Peacock is keeping Real Housewives: Ultimate Girls Trip fans on their toes with a big shakeup.
13.07.2023 - 22:49 / variety.com
Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic In 2020, Jenna Lyons starred in “Stylish,” a thrillingly, almost decadently awkward reality series on the service then called HBO Max. This was putatively an “Apprentice”-style show intended to find Lyons, a recognizable face to style-watchers as the former creative director and president of the retailer J. Crew, an all-purpose consigliere. But the show leaned all the way into its star’s evident discomfort with having to make choices. Lyons, a striking but diffident presence onscreen, shrank from defining the role the series’ “winner” might play, or from revealing much at all about her vision for her own post-J. Crew future. The uncertainty the halting, abrupt Lyons left in her wake made “Stylish” a must-watch for historians of aughts fashion personalities, but seemed, too, to ensure that this would be Lyons’ first and last foray into reality television.
Not so! Lyons now returns as the marquee star of a revamped, if not always refreshed, “The Real Housewives of New York City.” As, likely, the person best known to the largest portion of the audience — Lyons appeared on “Girls,” and dressed the Obamas — she’s a point of entry. And her struggles to engage make this season, in its early going, feel strained and unappealing. Its first three episodes struck this viewer as outlet-store fare — a flashy garment with amateurish tailoring. But this new cast, in aggregate, is enthusiastic, inclusive, bright, and ebullient — and they are working hard to sell their show. It’s notable that from “online content creator” Sai De Silva to “brand marketing and communications professional” Brynn Whitfield, these women tend to have a professional stake in keeping people talking about them; little, even in
Peacock is keeping Real Housewives: Ultimate Girls Trip fans on their toes with a big shakeup.
Kate Aurthur editor A Reddit post from last year about the political donations of “The Real Housewives of New York City” has resurfaced in recent days, in which a TikTok creator said that new “RHONY” cast member Erin Lichy donated to Donald Trump’s Stop the Steal campaign. The thread has newly gone viral, causing an excavation into Lichy’s politics and political leanings. A search of the Federal Election Commission database reveals that in the wake of the Nov.
Jenna Lyons showed off her modeling skills while soaking up the sun on a lake.
Kenya Moore is coming for Kim Zolciak again.Moore was a guest on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen alongside Sai De Silva, a new cast member of The Real Housewives of New York City, and while playing a game where Moore had to be brutally honest about people Cohen brought up, she didn’t hold back when it came to Zolciak. «Go the rehab, go to rehab,» Moore said.
Sai De Silva pulled off a task many would say is impossible: applying makeup in a moving car.
Jenna Lyons is still not over the dress she wore to the 2011 Met Gala.
Sai De Silva and Brynn Whitfield’s The Real Housewives of New York City bond has splintered.
Prince William is ready to return to New York City in September, and he’ll have a full schedule when he lands in the Empire State.
There’s no such thing as overpacking, according to Sai De Silva.
Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. The 14th season of “The Real Housewives of New York City” is finally here, along with a brand new cast. The new season of “RHONY” stars new Housewives Sai De Silva, Ubah Hassan, Erin Dana Lichy, Jenna Lyons, Jessel Taank and Brynn Whitfield. They replace Ramona Singer, Luann de Lesseps, Sonja Morgan, Leah McSweeney and Eboni K. Williams, who all departed after season 13 finished airing in September 2021. “You know that we’re at a crossroads for ‘RHONY,’ Andy Cohen told Variety in unveiling Bravo’s plans for the 14th season. “We’ve spent a lot of time figuring out where to go. And the plan that we’ve come up with, I think, is a real gift to the fans.”
The Real Housewives of New York City star Jenna Lyons‘ career in fashion was inspired by her experience with the genetic disorder incontinentia pigmenti, which prevents her from growing hair, teeth and eyelashes.
Andy Cohen is seemingly taking on the role of Mauricio Umansky‘s wingman amid his separation from Kyle Richards.
Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic There’s a certain familiarity to the early going of “Praise Petey,” and not in an unwelcome way; as she did on “Schitt’s Creek,” Annie Murphy plays a child of privilege who is cast into a new, vastly more rural and isolated living situation by circumstance. Here, though, the character Murphy plays is animated, and the setting for her personal reinvention isn’t a small town but a compound we quickly learn plays host to a cult. Her late father’s cult, to be precise. Petey, a fashion-magazine functionary whom we’re told in Murphy’s charming voiceover is “a girl with a boy’s name, so you’re allowed to like me,” is living her best life in New York City. But in the midst of idle days of lunching and half-working, she’s treated as an obstacle and an annoyance by her mother (Christine Baranski). So it is that early in the first episode, she decides to learn a little more about the community her father (played, when he appears in video messages made before the character’s death, by Stephen Root) left behind. It’s called New Utopia, and the name hints at the many hopes its citizens have for what they’ll gain by giving up their lives for the cause.
Big Willy!Prince William is going solo for his upcoming trip New York City to attend the Earthshot Prize Annual Innovation Summit.The Duke of Cambridge, 41, will jet set to Manhattan on Sept. 18 and 19, Kensington Palace revealed yesterday.William is set to make a long-delayed appearance at the event, which is co-hosted by the Earthshot Prize and Bloomberg Philanthropies.“The Summit, held during New York Climate Week and the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly, will convene previous Earthshot Prize Winners and Finalists with policymakers, global business leaders, philanthropists and climate activists to scale their innovative solutions,” Kensington Palace announced in a statement.The summit will unveil the 15 prize finalists for 2023, with the awards set to be presented in Singapore come November.
Jenna Lyons is opening up about her health and appearance.
Snail Mail joined Weezer onstage to perform two tracks at their recent New York City show – check out footage below.Snail Mail – real name Lindsey Jordan – joined the California rock band onstage at their Forest Hills Stadium show in Queens, New York on Thursday (July 13), where they performed single ‘El Scorcho’ and b-side ‘I Just Threw Out The Love Of My Dreams’ from 1996 album ‘Pinkerton’.Footage shared to Jordan’s Instagram showed her rehearsing with frontman Rivers Cuomo and guitarist Brian Bell, simply captioning the post “thanks for having me @weezer” with a crying emoji and love heart.Check out footage of the performance below.A post shared by LJ (@snailmail)A post shared by LJ (@snailmail)Last month, Weezer finally made good on their promise to bring viral TikTok user Evan Marsalli onstage to perform ‘Buddy Holly’ with them.Marsalli played ‘Buddy Holly’ every day for 990 days on TikTok before Cuomo invited him out to a show.The previous month, Weezer become the latest band to show their support for the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike, performing the same track on the picket line.Snail Mail, meanwhile, has been busy with her own string of recent team-ups and covers.
“Start spreading the news…” The Real Housewives of New York City return tonight with an all-new cast. Bravo is welcoming six new housewives and ahead of the premiere of Season 14, the cast is reflecting on being part of the show.
Ahead of the Sunday, July 16, debut The Real Housewives of New York City season 14, Us Weekly asked Sai De Silva, Jessel Taank, Brynn Whitfield, Jenna Lyons, Erin Lichy and Ubah Hassan to introduce themselves to Bravo fans by revealing which classic NYC characters they relate to most.
Bravo is bringing Real Housewives of New York City back for another season!
Jessel Taank might be new to The Real Housewives of New York City but she’s already making headlines. After reported that the fashion publicist was seen vomiting on the red carpet at the RHONY season 14 premiere party on Wednesday, July 12, Taank took to social media to assure fans it wasn’t due to alcohol. «I wish I was drunk!!» the mother of two commented on Page Six’s Instagram post about the story. «Unfortunately just a stomach bug guys … nothing to see here.»Jessel Taank attends Bravo's 'The Real Housewives Of New York City' season 14 premiere at The Rainbow Room on July 12, 2023 in New York City.Taank wasn’t the only one in her family who caught a stomach virus this week.