RH of ATL: Watched It (All)

I finished watching THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ATLANTA and the reunion special hosted by Bravo heartthrob Andy Cohen. The 1 hour reunion was at least as much fun as all 6 hours of the series. Sheree is scary. Deshawn is adorable. Kim is bat shit crazy and I would fear for her children if I didn't dislike children. Lisa is amazing. And, I like NeNe no matter what all you haters say! Quincy will not get off my laptop, so I'm going to have to finish this later.

Mighty Real

THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ATLANTA is melting my brain. I can only take one more episode of the marathon today. Thank goodness it's a holiday weekend (and I can label postcards while I watch TV). Has anyone added up how much these ladies spent on air this season? I'd love to see a breakdown by category: $75,000 on shoes; $250,ooo on wine; $300,000 on scarves and hats; $500,000 on hair weaves? Is this an infomercial for Christian Dior, Range Rover, and the makeup and hair squads of Atlanta? I have to admit this is the first HOUSEWIVES series I've watched. I am as fascinated as I am nauseated and horrified. I'd love to see an episode of the show with just a walk-through of each house with their interior designer and talk about the spectacular homes without all the loud, obnoxious people in them. Some of the houses in the show are the biggest I've ever seen in my life! Don't tell me how it ends, I'm only up to Kim's first recording session. Ouch! Speaking of Kim, she was on THE BONNIE HUNT SHOW this week AFTER Bonnie (and the hilarious and gorgeous Niecy Nash) spoofed her.

The Gayest Night of TV on TV

I enjoyed the trifecta of gay TV tonight: ANTM, PROJECT RUNWAY, and TOP DESIGN. None of the shows is particularly outstanding on its own. Though, ANTM is really AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MONSTER. Tyra is insane. What the HELL was she wearing at panel?! Even compared to Miss Jay, Tyra is out o' her mind. At only 23 minutes into the show, they sent one of the modelettes home early because her runway walk was so hideous. Granted, the girls were blindfolded. But still, her walk was atrocious. In other news, the fashions on ANTM were 700 billion times better than 94% of the fashions on this season's PROJECT RUNWAY. The Jeremy Scott outfits (pictured left) were wicked FIERCE! Then, the winners of the runway challenge did a mini-photoshoot for some 15! year-old designer chick from Russia. It was an action-packed, if unremarkable episode. I agreed with the first girl sent home, but I definitely did not agree with the second girl sent home. Bravo Bravo for back to back Gay-O-Vision. On PROJECT RUNWAY, Suede was so afraid Suede was going home that he actually slipped and talked about himself in the 1st person. PR started out by showing how expendable models are by kicking 3 of them off the show by letting the designers pick and steal each others' models. Then they didn't even use the models they picked! Then the producers (or whoever the hell is "running" this show) threw the entire chessboard into the air and just randomly tossed stuff together into another pointless unfocused mess of a challenge/episode which had very little to do with modern fashion. Kenley has torn a page out of Tyra's Irrational Crazy Bitch Handbook by acting like she actually knows what "hip hop" is and arguing with Tim Gunn about it. AND, on top of that she actually said that she knows more about hip hop fashion than Tim Gunn. This was a messy episode on so many levels. The runway show was HILARIOUS! Korto, who I love, looked like a pissed off extra from SORDID LIVES. Kenley looked hot on the runway and very pop. Leanne looked like Mary Kate after a ROUGH night. I could "kinda" see the Mary J Blige vibe that Kenley was going for, but the outfit was a wreck. (Leanne didn't help her, but I don't blame her.) Suede rocked the first outfit of Korto's I didn't love. Unfortunately he was styled to look exactly like Alison Moyet circa 1982. Jarell looked hot too, but not over-the-top enough. He was about as rock-n-roll as Leanne was hip hop. The cruelest part was having to get eliminated while wearing a costume on national TV. PR this season has turned into the Kenley Kenley Kenly! hour, and she's not gay, she's gay. TOP DESIGN is a complete clone of PR. The budget, however is over-the-top. The PR designers get $250 to make a $1500 gown and the TD designers get $10,000 to redo a bachelor pad. $999 massage recliner and $9000 flat screen TV. $1 can opener. Done. In addition to the $10K, they get a team of painters, wallpaper hangers, and a seamstress. Daaaamn! These pads better look swank! There were three teams. Once again, there were two "easy" clients, and one impossible client. I wonder who will be going home. One team's self-described theme was: Asian Kanye West; another's was Panty-dropping Chic; and, the final team's theme was Boring and Stupid. To make matters worse, they were the team who bickered throughout the entire episode. Luckily, my favorite hottie designer, Nathan, gained immunity from elimination and despite his team's self-imolation he was spared. Yay. Whew, that was a tiring three hours of high-octane gayness.

Becky Homecky

This week on Project Runway we were treated by a challenge that once again left me wondering what I was watching. I miss the old Project Runway from seasons gone by. Where are the frantic challenges? Where is the bend-your-mind creativity? It certainly isn't on this show anymore.

Don't get me wrong, I still love Project Runway but it really needs a shot of adrenaline. It is just not as good as it used to be. This week's challenge featured Mothers and Daughters - the daughters just graduated from college and needed new makeovers to help them get into the workforce. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... Oh, sorry, I just feel asleep. Yawn.

My first thought when the mother/daughter pairs came out was that apparently only white people want to have makeovers. Or else only white people go to college. A little diversity really would have been nice. The show takes place in NYC for godsakes. Who were these people? and where did they come from? And I'm pretty sure at least two of those "mothers" were actually pre-op fathers. Just sayin'.

I'll admit I wasn't paying super close attention to the show as I was trying to win some coins on Facebook bingo. Try it, it's FUN. F-U-N. Ah, but I digress... I was also trying to block out Kenley's ridiculously annoying voice and whining. She really really needs to shut up. She's talented and her garment was cute but good lord, girl, SHUT UP already!

The runway was boring. The judging, thanks to Mike Kors, was the most interesting part of the show. Korto's outfit was nice, not my favorite this week but I love that green she used. Leanne's dress was adorable but the jacket was too much. I'm glad the judges made her client take it off. Jerrell! For some reason I'm not a HUGE fan of Jerrell but I really like a lot of his work. And the feather chapeau he wore during the judging was tres fabulous! He does make me giggle. His garment was so perfect for his client. Suede once again was a disappointment. Somewhere along this PR journey he's lost his mojo. I hope he finds it. I really like Suede for some reason - maybe its the hair? It certainly isn't the way he refers to himself in the third person! Kenley is truly delusional. She actually cried when she didn't win. Oy. Joe's, aka whatshisname's, 60 year old flight attendant outfit was sad. A pocket square?! He deserved to go "outsy daisy" for that one.

My previews got cut off for next week so it will be a big surprise. I just hope its a big surprise in a really good way and we are blessed with a better challenge than this week.

What did you think of the show this week? How do you think this season of Project Runway compares to the others before it? Who do you want to win?

Kathy Griffin IS Like Jesus Only Prettier

Here's a re-post of my original posting (March 12, 2008) from Rosie's blog when Kathy Griffin came to visit wearing Carolina Herrera. Sections of the chat from the blog in question aired tonight on MY LIFE ON THE D-LIST on BRAVO. Kathy Griffin is the funniest woman currently alive. Why Chelsea F#cking Handler has a "nightly" semi-regular show and Kathy Griffin doesn't is beyond me! Kathy Griffin should have a nightly talk show on Bravo. Hello, Bravo, have you seen this clip?! Are you there, Bravo? It's me, Patty. Andy Cohen, call me! I'll produce the show! Kathy Griffin: Nightly, Bitches!

There is NOTHING but CRAP on TV lately, and I would watch an hour (40 minutes on TiVo) of this EVERY morning! More Rosie, PLEASE!