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The Real Housewives of New York City Season Finale Recap: All’s Well That Doesn’t End Well

It’s The Real Housewives of New York City and “All’s Well that Doesn’t End Well” in this season finale. As a matter of fact there are moments when it’s downright painful. We recap the anger, arguments, and lack of apologies in THG’s +/- review. Has anyone else had enough of the new girls this season?  Aviva is crazy but it’s hard to be entertained when she’s screeching every time she’s on the screen.  On the flip side Heather and Carole are simply boring.  Minus 20 . But back to our recap…Aviva brings her father along to Carole’s ping pong charity event.  All the man has to do is stay away from Ramona but apparently that’s too much to ask.  Minus 12. He’s got to go over and try to bait Mario.  At least Mario keeps everything civil. The ping pong event looked like a lot and something different from your normal fundraiser. Plus 9 .  And an extra plus 3 for Carole’s preppy little ping pong outfit that made her look like she just stepped out of 1955. Plus 10 to Heather who tells Aviva once again that she’s sick of having the same conversation where Aviva bitches about Ramona.  Unfortunately I doubt it will change anything. The next event is Heather’s fashion show to raise money for organ donation.  It features her Yummy Tummy collection and she asks Aviva to walk in the show.  What could go wrong? Just before she’s about to hit the catwalk, Aviva tells Heather she doesn’t want to wear the jacket.  Heather’s planned this show down to the finest detail and the jacket is part of the outfit.  She explains this to Aviva but apparently it goes in one ear and out the other. Aviva chooses to walk sans jacket anyway.  Minus 15 .  What a selfish, arrogant…I don’t want to start name calling. I’ll start to sound like Aviva. But Heather takes the high road and decides to let it go.  Plus 11 for being the better person. Unfortunately her good will is all used up by the time she comes face to face with Sonja and Ramona. Minus 10 because Ramona and Sonja are horribly rude during the runway show.  They’re loud and obnoxious and I’m not sure they ever even looked up at the catwalk. Sonja seemed just fine about the toaster oven packaging at the meeting but once she and Ramona start interrogating the photographer, things are no longer so happy. What Sonja and Ramona seem to forget is that all of this was done for free!  How can Sonja possibly complain about anything? The wave of discontent spills over into Carole’s book party.  After hearing the summary of her book, I don’t think I’d ever buy it. Minus 9. Then Heather’s husband asks Ramona about Aviva and Aviva’s antennae go wild.  It’s like she’s just waiting for Ramona to speak her name so she can go on the attack. Aviva completely loses it once again and Ramona soon follows. Minus 12 . It would be entertaining if we hadn’t watched this same scene ten time this season.  I’m with Heather on this one.  How many times can you listen to the same fight? Aviva seems torn between George being a hero and a victim.  And Minus 10 to Heather and Carole. At Ramona’s fundraiser they seemed to take her side that George was wrong but now with Aviva screeching like a lunatic, they back her.   I think being two faced is a prerequisite for being on a Housewives show. In the end the recap is pretty boring… Ramona is still keeping her distance from Aviva…until an exorcism can be performed.  I don’t blame her. Sonja’s life with her ex and her toaster oven is still in limbo. Heather’s got nothing new going on. LuAnn and Jacques are letting nature take it’s course. Sounds like baby making is on shaky ground. Aviva still waiting for an apology from Ramona. Carole’s working on making her book into a TV show and she and Russ are now officially dating. Ho hum.  Perhaps we do need Aviva screaming at Ramona to keep things interesting.  Will anything new come out at next week’s reunion? EPISODE TOTAL: -55! SEASON TOTAL: -355!

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The Voice Recap: Last of the Blind Auditions

The Voice’s Blind Auditions have come to an end at last. Four teams of 16 have now advanced. Yep, 16. The bigger rosters made the opening round drag on a bit toward the end, but the coaches still entertained throughout. All four coaches added their final two team members last night, with the Battle Rounds set to begin next week. Let’s take a look at who made it though Monday … Team Adam Levine Adam, picked up Caitlin Michele, a 20-year-old whose “Cosmic Love” wowed him enough to turn around, and Kayla Nevarez, whose “American Boy” also intrigued Xtina: Caitlin Michelle – Cosmic Love (The Voice Blind Audition) Kayla Nevarez – American Boy (The Voice Blind Audition) Team Christina Aguilera The self-proclaimed fat girl beat out Blake and Adam out for Nathalie Hernandez, then bested Blake and Cee Lo for the rights to Celica Westbrook after “A Thousand Years” … Celica Westbrook – A Thousand Years (The Voice Blind Audition) Nathalie Hernandez – White Horse (The Voice Blind Audition) Team Blake Shelton The country star picked up Nicole Johnson and Rudy Parris, both of which felt tailor made to join Team Shelton, even if others made good cases: Rudy Parris – Every Breath You Take (The Voice Blind Audition) Nicole Johnson – Mr. Know It All (The Voice Blind Audition) Team Cee Lo Green Finally, the round mound of sound filled out his squad for Chevonne, a backup singer for Lady Gaga, and Cody Belew, who was awesome on “Hard to Handle” … Chevonne – Brass in Pocket (The Voice Blind Audition) Cody Belew – Hard to Handle (The Voice Blind Audition) Who do you think was the best of the night? Whose team is tops overall? Who is your favorite judge? Any predictions for a winner in the early stages? Discuss!

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‘X Factor’ MC Astro Calls Drake’s Take Care ‘A Classic’

‘I feel like I’m trying to be a part of that group that brings hip-hop back,’ pint-size rapper tells MTV News backstage. By Gil Kaufman, with reporting by Jim Cantiello Astro Photo: MTV News While many of his fellow contestants were getting dinged for not going hard enough on Wednesday night’s rock-themed episode of “X Factor,” that was not a problem for pint-size sensation Astro. The swagtastic 15-year-old rapper with the heart of a champion put up another great performance with a cover of Diddy’s “I’ll Be Missing You.” And though he’s lamented that hip-hop is dead and he’s the one to bring it back, Astro did make an exception for one artist he thinks is killing it right now. “You can’t not say Jay-Z,” he told MTV News’ Jim Cantiello after the show when asked to name anyone besides the Jiggaman who is on top of their game right now. “That has to be included. Jay, Kanye, Lupe [Fiasco], Pharrell … Drake? That album is classic,” he added about the Canadian MC’s just-released Take Care. “Everything from the artwork, the inside pictures. Drake is awesome, and I feel like I’m trying to be a part of that group that brings hip-hop back also.” Astro — whose song fit the rock theme if only because Diddy sampled the Police classic “Every Breath You Take” — paid homage to a number of fallen hip-hop greats during his performance. Surrounded by huge video screens scrolling the names of late rap icons including Tupac, Heavy D , Left Eye and Jam Master Jay, judge L.A. Reid’s prot