tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40383923951368227182024-03-19T00:59:49.689-04:00Atlanta Cougar's Wild KingdomThe adventures of an Atlanta cougar....a fierce, fabulous fashionista in her prime and on the prowl.Atlanta Cougarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01211582677987343563noreply@blogger.comBlogger251125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4038392395136822718.post-28783057022150413172009-12-13T16:13:00.004-05:002009-12-13T16:16:16.207-05:00Daily World Buzz Reports That Kim Zolciak and Nene Leakes Alledgedly Fired from Real Housewives of Atlanta<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhag3uukp6KDUQY1nfz5xMx097nv1d6isuyhH3GbqSNg2AIfsP6UnvbOSsTUnKgGyNgwNB7XMYQ6D_FjLMy4cT4z8VeyHffixPAkZZq0LsROkjT5YXTlZzjkjTDISUDCzA21uTLa10YLVKn/s1600-h/Kim-Zolciak-and-NeNe-Leakes.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 278px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414832614596694562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhag3uukp6KDUQY1nfz5xMx097nv1d6isuyhH3GbqSNg2AIfsP6UnvbOSsTUnKgGyNgwNB7XMYQ6D_FjLMy4cT4z8VeyHffixPAkZZq0LsROkjT5YXTlZzjkjTDISUDCzA21uTLa10YLVKn/s320/Kim-Zolciak-and-NeNe-Leakes.jpg" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div>In the Daily Word Buzz, Justinberg Veicht Meller reports thatKim Zolciak and NeNe Leakes have alledgedly just been fired from Real Housewives of Atlanta because they wanted more money. The producers of The Real Housewives of Atlanta show are looking forward for new stars to replace Kim Zolciak and NeNe Leakes. This is a sad news for the fans of the two stars.Source: <a href="http://www.dailyworldbuzz.com/kim-zolciak-and-nene-leakes-fired-from-real-housewives-of-atlanta/6549/#ixzz0ZbbQhkQh">Kim Zolciak and NeNe Leakes fired from Real Housewives of Atlanta Daily World Buzz</a> <a href="http://www.dailyworldbuzz.com/kim-zolciak-and-nene-leakes-fired-from-real-housewives-of-atlanta/6549/#ixzz0ZbbQhkQh">http://www.dailyworldbuzz.com/kim-zolciak-and-nene-leakes-fired-from-real-housewives-of-atlanta/6549/#ixzz0ZbbQhkQh</a> Via: Daily World Buzz </div><br /><div></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"><strong>PLEASE SAY IT ISN'T SO!</strong></span></div>Atlanta Cougarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01211582677987343563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4038392395136822718.post-27216697074955163112009-11-11T15:58:00.004-05:002009-11-11T16:04:44.170-05:00Real Housewives of Atlanta Kandi Burruss Flies Above.. 100% Class Act!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtEPLVWNok3ehnBkLpNvUhgl3mVVHRnj6QhcvnLjK_KD0VxXG-pGaOFV01N2kZGeKh5MxVZEWSEWDO2lilL-V4k4t_mDLilhxIlzJRGnIKbiRqF-EAsDUbHZXrJYMpzaR62nrAKsTtb9Vk/s1600-h/kandi.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 85px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 127px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402954816709530290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtEPLVWNok3ehnBkLpNvUhgl3mVVHRnj6QhcvnLjK_KD0VxXG-pGaOFV01N2kZGeKh5MxVZEWSEWDO2lilL-V4k4t_mDLilhxIlzJRGnIKbiRqF-EAsDUbHZXrJYMpzaR62nrAKsTtb9Vk/s320/kandi.jpg" /></a><br /><div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#ff0000;">This article was written by Rodney Carmichael in Atlanta's Creative Loafing...I think he has captured all of the things we all love about Kandi Burruss. She is real and a class act. Also, if you are in the Atlanta area, be sure to visit her fabulous boutique "Tag" in the West Village in Smyrna. Enjoy!</span><br />" When Kandi Burruss reveals, during a recent telephone interview, that her favorite expletive is "motherfucker," it's almost too cute to bear. As if we really needed another reason to root for the Atlanta native, come to find out she likes to cuss up a storm, too."My mouth is bad sometimes," she says, smiling through the phone. "I have to wash it out with soap. Luckily y'all don't get to see that ’cause you can't really say bad language on TV."It's probably one of the few character wrinkles of Burruss' that wasn't excessively ironed out over the course of Season Two on "The Real Housewives of Atlanta." While <a href="http://www1.essence.com/news_entertainment/entertainment/articles/nene_leakes_lashes_out_at_real_housewives_of_atlanta_producers">NeNe Leakes transgressed</a> from fan fave to villain with a vengeance, newbie Burruss stole the hearts of viewers with her down-to-earth, charmed demeanor and an off-screen plot line that earned an outpouring of sympathy.Considering all the tribulations and B.S. Burruss has publicly endured in recent months — from the gossip blogs that initially made a mockery of her relationship with former fiancé Ashley "A.J." Jewell to the shocking tragedy that claimed his life before the season finished airing — it almost seems as if her decision to be on the show was cursed from the start.But the exposure, and all the drama that's come with it, could potentially work wonders for the solo career of the Grammy-winning songwriter and former member of the Atlanta-based girl group Xscape. Not only has she garnered a new fan base, she's renewed old fans' interest. And she's done so by giving them something they never had before — an intimate look at the story behind her music.Case in point: "Fly Above," the lead single on her new self-released EP of the same name, is a half-baked R&B ditty about one of the most cliché topics in black pop — them haters. But set against the backdrop of Burruss' whirlwind drama, unfolding as it has before the viewing public, the song rises to the level of a cathartic anthem."'Fly Above' is [my] theme song because so many people have counted me out and hated on me over the years," says Burruss. "And over and over again, I have to prove myself."She first sprouted wings after the demise of Xscape, the ’90s female R&B quartet she joined, along with Tameka "Tiny" Cottle, as a 14-year-old attending Tri-Cities High School in East Point. After dropping three platinum albums in eight years, the ’round-the-way girls of Jermaine Dupri's So So Def label split amid finger-pointing and <a href="http://www.vibe.com/news/online_exclusives/2006/09/kandi_taste_the_rainbow/">infighting</a>. "When the group was falling apart, certain members were just like, 'Y'all ain't gonna do nothing once I do my thing,'" Burruss recalls.<br />But she went on to achieve groundbreaking success when she and Cottle co-wrote TLC's No. 1 hit, "No Scrubs" (1999). Burruss followed that up with a string of hit singles and album cuts written for such chart-topping acts as Destiny's Child ("Bills, Bills, Bills," "Bug-a-Boo"), Pink ("There You Go"), N'Sync ("It Makes Me Ill"), Whitney Houston ("Tell Me No") and more. "I break off and start writing songs for everybody, and that caught people off-guard."But solo success still eluded Burruss. Her debut, Hey Kandi, released in 2000, failed to make a dent. Even though the danceable first single "Don't Think I'm Not" reached No. 24 on the Billboard Hot 100, Columbia Records bounced her from the label. Still, the industry couldn't write her off just yet. Her behind-the-scenes writing credits earned her a Grammy for "No Scrubs" and she was the first woman to be honored as Songwriter of the Year by the ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards.She'd emerged as the new voice of female empowerment, penning plain-spoken, in-your-face anthems that gave ladies the upper hand. In particular, such songs as TLC's "No Scrubs" — inspired by a bootleg boyfriend of Burruss' — and Destiny's Child's "Bills, Bills, Bills" — in which potential male suitors are reminded, as Gwen Guthrie did in 1986, that "Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But the Rent" — cemented her rep for putting the smack down. "I think a lot of those songs are like two homegirls talking trash," she says. "It's just something me and my girls talk about [and] laugh about that I just put into a song." But knowing she was the pen behind such lyrics ("Can you pay my bills?/Can you pay my telephone bill?/Can you pay my automo-bill?/Then maybe, baby, we can chill") also made it easy to misread Burruss as a gold-digging expletive. Surely, her steady flow of royalty checks might cast aside that aspersion with the quickness, but it took her turn on "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" to demonstrate the truth to those of us not privy to her financial statements.<br />As viewers discovered during the show's 15-week run, Burruss is the anomaly among the cast of wannabes. The only member who came to "RHOA" as a bona fide celebrity, she's proven herself the least pretentious on a program where ratings are fueled by constant cat-fighting, crass materialism and diva-like drama.<br />"People have expectations," she says, "and they think, 'Oh, she's gonna be bougie' and 'She got money.' The funny thing is, I think the girls on the show are more about material things than I am."Meanwhile, the drama in her life has almost been too real for reality TV. From the time Bravo announced her as the replacement cast member for Season Two, the ish hit the ’Net. Her new fiancé, Jewell, came with <a href="http://entertainmentrundown.com/9648/kandi-burress-denies-rumors-about-her-fiance/">baggage</a>: namely, six children by four different babies' mamas. It seemed like the wrong move for a single mother trying to stay scrub-free while raising her own 7-year-old daughter, Riley. Gossip bloggers feasted on the irony. She and her disapproving but doting mother disagreed onscreen about the relationship. It seemed like a lot to bare before the cameras, but Burruss was committed to keeping it real. In an early episode, during a scene set in her kitchen, tears streamed down Burruss’ face as she tried to convince her mother, along with several close family members gathered with them, that Jewell was worthy of her hand in marriage. It became a defining moment, due in part to her emotional outpouring, but also because it showed her surrounded by a host of relatives, with such down-home names as Aunt Hazel, Uncle Bebo and Uncle Booley, professing their unconditional support.Scenes like that humanized 33-year-old Burruss in a way that nothing in her past two decades of entertainment could have. And with a sophomore solo album in the works, it made for the perfect career setup.Jewell, on the other hand, hated the public scrutiny that came with being on the show, according to Burruss. His source of income was regularly questioned, as was his faithfulness to Burruss. But Burruss stood by her ex, allowing him to move two of his daughters in and continuing to take care of them even after she and Jewell broke up in June of this year. By then, the season had wrapped and she'd started to notice some of the warning signs her mother spoke of coming to pass. When Burruss spotted him with a date immediately after their split, that sealed their separation, though they remained friends.<br />"A lot of things happened after the show stopped taping that made me be like, 'OK, my mom was right about a lot of stuff.' Like, a lot of the kids did end up moving in for a period of time." Burruss says. "It wasn't that she didn't like him, she just didn't want that situation for me."<br />After Jewell died on the night of Oct. 2, as a result of a one-on-one fight with Fredrick Richardson in front of the Body Tap club — the Marietta Boulevard strip joint he was buying into — she received such an outpouring of love via <a href="http://twitter.com/KandiConnection/status/4575009452">Twitter</a>, random <a href="http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/10/03/real-housewives-of-atlanta-star-kandi-burruss-reacts-to-ex-fiances-murder-at-body-tap/">blog</a> commenters, even strangers on the street, that it shocked her. In hindsight, his death made Burruss "regret the fact that [the show] focused so much on A.J.," she says. "It <a href="http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/10/05/kandi-burruss-ex-fiance-aj-hated-being-on-housewives/">pissed him off</a> and I hated to see him upset. "But other than that I wasn't really bothered by anything that they showed about me on the show because I went into it saying I wasn't going to be secretive. I was just going to do me, and however that came off is how it was going to come off. So I feel like it was cool." Her willingness to be so outspoken and direct has always been her best songwriting tool, and several of the songs on the EP are ripped straight from the pages of their relationship. On the playful cut "It Must Be Good," she toys with the popular notion that there's only one way she could've fallen so hard for Jewell. "He got that fire/he got that whoopty-whoop," she sings. "He got whatever it is you say he do."The ballad "I Just Know" was written "when A.J. and I were in a really great, happy time in our relationship," Burruss says. "It's a perfect wedding song."Despite the tragedy, Burruss says she's handling it well. "My brother passed away when I was 15, and he was the closest person in the world to me other than my mom. So I feel like anytime somebody has experienced death with somebody that's really, really close to you, it never affects you the same after that," she says. "It makes me emotional, it makes me sad, but at the same time I know that things are going to be OK. I'm more hurt for his children. So when I listen to those songs, it brings back happy memories about our relationship."In the meantime, she says she'll take her time before re-entering the dating pool. She's focused on her family and her career. Her sophomore album is on hold while she continues to shop for a major-label deal. But she released the Fly Above EP — which features production by Drumma Boy and cameos from Rick Ross, Gucci Mane and her longtime friend Rasheeda — via <a href="http://www.apple.com/search/ipoditunes/?q=kandi">iTunes</a> on her own Kandi Koated Entertainment. The Bravo network has also asked her back for the third season of "The Real Housewives of Atlanta," for which she'll get paid an undisclosed sum of money. Beyond that, she doesn't plan to become a regular on the series. "I don't think I'll do past one more season," she says. "I don't want to get to the point where that's all people see me for is reality TV."Indeed, that would be a motherfucker."<br />©1996-2009 Creative Loafing Media - All Rights Reserved </div></div>Atlanta Cougarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01211582677987343563noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4038392395136822718.post-13878558186733497332009-10-27T13:58:00.001-04:002009-10-27T13:58:52.885-04:00Which<a href=http://shar.es/agPre>Which ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ should stay or go?</a><br /><br />Posted using <a href="http://sharethis.com">ShareThis</a>Atlanta Cougarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01211582677987343563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4038392395136822718.post-13890492720177950502009-10-22T23:37:00.001-04:002009-10-22T23:37:06.793-04:00Gallery | Housewives' Kandi Burruss's boutique | ajc.com<a href=http://shar.es/18v12>Gallery | Housewives' Kandi Burruss's boutique | ajc.com</a><br /><br />Posted using <a href="http://sharethis.com">ShareThis</a>Atlanta Cougarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01211582677987343563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4038392395136822718.post-69863318939048721242009-10-22T23:34:00.001-04:002009-10-22T23:34:27.202-04:00What's in store for Housewives' Kandi Burruss | accessAtlanta<a href=http://shar.es/18t0I>What's in store for Housewives' Kandi Burruss | accessAtlanta</a><br /><br />Posted using <a href="http://sharethis.com">ShareThis</a>Atlanta Cougarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01211582677987343563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4038392395136822718.post-13263327940700901542009-10-03T22:26:00.001-04:002009-10-03T22:26:26.149-04:00‘Housewives' stars react to beating death | ajc.com<a href=http://shar.es/1hogA>‘Housewives' stars react to beating death | ajc.com</a><br /><br />Posted using <a href="http://sharethis.com">ShareThis</a>Atlanta Cougarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01211582677987343563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4038392395136822718.post-6466346720013295252009-10-03T11:52:00.004-04:002009-10-03T12:02:13.252-04:00Our Hearts Go Out To Kandi Burruss For The Beating Death of Ex Fiance AJ Jewell<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj22JLuplbQVkEku7epAeSPm9L1B4Uacj_I_bHWEq0OoHRFATaVssI88o_2SgUJ216LPo7ZoStuyU0qnGtWfzfg2zU5P0o4FeOJZZYHqTcDFXTZsi2F-B9zTWlmjugY7rgVYDLEnhWBOW9R/s1600-h/kandi-good_265562l.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388402970049416226" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 203px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 142px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj22JLuplbQVkEku7epAeSPm9L1B4Uacj_I_bHWEq0OoHRFATaVssI88o_2SgUJ216LPo7ZoStuyU0qnGtWfzfg2zU5P0o4FeOJZZYHqTcDFXTZsi2F-B9zTWlmjugY7rgVYDLEnhWBOW9R/s320/kandi-good_265562l.jpg" border="0" /></a> What a shocker in Atlanta today. Numerous news sources have reported the beating death of AJ Jewell in the parking lot of strip club The Body Tap on Marietta Blvd. AJ was allegedly part owner of this club located in the newly revitalized West Midtown neighborhood of Atlanta. A suspect, who allegedly was also injured in the brawl, is in Grady Hospital receiving treatment before transport to the Fulton County Jail.<br />Our hearts go out to our favorite housewife Kandi Burruss, the breakout star of season 2 of the RHOA and AJ's 6 children. Kandi and AJ allegedly ended their engagement in August. When Kandi appeared on the Bravo Show "Watch What Happens" with Andy Cohen and Tyson Beckford last week, she was not wearing her ring. Those who watch the show know that Kandi's mother was not supportive of the impending nuptuals. We love you Kandi and our hearts and prayers go out to you.<br /><br /><a href="http://shar.es/16OlI">Arrest in ‘Housewives' ex-fiancé beating death ajc.com</a><br /><br />Posted using <a href="http://sharethis.com/">ShareThis</a>Atlanta Cougarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01211582677987343563noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4038392395136822718.post-12713071264294895382009-09-26T12:49:00.001-04:002009-09-26T12:49:09.923-04:00The icing on the cake? Another<a href=http://shar.es/1v3dx>The icing on the cake? Another ‘Housewives’ catfight</a><br /><br />Posted using <a href="http://sharethis.com">ShareThis</a>Atlanta Cougarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01211582677987343563noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4038392395136822718.post-69077289321795205742009-09-23T16:27:00.001-04:002009-09-23T16:27:25.569-04:00UPDATE: Kim Zolciak<a href=http://shar.es/1qCs9>UPDATE: Kim Zolciak’s manager quits, dishes</a><br /><br />Posted using <a href="http://sharethis.com">ShareThis</a>Atlanta Cougarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01211582677987343563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4038392395136822718.post-58414895680442854332009-08-28T17:51:00.001-04:002009-08-28T17:51:25.672-04:00Chris Crocker has a new cause:<a href=http://shar.es/VqO8>Chris Crocker has a new cause: ‘Leave Kim alone!’</a><br /><br />Posted using <a href="http://sharethis.com">ShareThis</a>Atlanta Cougarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01211582677987343563noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4038392395136822718.post-65636836324360901412009-08-27T16:37:00.004-04:002009-08-27T16:44:13.118-04:00Real Housewives of Atlanta Kim Zolciak Calls for Boycott of Atlanta Magazine Article<span style="color:#ff0000;">In today's PeachBuzz, Richard Eldredge reports about Kim Zolciak's boycott of the feature story in the September issue of Atlanta Magazine. According to Kim's website, <a href="http://www.officialkimzolciakonline.com/">www.officialkimzolciakonline.com</a> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrvYsG63nX_eRNE_eWJbwMyeTUvAy0JD-g4JWQpp-FVAofZaeQiJofIZdxNvxYOFUgK7E__pNTUIZo_OHk0GjFZS9NzZpEPBVow_LZCNYN1xX0Cp-KpvNx2lQtMyIf2NhFoxXzxC843oPu/s1600-h/atlantamagsept-228x300.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 228px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374746038932428514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrvYsG63nX_eRNE_eWJbwMyeTUvAy0JD-g4JWQpp-FVAofZaeQiJofIZdxNvxYOFUgK7E__pNTUIZo_OHk0GjFZS9NzZpEPBVow_LZCNYN1xX0Cp-KpvNx2lQtMyIf2NhFoxXzxC843oPu/s320/atlantamagsept-228x300.jpg" /></a><br /><div><span style="color:#ff0000;">she was inaccurately portrayed in the article. I will definitely read this article and form my own opinion. I like this season's Kim....she refuses to take crap from anyone. Her recycled manager, Jonathan Jaxson is on it! Team Kim!<br /></span></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>12:14 pm August 27, 2009, by Richard Eldredge<br />Just when things at Buzz Central were getting a little too quiet (it is late August, after all), comes word of a brand-new bitch slapping contest concerning —who else? — “The Real Housewives of Atlanta.”<a href="http://blogs.ajc.com/peachbuzz/files/2009/08/atlantamagsept.jpg"></a><br />Kim Zolciak has taken to her <a href="http://kimzolciak.com/">website </a>under the headline ”Atlanta Magazine: Screw Off” to announce a boycott of the upcoming “Housewives” cover story in the September issue of Atlanta magazine describing it as “disgusting and manipulating.”<br />Zolciak claims she was “inaccurately portrayed” in the cover story written by Amanda Brown Heckert.<br />Since Buzz Central happens to have an advance copy of said story, let’s take a quick looksee to see what could possibly have set off the weave-whacked, aspiring vocalist.<br />Oops.<br />The headline of the story?<br />“Trashionistas: Sound the Sirens! Just try not watch the train wreck that is The Real Housewives of Atlanta.”<br />Oh, my.<br />Here’s the lead of Brown Heckert’s profile: “Five pretty Georgia peaches, plump with collagen and ripe with ambition, sit as still as Evian in the pool house of the Pink Palace, a ludicrously lavish villa that has housed generations of Buckhead socialites and, now that it’s for rent, a Ne-Yo video.”<br />And yet, despite her protestations, Zolciak has posted pictures of herself from the exquisitely camp-tastic Atlanta magazine 14-page photo spread featuring the Bravo reality stars.<br />Explains Zolciak: “Because the photos are gorgeous, I have posted them but please don’t waste your money or time in picking up this trash magazine.”<br />While the September Atlanta issue officially hits news stands next week, “Housewives” fans can get a preview of the story and pictures <a href="http://www.atlantamagazine.com/">at www.atlantamagazine.com.</a> Also, for a mere 99-cents, you can read the entire story by <a href="http://www.zinio.com/browse/publications/single-issues.jsp?productId=359461851&ns=usa&pss=1">clicking here.</a><br />It was not immediately clear whether Atlanta magazine’s attorneys will host a tutorial on copyright infringement to Zolciak’s website administrators. After all, the publication’s creative team retains the rights to the photo spread Zolciak is generously posting all over her website. </div>Atlanta Cougarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01211582677987343563noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4038392395136822718.post-42713506598787393672009-08-21T16:33:00.003-04:002009-08-21T16:52:28.329-04:00Real Housewives of Atlanta Show Wrap Up<span style="color:#ff0000;">Last night's episode seemed a tad too long......I think Lisa's segments are like watching paint dry. She is really grating on my nerves this season. I loved seeing the Nene and Dwight show and wish that Bravo would give them their own series. I am really liking Kim this season and it is interesting how the production shows her in an entirely new light. Kudos to Kim for her composure at the King Tut exhibit. I really, really like Kandi and her adorable little girl Riley. A.J......not so much....I'm just saying.........hoping she will reconsider her engagement. 6 children and 4 baby mamas at age 34? Does the phrase "birth control" mean anything to you? And does he have a J.O.B.? Sheree.....just plain manipulative and evil. Anyway, EW.com has a brilliant summary of the show so I thought I would share it.................</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHlgDZwirD_8ooXS3uou26FUeuQ7l2YgGrtNvcA8oEo3bx3mQPwKOrXwhXnoj3CAaNOWmtgwfV_dYW_qLN6tVFQSVAJy13d26Zat1eTLUFmev5D1ORG0qp3MtVXa6GHL27jMKAKh9TXs5F/s1600-h/nene+082109.jpg"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372518236121574162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHlgDZwirD_8ooXS3uou26FUeuQ7l2YgGrtNvcA8oEo3bx3mQPwKOrXwhXnoj3CAaNOWmtgwfV_dYW_qLN6tVFQSVAJy13d26Zat1eTLUFmev5D1ORG0qp3MtVXa6GHL27jMKAKh9TXs5F/s320/nene+082109.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;"><br /></span><div></div><br /><div>"Bravo had NeNe working overtime last night. First they commissioned her Lisa’s Mom invited NeNe to go to Lisa’s Grandmother’s 92nd birthday in Los Angeles. Ed isn’t good TV had a meeting to go to, so NeNe will go as Lisa’s date instead. Then NeNe orchestrated an evening of an open bar culture at a King Tut exhibit and convinced Kim to join the group of ladies. Hey, everyone’s kids are going to be there. What could go wrong? If the women want to top the New Jersey escapades, I pictured an ancient pharaoh Sheree sandwich.<br />Before we got to the main event, there was some ridiculousness to plow through. We got a scene of Kim and the kids doing their homework at the table under the new nanny’s watchful eye. The notion of verbs stumped the girls. Is sightseeing a verb? It’s an action, you know. But maybe it’s an adjective? Kim declared the question a Catch-22. Her oldest daughter Briele wondered how the phrase “in a jiffy” solved the conundrum. I started rocking in place at home. Finally Briele rapped a Spanish prayer to an awkward chicken dance. The nanny snapped and said the girl was going straight to hell. Kim was pissed. So pissed that she didn’t fire the nanny. (Woman’s got to work get her weave trimmed and she needs childcare.) But then the nanny went on a tampon run, leaving the kids at home alone, and that was the final straw. Nanny gone.<br />Kandi starred in a photo shoot to promote her revitalized singing ambitions and also to celebrate family. Problem was her Mom sulked in the corner eating a buffalo wing, and refused to so much as look A.J. in the eye. Riley looked like a doll, and was hopefully oblivious to the tension. A.J., a man of woefully few words, gave up after saying hello. Kandi, who strikes me as all the more moving because she internalizes her pain and doesn’t play it up for the cameras, seemed always on the verge of tears. Oh dear, I’m thinking we most likely won’t see a wedding this season. But I do wish her the team player she deserves. Also—those were pretty peacock feather earrings!<br />Bravo wants a piece of Dwight in every episode this slow season. So off NeNe toddled to his salon to get a manicure from Ruben Studdard. Dwight appeared in a gold suit straight out of Duckie’s closet. NeNe wants to find him a man. So he oozed into some caramel leather pants that left nothing to the imagination and joined Sheree for a night of speed dating. It was painful! Dwight asked event planners about their shoe sizes. Sheree suffered through 25-year-olds with restraining orders and one interminable joke from a good egg named George. Outside Lisa and NeNe, who put the whole evening together, congratulated themselves on their husbands and how they would never subject themselves to something as humiliating as speed dating. Smug wenches!<br />At King Tut, NeNe got a little prickly when she saw Kim and Kandi bonding in the corner. I love me some NeNe but that woman has a small streak. The new friendship put her in a fussy mood, and she sneered afterwards to the cameras that Kim was a fair weather friend and Kandi was just a little bit too “geh-toe, a little bit hood” for their group. Kandi, being the only sane one in this group. treated NeNe’s baiting with cool equanimity. Sheree and Lisa, who’d been snickering in the corner about Kim’s singing, pushed Dwight into a wretched version of Summertime. Kandi belted out a few pretty notes. NeNe sniffed that the girl wasn’t all that. A.J. stood in a corner texting his baby mamas.<br />Next week while Lisa tearfully wonders if she’s ready to visit her older brother’s grave. Here’s an idea, do it between seasons! I don’t want to be insensitive to her pain but I’m not sure that having cameras present helps with the grieving process. Also, Shereee starts a rumor that Kim told everyone in Atlanta that Lisa is a crack whore. "<br />p.s. Kim has a black puff of a dog named Chanel and a naked picture of her clutching her balloons hanging in the hallway. I had to rock myself to sleep.</div>Atlanta Cougarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01211582677987343563noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4038392395136822718.post-61833695798552018622009-08-21T16:08:00.002-04:002009-08-21T16:31:22.772-04:00Kim Zolciak...I Like Your New Look!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOQfFuMV0NiZr3daWGHZoV2oINCSOg4JABubt9o8I0cI_lAUyZh65ChkNXigOz3tNiapAxaWs2gySERJQ01pVftICo8JQGNDcVrdNq2LGV3_4VozB1kkrLhJ1O7-DKwGv7ziN2n5DAg0Ov/s1600-h/kim+new+wig.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 212px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372511797071761970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOQfFuMV0NiZr3daWGHZoV2oINCSOg4JABubt9o8I0cI_lAUyZh65ChkNXigOz3tNiapAxaWs2gySERJQ01pVftICo8JQGNDcVrdNq2LGV3_4VozB1kkrLhJ1O7-DKwGv7ziN2n5DAg0Ov/s320/kim+new+wig.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Kim--- I love your new straight hairdo! It looks quite sassy and is a nice alternative to the curls. </div><div>Variety is the spice of life. Can't wait to see the bob you described on the after show last night.</div>Atlanta Cougarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01211582677987343563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4038392395136822718.post-16566136180351520812009-08-13T16:33:00.004-04:002009-08-13T16:40:27.488-04:00OK! Exclusive: Kim Zolciak Admits, “I Did Hit NeNe”<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH9dX57ksdu9AgyiDF_vtRp2jy-cDQCnb8l4xS1Dih6M5uIzsVBybITqD_oxR_z0DlciVAJBx4EsCVT0lPpypcZKFqh8SrFCfZY8i2s_UhQrrWyxYE2i4dbNbaIUyKkDd8p4H9dpocWOJh/s1600-h/kimnene.jpg"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 318px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369549812790770946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH9dX57ksdu9AgyiDF_vtRp2jy-cDQCnb8l4xS1Dih6M5uIzsVBybITqD_oxR_z0DlciVAJBx4EsCVT0lPpypcZKFqh8SrFCfZY8i2s_UhQrrWyxYE2i4dbNbaIUyKkDd8p4H9dpocWOJh/s320/kimnene.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;"> I honestly think that Kim and Nene can be friends.....in my humble opinion, the troublemaker housewife is none other than Sheree (Sh're Devil) Whitfield. Things will be heated on tonight's episode but do you think that the Sh're Devil is to blame? The following is a copy of Ok Magazine's exclusive interview with Kim regarding the infamous alleged squabble. Watch what happens:<br /></span><div></div><br /><div>"There are new twists in the ongoing squabble over an alleged Housewife-on-Housewife attack.<br />On Wednesday, NeNe Leakes claimed that fellow Real Housewife of Atlanta Kim Zolciak was not an innocent victim <a href="http://www.okmagazine.com/2009/08/ok-exclusive-real-housewife-kim-set-to-press-charges-against-nene/">in the alleged assault </a>in which Kim claims NeNe “choked her out.”<br />Now Kim has admitted to OK! that she did “smack NeNe’s finger” — but insists she did not strike out first.<br />“Kim is trying to make it seem like, ‘I need an apology. I’m so hurt’,” NeNe said on Atlanta’s Q1000 radio station today of the fight that was alleged to have happened back in April.<br />“Well, can you please tell them what you did, ma’am?,” she challenged Kim. “If you let them know what you did, then we can go from there.”<br />When OK! put this to Kim, she said that she only touched her former best friend after NeNe put her hands around her throat.<br />“I was not pleased with the stuff that’s coming out her mouth, but as far as putting your hands on somebody, absolutely not. I didn’t touch her first,” she said.<br />But Kim did concede: “She put her hand in my face after she choked me the first time, and I smacked her finger out of my face.”<br />“I think I was so shocked that someone would strangle me.”</div>Atlanta Cougarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01211582677987343563noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4038392395136822718.post-41562433296262820002009-08-13T14:14:00.003-04:002009-08-13T15:58:10.481-04:00My Encounter With Nene Leakes....Fabulous! BAM!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLSPH9Go_iivs8NWf5jBq_JHJSryZShUNVPCxFQPmQaI-Pw4THVzhw6OsIuGmbJK5qQc68hqL8jyg91oQrImdX2KXrhoRn0Y2xkha8Vynsmoeu1EHb2XcvaMSlMweCxIIp3FGRY2IhAnKh/s1600-h/nene-with-mike-book-signing.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369513809984484946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLSPH9Go_iivs8NWf5jBq_JHJSryZShUNVPCxFQPmQaI-Pw4THVzhw6OsIuGmbJK5qQc68hqL8jyg91oQrImdX2KXrhoRn0Y2xkha8Vynsmoeu1EHb2XcvaMSlMweCxIIp3FGRY2IhAnKh/s320/nene-with-mike-book-signing.jpg" /></a><br /><div>It was a fabulous night. I attended the signing of Nene Leakes' new book "Never Make the Same Mistake Twice. All I can say is that Nene is all that and a bag of chips. She made a grand entrance with her husband Greg, dressed tastfully in a blue ruffled tank and black stretch jeans with high heels. She is very tall and attractive in person, with a really great figure. She commented that she hadn't eaten in 4 days and she was quite svelte. After her entrance, Nene walked through the long lines of her fans waiting for signing and literally said hello and hugged almost every person there. She spent a good 10 minutes interacting with the crowd and joking about the Housewives. Coincidentally, during this time, Lisa Wu Hartwell called and Nene put the call on speakerphone so that we could all say hello to Lisa. Lisa was somewhere watching her son Justin's football practice. Apparently, Nene and Lisa are still friendly. Nene made some remarks about being uncomfortable that someone would pull off her weave(joke at Kim's expense). Greg quietly sat at the table with Nene and assisted her with the signing. They were also promoting Nene's cruise in November. The details can be found at globalvacationstore.com.</div><div> </div><div>Nene is a genuinely very down to earth, nice, bubbly , hysterically funny person and it was an indeed a pleasure to meet her. I have always been on Team Nene but now I want to be the captain.</div>Atlanta Cougarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01211582677987343563noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4038392395136822718.post-27600206974754260752009-08-11T13:46:00.002-04:002009-08-11T13:55:34.663-04:00Another Atlanta Housewife Faced Foreclosure<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3PiGnGzAOM/SoGwbut1AbI/AAAAAAAAAM4/DoISVfdDIcg/s1600-h/lisawuhartwell_11_b.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 250px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368766221245546930" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3PiGnGzAOM/SoGwbut1AbI/AAAAAAAAAM4/DoISVfdDIcg/s320/lisawuhartwell_11_b.jpg" /></a><br /><div><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#ff0000;">Remember the bowling alley in Lisa and Ed's house last season? Well, if you did see it featured on an episode last season, you had better remember it because we won't see it ever again. It has come to my attention that Lisa and Ed Hartwell lost their dream mansion to foreclosure. It appears that Ed's involuntary retirement from the NFL has wreaked havoc on their finances. Noone is immune in this economy. Honestly, I feel their pain. I hope that they are happily settled in their new McMansion. </span><a href="http://www.singersroom.com/"><span style="color:#ff0000;">www.singersroom.com</span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;"> reports on Ed and Lisa on their website. Check it out.</span></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>"Lisa Wu Hartwell of the 'Real Housewives of Atlanta' is settled in a new home following news of an unexpected foreclosure, reported late Monday."Ed and Lisa are fine. They have settled in their home," a representative confirmed shortly after news broke that the reality star and her former Oakland Raiders hubby Ed Hartwell had lost the multi-million dollar home displayed on BRAVO's "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" last year.In documents obtained by TMZ, the housewife, who also has children with R&B singer/producer Keith Sweat, lost the multi-million dollar home after a bank foreclosed on the property and sold it shortly thereafter.Wu-Hartwell's home was valued at $2.9 million upon purchase in 2007 but sold for $1.9 million after foreclosure.According to Wu-Hartwell's rep, the couples new home sits on 10 acres and is completely owned by the couple."</div>Atlanta Cougarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01211582677987343563noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4038392395136822718.post-65683400841952378922009-08-10T21:07:00.004-04:002009-08-10T21:18:25.451-04:00Sneak Peek at Nene Leakes' New Memoir................<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBYvZBYfws2-z-SMFvI3VEJcL9U8vQNGjrrglMJPRk_-7GaM0qo3aaP0Ll7NxuKj-IH9bfwmffOZ3xh8yysMqAE27wG_borYSqM3bMxaKwS5uvFUBNmsGvY64gGBga7V8R6VlHX1CaVW-4/s1600-h/ne-ne-leakes-of-the-real-housewives-of-atlanta-pics-101.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368509120291603906" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 238px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBYvZBYfws2-z-SMFvI3VEJcL9U8vQNGjrrglMJPRk_-7GaM0qo3aaP0Ll7NxuKj-IH9bfwmffOZ3xh8yysMqAE27wG_borYSqM3bMxaKwS5uvFUBNmsGvY64gGBga7V8R6VlHX1CaVW-4/s320/ne-ne-leakes-of-the-real-housewives-of-atlanta-pics-101.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><span style="color:#ff0000;">We are 100% Team Nene fans and look forward to her book signing at the Barnes and Noble in Buckhead on Wednesday night. Barnes and Noble is not expecting a big crowd.... I am shocked!! The following is some dish written by Richard Eldredge at ajc.com regarding the book. Check it out..........................</span></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br />"......if you aren’t already familiar with Nene Leakes, the straight-talking, attitude-slinging breakout cast member of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” the author blurb on the back flap of her brand-new book fills you in.<br />On the dust jacket of “Never Make the Same Mistake Twice: Lessons on Love and Life Learned the Hard Way” written with Denene Millner, Leakes is described as: “An active member of Atlanta society. She resides in an upscale area of Atlanta with her husband Gregg and their two sons. Nene donates her time to various charities and founded the Twisted Hearts Foundation to bring awareness of domestic violence against women.”<br />The book officially hits stores on Tuesday as Leakes begins a whirlwind media tour for the tome. Fans of the hit Bravo reality show will likely love the book written in Leakes’ trademark sassy voice. And there’s no shortage of dirt dishing and mud flinging either.<br />For example, Leakes tells readers “I was a little lifted because I’d had almost an entire bottle of wine on an empty stomach to loosen up” for her first on-camera interview with producers to become a member of the “Real Housewives” cast. Oh, and she was wearing flip-flops, a wife beater and camouflage pants and her hubby Gregg was “on my last good nerve” at the time.<br />“Finally, I just said ‘Gregg, shut the hell up!’ right there with the cameras rolling and everything, honey!” Leakes tells the AJC with a laugh. “But I knew for real when that producer drove off, she was thinking ‘That’s one of the ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ right there.’ ”<br />Alas, Leakes concedes that being on a show that attracts millions of viewers each week can have its downside. Like when you’re trying to quietly buy some feminine hygiene products after hours at the Walgreen’s.<br />“Sometimes I’m not in the mood to be cute for people,” she explains. “But they’re not aware of the day I’ve had. That I’m tired and I’ve got cramps and I just need to buy some tampons. And then I see it on a blog that they can’t believe Nene is buying her tampons at Walgreen’s. Well, I hate to tell you but Neiman[-Marcus] and Saks [Fifth Avenue] don’t sell those!”<br />Leakes also writes about how she felt when she saw TV news reports about her and her family getting evicted from a rented house last year. In the book, she explains that the owner was being foreclosed on and the rent checks her family was sending in weren’t being used to pay the mortgage. She writes: “So finally we decided to move. We refused to pay another dime in rent because we felt like [the owner] wasn’t dealing with us in good faith.” (the issue was eventually settled in court).<br />“To see that splashed all over Fox 5 News, a station I’ve watched most of my adult life, was hurtful,” Leakes recalls. “Not only did they distort what happened but the two anchors were chit-chatting back and forth about me like they knew me!”<br />And while Leakes will likely have many admirers standing in line when she hits the Barnes & Noble in Buckhead starting at 7 p.m. Wednesday and the Borders in Lithonia at 7 p.m. on Thursday, her co-stars likely won’t be among the fans.<br />As predicted, Leakes lets loose in “Mistake” about the difficulties she’s encountered with wig-wearing nemesis Kim Zolciak and budding fashionista Sheree Whitfield.<br />Of Zolciak, Leakes writes: I’m not sure if she’s been clinically diagnosed but I’m convinced if she were to lie down on a doctor’s couch, a psychiatrist would surmise within minutes that Kim is a wack job.”<br />The title of the chapter devoted to Whitfield? “Watch the Girl Who Throws Rocks and Hides Her Hands.”<br />“I haven’t really thought a whole lot about how the other girls are going to respond to the book,” Leakes says. “But there’s nothing in that book that I wouldn’t say straight out to them to their face. I have a set of [male reproductive organs]. And my husband will tell you that when they drop out, it’s a terrible sight to see!”</div>Atlanta Cougarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01211582677987343563noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4038392395136822718.post-22506074660694025562009-08-09T11:46:00.006-04:002009-08-09T11:53:58.200-04:00Picture of Real Housewives of Atlanta Kim Zolciak's Big Poppa Finally Revealed!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg1jApiooPlXxtgBOoz8YDaN6Rk5XV_SkLWfWnIn7DG3c-RZdU6YSS9cVzMdgWgB6a5wB9SjuET49NLptmXXcbbdVzzIc8hThEVgvBuREc6QwuVkUuAq4tC1o3qJiRxRLSKUjCDeiBfIY-/s1600-h/TMZ.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367992745642633362" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 230px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg1jApiooPlXxtgBOoz8YDaN6Rk5XV_SkLWfWnIn7DG3c-RZdU6YSS9cVzMdgWgB6a5wB9SjuET49NLptmXXcbbdVzzIc8hThEVgvBuREc6QwuVkUuAq4tC1o3qJiRxRLSKUjCDeiBfIY-/s320/TMZ.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I called it last year........and some skeptics did not want to believe it. Kim Zolciak's Big Poppa is none other than Lee Najjar. This is the first photo of the now separated couple,which was taken at The Atlantis Resort in The Bahamas in November, published on tmz.com. Here is the link to their post:</div><br /><div><a href="http://www.tmz.com/2009/08/09/kim-zolciak-and-big-poppa-the-first-photo/">Kim Zolciak & Big Poppa -- The First Photo</a><br /><br />Shared via <a href="http://addthis.com/">AddThis</a> </div>Atlanta Cougarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01211582677987343563noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4038392395136822718.post-65615807957107611132009-08-07T15:42:00.004-04:002009-08-07T16:02:52.515-04:00Nene Leakes Speaks Out about the Alleged Kim Zolciak Altercation<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2MxP01zXl6RXFqPs2mZZoFtyfN5b2i2MtyCbAhRVsGZC12VJmTE9dmNp2kUAP2AwR49DElMfp09MUVXcP_EkyxVqNpxqxjqzux6Jj63C2dz8w_K-2AiS2hY7KIM2INjVxkJT8VNsYTIgh/s1600-h/neneleakes.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 180px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 110px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367309904682399570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2MxP01zXl6RXFqPs2mZZoFtyfN5b2i2MtyCbAhRVsGZC12VJmTE9dmNp2kUAP2AwR49DElMfp09MUVXcP_EkyxVqNpxqxjqzux6Jj63C2dz8w_K-2AiS2hY7KIM2INjVxkJT8VNsYTIgh/s320/neneleakes.jpg" /></a> <span style="color:#ff0000;">OMG! Was last night show over the top or what? I don't know who is the most blameworthy among the castmembers. As of this moment,I think Sheree is the most culpable. She seems to really talk trash behind both Kim and Nene's backs. And as I have previously mentioned, I think she is the #1 Housewife candidate for anger management therapy. Lisa has replaced Deshawn Snow as the most boring housewife. Yawn city.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;"> The following is an exclusive Peachbuzz interview with Nene Leakes where she dishes her side of Chokegate.</span> Enjoy!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"In an interview with the AJC Friday, “Real Housewives of Atlanta” cast member NeNe Leakes said that no charges have been filed or a warrant issued for her arrest following a April 14 incident with castmate Kim Zolciak at Atlantic Station.<br />Leakes confirmed that a disagreement materialized between the two women as Bravo cameras rolled outside Taste clothing boutique, a 17th Street shop owned by Teresa Caldwell, the mother of Atlanta rapper Bow Wow.<br />According to a police report filed by Atlanta police officer R.J. Byers on April 15, he met Zolciak at the Atlanta shopping center where she reported Leakes attempted to choke her during an argument. Byers reports witnesses broke up the skirmish. The officer also stated he advised Zolciak to “take pictures of any bruises to her neck” and to go to the Fulton County courthouse with the witnesses and request a warrant for Leakes’ arrest.<br />“There was never a warrant and there was never an arrest,” Leakes told the AJC. “The cameras were there. Everyone will see what really happened when it airs on the show. Kim has a problem. You need to type that out in big, bold letters. If she feels threatened, she should. I would never claim that someone put their hands on me and tried to choke me if it didn’t happen. For real. If that happens to someone for real, I would advise them to call the police and have that person arrested. That clearly didn’t happen.”<br />Leakes said viewers can expect more fireworks in next week’s edition of the hit Bravo reality show. The episode will pick up from Thursday night’s explosive argument between feuding “Housewives” Zolciak, Sheree Whitfield and Leakes.<br />The trio initially met at <a href="http://entertainment.accessatlanta.com/atlanta-ga/venues/show/733259-french-american-brasserie">French American Brasserie</a> restaurant downtown to try and negotiate a truce. Things quickly spiralled out of control with name-calling and shouting as shocked FAB staffers and diners looked on in horror.<br />In previews for the next week’s show, the three are seen screaming at each other on the sidewalk outside the eatery on Ivan Allen Boulevard.<br />“There might just be some wig-pulling, yes!” Leakes said laughing. “We called it an intervention, after all. The people inside the restaurant actually applauded when we left. It was like, ‘Thank God, those bitches are finally out of here!’ “Atlanta Cougarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01211582677987343563noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4038392395136822718.post-72041738960605511192009-08-06T17:24:00.001-04:002009-08-06T17:24:38.710-04:00'Real Housewives of Atlanta''s NeNe on the Alleged Choking Incident at The Insider<a href="http://www.theinsider.com/news/2661553__Real_Housewives_of_Atlanta_s_NeNe_on_the_Alleged_Choking_Incident">'Real Housewives of Atlanta''s NeNe on the Alleged Choking Incident at The Insider</a><br /><br />Shared via <a href="http://addthis.com">AddThis</a><br />Atlanta Cougarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01211582677987343563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4038392395136822718.post-65851267386860715562009-08-06T17:02:00.003-04:002009-08-06T17:09:04.993-04:00Nene Leakes of the Real Housewives of Atlanta Schedules Buckhead Book Signing<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB70yCEeb3KtpTWyHClxwa9bJM_UeApX9bp48Oa30x6cPH-D7bq6V51QvVv3OZTMLbpJYhsErlWGrQ2JdyWcZv0Wf_V3NAAJhIt3xY2TRrX-S7zupQOHV-wD9med4qcbG6ueZ0z4voher6/s1600-h/nene+book.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366960053735690770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB70yCEeb3KtpTWyHClxwa9bJM_UeApX9bp48Oa30x6cPH-D7bq6V51QvVv3OZTMLbpJYhsErlWGrQ2JdyWcZv0Wf_V3NAAJhIt3xY2TRrX-S7zupQOHV-wD9med4qcbG6ueZ0z4voher6/s320/nene+book.jpg" /></a><br /><div><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#ff0000;">Richard Eldredge from Peach Buzz at ajc.com reveals that Nene Leakes will have a book signing next week for her new book "Don't Make The Same Mistake Twice". Yes, I will be attending to finally see the "eye poppin' lips bustin' " queen of the Real Housewives of Atlanta.</span></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>"Want to catch a cast member from “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” in person but keep missing Kim Zolciak’s clueless observations about table-side guacamole-making at the Atlantic Station Rosa’s Mexicano?<br />Well, fan fave NeNe Leakes herself will be at two area book stores next week touting her brand-new book “Never Make the Same Mistake Twice: Lessons on Love and Life Learned the Hard Way”<br />On Aug. 12, she’ll be at the Barnes & Noble in Buckhead starting at 7 p.m. On Aug. 13, she’ll sign and greet admirers at the Borders in Lithonia at 7 p.m.<br />So what can fans expect in “Mistake?”<br />Here’s the official word from publisher Touchstone: “Reality TV drama queen shares her wild journey from a scandalous past to the top of reality television stardom in an outrageous and captivating memoir. Charting her journey from family black sheep, single mother, to realizing her dreams and making good, NeNe shares intimate accounts of her past and the hard lessons learned in discovering her path to true love and self-acceptance. Written in her bold, tell-it-like-it-is voice, she also addresses the rumors about her past and dishes on her fellow members of the cast. She is a self-made woman who has not forgotten where she came from and knows exactly where she wants to go.”<br />Oh, and check back at Buzz Central early next week. We’ve booked an interview with Leakes to discuss her book and the second season of the hit Bravo series."</div>Atlanta Cougarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01211582677987343563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4038392395136822718.post-82433118378933079432009-08-04T13:06:00.004-04:002009-08-04T13:11:32.092-04:00Kim Zolciak Speaks With ET About Her Alleged Altercation With Nene Leakes<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOToEE6CL0gvQKecnwWmx2Gpx4qvYzPbw6rqTnMIBoeoBPae29qtwRWmFDNaIGW164TLgQCmANIBUXoAIVxwi-rRjwYKXVwKKq6jZyXEzOlOE7p5tzQih3hm_cdnp08Tx3uIBMO34hcovL/s1600-h/real%2520housewives%2520cast.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366157303197006146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOToEE6CL0gvQKecnwWmx2Gpx4qvYzPbw6rqTnMIBoeoBPae29qtwRWmFDNaIGW164TLgQCmANIBUXoAIVxwi-rRjwYKXVwKKq6jZyXEzOlOE7p5tzQih3hm_cdnp08Tx3uIBMO34hcovL/s320/real%2520housewives%2520cast.jpg" /></a><br /><div><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#ff0000;">Kim Zolciak spoke with ET about her alleged altercation with Nene Leakes. I think an episode in which all of the housewives attend an anger management seminar is in order for Season 2. </span></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>"Real Housewives of Atlanta" castmember Kim Zolciak is speaking out to ET about filing a police report against NeNe Leakes, who allegedly <a href="http://www.etonline.com/news/2009/07/77060/index.html" target="_blank" included="null" s_oidt="0" s_oid="http://www.etonline.com/news/2009/07/77060/index.html">strangled Kim</a> during a heated exchange.<br />Kim's publicist tells ET: "The police report that has went public today pertaining to my client Kim Zolciak and a serious physical altercation that was started by fellow housewife NeNe Leakes is a very serious matter that is still under investigation.<br />"Mrs. Leakes has now proven to the world that she is not the woman she claims. She has spoken publicly of being a former victim of domestic violence and her charity work to help others that have suffered the same. And then she would have such anger to choke my client instead of acting like a REAL woman and talking their personal conflicts out or simply walking away. Violence is a very serious issue and we are not going to be taking this incident lightly.<br />"Mrs. Leakes needs obvious therapy for her apparent anger management issues." </div>Atlanta Cougarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01211582677987343563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4038392395136822718.post-75074264537340663202009-08-03T16:50:00.001-04:002009-08-03T16:50:20.757-04:00Real Housewives of Atlanta Are Back and Better Than Ever.<div>And I am back, too! Enough down time. It's time to dish about my favorite biyatches, the Real Housewives of Atlanta. Round One Loser: Sheree!</div><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://widgets.bravotv.com/o/4657041ec2a2cf53/4a774d8c1639e155/4657041ec2a2cf53/6817cb4/widget.js"></script>Atlanta Cougarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01211582677987343563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4038392395136822718.post-4011848328216725622009-06-17T16:28:00.006-04:002009-06-17T16:59:40.556-04:00Nene Leakes Charms Morning Television Audience on the Today Show<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHcFc89ZcnyQh76ONnKp2uQ7HmwTv0m_4Eq1_BFVPV-n-naatud-WhQ3JMtop8E12SJ9fb8zJg6aclXvdOr57yV-UueYWQIL43sT3RKK768POqqJ2hAvYS6rV2Ieo5N0XUvro1PEXD4MM9/s1600-h/tdy_klg_chat_090617_grid-4x2.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 308px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 231px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348397953547080226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHcFc89ZcnyQh76ONnKp2uQ7HmwTv0m_4Eq1_BFVPV-n-naatud-WhQ3JMtop8E12SJ9fb8zJg6aclXvdOr57yV-UueYWQIL43sT3RKK768POqqJ2hAvYS6rV2Ieo5N0XUvro1PEXD4MM9/s320/tdy_klg_chat_090617_grid-4x2.jpg" /></a><br /><div> This morning Nene Leakes appeared on the 10:00 hour of the Today Show with Hoda Kotbe. She sported a plum dress, chandelier earrings, a sassy summer hairstyle and, of course, her smile. She was very natural, charming and down to earth and eased her stage fright by sipping on a margarita from her favorite Mexican restaurant Cinco's, in Duluth, Georgia.</div><div> </div><div>Other highlights of the show:</div><ul><li>Nene is writing a book entitled "Never Make The Same Mistake Twice which will hit the stores in August.</li><li>She was accompanied by her husband, Greg and her son, Brandon.</li><li>According to Nene, the RHOA is still the highest rated of the Housewives shows.</li><li>Nene is a germaphobe.</li><li>Nene has 3 close girlfriends and "lots of associates".</li></ul><div> </div><div>The premiere of Season 2 of the Real Housewives of Atlanta is on Tuesday, July 28th at 10pm. I look forward to another fabulous season!! Bring it on.</div><div> </div><div> Here is the link to check out the show: <a href="http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/29054368/">http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/29054368/</a></div>Atlanta Cougarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01211582677987343563noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4038392395136822718.post-66001300707297073752009-05-20T10:05:00.001-04:002009-05-20T10:05:16.943-04:00Tanning Tips from Delores DiGagorio, New Jersey's Finest....<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/Hkl4Ul8OTNo' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/Hkl4Ul8OTNo'/></object></p><p>In honor of the upcoming holiday weekend and my new favorite show, The Real Housewives of New Jersey, I am posting Delores' tanning tips....yes, it is that time of year once again.</p></div>Atlanta Cougarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01211582677987343563noreply@blogger.com5