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‘Real House’-less NeNe Is Going to Break This Eviction Thing Down For You

4:15AM Kyle Buchanan | When the Great Pop Culture Doomsday concludes, none among us will have houses left standing, let alone refuge, succor, or our Blackberries. In that sense, then, Real Housewives breakout NeNe Leakes was ahead of the curve by getting evicted from her mansion, but she is not going to take the attendant bad press lying down! Patiently, NeNe waited for Bravo himbo Andy Cohen to stop blogging about whatever “trashy hookaaa” he was fixated on, then hijacked Cohen’s blog to release an official statement on the matter: More »

‘Real Housewife’ Kim Relates Gripping Story of Acquiring Fake Cancer At Chili’s

4:23AM Kyle Buchanan | A Thanksgiving dinner almost seems superfluous after the feast that was last night’s Real Housewives of Atlanta reunion special. There were almost too many highlights to name, though we’re sure that noted NeNe aficionado Anderson Cooper was squealing when the buxom breakout went flying at adulteress Kim Zolciak, screaming, “CLOSE YOUR LEGS TO MARRIED MEN! CLOSE YOUR LEGS TO MARRIED MEN!” (She then had to be sat on to avoid further confrontations.) Still, Kim proved her worth in one head-spinning, wig-justifying anecdote: More »

‘Runway’ Jack And ‘Chef’ Dale Trying To Make Love Work

7:00AM Defamer Hollywood | The sprouting of a new relationship is always a precarious matter, so it’s with a measure of reluctance that we pass along news that Top Chef runner-up Dale Levitski has found in Project Runway’s Jack Mackenroth a comrade-in-hunky-arms – someone to curl up with on a bearskin rug on cold winter nights and exchange Padma/Heidi horror stories. Having unwittingly signed a contract that forced them to disclose every intra-network sexual liaison from now until death, Bravo’s even-gayer internet arm (if one could even conceive of such a thing) Outzone.com has the saucy scoop: We picked up the phone and called Jack, who had this to say: “It’s very baby steps. I really like him a lot. And geography is a bit of an issue, but we’ll see where it goes. I like him a lot. I assume he likes me a lot. Unless he’s lying…(laughter)… He’s adorable. I like keeping it incestuous, keep it in the Bravo family.” SO we immediately had to call Dale, who told us, More »

5:45AM Defamer Hollywood | Revisiting Andy Cohen’s blog on Friday, something we hadn’t done for a while, kind of made us nostalgic for the guy, as no other blogging basic cable network executive really gives it to us straight the way Andy does. A return seemed in order, and today’s post certainly doesn’t disappoint: Andy on the 2 Girls 1 Cup internet phenomenon: “I can’t and won’t watch it.” Andy on Guy Ritchie’s night out with the NY Times: “[T]he writer catches up with a Singlet-Clad Guy at his wrassling class or wrestling meet or homoerotic night at group therapy or whatever it was.” And finally, Andy on meeting Helen Mirren: “She was very nice and wearing a black suit.” [Andy's Blog] More »

6:30AM Defamer Hollywood | Blogging Bravo executive extraordinaire Andy Cohen reports today that he was blindsided by the whole “Elizabeth Berkley hosting a show at his own network” thing. Isn’t that, like, his job? Or is he kidding? Was he also kidding about having “lice and crabs?” Do you agree with him that, “LA sucks. It SUCKS!” Discuss. [Andy's Blog] More »

Andy Cohen Wondering What That Dumpy America Girl Has That ‘Top Chef’ Doesn’t

5:20AM Defamer Hollywood | We enjoy nothing more on the day after the Emmys than to check in with Bravo executive Andy Cohen, on whom we can invariably rely for an uncensored, eyewitness take on the proceedings. Sadly, there is none of the ebullient, “Wowza!!!!!!” -chanting Andy of nomination day in today’s post, as much of the air appears to have been taken out of his sails by the roughly 80 people who accepted last night in his category for The Amazing Race. It was a bitter defeat that brought out an ugly side to the blogging bon vivant, who manages in a matter of just a few sentences to disparage such universally beloved figures as America Ferrera, Helen Mirren, and the show’s sexually ambiguous, label-divining host: During the retardando “Jersey Boys” tribute to the “Sopranos”, a colleague emailed me “help!”. I couldn’t agree more. When you’re in the house, they play clips from Emmys past during commercial breaks. The clips only made me depressed that I wasn’t there to see MTM and Harvey Korman and Isabel Sanford and Lucy. More »

Andy Cohen Defends Bravo’s Anti-Hanky-Panky Policies

4:45AM Defamer Hollywood | The New York cover story about former Bravo contestants contained a great many shocking revelations about life after reality TV – for example, that Project Runway’s first winner Jay McCarroll is currently homeless (we blame his McDonald’s Archcards dress for Kelis), that the mystery of “Where’s Andrae?” has finally been solved (he wound up back at Disney Hall, waiting tables, and that Runway Season 3 standout crackpot Vincent Libretti was last seen wandering naked near a Santa Monica laundromat, holding a placard warning passers-by to the impending “Blogspots Armageddon.” (Not actually reported in the article, but probably not far from the truth.) Predictably, Bravo corporate mouthpiece Andy Cohen rushed to the defence of his many equally adored reality show stepchildren, taking particular issue with the way New York’s reporter scoffed at the network’s policy of banning any contestant-on-contestant diddling: I thought the article was pretty good and fair…Until I got to what I think is a slam regarding the fact that nobody on these Bravo competish shows are allowed to sex it up together. Whaaaayt?? More »

Bravo’s Interns Not Likely To Bitch About Inhuman Working Conditions On Corporate Blog

7:30AM Defamer Hollywood | Our visits to BravoTV.com are usually spent reading about the latest in over-the-counter European pharmaceutical trends from executive raconteur and confidante to the stars, Andy Cohen. Today, however, Andy redirected us to a bold new initiative undertaken by the cable network’s online presence: There, nestled between a Padma Lakshmi post about what foods go best with dumping your fatwa’d spouse, and a terrifying slideshow tour of Paula Abdul’s subconscious, is the Bravo Interns’ Blog. Finally, the hard-working, fresh-faced kids who spend their summers thanklessly tracking down Xanadu: On Broadway house seats for a sock-eschewing overlord have a voice. Let’s check in with intern Rich, who is still grappling with the sometimes awkward mechanics of workplace culture: The other day I walked past a fellow Bravo employee early in the morning. We did the usual, “Good Morning”, “How was the weekend?”…etc. I walked in the offices, and went about my business. But about 15 minutes later, I had to go to the bathroom, which is at the other end of the building near the SNL studios. As I am walking down the hallway yet again, I see the same Bravo employee. Now I feel a little nervous. As we were the only two people in the hallway, I felt obligated to say something. What am I supposed to say this time around? We’ve already said our “Good Morning” to each other. More »