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The Real Housewives of Orange County

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2013

    Tamra Barney, Real Housewives of OC Member, Under Fire for Calling Fiance a "Beaner"

    I do not watch The Real Housewives of Orange County, not because I'm a snob (I'm all about The Real Housewives of Atlanta--wasn't Kenya CRAY CRAY this season?!) but because I find all the cast members insufferable and interchangeable. So when I started receiving emails that Tamra Barney called her L ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 25, 2013

    Jazz Lab Ensemble with Kirsten Edkins

    Saddleback College McKinney Theatre

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2012

    Real Housewives of Orange County: Cakegate 2012 Part II -- Diamonds and Quarrels

    See also: *Real Housewives of Orange County: Cakegate 2012, Part I"Is this the world we live in?" It's the question drunken Sarah, eater of fondant bows, pondered as she was kicked out of the fancy Dubrow party. A rhetorical question, we think, but frankly, we found ourselves asking it all episode l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2012

    Real Housewives of Orange County: Cakegate 2012, Part I

    We've been able to stay silent until now. So far, this season of Real Housewives of Orange County, save for one '80s-tastic, crimped hair-pulling Bunco party blowout between Vicki and Gretchen, has been pretty tame. But we can't stand idly by when a cake terrorist is on the loose in O.C. Hide yo kid ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2012

    Irvine Is The Most Fashionable City In America, Says A Real Study

    Turns out the most fashionable people in America don't dwell in Manhattan or LA. They live in Irvine. Yes, Irvine, California, USA.  That's according to research by Bundle, which measured the percentage of "fashion conscious households" in the country's 50 largest cities. The data company ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    What We Learned, March 3-9

    ​It's my dick in a box, I mean, a look at the week past and what we learned for it.MARCH 3: Kristen Wiig and host Lindsay Lohan appear in a hilarious Saturday Night Live skit mixing two iconic local entities: The Real Housewives of Orange County and The Unreal Princesses of Disneyland. "Weekend Up ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2011

    Real Housewives of Orange County Returns With New Flings, New Careers and a Non-Blonde!

    Bravo​Nope. Their faces haven't exploded yet. Real Housewives of Orange County, the show that keeps on chugging like the train wreck it is, is back for season 7, and this time, it delivers its biggest twist yet -- a non-blonde! When the series airs at 9 p.m. on Feb. 7, we'll meet the newest c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2011

    Christina Pazsitzky Talks Sausages, Pooping, and How Gross It Is to Call Your Lover "Daddy"

    ​Christina Pazsitzky is pure comedy: honesty and a lot of outspokenness. She's been on Chelsea Lately, has a hysterical podcast along with her husband Tom Segura, headlines comedy clubs nationwide, has a new comedy CD, and is on the upcoming Showtime special filmed in Amsterdam, Red Light C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2011

    Devon Lynn Kile, Real Housewives Wannabe, Won't Be Trading Pradas for Prison Garb

    ​When Laguna Hills roofing contractor Michael Vincent Petronella was convicted for one of the largest known frauds of its kind in California history, Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas famously said, "Cheaters who defraud the system will be trading in their Pradas for prison garb." Su ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2011

    Real Housewife Gretchen Rossi Gets Slapped With an Arrest Warrant

    ​Real Housewives of Orange County "star" Gretchen Rossi was expected to appear in court yesterday to deal with more legal drama involving her ex Jay Photoglou. (Namely, she's being sued for libel, slander and other things, and was ordered to fork over $40,000 for Photoglou's legal fees.) Where was ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2011

    'The Real Housewives' Go On Tour

    ​On the list of things you need less of, The Real Housewives probably hovers somewhere in the top five. Bravo disagrees: The corporation plans to renew The Real Housewives of Orange County for a seventh season. 

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2011

    OC Housewives Respond to Suicide of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Husband Russell Armstrong

    Russell and Taylor Armstrong.​Sad news in the real-life world of the Real Housewives.  ​Russell Armstrong, the estranged husband of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Taylor Armstrong, was found dead in his bedroom last night. The 47-year-old venture capitalist hanged himself, according ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2011

    Willy Wonka Caps an Unusually Chocolaty Anaheim Weekend

    ​Anaheim does not make Parliament's "Chocolate City" roll call, but that would be an apt name this weekend for the box that holds Disneyland. "Chocolate: The Event" features three days of sweet-making to pimp "Chocolate: The Exhibition" that's up through Sept. 11 at Muzeo Museum. Capping the festi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2011

    Real Housewife v. Casey Anthony

    Tamra Barney​There's no shortage of opinions on the Casey Anthony trial. See: the world's experts on everything--Internet users.Tamra Barney, Real Housewives of Orange County star, is one of the many who've taken to Twitter and Facebook to unleash anger over the "not guilty" verdict and subsequen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2011

    Two Men Arrested for Anti-Semitic Hate Crime in Coto de Caza

    Branstetter (L) and Wickham Booking Photos​Two men have been arrested and one has so far evaded capture in an alleged April 6 hate crime attack in Coto de Caza, the Associated Press reports, noting that the classy south OC enclave is "familiar to reality TV show viewers as the home of 'The Real Ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    'Real Ex-Housewife' Gina Peterson Claims 14-Year-Old Daughter Went Missing After Ex-Husband George Peterson Attacked Her

    Gina Peterson's Facebook PageBria Peterson​"Where is Bria?" reads the Facebook status of Gina Peterson, who calls herself the "Real Ex-Housewife of Orange County."Gina, ex-wife of former Real Housewives of Orange County cast member George Peterson, alleges that their 14-year-old daughter, Bria Pet ... More >>

  • News

    December 30, 2010

    A Year of Navel Gazing: The Virtual Orange County

    Looking back at 2010 on our news blog, one Top 10 List at a time

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2010

    Jim Bellino, Housewives Hubby, Sued For Fraud

    BravoJim and Alexis Bellino​More real problems for the stars of The Real Housewives of Orange County.  Jim Bellino, hubby of Housewife Alexis, is being sued for fraud, deceit, wrongful foreclosure, breach of written contracts and other accusations, the Register reports.Shashi Tejpaul and Gail ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2010

    New Study: Real Housewives of Orange County Viewers Are 'Pugnacious' and Probably Like Crest Whitestrips

    ​You are what you watch, says new data published by Ad Age. And if you watch Real Housewives of Orange County, you're probably "very advertiser friendly" (read: a sucker), "pugnacious" and you likely won't step foot into a Buick Lucerne. Brands and products that might resonate with you include App ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2010

    The Real Housewives Orange County Enters Skanky New Jersey Territory

    ​Beotch fight!!! Beotch fight!!! Current Real Housewives of Orange County cast member Tamra Barney and original cast member Jeana Keough are reported to have had a drink-throwing, attempted-retaliatory-pool-tossing, post-battle-Twitter-warring cat fight on the set of Season 6. TheImproper.com put ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 14, 2010

    Funniest Housewives of Orange County

    Irvine Improv

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2010

    Two Major Players From The O.C. Reunite

    ​Remember way back before The Real Housewives of Orange County and Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, when The O.C. was the only fictional television series about life in Orange County? Two major creative forces from the Fox nighttime soaper are reuniting for a new TV show.

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2010

    Tamra Barney of Real Housewives of OC Files for Restaining Order Against Estranged Hubby

    BravoTVThe Barneys before ...​Tamra Barney, one of The Real Housewives of Orange County, has reportedly filed for a restraining order against her estranged husband Simon Barney.Under the order, he can't go within 100 feet of her and is confined to seeing his kids two nights a week and every other ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2010

    One Real Housewife of Orange County is Hit with Lawsuit and Another is Just Hit

    Gretch​Went to The Real Housewives of Orange County and Cops broke out.Dueling gossip sites are reporting that Simon Barney, husband of Real Housewife Tamra Barney, was arrested this morning on a domestic violence charge, and that after arriving at a get acquainted dinner at the home of new Real H ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    Newport Beach Beauty Pageants Go Hollywood

    ​The brightness of the star is questionable, but Newport Beach's third annual amalgamation of beauty pageants will unquestionably have star power.The emcee for the Aug. 29 event aboard the yacht Endeavour in Newport Harbor will be Alexis Bellino, who joined The Real Housewives of Orange County cas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2010

    Gretchen Rossi Says She's Only on The Real Housewives for Money, Can't Break Bravo Pact

    ​Gretchen Rossi, The Real Housewives of Orange County cast member who joined the reality show in season four, says in an "exclusive" interview" with Examiner.com's Matt Carter that she wanted to leave the program after the death her of sugar daddy fiance but couldn't due to her contract with mean ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2010

    Peggy Tanous to be Newest Real Housewives of Orange County Blonde

    ​Another blonde is set to join the cast of The Real Housewives of Orange County, and this one already has had camera time on Bravo's reality show.Peggy Tanous, who will appear next season, is a friend of Alexis Bellino, the Real Housewife who really almost lost her twins to the Balboa Bay Club poo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2010

    Slayings Awake Sleepy Rancho Santa Margarita

    ​What in the devil is going on in Rancho Santa Margarita?Essentially a giant master planned community, the 10-year-old city boasts neighborhoods with rows of million-dollar homes, locations where most of The Real Housewives of Orange County are filmed and, until the past 13 days, no reported homic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2010

    Alexis Bellino of Real Housewives Offered Tips to Keep Her Kids From Drowning

    ​We told you here how The Real Housewives of Orange County reality spouse Alexis Bellino and her husband nearly lost their twin baby girls to the Balboa Bay Club pool Fourth of July weekend.The Bellinos and their kids grace the July cover of OC Parenting Magazine, and one hard-hitting question thr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    Four Real Housewives Show You How To Break Into The Music Industry Without Joining American Idol

    ​Apparently, you don't need to stand in line at an American Idol audition to have a shot at getting a music career started on television. There's another reality show that can do that for you: The Real Housewives series on Bravo has recently become the launching pad for singing cougars. Of cours ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2010

    Tobias Fünke: "Arrested Development Movie Not Going to Happen"

    Courtesy Arrested Development/FOXTobias Fünke, the world's first analrapist.​ In the last ten years, there have been a slew of television shows based in Orange County, but none ever surpassed the short-lived Arrested Development. After three seasons, the FOX sitcom was slashed due to low ratings, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2010

    OC Drama to be Dished Up for Denmark

    ​The Real Housewives of OC; it's the gift that keeps on giving. Seriously, the show is on track to spawn more spin-offs than Superman, and the trend has gone global . . .

  • Blogs

    December 25, 2009

    Drink of the Week: Chocolate Candy Cane at Montage

    Jessica Ford Chocolate Candy Cane​Montage in Laguna Beach is one of the swankiest hotels in the area, but you get your money's worth when it comes to drinks at the Lobby Lounge. After you valet park your BMW or Mercedes (whichever), pass through the initial entrance of the hotel and you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2009

    Lynne Curtin is Now a Wanted "Real Housewife"

    Is it curtins for Lynne Curtin?​TMZ.com reports that a Riverside judge has issued a bench warrant for Lynne Curtin, one of the Real Housewives of Orange County, and her husband Frank.

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2009

    We've Got a Price on Villa Rockledge

    Turns out we were waaaay off in our guestimate as to the asking price for Villa Rockledge in Laguna Beach. Like, $26,250,000 waaaay off. Here's the price according to Unique Homes: The World of Luxury Real Estate:$26,500,000Laguna Beach, CARockledge By The Sea. Boasing 190 feet of oceanfront with se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2009

    We're All Just Props for Laguna Beach Reality Shows

    The REAL "Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County"Stupid, stupid me. Here I thought Laguna Beach residents had to work their asses off to afford mortgages in Orange County's most idyllic beach-village community. As TheStreet.com's Michael Martin reveals in Life's a Surreality Show in Laguna Beach, MTV ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2009

    It's a Quick Read 38: Missing Wednesday Edition

    It'd be great if there was some great reporting assignment in a far-off jungle with an unreliable wireless connection that caused IaQR from appearing yesterday. The truth is, the author forgot to write it. And, judging by the avalanche of response from disappointed readers--an avalanche that surely ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2009

    Welcome to the Poorhouse: Relief Agencies Need Relief

    A big hole is ripping through the safety net, according to the Orange County Funders Roundtable, a coalition of local foundations that today released results of a countywide study that found 58 percent of responding nonprofits are facing declining revenues in 2009 and more than 66 percent are seeing ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 5, 2009

    David Spade

    Irvine Improv

  • Blogs

    January 2, 2009

    Looking Back at 2008: The Celeb-Reality Edition

    It was Oliver Wendell Holmes who opined that a new truth is better than an old celebrity-tinged news item, or at least he would have opined that had he lived in our celeb-obsessed times. So it is in that spirit these 15 Orange County brushes with famous folks in '08 are unveiled.   1) Newpo ... More >>

  • Features

    December 27, 2007

    The Real Portables of South County

    2007: A year to remember

  • Calendar

    December 6, 2007

    Ace of Spades

    David Spade

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2007

    Friday's Headlines. No Surprises: Carona resign? Please, no!

    Should Sheriff Carona Resign? Some 84 percent of the Reg's readers who responded to an online poll say yes. (9:08 a.m. By the way, they seem kind of confused over there. The poll reads 84 percent, but the accompanying article says 83 percent. The pro-Carona vote's at 16 percent, so let's stick with ... More >>

  • Columns

    November 23, 2006

    Diary of a Mad County

    Nov. 15 - Nov. 21

  • Film

    August 3, 2006

    Silver Tongued Devil

    Brandon Bennets tale of scams and screenwriting

  • News

    April 27, 2006

    Ask Not for Whom the Toll Blows

    San Diego wakes up, finds an Orange County freeway in its yard

  • Columns

    April 13, 2006

    Letters

    'A long and sordid history of trampling over civil liberties'

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2006

    The Real Poop on William Lyon

    Orange County Register reporter Frank Mickadeit finishes his decade-long series on The Real Housewives of Orange County today, something our own Commie Girl did better a couple weeks back. But what caught our attention in Mickadeit's column was the reference to developer William Lyon, one of the Mas ... More >>

  • Columns

    March 23, 2006

    Commie Girl

    And the People, They Danced
    Danced to the sweet, sweet music of impeachment!

  • Columns

    March 16, 2006

    Which of These Things Is Not Like the Others?

    Wyclef Jean comes to Irvine, hangs with housewives

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