Shannon Beador Casted Her Vote In The 2018 Real Housewives Awards

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Bravo Orders New ‘Real Housewives of the 1960s' Show

TheWrap.com:

Bravo has got a brand new bag full of shows to fill up its now seven-night programming schedule this fall, including yet another “Real Housewives” series — but this one comes with a retro twist.

The NBCU cable network has ordered eight new series, it was announced Monday by Rachel Smith, senior vice president development, Bravo Media.

The slate includes “Real Housewives of the 1960s,” an “imaginative docu-series, a cast of modern women will be sent back to the 1960s to experience the ultimate era of the American Housewife,” and “Gold With Envy,” a reality show that follows the personal life of the host of ‘The Breakfast Club” radio show, DJ Envy.

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'Real Housewives' Franchise Returning To Florida

TMZ.com:

The 'Real Housewives' are headed back to the Sunshine State, but it won't be to Miami.

TMZ has learned that Bravo has already hired casting directors for a new franchise in Florida, but they aren't set on a location. West Pam Beach, Fort Lauderdale and Boca Raton are all on the table.

What Bravo's looking for is drama and they'll go wherever they can find good storylines. Miami had a 3-season run and produced household names like Joanna Krupa and Larsa Pippen, but the ratings were terrible.

Fact is ... Miami really is an attractive option, what with South Beach. But in the Housewives world, the city is tainted, so it's off to greener pastures, or intracoastals.

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'The Real Housewives of Housewives' Tour Has Allegedly Been Cancelled

PerezHilton.com:

Sorry, Real Housewives fans! 

We'd heard it was a possibility but now the pain is Real — the Real Housewives Live Tour has been canceled. 

If you were one of the very, VERY few who bought tickets, you may have noticed your event was dropped from the schedule. But it isn't just you. 

The tour featuring RHOA's Cynthia Bailey, Kandi Burruss, and Kenya Moore, along with RHONY's Sonja Morgan and Dorinda Medley just didn't have enough fans on board, so every date has been scrapped. 

Just take a look at the Ticketmaster schedule: 

Fans who were looking forward to the event shared their annoyance on Twitter, writing:

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Kyle Richards Talks Erika Girardi's Upcoming Teary Moments on RHOBH: "I Was So Taken Aback"

BravoTV.com:

There's always plenty of drama among the ladies of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, but let's not forget how much friendship there is, too. It has been particularly lovely to see Kyle Richards' friendship with Erika Girardi bloom even more this season. We mean, when someone treats you like a VIP on a Grecian getaway, that pretty much seals the deal that you're going to be friends for life, right?

But Kyle recently told The Daily Dish that she initially bonded with Erika on a deeper level. "From the moment Erika joined the show, I immediately liked her. We both had in common that we had our kids really young, and we just sort of started bonding over being young moms. I just liked her," Kyle gushed. "Now that she's been on the show, it's her second season, we've gotten closer and closer and I'm really enjoying my time with her." 

And that fab trip to Greece certainly helped. "We had so much fun, we really did," Kyle said. "Each trip and each time with any of the Housewives when we travel, people get closer and you learn a lot about people, and I think you could see that we enjoy each other's company."

Though we're slowly peeling back the layers on Erika this season, Kyle said that she feels like they've gotten to a place where the club hit queen can be more open with her. "Erika lets down her guard more with me, I think, just because we hit it off right away. I think coming into the Housewives, a lot of women have a lot of distrust. I don't know why," Kyle said with a laugh. "Lisa Vanderpump and I have been there for seven years, and I see the newbies come in. I feel bad for them. I think, 'God, it must be kind of weird to step into this arena and some people have never even been in front of a camera before,' so it can be scary. So it takes a little while to get close to people, but I think Erika and I just kind of clicked right away." 

Kyle also teased what we can expect to see from the usually calm, cool, and collected Erika during those surprising teary moments of hers featured in this season's trailer. "Each season you get to know each Housewife more and more, I think, and with Erika, she let her guard down a little bit more towards the end of the season," Kyle said. "So I think the audience will see another side of her, and she's gonna open up."

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Bravo Rocks The Vote with Election-Inspired Real Housewives Awards

Bravotv.com:

Forget diamonds and rosé, this year the Real Housewives Awards are all about the red, white, and blue. For the third annual event — which, of course, is a celebration honoring the most unforgettable and buzziest moments from recent seasons — the Real Housewives Awards is putting its own spin on the presidential election. How? Well, with categories like Secretary of Shade, Speaker of the Housewives, and Plastic Surgeon General, and the fact that one of the women will be voted into the highest office in all the land: President. Yes, president. 

Bethenny Frankel, Kandi Burruss, Lisa Vanderpump, Teresa Giudice, Karen Huger, LeeAnne Locken, and Vicki Gunvalson are all vying for the distinction. Other important categories include Chief of Staff, Director of Housewives Relations, Secretary of the Interior Design, Style Ambassador, Head of the Real Bureau of Investigation, and Chief of Laughs.

Starting October 4, you can vote at BravoTV.com/RHAwards or vote via the Bravo Now app. And, yes, every vote counts. So get to it! 

This year's Real Housewives Awards will culminate in a special edition of Watch What Happens Live airing Monday, November 7 at 11/10c. Andy Cohen will not only be announcing the winners in each category, but he'll also have the honor of swearing in the first Housewives President.

Before that fateful day, fans can check out even more content on BravoTV.com, including our candidates' stances on The Issues as well as passionate campaigns from some of the biggest Housewives superfans. The time is now, so get out and vote!

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Is Dallas the Next Real Housewives City?

USmagazine.com:

Everything’s bigger in… While there have been shows in Orange County, Beverly Hills, New York City, Atlanta, and New Jersey (plus, RIP Miami and Washington, D.C.), never have the Real Housewives hailed from the great state of Texas — until, possibly, now! A Housewives source exclusively tells Us Weekly that the next city for the Bravo franchise will be Dallas. 

“All of the filming has been done, and it will be announced soon,” the source dishes. 

n fact, just this week, Housewives creator Andy Cohen teased a new city on the SiriusXM show Reality Checked with Amy Phillips. 

“I do [think there will be a new Housewives city], sooner than you think,” he noted. 

And though fans would clearly love a Dallas installment of the Housewives empire — the hair! the ranches! the cowboys! — Bravo could go in the direction of Housewives-adjacent shows like Ladies of London or Married to Medicine for this new Dallas-set series. 

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Bravo Announces Second Annual REAL HOUSEWIVES AWARDS; Vote Now

BroadwayWorld.com:

Bravo Media today announced the launch of the second annual "Real Housewives Awards," a celebration dedicated to honoring the most unforgettable and buzziest moments from recent seasons of "The Real Housewives" franchise. Fans can visit BravoTV.com/RHAwards or access the Bravo Now app to vote for their favorite moments and Housewives. This year, Bravo has five new awards with a total of 11 categories (listed below).

The 11 categories include:

· Rookie of the Year

· Best Supporting Agitator · OMG Moment

· Most-LOL Worthy (New Category)

· Best Quote

· Biggest Reunion Shocker

· Realest Reconciliation (New Category)

· Best Housewife Comeback (New Category)

· Most Stunning Interview Look (New Category)

· Miss Congeniality (New Category)

· Lifetime Achievement Award (Non-Voting category)

On Monday, September 14 at 11pm ET/PT, Bravo will air a special "Watch What Happens Live" episode devoted to the "Real Housewives Awards." Host Andy Cohen sits down with Ramona Singer and Tamra Judge to announce several of the winners including "The Lifetime Achievement Award," "Rookie of the Year," "OMG Moment" and "Most LOL-Worthy." The remaining honorees will be revealed along with the full list of winners that night on BravoTV.com, Facebook and Twitter.

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Erika Jayne (Allegedly) Joins the Cast of "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills"

EOnline.com:

The cast of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills has added another beautiful blond to its lineup.

E! News has learned that Erika Jayne will be the newest face seen on the hit Bravo series during the new season. However, it's too soon to tell if she'll join the show as a Housewife or become a supporting cast member.

Bravo had no comment on the casting news.

Jayne, a singer with eight No. 1 dance songs on the US Billboard Club/Dance chart, and her husband are friends with RHOBH stars Yolanda and David Foster, and a source tells E! News she's already begun filming with the cast.

"She brings a young energy," the source tells us. "And she has sex appeal. She's married but she loves to party and have fun."

As we already know, we'll be missing some familiar faces for season six. Back in June, E! News exclusively confirmed that our favorite unfiltered blond, Brandi Glanville, would not be returning to the series as a fulltime Housewife.

Brandi joined the cast as a "friend" of the Housewives in season two and instantly clashed with many women, including Kyle and Kim Richards. Once season three came, she was promoted to a fulltime cast member and remained on the show up until last season.

Kim, who has openly been struggling with her sobriety, will also not be returning as a fulltime cast member. "Kim is fine with not returning. She knows she needs to focus on her health right now," a source told us at the time.

Meanwhile, Kyle, Lisa Vanderpump, Eileen Davidson, Yolanda and Lisa Rinna are all expected to return.

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Watch Amy Schumer, Bill Hader and Judd Apatow Reenact a Real Housewives Scene

TIME.com:

Amy Schumer has been making the late-night rounds promoting her new movie Trainwreck, but you wouldn’t be faulted for thinking she’s promoting the Real Housewives franchise instead. After poking fun at the series with a fake audition video, she and co-star Bill Hader and director Judd Apatow acted out a scene from Real Housewives of New York during an appearance on Andy Cohen’s Watch What Happens Live. Schumer played Sonja Morgan, Apatow played Countess LuAnn de Lesseps and Hader played Bethenny Frankel, and the result is as over-the-top and ridiculous as the show they’re parodying.

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Real Housewives Survey

Readers!

Taking a minor break from the usual posts here to ask that if you have some spare time (roughly 8 to 10 minutes), please do a fellow loyal reader a favor and take her survey on The Real Housewives franchise. This survey will assist the reader in her dissertation and needs to be done by this Sunday.

To complete the survey, please click HERE.

Your participation is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Socialite Dorinda Medley to Join ‘Real Housewives of New York’?

PageSix.com:

The newest cast member of Bravo’s long running “Real Housewives of New York City” could be blond socialite Dorinda Medley, a source tells Page Six.

Medley was married to former George Soros partner and chief economist for the US House Banking Committee Richard Medley, who passed away in 2011. The couple met when she was a real estate broker, helping him find a townhouse.

Dorinda was heard telling a group of women, including current cast member Ramona Singer, that she was joining the show during a ladies’ brunch hosted by Erika and Debra Wasser for Glam & Go at David Burke in Bloomingdale’s just before Thanksgiving.

Our source says that many women on the show have been whispering that Bethenny Frankel, who’s returning to the series after a long hiatus, won’t be enough to boost sagging ratings.

A source close to the production confirms that they are shooting with Dorinda, but she’s not yet confirmed as a full-time cast member.

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"Real Housewives" Co-Creators Sue Bravo For $5Mil Over Royalties

TMZ.com:

A legal war just erupted among the co-creators of "Real Housewives" ... with 2 of them saying the 3rd royally screwed them over and cut them out of the royalties.

Here's the backstory ... 3 guys in the O.C. got together in 2005 and came up with the idea for a show about the housewives who lived behind the gates of a fancy community. They knew something about it ... since 1 of them lived in the exclusive Coto de Caza gated community.

The original name for the show was "Behind the Gates" ... but it became "Real Housewives of Orange County" the following year.

According to 2 of the guys -- Patrick Moses and Kevin Kaufman -- they all agreed to split the profits. They had a deal with Bravo, but according to the lawsuit Moses and Kaufman filed, the 3rd guy -- Scott Dunlop -- made a secret side deal with Bravo which cut them out.

Moses and Kaufman say in 2009 they were offered a paltry $8,500 each to release their interests in the project ... and Kaufman actually agreed. But now both are claiming the release is bogus and they want full participation in the entire franchise.

The 2 guys want $5 mil minimum from Bravo and Dunlop.

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EOnline Has A "Best Housewife Ever" Contest Going On

Forget to blog about this earlier, but it's still not too late to vote what with 8 contestants left (including somehow Kim Zolciak) and voting ending tomorrow at 5pm. My vote would be for Ramona Singer, but unfortunately she's no longer in the running:

Welcome to the elite.

That's right, we're down to just eight ladies in our Best Housewife Ever tournament, which is finally deciding once and for all who is the all-time favorite star of the Real Housewives franchise.

There have been many surprises, including the early exits of favorites such as NeNe Leakes and Bethenny Frankel, and the Sweet 16 saw the shocking departures of The Real Housewives of Orange County's Tamra Barney, Beverly Hills' Brandi Glanville and RHONY's Ramona Singer.

So who is Bravo's ultimate Housewife? That's up to you!

Still left in the competition? Vicki Gunvalson, Caroline Manzo, Teresa Giudice, Shannon Beador, Kenya Moore, Jacqueline Laurita, Lisa Vanderpump and Kim Zolciak.

Voting in this round closes at 5 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 1, which means you totally can say you have plans this holiday weekend: voting for your favorite Housewife so that she lands a spot in the semi-finals!

Aside from securing the ultimate bragging rights at their next showdown on their respective show, The winner's coronation will reach almost 30 million people, as it will be announced on E! Online and all of our social media platforms. Plus, the winning Housewife will also be invited onto the E! News set to receive a prestigious (and, possibly, hilarious) award trophy, to be aired in front of our global E! audience. 

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Andy Cohen Responds to Fan Backlash . . . There Will Be No More Props at Reunions

Wetpaint.com:

While Andy Cohen was certainly in a tough spot during Sunday night’s first reunion episode of Real Housewives of Atlanta — he was literally caught in the crossfire when Porsha Williams weave-snatched Kenya Moore — but he may have been in an even worse spot afterwards with the reality show’s fans!

The skirmish between Porsha and Kenya was already public knowledge, thanks to Ms. Moore calling 911 after the taping. And as much as we all were secretly anticipating being able to see the much-touted drama unfold on-screen, the actual events were somewhat jarring to watch. Many fans agree with us, and they’re not letting exec producer Andy off the hook for allowing Kenya to bring those provocative props.

“Call me crazy guys but I didn't see that coming. I hear y'all about the props but at the time I didn’t see that result coming,” he explained after receiving a number of upset tweets about the situation, adding, “if I thought it was going to go there I obviously would've taken the bullhorn away asap.”

However, that doesn’t mean that Andy is siding with Porsha and her actions, either. When one fan wrote, “how would you feel if you were on the receiving end of the megaphone,” Andy threw back, “I wouldn't like it but I wouldn't get up out of my seat either.” 

And it wasn’t just the viewers who took issue with how things were handled. RHoA star and reunion attendee NeNe Leakes also spoke out on the props issue, stating, “This is what happens when u hire ppl 2 be on the show who has NOTHING 2 lose & will do anything for 2$. Bring props should b again all rules.” She also repeated this sentiment on her blog.

After hours of angry tweets poured in, the Watch What Happens Live host had heard enough. “It's official - no more props at reunions,” he mandated, probably sending Kenya (and many other Housewives) into a tizzy. 

But don’t you fret — that doesn’t include those trusty printouts that pop up as “evidence” every year. As one follower wisely pointed out, “but the ladies can still bring evidence, right? text messages,  printouts, voicemail? : ) #ReunionRulesbyBravo,” to which Andy affirmed, “yes!!!” #Thankgod.

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Real Housewives Awards Winners List Announced: Vicki Gunvalson and Kenya Moore,Amongst Others Honored

USmagazine.com:

Not all housewives are created equal. Bravo announced the results of its first-ever Real Housewives Awards, sharing the winners' list -- according to online votes -- over the weekend. Perhaps shockingly, the women of Real Housewives of New York and Miami were completely overlooked among the list of winners. The drama-prone women of the Garden State, Hotlanta and 90210 walked away with the most awards. Check out the hilarious "honorees" below and tell Us: Do you agree with the results?

Best Supporting Agitator: Kim D. of Real Housewives of New Jersey.
Most Memorable Outfit: Kenya's Phaedra outfit from Real Housewives of Atlanta.
Rookie of the Year: Kenya Moore of Real Housewives of Atlanta.
Most Shocking Reunion Twist: Briana's revelations about Brooks on Real Housewives of Orange County.

Party of the Year: NeNe Leakes pillow talk party on Real Housewives of Atlanta
Favorite Quote: "This is too bitchy I shouldn't say it – but I'm awfully glad I did," Lisa Vanderpump, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
OMG-est Moment of the Year: Joe-vs-Joe in Lake George on Real Housewives of New Jersey
Best Fight Locale: A bridal shop on Real Housewives of Atlanta
Loveliest Locks: Joyce Giraud, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

Outstanding Achievement in Extremely Short Form Live Action: Kim "faints" from Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
Favorite Real Housewives City: Beverly Hills
Lifetime Achievement Award: Vicki Gunvalson, Real Housewives of Orange County.

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Bravo Launches the First 'Real Housewives' Awards

EW.com:

You know what’s better than watching the Real Housewives fight on television? Pitting them against each other in an awards competition — one where you get to decide who wins! At least, that’s what Bravo is banking on as it launches the first annual Real Housewives Awards. Viewers of the franchise’s various shows can support their favorite housewife by voting in the following 12 categories:

Most Memorable Outfit
Most Shocking Reunion Twist
Loveliest Locks
Best Fight Locale
Rookie of the Year
Best Supporting Agitator
Party of the Year
Favorite Quote
OMG-est Moment of the Year
Outstanding Achievement in Extremely Short Form Live Action (think GIFs)
Favorite Housewife City (fans can vote by liking and sharing photos on Facebook)
Lifetime Achievement Award (non-voting category)

If your memory is feeling stretched thin and perhaps in need of a gluten-free power shake, fear not: Bravo is airing two marathons to help remind you which ladies deserve which award, the first on Saturday, Feb. 15 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and the second on March 22 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

To find out who the lucky winners are, tune in on March 20 for an exclusive first look at The Real Housewives of New York City at 8:45 p.m. During the special, Andy Cohen will announce the winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award. Most of the remaining winners will be announced on Sunday, March 23. And, just to draw out the anticipation even further, the last two categories’ results will be announced on Watch What Happens Live.

Voting begins now at BravoTV.com/rhawards or on the Bravo Now app and will remain open until March 21.

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