So, are we going to see Anderson Cooper's handsome face on Live!? The CNN anchor has been one of the names thrown into the mix of possible co-hosts to take the seat next to Kelly Ripa...
Oh, The Blacklist, what a tease. We're still not entirely willing to believe that Elizabeth is dead, but we can't tell you why. It's just a feeling we have, and a feeling...
Melania Trump insists she is all natural? – Dlisted
Of course they threatened to sue – Celebitchy
Nick Gordon talks to Dr. Phil – Starcasm
20 romantic comedies you forgot about – Momtastic
Beyonce kicks off her tour – gushes about Jay-Z – IDLYITW
Another Lara Croft movie, but without Angelina Jolie this time – Dlisted
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Nearly four years to the day when we exclusively broke the news that Yolanda Hadid was joining the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, we’re taking a look back at how she wound up here!
RHOBH is not Yolanda’s first foray into reality TV. Back when she was engaged to David Foster and planning their wedding of the century, she was a cast member of Hollywood Vrouwen, aka Hollywood Women, before she got her bigger break on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Fun fact: we can thank Hollywood Women for this little nugget.
In the spirit of Throwback Thursday, we give you Pre-Housewives Yolanda. For no reason other than “just cuz.”
Check out the videos below. Just an FYI: she switches back and forth between Dutch and English.
Fitting Gigi for Yolanda’s wedding to David:
Yolanda trying on wedding dresses:
Deja Vu Dinner Party! Have we seen this somewhere before? 
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The Voice is welcoming two very special guests on Monday: First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden. No, they're not singing--but the duo will appear live alongside coaches Christina...
Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas are going on a very special ride: The tourmates filmed a Carpool Karaoke segment for James Corden's Late Late Show on Thursday, and we already have high expectations...
First rule of being a doctor: Don't fall in love with your patients. (At least, we assume. What do we know? We're not doctors.) And that goes double for the surgeons of Grey Sloan Memorial...It’s easy for me to say that I enjoy Bethenny Frankel‘s bluntness, because, you know, I never actually have to sit face-to-face with Bethenny Frankel. But, when it comes to Real Housewives of New York each week, she keeps me on the edge of my seat. Which is more than I can say about the past six months of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
In her blog, Bethenny defends her “at least you know where you stand with me” approach to life, but she also acknowledges that she was out of line Jules Wainstein‘s brunch.
“I am a reality star on a reality show. Bravo asked me to return because they feel that I am honest, direct, and don’t manufacture drama or edit myself. This episode is a brutally honest example of that. I always say: You may not like me, but you know you’re getting the truth. I will forever stand by my tagline,” says Bethenny. “You will also see that if I say or see something, it usually comes to fruition, often before the audience or the other Housewives see it. Please refer to my eight years on reality television.”
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Bethenny makes it be known (not that there’s any doubt) that she doesn’t like John. Nor does she trust his influence over Dorinda Medley.
Bethenny feels it was a mistake for Dorinda to bring John to her birthday party just two days after their confrontation (“He attacked my personal life and the business that I created from scratch when I was broke. This is when I become like a lion protecting its young.”) and it was a mistake for John to come.
“The sight and presence of him was too much for me,” blogs Bethenny. “I did not want him there. I made that clear. I didn’t buy his apology. Now I need to try to suck it up for Dorinda. A bitch I may be but an honest one. I don’t ‘act’ or play it up or down for the cameras because I know the audience may find me harsh. This guy had no place at my house two days after the incident.”
As for Jules‘ brunch, Bethenny, again, takes issue with John answering the door. “Why have John answer the door? Three days is not long enough for me to get over John‘s actions.” Better yet, why host such an intimate gathering at all, as “four of the seven in the group are in conflict.”
Bethenny admits she should have skipped Jules‘ brunch, “I made it clear to Carole [Radziwill] that I was dreading it, and I made a mistake in being there. I truly thought it would be a big group.”
“In my real life, like on my reality show, I speak candidly to my friends, one of whom is Carole. In that real world I tell my friends when I think someone lives in a McMansion or tries to show everyone how much money they have,” she says about Jules. “To me, bragging about nannies, not knowing how to make coffee, and your religious private Manhattan school needing your money is not for me. It is ‘all show and no go.'”
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Bethenny brags on her “small” house, since Jules felt the need to compare, “I live in a beautiful house in a great area in the center of the Hamptons. It is paid in full by yours truly and completely finished. And she is right that you can put a roller coaster in her living room, but if I have to drive deep into the woods, step on nails and dog sh– to get there then, I won’t be riding it.”
She adds, “Jules has made several nasty age remarks about myself and my friends, blamed the John incident on me twice, and called me Debbie Downer,” teasing, “For now, let’s just say there is more to this than meets the eye.”
Bethenny acknowledges that she should have kept her renovation advice to herself. “And shame on us for going there if we couldn’t be gracious,” she continues. “Fittingly, the Alex and Simon‘s home was shown, and that was no accident. There are some similarities here. That said, I own my bitchiness as always. I made a mistake. All I can say is my bitchiness is there for everyone to see versus only when I’m in an interview chair.”
One last note about Jules, Bethenny says, “It is my gut and opinion that Jules has an eating issue. It is something I am very familiar and have too much experience with, and it makes me uncomfortable. I don’t want to put myself in a situation with a ‘smorgasbord’ between us. I am very sensitive about this, and it triggers me. You’ll see the softer side of me come out on this issue next week.”
Like I said, I appreciate Bethenny‘s bluntness because it makes for good TV, but I wouldn’t want to be on the receiving end of it. So, I’m curious about this “softer” Bethenny. Is that like a soccer ball to the face is “softer” than a golf ball to the face? It still hurts, but you might not lose a tooth or an eye? I can’t wait to find out.
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With less than a week to until the premiere of Below Deck Mediterranean, Bravo celebrated with a big bash last night in NYC. The cast members partied it up with some of our other favorite Bravolebrities.
Southern Charm co-stars Landon Clements and Shep Rose walked the blue carpet together and so did the men of Vanderpump Rules, Jax Taylor and Tom Schwartz.
Ramona Singer must be over her aversion to being seen with Sonja Morgan because the former Real Housewives of New York besties were pretty chummy in these pics, along with co-star Carole Radziwill. Carole hit up this party and then rushed off to appear on WWHL with Ryan.
Even Captain Lee turned out to hang with the new cast members in attendance: Captain Mark Howard, Bobby Giancola, Ben Robinson, and more.
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Amy Schumer is no stranger to taking on hot topics on Inside Amy Schumer, but tonight's episode features a subject that hits close to home for the multi-hyphenate: gun control. In a...Kim Richards may not have been a regular Real Housewives of Beverly Hills cast member this season, but she wanted to share her thoughts on this week’s reunion episode. Kim shared her joy over her upcoming grandchild and also gave her take on Lisa Rinna’s behavior – and more – this season.
“I want to start by saying thank you all for all the love, prayers and encouragement that you showed Monty and my family over these last two years.” Kim misses him immensely, “but he has given me a new strength I never even knew!” Another thing that is giving Kim motivation and strength? The news that she’s going to be a grandma! “By now I’m sure you’ve heard the news that I am going to be a grandma. My daughter Brooke and son-in-law Thayer are expecting a little boy! I can’t wait for this exciting new chapter in our lives. I am thrilled and excited to be Grandma. I know Monty is up there watching over all of us. He is now our true guardian angel!”
Kim blogs that she is very happy to be back on good terms with Kyle, “this last year with my sister Kyle was a difficult time, and I missed her a lot. It was a rough one, but I am grateful to be where I am today. I want to thank you for all the love and support. The words of encouragement from all of you and the fellow sisters out there were so helpful. Of course Kyle and I had to be ready in our time and do the work ourselves. But it was encouraging to hear about other sisters in our corner. So many thanks to all of you.”
Kim didn’t watch the entire season of the show since she was preoccupied with getting better and taking care of herself, but she weighs in on what she did see and experience. “From what I did see, things seemed to only get worse with Lisa Rinna, and I and wasn’t even there to engage with her. I always seemed to be a constant topic of conversation for her and Eileen.”
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She continues, “I’m a little baffled as to how after almost two years of some sort of a personal attack on me that her response was, “I was actually shocked oops…,” “That was wrong, and I’m sorry,” ” I wish you well,” “That’s what I’ve got for you,” and “I’m human.” I didn’t feel like I got a proper or sincere apology. She has done the same thing to my friends. For her to ever say the word Munchausen after everything Yolanda has been through is just AWFUL! What a hurtful thing to say. Yolanda already has enough on her plate. Lisa and Eileen have been talking about my friends and me since day one.”
Kim says she’s genuinely ready to accept an apology from Rinna and just move on, but she doesn’t feel Lisa’s apology was sincere, “I live in the now, not the past, and I don’t even choose to go into the future. So accepting an apology and moving forward is what I’m all about–if it is genuine. But I did not feel Lisa or Eileen were genuine. I feel bad about that. But I mostly feel bad for them. Living their lives constantly through other people’s worlds can’t be fun. Certainly there is no real happiness always storing and harboring negative energies.”
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Hmmm, what are you insinuating, Kelly Ripa? The Live! With Kelly and Michael star injected what appeared to be a not-so-inside joke relating to her and co-host Michael Strahan's...
Dumb Dora is so dumb... Get ready to hear a whole lot about Dumb Dora this summer as ABC is reviving the classic fill-in-the-blank game show Match Game. The 1970s star-studded celebrity...When Big Brother showmance couple turned real life loves Jeff Schroeder and Jordan Lloyd found out they were expecting, it was a mad rush to the courthouse to get hitched pronto! The surprised but delighted pair decided to make things legal right away, and do the whole big wedding bonanza thing later on as plan. What was meant to just be a simple trip to the courthouse, however, turned into a beautiful and special day celebrated with friends.
Jeff and Jordan have already released one video of their impromptu wedding day, and plan on posting a full video of the ceremony soon. Meanwhile, they’ve also been doling out some impossibly cute photos of their happy (first) wedding day on YouTube and other social media outlets. We can’t wait to see their future grand nuptials ceremony in Cancun later, but it’s kind of cool to get to experience having a little small wedding with just a few friends as well! Not everyone gets to enjoy both kinds of marriage experiences!
And they look so darned happy! Check out this fab gallery of their special day below. Click the thumbnails for larger pics or to scroll through.
Bethenny Frankel was wished a very un-birthday on Real Housewives Of New York when she threw the most awkward BBQ birthday party ever.
Bethenny told us over and over again how cool her party was supposed to be – hot dogs! s’mores! Moscow Mules! Skinnygirl coffee cups! Yet, there for the grace of ungainliness go John, Dorinda Medley‘s boyfriend, a fetid protrusion who dropped a big old stink over the party, thus ruining it for The Big B. Her poor friend Carole Radziwill was equally besieged – the ghost of Countesses Past trailing her through the party seeking absolution? Resolution? Nah – actually a casually polite conversation.
It was a crisp, cool day and that something in the air was pervasive. I don’t think it was the smell of wienies roasting, but that was happening too (metaphor alert!). Pre-party, Dorinda gave John a Cliffs Notes course on etiquette and ran through How To Apologize flashcards to prepare him for seeing Bethenny, but there is no turning back time there. Some stains just simply will not budge – John apparently being one of them!
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For all of Dorinda’s stiff lecturing, John was more interested in a stiff drink. He pouted like a little boy dragged to his elderly aunt’s house under the order that he better behave or no dessert for a week! John didn’t want to apologize, but because he loves Dorinda, agreed to. I couldn’t figure out why John was so resistant – maybe he doesn’t like the taste of crow? Or maybe, as Bethenny suggested, he couldn’t remember saying all those awful things and being so aggressive. Or maybe he’s just a jerk.
When Dorinda and John arrive, alongside Jules Wainstein and her husband MichaelD2, Bethneny is shocked he had the audacity to show up. Bethenny is even more shocked Dorinda had the balls to trot her ball sack of a boyfriend to her birthday. She wishes she would have asked Dorinda not to bring him, but didn’t want to make things worse for their friendship. Bethenny decides Dorinda and John were too drunk to remember what happened at the bra party. She also decides to ignore John completely.
For the duration of the party, these two played shadow tag. John skulking in the corner (wearing a traffic cone orange sweater as if to say “WARNING”), just waiting to sink his teeth into the brittle bones of Bethenny, who is skittering around pretending if she doesn’t see him, he doesn’t exist. Bethenny complains that she’s not having fun at her own party. Which maybe she deserves since she’s always ruining everyone else’s parties!
Dorinda keeps hissing at John to apologize, but every time he gets near Bethenny, she invents an excuse to escape – someone needs more booze! Anyone want food!? Need a chair! A tranquilizer gun?! A restraining order?! Unfortunately, John is nothing if not persistent. Or maybe that’s Dorinda.
That’s not the only cat and mouse game at this woebegone party. Luann de Lesseps arrives, late per the usual, and nearly immediately encounters Carole, who tries to hide behind Bethenny. Luann greets Carole politely, because no matter what The Countess always displays good manners, but is received coolly.
I take offense to Carole’s attitude that Luann is someone to be feared. Why? Does Luann know some incriminating information? Carole acts as if Luann threatened her or harmed her. Her constant whining that Luann owes her an apology while insisting she’s done nothing wrong is obnoxious. I’m shocked so many people were Team Carole in Reality Tea’s twitter poll last night!
Carole‘s insistence that she only re-tweeted mean things (also adding her own equally scathing comments) about Luann is not an excuse – her blogs were also merciless. Carole is the type of person who seems to view life as the living depiction of a Fairy Tale – written by the Grimms – in which there must always be a villain, and she must always have a target of persecution who deserves revenge for harming her, as Carole hides behind the veil of an innocent princess her “prince” (formerly Heather, now Bethenny) is ready to protect and save her. In short: grow the f–k up, Radziwhines. And quit making me root for Luann. UGH.
But here Luann comes. She brought Bethenny a hula hoop, because this was a silly party, and why not? Carole grouses that Luann always has to make an entrance. Today’s entrance featured being treated like maid who showed up before the party ended.
Bethenny and her ‘cool friends’ are sitting at a picnic table and greet Luann icily. Bethenny demands she show off her hula-hooping skills while they all judge her. And Luann does the hula-hoop. Carole calls her dumb and attention-seeking. When Lu walks away, Carole complains about her behind her back.
Luann escapes that putrid and callow scene for the other part of the yard where the lesser guests are cramped in Bryn-sized folding chairs, eating with their plates balanced on their knees. At least Dorinda and Jules – and even Ramona Singer – were more receptive to Luann than Bethenny’s ‘mean girls table,’ which Luann compared to high school.
To say no one is having fun at this party would be wrong because Ramona was loving it! Loving all the awkwardness, loving how sad the whole affair was, and loving that she had an excuse to escape – a hot date! Sayonara bitches!
Also, Jules, clutching an ever-present ball of napkins (just in case she accidentally touches something non-Kosher?), decides she likes Lu and accidentally invites her to brunch the following day. Which turns out to be a gaffe when she learns Carole and Luann don’t speak. Jules can do nothing right.
Since this is a Real Housewives party, confrontations must be had. Bethenny gets Luann alone to discuss the situation with Carole. Luann admits she’s feeling awkward and wants to nip the tensions in the bud. After Bethenny said a whole bunch of nasty things about Lu last week, she pretends to be her friend in order to convince her to seek out Carole for a chat, aka Luann begging Carole for forgiveness. Luann doesn’t feel she really owes Carole an apology, though, and Bethenny calls her “clueless.” I think Luann is actually more OVER IT, instead of putting Carole on blast by reminding her of all the awful things she also said (like re-tweeting a photo of Luann having a nip slip!).
When Carole walks by, Luann calls to her, but Carole runs. “You can’t ignore me forever,” Luann trills, and Carole replies, “Oh, I think I can.”
So John and Bethenny are a more combustible and aggressive mirror for Carole and Luann: Two people who have no desire to make peace, but are doing it for the good of others, and wind up in conversations going nowhere. Why Luann chose to chat with Carole around the fire pit is a mystery – I wouldn’t trust any Housewife with a flaming marshmallow close to my face! (Dr. Dubrow on speed dial!).
For Bethenny, Luann asks to speak with Carole privately, but Carole refuses. Over marshmallows, Carole tries to force Luann to apologize, and Luann tries to force Carole to accept some culpability for the demise of their friendship. Neither felt remorse. Luann just wanted to drop it and move on, but Carole wanted to dwell in the past and remind Luann of all the things she said and did. “You called me a pedophile!” accused Carole. (I don’t remember that? Does anyone else?!)
They agree to be cordial in social situations and move on from there. Seems good enough to me! Cramming a s’more in her mouth, Carole rushes away. Lu claims Carole never gave her the opportunity to apologize.
John finally manages to convince Bethenny to acknowledge him, but John’s “apology” made things worse! It SUCKED! Clearly, he had no idea why he was apologizing (and didn’t remember all the mean things he said), so he felt less than zero remorse. Actually, he was actually pissed that Bethenny wasn’t also apologizing for talking crap about him to Dorinda.
Kinda funny seeing Bethenny get a taste of her own medicine, however, John was a total ass and disgusting in not only attitude, but words. He had no business being at Bethenny’s party.
When Bethenny tells Dorinda their talk was a disaster, she bursts into tears. It was really sad. John and Dorinda aren’t in a healthy relationship, but I believe Dorinda has found herself in a co-dependent trap. Dorinda flees the table with Lu chasing after her. Bethenny realizes Dorinda is an emotional wreck, despite her tough broad exterior, so because she doesn’t want to lose a friend, she decides to do the decent thing and speak to John again.
Although Bethenny is starting to lose respect for Dorinda over her unhealthy relationship.
Despite the Skinnygirl color being red, not white, Bethenny waves the flag of surrender and orders John to make nice with her and vice versa. He barks “Happy Birthday,” but the way he said it implied he really wanted to tell her “F–k OFF!” The awful party is temporarily over – continuing the next day over brunch.
I don’t know why Jules had this brunch. Not only is her house a literal construction zone, there were actual contractors WORKING while she was was entertaining. It was awkward and weird. Plus, Jules had all this food spread out like 30 people were coming, but it was only 7 or 8 guests.
Bethenny complains that Jules lives 45 minutes away from Hamptons civilization (she sounds like Ramona!) and makes it clear she doesn’t want to go. Carole especially doesn’t want to attend after learning Luann is coming. When they arrive, John answers the door, which sets a bad omen for the occasion. Bethenny stalks right past him into the kitchen and then proceeds to lecture Jules and Michael about how much they suck at home renovation; calling their house a “money pit” and bragging that she competed her renovation in 3 months.
Bethenny compares Jules‘ house to that time she attended a party at Simon and Alex’s and had to walk through rusty nails to find the birthday cake. This time she’s wading through the uncompleted debris of what will hopefully be an indoor pool. I hope they use saltwater.
Jules snipes (repeatedly!) that Bethenny’s house is a mere 2,400 square-feet, but hers is 20,000 square-feet (with only 2 feet of it inhabitable), so if MicahelD2 wants to build a roller coaster, he can! Certainly Bethenny had no right to tell Jules and Michael what to do with their home or money, nor judge their ‘living through’ a renovation (at least they weren’t homeless!), but why invite people you don’t know to see your house in that state? And why have construction workers there during brunch?!
Sure – Jules‘ house looks like something out of a Hamptons horror story, being in the middle of a creepy overgrown woods way back in the middle of nowhere with John wielding a bottle of rosé that weighs more than two Skinnygirls and a possibly anorexi-girl and the lox has been sitting out for eons, Ms. Havisham-style, but Bethenny and Carole could’ve had a little class and been kinder.
That’s not the worst of it, over food Bethenny and Carole whisper that Jules isn’t eating and they speculate about her possible eating disorder. Jules was literally STANDING 10 FEET AWAY! Bethenny: lox more, talk less!
Then, Luann arrives, with a date, and Carole snarks that Luann’s dates don’t usually stay the night (who’s “Female-bashing,” again?). MichaelD2 had been planning to give everyone a tour, but Carole wants to avoid Luann and starts whining that she wants to leave. In front of everyone, Carole and Bethenny discuss how badly they want to go and laugh about how much the party sucks. Bethenny insists on quickly seeing the indoor pool anyway, and Carole loudly protests – in front of Michael – that she thought they were leaving immediately.
For Bethenny, the highlight of the brunch was John swatting away a bee while revealing he’s allergic and forgot his EpiPen (plus Jules‘ house appears to be at least 2000 Bethenny houses away from a hospital).
Bethenny and Carole run out the door, giggling and snickering about how terrible Jules’ house and brunch was. So mean. Just mean. I so hope Luann mailed Carole and Bethenny inscribed copies of Class With The Countess, instructing them to pursue the chapter on party etiquette.
TELL US – WERE BETHENNY AND CAROLE RUDE TO JULES? WAS DORINDA OUT OF LINE BRINGING JOHN TO BETHENNY’S BIRTHDAY? DOES LU OWE CAROLE AN APOLOGY?
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