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Holy sh!t Minho! His body is so ON POINT. Can we talk about the easy-to-rip-off-shirt? And dem bodeh rolls?? Meanwhile, my dancing teddy-bear Kai still dancing in an oversized white shirt. #WhenWillKai.

Also, EXO are doing a collaboration with Star Wars ahead of the big SW release. The mv is meh but I think the song is a jam:

http://www.realitytea.com/2015/11/10/city-of-hope-brooks-ayers-never-treated-cancer-facility/ http://www.realitytea.com/2015/11/11/meghan-king-edmonds-tamra-judge-shannon-beador-react-brooks-ayers-wasnt-patient-city-of-hope-cancer-treatments/ OK well I guess now it is blindingly obvious Brooks faked this cancer SL. Wonder if Vicki will return next season.

http://omonatheydidnt.livejournal.com/16997907.html?page=1#comments omg PLEASE let this be true!

It has to be about 2NE1. It just has to be! All the 21s, Scooter Braun tweeting to CL "you're next." I notice Dara is being a lot more active on her Instagram too, in anticipation maybe? I just want Bom to be there and CL, of course. It has to be the full package, and I'll settle for a mini album.

Did you not see my previous post lol. That's why I thought it was about 2NE1! If this is some 'new girl group' or 'Bobby and B.I. solo subunit' bullshit, I will flip my lid. We'll find out on a week on Saturday ... You like the viodeo to Romantic Universe huh? I thought it was a mess, but I did appreciate they were trying to make it look like a 1980s MTV mv and it did have tongue-in-cheek humor. However, I don't think Love Me Right is EXO's best song by any stretch and I wish they'd picked another one to sing in Japanese. Heck Call Me Baby >>>>>> Love Me Right! My dream would have been to see Wolf (Ulf Naega Ulf) translated and sung in Japanese but I know that ain't never gonna happen. Interesting Beast video! The song was pretty catchy and interesting they never even appeared. I guess they're aiming for some small releases like this and for the Big Hit Japanese songs they will film a formal mv.

RHoA: I am one of those people who thought that the show would really miss Nene's presence. However, as it turned out, I barely noticed she was gone. It was a fun, glam season opener and the only real critique I have is: why were Sheree and Marlo not given peaches? Marlo was like one of the core group last night! Kenya, bless her, is so good at stirring the pot but this rivalry with Sheree feels hella contrived. She doesn't even know her well enough to try and imitate Sheree's iconic/deluded lines! That being said, it was fun to see Charade get back in the mix of things (though Bravo was SO SHADY dubbing her voice like a man's at the beginning). Nobody can fight down-and-dirty like Sheree. She even pulled Kim Z's wig off once. Cynthia is so stunning. I feel like her SL is going to make her the 'tragic star' of RHoA this season. Peter is a dumbass if he cheated... but I can't say I am 100% surprised if he did. He's clearly super insecure. Cynthia coming down that staircase in her bikini was a sight to behold. She looked like Beyoncé. Her body is incredible. I even like her sunglass line. Phaedra gave some epic shade in her VTs at that party. She's looking ok but I don't see that much difference before and after plastic surgery.

Nice, Brandi. (Catching up on RHoA later. I'll post here when I do. And both Kandi and Cynthia deserve a center peach. I'd be interested to know who got center peach in all the seasons right up to now).

She was in the center s2 and s3. Around the time Adrienne and Kyle started coming out against Lisa V. Hasn't been since, though, has she? Certainly not since s3.

It's been ages since I came on this thread. Mainly because October was a busy month at work, and also because I was so focused on EXO and the lead-up to their Japanese debut that I kind of didn't get into other groups as much. I was disappointed by iKON's debut tbh. I think YG kept them hidden too long, to the point where expectations were unsustainable. Also WINNER was perceived as being unfairly sidelined by YG, and Winner already has a core fanbase in place, so they were pissed. It's no surprise that YG have consequently announced WINNER's imminent comeback. Then they released this: ... AND THEN Scooter Braun, who is supervising CL's US debut, tweeted this: https://twitter.com/scooterbraun ... AND suddenly I'm making like Jessica Fletcher and putting pieces to the puzzle together and weirdly excited?? lmao In other news, F(x) released their new album Four Walls, and the title song sounds like SHINee's View to me:

Vyle McStumpy's hair is usually on her point (it is her #1 best asset) but in that screenshot it looks a little bedraggled. I feel like LVP will never be in the center, mainly to the placate the HWs who cannot stand that Lisa is the breakout star of BH. *cough*YoKyle*cough*

Omg. That trailer! I feared that RHOBH would be sedate this season. I guess I shouldn't have worried. But PLEASE NO tk an Eileen/Lisa V feud. They are my two faves and it would break my heart I don't know what disease Yolanda has in reality but... she has something. The change in her appearance is marked and drastic. This is not the sleek Yolanda from last year.

Oops Now I remember all the gifs of Ampika + champagne saying "Let's get this party started!" D'oh. ^^ UM..... does Kyle have a clause in her contract that says she has to look taller/same height as Eileen "ex model" Davidson in the promo stills?? Because last time I checked, Stumpy McSplits was not Eileen's 5'7". She is 5'2".

So did you guys hear? Bravo is going to start airing Real Housewives of Cheshire on Saturday afternoons starting November 14! http://www.realitytea.com/2015/11/05/real-housewives-cheshire-coming-bravo/#/slide/1 Phaedra kinda looks like Kandi giggling in that second gif...?

It's just a rumor at this point! Bravo has not confirmed it. And we won't know until they release the opening taglines. I know right? Eileen became my fave last season. I have always loved her on Y&R and Days -- I think she is one of the most talented, naturalistic actors around tbh -- but on RHoBH she proved to me how sympathetic, self-deprecating and dorky she can be. And she never lost her class or authenticity either, not even once. Please enjoy this classic RHoBH Eileen moment: And her reaction to Brandi

I can't remember if it was on Reality Tea or this very thread but the rumor was she has been demoted to a Friend Of. Which is a shame (because I love her) but at the same time she is probably avoiding a shitload of potential trouble if viewers were to turn against her. Yes, he is. ETA: Kandi and Kenya are giving me EVERYTHING in the peach cast shot. Poorsha's tagline is so lame: "I'm about to give you life, so stay outta my way" Huh? I'm sure she came up with that all by herself. No doubt about that. TY! Now that Nene doesn't have as much of a say, I still don't understand why Training Wheels [(c) Cheap] remains a 'HW' on the show and not Marlo.

Damn. FOUR pages you guys? While I was asleep! Seriously tho I'm glad everybody is getting stoked for RHoA. I can't get over how phenomenal Phaedra looks. She'd been starting to look like a gremlin in recent years. I just want to point out that when Phelony first (phirst?) joined the show, she had a really beautiful face. I don't know whether it was because she was pregnant with Aiden at the time, but she was literally a blooming rose. I noticed that when Nene called her "plain jane" that first season, Phae got into the clown makeup and exaggerated styling, and it did nothing for her. It seems she's had a rethink and a makeover on that front. And Mr. Vixen, you are not the only one who will miss Nene. As foul as she may be sometimes. I am catching up on the last few episodes of last season's Atlanta right now... woah. Nene's attitude was STANK. Getting Dr. Drew as a way to attack the women, only to find the attack turned on her. Honestly, I hope she realizes that RHoA pays her mortgage. I still think the show needs her, but she also needs the show as a platform. Hopefully the "I'm too good for y'all" attitude takes a backseat but, often with Nene, she doesn't like to learn from her mistakes. In her mind, she can never be wrong. And I say this as someone who enjoys watching her. (Also Nene vs Sheree vs Marlo NEEDS to happen on my screen. BTW is Carlos King back on RHoA as EP?)

Amen to both of you. How long have all of us on this thread posted about RH? Years. You, Cheap and others have been here since page 1. DF you have always been one of this franchise's most loyal fans. RhOBH rescued itself last season (just about), but RHoNJ couldn't and I'm wondering if RHoOC will be the next to tank. OC felt like it crossed a line this season and it cannot come back from it. Ironic that the woman who pushed it over that line (Vicki) -- out of deep insecurity and neediness -- is probably the only one I feel sorry for. Even though she sowed the seeds of this mess to begin with. The other women look as bad as (if not worse than) Jill, Kelly and Cathy ganging up on Alex McCord in at that RHoNY reunion. And we all know what happened to them. I met up with a friend from out of town this w/e -- she HATES the reality shows and RH most of all. But she watches Atlanta as she thinks it is the only truly entertaining one. Hopefully they will keep some of the fun in that franchise which makes it such a winner (across racial and gender lines, I might add). I know this is not a popular opinion but bringing back Nene later in the season is a good move. My friend didn't know if she wanted to watch without the Neenster...

Do you guys think RHOC has a life after this season? I feel like OC lost its credibility and humanity this season. Vicki is probably the most human person on the show rn but boy is she flawed. She dumped a long marriage for this con-man Brooks and worked hard for years to paint this super-duper perfect picture of her life, and now her house of cards has come crashing down [(c) Gina from RHoMelbourne]. Her need to control everything, including the way people respond to Brooks, was her downfall. Watching her at Reunion was like watching a lame puppy being kicked again and again. Either she was on Xanax or on the edge of losing it big-time. She needs serious help but after this season, it seems like she has been abandoned by all but her closest family. There is nothing remotely sympathetic about the other women, not Heather, shrill Shannon, not horrific Tamra, not that ghoul Meghan. I also feel the producers of the show have a lot to answer for regarding this shady SL. I am a die-hard RH fan, OC included, but I don't know if it can recover after this.

I'm only on Ep 2 -- the third episode gets broadcasted here tomorrow. You must be onto Episode 7 or 8 I think. So I'm just going by the season previews I saw in Episode 1. Caroline is mean and bitchy generally. Her default setting is to look down on others, and the Americans are an ideal target because their sense of sarcasm is not as attuned as hers. Maybe Caroline got meaner because the impending doom of her business was creeping up on her behind the scenes. LoL also has much fewer episodes that the average RH season so they tend to pack a lot in, say 10-15 episodes (as opposed to 22). And maybe that's why the business failing seems out of the blue. We haven't had 10 episodes to gradually lay the groundwork for this story.

Thanks Taoboi I will! I think it is brave of Caroline to show her business failing, but Brits have a different take on failure than American audiences. They don't look down on it as a character flaw but instead root for the underdog often. I think this will win viewers' sympathy because Caroline will show a more vulnerable self and that she's not always being a bitch and throwing her money and connections in other people's faces. This humanises her.

Damn. Alexis really aged.

Season 2 just started where I am and I have seen the first two episodes! Can I gush about it here? OK this show is The Real Housewives of London in all but name. I have a feeling someone like Caroline Stanbury objected to the RH tag. Housewife sounds très suburban and she obviously feels she is socialite first, businesswoman second, wife third and mother fourth. Without her, the show wouldn't be half as glamorous. She really represents a certain kind of wealthy London It Girl type. Plus her hair is FABU and I have eyebrow envy. Of course she is a selfish cow who sends her assistant to her kid's school plays because she cannot be bothered. And she adores stirring the pot and having other ladies fight over her friendship. Basically every show needs a bitch! Marissa is the typical Alpha Female who has to be the Best Businesswoman, Best Homemaker, etc. She probably stays up at 3am to bake the perfect cupcakes for her kids' school gala. That's not a dig, that's just who she is -- a perfectionist with boundless energy and outgoingness. The way Juliet treated her was shitty, and I'm glad she just cut that frenemyship off, coldly. It is so clear Juliet is jealous of her so-called BFF and cannot stand that Marissa is a Winner at life. Basically, this friendship is the Ronnie-Mary equivalent (from RHoV) and I wonder if it will continue to drive the show. Juliet -- HOT. MESS. And she's a Chicago girl to boot. A Chicago girl I once worked with used to walk around trumpeting "I'm from Chicago! I know everything!" However, she slowly realized that most Brits cannot be bothered to look up Chicago up on a map. For them, only NY and LA exist (possibly Miami). Anyway, then she got loudly defensive and always complained about how much people in London suck. Juliet really reminds me of her. She is a provincial fish out of water and all she ever talks about is Me, Myself and I. Eventually she is going to twig that nobody gives a f*ck. The show obviously needs this messy wreck to power SL, and I for one LOVE to hate her irrelevant-and-she-can't-stand-it ass. Annabelle -- haven't seen much of her but you can tell she is connected and is probably so busy being fabulous and social and rich that she barely has time for filming. Right now she should probably be a Friend Of because she is not really featuring. I do like her friendship with Julie, though. I like Julie, too, who seems worn down by the work of keeping inherited castle and lands going and who needs a little glamour in her life. Julie is like the show narrator, no? Caroline Fleming -- At first I liked her True Danish Royalty connections and the way she prepared dinner for herself. I felt she was cool and down-to-earth. But then she ate like a caveman and did that fake-ass laugh and it felt phony. The way she kicked out her guests so quickly was contrived, too. I wonder if she was high? Watching Juliet brown-nose her was hilarious though. And her kitchen is glorious. Most if not all the homes are stunning on this show.

Well, Kristen would never throw her BFF Carole under the bus, so it's either Sonja (because obviously) or Luann (who is hated by Kristen's posse). If it was Ramona or Bethenny, I would be stunned. I don't know why because they are BSC in their way, and Ramona loooooves her wine, but for some reason I don't see her seriously venturing into narcotics. As for Bethenny, she's so highly-strung, the last thing she needs is to be on coke.

I think Tamra is a born instigator, and Meghan was her foil this season. She kept referring to her as her mini-me -- the mini-me who was going to take the heat off her while she plays Born-Again Christian (interestingly, I remember Simon becoming a BAC when it came time to sue for custody of his kids, so who knows? Maybe Tamra is taking a leaf out of his book). Reading that statement of Tamra's, she does sound genuinely hurt by Vicki's words. Vicki and Tamra are in many ways perfect for each other. Having said that, Tamra cannot help herself from trying to 'get' Vicki, and she's adept at doing it more covertly now. Maybe it is Vicki's bossiness that fuels her, because Vicki can be intensely controlling. Maybe it is Vicki's status on the show. I suspect, though, that it is Brooks that prompts Tamra to play sides. Tamra loathes Brooks (not that I blame her, he's a skeeve), and she loathes the control Brooks has over Vicki -- influence Tamra once had.