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What's interesting to me is how intimidated and competitive these BH housewives feel with each other. LVP is acutely aware that Bravo is pushing Erika as the 'queen' of BH. Dorit wants to be Erika with the glam squad and crazy VT looks. Rinna wants to be pimp momma Yolanda with her kids' modelling careers. Actually it's funny to me how people say LVP holds a grudge; Rinna cannot let go of LVP/Munchausengate, or the Kim stuff, or even how Yolanda treated her. With Yolanda especially, I feel Rinna is dying to outdo her in the pimpmommy stakes. (And speaking of the OG pimpmommy, I hope the new modeling show/escort service Yolanda is peddling exposes her true unsavoury self). Kyle has all this money now but still cannot dress for her height or shape. And weren't Birkin bags a thing 5 years ago? Erika is so thirsty to be seen and be the hottest thing on Bravo. She and her YASS KWEEN glam squad are a bit exhausting. Whoever does her makeup is a genius, but her pigtailed VT look is an epic fail.

You'd think she was, @DaytimeFan and @Nothin'ButAttitude judging by the way WWHL and its guests build Erika up. They make it sound like she's the breakout star or BH (as opposed to a DWTS fourth-week vote-off). She is always on the show, too. BTW, is it just me, but was Kim Zolciak on like every WWHL in the last two weeks? Did she moves her 17 kids to NYC? Andy's bias is showing. She was all over Erika saying she was 'star-struck.' To Erika's credit, her makeup looked great and she also told Kim to her face that she really liked Kenya. I kind of loved her for that! Lol. Anyway, going to watch BH in a few. I'm embarrassed for Harry Hamlin having to say a few words to Kyle about the effing bunny. It's beneath him. Speaking of Rinna, her daughters have never wanted to be models. Those dead-eyed, barely-communicative kids just want to be famous. They've taken the worn-out Jenner/Hadid How To Be An InstaModel playbook in the hopes that lightening will strike thrice. To be a model, though, you do have to stand out and have expressiveness and I'm not sure these two have either. But Rinna is very competitive towards (and intimidated by) Yolanda, so this is highly personal. And she doesn't have the imagination to suggest other routes or career goals for her daughters. It's the fame game or nothing.

I like that it is off her forehead and opens up her face. I also like that she took a chance on her usual signature look. IMO it does look slightly electrocuted. I'm just relieved LVP did something different with her hair. As for matronly, well, she is the oldest. This is especially noticeable with the cast which is skewing younger this season.

RHOBH Premiere Party. I love that LVP tweaked her look! I've seen Erika wear this look before. Tut tut, Erika. I expect more from you! Bride of FrankenLips. Newly plumped cheeks. That Kyle By Ailene Too outfit makes her look stumpy. This is not Dorit's best look. I actually do think Dorit's fashion credentials are legit, and I usually like her style, but here it all looks a bit messy. And wow she got some new ginormous boobs. Camille. Eh. I forgot Teddi Mellencamp! Anyhoo, her look was pretty basic. I'm not sure Teddi is that into fashion like some of the others claim to be are.

I do. I cannot wait for the show to start! It's tonight, right? (P.S.: I also agree about Atlanta ) Kyle's tagline is basically a reconfiguration of her usual "I'm the luckiest and realest girl in My Town with all my many friends, and my husband is rich now so I can always spot a fake" shtick. Erika's languid hair touch really is pretty fab, and she looks good here. Lipsa and LVP have the best taglines. Lipsa's is very ironic but that's Lipsa. LVP gets another Queen reference in her tag. Maybe it's contractual. Like somebody else mentioned here, the ending with them all spaced out looks messy and isolating (and most of their gowns do them no favors with the exception of LVP's and Lipsa's). I preferred when they were all together in V formation, and we could all speculate about why so-and-so got centre spot that season.

Oh, please stop talking, Matt Damon. Bending over backwards to cover his ass in case we might associate him too closely with Weinstein, and Ben and Casey Assfleck. All this mansplaining. Nobody doubts there aren't plenty of men who do not sexual harass or assault. People are just trying to figure out the ones who DO so that they can be held accountable. I don't understand why this is such a source of anxiety and concern for Damon. He sounds afraid we might hang, draw and quarter all men. When, let's be real, NONE of the accused have even been arrested or prosecuted yet! This complicity in Hollywood is so ugh. Thinking about HW and how he destroyed people's careers who did not acquiesce to him -- he could not have done that alone. He called up his buddies at other studios and production companies and got them to blackball his targets, too. Everybody is involved right up to their necks. On the upside, this story kind of made my day. http://dlisted.com/2017/12/17/west-beverlys-finest-says-he-punched-harvey-weinstein/ Dun-dun dun-dun. Dun-dun dun-dun. Boosh boosh!

That's something I totally missed actually! Thank you for pointing that out. It either never occurred to him to apologize to the victims, or maybe he figured if he didn't acknowledge them directly, this whole might go away faster from a legal standpoint. It's clear from this missive he sees his chef's career continuing in the near future. Either way, he is scum. The more I read it, the more it seems like some awful parody of a Mario Batali apology tweet -- but no, it's for real.

All I see in that brutally short 'apology' is a PR exercise designed to protect Brand Batoli. The apology barely resonates, so buried is it beneath the multiple references to 'my fans' and 'I will work everyday to regain your respect and trust.' As if the brand isn't dead (which it probably isn't). It's like he's apologising for a piece of shell left in somebody's shrimp cocktail. And then there's that Get The Recipe button. For cinnamon rolls. Because a hard day's predation makes Alpha Dawg HONGRAY.

Yep you are right, we dragged Lena Dunham a couple of pages back. I had hoped her career as the human foghorn would now be over, but clearly her close personal friend AND exec producing partner Judd Apatow thinks she deserves another chance! Follow the money, folks! That's the only reason Apatow is piping up. I can only echo what you are saying about black women. It feels like even with some of these stories coming out, some black women are being muffled or shushed for speaking out. Dunham saying Aurora Perrineau going to the LAPD was the 3% of false rape cases reported for libel was so shocking and egregious a statement, I don't think I can ever really forgive it. She should be sued for slander. I admit to enjoying Anchorman, Bridesmaids and 40-Year Old Virgin, but I don't think Judd Apatow has ever been a friend to the feminist movement. The sad thing is, he and Dunham probably think they have been. Neither realise how coddled and hopelessly out of touch they are. Mario Batali, huh. It was only a matter of time before this touched the restaurant business.

Unbelieveable! https://jezebel.com/bryan-singer-on-whether-hed-work-with-kevin-spacey-agai-1821118897

Wow, really? Guess I haven't been keeping up on WW in recent weeks (apart from when she collapsed on air in her statue of liberty costume). Kenya played the game super well yesterday, but an evil part of me wishes Wendy would have gotten messy just so Kenya could snap back about mistresses living in apartments 20 minutes from the family home. Just the other day Tamara Tattles was saying that Porsha's position on the show was locked-in because of the alleged Bravo exec she is blowing she is big on social media and brings in the highly-desirable youth demographic! I hope this is totally unfounded! *deep breath* NY (along with BH) is my fave, but I just. Cannot. Get. Past. Her. I am rewatching last season's NY, and getting a better appreciation of Tinsley, who I like now. Obvs Bethenny is moderately better than she was in S8. But I can't get over how awful she and Carole were to Luann and Jules! She is awful to all these women, threatening them to stay in line and lording her power over them. It makes me seethe how Screech dominates everything. I want to watch Dorinda, not Beth in her cold, soulless show apartment with that SkinnyGirl bar! The only reason I want Jill Zarin back is to see Bethenny lose it, lol. /rant

That and vow renewals! The Judges are about to do up a home they probably cannot fully afford (it's all for the show, I imagine) and that's when the Bravo axe drops! I also remember Aviva buying a duplex to film in because the housing association at her actual apartment didn't want Bravo filming there. We saw it during S6 of NYC. Then she got canned. Your last statement about Siggy is how I feel about Bethenny! But yeah Siggy is a PITA with her unhinged Tweeting. Her hate for Margaret is reaching ridiculous levels now. She looks like a loon and a bully.

Remember when Phaedra bought that second house? A mere few months before getting fired from RHoA? I don't know why that popped into my mind when I saw this news item about Tamra.

I thought it was a great interview from Kenya. She was totally on the ball and wasn't going to let Wendy get away with anything. And still trying to get mediaplay on the pregnancy rumors I see! This is the Kenya I want to see on Atlanta tbh. I feel like she's been muted somewhat this year. I am frankly surprised she agreed to go on WW after what Wendy said about her a year ago. I seriously tuned out of WW for a good 8-10 months as a result of her remarks during one of the Hot Topics. "Nobody loves you, Kenya! Certainly not your mother who never wanted you" or words to that effect. I was so shocked by the vitriol, it sounded like something Phaedra would have fed to Wendy tbh. It is also the cruellest thing you could ever say about somebody who has been abandoned by a parent. Yep, she totally had Porsha cornered. I really hope this is Toyota's last year! I don't know, her scenes with Will don't ring true to me. It sounds like they are reading from a script. He seems like a great guy and game but I'm not sensing their connection. lol Kroy has always been dumb as a box of rocks! His brain disappeared with his bubble butt!

ATL: Finally the show appears to be picking up some steam, and that's not down to Kim Zolciak -- that's down to Nene. Her VTs are gloriously shady, and the way that dingbat Porsha played into her hand in SF was magical, quite frankly. Nene: What you were trying to say was that I was taking food off of your plate. Porsha: And you were! Nene: So you took food off of Phaedra's plate. Porsha: Well, I don't have nothing to do with that. Nene: Oh, you don't?? Porsha: We are all responsible for our actions! Nene: OH, WE ARRRRRRRRRRRREEEE????? However, has anybody noticed how off Nene's VT looks? I'm not talking about the Soul Train dress, I'm talking the oddly angled background pic of her supposed living room. It looks like it was taken from her ceiling. Also, in all her VTs, Nene has her arms crossed like she is seriously pissed off to be there. Oh well. Gotta pay the IRS, Nene. I don't know what to say about everybody else's stories. The fact that Cynthia has to stoop to having a fake boyfriend --- I would have thought men half her age would be swooning over her gorgeousness. Is she still with Peter? If so, she should just be honest about it. Speaking of fake boyfriends, when Sheree has to trawl the incarcerated for her SL, you know things are bleak over at Chateau SheBroke. Porsha shopping for rosemary at the vegan grocery store was so dull, it actually got cut mid-sentence. And while I feel for Kenya losing her grandmother (my grandma lived with us when I was a kid, and losing her was devastating), how many times is she going to spread old photos over her bed to let us know who she is thinking about? It's such a corny TV trope. Kenya seems totally checked out this year. Kroy looks like he literally has sawdust between his ears.

Ugh. I KNEW as soon as I heard that Andy Cohen spent Thanksgiving with the Edmonds' in St Louis that she would be back! Plus she sprang that hasty 4-week pregnancy on them at Reunion -- a well-timed visit to the insemination clinic. It's not like she's interested in taking care of the first one! Just what will it take to get her smug, boring ass fired?? After the last few seasons, I am getting major starry-eyes for the good old days involving Gretchen, Heather, Jeanna and even Alexis! Bring back the across-the-street neighbourhood interactions! Slade pissing off Vicki and Tamra! Gretchen's drunken sad-sack friend eating the bow off Heather's cake! I miss those days.

A madame role she should be very comfortable with. Allegedly. She also comes off as a raging bitch. The claws are uncovered! Love that BH sneak peek. The insincerity oozing out of Rinna's every pore. Not so confident now that her ride-or-die girl is gone. DRAG HA NENE! DRAG HA!

Yep. And I think in one of my posts earlier I advocated for bringing Bryant Gumbel back along with Jane Pauley. I think my assumption was that TV execs seems to like one male/one female co-anchors on these early morning shows -- and maybe there are audience surveys that speak to that decision, too. Live with Kelly and Whoever is another example where, after Michael Strahan left, the hunt was on for a male-co-anchor to host with Kelly Ripa. There was no question that that co-host was going to be male. I would agree with you that Gayle and Norah could easily host CBS Morning without breaking a sweat. In any case, I like that show for Gayle.

I am truly shocked that you would see my statement as supportive of the "man-only head-anchor" mindset. It was written with my tongue firmly in my cheek. I would be for an all-female hosting team. Not sure Savannah Guthrie is the person to head it, but there are plenty of good journalists who could headline the Today show, not least two women Lauer and his producers chased away: Tamron Hall and Ann Curry. I am not a Megyn Kelly fan myself but I do know that when her hiring by NBC was announced, there were grumblings at NBC News and Today about her being parachuted in. Me, me, I, I, me, me, I. This statement is by a man who has never not considered that he is the sun around which everybody orbits. His syrupy smarminess is even prevalent in that official statement. It sounds so fake.

Because white manhood runs NBC and the Today show (even though their audience is largely female). And white manhood is feeling awfully needy and insecure and picked-on these days! Oh and white manhood doesn't believe that people who have to wear bras can adequately anchor a major show like Today. The hate-on for Megyn Kelly? Is likely coming as much from NBC News as it is from outside the organization.

@amybrickwallace I am sorry for what you went through, and can imagine how triggering all this must be. Please do take care of yourself, and hopefully your therapist is on it! Stories like yours make me so angry; these scumbags' actions leave emotional scars for years. I hate what this person did to you, it's just so evil. May karma get his a$$ good. I would welcome Bryant back. IMO he was the best of the best along with Jane Pauley. If Jane comes back, I wouldn't mind either! Agreed with others here that Savannah is nowhere near strong enough to be carrying this show. I'm not crazy about her voice/delivery either as it makes her sound like a bimbo. The story about Lauer being able to lock the door from his desk literally makes me want to throw up. The rape office, was it? And is Lauer a budding carpenter? How did he finagle a button like this? Or, more likely, who at NBC OKed the workmen to do this?

I realise they are covering their asses. I just hate the fakery. It's unfair of me to attack the hair models and news bimbos fronting the news desks. My biggest issue is with all these MALE producers and executives (at NBC, Fox, wherever) who are producing, btw, morning shows whose primary audience is largely female. They tolerated this behaviour for ages. Actually, no, scratch that. Not tolerated. Enabled. Encouraged. Probably participated in it themselves. There is no way that with all the gossip surrounding Lauer that NBC haven't been settling out-of-court for years. Meanwhile, they kept giving him salary raises of $+20bn a year! Talk about rewarding the perpetrator. Now they throw him under the bus -- and all because ratings are meh and another news source is about to scoop them. But mainly, as you say, to distract attention from the real clean-out which needs to be done -- behind the scenes and among the exec pool.

Right. Buses always come in threes! How is it we are seeing the same run of anchors across networks reporting this Lauer news and saying how shocked they are. Really? I heard about Lauer years ago, and the Morales stuff AND the way Ann Curry was treated confirmed what kind of dog he is.

Took the words right out of my mouth! Btw, I love that they show Gina (or Giner as Lydia calls her) in her barrister's outfit including the 18th century wig in the intro. Why do I have a feeling this is Jackie's season to get exposed/the bitch edit?

DRW I have never seen you react so excitedly and emotionally before! ITA, it is WAS his syrupy, slimy sanctimoniousness (while trying to shtup anything in a skirt behind the scenes) which grated the most for me. Remember that fake-ass 'farewell' they made Ann Curry do so that he could look like he wasn't involved in her firing? (Operation Bambi as he and his producer nicknamed it). Backfired miserably. Today lost millions in ad revenue as audience figures went down. And he STILL kept his job! These allegations must be big for NBC to finally fire his ass (and the firing has more to do with covering their own asses than it does with punishing the perpetrator). Props to you for finagling CeCe Peniston's 90s bop into your post.