Real Housewives of Beverly Hills reality TV star Lisa Vanderpump says she felt ambushed during Part 1 of the shows reunion episode, an ambush she says likely happened because she was “out of the loop.”

Vanderpump appeared on Good Day LA to discuss the barrage in which she says she was out of touch with the shows other female stars because she was busy planning her daughter’s wedding and opening a new restaurant while the other ladies were working together to go after her and her actions on the popular reality TV series.

When host Steve Edwards joked about the other ladies gaining up on her on purpose she agreed and said it was an elaborate conspiracy in which  ”Adrienne did say to Brandi, ‘Oh, let’s meet the night before,’ and Brandi declined. I know that for a fact.”

Drama between Vanderpump is nothing new, at one point Adrienne Maloof claimed that she was selling gossip to Radar Online, a rumor that the celebrity gossip website has since denied. Maloof and Vanderpump also have competing shoe lines for which Vanderpump nicknamed Maloof’s shoeline “The Maloof Hoof.”

It’s still unclear what type of “ambushing” might occur when the second half of the Reunion special airs but you can find out via the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Reunion Part 2 which first airs on Monday at 9 p.m. EST on Bravo.

Do you think the “ambushing” was warranted based on Lisa Vanderpump’s actions towards the other Real Housewives or were they just bullying her for the sake of better TV ratings?

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Kathy Griffin fans are getting a late Christmas present, while her detractors and targets are checking their stockings one last time before relegating them to storage, only to find a lump of coal. The Emmy-Award winning comedian has just been granted a one-hour weekly talk show, creatively titled Kathy, to air on Bravo.

So what will the show be about, and when can we expect to Tivo it?

At today’s Television Critics Association Press Tour in Pasadena, Bravo introduced Kathy, calling it a “piercing take on the week’s news,” everything from the biggest headlines to the lowliest celebrity gossip. The show will also “feature stand-up routines, celebrity interviews and taped segments.”

So it’s The Daily Show, but without a funny host and on an unfunny channel, and it’s coming to a living-room near you this spring.

What else is on the lineup for Bravo this year? George Clooney will be on Inside the Actor’s Studio January 31st, and the cast and crew of Glee will headline the program later this year.

Aside from Kathy, several reality-themed shows are filling Bravo’s programming slots, Shahs of Sunset, Interior Therapy with Jeff Lewis, Million Dollar Listing New York, Love Broker, Around the World in 80 Plates, and Don’t Be Tardy for the Wedding. Most of the new shows are spin-offs from old programming featuring familiar faces or premises, while Shahs of Sunset is a new documentary about Persian-American youth, courtesy of Ryan Seacrest Productions.

So are you going to be watching Griffin’s new show or do you predict another dud for the actress and comedian?

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While not yet confirmed word has it that Taylor Armstrong of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is getting axed before the new season goes into production. According to reports Bravo and the shows other actresses have become fed up with Taylor’s constant crying and “neediness” which in turn has led to her ouster.

You may recall that Taylor’s husband Russell Armstrong killed himself in August while at the Los Angeles home of a family friend. Taylor discovered her husbands body after nearly 10-years together.

Taylor claimed that she suffered years of emotional, verbal, and physical abused at Russell’s hands and while that may or may not be the case her co-stars are apparently sick of her constant pity parties

The The National Enquirer claims Bravo’s Head of Programming Andy Cohen has given Armstrong the pink slip at the prodding of his other stars, according to one studio insider:

“The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills was turning into the Taylor Armstrong therapy. Whenev­er the wives are together, Taylor would somehow manage to start crying and complaining about her life. Taylor is telling friends that the show was the only income she had to take care of herself and her 5-year-old daughter Kennedy. But she drove everyone away with her neediness.”

You may have seen Armstrong on  Access Hollywood’s last week the soon to be former reality TV star said she would love to return for a new season, noting:

“I love my cast and Bravo has been amazing to me. I’m absolutely open to it,” while adding, “Again, it depends the most for me on whether it’s the right choice for [my daughter] Kennedy. I really have to see how she’s doing and make sure it’s the right choice for her.”

With the amount of botox Armstrong has underwent it will be hard to tell if she’s truly sad about leaving the show based on her one facial expression. Are you happy to see Taylor leaving the show or do you think she added some type of needed element to the reality TV series?

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Patti Stanger is making the traditional “I’m sorry please don’t end my career” rounds today after insulting gay and jewish men last week.

Speaking to TMZ she says of her homophobic and anti-Semitic remarkds:

“I am so sorry. I did not mean to offend anyone with my comments last night.”

The comments she is referring to happened on Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live when she said gay men are incapable of monogamy while she added ”There is no curbing gay men … I have tried.” She went on to add “Jewish men lie.”

Taking the apology one step further Bravo offered their own apology noting:

“[Patti's] comments are not representative of the network’s beliefs and opinions.  We apologize for the offense it caused.”

Perhaps Patti Stanger and Mel Gibson can form their own reality show together where they run around shouting inappropriate comments at people and then offering half sincere apologies through TMZ a week later.

Do you feel like her rather short and less than stellar comment was enough to make up for her very disappointing comments.

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Have the Real Housewives of New York City finally pulled too many fights even for the likes of Bravo? A new rumor is circulating around the web which claims that four housewives won’t return next season.

According to rumors Cindy Barshop, Alex McCord, Kelly Bensimon and Jill Zarin will not return for the next season of the popular reality TV show.

Fans of the show are very aware of the tensions that have continued to climb over the last several season as the lady’s have squared off into high school type cliques known as “The Brunettes” and “The Blondes.”

It’s still not clear if the direction Bravo is possibly choosing to take  has anything to do with feuding members, it could simply be that after four seasons producers want to introduce some new blood into the show to revitalize ratings and the overall feel of the show.

According to Jill Zarin’s rep:

“The truth is that Jill is still in discussions with Bravo for season 5 and hasn’t made a final decision about returning to the show.”

Cindy Barshop goes on to tell HuffPost Celeb:

“Nothing is 100 [percent] decided yet, it could go either way.”

McCord reveals on her and husband Simon’s Facebook page:

“Simon & I are still under consideration for season 5 & we’ll know one way or another very soon. I have to laugh at all the purported ‘insiders’ giving ‘off the record’ quotes. Some of the things I’ve read are frankly just absurd.” However, in an interview with New York Live, Countess Luann de Lesseps reveals, “Apparently there are 3 or 4 women being traded in and out.”

If the rumors are true who would you like to see leaving the show?

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Three weeks ago Russell Armstrong commited suicide and that death sent ripples through the cast of Bravo’s Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and now the ladies are opening up about the estranged husband of show star Taylor Armstrong.

Reality TV stars Adrienne Maloof, Kyle Richards and Lisa Vanderpump, along with executive producer Douglas Ross sat down for a candid interview with Today Show’s Savannah Guthrie and revealed details about Armstrong’s suicide and the effects it left on everyone around him.

When asked about Taylor and her 5-year-old daughter Kennedy, Maloof told Guthrie that she had spoken with Taylor about her husband’s passing at the wake and “as is to be expected, she was very beside herself, obviously going through such a tragic … and I think her concern is her little girl now.”

Talk then turned to the show and it’s dealings with the couple. Producers had chosen to focus the premiere episode on the couple’s deteriorating relationship before the suicide, a view that has since change. According to Ross:

“We, along with the network, took a hard look at the show and we decided to do some adjustments where appropriate in light of the circumstances. Our goal has always been to make an honest and accurate story about the ladies and what goes on in their life. We want to be and always are respectful and responsible, and in this case, trying to be very appropriate.”

Ross also revealed that some of Russell’s scenes had been cut from the upcoming season, although he would still appear since ” it is important to know that Taylor’s story is told throughout the season.”

When asking if it was wrong to keep Russell around for season two Richards responded by revealing:

“He also signed up for this season one, and came back for season two. When we started this show they cast six strong women and they didn’t really know anything about our stories. … We certainly didn’t know the troubles that he had.”

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills season two premieres at 9 p.m. tonight  premieres tonight at 9 p.m. and then the Housewives cast will host an after-show session in which they will be commenting on the suicide.

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Ryan Seacrest and the Bravo TV network are attempting to create some Jersey Shore type buzz of their own by creating a new reality TV show surrounding the Persian American community and some of their colorful expat community members.

The network announced on Wednesday that Seacrest is working with the network on a show tentatively titled “Shahs of Sunset” which will focus on the often colorful Iranian expat community of Los Angeles.

Seacrest said in a statement:

“The series will offer rich characters and relatable storylines about everyday life — love, work, friendship and family — steeped in a diverse culture, which is wildly entertaining and fun.”

Finding a few expats to feature shouldn’t be hard since more than 800,000 people of Persian ancestry live in the city, most on the Westside. Iranians moved in droves to the country when the shah fell in 1979 and many who came to Los Angeles found success and their lifestyles show those achievements as they drive around in chromed-out cars, carry designer purses and in many cases flaunt their lifestyles just like the kids of the Jersey Shore.

Bravo does add that the younger members of the community aren’t just designer wearing, car flaunting children, they also “know the value of family and tradition.”

Ryan Seacrest will be the shows executive producer, Seacrest is quickly becoming a veteran of the reality TV show business, aside form his time on American Idol he has produced several Kardashian shows and Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution.

At this time it’s still not clear how the show will be produced, for example will the characters be forced to live together like the cast of Jersey Shore or will they live apart but converse on a regular basis like the networks other hit reality TV show series Real Housewives.

Since Ryan Seacrest and Bravo are still working things out very few  details are known at this time.

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Has it been a while since you’ve watched a bunch of spoiled rich girls get their way? Then you’re in luck as the cast of ”The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” are ready to premiere season 2 of the popular Bravo “Real Housewives” series and to go along with the September 5 premiere they have two new women and a video to showcase the show.

The cast is joined by Brandi Glanville, the lady who was married to Eddie Cibrian before he cheated on her with LeAnn Rimes (they are now married) and businesswoman Dana Wilkey.

Apparently the new recruits will be friends of the current cast, but will not be “official” cast members.

Still on the show are:

Kim and Kyle Richards, Taylor Armstrong, Lisa Vanderpump, Adrienne Maloof and Camille Grammer.

Here’s the season 2 preview which was released by Bravo on Wednesday:

So what do you think? Are you excited for season 2 based off the preview?

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Brandi Glanville, the ex-wife that Eddie Cibrian cheated on with now wife LeAnn Rimes has reportedly filmed scenes for the second season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

TMZ has learned from inside sources that Glanville only recently inked her deal with Bravo and quickly began shooting scenes for the upcoming season.

For their part Bravo has not commented on scenes for the new season and they have not yet announced any cast changes. One thing is for certain, with the amount of drama the Glanville-Rimes-Cibrian love triangle has created, it could make for interesting reality TV.

Glanville is already friends with show star Adrienne Maloof and Donald Trumps ex Marla Maples which has fueled speculation that she will in fact be part of the show.

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Bravo has renewed reality series The Real Housewives of Atlanta.

The decision to renew the show, the third in a series following The Real Housewives of Orange County and The Real Housewives of New York City came after high ratings for the series, averaging 1.3 million adults 18-49 over its first season for 1.5 million total viewers. According to Variety, the seasons reunion special attracted 2.8 million viewers.

The series follows the professional, social and family lives of five primarily wealthy women who live in the suburbs of Atlanta.

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The company has announced a deal with NBC Universal to feature BlogHer content on iVillage, NBC’s female-focused online service. Posts will also appear on Oxygen.com and BravoTV.com as part of the arrangement, and BlogHer will in turn feature content from those sites on its front page.

BlogHer will get $5 million in funding along with the partnership, provided by a series B investment from Peacock Equity (co-owned by NBC Universal and GE Commercial Finance).

BlogHer’s co-founders say the deal should increase earning potential for its bloggers because of the added advertising opportunities. BlogHer has been around since 2005 and boasts about 2,200 bloggers within its publishing network.

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Quite predictably, the Housewives of New York and the OC have got their backs up about. . . ridiculous, petty stuff. I’m sure that you aren’t surprised in the least, if you’ve ever seen the show where they fight about tennis, seating arrangements, dinner plans, and behind-the-back catty little convos.

This time, the OC and New York Housewives united to practice their script for the Bravo A-List Awards. Bethenny Frankel, in all her loud glory, revealed to People that the problem may have started when OC Houswife Jeana Tomasina said that she didn’t like the script they were practicing. Bethenny told People:

“They [The O.C. Housewives] said in our material that my apartment is a two-by-four, and it’s actually a one-by-two, and so I can take it, I don’t care. But they’re offended that I’m saying something about them living 65 miles from the beach. Jeana said, ‘I don’t think that’s funny.’”

Some reports hint that Bethenny might have gotten into a scratch-fest with Tamra Barney afterwards, who said that “Bethenny scratched me a little bit. I swear to god. She tried to get me from behind and I put my arm up, and she scratched me. I covered it with makeup.’”

NY Housewife Jill contradicted Tamra’s gossip, saying that Bethenny just “gave a dressing down” to one OC houswife backstage.

Should it come to a fight, my money’s on New York.

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