Back to the loading dock where the fracas rolls on, but first, the news:

* ATL has ended and apparently we’ve seen the last of Kenya Moore. Don’t let the door get you.

* We will, however, see more of Aviva Drescher as she has finally gotten her contract for RHONY. “Someone” has been leaking that the delay was to prevent Aviva and Mo Singer from backing up the money truck to Bravo together, under the theory that one’s not worth much without the other. Still no news on Kountess Lu so I think she’s safely assumed done.

* Another person who’s definitely out is Marisa, who will not be returning to BH. Rumors circulating suggest someone named Brenda Soulimani, a 40-year-old launching a modeling career a la Alex McCord, is joining the cast.

* Adrienne keeps telling anyone who will listen that she has thousands and thousands of business opportunities and reality TV offers and just can’t decide what to do, it’s all so overwhelming!

* Jacqueline Laurita is assuring the world … Continue reading →

Where were we? Oh, right: planning the invite list for another hairpulling Housewives party. Before we get to the inevitable debacle, here’s the news:

* Congratulations are in order for Gretch and Slimey Slade, who are officially engaged! Doesn’t it feel like we’ve been through this before? Apparently Gretch did the proposing on top of a building in LA that has no doubt been the scene of many Bachelor rappelling dates. The proposal was filmed for RHOC so we’ll all get to feel like we were part of it.

* Up the coast, rumors that Lisa “Lips and Nips” Rinna would be joining the case of RHOBH have been scuttled by Bravo itself. My personal theory is that there was too much potential overlap with Kyle; Lisa has long owned a boutique, is in an apparently happy marriage of many years to a man some perceive as hot, and is also the mother of all girls, so as different as they may be they occupy the same general Wife category. I know some people … Continue reading →

Greetings. It certainly seems particularly inappropriate to be spending time watching, let alone talking about, this inane display of post-shark rectal inspection, but then again I suppose we all need a break from real-reality sometimes, don’t we? My own heart and thoughts are with the people of Boston, especially those directly affected, as I am sure yours are too.

Speaking of a sense of priorities, one of the more interesting things to happen with the Housewives this last week came yesterday, when in a typical Twit move Taylor Armstrong tweeted a bunch of photos of the glorious snowy day in which she was frolicking, and was immediately deluged with “hey self-absorbed asshat, turn on the TV” replies from around the Twitterverse. I have to say I saw plenty of similar posts from other Housewives and not quite the same jumping-on in response which is itself interesting.

In other news:

* The out continues to fall from the bloody Easter brawl in New Jersey. At this point Jacqueline and Chris Laurita and Joe Gorga, as … Continue reading →