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Yeah, but perhaps she's been burning through all that on... stuff. Adrienne definitely isn't coming back -- Andy fired her publicly, on air, which gives you some indication as to how mad Bravo was about getting threatened with a lawsuit over something which turned out to be a lie. But Camille... Andy still loves him some Camille, and I heard they were trying to think of a stand-alone project for her but couldn't find anything suitable. The fact is, Bravo needs her more than she needs Bravo. No pre-nup! But I keep hoping she will be enticed back to play the sweet-voiced bitch. Camille is a creative, after all. And I would love Mark from Sunset Beach to show up as her married boytoy/tennis instructor/dogsbody. David Foster does not come across great on the show. There is no denying his musical talent and all the Grammys, but he seems mean and humorless sometimes. I wonder if this isn't the trade-off that Yolanda accepted from some guy he doesn't cheat on her endlessly. She often talks about the young women in BH who would !@#$%^&*] your husband for a Gucci handbag.

IMO Brandi needs to go before Kim does. Truly, I'd rather see Kingsley the dog running free in the fields with a bunch of other rottweillers again and again before I'd ever want to hear the stupid trash coming out of BG's mouth. Carlton and Boyce can also go. Apart from this "bullying" thing, Boyce really isn't all that interesting. Faye... Camille... Taylor... bring em back, Bravo!

Memories. .. "The morally corrupt Faye Resnick." "Your husband will never emotionally fulfill you. Know that."

Bitchy Camille at her finest! Especially when she pretended she couldn't remember where she'd seen Faye before... oh, yes. It was from her Playboy spread. Now Taylor, Camille and Faye. There are three women I'd like to see back on BH.

ETA: If I remember correctly, Taylor accused Lisa of selling stories about her to the press. Obviously Russell and Taylor were presenting a picture perfect image of their marriage in public. Lisa denied it but Taylor kept pressing until Camille told her to cool it.

No, it was in Season 2. Lisa had a tea party for the ladies, and Taylor was pissed at Lisa because of what she felt was her condescending attitude. Personally, I think it's because Lisa wasn't always kissing TayShanna's ass, telling her how much she adored her, that she was her BFF (which seems to be par the course for the merest acquaintances in Beverly Hills). Anyhoo, TayShanna went off on Lisa about it and Lisa just sat there and let her talk herself out. But she just kept on rolling and her accusations got wilder and wilder until Camille told her "Be careful what you say, Taylor." But no, Taylor was all worked up and emotional, until Camille really shut her down with "We don't say he hits you..." And Taylor's horrible secret was exposed. Taylor stormed out, and later she and Russell tried to sue Camille in order to intimidate her. Crazy [!@#$%^&*] -- and it was all real.

I just watched Episode 12, season 4 of RHoA. Marlo NEEDS to be a bonafide HW. That is all. Amen!

Apparently it is Episode 12 of season 4. I think.

She was out of it during last year's Paris trip, really out of it. And that is shocking about the crew finding her passed out, cold and naked from the waist down. I hope nothing truly awful happened to her (quite apart from falling off the wagon and passing out, of course). Sobriety is a long, arduous journey littered with "two steps forward, one step back" setbacks. I always thought her immediate sobriety after Season 2 (and the fact that she and Kyle refuse to admit that any other substances apart from alcohol are involved) was very quick, neat and pat when struggling with addiction rarely is those things.

ETA: I forgot to mention... chemistry between the women! RHoA has that in spades at the moment. By contrast, the chemistry between the women on BH seems really off.

Honestly, for me, the jury has already come in and spoken its piece. Boyce is not one for the long-term. Neither is Carlton. Kim, hmmm, we'll see but I think she's played out. Brandi is now self-destructive and toxic to the brand. Bring back Taylor and/or Camille, if they can, and keep Lisa (sorry if I'm being biased) -- if they can. My worry is that Bravo is really too scared and flip-floppy to do anything. They made a big change at RHoNY and it took 10-15 episodes for the new cast to get into their groove. Viewers fled in the meantime. As a result, meaningful restructuring of other RH franchises was kind of suspended (and I'm not counting RHoOC in this as they have proved that they can survive and thrive with some cast turnover). Bravo misunderstood what attracted us to these shows in the first place. They think it is fighting and viciousness between women. As a result, NJ has been in a holding pattern for four years, to its everlasting detriment. It is now completely unwatchable. Miami really went the scripted one-storyline route and it just did not work. I am beyond looking forward to NY but that could be a hot mess, too. I am catching up on RHoA this season, and I get why it is such a ratings juggernaut. The Savannah trip in particular had each woman with their own story, rivalries, some fighting, but also family, friendships, kindness, amazing shade and, most importantly, humor. I could watch for Cynthia's costume changes and smokey eye alone. Seriously, the best thing about BH this week was Kyle discovering Lisa's bra size. I don't want my fave, BH, to go the same toxic route as NJ and others, but it is getting there. And is looking increasingly budget all the way down that slippery slope.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not hating Carlton. In fact, I think on another show, she would be refreshingly honest, funny and a great archetype (even though I suspect she wasn't born with the first name Carlton!). However, I don't think she is bringing any interesting new dynamic to THIS show. BH feels very stale at the moment, and that's not Carlton's fault. But at the same time, I feel like she should be bringing something. What that 'something' is, I don't know. And that's probably because Carlton is incapable of bringing 'it' because she's just not that type of BH woman. She would be a fun "friend of" (I already like her better than Pam/Dana), but she's not a HW to me. IA that the show feels very repetitive and full of filler. This week, we had yet another pole-dancing sequence featuring Brandi and Carlton -- didn't we have one, like, two weeks' ago? And wasn't it more fun last season when everybody went to Vegas and had a go there? Similarly, the Richards' sisters bikini wax. I feel like this has been done before though not sure it was a bikini wax involving these two. Kim talking about her cute weiner -- I mean, it's sweet that they are getting along again, but the "let's bond like we're in High School" feels a little been there-done that-booked the reality show-participated in the scripted scene. I don't need to see Kim peek over Kyle's dress to see how her vajayjay is coming along. If this was the equivalent of Demi Moore shaving off all her hair in GI Jane, it failed.

Are you [!@#$%^&*] kidding me? [© Brandi Glanville] 10 minutes of Brandi barfing and retching in the bathroom during Kim's daughter's graduation? This is TV-worthy? BH is so damn budget this year. I am over the bully/racist/victim thing between Brandi and Boyce. It is quite literally the only SL on the show. Brandi just cannot own up to anything, and Boyce is playing the victim card for all it is worth. She clearly learned at the feet of the Master Victim herself, Kyle. Brandi & Boyce = a failed Gretchen & Tamra. Too true. If only they were as interesting. Just when I was warming to Kim beaming with pride over her daughter and joking around with her ex-husband, she goes and has to play the victim card herself with Lisa & Ken. "Lisa and Ken didn't come to my daughter's graduation party! Waaah! Just say you were busy and be done with it." Well, they did, Drunks. And they sent over a gift. No wonder Ken is so over all of these hoes. Can't believe Kim had to make a little drama-school audition tape about "Ken's tone." Sure she missed events with all the girls... but this isn't about throwing mud at Kim, y'all. This is about throwing mud at Lisa! Lisa and Kyle eavesdropping in those gorgeous gardens reminded me of old, fun RHOBH. And I can totally believe Lisa is a 32D... because I am, too. And not to shatter the illusion but, for reasons to do with bra architechture, a 32D is a B-cup in all but name. It really is not All That. Carlton is just not fitting in, even though I quite like her. And can we stop pretending that the "nanny" is the kid's nanny? We know she is the Gebbias' dungeon dominatrix and Carlton's own, personal stress-reliever.

I ended up rewatching the three Slutty Island episodes of last season's RHoNY. It was better the second time around! Some thoughts: - Heather is amazeballs. What you see is pretty much what you get. She is honest, funny and tells both Aviva and Ramonja to cool it and let it go. But I especially loved when she told off Carole and Aviva for going out on a couples dinner and leaving her behind. She got emotional in a way most of us would. - Carole's amused Voice of Reason is the show's Greek chorus. - Luann needs to be a HW and here's why -- she hates Ramona and loves Sonja. And is the biggest snob ever! I also need somebody to call her out on her French. - Ramona is nuts, but also very lucid. Even when Aviva went cray, she tried to rationalize, even apologized in order to try and quell the bad feeling in the house. - Drunk Sonja blowdrying her body on the last night in St Barts is everything. But sober Sonja is even better. - Aviva -- sigh. Obviously we need this kind of tight-ass to stay on the show. She is one unsightly bath towel away from a nervous breakdown (that's a Sleeping With the Enemy reference FYI). She reminds me of people I know. Heck, if I had stayed in Manhattan, this is what I could have become. A hectoring, entitled, spoiled, frustrated, judgmental ice-princess. There is one point where she is talking about Sonja (and interesting how she limited attacking Ramona until they got to NYC -- before that, she was targeting the "weak link" Sonja who was openly hurt at her White Trash comments). She refers to her as an aging Anna Nicole Smith, having married a much older man and now found herself on the slag heap of life. The smugness and pure pleasure in Aviva's voice was sickening. She is a Smug Married revelling in the misfortune of somebody else's marriage breakdown. This is why everybody needs to call out her ass this season!

Ohhhhhh man, Ramona dancing by herself at that party where she knew nobody! It's relatable yet nutso stuff like that which makes me love Ramona. I think the phrase you are looking for is "love to hate"! I do too, I think Aviva is endlessly watchable because she is deluded and incredibly, incredibly entitled. What a combination. It is like watching a sober, one-legged Lindsay Lohan in some ways. I don't think Ramona and Sonja were entirely blameless on St Barts (Sonja was a hot drunken mess). But Aviva was nuts. And now you make me want to rewatch Season 5 all over again (leaving out the first 4-5 episodes, though, because they were a little slow). You know what was great after St Barts? When Aviva and Sonja went out to lunch, and Sonja told her to quit judging her and then told her she didn't need somebody like her in her life."I have enough friends." Sonja read her just perfectly. Oh, and that epic fight at brunch between Ramona and Aviva, when Aviva wore that fur-trim coat (your second gif). Another amazing moment on St Barts: the last night when Ramona and Sonja are in the bathroom gossiping and blow-drying their hair and bodies with one blowdryer. There must be a gif of that somewhere. All reasons why Season 5 worked for me. It took a while for the cast to gel but now I can't wait for them to return.

Self-loathing? Ramona?! She had a tough childhood, that's for sure, and I'm willing to bet she is borderline Asperger's in the way she interacts with people (either that or she has just no filter), but I think she has learned to love herself since her childhood. She has a lot of confidence in herself, and it shows in her VTs and in the way she shamelessly self-promotes. Like the pinot grigio thing. A less-confident person would have cut back on the drinking (or pretended to) but she just carries on boozing and promoting her cheapo wine and won't even entertain notions that she is an alkie! Ramona is a legend in her own mind. That is why she and Jill were always big rivals on the show. Both think they are the hottest [!@#$%^&*] in NY. Both think they are the Queens of the show. Difference is, Jill blinked when she came up against Bethenny. Ramona kept her head down, did her thing, and gaily sailed on.

Chic c'est la vie! C'est bon, c'est bon. Remember how Ramona didn't want to participate in Luann's music vid because she "didn't want to set a bad example" for her daughter?

I posted about this exact same thing a few days ago. I'm glad it's not just me! The visual deterioration is startling. It's like the production team of RHoOC from seasons 1-5 came aboard while BH's production people drove down to Orange County. Kim and Brandi's condos look like the type of place OC Lynne and her family were living in after the bank foreclosed on their home. Kyle's strip mall store (located next door to your local Papa Johns!) looks even more strip-lit and garish inside. Carlton's home looks like a cheap Valley knockoff of the Osborne's family crypt. Everything is missing their usually sparkle and gorgeous filter lighting. Heck, even Taylor's rented house (which was never the best of the original RHoBH homes) looks 100 times better than at least 3 of the 6 houses being currently featured. Heck, so did Dana's/Pam's/TwennyFiveThouZIND's!

From Brandi's Bravo blog: "OMG! Lisa planned this all along! To pit Boyce and me against each other! Lisa is an evil mastermind! It's all Lisa's fault!" Girl. Bye.

You star! Thank you so much! By waiting all this time for RHONY to air, Bravo may actually have pulled a good move. The trailer truly whets the appetite for the return of NY at a time when the franchise appears to have jumped the shark with NJ, Miami and BH. I wish Luann was a permanent HW as I think she brings the smiling, snobby, backstabbing bitchery that epitomizes the Upper East Side, but I'm glad she is featured. I like that the other wives are returning because there is plenty of unfinished business between all of them. And I see Aviva's gross dad is still trying to make himself relevant by being disgusting. Sit down, Peepaw. I wonder if I will love Carole as much as I did last season... I have a feeling Heather is going to be my ride-or-die girl.

WHERE can I see this amazing trailer?! I'm not in the States, though, so I prob won't be able to unless somebody posts it on YouTube.

Marissa and Faye both should have been back. Taylor, too. And I would have gone on bended knee to get Camille back also as a friend, if nothing else. Any combination of these four women would have been better than Carlton and Boyce. Yes, I said Boyce; once this ugly spat with Brandi fades from memory, she needs to build on the audience goodwill for her, but I fear there is nothing really interesting there, except for the hair. Marissa grew on me as last season wore on. Her tribute to her father-in-law Richard D. Zanuck in one of the episodes was very heartfelt, real and moving. Her last blog post on the show was also very gracious. And her look watching Faye tear into Brandi and then Lisa tear into Faye was priceless.

http://instagram.com/p/i6iHZSK6cu/ No LuAnn. And everybody looks effing amazing. Even Sonja with her weird pants stance. Hope this Kristen chick has some personality and gels with the ladies.

Not just the pants -- that gorgeous shirt, draped and cut to resemble a huge unfurling flower, was amazingly chic and elegant. It also brought out her creamy skin and contrasted with her dark hair and blue eyes.

I am probably around the same age as Brandi and also swear like a sailor, especially when I see red. When I get angry, it's like words literally fail me and I can only choke out the worst swear-words. However, I have never, ever resorted to angry tirades referring to the skin color/ethnicity of the other person. I would have thought the F-bomb would be bad enough, especially when other people are present. Also... I just cannot get wasted and party the same way that Brandi does anymore. Diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks and all that, but my body just cannot recuperate the same way. I'm not saying I don't get giggly with the girl friends over cocktails and wine, but I can't make it through to 3am and then jump out of bed at 7am, splash some water on my face and show up at work ready for a meeting. It just doesn't cut it anymore, not when firms are fire-happy because they know they can get new people in quickly to take over your position. The fact that Brandi does not have a steady 9-5 job perhaps plays into her partying. She doesn't have that responsibility of getting up early and rushing to work every single day. But she does have one responsibility I don't have -- children. Personally, I think she is probably a pretty good mother and is there for them when they are around -- that is one of the things that struck me about the Howard Stern interview. The way she was talking about them, with a lot of understanding and empathy. She gets her kids. She is crazy about them. She loves hanging out with them. But when they are not around, she gets very bored and lonely, and because she is an extreme person, she goes from one extreme -- pizza with the kids at home -- to another -- getting totally wasted and topless with her tampon string hanging out. People are looking at her and wondering "At her age? And a mom of two kids?" It is judgmental and a double-standard but it also stems from concern, IMHO. Concern for her and her two boys. Plus I wonder if she is abusing prescription medication and using roofies to help her sleep at night. That is going to produce further irrational behavior and add an additional toll to both her mental and physical health (hello, look at Kim). I even understand the depression. 2012 was probably an awesome year for Brandi. She got lots of attention, her book became a bestseller, she was truly starting a new life for herself with opportunities and potential. And this show was making her famous. By the latter part of 2013, though, Brandi had become depressed and more self-destructive. Maybe she felt she was becoming old news (hence the attention-seeking behavior seen on this season's RHoBH). Maybe she had expected LeAnn and Eddie to have broken up by now while she would be moving on with some rich, hot guy who would take care of all her money problems. That hasn't happened. Maybe she is down because celebrity has not offered her the happiness she just assumed would go with it. In any case, I hope (despite her defensiveness that she has done "nothing wrong") that all this backlash is wake-up call. Maybe it will prompt her to rethink a few things and a few bad habits. I hope so but fear her resentment at Lisa and Yolanda for trying to "make her into someone she's not" suggests she wants to hold on to Bad Brandi as a defense mechanism. It is a sign of low self-esteem -- people already think I am trashy and self-destructive so I am just going to prove to them how bad-ass I can be! I hope her friends at Bravo succeed where Lisa and Yo have not.