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PHOTOS Big Brother 12’s Britney Haynes was a teen beauty pageant contestant

Britney Haynes is a 22-year-old hotel sales manager from Huntington, Arkansas. She also happens to be one of the house guests for season 12 of Big Brother that was announced today by CBS. See a lovely twitter account photo as well as Britney as a teen beauty pageant contestant. Bio info and even Miss Haynes learning New York City taxi etiquette included!

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VIDEO AUDIO: Big Brother 12 information is trickling in!

Information is beginning to trickle in about this summer’s BB run. How about 13 contestants, a beach theme and that’s just the beginning!?! Read on to see the first video preview and to hear an audio interview with show producer Allison Grodner who spills quite a few beans about the upcoming season of BB.

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INTERVIEW: Warren the Ape on sex tapes, Shatner and sobriety

Warren the Ape lives in his own universe, a universe that just so happens to be much more interesting and fascinating than yours or mine. Bouncing around underneath his helmet are a million thoughts and ideas. We were fortunate enough to get just a tiny peek into the immense matter between those furry ape ears in an exclusive interview. Shatner, sex tapes, and sobriety. Ladies and gentlemen we present to you the career reclaiming MTV star Warren the Ape.

INTERVIEW You’re Cut Off’s Jessica Cimato learned how life can change in a heartbeat
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INTERVIEW You’re Cut Off’s Jessica Cimato learned how life can change in a heartbeat

The tough and sexy pampered New Jersey princess Jessica Cimato from the new VH1 reality series You’re Cut Off talks to us about her experience on the show including which of her fellow cast members was putting on the biggest show and her run-in with vomit at Omarosa’s house!

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Pavelka vs. Girardi: First post-break-up interview explosion!

Things are getting real messy for Jake Pavelka and Vienna Girardi following the announcement of their recent split! In an interview with Star magazine Vienna claims that Jake never wanted to actually get married, was obsessed with pursuing a career in acting and was never “intimate” with her. Needless to say, the article angered Pavelka, who says selling the story to Star was crossing the line. Now the couple is reuniting for the first time since their break-up to air out their differences in a televised interview for US Magazine set to air during the July 5 episode of The Bachelorette! Say what you will about Jake and Vienna, but they know marketing!

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VIDEO The Bachelorette Ali gets a phone call from Jessica, Justin’s girlfriend!

Reality Steve let the cat out of the bag weeks ago, but the moment has finally arrived on The Bachelorette when Ali Fedotowsky gets a phone call from a girlfriend of one of her suitors! Until now I’ve had to tiptoe around the topic because it was a MAJOR spoiler, but ABC has just released an official preview video clip of next week’s episode that includes the infamous call! Her name is Jessica Spillas and she is one of TWO girlfriends of Justin “Rated R” Rego! Keep reading to watch the drama bomb video!

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VIDEO: Dr. Michael Fiorillo discusses Danielle Staub’s breast implant surgery

Just when I thought The Real Housewives of New Jersey couldn’t get any more disturbing, Bravo mistreated us to a very unsettling glimpse into the world of breast implant surgeries gone wrong, thanks to Danielle Staub and and her three prior bubby alterations. Danielle’s plastic sugeon, Dr. Michael Fiorillo, sat down with OK Magazine to discuss the procedure as well as all the things that were askew with The Real Housewife of New Jersey‘s previous surgeries. See what the doc had to say and just how bad the situation was when Danielle came knocking on his door.

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VIDEO Jersey Shore does “Friggin Twilight” from Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jimmy Kimmel Live and the gang from Jersey Shore have made another fist-pumpingly hilarious video spoof in the same vein as their Oscar Best Picture nominee re-enactments. Showing no fear of the Twihard Army, Jimmy and juice crew took on Twilight in “Friggin’ Twilight” with Snooki as Bella Swan, The Situation as Edward Cullen, Pauly D as Jacob Black and Jimmy as Bella’s father!

VIDEO Work of Art complete episode 1 “Self-Reflexive”

In case you missed it, here is the full premiere episode of Work of Art: The Next Great Artist that includes brief introductions to the contestants and the judges. In the episode, titled “Self-Reflexive,” the artists were paired up and asked to create portraits of their partners in whatever medium they preferred. Watch the video and see photos of each of the contestants’ final portraits!

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VIDEO: Father Guido Sarducci discusses Glenn Beck on Colbert Report

Fox commentator Glenn Beck is planning a rally on the same day and location of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream Speech.” According to Beck, his moral fuel for fire has come from the Holy Roman Church. In an encounter at the Vatican, the home of the Pope and the center of the Roman Catholic universe, Glenn Beck had a clandestine run-in with a representative. Colbert found this mysterious vatican rep and it was none other than SNL alum and chain smoking priest Father Guido Sarducci! Check out the candid sit-down interview with the living legend.

Work of Art’s Abdi Farah bio, video, photos and links

Bravo’s new fine art reality show competition Work of Art: The Next Great Artist is fully underway with two episodes already under its belt and the third installment set to air later tonight. As I mentioned in a previous post in which I profiled printmaker/installation artist Miles Mendenhall, a few of the contestants have already seemed to distance themselves from the pack right out of the gate.

In my opinion the top two contenders are Miles and 23-year-old Abdi Farah, who have both finished in the top three in each of the first two episodes. Keep reading for a little background info on Abdi, including images of his work from the show and prior as well as my arguments for why he should make it to the final three!

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VIDEO – Teen Mom Season 2 trailer: A quadruple dose of drama

We fell in love with Maci, Amber, Farrah, and Catelynn when they first appeared on the first season of 16 & Pregnant. They returned to the small screen to share more of their experience of raising children at such a young age for the first season of Teen Mom, and now they’re back again with…

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Will Ali Fedotowsky date Jake Pavelka now?

A match made in speculation heaven! The big word on the nets is that Ali Fedotowsky doesn’t choose any of her bachelors on The Bachelorette. She’s hinted at this outcome herself in interviews, and even Reality Steve thinks this is the case. Add this to the fact that she has always expressed that she “fell…

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PHOTOS Ali Fedotowsky shopping, salonning and snuggling in Los Angeles

The Bachelorette Ali Fedotowsky looked lovely and in good spirits as she shopped and strutted the streets of Los Angeles Tuesday. The sexy blond sweetheart bought some clothes at H & M, played affectionately with a cute little puppy owned by one of the Paparazzi (I think the little puppy’s name is Kasey Kahl), and had her hair done at a salon. No, she wasn’t wearing an engagement ring and no, she wasn’t with a dude.

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Is Danielle Staub a lesbian? Watch What Happens Live video with Lori Michaels

Perhaps sensing that she might not be asked to return for the third season of The Real Housewives of New Jersey, cast outcast Danielle Staub has been frantically busy trying to drum up publicity for herself using whatever means necessary. Her latest tactic is to do and say anything that might suggest she is a lesbian, or at least bisexual. After getting physically intimate with duet partner (and outed lesbian) Lori Michaels on last night’s episode of Watch What Happens Live, Andy asked her directly if she and Lori are “together.” Keep reading to find out her response!

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VIDEO Danielle Staub performs song “Real Close” on Watch What Happens Live

Danielle Staub joins the growing number of Bravo housewives hoping to cash in on their notoriety with a career in music. The controversial ex-convict and $ex tape star has recorded the song “Real Close” with lesbian singer/songwriter Lori Michaels and she tells People there are plans to release five different versions of the single. Staub performed the slowed down, sexy version on Watch What Happens Live and **GULP** it wasn’t bad. Don’t believe me? Watch the video for yourself!

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16 and Pregnant Season 2B cast names and info

MTV’s gripping reality drama 16 & Pregnant will be back for the second part of season 2 and the rumored cast members names and their babies are listed below. All of the girls featured this season were pregnant before the first show aired, but MTV is currently casting for a potential fourth season. Brooke Smitherman-Tarrant…

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Jake and Vienna’s rose petals wither and die

Another Bachelor romance bites the dust as the most recent reality show love match Jake Pavelka and Vienna Girardi have called off their engagement and called it quits. Read their brief statement and refresh your memory on all the juicy cheating rumors that may have doomed this relationship from the start.

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Kirk DeWindt’s troubling past: a mold poisoning illness!

Kirk DeWindt hadn’t spent much time with Ali Fedotowsky on Season 6 of The Bachelorette, but he got to open up a bit when he won the poetry competition and was awarded a one-on-one date! At first Ali is a bit apprehensive to learn that Kirk hasn’t dated in about a year, but softens up…

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VIDEO – Manzos’ The Brownstone reviewed: Is is a good place to host your event?

The Brownstone is the 5th (used to be 6th) main character on The Real Housewives of New Jersey. Owned and operated by the Manzo brothers, The Brownstone is spoken about with reverence by Albie’s wife Caroline every chance she gets on camera, and almost every event featured on the show takes place there, even when…

VIDEOS Miles Mendenhall from Work of Art

While doing research for our profile of Miles Mendenhall from Bravo’s Work of Art: The Next Great Artist I ran across a number of videos featuring this young printmaker and installation artist from Minnesota. Instead of trying to cram them into an already long post, I decided to gather them all up here! So keep reading to watch Miles talk about the meaning of art and wipe out while skateboarding with his pals!

Profile of Work of Art's Miles Mendenhall

Work of Art’s Miles Mendenhall bio, photos, video and links

23-year-old printmaker and installation artist Miles Mendenhall from just outside Minneapolis, Minnesota is emerging as one of the star’s of Bravo’s inaugural season of their fine art reality competition series, Work of Art: The Next Great Artist. Read all about Miles’ background, see examples of his work and watch a video interview with the bed-headed OCD-afflicted eccentric!

The Real L Word’s Mikey Koffman is a chopper lovin’ producer of L.A. Fashion Week

Showtime’s new docudrama The Real L Word is a mix between the premium network’s fictional The L Word soap and Bravo’s rambunctious Real Housewives franchise. Premiering tonight at 10pm, the series follows five hot and sexy lesbians as they openly talk about their sex lives and struggle with personal problems. An early criticism of the…

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VIDEO – Space Odyssey entrepenuer Elvira Grau mingles with Bravolebrities

Flamboyant Space Odyssey USA and Space Port entrepreneur Elvira Grau is featured on two Bravo shows this summer. She was rumored to be the next Real Housewife of New Jersey, replacing Dina Manzo, but it Zap2It has a source telling them that Elvira will not officially be joining the cast. She’s just a guest, an…

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VIDEO – Kai Hibbard claims The Biggest Loser is misleading and encourages anorexic behavior

The Biggest Loser Season 3 finalist Kai Hibbard is speaking out again about the unhealthy practices and gaming that occurs on NBC show. In January, she spoke to Star Magazine about the health problems she suffered shortly before strutting around on the finale stage in a cocktail dress: her hair was falling out, she was…

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Bachelorette Episode 5 preview video: The boys write poems

Things have been really heated so far this season on The Bachelorette, so Ali and the producers decided to cool things off a bit by flying the boys to… ICELAND! And just in case sub-freezing temperatures aren’t enough to cool down the tempers and libidos of the seven remaining eligible bachelors, this week’s challenge is for each of the stud muffins to write Ali a love poem and read it to her in front of everyone! Keep reading for the sneak peek video, although I must warn you that it does contain graphic awkwardness.

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Biggest Loser trainer Jillian Michaels overcame depression, obesity

You wouldn’t know it from watching the svelte and boisterous Jillian Michaels whipping people into shape on the immensely popular Biggest Loser reality show, but this 36-year-old trainer from hell was once an overweight and troubled teenager.

Jillian opens up about her past in the July issue of Redbook (on stands June 22) in which she talks about her troubled childhood that included anger issues, being kicked out of her house and ballooning to 175 pounds. Keep reading find out what it was that turned Jillian’s life around and set her on the path to becoming one of the world’s toughest personal trainers!

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Interview with Lindsey Grant, ex-wife of Ty Brown from The Bachelorette

For most of us, this season of the The Bachelorette has been a drama-packed and entertaining spectacle highlighted by professional wrestler Justin “Rated R” Rego’s bravado, a hilarious feud between bully Craig McKinnon and the chronically bullyable Jonathan “The Weatherman” Novack and Kasey Kahl’s heart, rose and shield tattoo. But for Lindsey Grant, a 32-year-old singer/songwriter out of Nashville, the televised competition for the heart of Ali Fedotowsky has been anything but entertaining, serving instead as a painful reminder of betrayal and heartbreak.

Keep reading for our exclusive interview with Lindsey, in which she talks about her relationship with Ty and his decision to go on a reality dating show so soon after their split.

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VIDEO Was Jeremy London kidnapped and forced to smoke drugs at gunpoint?

Actor Jeremy London (Party of Five, 7th Heaven) was changing his tire in Palm Springs last Thursday when two men stopped to help. After changing the tire, the two men held London at gunpoint and took him on a joy ride that included forcing him to smoke drugs and purchase alcohol to be handed out “in a gang area of Palm Springs!” Keep reading for the amazing story!

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Top Chef DC contestants: Former Iron Chef challenger Kelly Liken

33-year-old Cheftestant on Top Chef DC Kelly Liken hails from Pittsburgh, but owns a restaurant in Vail, CO, called Restaurant Kelly Liken. Like most of the contestants this season, Kelly is well established already. She graduated at the top of her class Culinary Institute of America, and serves “simple, exciting, seasonal American food” at her…

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Preview The Situation’s rap rave

O.K. here’s The Situation, Mike Sorrentino has been on a Jersey Shore vacation. So what does fab-abs do in his spare time other than throw fists and what not? You guessed it, The Situation finds himself a studio and throws down with a little rap game club mix. You know you want it, or maybe you don’t but you’re gonna listen anyway.

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Real Housewives of DC Catherine Ommanney divorcing husband, White House photographer Charles Ommaney

The Real Housewives of DC hasn’t even aired yet, and it’s already claimed a marriage. Catherine Ashely Ommaney is a British interior designer who moved to the U.S. in 2008 to marry Charles Ommaney, a renowned photojournalist, after a brief period of dating. In 2006, when she was Catherine Davies, she sold a story to…

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VIDEOS Ali Fedotowsky favorite Joshua Radin from The Bachelorette

The Bachelorette has had a musical theme so far this season, featuring an intimate performance by Jamie Cullum for Ali Fedotowsky’s one-on-one date with Jesse Beck followed by last week’s video shoot for the Barenaked Ladies. This week Ali and the boys are in New York City and she chooses to take Cape Cod dapper dude Chris Lambton on a one-on-one date where both are surprised by Ali’s favorite musician Joshua Radin!

Watch videos by Joshua Radin and find out a little background info on this singer/songwriter from Ohio!

Laura Baron
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10 Questions with ‘You’re Cut Off’ life coach Laura Baron

Laura Baron, the lovely life coach from VH1’s entertaining new show You’re Cut Off, took time out of her intense schedule to sit down with Starcasm for an exclusive interview. Among other things, Laura riffs on the show, her future plans, Nicolas Cage, and herself at 16. Check it out!

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Teen sailor Abby Sunderland’s family was filming a reality show

We should have seen this coming. The 16-year-old girl who got lost at sea while sailing around the world, Abby Sunderland, was filming a reality show. There were actually two reality shows in the works for the Sunderland family, Adventures in Sunderland, and Abby’s Journey, both being promoted on Magnetic Entertainment Studio’s website. Abby’s father…

RHONJ Danielle Staub sex tape
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SFW VIDEO Watch the Danielle Staub sex tape trailer

Only one day away from the June 14th launch of Danielle Staub’s infamous sex tape the Professional whistle wetters over at Hustler have released a preview teaser trailer video of the potential Oscar winning documentary exploring the seedy underbelly of being a divorced real housewife with a criminal record of New Jersey!

Erica Rose on VH1's You're Cut Off with a wine glass in her mouth
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VH1 YOU’RE CUT OFF ‘Tiaras and Hookahs’ episode recap & best quotes

VH1’s new show You’re Cut Off is pure genius! Whoever cooked this reality masterpiece added just the right measurements of diamonds, Louis Vuitton, boxed wine, entitlement, tiaras, nakedity, “investment banking,” cigarettes, hookahs, and green carpeting. It’s a delicate mix, and easy to get wrong. These are nine princesses who drop serious cash on tanning, sunglasses,…

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Who is Bethenny Frankel’s first husband Peter Sussman?

Bravo’s latest reality show Bethenny Frankel Getting Married? premiered tonight on Bravo just days after its star revealed to Life & Style that her marriage to Jason Hoppy was not her first! Find out the 411 on Peter Sussman, the man Bethenny was married to for eight months starting in 1996.

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Did Jill Zarin try to sabotage Bethenny Frankel’s Bravo show?

Tonight’s Real Housewives of New York Season 3 reunion (part 1 of 3) is just as stressful as we all imagined, but a curious detail slipped out: Jill Zarin may have tried to sabotage Bethenny’s show and prevent her from returning to the Real Housewives. Alex said that Jill called her and asked her not…

Who is Jaqueline Madden from Vh1’s You’re Cut Off?

Who is Jaqueline Madden from Vh1’s You’re Cut Off?

VH1’s new reality series You’re Cut Off features 9 spoiled and combustible young ladies cut off from their sugar daddies and crammed into a “tiny” house where life coach Laura Baron tries to break them of their diva-ish ways. Needless to say, it is an entertaining drama explosion!

Often at the center of the cat fighting is 23-year-old Jaqueline Madden, a smoking-hot, blinged-out brunette from Mahwah, New Jersey. I did some poking around on the internet and found out all kinds of interesting things about the pretty pouty princess of all things purple and put it in a post!

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VIDEO: Countess LuAnn de Lesseps ‘Money Can’t Buy You Class’ LIVE!

The Countess and her angelic voice descended upon the City of Angels leaving Los Angeles and the Golden State in ruins. KTLA out of L.A. had the guts to let Real Housewives of New York City star LuAnn de Lessepes step on their morning news studio stage and belt out “Money Can’t Buy You Class.” “Rick roll’d” move over, it is now officially time to begin getting “de Lesseps duped.”

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Keeping Bravo in the family: Countess Luann de Lesseps’ niece Nicole Nadeau on Work of Art

Recording artist Countess Luann isn’t the only one in her family being creative or heating up the Bravo screens this summer, her niece Nicole Nadaeu will compete on Bravo’s latest competition show Work of Art: The Next Great Artist. Keep reading to find out more about the Countess’ niece and the type of artwork she creates!

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Who is Bravo’s ‘Work of Art’ judge Bill Powers

Bravo will debut its Project Runway inspired reality competition show Work of Art: The Next Great Artist tonight featuring 14 aspiring artists competing for $100,000 and a show at the Brooklyn Museum. In our Work of Art profiles we have met sexy show host China Chow, mentor Simon de Pury and judges Jerry Saltz and Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn. Now we’re going to take a look at the final judge, Mr. Bill Powers: co-owner of Half Gallery, Editor-in-Large of Purple Fashion magazine and all around hip dude.

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RHNJ’s Jacqueline Laurita accuses Danielle Staub of leaking her own sex tape!

Jacqueline Laurita from Real Housewives of New Jersey had a little to say about the forthcoming sex tape from her co-star Danielle Staub. Via her Twitter page Laurita dropped a bomb with a stunning accusation of who she thinks leaked the raunchy romp. She says Staub leaked Staub! See her tweet in all its fierce glory.

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Gregg Leakes apologizes to Nene, feels betrayed by Corey King over leaked taped

Real Housewives of Atlanta’s Nene Leakes has hinted that she might leave her husband Gregg Leakes for some time, even in her book, but their marriage issues became very public when radio host Corey King tricked Gregg into dishing about his wife and marital problems on air. This conversation, which wasn’t very flattering to Nene,…

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Melissa Rycroft and Chris Harrison to co-host ‘Bachelor Pad’

Arguably the sexiest female contestant to compete on ABC’s The Bachelor is returning to the Bachelor mansion! But instead of looking for love, Melissa Rycroft will be co-hosting a spin-off of the two popular match-making reality competitions calledBachelor Pad alongside Bach and -Ette veteran host Chris Harrison. Find out what she has to say about her new job and get the 411 on the new show Bachelor Pad.

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RHONJ Ashlee Holmes ‘I Hate Danielle Staub’ Facebook and text message drama

After really a really slow start, The Real Housewives of New Jersey is finally starting to gain a really weird kind of momentum. Danielle no longer goes anywhere without  the “protection” of her new wise-guy BFF Danny Provenzano (esp. when arriving to cancer benefits for sick babies), Jacqueline Laurita’s 19-year-old daughter fights for some air-time…

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The Bachelorette’s Ty Brown music videos

In the second episode of season six of The Bachelorette country sanger Ty Brown pitched some Nashville woo at Ali Fedotowsky by pickin’ a geetar and singin’ the song “Living in the Moment” during the calendar shoot group date at the beach. For those that want to hear a little more of Hunk Williams, Jr., here are some videos of him performing live and in the studio!

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Jill Zarin responds to “haters,” contacts authorities

Real Housewives of New York City star Jill Zarin is firing back at what she calls her “haters.” This weekend Zarin stated that she was forced to contact authorities when these so-called haters posted her address online and requested that folks send threatening mail. The Season Three villain also used her public Facebook page as a platform to respond and defend her family. See the allegations and Jill’s responses, including plans to regulate her Facebook and Twitter accounts.

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Danielle Staub Recording A Song With Lori Michaels

Get ready: another housewife has decided that she has a beautiful voice that MUST be heard. This time it is the most hilarious/dangerous one! Real Housewives of New Jersey cast member Danielle Staub, former alleged “prostitution whore” is joining the ranks of Kim Zolciak and LuAnn de Lesseps as another ear abuser. This time, she’s…

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Teresa Giudice and Joe are broke; owe $11 million

And we all thought the Housewives in Atlanta and OC were broke! For two seasons we’ve all ogled Teresa and Joe Giudice’s flagrant opulence, as they bought designer clothes for their diva children, drove around a Cadillac Escalade, slapped down  gobs of money for Gia’s birthday, moved into a McCastle of onyx and marble in…

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Nene Leakes and Gregg Leakes divorce drama

Gregg Leakes got caught by radio show host Corey King, on air, admitting that he’s trying to divorce Nene Leakes (real name Lenithia Bonita Smith) and wants her to pay him back the $300,000 he spent making her into a Real Housewives of Atlanta franchise star. The pair have been coy to the media about…

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BOOK REVIEW: Is Real Housewives’ Danielle Staub / Beverly Merrill finally telling ‘The Naked Truth’?

The Naked Truth (written with help from Steven Pirgge) is reality star Danielle Staub’s chance to explain the story of her incredibly dark past, brought to light in season one of the The Real Housewives of New Jersey. But, instead of delivering on the promise of the title, the book piles layer after layer of cliches and excuses on top of whatever the truth may have been, and the only thing it reveals about Danielle Staub is that she can’t admit the truth – to us or herself.

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Shallon Lester of MTV’s Downtown Girls explains how she handles sex in the city

Just as the Sex and the City franchise is taken out behind the barn (or Moroccan desert) and inhumanely put down by writer/director Michael Patrick King, another group of sexy young Big Apple BFFs are ready to step up and take its place. Shallon, Gurj, Nikki, Victoria and Klo are the next New York City estrogeneration and the stars of MTV’s Downtown Girls, a “reality sitcom” that follows the lives of these five real girlfriends as they traverse the treacherous landscape of career, fashion and boys in the City That Never Sleeps.

At the helm of this friendship is Shallon Lester, a relationship blogger for Glamour.com’s Smitten and former gossip columnist for New York Daily News‘ Rush & Molloy and Gatecrasher. Just as this witty, pretty City kitty prepares to cross over from writing about celebrities to becoming one herself, she sat down with us to discuss dating, writing, why boys send girls penis pictures, and how hard it is for a girl to get everything she needs from just one guy.

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EXCLUSIVE Did The Bachelorette’s Ty Brown cheat on wife Lindsey Grant?

The Bachelorette contestant Ty Brown confessed to Ali Fedotowsky in Monday night’s episode that he had been married before, telling her he “got divorced and it was not a bad divorce, it was one of those things where it just wasn’t right.” Ty’s ex-wife Lindsey Grant has a different story to tell!

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Mug shot photo RHNY star Sonja Morgan arrested for DWI in Long Island!

Sonja Morgan, the New York Housewife with a heart of gold, forgot to not drive during a Long Island Memorial Day vacay after she partied like she was back on a Hooters yacht. According to The New York Post, the 46-year-old lusty divorcée sent a red flag to the coppers when she cruised right past…