houswives in & out

"Housewives" fans, unite! What started as a single Bravo reality series back in 2006 has grown into a six-edition ratings powerhouse. With the franchise spawning reunion specials and spinoffs galore, fans can't seem to get enough of these women's luxurious lifestyles… or their extension-yanking catfights.

But great reality TV never stands still — and the "Housewives" on our favorite editions are coming and going at a rapid rate. With Season 3 of Atlanta debuting Monday and the D.C. edition wrapping up Thursday, we're taking a look at which ladies are leaving these shows (voluntarily or not), and who's taking their place.

Atlanta:

Out: Lisa Wu-Hartwell

Business-minded football wife Lisa was always the normal, relatable one among the Atlanta banshees… but people don't tune in to reality shows to watch normal, relatable people, do they? Plus, with last season seeing her and husband Ed downsizing to a less-than-opulent home, maybe she couldn't keep up with the franchise's spend-now-file-bankruptcy-later lifestyle. She may pop up in a few episodes this season, though — breaking up fights, no doubt.

In: Cynthia Bailey

Any surprise she's a model? NeNe's close friend Cynthia once graced the cover of Essence and walked the runways in Paris and Milan; now she's settled in Atlanta with 10-year-old daughter Noelle and boyfriend Peter. But after three years together, Peter wants to put a wedding ring on her finger. Will this marriage-phobe give in and tie the knot?

In: Phaedra Parks

This entertainment attorney is no stranger to TV cameras: Phaedra has appeared as a legal analyst on NBC and Fox News, and been profiled by various news magazines in connection with her A-list clients. But this friend to Kandi and Dwight has a few skeletons hanging in her closet: Her young husband, Apollo, spent time in prison (gasp!) for a white-collar crime.

New York

Out: Bethenny Frankel

After last season's screeching showdowns with Jill and Kelly, it's not a shock that our favorite quip-machine is hightailing it off the show. And why not? She's finally content with husband Jason and newborn daughter Bryn, and her solo spinoff "Bethenny Getting Married?" proved she could carry her own show. She is contractually obligated, though, to make a few appearances on "New York" next season. (You can't escape Jill's evil clutches that easily, Bethenny.)

In: Cindy Barshop (rumored)

NYC's Ramona (always a blabbermouth) spilled the beans to Us Weekly that this owner of a chain of day spas would be joining the cast this season. (No confirmation yet from Bravo, though.) One red flag: Along with running a business, Cindy's a single mom to twin baby girls. How will she ever find the time to do all the gossiping and wine-drinking this show requires?

New Jersey

Out: Danielle Staub

Ding dong, the witch is gone. The shrillest, craziest "Housewife" of all (and that's saying a lot) reportedly got the ax and won't be a part of New Jersey's upcoming Season 3. The ever-delusional Danielle insists that she's considering many options right now, including her own Bethenny-style spinoff. Good luck with that… we won't be watching.

In: Melissa Gorga (rumored)

On a show that saw its "Housewives" dwindle to a mere four by last season's finale, there was bound to be new blood — and Radar Online is reporting Teresa's sister-in-law Melissa will be the next infusion. Married to Teresa's brother Giuseppe, Melissa puts Teresa's spending habits to shame; she lives in an enormous $4 million mansion, and employs two live-in nannies. But Teresa's reportedly not too happy about her sis-in-law joining the show. Do we sense another table-flip in the near future?

Orange County

Out: Lynne Curtin

After a tumultuous season-and-a-half run that saw her get an on-air facelift (yikes!) and evicted from her swanky Laguna Beach home (double yikes!), Lynne confirmed via Facebook that she's been dropped from the show. Using many exclamation points, the brunette jewelry designer expressed her belief that a Lynne-and-family spinoff is in the works. Great… slot it right after the Danielle Staub spinoff that'll never air.

In: Fernanda Rocha (rumored)

The producers apparently thought the show could use a little more sun-kissed skin — this is southern California, after all — and approached this gorgeous personal trainer about being a full-time OC cast member, according to Radar Online. Fernanda actually appeared on the show last season, teaching a Brazilian Booty workout, and promises to add some spice to the show with her open bisexuality. Wowzers… that's one way to keep things hot in the OC.

& coming soon the all-new "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills," starting october 14.

from yahoo TV

but they didn't say anything about who's in or out in dc

the other bruno dances

dance bruno dance here

the original bruno. must b the name that joins them.

who lives here?

do u like it?

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a letter from nate berkus

this came in the mail & gwd is very sharing...

nate even loves grannys who sell laxative yogurt- is there no end to his goodness? btw the granny gray lesbian style haircut is the worst. if u r growing older do not do this. but gwd digresses, read on about the goodness of nate towards bloggers.

Dear Bloggers,

We've been reading your posts...laughing at your stories, learning from leads, loving your wisdom around The Nate Show offices. Since we've gleaned so much from each of you, we wanted to host a special Nate Blogger Day! We are thrilled to announce the date has been set; on September 21st at 2:45pm, the Nate Show will be entirely filled with Design Bloggers.

If you are interested in joining us for this special event, please email confirm1@thenateshow.com with the following:

In the subject field of your email, please put “BLOGGER- 9/21 B”

In the body, please include:

- The Name of your Blog

- Your First name, Last Name

-# of Tickets Needed (Max 2—this includes yourself)

- Address

-Phone Number

-Name of Guest Attending (Must be at least 18 yrs.)

Please RSVP by Tuesday, September 14^th—and if we can accommodate your request, you’ll receive an email confirmation by Wednesday, September 15th, with all additional details on your reservation.

* Please note this email is intended for the recipient only-- and not for public distribution.

Thanks. We hope to see you soon!

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Audience Services Department

gwd - see u at the taping!

the original

he was snark first, way before gwd, or decorno, or mfamb jenny, or design blahg, or lampshade raina, or decor demon brian.

2 nite he does his 100th show on the travel channel.

all hail anthony bourdain king of snark, an original, author, a world traveler, a chef, a bon vivant, a family man, & still hot. may u have 100 more if u want them.

happy chic jonathan adler

october 12 hsn
does he make u feel happy & chic? tune in.

numb nuts

if u have been left numb 2 the point of not caring then u won't be watching the final 3 girls compete 2nite on hgtv design star.

girl # 1 emily, blogger, domino-natrix, bohemian dark horse, bc hg really needs something fresh.

emily's work

girl # 2 casey the girl with movie star looks who makes bland safe rooms. hgtv already has a pretty girl named david bromstad.

casey's work

girl #3 michael. again hgtv already has the perfect queen, david bromstad & the last guy who won, antonio the fangtonio bombed big time.

michael's work

the last 3 girls standing. watch it if u even care. who do u want 2 win?

3 little maids are we

a picture is worth 1000 words

from the excellent sketch 42 here

mtv designer guest blogging

Hi! I am the production designer for the MTV show "The Real World". I know you can't believe it's still on, and I can't believe I got a job! As a designer! Let me tell you how I took a beautiful New Orleans mansion and turned the interior of it into a pile of crap.

Not since Katrina, or the recent oil slick, has the image of New Orleans been so fucked over by MTV for the world to see. But hey, it's just a place to party.

Big ass beads are draped on the beds. Ain't I clever? And dig the ginormous masks over the headboards. It was more of a challenge for the tech team than the art department. They had to go in and make sure all this junk looks decent. And by decent I mean getting paid big bucks for using every tacky cliche I could throw on the set. I shopped my ass off on Bourbon Street.

The house's front door opens onto a grand staircase with a railing that I totally desecrated with a shit load of Mardi Gras beads I found in the garbage. Another wall is decorated with corny Dr. Bob signs ("Be Nice or Leave"). I was very cool to install a female mannequin removing her shirt, you know, winky winky a real bead whore begging for "beads". Her name is Ravishing Rachel. She's available online. We didn't pay any of the artists for their tourist crap. Why should we? We give them huge, I mean HUGE exposure on our crap show.

I had them build a streetcar in the hall. It's so quaint, just like the Southern Cajun hicks in New Orleans. When the bratty cast kids came on set, they thought it was a public toilet, and the little creeps never clean up after themselves, so thank God the entire set ends up where it belonged in the first place - in the dumpster. The occupants of the spaces I designed will shame themselves and defile the city. It's like my design for this big old house and this decrepit city totally inspired the no talent cast.

In the basement I designed a kitchen, dining area and lounge decorated with weathered, reclaimed window shutters (my personal kick in the ass homage to Hurricane Katrina damage), a stupid chandelier made of brass instruments, and dig, a player piano, and tom-tom drums serving as end tables! I added a pool table and a fish tank just for more wacky New Orleans fun. It was so fugly it made the trash piles after Katrina look good.

Thinking outside the box, I wanted to try to cram as much of New Orleans crap into this house as possible.

People ask me if I claim much of a "Real World" house's decor for personal use -- I used to do that, then I realized I have a whole house full of junk. But I did keep two vomit and urine stained wing chairs from the New Orleans season. I'm looking forward to putting them right by my fireplace and having a little piece of the New Orleans I trashed right inside my very own house. Most of my key signature pieces like Ravishing Rachel end up in our (Los Angeles) home office. It enhances the cesspool look we got going there.


For laughs, I put a vintage fortune-telling machine in an upstairs sitting room. A first-floor sitting room carried a sportsman's paradise theme, strung with fishing net and accessorized with oil soaked plush-toy renditions of local wildlife. Oiled up plush toys! Man how is that for thinking outside of the box?

And speaking of boxes, I did a first-floor "confessional box" -- where cast members could retreat to record first-person testimony about whatever pathetic drama had just occurred elsewhere in the house. I packed it with voodoo shit to scare the little turds.

I hope some voodoo queen doesn't zap my ass with some bad mojo for touching this shit. Cause like man, I dig New Orleans. Who doesn't? I mean it's all good right? It's a parteeeeee!!!!!

Who watches this crap anyway? It starts Wednesday 9 PM.

tinsley mortimer

i like this girl. she has a really bad reality tv show (high society on the cw), & i don't even know if it's still on past the first episode. tinsley mortimer is pictured above in her new tv home, her post divorce single girl pad. she brought alot of stuff from her married life posh apartment.

there r alot of tinsley bashers out there. i don't think she's so bad. she's rich, from an upper end family from virginia. her mom is an interior designer & i think she helps tinsley make her apartments so pretty.

tinsley is pretty & she wears great clothes. i don't know if she has any blond ambition, other than marrying well, which she did, and now it's over. i think her headboard is awesome.

of course she had a great closet.

all of these pictures r from her married apartment.

i luv the old things with the modern colors, and a few modern pieces and fabrics. the portrait of the lady is a relative of robert e. lee, & maybe tinsley loves it because it's from virginia. she took the lady portrait with her 2 her new single girl apartment.

if i lived in a rich and wealthy girl world, i might live like tinsley.

summer television

crazy.
been seeing more & more outdoor tv along with all this outdoor living rooms.

what r u watching lately?

top model is great with andre leon
gossip girl - u either luv it or hate it but s. looks 2 old
idol - ellen is a sap & simon has given up & is just taking up space
dancing with the stars should b a snooze with all the 4th rate celebs
ny housewives r a bore - 2 stuck on branding themselves
high society - the tinsley mortimer train wreck good for a few yuks

the morning after

oscar show sucked worse than ever.
hosts fat & boring & old.
fashions ok. the pom pom boob dress on charlize was great comic relief. sjp edgy & such big hair. sandra bullock showed she can get it together. granny arm cover on helen mirren works again. fat chicks look good in blue. tom ford kind of corny in a great way with that retro white carnation.
guess i have 2 watch a war movie now.

above photo from the divine doxa home.

it's from the best movie 4 me: a single man.

playboy march issue - the other kelly

kelly #1. cougar. nut job. mess. has-been model. bravo tv star. ny housewife. just trying to make a living.

she had to sell her hamptons house.

but she still has her ny apt. read more in domestikated life.
buy the mag 2 c more kelly. read more here.


& here's the other kelly #2 (wearstler) as outed by decorno.

here come da judge - andre leon talley

LOS ANGELES – Andre Leon Talley will help crown "America's Next Top Model."

The over-the-top 60-year-old Vogue editor-at-large will join Tyra Banks, photographer Nigel Barker and a weekly guest judge on the panel of the 14th season of the CW modeling competition (premiering March 10), the network announced Monday. Previous "Top Model" judges have included runway coach J. Alexander and supermodel Janice Dickinson.

Talley, a veteran fashionista, is a regular in the front row at fashion shows in New York, Paris, London and Milan.

nate berkus gets his own tv show

gwd loves nate!

blog reprint:

Interior designer Nate Berkus gives Yahoo the exclusive scoop on his new show

Oprah Winfrey announced today that her protege Nate Berkus is getting his own show. With the backing of several major NBC owned-and-operated stations, the show is cleared to air in six of the largest markets including New York, where the local WNBC station has made room for Nate in Martha Stewart's former time slot. The show is tentatively called "The Nate Berkus Show." In an exclusive interview with Make Home a Haven, Nate told me all about his new daytime series. In Nate's own words, "It's going to be a daily multi-topic talk show. I'm going to have guests, all my great friends and people I haven't met yet, and really let the audience drive. We'll have instant feedback with social media, Twitter, Facebook, everything like that. I'm gonna find out what people really want to know about, whether its design, whether its a celebrity, whether its an idea of how they can help in a certain situation, a current event, and that's what we're going to craft the show on."

beauty or the beast

in this corner the beast, antonio (fangtonio) ballatore. give him a case of beer & he'll decorate in some ugly weird biker, skateboard guy way (even though the douche is over 40).

january 1 on hgtv - start the new year off with the beast douche.


or maybe start the new year with aussie hottie james durie (known as the beauty) & his new hgtv show also starting jan.1

he does this

pee wee herman finally making a comeback

it's been 2 many years. pee wee has been more than punished 4 something that should not have been a crime in the first place.
he's bringing a live show 2 los angeles 2 the music box theater in november. it's called "even o'clock number" & will be a live version of pee wees playhouse, a place i loved to visit.

Pee-wee Herman showed off a new piece of jewelry Tuesday night when he made an appearance on 'The Jay Leno Show' last night.

from the ny dailly news:

He's ba-ack! Pee-wee Herman, aka actor Paul Reubens, appeared on "The Jay Leno Show" Tuesday night and showed off his new "abstinence ring."
No, he's not getting married. Instead, the bow-tie wearing comedian was making a tongue-in-cheek reference to his 1991 arrest for indecent exposure at an adult theater.
"I'm only two days into it," Herman told Leno. "Not easy!"
Wearing his trademark gray suit, white shoes and red bow-tie, Herman also discussed recording his first song, Hailey Mills' "Let's Get Together," as a child."My plan was to send the record to Walt Disney, but it didn't happen," he said. "When I got home…I put it on the record player. I had never heard my voice and when I heard my voice, I was like, ‘oh my goodness, no!' "And so I went and smashed it on the sidewalk and didn't sing for years and years and years," he recalled. Thankfully for his many fans, Herman, 51, is taking his act back to the stage in "Eleven O'Clock Number" at Los Angeles' Music Box Theater in November. The on-stage version of the comedian's "Pee-wee's Playhouse" franchise is expected to include Miss Yvonne, a character who was obsessed with beauty and often flirted with Pee Wee, and Cowboy Curtis, a "cowboy" who had his hair in a jheri curl mullet.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/09/23/2009-09-23_peewee_herman_shows_off_abstinence_ring_on_the_jay_leno_show.html#ixzz0RxeOChDu