Carole Radziwill has signed a six-figure deal to publish a pair of novels. The first, titled “The Widow’s Guide to Sex & Dating,” will be centered on “death, sex and love, in that order,” according a posting on Radziwill’s website. The Real Housewives of New York City cast member lost husband Anthony Radziwill to cancer in 1999. She’s actually an award-winning journalist and will earn $700,000 with Henry Holt & Co. by penning the aforementioned book, along with a collection of essays tentatively titled “Girl’s Guide to Life.” Will you give them a read?
On The Real Housewives of New Jersey “Reunion Part 3” we finally learn who really worked as a stripper in college. We recap all of the screeching accusations and surprising revelations in our THG +/- review. The Real Housewives husbands arrive and it isn’t long before they are all yelling at one another to “shut the f**k up!” Minus 12 . If only any of them would listen. the We continue to rehash the season as we see Kathy explain that in Jersey it’s proper to say someone in the family is “going away” instead of “going to jail.” Minus 11 . How many members of your family have to frequent a jail cell for you to come up with a separate term for it? Teresa swears she doesn’t go to the press with her personal life…they come to her. Duh. That doesn’t mean you have to answer them. But wait, I suppose if you want to cash their checks then answers are required. It’s both sad and funny that Teresa insists she’s asked her family not to talk about her family’s legal problems in the press but she talks about it in magazine and on TV. Minus 10. It’s almost as funny as Teresa insisting she’s never called Melissa a stripper. Why isn’t Bravo playing a montage of clips where Teresa has said exactly that? Minus 8. Joe Guicide is as eloquent as ever. When Andy asks him how he feels about possibly facing 10 years in prison, Joe responds with, “Yeah, whatever.” He also says the prosecutor can stick his plea deal. Time will tell if that’s a foolish answer. Teresa says they haven’t told their girls anything about this. Minus 15 . I hope she’s lying about that because you know the kids are hearing about it at school. It would be cruel for their parents not to prepare them for that. The feud between the Laurita’s and Guidice’s heats up as Joe says that Chris met Jacqueline in Vegas when she was working as a stripper. Jacqueline swears it’s a lie and shoots back with, “You piece of low life sh*t. And I hope you go to jail.” Plus 10 for clarity because the battle lines don’t get drawn much clearer than that. All of the stripper accusations prompt Joe Gorga to ask what’s the big problem with being a stripper? Chris Laurita one ups him with the best line of the night when he says, “We’re talking about strippers like we’re talking about serial killers.” Plus 20 . Very funny. But someone on that stage was a stripper. Can we get a drum roll for the big reveal? The Real Housewives stripper is…Joe Gorga. Plus 22 . Can’t you just picture exhibitionist Joe as a Chippendale dancer. He did it in college and has no problem admitting it. He made good money and had a lot of fun. I can’t stop laughing just thinking about it. It wasn’t Teresa’s sister-in-law who was the stripper. It was her brother. Things almost get boring as the men call one another bums and debate who grabbed whose crotch first in their drunken brawls. Minus 9. Does anyone really care? Finally Kim D takes the stage and minus 13 for giving this women the 15 minutes of fame she’s so desperately searching for. She doesn’t deserve it. Kim does admit she’s holding a grudge against Melissa for endorsing her competitor. Wow! Talk about being a vengeful b*tch. Then she claims that Angelo’s visit wasn’t a set up. It was just very convenient. Minus 12. Is anyone buying that? Caroline admits that after the fashion show incident, Kim D told her Teresa knew something was going down concerning Melissa. Then the screeching starts again and poor Andy must be deaf in one ear. Melissa says she’ll never even look at Teresa again. Teresa wants her to promise. Andy says this is a show about family. Minus 10. Yeah, the most dysfunctional family in history. Even as this ridiculous season comes to a close, Caroline insists that, “When there’s love there’s hope.” No offense, Caroline but I don’t think I’m going to hold my breath. We’ll have to wait and see who returns for season five. Bye bye to Jersey for now. Episode total = -48! Season total = -530!
The Real Housewives of New York City get hot and bothered on part one of their “Reunion” show. We recap all of the catty confrontations in our THG +/- review. “Holla!” is what Heather yells out in her opening clip of the show and it’s always annoyed me. She thinks it sounds real. Really? Minus 10 . It just sounds silly coming out of a grown woman’s mouth. Shocked, worried, and sad were the reactions when the new Housewives came on board and the old were let go. Who knew that boring and annoying would be the end result for the season. Minus 15 . Carole says as a journalist she was drawn to the spectacle that is the Housewives. Well, if she was searching for spectacle she certainly came to the right place. Oh must we watch the London trip one more time? It’s sort of painful. The Royal Wars between Carole and LuAnn are just pretentious nonsense. Minus 8 . “That’s not the kind of princess that I know.” LuAnn’s title dropping again. Honestly, this is the silliest fight. Carole’s being overly sensitive and LuAnn’s being dense. Carole accuses LuAnn of “friend jumping.” I think we’ve reverted back to the eighth grade. Minus 7 . Who knew there was so much animosity against LuAnn. Heather and Carole keep going after her about borrowing a dress from a designer. I’d give out extra points if they’d drop it. Carole said things in interviews that no one had any idea she was thinking, which makes me like her both more and less. Finally we move on but it’s only to talk about Aviva’s ex. Everyone has slept with Harry. You’d think they wouldn’t brag about it. It’s not like the guy’s a looker but I guess he has money and perhaps a certain amount of charm. That or he’s just really good in bed. Plus 10 to Aviva for asking that she and Sonja stop talking about their exes and their children. Too bad Sonja didn’t take the hint. Oh Aviva and her anxieties and issues are overwhelming when you put them all in one montage. Fear of heights, fear of flying, fear of elevators, tap water, etc., etc. OK being trapped for three hours while her leg was being eaten by a conveyor belt when she was six is completely horrifying. That would mess anyone up. It’s not the big bottle of anxiety that makes me dislike Aviva so much. It’s the mean girl streak that came out so frequently at the end of the season. Minus 12 . A viewer says Aviva makes everything about her phobias and at least she admits to it this time. Plus 10 . Now we move on to the Heather / Ramona wars. Neither one of them knows when to shut up. They even agree that that’s the truth of it. Plus 11 for burying the hatchet and not in one another’s backs this time. Watching the clips of Aviva’s craziness in St Barths is kind of scary. She really did come unhinged, even she admits to it. Plus 8 . Aviva tries to apologize but Sonja and Ramona aren’t buying it. I can’t say as I blame them. Aviva was vicious in her tirades against them. Maybe they got her meds right this time but I still don’t trust her. Plus 15 to Heather for calling LuAnn out on her bull. She absolutely stirred the pot in St. Barths. As Ramona put it, it was classic LuAnn. Aviva profusely apologizes but Ramona says she can’t forget how she bad mouthed her and Sonja in her blog even after the shows aired. She claims Aviva didn’t change her tune until the viewers began hating her. The viewers write in to hold Reid accountable for his comments as he called the women, “pent up cougars,” and “over weight girls gone wild.” Yeah, it wasn’t pretty. Minus 13 . It looks like the debacle on St Barths just won’t go away and we’ll rehash it all some more next week for part two. Episode total = -11! Season total = -366!
All is peaceful once again between Adrienne Maloof and Paul Nassif. For now, at least. A 90-day settlement has been reached between The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills cast member and her ex-husband, who have been exchanging vitriol in court over the last few weeks. Maloof, for example, has accused Nassif of choking the couple’s son. Now, though, sources tell TMZ that Adrienne will have custody of her three kids on weekdays and every other weekend, with Nassif watching over them on the other weekends. Both sides are reportedly content with the arrangement, though it will be revisited in 90 days, at which time a permanent schedule is expected to be enacted.
Porsha Stewart and Kenya Moore are joining The Real Housewives of Atlanta! On Thursday, Bravo announced the revamped cast of the hit show, which is now without Sheree Whitfield as it gears up for its Season 5 premiere in November. Sheree has been replaced by Moore, 38, who was crowned Miss USA in 1993 and is now works as a film and TV producer via her company, Moore Vision Media. Porsha Stewart, an Atlanta-raised socialite married to former NFL star Kordell Stewart and mom to stepson Syre, gives the show a second new face this fall. Predictably, Moore (left) and Stewart don’t exactly get along. One insider says: “Kenya has it out for [Porsha]. Kenya Moore is diva! Kenya is in the middle of every fight and stirs up a lot of s**t.” She’ll fit right in then. Kenya and Porsha join NeNe Leakes, Kim Zolciak, Phaedra Parks, Kandi Burruss and Cynthia Bailey. Kim apparently missed Bravo’s big group photo shoot. Check out a pic of the new (improved?) cast right here: Bravo also released The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season 3 trailer today. It’s going to be one crazy fall for the rich, famous and obnoxious …
They’re all coming back. Despite rumors and quotes to the contrary, all Season 2 cast members – including Camille Grammer and Taylor Armstrong – will play at least some role on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season 3. Bravo confirmed as much this week by releasing the first official cast photo for new episodes, which kick off November 5. It includes many familiar faces along with two brand new ones: Yolanda Foster and Marisa Zanuck . What can fans expect when these newbies join the scripted action? Season 3 will feature tension between Adrienne Maloof and Lisa Vanderpump, along with Kim Richards trying to remain sober and Armstrong continuing to suck as a human being. WATCH THE OFFICIAL TRAILER BELOW.
Kandi Burruss is taking her sex toy business to your front door. Literally! As she tells TMZ herself, The Real Housewives of Atlanta is expanding Bedroom Kandi to home sales, giving customers a chance to hold sex toy parties in their very own living room. “With Bedroom Kandi, no need to go out, we will bring the party to you and your girls,” Burruss says . “Our BK consultants are from across the country and with them we hope to create an entertaining and exciting way for them to become entrepreneurs.” The sex toy shindigs kick off on September 21. Will you slip gently into one?
The Real Housewives of New Jersey are blindsided when “A Bald Canary Sings,” or are they? We’ll recap who got set up and who set the trap in our THG +/- review. Let’s go back to the beginning.
