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Cube do not promote 4minute well enough. They have blown the budget on Skrillex producing Hate and, as a result, promotions are going to be lacking. Plus the stylists dressed them well in the mv but in the press conference to introduce the song? Um.... I don't understand why they don't give them an album, there are at LEAST 2 if not 3 really strong vocalists in 4minute. You can hear it so well in the ballad part of the song. Looks like both YG and SM are trying to follow this Big Bang formula of releasing things in drips and drabs in order that fans stay buying. SM want to release something from one of their artists once a week! I feel like that is almost too much. Sometimes you need to miss a group to appreciate them. Speaking of Big Bang, I really like that iKON song you linked to but I also think it sounds very BB-ish -- Baeng Baeng Baeng chorus-like. Nothing wrong with that, just saying! Hey Cheap, did you ever compile your best of kpop in 2015 list?

Bless this kpop thread. It has been so long. I missed you! 4minute released HATE yesterday. It's not as good as Crazy but... I like it? The main beat is kind of farty but catchy. 90s hep-hap alert! Jihyun wow. Looks so good with blonde hair and blue contacts! They all looked good actually:

As so often with your posts, DF, I find I agree 100% with your conclusions. Your take (and Tamara Tattles') on Yolanda is spot-on, and if she can't take the questions after she made 'Chronic Lyme' THE central SL on RHoBH this season, then she shouldn't be on TV. Period. I used to think her 'health advocate' Daisy was creepily SWF-ing her. Now I wonder if Yolanda is SWF-ing Daisy to burnish her Sickly Saint cfredentials. And I have to wonder how much of this health quackery is an effort to either get her pre-nup to David Foster annulled and/or to land some lifestyle brand show. You are so right about LVP. Even as I become somewhat disappointed at her efforts to stir the pot on BH, I still cannot help but love her. I don't want to stan blindly -- I think I can see LVP for what she is, flaws and all -- and maybe that is what is the problem with some of the other ladies re: LVP. They want LVP to be perfect all the time. They want her to be attentive to them all the time. They want validation from her all the time. And if Pinky doesn't want to give it, she won't. Kyle's fakery about "Don't talk to me about Kim!!!" when she has spent 6 seasons demanding that she be painted the Poor Little Victim at all times is laughable. Kyle loves the attention. Playing victim is her only, and best, role. She has always resented not having central OG status on the show as she felt was her due. "It's not about YOUUUU, Lisahhhh!"

IA, the picture is awful. I got a chill when I saw the way Yolanda seemed to be looking at her child so... triumphantly. There is something not right about this entire set-up.. I daresay that after this season even LVP may have had her day. Mohammed has very publicly broken with her and people feel she is stirring the pot with Eileen. I love watching but something about this season feels very End of Days with BH. Cat, Miss Lawrence has popped up at least one. And Idk if you saw the coming later in this season of RHoA, but Dwight will be showing up, too. At the X-mas event I believe. I did catch him, but it felt very brief and in passing. I liked in the Olden Days of ATL how Dwight, Derek and Miss Lawrence flowed through a lot of the episodes. Derek did Kim's wig line, Miss Lawrence recorded a song with Kandi and Dwight lent Greg some money, lol. Ooo, I'll be on the lookout for that, thanks! RHOA For Cat (and anyone who hasn't seen it already) I forgot about this trailer when it was screened earlier this season. OMG! Is Jamaica here yet? That trip looks PACKED with drama!

Cat, Miss Lawrence has popped up at least one. And Idk if you saw the coming later in this season of RHoA, but Dwight will be showing up, too. At the X-mas event I believe. I did catch him, but it felt very brief and in passing. I liked in the Olden Days of ATL how Dwight, Derek and Miss Lawrence flowed through a lot of the episodes. Derek did Kim's wig line, Miss Lawrence recorded a song with Kandi and Dwight lent Greg some money, lol. Ooo, I'll be on the lookout for that, thanks! OMG Mohammed is so PISSED at Lisa VP right now. Honestly, he's doing things the good old BH way -- brush everything under the carpet and pretend everything is fine. Deny, deny, deny. I am totally creeped out by this picture. Poor Bella. Yolanda looks like she is gloating over her daughter's physical weakness as Bella gets God knows what IVed into her arm. I am wondering if she really thinks she is sick and as projecting that 'sickness' on the people around her, or if this is just an elaborate ploy for alimony and attention. I really hope these people are not really sick with Lyme.

I'm sorry, they are ALL giving me life in this pic. That would be a great dream team for drama. Agreed. This would be my ideal group on Atlanta. I sort of wish Dwight and Miss Lawrence would come back too. I think Cynthia looks absolutely the best out of all of them. I like Nene's boots, too.

I need to catch up on this episode but... sigh... I don't feel the URGE I used to with BH. And BH was always my favorite franchise. This season is leaving me very trepidatious (the OC mess didn't help), even though I am aboard the Erika bandwagon now. I think she is fabulous, a real LA/BH society character.

Ahahaha I know, that was brilliant (as was Gamble flashing her ring). Glad it's back! They are repeating S2 here rn and I'm at the Reunion part, rewatching. One of my favorite franchises and I'm so glad everybody is back too (well, I wouldn't have shed any tears if Pettifleur had been let go but I guess she provides some entertainment so I'm cool with it). Gina, GAMBLE, Chyka, Jackie (who is the one I think might be preggers), Lydia (don't judge, I love that fake-ass, self-agrandizing, dumb bitch!), Janet... they're all fab as far as I'm concerned. I hope we see more of Chyka's hot af husband because DAMN. I love how sweet he and Chyka are with each other, too.

Au contraire Cheap! Apparently Winner will be having comebacks throughout the course of this year! In fact, according to Instagram, they filmed a mv in London a few weeks ago and Mino kissed a female love interest in it. Contrary to prevailing assumptions about crazy kpop fans, Inner Circle fans went onto the girl's IG (she's a model in the UK) and complimented her on a good job. Cute! http://omonatheydidnt.livejournal.com/17300194.html Here is her IG with the teaser film for Winner on it: https://www.instagram.com/pixiee/ Looks like YG are adopting a Big Bang/MADE strategy for both Winner and iKON -- spread out their releases over the year so that they comeback continuously? BTW iKON are growing on me. And I think Bobby is cute, especially when he takes off his snapback, lol. More comebacks: 2PM and Japan: http://omonatheydidnt.livejournal.com/17300668.html. Sad to think they might be approaching enlistment. 2PM looks so young to me! And 4minute planning a cb too. In fact, their goal for a release is this month: http://omonatheydidnt.livejournal.com/17303598.html

I was going to write something similar but you said it better. Todd is in the right but Kandi's too scared to go right to Phaedra so she sends Don Subway and everybody else to go after weak link and hothead Porsha. Kandi better be ready to confront Phaedra at Reunion, though. After what Phae said on her VT about Todd, I would imagine the gloves are off -- IF Kandi plucks up the courage. She seems to prefer stirring the pot and then stepping out of the way. But Phaedra is... I don't think 'shady' is a strong enough word. Phaedra is a charlatan and a con-artist. She's in Apollo's mess right up to her neck. We don't hear anymore about her budding mortuary business -- I'm assuming that was one portal by which she has used to defraud people. Her parent's ministry may well be another route. When Apollo ran around the house the day he was meant to turn himself in, the implied threat that Phaedra better not piss him off (or he'll spill some tea) was evident. I think that's why Phaedra has not filed for divorce -- yet. It is a real house of cards. I feel sorry for the two babies who are as sweet and adorable as can be. One thing I have to say, Phaedra clearly adores Ayden -- she said herself he has all her best characteristics.

I love DxDxD too! It is a really fun song and the dancing is cool. SFY mini album is a grower. And Unfair has been the standout. It's like an unofficial fun Christmas song. My little puppy bear Kai had to wear glasses because he got an eye infection. I love the nerd look on him, but I am Kai trash.

omg Cheap I can't get over that Sharknado 2 gif! I too wish Camille or TayShanna had come back fulltime. TayShanna wants it BAD and we already know she will bring the messy. Thus far, all I see with Erika is a less anger-management prone Carlton. Or they should have brought Lea Black (from Miami) who summers in LA to join the cast. She's big on the social charity scene and I could see her fitting in with some of the women. This Yolanda SL is going the way of that Brooks Ayers mess on RHoOC and it is not a good look.

I was also disappointed at Kim this last episode. I am one of the few here who likes Kim and enjoys variety in my HWs. I don't need them all to be pot-stirring, turnt up drama queens. However, she was sitting with Kandi by the pool, and she saw Glen get aggressive with a pregnant woman who was staying out of the drama and the partying. Kim had this insipid grin on her face the whole time, even though she agreed with Kandi afterwards that he was being aggressive and threatening. Kim had plenty of tears to waste at the Miami party about how this scene wasn't for her, but here she sat back, watched it all like it was dinner theatre and blamed it on one person. Unless she saw something which we did not see -- and which production deliberately cut out of the episode -- and this whole thing was a contrived piece of acting by everybody involved, set up by Carlos King and his production staff. Which I'm not sure it was, at least not the way things ended.

I have called out Kenya when I feel she is instigating trouble (like last week when she was all up Cynthia and Porsha's case) and in no way view her as a saint, but last night's episode the blame has to fall on Thug Glen. Snapping your fingers playfully at someone ONCE, hours before, does not warrant being lunged at with intent to punch. It made me sad to see some of the other women put the onus of blame on the woman, as per usual. The thot brigade were more concerned about getting laid and that the incident put paid to that for the night. The fact is, Glen was looking to start something with Kenya, and he got threatening with both Kim and Kandi (Kandi being pregnant and all. No wonder Todd wanted her out of there). Even Tammy, coked out her her tree, understood that it was time for Glen to leave when Kandi, Kenya, Cynthia and Kim talked to her about it. Speaking of Tammy, when Porsha opened the door to her in her hospital gown with the two guys in tow, it was like a scene from a horror film with Tammy looking like the neighborhood bloodthirsty maniac. Glen is clearly not her nephew, more like her pusher. No wonder she didn't get a peach. Phaedra trying to liken Glen to Mike Brown as he was held back by Bravo security after he knocked Tammy out was disgusting. She will do anything to make Kenya take the blame for all this, and it just reflects badly on her and look even more shady than she already does.

Sing For You IS bland and I wasn't sure if I liked it (and I'm still not sure how I feel about the album which is more lowkey than EXO's usual albums). However, it is a grower, and yesterday night I couldn't get it out of my head. I think it is beautiful, and it really showcases Chen's vocals (although everybody got a bit to sing) -- and, upon another listening, D.O.'s vocals (he is one of my favorite vocalists in kpop). I love how it exposes the vocal line so it is just their voices and the guitar. SHINEE teaser! It looks and sounds pretty good! And OMG my fave Key is giving major eye fuckage for the 0.02 secs of teaser time he got. OTOH I could do without Taemin's pink hair. I heard that IKON had some great vocalists but they just do not get the coverage that Bobby or BI get. Part of this is kpop strategy -- use only one or two members initially to draw in the audience and not confuse them with too many others. Later, if the group is a hit, fans will warm to the other members. It has worked in the past and I think Junhoe is definitely getting noticed in IKON fan circles, so hopefully his status will grow and grow. I could use this paragraph to make a comment about blatant YG favoritism for the rappers but I won't, lol. BTW, I have been on a 2NE1 mv viewing frenzy recently. I really miss them. I also would love if CL went back to brown hair like she had in Missing You. GO Beast! I wonder if they will be releasing Christmas material.

And yet... STILL NO COMEBACK. YG is such an !@#$%^&*]! EXO released their winter mini album, Sing For You. Here is the title mv for it. IT's a very simple ballad but I like it.

I can't believe I am saying this, but IA with Kandi in that interview ^. When she was recounting the story to Carmon and Don Juan, she was pretty shady painting it as Poor Porsha/Bad Cynthia. But she is right here ^ in that Cynthia shouldn't have started getting petty over the Bitch word. However, Porsha should have acted like a human being. Porsha resorting to physical fighting underscores how she cannot fight back with words so she goes with fists. I don't think she even has anger management issues as much as 'This is going to make me look BOSS' issues. Porsha thinks she is about the thug life but she really isn't. And it's a shame because, dumb as she is, I have been enjoying her this season up until now. I thought that she and Cynthia handled the apologies well and I am beyond relieved this will not become a SL dominating the rest of the season. Kandi was putting Kenya in her place. Kenya used this fight to burnish her crown/halo and make it all about her but Kandi and Kim were having none of that. I think Kenya lowkey liked the fact that Porsha was on the outs with Cynthia. BTW Kandi looks beautiful in her VTs. Gosh I can't believe I am complimenting Shady Kandi so much this week! Phaedra saying she saw cuts on Porsha's stomach -- when the camera clearly saw none -- was such a huge lie, but I bet she will never get called out on it. I can't believe Kim somehow thinks Phaedra is her pal in this group. LOL did anybody see Phaedra's face at the lunch when Kenya tried to go on for a kiss? Sheree should definitely get a peach. I am enjoying her participation in the show a hell of a lot more than I ever thought I would. Peter snuggling into Cynthia's amazing breasts as the hugged it out lolololol. Papa Smurf is such an old horndog.

It's why I'm always hesitant with 'alternative' therapies when a medical doctor isn't involved. People like Yolanda jump from treatment to treatment like many people jump onto crash diets. That's just dangerous. All treatment takes time to work or be proven ineffective. The thing I've considered is that Yolanda is in menopause and is improperly diagnosed and treated. A lot of her symptoms (an "overheating engine" is how she describes herself) are very menopausal. And menopause is no joke: it decimates some women and can lead to real suffering. There's no denying Yolanda isn't well. Take one look at her. She looks awful. But there's a lot of other variables (ie: crumbling marriage, empty nest syndrome, general stress) that, combined with something like menopause and/or depression, could just slaughter someone. She is her own worst enemy in this by not having any discipline or patience in sticking with a treatment plan. Loading up her body with a zillion herbs, vitamins, stem cells in the Bahamas and Korea, non-regulated treatments, traditional medication - it's a LOT for the human body to handle. We are a delicate, yet tough, species. I wish Yolanda good health, but I also wish her common sense and none of the passive aggressive crap that's sustained her for years. Ken and Lisa, particularly Ken, showed a lot of compassion about Yolanda being ill at Lips' dinner...it's just that they aren't demonstrating it in exactly the way Yolanda wants to hear it. That is my biggest problem with her: everything is either her way or no way. She does not seek a happy medium in anything and if you aren't kissing her ass you're wrong. I wonder if Yolanda has already been diagnosed with menopause but that wasn't the answer she wanted to hear so she flew out to another doctor somewhere to try and get a different diagnosis/treatment. The sad thing is that menopause (as so often with matters concerning women over 50 these days) is treated as a bit of a joke -- hot flashes etc. But I remember my mom really suffering from it. It is a 10-year sentence for many and (once again, as so often with many women's health issues) there is no cure. They are told to suck it up, basically, although I understand that there are hormone replacement therapies and some treatments to mitigate the worst of the symptoms. Watching this week's episode, I wondered if Yolanda didn't want to admit to the possibility of menopause because it would be dismissed as not a big deal (it isn't for some) or belittled. Also, so much of it is tied up with a woman's self-esteem -- admitting that they are no longer fertile and growing older. In Hollywood, where nobody seems to age and there are so many old men with young wives, it must be especially an 'silent' experience. I can't imagine all the crazy pills and treatments are helping her, and of course the divorce. She must feel especially alone. Having said all that, I do think Yolanda showed up makeupless etc to drive home her SL this season. Not that I think she is faking it, but the need to show everybody "feel my hands," the coughing, leaving the table, coming back, etc... When Ken washed her positive thoughts and she had this edge in her response to him, like "Yeah, duh." Yolanda wanted everybody (including the TV audience) to know what she is going through. IA about the ass kissing. When she isn't being praised to the high heavens, Yolanda does tend to dismiss people.

What I find sketchy and low-class that he supposedly moved them into a WAY smaller home months previous. This was planned. David didn't want Yolanda making off good with a multi-million dollar home, which she'd most likely walk away with. Betcha he studied Kelsey Grammar's playbook but won't have lose as much. I agree that he probably has a new, young side piece in the wings. Knowing his ass, he's probably already living with her in a lavish home in Beverly Hills. Wait that gif of Yolanda...did she actually say that?!? Or are you guys just messing with her lol. I can't imagine her saying that... She did say that. She was talking about how in Hollywood some women will throw themselves at any guy they think will buy them Chanel bags and stuff. No lies detected tbh. I am hearing conflicting reports that the Malibu home was what Mohammed gave to Yolanda in the divorce -- so why is Yolanda holed up in an ugly ass condo while David (by some reports) is still in the Malibu house?? That makes no sense. What is sad is how Yolanda has had to downsize so quickly and from so far. It must be a huge hit to her pride and self esteem. It reminds me of what she said at last year's Reunion about how she didn't want to throw Brandi away "like a piece of trash." I wonder if deep down she identified with Brandi because she sensed she would be treated similarly by her 'King.' And all this when she is clearly struggling with some kind of debilitating ailment. Somebody on RealityTea wondered if Yolanda was also trying to keep her husband close with this illness. Apparently on social media, everytime he posted a selfie in some glamorous corner of the world, she would post a pic of herself in hospital or with an IV by her. Maybe to beg/guilt him to come back. If that condo is the best he can do for her, then he clearly is a stingy bastard. Camille never signed a pre-nup with Kelsey so she was able to demand a lot in the divorce, but I wonder if Yolanda did.

So the MAMAs happened today. I'll do a post about it later but.... 2NE1 INCLUDING BOM SHOWED UP AND SLAYED EVERYBODY.

Harry Hamlin looks better now than he did when he was young tbh. I hope to watch this episode later but I worry Lisa V will get flack for her comments. She is pretty much an equal opportunity offender when it comes to her asides -- everybody is a target, including herself. She does question stuff and most of the time her line of questioning is not actually wrong. However, the other ladies enjoy playing victim *cough*YolKyle*cough* so they pounce on that to make themselves look 'maligned.' Or they have something to hide *cough*Kim*cough*

Well, she set up her King and her marriage on a pedestal and now it comes crashing down on her. I feel bad for her because everybody is laughing at her (not him) about this. Either they knew they were going to divorce when they put the house on the market and agreed to wait it out until after filming before releasing a statement. Or he sold the house so she wouldn't get the proceeds and then blindsided her with the "It's not you, it's me" talk. Either way, this is not going to be her season on BH. She is better off without his pompous ass tbh.

Well, I appreciate you having another look. I guess I'll have to have another watch myself. From what I recall, they were both doing the finger-pointing/pushing fingers away thing, but then Porsha stood up and put her knee down towards Cynthia, and that's the point when the confrontation became really physical for me.

On Twitter and Reality Tea, people are coming up with a few alternative taglines, like Kyle: "I stole Kim's goddamn house and I'd do it again too." And Yolanda: "Friends are only fake when they don't kiss my ass."

Lisa VP - GOLD. Eileen - GOLD 2.0. Erika - #Mess. Kyle - Zzzzzzz. Lisa R - I like it. Yolanda - ....Riiiiight. I feel bad kicking a girl when she's down but... Miss True Friends needs to rewatch S4. She believed Brandi's every word over Lisa, even when it later emerged that Brandi lied. (And I still am lowkey annoyed that she never apologized to Ken after accusing him from every media outlet of physically attacking her). I know Bravo want me to love Yol again with this illness SL but the way she led the charge of everybody against Lisa still sticks in my craw. And if Empress Lisa is the one leading the doubts over whether Yolanda is sick or not, I will be bracing myself for the onslaught of hate. Personally, my feeling is that Yolanda is truly sick. Whether it is due to Lyme disease or leaking breast implants, Yolanda clearly has been through/may still be going through physical (and mental) trauma. I hope she finds a cure or at least treatment that mitigates her symptoms.