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Rachel Zoe Is Going Bananas Right Now
Brian Moylan · 11/06/09 03:55PMAn Ode to the Real Housewives of Orange County
Brian Moylan · 11/06/09 03:54PM'Tardy for the Party' Live Will Give You Nightmares
Brian Moylan · 11/06/09 12:20PMYesterday Real Housewife of Atlanta Kim Zolciak sang her hit song "Tardy for the Party" live for the first time. It is the scariest thing to happen on television since Britney Spears crashed an burned at the VMAs. Worse even!
Project Runway's Loss is Bravo's Gain
Richard Rushfield · 10/30/09 11:26AMcityfile · 10/22/09 03:43PM
• The New York Times Co. reported a $35.6 million loss for the third quarter as ad revenue plunged 30 percent. But it was better than what Wall Street analysts were predicting, so the stock shot up 22 percent today. [NYT]
• New York magazine's chief says there are no plans to sell the magazine following last week's death of owner Bruce Wasserstein. [AdAge]
• Newsday plans to charge $5 a week to access to its website. [NYT, [E&P]
• Fortune is cutting back on the number of issues it publishes. And Time Inc., Fortune's publisher, is planning another round of job cuts. [WSJ]
• On the same day Sarah Palin's memoir is published, the Nation will release Going Rouge, an identical-looking book that mocks the ex-governor. [Politico]
• As if losing billions of family money wasn't enough of a punishment, France says it plans to put Warner Music chief Edgar Bronfman Jr. on trial for insider trading in connection with the 2000 merger of Vivendi and Seagram. [NYP]
Bethenny Frankel's New Reality Show Will Also Star Her Unborn Child
Brian Moylan · 10/20/09 03:51PMThe Real Housewives of New York Adds a Second New Non-Housewife
Brian Moylan · 10/15/09 12:48PMDay 2: Conditions the Same But Looking Brighter
Brian Moylan · 10/09/09 02:54PMReal Houswives of Atlanta Ex-Fiance Killed in Club Fight
Foster Kamer · 10/03/09 05:30PMBravo Replaces Real Housewife of New York Bethenny Frankel with Real Live Socialite—Kinda
Brian Moylan · 10/02/09 02:36PMComcast-NBC, The Leno Boycott & Bravo's New Shows
cityfile · 10/01/09 02:01PM• Comcast denied the rumors yesterday, but it now appears the cable giant is involved in talks to take a controlling stake in NBC Universal. [NYT, NYT]
• It hasn't been smooth sailing for Jay Leno since his primetime show debuted—ratings have been slipping and the critical buzz has been lousy—but now it looks like NBC has another problem to worry about: CBS and ABC have both been actively discouraging their stars from appearing on the show. [LAT]
• Bravo reports it's developing solo series for three of its reality TV stars: Bethenny Frankel, Christian Siriano and Top Chef's Fabio Viviani. [Variety]
• Meanwhile, Logo is casting its gay version of the Real Housewives. [Gawker]
• Maybe the magazine industry isn't dead, after all: American Media plans to launch a new bridal title in early 2010 called Shapebride. [WWD]
It's Quite a Day to Be a Bravo Reality Star!
Brian Moylan · 10/01/09 01:10PMNYC Prep's Terrible Toll: Camille Out at Nightingale School
Richard Rushfield · 09/10/09 05:32PMThe NYC Prep Backlash Claims Its First Victim
cityfile · 09/10/09 01:22PMIf you watched Bravo's NYC Prep this summer, you undoubtedly remember Camille Hughes, the prim, SAT-obsessed Nightingale student dead set on joining Harvard's class of 2014. It looks like there's been a change of plan: Hughes will not be returning to Nightingale-Bamford for the new school year. So was she kicked out of the posh Upper East Side institution, or did she decide on her own to finish out her high school career elsewhere?
Andy Cohen Won't Let You Call Bravo Gay
Brian Moylan · 09/09/09 04:11PMTyra Banks Launches a Magazine; Another Paper Launches a Wine Club; Hollywood's Mediocre Summer
cityfile · 09/08/09 01:06PM• Tyra Banks is launching a web-based magazine. Tyra: Beauty Inside & Out will feature an "audio 'manifesto' that asks readers to dream big, ignore the haters, celebrate uniqueness and seek the beauty in everything." [WWD]
• James Patterson has signed a 17-book deal with his publisher, Hachette. And all 17 of them will arrive in bookstores before the end of 2012. [AP]
• All the competition online appears to be taking a toll on the Zagat guide series. Sales are down and the company has been laying off staff. [NYP]
• It was a mixed bag for Hollywood studios hoping for a big summer box office. Revenue was up 2 percent, but attendance fell 2 percent, too. [NYT]
• The Final Destination and Inglourious Bastards came in at No. 1 and 2 at the box office this weekend, beating out a handful of newcomers. [LAT]
• Following in the footsteps of the Wall Street Journal and New York Times, USA Today is the latest newspaper to launch an online "wine club." [E&P]
The Shittiest Jobs in Reality Television
Brian Moylan · 09/02/09 03:13PMAndy Cohen Treats Barney Frank Like a Trained Monkey
Brian Moylan · 08/28/09 03:16PMProject Runway: The Belly and the Beasts
Brian Moylan · 08/28/09 11:57AMProject Runway is about vision and delusion. The vision to make pretty clothes for pregnant ladies. The delusion that they will wear just any old thing. The vision to create clothes out of concepts, the delusion that it will work.