Viewer Mail Christmas Magic!

December 05, 2008

Ok I am going to get on the bus and just go with it. And I forced myself to stop, take a breath, and have a real look at the Rock Center Tree all lit up last night.

It was perty! What better way to celebrate the spirit of Jesus than to read some very intense viewer mail!?

Nene Speaks

December 04, 2008

There have been googlefulls of stories about Nene losing her home in the last 24 hours, so I emailed the "Real Housewife of Atlanta" to get to the bottom of the story. Here's what she said:

"The recent rumors alleging that my family faced an eviction are a huge misunderstanding and grossly inaccurate. I am truly blessed to enjoy a wonderful life and lifestyle. We have indeed moved to another home, but we did so on our own free will. We live in an absolutely beautiful home and we are fortunate to be able to live in the place of our choice. Unfortunately, there are many families who are facing real foreclosures and real evictions. That is not and never was the case with us. I know where we live and how we live, and for those blessings I am humbly thankful. It is disappointing that many members of the media have chosen to report gossip instead of news. Without wasting time on the details, the only thing I will say is that we were NOT evicted. Everybody knows that I like to be honest, real and upfront. If something was wrong, I would tell you! Thank you for your well wishes. However, please know that my family continues to be abundantly blessed, and that Miss NeNe has not skipped a beat!"

You GO, Nene. We will watch what happens...

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Christmas Is Melancholy

December 03, 2008

Do you care to guess what book this Lady is reading? This lady who I saw on the subway last night? This gal is ENGROSSED in a Joan Collins book. So I love that. She didn't see me take this picture. How could she, what with the drama unfurling on the pages of her "book". I'm all for it.

Last night was a sweet Bravo Karaoke Holiday celebration that featured all of us eating bready foods singing our faces off in front of each other. And now we have to face the same people this morning, without microphones or booze. I did a very poor job singing "Endless Love" with Francesca Sullivan. The whole thing was my fault because I made her be Lionel and she was used to the Diana part. (I am always Diana so there really was no option...) It was not amazing but she redeemed herself later and so did a ton of my co-workers who have incredible voices! I did not.

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Cosmic Tina

December 02, 2008

It's an evening to go deep with the ladies of OC with another new episode of "Real Housewives". So let me know how that goes...

Yesterday afternoon - just after the sun had set - a buddy of mine called telling me to meet him on the corner of 49th and Fifth Ave to see something amazing. The sight was not Beyonce rehearsing for the Christmas Tree lighting, but rather Mercury, Venus and the Moon all in a triangle. As opposed to Beyonce singing in the Plaza, which happens all the time, this planetary configuration only goes down once every 44 years or something, so I was glad to see it.

I was more glad to see the one and only TINA TURNER, who sold out Madison Square Garden last night. You know what's worth 2 bills? Seeing that 68 year old sing "Proud Mary"...

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Britney And I Are Sad

December 01, 2008

I spent so many hours at the fercockda St. Louis airport yesterday that I can barely remember what I did over my vacation. My airport hang was a result of my adamant refusal to call ahead and check to see if my flight was delayed, which I somehow deemed impossible. I paid the price and got to watch humans in very poor travel wear coming and going for three hours.

There were a lot of folks in shorts at the airport who were not necessarily going or coming somewhere hot. What does that mean? You're not ALLOWED to wear shorts in the winter, do people not know that?? By the way, if you were holding out hope for a renaissance of people dressing up for flights, move on. If they're charging three bucks for trail mix in coach, who's going to bother throwing on something more than stained shorts. The people in "sweatsuit alternatives" looked downright fancy yesterday.

I found the whole lot of wintertime shorts people depressing yesterday, but I may have had residual suicidal thoughts from my "brunch" with my family at a "restaurant" called First Watch. Has anyone ever been to one of these places? (It's a chain is why I ask.) Anyway, the eggs are fake (i.e. not real eggs) and it provides all the charm of eating in a hospital cafeteria. Or a hostel for the very elderly. It was very very very very sad, the whole place. Very VERY sad. And the waitress who tried SUPERhard to make it NOT sad actually made it worse.

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Happy Thanksgiving!

November 26, 2008

Before we chat about the Atlanta reunion, let's focus on the issue at hand: Thanksgiving. I am off to St. Louis, but before I split town, I called a few Bravolebrities to see how they're spending the holiday. Here, in two parts, is my chat with Atlanta diva NeNe, NYC Housewife Bethenny, Christian "Project Runway" Siriano, and Flipping Out's Jenni Pulos...

Well I am really curious what y'all thought of that Real Housewives of Atlanta reunion show and about the premiere of OC, so post away below. I thought the show was amusing, if not a little Springer-esque for my taste. Random thoughts:

I still don't totally know what Kim was sick with or what is happening with her hair, so I can't offer any info on that. I enjoyed that she said her hair has always been her signature. I just like that kind of self-awareness.

You could've knocked me over with a feather when Lisa went batshit on Kim. The Nene thing I was half-expecting, but I saw Lisa in a new light.

During a break, I referred to Sheree's ponytail as a "switch," which elicited a debate between us about the difference between a switch and a ponytail. Isn't a long pony that's clipped onto your hair called a switch? Am I dreaming? Talking to myself?

I love Dwight. And I love it that the gals were surprised that he appeared.

Real Husbands Eric, Greg, and Ed showed up to support their ladies at the taping.

I will be downloading "Tightrope" the second it comes out. I can't get the freaking song out of my head!

Hey, don't forget tonight's Top Chef Thanksgiving with the Foo Fighters, plus the premiere of Bravotv.com's "After the Knife," where we follow the eliminated chef back to reunite with the other cheftestants in the sequester house.

Nothing But Housewives

November 25, 2008

I saw "Milk" last night and I SHOULD be writing a state of the gay rights movement blog but that wouldn't be fair to the real stars of today, our Atlanta and OC "Housewives"... So before I get to "Milk" let me first present my chat with NeNe and OC's Vicki, featuring an amazing cameo from Bravo big Boss Lauren Zalaznick!

So what do you think of that video?? And how about LZ's cameo? That is what you might call "reality".

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