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jp, you have a Kim in each definition! Which Kims? I personally think both BH and ATL Kims look older than their age. Kim Zolciak looks well preserved and all, but that mega-weave and all the make up and botox makes her look older than 33.

I could see Andy bringing out Brandi (Andy-Brandi -- that rhymes!). BUt not Dana. She's only been on a few episodes, showing off her $80,000 sunglasses (or whatever they cost) or trying to score a free trip to Camille's house in Hawaii. BTW, did you know that Dana is younger than all the other RHoBH? I was stunned when I saw that. She looks rode hard and put away wet. http://www.allaboutt...lhousewivesage/ Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: Dana Wilkey-37 years old Brandi Glanville-38 years old Camille Grammer-43 years old Kyle Richards-42 years old Kim Richards-47 years old Taylor Armstrong-40 years old Lisa Vanderpump-50 years old Adrienne Maloof-50 years old Real Housewives of New Jersey: Kathy Wakile-46 years old Melissa Gorga-32 years old Jacqueline Laurita-41 years old Caroline Manzo-50 years old Dina Manzo-39 years old Danielle Staub-49 years old Teresa Giudice-39 years old Real Housewives of Atlanta: Sheree Whitfield-41 years old Phaedra Parks-40 years old Cynthia Bailey-44 years old Kandi Burruss-35 years old Kim Zolciak-33 years old Nene Leakes-44 years old Real Housewives of Orange County: Tamra Barney-43 years old Vicki Gunvalson-49 years old Gretchen Rossi-33 years old Peggy Tanous-41 years old Alexis Bellino-32 years old Fernanda Rocha-34 years old Heather Dubrow-41 years old Real Housewives of Miami: Cristy Rice-unknown Alexia Echevarria-44 years old Adriana De Moura-unknown Marysol Patton-44 years old Lea Black-unknown Real Housewives of New York: Jill Zarin-48 years old Sonja Morgan-48 years old LuAnn de Lesseps-46 years old Alex Mccord-38 years old Hahhahaha, Nene was saying in the last episode of RHOATL that she couldn't tell Kandi what it was like to hit 35 or whatever because she hadn't got there yet! Adrienne is 50... and so is Danielle Staub (almost).

Yep, Atlanta Kim sure did luck out by finding a nice guy. Let's face it, Kim was a pair of thigh-high boots away from becoming a professional ho, and hos don't usually meet nice guys on the stroll. And I say this as somebody who doesn't hate Kim at all, but that girl has been earning money on her back for years. It contrasts with the other ladies on RHOATL because most of them have worked their way up in legit jobs to get where they are. Sheree, Kandi, Phaedra, Cynthia and Nene hustle and have all hustled (in the non-hooking sense of course). Sure, Nene once shook her tittays at the local 'pole joint. But she's branched out since then. And I'm not surprised Nene was shocked at the stripper -- he was wacking off onstage! He also dipped his schlong in Kandi's drink. In the words of Sheree, "Oh, HELL NAW!" If some chipmunk ( © Lisa Vanderpump) did that to me, I wouldn't just "refresh" my drink -- I'd pour the rest down the plughole, pull out a new glass and pour me another one. A double.

I'm not saying she has it coming but... anybody else get the feeling that Taylor enjoys playing the victim? Next week another blowout with somebody else in the wrong and Taylor all hurt and crying and "finally finding her voice." : Kyle was shocked at Brandi's suggestion that she invite a porn star to a party to give BJ tips. Brandi should have known better. That is not the way prim Kyle and her posse roll. And while I would be shocked if a friend suggested we have a tupperware party built around sex tips, I would also secretly be intrigued. Adrienne *sigh* I love you but you are so chicken. And this shoe project -- I don't feel that La Maloof's heart is into it somehow. She was more passionate about the charity than about launching her hoof collection which she claims she's wanted to do since she was a child. Camille. Keep fighting the good fight, girl!

If Peter is Papa Smurf, what would Nene's ex, Greg, be? Peepaw Smurf? Grandpappy Smurf? Grandmaster Smurf? BH: Kim: "I'm an Arabian horse. Ri-OWWWWWW." Lisa: "I don't want to hang out with a bunch of 24-year olds. I don't really want to see the Chipmunks in action. I might never come back." @ Lisa calling the Chippendales "chipmunks." Taylor: "Did you see Ace Young is here?" Kyle: "Who?" Did you all notice that after Camille called TayShana out on her [!@#$%^&*] and marched out, TayShana immediately made up with Lisa -- now that she's got a new person on whom to blame all her troubles. Poor Kennedy is prob traumatized by her parents TBH. Crazy? No. But the poor child is probably neglected half the time and when her parents are around, they appear unable to adequately communicate any real feelings to each other or her other than violence, self-hatred and denial. BH is one of my fave RH franchises because there is always this really seedy, dangerous dark side lurking around the edges of all that wealth and sunshine (kind of a metaphor for Hollywood in general, no?) -- but sometimes it is hard to watch the intense dysfunction of somebody like Russell and Taylor impact horribly on the people around them.

I love Paul, too. That's prob why I have a soft spot for Adrienne, even though she is patently useless in anything involving confrontation. Taylor's strategy is very obvious: divide and conquer. That's what she tried to do with Camille and Kyle last season and what she's doing with Kyle and Lisa now. She always makes a beeline for the "strong" people in a group, so that she can allign herself with them and have them shield her or fight her battles for her so she doesn't have to do it herself. I suspect that's how she got involved with Russell. God knows she and her publicist have been working overtime to get media attention on her plight as the lonely wife and have done so for months. I suspect that in order to deflect attention from herself when she ended up staying with him, she told Russell it was probably mean old Lisa who leaked to Us Weekly. Russell looks like he had a vindictive side, no? So Taylor channels his vindictiveness away from herself and towards a woman he barely knows and who barely knows (or cares about) him. As for her so-called BFFs Kyle and Dana and... that's about it, right? Well, it's clear that she appeals to their vanity, playing the sidekick friend who flatters them at every turn. Bet she wishes Dana had been around to back her up at Lisa's, although bird-of-a-feather Dana seems so anxious to brown-nose Kyle and get invited to Camille's house in Maui that she'd prob have switched sides during the impromptu "intervention." TayShanna's mistake was picking on somebody (Lisa) who is tough, a lot tougher than Kyle and way tougher than Russell, the wussy who mean-texts a near-total stranger.

I heard those things give you third degree burns. When you using the dildo, can it say "Baby I love you, you is so fly, you is so fine"? The dildo can't say nothing but Dzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. I know I shouldn't enjoy Nene so much. But I do.

Camille earned her place on the show yesterday by finally exposing the marital abuse Taylor has been undergoing. Finally! Camille got her balls back! Too bad everybody is still so passive about showing what is really going on (Kyle hiding her face in embarrassment when Camille brought up the abuse, WTF?) I'm not just saying this because she is in my avatar, but Lisa Vanderpump is the doggone business. Girl can spot a fraudster from a mile away, and I am afraid Taylor/Shanna is a fraud. Is Taylor a sef-loathing, battered, fragile mess who has no clue who she really is and needs the best professional help after Russell's abuse and suicide? Yes, absolutely. But she is also manipulative and vindictive. She has probably spent years deflecting one form of abuse or another (and not just with Russell -- you don't change your name and identity unless you are trying to escape something serious) and has gotten very good at enabling that abuse. Consequently, the poor woman is a broken soul, unable to really defend herself when it counts. Instead, she goes to other people for protection, usually a mean girl like Kyle or a former bitch like Camille. Somebody who can fight her battles for her. This is the woman who dragged Kyle, Mauricio and Lisa into her marriage drama last week. From the beginning, she has zeroed in on the Kyle-Lisa friendship and sowed dissent between the two of them. Last night, she purposely excluded Lisa from an event then at Lisa's tea tried to turn everybody against her. She even got mad when they didn't back her up! Shanna showed her true colors yesterday. Man, and I thought Kim was in a bad place. I honestly think that despite deep reservations about Taylor, Lisa has tried to do the right thing by respecting Kyle & Taylor's friendship, urging Taylor to eat and seek help, and urging Kyle to talk to her (because she knows Taylor will throw anything Lisa says to her back in her face). Taylor's refusal to eat, her warped body image, is symptomatic of somebody who wants to punish/harm herself because her self-worth is at zero.

So why did Alex get fired too? Did Jill Zarin march into Andy Cohen's office and snarl "I'm not leaving until she does"? If Alex had stayed and LuAnn was kicked off instead, it would have completely vindicated the stance that the Mean Girls were finally getting punished. Instead, Jill and Kelly manage to score a small victory.

Hear, hear, Vanderpump! Season 4 RHONY reunion... OMG. Watching the Toxic Brunettes pick on Alex and then dismiss her when she stands up for herself is horrific. Bullying on a Brandi vs. Kyle & Kim scale. Honestly, it's like watching Jill, LuAnn, Kelly and Cindy line up to kick a puppy. Jill is just *shudder* What an evil, corrupted woman. Getting kicked off the RHONY is karmic justice as far as I'm concerned. And Kelly is the biggest hypocrite -- telling Alex to "calm down" and try and stop her from speaking? WTF you crazy bipolar idiot. That was cruel sport to pick on the fact that Alex goes red when she's upset -- another piece of nastiness instigated by Jill who zeroed in on the one she considered the "weak link" among the housewives. Kelly: "I came third in Cosmopolitan's Nicest Celebrities list" :lol: You dumb ho.

Winsor Harmon may not be breaking any records in the acting department but he does tend to have great chmistry with female actresses (notable exceptions: Bobbie Eakes and Lilly Melgar). I loved Brooke/Thorne, but I also love Taylor/Thorne. Sadly, Bradley Bell does not feel there is any real potential in Thorne -- which is ironic, because the neglected, ignored younger brother is a SL loaded with potential next to the played-out blowhard, Ridge.

Bridget/Ridge was an aberration even by B&B standards. He practically raised the girl, thought she was his when she was for a long time, swore to Brooke that he would always consider her his "little Princess." Nasty. I'm gagging just like Eric is in that first clip. This is a big part of why I still can't go for Brooke-Ridge.

Camille's desire to be liked by the viewing public will be her downfall on this show. I like her because I think she is super-smart but I'd rather she show all sides of her personality. Hell, Kyle does, bracingly so, and while I hate Kyle for the way she treats Brandi, I admire her for owning up to her mean-girliness and being genuinely ashamed of her attitude.

RHOBH: OK, so that annoying mermaid at Pandora's engagement party flapping around by the pool, sliding painfully down the bannisters, showing up in every scene she could contort her way into... was that Dana in disguise as a belly-dancer?! Ken (referring to the necklace Lisa gave Pandora with "Mummy loves you" carved on the back): What happened to daddy?! I'm paying for the wedding! Kim's sketchy new boyfriend looks like Tom Sizemore out on parole.

I read two things about the Tre/Dina/Caroline clusterfuck which, if true, put an interesting spin on the whole mess. First, Dina's blog: http://www.dinamanzo...logs/the-truth/ Then there came this very interesting blind item: http://jezebel.com/5...real-housewives Person 1 = Teresa. Person 2 = Dina. Person 3 = Caroline. Person 1 is going to engage in a competition which could raise a lot money for a charity = Teresa on The Apprentice. Person 2's fave charity = Project Ladybug.

RHOBH: Oh Kyle. Does she even realize how badly and smugly she is coming across? And My Lisa didn't stand up too well in the Mean Girl stakes either. Camille needs to grow a pair. She's a smart woman, I'm sure she could bring this up diplomatically to the group as a whole. Adrienne would probably have her back as Adrienne is a friend of Brandi's. Dana still annoys the [!@#$%^&*] out of me. What a wannabe!

I'm surprised to hear that a Jersey Shore cast member is holding off from going to the tabloids but there you go. This really is the only way that Lindsay Lohan and her enabling mother can make crack money (well apart from "modeling contracts" and going on high-class-prostitute trips to Europe). Dina Lohan's relationship with TMZ is well documented. It doesn't just seem to be low-rent reality stars either -- I don't know how many times I have seen "exclsuive pictures" of Jessica Biel working out at the gym or walking her dog as she cashes in on being Justin Douchebag's official girlfriend. I don't really watch the Kardashians (I only ever saw the episode with the wedding to Kris Humphries), but I find both Kris and Bruce Jenner kind of endearing.

Thanks jp. They are crazy (but big) business in London, too (hello Rupert Murdoch). I remember Tristan Rogers talking about doing a soap centered around the tabloid biz. At the time, I thought that would be a snooze.... now, with all the reality stars pimping every area of their "lives," I'm not so sure. I could see Kelly Monaco playing "Pam Pardashian."

Oh OK. thanks. LOL, wasn't Teresa's last cover the one where she and Joe Giudice renewed their wedding vows because they are so in lurrrrrrrve?

^^ I don't get her tweet (forgive me, I'm not in the States at the mo -- what does it mean?). Is she saying that Teresa got a seven-cover deal with InTouch and that the last cover will be coming out soon? And then no more?

Speaking of Melissa, La Gorga is branching away from her burgeoning music career (thank God) to challenge Vanessa Minillo in the Crack Investigating Reporter stakes. Missy got herself a gig on Entertainment Tonight, fronting a "special report which will have all America talking" (ET's words, not mine) about fat discrimination. http://www.celebitchy.com/187949/melissa_gorgas_fat_suit_stupid_publicity_stunt_that_shows_nothing/ I am just And then I have to wonder what in the world happened to Serious News Programming in the US?

Danielle was sketchy and kind of a stage mother, but I also truly believed that her daughters were everything to her. Maybe she treated them too much as BFFs, but she loved those girls and wanted the best for them. They were a team. Teresa? I honestly do not know if she cares about her kids beyond accessorizing them. Teresa is All About Teresa. As illustrated by the way she had Gia emotionally blackmail her uncle and made Victoria's tumor all about her pain. She is just selfishness personnified. Kathy came across really well and it seems she has a really solid family. Caroline, you are going to make me cry with your words talking about how you looked after Dina when she was a baby. Sigh. I wish Dina was back on the show. So when do you think Season 4 of RHONJ will be screened? I want to know exactly why Jacqueline never showed up to the reunion special.

^^ DaytimeFan, did you catch the NJ Reunion special?

That, for me, is a sign that this woman cannot speak. That she is incoherent. Look, I love to swear, and it is usually when I am very agitated and angry. Swearing can be very satisfying! It can also shock. But sometimes you need to back your swearing up. It's a last resort when there are just no words strong enough to make your point. For Teresa, she was just swearing like... she knows no other vocabulary. Like a kid who just learnt a really naughty word.

That blog entry was the business and it totally validates why I became a Caroline fan. I hope she and Dina kiss and make up soon. Also it struck me reading that how dumb Teresa was during that whole Reunion. Like full-on stupid. that woman could barely form a coherent word of argument. She sounded like a 9-year-old in the school yard.