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And it just gets worse for Kim Richards: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3233951/Troubled-reality-star-Kim-Richards-visited-smoke-shops-LA-trying-hold-Xanax-deadline-looms-accept-plea-deal-drunken-altercation.html

I say Annabelle is the real deal because she's lived a big London life and has the connections to prove it. Her parents were interesting in their own right. Her father was in investment banking, her mother was a marquessa and interior decorator. But Annabelle's really interesting feature is she was married to a Rothschild - as in the billionaire banking family. When they got divorced, part of the settlement was that Annabelle had to drop the Rothschild last name. She was a model for Alexander McQueen for years, counts Kate Moss as a close friend and dated the son of the Duke of Marlborough. She's friends with Fergie (the Duchess of York, not Josh Duhamel's wife) and Naomi Campbell and mixed with all the right people at just the right time in the 1990s where a whole generation of fabulous Londoners found themselves. Really, the false note in this show is Juliet. She is a NOBODY. Marissa's husband owns Boujis (one of the most prominent London nightclubs in the early 2000s that's still a popular place) and Julie Montagu is a Viscountess. Juliet is nothing - she's in PR and has a terrible midwestern accent and allegedly says she's an aspiring actress at 38. In other words, her dumb ass is just what this show needs.

There's my girl Janet, 56 or however old she is, always ready with a quip or a cascade of curse words - she is fabulous. I only wish Pettifleur had leaned a little further back, nobody needs to see her ass again.

Thank the good lord. I miss those Melbourne ladies. I'm surprised they kept all 7: Lydia is useless and Pettitfleur alienated everyone in the show...but I'm open to the new housewife.

OC The Beador restaurant scenes were so cringe worthy. Those kids know way too much: "We want to make your relationship better and talk about your relationship"...good lord. Shannon and David should have insulated those poor kids from their marriage. At least she's aware that they've hurt their kids. Vicki is the OG: Original Grandma. Her grandchildren will have only the fondest memories of her in 20 years. She is doing the grandma role exactly right: spoil those kids with whatever they want, be fun and be hands on. She is great with Brianna's kids. And that was lovely of her to buy Brianna the car. I don't agree with Brianna's approach about Brooks when Vicki specifically accommodated Brianna. For an adult woman she sure has an axe to grind against Brooks. It's a good thing that relationship is over. It's undermined Vicki's whole life and her loneliness got the better of her. She'd really be better off single and date someone richer than her. Tamra and Eddie...sigh. Eddie is 100% right. Tamra has enabled Ryan to be a 30 year old loser and spoiled his stupid ass his whole life. He's totally right that Ryan is all talk and no follow through. She lies to Eddie about THEIR money. That's not going to end well. Meghan is psycho. She's obsessed with cancer. She's 30. She needs to give it a rest. There is NOTHING likeable about this dumb bitch. Terry and Heather's skincare line...yeah...okay...whatever. For the sake of their kids I hope it's a success. A million bucks of their own cash is a lot to invest and quite a gamble.

I watched it. The show still doesn't impress me: it's the damn Americans like Juliet pretending they know what the hell they're talking about in London. Caroline Stanbury is still incredibly impressed with herself - oh well that's fine. She's sort of hilarious. Annabelle is the real deal, and I like Julie Montagu. I could not believe Juliet being such a selfish, stupid, bitch. I don't know why Marissa bothers. I'll be watching next week.

I am so glad this episode of RH of Cheshire leaked...it was delicious and just what I needed to make the end of my week off satisfying. Magali is READY and she's in for a fight. I don't believe any of the women are racist because of the colour of her skin. I do think Leanne doesn't like Magali because she's Dutch and doesn't behave in the typical subtle, English, way, she's very direct and European, too direct for Leanne's liking and it's Magali who exposed Leanne's past as a lap dancer and called her out on her past, which Leanne had hoped to bury. Magali was clearly very angry based on the video Leanne took of her exploding at Dawn on the train and I'm sure Dawn taunted her or annoyed the hell out of her. I have no doubt Magali was justified. My only criticism of Magali is how she butchers the pronunciation of the word "Cheshire"...good lord it irritates me. Dawn is still deluded that people want to be her and she really needs to let go of this nonsensical baby storyline - nobody believes that Dawn is going to be having a baby, again, at 46. Nobody. Not Dawn. Not Ashley. Not Leanne. Not anyone else. Dawn is impressed by her own mediocrity. When I see that Dawn's been inducted into the Order of the British Empire then I might be impressed. Otherwise? Nah. I don't hate Dawn though. I actually enjoy watching her because she's brash and gobby and self made and doesn't make crap up or dance around conflict. We know who she likes and who she doesn't. She's actually quite similar to Magali and that's why I think they clash. Love Lauren and I always have. I was so glad she decided to wear a see through dress and then be nice to everyone while having a laugh at Dawn's silly ass. She just is who she is and lets it all hang out. And I like Paul, blowhard that he may be. What you see is what you get with Paul. I bet he's ferociously loyal to Lauren and vice versa. Lauren has the confidence that growing up in wealth gives and it's difficult to duplicate. Lauren knows exactly who she is and breezes through conflicts and is disarming to people like Leanne who can't handle themselves. Tanya's done a good job at claiming some relevancy with the feud with Ampika about the alleged rumours. That said, Tanya makes herself look awfully stupid by not dealing with Ampika directly when that's what she asked her to do. Tanya making friends with Dawn isn't a surprise because Tanya needs to rely on people to make most basic decisions and she seeks approval. No surprise she went for Dawn who she perceives as the biggest fish in the small Cheshire pond. Ampika is sad to me. She should have grabbed Mark with both hands and reclaimed her happiness with a solid, dependable man. She blew that chance. At least for now. I hope she goes in guns blazing against whoever has said she's making up rumours about Tanya - if they are indeed false. Leanne is a weakling and as much of a hoover as she was last season. She is Dawn's bitch and that she even attempts to act otherwise makes me laugh.

Love Lauren and Magali's taglines.

I hope Joy makes a fortune for returning.

OC Meghan is VILE. She is so inappropriate and bitchy and scumbaggy. Her marriage is doomed. 100% doomed. Shades of Paul and Adrienne of BH in a bad way. She hates Vicki and there's no convincing me that she gives a flying damn about Brooks or Vicki. Meghan isn't a nice person. She's a bitch. And she's a weak bitch. She had to call over Jim Edmonds...which was a mistake since he didn't flinch about Meghan talking trash and had the class to say it isn't any of his business and that he understood why Vicki is upset and then spoke to Vicki and actually listened to her. And then he told Meghan to ZIP IT! Epic! "One time, listen to what I'm saying" - Jim Edmonds. Meghan is demented thinking that Vicki is creating drama with her. Love Lizzie and it's so clear that once the old broads weren't around for Meghan to be bold in front of and it was just Meghan and Lizzie and Lizzie was calling out her bullsh*t, Meghan checked out. Lizzie is the only one with sense when she said everyone needs to 'drop it.' She's absolutely right. I love how Lizzie wears white at all times - even her wig was white! Context is everything for Vicki. The discussion about Brooks is life and death. It's as real as it gets so I don't hold any part of her reactions against her. Meghan has overstepped boundaries in a major way. "I've been baptized and it's great"...what a great line! And then for her to give Jim Edmonds warnings about Meghan and her "Call me in 5 years when you're divorced" was prophetic and it's clear he knows when a fellow adult speaks to him. Shannon and David...good lord. She needs to get a divorce. She wants to redo the past and that cannot happen. She wants something she can never have. Tamra: "I love Meghan's outfit. She looks like a slutty version of Heather." <-- sometimes Tamra is damn funny.

OC Meghan is a huge piece of crap. She's the nastiest, dumbest, vilest housewife we've seen who has not had a single redeeming moment on this show. Honestly, Danielle Staub at least had her daughters and Jody Claman appeared to love her son, but this bitch is soulless. She way she fake cried illogically about Leanne and Jim Edmonds (yawn) and then moaned about Vicki being mean. Bitch please. The thing that I love about Vicki, the OG of the OC, is that she comes out guns blazing every. single. time. She is never sitting back with any of these women. Nobody is going to intimidate her and she simply isn't going to deal with someone like Meghan. She is too seasoned to let Meghan's crap bother her in any meaningful way - she just explodes and moves on. It looks like Vicki's going to nuke Jim and Meghan next week with very ballsy, honest commentary about their marriage. Can't wait. Heather's house is vulgar. There's a reason she needs to have 14 toilets in that place: she's so full of sh*t. Tamra and Eddie. Hmm. I just don't see how this relationship makes it to the 10 year mark. The way she is with Ryan, while understandable since she's his mother, undermines her relationship with Eddie, who is clearly a good guy. Shannon and David's marriage is over. Is it just me who sees that? I don't know why Shannon has him on television other than to publicly shame and humiliate him. But David seems up for it and he almost had a look of glee on his face when they went to that dive bar for her birthday and she so clearly hated it. It's like he's into making Shannon crazy about the affair. She clearly resents him. She's clearly nowhere near over it. She clearly hasn't forgiven him. Their children should not be on television for this - they all seem unhinged. NYC Overall this was a very, very, enjoyable season. Drama - but not sick and dark or nasty. Team LuAnn all the way. I'm glad LuAnn didn't give in with her rage at Carole and Heather - particularly when Heather admitted to coming into LuAnn's room with a camera on her phone - and the cameraman on top. Carole is a snake. I don't think people quite understand that Carole dating Adam is sleazy because he was with LuAnn's niece, who Carole knew and talked to about the her relationship with Adam, and she's young and Carole's far more mature and swooped in and took advantage of the situation falling apart between Adam and LuAnn's niece. And if the guy LuAnn took home from the bar told her he was separated from his wife how is she in the wrong? If he lied that's on him, not on her. I'm glad Bethenny rightly articulated how Heather was Scarlett O'Hara with her theatrics. Kristen was so thirsty and basic with her "You broke Girl Code!" to Ramona. Give me a break. She is so desperate to have a moment at that reunion. She fell as flat as a pancake. Sonja...oh that Madonna comment was painful to hear. Madonna was going to appear at the Sonja Morgan New York international heritage fashion lifestyle brand launch? Really? And she showed up (while simultaneously in LONDON) and was turned away by security while her manager sat behind Sonja's daughter? I like Sonja, she's scrappy and she's a fighter - but that comment was batshit crazy. Ramona and LuAnn's renewed friendship was nice to see and I'd like to see more of it next season. Dorinda was GREAT. She is such a cool addition to the franchise. Great pick. Overall, I couldn't care less if Heather leaves after this season. But for the Ashley Madison affair I'm sure Kristen would have been first to be axed, what a useless cast member. Ramona, Bethenny and LuAnn were all great to watch, Dorinda and Sonja were relevant and Carole will keep her job because Andy is her friend.

Honestly, I tried with the first season but this show sucks. I found it shocking how poorly it showcased London, one of the world's greatest cities and a personal favourite of mine. The women are not likeable and their faux pretension is wearing. They're not the real ladies of London - Caroline Stanbury might think she matters, but she doesn't.

Well, NYC's Kristen just had an unpleasant surprise. Her husband, awful Josh, was outed as a user of the Ashley Madison affair site. At first, he denied it, then he released a statement admitting it but brushing it off. Liar, liar pants on fire. If she's smart, this is her next season storyline and she'll liberate herself with a divorce. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3209246/Real-Housewife-New-York-s-husband-Ashley-Madison-user-leak-reveals-defends-says-not-d-bag.html http://ca.eonline.com/news/689348/real-housewives-of-new-york-star-kristen-taekman-s-husband-s-ashley-madison-account-could-be-the-end-of-their-marriage

Yes! I'm so glad it's back in September. NYC is over this week, OC, while entertaining, is dragging on a bit now, and The Royals doesn't start back on E! till November, so leave it to the Cheshire wives to fill that glamour gap. It looks like it'll be a great season.

OC Oh, my hatred of Meghan has reached new highs. That was disgusting of her to tell Shannon that the psychic said Brooks is faking cancer. Are these women really that dumb? You just have to look at him - the man has lost an incredible amount of weight and looks gaunt and is going to chemo. Vicki flipped out at Shannon unnecessarily, heck, Brooks was calm and told her to not shoot the messenger, yet she did anyway.

I most certainly have. Ruby Wax Meets...Joan Collins from 2003 was a really excellent interview. Ruby and Joan are friends behind the cameras and Joan, at 70 then, seemed to really be into letting it fly, I think that's what's enhanced her lore in the last decade: it's as if she lowered the curtain at Oz, except she's still as fabulous and glamorous as ever. Speaking of Dame Joan, this was taken on Sunday, as she had breakfast at her St. Tropez villa with her friend Nigel Havers:

OC If I didn't hate Meghan and want her off the damn show for being a succubus of awful before this episode (and I did) this episode clinched it. She was just a piece of sh*t blurting to Tamra what Shannon said. Talk about a pot stirrer and a gossip. And then she had the gall to challenge Shannon to leave?! Meghan is truly stupid if she thinks the audience prefers Tamra to Shannon: she's backing the wrong horse. Vicki and Shannon appear to have a very real friendship - though based on the previews it looks like Shannon's neurosis will capsize things. The story of Shannon being friends with David's mistress was awful. Poor woman. This season of OC has been really solid - relatively organic. NYC Ahhh they came out swinging for the finale. This is going to be a juicy reunion. Ramona: she's a total hot mess whose probably got some kind of mental health issue going on with how she blurts out nasty, hateful comments and then immediately apologizes. Bethenny: nice apartment, I thought the placement of the master bedroom adjacent to the entry door to be seriously flawed. Her sense of humour and zest for getting through things really made this season work for me. Heather: her drive by therapy demonstrated why she's totally unlikeable now. Get rid of Heather. Holla! Kristen: poor thing is the most worthless addition to a housewives franchise ever. She should just never speak to the press again and go back to being a nameless model walking the Manhattan streets with the nanny she can't really afford. Carole: she looks like a horse. I'm over her. I think she is lying about denying she apologized to LuAnn about barging into their room, she's afraid of pissing off Heather. Dorinda: love her! You just do you, Dorinda, what great casting. Sonja: deluded, I don't ever need to hear "International Fashion and Lifestyle Brand" ever again...but I do like that she just went and demolished Kristen. LuAnn: she annihilated Carole. She really was an assassin with that "you don't have any [children]!" line...she hit Carole where she lives. And rightly so, LuAnn can sleep with whoever she wants, but Carole went after LuAnn's nieces boyfriend - and some rumours suggest Carole befriended LuAnn's niece before she broke up with Adam.

I was stunned when I saw Trinny - I worship at her alter. It's so interesting that Dorinda is in the Trinny set - just delightful. And it was clear that Dorinda and Trinny are real friends. That Trinny had a dinner booked that she had to go to but still made it to Dorinda's party: touching and lovely. I think the only one who didn't come to see Sonja fail was LuAnn. Much as Sonja and Ramona are BFFs I think a lot of that has to do with Ramona feeling like she's superior to Sonja. I recall when Sonja decided to take down the portrait of herself and her husband from her dining room it was LuAnn she called on. Totally agree about the businesspeople Sonja surrounds herself with. They don't seem legitimate at all. It was just plain weird that they couldn't tackle any of the basic questions head on about merchandising and comparative market analysis.

Location, location, location. This is a simple, modest home that has no business going for a million dollars. Do not get me wrong; I like it, but in my neck of the woods (Midwest), it might fetch half that. Like you say, it's about location. Thousand Oaks is a wonderful, extremely safe (in fact one of the safest in the USA), beautiful, well aged community that is extremely slow growing (if not static) and Robin's specific home is in a gated community, which only enhances its cache.

Here's a link to the LA Times story on Robin Strasser's new house in Thousand Oaks, California: 37 pictures, I'm willing to bet she's already taken a sledge hammer to most of it, but the backyard is what would sell it for many people, plus it's in a gated community and is very Knots Landing. http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hotprop-robin-strasser-house-20150804-story.html

OC I actually find the Tamra/Shannon/Vicki trio quite organic. Particularly when they were busy getting drunk at the bar before Meghan hauled Heather and Lizzie back. I'm enjoying OC this season, a good balance of light and heavy moments and the ladies gel...because they all know Meghan is heinous. Honestly, this chick makes me sick. Her whining and bitching and fake tears about not being the mom of Jim's kids (WHO HAVE/HAD MOTHERS!) is so weird and immature and stupid. Meghan's really made an ass of herself on national television. She's gross and far too stupid for a 30 year old. She's very fixated on how everyone is older than her and mocking them for it. She'll regret that when she's dumped. Shannon's marriage is still a trainwreck and it's sad to watch and she shouldn't have it on TV. NYC The last two episodes were very watchable. The London trip for Dorinda and Carole was great. Carole was so much more likeable away from Heather. Most importantly: Dorinda is friends with Trinny Woodall, who I am a HUGE fan of. I knew I loved Dorinda, but now that I know she's friends with Trinny, it just confirms my good taste. Bethenny demolished Ramona.

Kim Richards was arrested for shoplifting on Sunday and spent the night in jail before posting $5,000 bail. She allegedly stole $600 worth of products from a Target in the San Fernando Valley. So so many details about this make me sigh at how pathetic she is, particularly after that really nasty interview she gave to Entertainmeny Tonight where she trashed Lisa V, Lipsa and Eileen. She's not just an addict anymore - she's a thief!

Robin Strasser has moved to Thousand Oaks, California, she closed on a house that has a curved staircase and a pool and several mature oak trees in the backyard, in June. She's shipped the Dorian Lord portrait out west. She's rented out her Upper East Side townhouse: http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2015/02/17/rent_a_soap_opera_stars_upper_east_side_home_from_the_1840s.php#more

Powerful article in New York Magazine: http://nymag.com/thecut/2015/07/bill-cosbys-accusers-speak-out.html#janice-dickinson2

Enjoying a yacht moment in St. Tropez...