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Four cast members of The Real Housewives Of New York have been fired from the cast, and it would seem that they're all lined up to tell their sob stories to Good Morning America. Yesterday it was Jill Zarin, and this morning, Alex McCord spoke with the outlet alongside hubby Simon Van Kempen. More »
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Jill Zarin, Kelly Bensimmon, Alex McCord, and Cindy Barshop have been cut from season 5 of RHONY. What are they supposed to do now? Just freelance their Realness? Non-FDA approved prescription drug trials? Be professionally Not Employed but act as consultants? Maybe they could form a staffing firm called Deloitte & Douche. All claim to be working on exciting new projects, because everyone who gets fired likes to pretend they're happy about it for a few days. If a reality TV fameball becomes enraged and pulls a hair extension from a shrieking social rival's head in the middle of a busy restaurant and no cameras are around to record it, does it still make a sound? [People]

What in the name of fuck is this fuckery? Serial unrepentant purveyor of domestic violence and generally painfully unfunny scumbag Charlie Sheen is rumored to be presenting at the Emmy awards tonight because the television industry just wants to make it clear that women can just go ahead fuck themselves. [ContactMusic]

Jay Z is upset with Kelly Rowland for going on tour with angry singing toddler/ladypuncher Chris Brown. [Digital Spy]

Lindsay Lohan lost her phone earlier this week because of course she did. A kind stranger returned it and received the reward of One Thank You from Lindsay Lohan. Whatever carrier Lindsay's on probably includes "Lohan phone loss/replacement" in its quarterly projections. I bet board members get nervous when she head-fakes an end to the party scene. "What are we going to do to replace the lost Lohan phone revenue?" they say to each other, "Do you think they'll be staff reductions? Because I just bought that new boat and we need that Lohan boost to bring our numbers to where they need to be." And then the first guy says, "Don't worry. There are three terrible clubs opening in the next month. She's sure to lose at least two phones." [TMZ]

Westboro Baptist Church picketed a Foo Fighters show in Kansas City last night, and in response, the band counter-picketed them, singing a taunting song from the back of a flat bed semi while wearing wigs and fake mustaches. In other news, Dave Grohl is my Ryan Gosling. [Digital Spy]

Beyonce walked the runway to close her House of Dereon brand's fashion show in London. She wore a black sparkly maternity pantsuit so well that I briefly considered getting myself a black sparkly maternity pantsuit, even though I am not pregnant and Beyonce is literally the only human ever born who could pull that off except maybe David Bowie. [ONTD]

Marc Anthony cried onstage after his fans sang Happy Birthday to him at a concert in Miami on Friday. I can't be the only one who has to pause and think for a second every time I have to type or say his name. Is it Marc Anthony or Mark Antony? One slept with Cleopatra and the other married Jenny from the Block... [People]

Speaking of Jenny, Ms. Lopez and estranged husband Marc(k?) Ant(h?)ony put their differences aside to continue celebrating his 43rd birthday this weekend. What does one get for a 43 year old man who still celebrates his birthday like he's turning seven? A big firetruck that makes real sounds, probably. [JustJared]

Matthew Fox won't be charged with anything after punching a female bus driver in the swimsuit areas last month. The woman's attorney was shocked by the state's decision, but he should have known that it's impossible to charge Matthew Fox with any sort of crime because he's been dead all along. [Yahoo]

The wife of the guitarist from Journey is pretty upset that her husband is carrying on with that lady who wasn't invited to the White House, because Journey Guy only married The Wife two months ago (I'm deliberately not using names here because I don't want any of you to waste your mental resources on knowing who these people are. Save yourselves!). Anyway, the husband of The Non-Invited Lady is also upset about this whole to-do and has been banned from Journey concerts. The two lovebirds reportedly met when he saw her in a smoky room. She smelled like wine and cheap perfume. And then, contrary to the advice of professionals, he Stopped Believing in marriage. [TMZ]

Barry Manilow agrees with everything Ron Paul says, which means that if you don't have health insurance, Barry Manilow wants you to die. [BuzzFeed]

Regular people who live in Jennifer Aniston's neighborhood are upset that paparazzi have swarmed to the place like so many couples in matching America-themed windsuits to a Sarah Palin book signing. According to complaints, the photographers have caused traffic congestion and minor accidents. They've also caused more pictures of Jennifer Aniston to be taken, which, at this point, seems kind of wasteful. Haven't you taken enough pictures of Jennifer Aniston? Can't we just photoshop existing snapshots of Jennifer Aniston onto different backgrounds and have it look pretty much the same as completely new photos? She's had about the same hair and wardrobe since 2001. [TMZ] More »
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Alex McCord responds to the rumors she's been fired from The Real Housewives of New York, Sherri Shepherd shares her wedding dance with the world, and Lauren Conrad is judging you for that glass of wine you're drinking with breakfast. Plus, Jane Lynch teases a very special guidette moment from her upcoming gig as host of The Emmy Awards. More »
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We've been hearing whispers for the better part of a week that Kelly Bensimon, Alex McCord, and former Gawker intern Jill Zarin have been fired from the Real Housewives of New York and now it seems like it is official. Goodbye, sweet, sweet ladies. More »
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Today in Tweet Beat, Coco proves that her ass isn't just something to stare at, but also kind of useful. Plus, Lady Gaga posts a photo of today's makeup/hair. More »
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Three divorcées, a tightly-wound Brooklynite and her comically ambiguous husband arrived at a demonstration for social progress and then proceeded to act like social morons when they all started fighting with each other over who had the right to speak at the event after Sonja—the grand marshal—wanted the exclusive right to give a speech. In some ways, Alex was right: his wasn't Sonja's day, but a day about marriage equality. In another way, Sonja was right: Why was Simon trying to act like a Housewife again? (Let's face it—if this were Slade Smiley, no one would be on his side with this issue.) The scariest thing, though, was that Kelly was right. They all should've been ashamed of themselves when they realized that she was the voice of reason that day. But when it really comes down to it, with all their predictable self-absorbed bickering while wearing campy costumes, they no doubt made many gay men's day. More »
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Jill Zarin knew that she'd have to rehab her image quite a bit to recover from coming off as a mean girl last year, so on last night's premiere of the fourth season of Real Housewives of New York Jill made it known that she's changed and she's going to be nothing but kind—until she ran into "that fucking bitch Alex McCord." More »
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Today, most of the cast members of Real Housewives of New York—everyone except the Countess and Sonja—were on The View today to promote the new season (premiering April 7). Jill Zarin and Kelly Bensimon, who both didn't like how they were portrayed on the show last season, are now saying that the show isn't "real," or at least that it wasn't last year, and imply that this had to do with their respective relationships to Bethenny Frankel, with whom the two ladies still seem to have something of a preoccupation if not obsession. More »
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After postponing the fourth season of Real Housewives of New York City to make room for the show's Miami installment, Bravo has announced an official premiere date: April 7. The extended trailer above makes us realize just how much this cast has been missed. Kelly's doing snow angels in the sand. The Countess is insulting Alex's Louis Vuitton shoes. Ramona is drunk and crying. Jill is apologizing to everyone. Sonja moons the camera and it's not censored. And new girl Cindy Barshop looks like she fits in very well with the entire motley crew. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5780077&view=rss&microfeed=true During Fashion Week, we've been milling around the tents, going to off-site shows, Fashion's Night Out events and sneaking backstage to find out how much people—designers, stylists, editors, celebrities, Real Housewives—pay for their shoes. More »
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The GLAAD Manhattan event at 230 Fifth Avenue was hard to sum up, but we'll try: Real Housewives of New York, drag queens, stylists, caftans, sequins...and some very scant skivvies! More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5604255&view=rss&microfeed=true On last night's third and final installment of the RHONYC reunion, viewers were served a heaping portion of Kelly Bensimon's word salad. Yet, her distorted perceptions, half-thoughts, and contradictory statements make perfect sense to her in "Kelly Land." More »
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Evidently, RHONYC was not Alex McCord's first foray on reality TV. Once upon a time, she appeared as a "sexy bartender" on Blind Date, clearly hamming it up for the cameras. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5566050&view=rss&microfeed=true Last night, on part two of the RHONYC reunion, the group finally approached perhaps the most anticipated topic: Kelly's Caribbean Crazytime. Despite the fact that cameras caught her erratic—and malevolent—behavior, she insists she's a victim of "systematic bullying." More »
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So much went down during the nine hours of filming the reunion that it'll be aired in three parts. On last night's installment, Alex and Ramona supported Bethenny's claims that her fight with Jill was over some dirty, behind-the-scenes activity. More »
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• In an explosive new interview, Courteney Cox reveals that while shooting Friends, she and Jennifer Aniston ate together every single day for 10 years, "And we always had the same thing — a Cobb salad..."

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After a season wrought with tension, RHONYC's two-part reunion—airing June 10 and June 17—promises to be dramatic. In these preview clips, we get to see more of Kelly Bensimon's tenuous grasp on reality, and Alex McCord's newly-found balls. More »
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• As part of her I Don't Give A Damn About My Disney Reputation World Tour 2010, Miley Cyrus shocked the audience of Britain's Got Talent by "simulating a lesbian kiss" on stage:

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• Is Scarlett Johansson ditching the Hollywood life for something earthier?

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On last night's episode—after exhibiting truly bizarre behavior on vacation—Kelly returned home and gave her version of the events, which completely contradicted what had been caught on camera. She might want to rethink the whole "reality" TV thing. More »
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On last night's episode, we watched Kelly Bensimon spiral into what could only be described as paranoid psychosis, with apparent delusions—vampires, murderers, etc.—and severe thought disorder, and no amount of Pinot Grigio could make it go away. More »
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Between Ramona's Pinot Grigio binge, LuAnn's recording session, Kelly's lemonade, Sonja's bi-curiosity, and the Hooter Patrol IV, last night's episode was epic, perhaps surpassing "prostitution whore" as my all time favorite hour in the Real Housewives franchise. More »
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On last night's episode, Bethenny's estranged father died, shortly after she reconciled with him. However, the way this life-changing event affected her was not nearly important as how it affected her ex-BFF Jill. More »
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On last night's episode, Bethenny was horrified that her pregnancy was reported on gossip blogs before she was two months along. Jill heard the news via Google alert, while LuAnn was in the dark, having been blocked from Bethenny's Twitter. More »
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• Miley Cyrus, 17, is getting her own place.

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More and more details emerge about Jesse James' reported mistress Michelle "Bombshell" McGee and none of them are good. Not only is she an alleged neo-Nazi, she's also violent, a bad mom, and can possibly see the future. More »
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A few years ago, a Bravo event would have been, like, James Lipton. And don't get me wrong, he was at the 2010 Upfront Party at NYC's Skylight Studio. But so were housewives, matchmakers, trainers, assorted trainwrecks, SJP, and Cutrone. More »
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• As if Britney, for Candie's, at Kohl's, wasn't enough, the fallen pop-princess will be immortalized by Annie Leibovitz, Mark Seliger and Terry Richardson. Why not?! [People]
• For Johnny Weir, not following fashion week would be like giving up water." [WWD]

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• In case you didn't know: Beyoncé's mom, Tina Knowles, is divorcing Matthew Knowles because a woman named Alexsandra Wright says he's the father of her soon-to-be-born daughter.

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Today in Tweet Beat, Elle's Creative Director Joe Zee is offered a rice cooker, Real Housewives' Alex McCord has published a book with husband Simon Van Kempen, and Lindsay Lohan doesn't want 2010 to begin with rumors. More »
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Today in Tweet Beat, Lindsay wouldn't mind Lady Gaga's bear-coattails, Martha Stewart's dogs murdered an opossum, and Hugh Hefner has liked blondes in their 20s since the '30s. More »
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The 2009 Princess Grace Awards Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street was a gala classic: lots of gowns, Moscow-levels of fur, royalty and, of course, stars. As to the clothes? Well, judge for yourselves: More »
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Today in Tweet Beat, celebs like Pete Wentz, Alyssa Milano, and Simon Pegg tweet about the "balloon boy," Travis Barker is having his tattoo of Shanna Moakler's name covered up, and Paula Abdul is confused. More »
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OMG, the new season of The Real Housewives of New York City is gonna be SO GOOD, judging by this New York magazine piece about our favorite couple, Alex McCord, and Simon Van Kampen. (The pair have hired their own publicist to keep them in the public eye in between seasons.) Despite the fact that they feel as though they were "victims of editing," the couple, after contract negotiations, have signed on for the second season of the reality show because they came to New York to be famous, and as Simon says, "Now we have that." [NY Magazine] More »
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• If this whole Jezebel thing doesn't work out, we now know how to become an internet "escort."

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OMG! How awesome was the Real Housewives of New York City reunion special last night? The women all 'took it there', and didn't let each other off the hook for anything, giving us tons to talk about. First of all, how bullshit is it that Simon and Alex tried to say they aren't social climbers when they admitted it on camera? Secondly, did you hear their answer to the question about Alex's nude photos popping up on the internet? They said that the photographer illegally released them, and that Alex and Simon had no choice but to just accept. However, we know that neither is true. Also, how fucking perfect is it that Alex quoted Ayn Rand to explain herself!? Clip above, and another one on the way, later today. More »
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Remember that series of nude photographs of Alex McCord of Real Housewives of New York City that surfaced a few weeks ago? Well, Ms. McCord, is, not surprisingly, having regrets. The images were taken over a year ago as part of photographer Mike Boyd's "Masks" project, a series of photos of naked models wearing Mardi Gras masks. (McCord answered Mike's Craigslist call for models for "artistic nudes" and was paid $100 for the sitting, which her husband, Simon, attended with her.) But now that McCord been identified as one of the masked women and photos have made the rounds, Boyd tells us that he's received threatening emails and calls from the couple and their lawyers, even though, according to the terms of the release form Alex signed, he hasn't done anything wrong. More »
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"[I]t couldn't have been a more ideal laboratory for psychologists in the burgeoning field of social-aggression research." That's this week's New York magazine on Bravo's Real Housewives of New York City, in a short feature titled "Is The Nastiness Of The Real Housewives Contagious?" Says psychologist Mitchell Prinstein, the "expert" brought in to weigh-in on the best-worst show on TV: "Studies suggest that this kind of nasty behavior becomes more prevalent as we age (and grow more cognitively sophisticated) and is especially common among people of high status." Of course, there was plenty of Housewives-directed social aggression to go around on this site as well, easily answering the question posed in New York's own headline. After the jump, some of the funniest/foulest tidbits. More »
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