Tuesday, October 6, 2015

The Real Housewives of Orange County Season 10 Episode 18 Recap: I Will Kill Him Myself!

The Real Housewives of Orange County continued the Brooks Ayers cancer saga this week, but with a new critic leading the charge and piling it on.



Picking up where last week left off, The Real Housewives of Orange County Season 10 Episode 18 kept the intensity level high as we learned:


  1. That Vicki Gunvalson thinks Satan is behind this;

  2. That her daughter Briana wants to KILL Brooks.

Regarding point number one, Vicki felt the evil nature of her co-stars’ assumptions about Brooks Ayers faking cancer had to be the devil’s work.



“When is enough enough?” Vicki asked. “He’s got cancer.”


Does he, though? Briana Culberson was not a fan of Brooks before hating on Brooks was popular. And she’s not exactly slowing down now.


Briana only stayed at her mom’s house during her visit to the O.C. because Ayers was away on business. Even then, she felt his bad vibes.


“It feels heavy and uncomfortable and there’s just kind of a nasty feeling when you walk in the door,” Culberson told her husband, Ryan.


Ryan, for his part, noted the “weird musk” of Ayers’ existence.


If you watch The Real Housewives of Orange County online, you know that for the women, it’s equally confusing why Vicki defends him SO passionately.


Briana said there is “absolutely nothing Brooks can do for me to accept him” and that Vicki “fights to make something work that shouldn’t work.”


Because she doesn’t want to be alone is Briana’s theory.


Incredibly, this was BEFORE SHE KNEW about the cancer situation, which she conveniently found out about during an outing with Tamra Barney.


According to Briana, this was shocking on multiple levels.


When she first met Brooks, she said, he talked about having pancreatic cancer … only to admit after detailed questioning that it was pancreatitis.


Tamra’s details about Ayers made Bri more skeptical.


“I’ll kill him. I’ll kill him myself,” Briana told Tamra after hearing the latest scandal. “She’s gonna find out … or he’s just going to be ‘cured’ one day.”


This cast a pall over Tamra’s baptism – which she orchestrated after an especially trying period of her life, and which all the women planned to attend.


While the occasion was meant to make everyone reflective in a peaceful, positive and introspective way, it just made Gunvalson dig in even more.


“The truth is always the truth,” the O.G. of the O.C. said.


“Satan loves confusion. This is Satan’s work.”


No ma’am. It’s just Bravo’s.


DASH Dolls Season 1 Episode 3: BASHing of the Dolls

The dolls at the Dash boutique in West Hollywood received surprise visitor on DASH Dolls Season 1 Episode 3, and it did not go over well. At all.


One guess as to who the party crasher was?



Khloe Kardashian, a.k.a. the HBIC, is well aware of the drama going down at DASH and see is ready to kick some ASH if the dolls don’t get in line.



Assembling her charges for “general meeting,” she reveals that she is basically an all-knowing, Orwellian figure with eyes and ears everywhere.


Her eyes and ears ain’t happy, either.


Khloe, Kim and Kourtney Kardashian receive updates and keep closer tabs on their boutiques than you might think, she informs the employees.


Cue awkward silence. And mortal fear.


“We get updates every single day of sales, who hit their goals for the day, we get weekly reports as to people’s behavior,” Khloe informed them.


“I think you guys need a wake up call.”


“Get your sh-together, everyone figure it out cause my sisters and I are disappointed. And if you don’t think that I don’t take our brand seriously?


“I will let someone go in two seconds.”


While this was just a warning shot, and likely a contrived one – you know you’re not gonna sack these people, it’s reality TV – the tension is real.


In the previous two weeks we’ve seen Malika Haqq nude, Malika and her sister fight, and Durrani try to set up Stephanie, which went over poorly.


Meanwhile, despite the fact that Taylor’s romance with her boyfriend is on the decline, she remains reluctant to end things for fear of hurting him.


So sweet. But likely not productive long-term.


What did she decide? And what else went down in the “Valley of the Dolls” Sunday night? Click to watch DASH Dolls online now and find out.


You will be very glad you did. Probably.

The Voice Recap: This Girl Had Us Seeing "Stars"


The Voice Season 9 Episode 5 brought an end to The Blind Auditions as the four coaches filled out their rosters with the best available talent.


Who earned a chance to compete in the next round, and whose team do you think has what it takes to make a deep run in the fall of 2015?




1. Shelby Brown – Stars (The Voice)


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Shelby Brown, 16, turned all four coaches’ chairs with a powerful performance of “Stars” on The Voice Season 9. Whose team would SHE pick!?



2. Dustin Christensen – Downtown Train (The Voice)


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Dustin Christenson turns all four chairs with his version of “Downtown Train” on The Voice Season 9. But whose team will he join!?



3. Blaine Mitchell – Drops of Jupiter (The Voice)


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Blaine Mitchell becomes the last member of Team Blake after singing “Drops of Jupiter” by Train on his audition for The Voice Season 9.



4. Summer Schappell – Strawberry Wine (The Voice)


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Pharrell and Gwen fight it out on The Voice Season 9 after Summer Schappell turns in a powerful take on “Strawberry Wine.”



5. Chase Kerby – The Scientist (The Voice)


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Trying out for The Voice Season 9 and laying it all on the line, Chase Kerby gives Gwen some sugar after performing “The Scientist.”



6. Dustin Monk – Bright Lights (The Voice)


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Blake and Adam fight over Dustin Monk’s audition of “Bright Lights,” which rocked the house on The Voice Season 9.


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Monday, October 5, 2015

50 Cent Feuds With Cast of Empire, Looks Like a Fool

50 Cent has feuded with Puff Daddy, Ja Rule, Rick Ross and even Floyd Mayweather, but he may have just picked a fight with his fiercest opponent yet – Cookie Lyon.


Yes, it seems 50 is not a fan of the hit Fox series Empire and he made his feelings clear on Instagram in a bizarre, homophobic rant:



“There are 3 million less viewers who tuned into last night’s Empire episode!!!! did you watch it?” the post said. “We could not take the extra gay stuff or celebrity stuff last night!!!!”



Beneath the re-gram (which has since been deleted) 50 wrote, “EMPIRES TV RATINGS TOOK A HUGE HIT. Ok I’ll stop now. COOKIE CALL ME BABY. I’ll tell every body to watch the show for you. LOL”


50 claims he didn’t read the original message in its entirety before he re-posted, and he claims he deleted it once someone called his attention to the homophobic content. 


He makes no apology for his Empire, however.


So why is 50 hatin’ on the show so hard?


Well, part of the reason is that his similar-themed Starz series Power is no match for Empire in the ratings game.


And it probably doesn’t help that the show took a shot at him in its second season premiere, when Cookie referred to 50 as “thirsty ass” for taking shots at the Lyon clan on Instagram.


Naturally, 50 had to prove the writers wrong, by…showing some serious thirst on Instagram.


We can’t help but think that 50 wouldn’t be bankrupt if he spent more time looking after his finances and less time looking for beef.


Watch Empire online at TV Fanatic to remind yourself why the show is stomping Power in the ratings.