric says, “Anyone watching this season knows drinking is the least of her problems. I hope and pray she gets the help she so desperately needs.”

Love and light.

Lisa Vander Pumps A Lot Of Money Into Her Daughter's Wedding

2011-10-31T18:38:00.000-07:00

#SneakPeek

No Expense Spared

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BRAVO’s Real Housewives of Beverly Hills 2, Monday 10/31 @ 9/8c – One thing is for sure, the ladies of Beverly Hills definitely know how to throw a party! Lisa’s initial qualms about her daughter’s wedding being a little too extravagant seem to be put to rest when she decides to throw Pandora an engagement party at her friends not-so-humble abode. The Arabian Nights themed party—fully equipped with belly dancers, snakes, and a camel—has all the guests excited and ready to mingle. But is this excitement just the calm before the storm? Meanwhile, Kyle has her own drama to deal with when she goes to visit her mother-in-law after her surgery.