The Real Housewives of Atlanta Return November 2?

claudia jordan

This may be true, and not much of a surprise since Bravo TV  needs to speed up the production schedule, as their other “flagship” franchise,  The Real Housewives of New Jersey, is sinking faster than the Titanic in ratings.

Add to that, Bravo was blindsided by the courts when the sentencing of Teresa and Joe Giudice was postponed from the original date, July 8, to September 23. Bravo will have to do some fancy footwork to change the final episodes of Season 6.

“Word on the street” (ha ha) has all the cast members returning, including Porsha Williams and Kenya Moore. Bravo is adding Claudia Jordan and Demetria McKinney to the cast, a move designed to create fireworks.

from the Examiner:

Phaedra Parks  just announced the premiere date for the upcoming seventh season of "The Real Housewives of Atlanta ." Although Bravo has yet to confirm the news, Parks took to Twitter where she shared the date with fans.

In a tweet earlier this week, Parks made the official announcement, telling fans she and the rest of the cast would return on Nov. 2.

According to an Aug. 26 report by Wetpaint Entertainment, Parks said, “We will be back first Sunday in November!” The message came after a fan asked the mother of two about the new season.

Although Parks' return to "The Real Housewives of Atlanta " was pulled into question months ago after her husband, Apollo Nida , was sentenced to eight years behind bars, her co-star, NeNe Leakes recently confirmed she would be back.

Despite the blustering and shouting, the return of Nene Leakes, at a reported $500K salary cut, was a foregone conclusion.

Where else does she have to go?

UPDATE:  The entire cast is  currently filming in Puerto Rico......don't display public foolery, famewhores! The locals won't appreciate it (been there, seen that, have the video and mugshots to prove it!)

The Real Housewives of Atlanta is currently in production.

Will Teresa Giudice Get A Spin-Off When Joe Goes To Prison?

The question of the day seems to be will Teresa Giudice get her own spin-off reality show?

If so, it would be the first time Andy Cohen green lighted a spin-off for someone he doesn’t like. He likes Kandi Burruss, Lisa Vanderpump, Kim Zolciak and Bethenny Frankel., part of the reasons they got spin-offs.   But Andy is a businessman first and always.

Teresa, who has published three New York Times bestseller cookbooks and launched a cocktail line is facing an uncertain future however. Joe Giudice  is facing prison time over fraud charges, when he foolishly obtained a drivers license in his brothers’ name....and got caught.  A source tells US Weekly, “If Joe goes to jail, there will be sympathy for her,” which could make for a spinoff storyline.

The source continued, “she’ll get a spinoff about life as a single mom. She’ll do a book deal, too: My Life Without Joe or something like that.” Another insider added “I’ve heard it time and time again: The second Joe goes to jail, Teresa’s getting her own show.” 

Joe and his lawyer were in court yesterday and asked a judge to give them more time to negotiate a plea deal. He rejected a plea deal offered to him in January. Joe is facing up to ten years in prison.

In the meantime, radaronline is running another of those stories, this time about how conniving Melissa Gorga has been in her effort to get rid of Teresa.  Anyone paying attention knows this, particularly when she contacted Danielle Staub and fed her personal family information, as we saw on the Season 2 reunion.

This is an excerpt:

“Years ago, Melissa and her husband, Joe Gorga, sent a tape to the producers promising that if they were cast on the show, they would do whatever it takes to get rid of Teresa,” the source said about the scheming reality star.

Nothing new here. these women have hated each other forever

RHONJ AIR DIRTY LAUNDRY BEFORE SEASON 1

The Real Housewives of New Jersey airs Sunday night on Bravo TV

Lisa Wu Hartwell on“Double Standards”

excerpt from essence.com

Before you think about calling Lisa Wu Hartwell a ghetto drama queen, check Webster for the definition of ghetto. Despite behaving like the consummate professional throughout  the debut season of Bravo's "Real Housewives of Atlanta," Hartwell was quickly labeled ghetto once she confronted cast mate Kim Zolciak's slanderous remarks about her and her kids. Yet the "Housewives" franchise welcomes ratings-induced drama including an upcoming episode of the New Jersey edition which shows one of the the wives wilding out in a restaurant. ESSENCE.com asked Hartwell to weigh in on whether or not she thinks Black women are judged more harshly than their White counterparts and why.

ESSENCE.: The ATL "Housewives" show will be returning for a second season and is the highest rated of the "Housewives" franchise. It seems that the other shows are following the Georgia Peach lead for great ratings.
HARTWELL: Absolutely, they do. There's always a double standard. Perhaps, we are held to a higher standard of excellence but real situations happen. It's just unfair that people pass judgment and call our show ghetto but when they talk about the women Orange County or New York or New Jersey shows they call it entertainment. I believe that the way that we've been raised as Black people—always keeping secrets in our family and really witnessing Black women go through it—that we are judged harshly. For instance, there's a teaser for the New Jersey show where one of the women flips over a table in the restaurant. Now had any of us done that we probably would have lost some viewers and been told that we lack class. Unfortunately, certain behaviors are more accepted from our counterparts than they are among us. So tell me is their show ghetto or simply entertainment? People need to understand that ghetto isn't a color, it's a state of mind and being.
ESSENCE.COM: So what would you say to ATL "Housewives" critics?
HARTWELL: People have always said that we don't represent the women of Atlanta. It is impossible for five women to represent all the women of Atlanta but some might be able to relate to someone on our show. I've had some people say to me after seeing the argument I had with Kim, "I thought you were different." And I simply had to say that I'm human. Maybe some situations we handled were inappropriate behavior, but it's always easy to criticize and say what you would do when you're not in the situation. I'm sorry that they find our behavior offensive but oftentimes we don't really have a chance to think about our actions, or what we say. Are there certain things that in hindsight I wish I could take back? Absolutely. At the end of the day we are all human, but cut us some slack as you do our counterparts. It's all entertainment. Remember, you're only seeing a fraction of our lives, not the whole pie.

Lisa apparently doesn’t read blogs and message boards, lol.

She By Sheree Fashion Show

from people mag

"Seven Figure" Sheree Whitfield finally shows a fashion line.

May 13, 2009

A fashion show with fashions might sound fairly standard, but fans of the Atlanta Housewives know that such a feat proved to be a major challenge for Sheree Whitfield on the show’s first season.

The divorced diva successfully pulled off a do-over without major incident Tuesday night at Atlanta’s W Hotel. “I am on cloud nine! I am very, very pleased,” Whitfield said after receiving a standing ovation as she pranced down the runway in a form-fitting black satin cocktail dress and fuchsia pumps.

Debuting her long-anticipated She By Shereé fall clothing collection with fellow costars Kim Zolciak, Lisa Wu Hartwell, NeNe Leakes, and new girl Kandi Burruss(a singer-songwriter from platinum-selling ’90s R&B; girl group Xscape) looking on from the front row gave Whitfield the chance to redeem herself — and for PEOPLE to catch up with Atlanta’s ladies.

“It’s all about sexiness and celebrating a woman’s curves,” Whitfield said of her collection of form-fitting dresses and casual wear festooned with rhinestones and fur. “When a woman puts on my clothes I want her to feel sexy and classy.”

Even rival Leakes admitted that it was a change from Whitfield’s infamous clothes-free “fashion viewing” featured in the show’s first season. “I liked that she had a jumpsuit in the collection. That is very in, very happening. She had a lot of variety: dresses, furs, gowns and even a jogging suit,” Leakes told PEOPLE. “It went from nothing coming down the runway to something.”

Cast members are remaining tight-lipped about what to expect from a new season, only promising to deliver plenty of drama. Kim Zolciak hinted that her singing career is still on track (even if her friendship with Leakes is not. “It is what it is,” she said of their relationship). “I am so happy with my music career,” Zolciak said, “I’m really excited about it. Everyone’s going to die when they see what happens.”

What about the cigarette smoking? “I still smoke all day,” she said.

The overly active Hartwell expressed happiness for Whitfield, telling PEOPLE, “I love to see anyone out there pursuing their dream.” And she remains as busy as every, pursuing dreams of her own with a fashion line in the works as well as a book about domestic violence. “Expect more drama for sure,” she says of Atlanta’s season 2, “but lots of entertaining moments. We share a lot of personal stories that will touch people.”

Added NeNe’s “gay boyfriend” Dwight Eubanks: “It is so over the top that we’re going to be the number one reality show on TV!”

Atlanta Housewife Kandi Burruss Defends Her Man, 'He's Not A Deadbeat or Drug Dealer'

 

Singer/songwriter and now 'Real Housewives of Atlanta' star Kandi Burruss has come forward to defend her fiancé after hearing rumors that implied he was a deadbeat dad and drug dealer !
Burruss, known widely as an ASCAP award winning songwriter and former member of R&B group Xscape, says "He’s not a deadbeat dad. His kids come over to our house and hang out all the time."
Burruss, who according to Sister2Sister Magazine, beat out Angie Stone and New Edition singer Ralph Tresvant's ex-wife for a spot on the second season of "Real Housewives of Atlanta," became the subject of several well circulated emails at popular blogs such as SandraRose and TheYBF (The Young, Black and Fabulous) after it was revealed that she would replace Deshawn Snow.
Sources claiming to be close to acquaintances of A.J. Jewell, Kandi's fiancé, went as far as calling the alleged Atlanta based father of six, who has some type of "involvement in the music business," a deadbeat dad and a drug dealer who uses "fake pay stubs" to avoid paying child support.
According to Kandi everything has been on the "up and up" since they've been together and she doesn't "know whatever went on in his past". In fact, Kandi says his baby mothers are respectful and "they never seem to have a problem".
In other news, Kandi Burruss may be considering a return to the stage as a solo artist.
When speaking with Singersroom late last year, Kandi mentioned plans to record a new solo album for release sometime this year: "It’s funny because for a while I was like “oh I’m not going to sing I’m just going to keep writing” and the truth is I really miss being on stage."
"I’m definitely going to put something out, hopefully sometime next year."
Kandi will not be the first "housewife" with a mic, controversial 'housewife' Kim rocked the mic on the "Real Housewives of Atlanta" last fall.

Rocked the mic? What-Ever

Bring on the drama, Peaches.

Watch Out Kim, A Real Singer Joins Real Housewives

 

Kandi Burruss joins 'The Real Housewives of Atlanta'

from EW:

 NeNe ,Kim ,Sheree and Lisa make room for one more! EW has learned exclusively that DeShawn Snow ‘s replacement on Bravo's The Real Housewives of Atlanta is Kandi Burruss, a singer-songwriter from the platinum-selling '90s R&B girl group Xscape (which also included sisters LaTocha and Tamika Scott, as well as Burruss' best friend Tameka "Tiny" Cottle).

Burruss is undeniably the most notable member from Xscape. Since the group parted ways in the late '90s, she had a somewhat successful solo singing career (her biggest hit: "Don't Think I'm Not") but has seen ever greater successes with songwriting. Along with Cottle (who's married to rap superstar T.I.), she wrote TLC's 1999 smash hit "No Scrubs." Burruss has also penned jams for Mariah Carey, Destiny's Child, Boyz II Men, Alicia Keys, and Faith Evans. The singer-songwriter has a daughter, 6-year-old Riley, from a previous relationship, and a boyfriend.

Burruss fills the spot vacated by DeShawn Snow, who is the wife of Cleveland Cavaliers NBA player and NBA TV announcer Eric Snow. She was known on the show for her ridiculously large house and extensive staff, as well as a rather poorly received fundraiser she threw for the DeShawn Snow Foundation, which helps teenage girls with self-esteem issues. When the news came out that Snow would not be joining Housewives for season 2, she was quoted on Essence.com as saying a producer called her "and said that I was 'too human for a circus show' and that because the show did so well, they are about to pump up the drama and they didn't think that I would fit in." Snow is now pursuing a degree in divinity.

The Real Housewives of Atlanta was Bravo's highest rated freshman series since Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, back in 2003. The series' first season was also the second highest rated Real Housewives season ever, behind only season 3 of The Real Housewives of Orange County. It averaged 1.3 million viewers per episode and scored the highest rated Real Housewives franchise telecast ever, with 2.2 million viewers.

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THE REAL HOUSEWIVES TO ATL TO BEGIN FILMING SEASON 2

from  ew.com  

Prepare for more drama between NeNe and Kim! Bravo just revealed to EW.com exclusively that the network has picked up season 2 of The Real Housewives of Atlanta. It's no surprise, really, considering that the Atlanta edition of Real Housewives was the franchise's most successful. Far above and beyond the New York and franchise-original Orange County editions, The Real Housewives of Atlanta are all about the drama