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REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS PHOTOCAP: Cougars In Vegas!

Apologies for the late photocap of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. With my site going on the fritz this week, it put me behind once again on all my posting. Nevertheless, this latest episode was highly enjoyable as the women and most of their spouses up and left for the Palms Casino to see Jay-Z perform. Of course, barely any of the women knew who the hell Jay-Z was, but that’s neither here nor there. The hip-hop star was more of a Maguffin than anything else. We cared more about the weekend as a whole than the concert itself.

Amazingly, the women made it through the trip without any broken glass or tears; although, if you ask me, Kim always seems like she’s on the verge of bawling. I don’t know if it’s the natural shape of her mouth or merely the fact that she seems so lonely or sad, but I swear that even during the most benign moments I think she’s going to break down.

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QUICK HIT: ‘Skating With The Stars’ Is Happening

For those of you who just can’t get enough of celebrities in motion, fear not: ABC has greenlit Skating with the Stars, which is not to be confused with the Fox disaster Skating with Celebrities. The cast for this icy talent competition includes a veritable who’s who of celebreality stars as well as a few reality TV virgins: Bethenny Frankel, Jonny Moseley, Vince Neil, Sean Young, Rebecca Budig, and Brandon Mychal Smith (the obligatory Disney Channel star).

Quite frankly, I’m shocked that Bethenny agreed to this spin-off. She’s too high profile for this experiment. Dancing is where she belongs. Then again, maybe this is just an elaborate passive-aggressive dig at Jill Zarin, the resident figure skater / ass-faller-onner of The Real Housewives.

Socialite Life: â€˜Skating With The Stars?â€™ â€“ Give Us A Break, ABC!

REAL HOUSEWIVES PHOTOCAP: Mommies, Dearest

The third season of Real Housewives of Atlanta continues to joyfully move forward with yet another hilarious episode. Not much really happened, but these women crack me up so much, I almost don’t even care. Even Kandi is funny — and apparently quite the sexual lady too. This week we learned that she has a raunchy vidcast called “Kandi Coated Nights” where she takes the time to chat about sex, sex toys, and relationships. Naturally it was a given that Kim Zolciak would be a guest on her show, but here’s a shocker: Kim seemed rather uncomfortable sharing the intimate details of her love life. Maybe that’s because she’s usually too konked out on white wine and Virginia Slims to remember what goes on under the covers with Big Poppa.

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Check Out Steph Jones’ New Video For BEAutiful

A few months ago I posted about R&B singer Steph Jones’ new song “BEAutiful,” and now I’m happy to report that the song has started to catch on, even appearing on the front page of Yahoo! Music on Monday (CLEARLY thanks to me. You’re welcome, world). Anyway, check out the new video above. I feel a certain loyalty to fellow guys who also have groovy lines in their hair (mine are remnants of my Vanilla Ice costume; his are just because he’s cool and can rock them on a day to day basis).

Nevertheless, check it out…

THE QUAFF: Green Tea Mojito Edition

When I think about Halloween, the first word that jumps into my head is “mojito.” Actually, no. That’s not the case at all. And yet for some reason, my friends Sly, IndianJones, and I decided to make a batch of mojitos before hitting the town Sunday night (it should be noted that Sly retired to her spider-ridden domicile instead of joining us out and about).

Anyway, in an effort to change things up from the typical mojito experience, we once again turned to Paul Abercrombie’s awesome book Organic, Shaken, and Stirred and set our eyes on a green tea mojito recipe. It seemed like an intriguing twist on the classic Cuban cocktail. So what if it was perhaps vastly out of season? (to be fair, Los Angeles has been in the throes of 90 degree weather; so it wasn’t totally bizarre to opt for a Halloween mojito).

After the jump, a very special cocktail of the week — a feature I’ve renamed “The Quaff” because it sounds at once very fancy and simultaneously slightly dirty. Spoiler alert: I’m in my costume…

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QUICK HIT: Chelsea Handler and 50 Cent Spotted Together Again

I don’t know what to make of this potential pairing, but I kind of dig it. Chelsea Handler and 50 Cent were spotted leaving a lunch spot in Malibu, once again causing the gossip wags to speculate wildly about a possible torrid romance between the two. Who knows. Judge for yourself from these pics:

Socialite Life: Chelsea Handler & 50 Cent: The Confusion Continues

Epic Halloween Weekend Leads To Annual Batch of Embarrassing Photos

People might not realize this, but Halloween in Los Angeles can be a crazy, crazy experience, and this past weekend was no exception. Luckily, my friends and I always seem to have a camera on hand, which means much of the ridiculousness can be documented. Sadly, we did miss some vital pics — such as the annual onslaught of sexy iterations of generally non-sexy things: sexy Waldo, sexy Freddy Krueger, sexy Chilean miners, etc. I even think I saw a sexy version of Max from Where the Wild Things Are.

Pictures (of slutty and non-slutty costumes alike) after the jump…

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Fast Times To Come

People who’ve visited this B-Side Blog for the past week have most likely noticed a ridiculous amount of site slow-downs and internal errors. It’s made reading the blog nearly impossible, and I can assure you it’s been almost impossible for me to upload content as well. I think I’ve isolated the problems, and hopefully over the next day or so, things will be speeding up. Sorry for the inconvenience…

COCKTAIL OF THE WEEK: Jack-O-Lantern Edition

With Halloween right around the corner, I thought it only fitting that this week’s Cocktail of the Week by fitting with the season. Enter Three Olives vodka, who graciously supplied me with a bottle of their Rangtang flavored vodka as well as a nifty recipe for something called “The Jack-O-Lantern.” How could I resist?

After the jump, check out the Jack-O-Lantern and see if this drink was a trick or a treat…

(Sorry, that was lame)

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REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS PHOTOCAP: Chocolate and Silicone

Sorry I’m a bit behind on my Real Housewives of Beverly Hills coverage. Fear not: it’s not a reflection of my feelings towards them because I can assure you that I love them dearly. This installment in the franchise has been nothing but hilarious so far, which is no real surprise: I mean, the show follows half a dozen women with faces so tight their skin probably squeezes their brains into tiny, crescent-shaped masses. No wonder they’re all a bit insane. For the record, I’m convinced that my brain is a tiny, crescent-shaped mass, and I haven’t even had cosmetic surgery. The good news is that several of these ladies are eminently likable (Lisa, e.g.) or at least affable (Taylor, e.g.). The Richards sisters, of course, are out of their minds, but that should be no shock to anyone who has a vague knowledge of how child actors turn out — especially when they have nieces who are considerably more famous than they are. And then we have Adrienne Maloof, who looks like she chews up and shits out ten men a day. That includes her simian husband who spent much of last week’s episode trailing around his wife like a lost puppy-dog (assuming that puppy-dog had undergone a face-lift or two. Male plastic surgery = not good).

Anyway, I must admit that I was drunk when I watched the latest episode; so my memory of it is vague: the sisters fought, Paul clung on to Adrienne, the sisters fought some more, Lisa bought a chocolate bunny, Taylor tried on clothes for some reason, the sisters fought some more, Camille met with a gay, Taylor met with Brody Jenner’s mom, Brody Jenner’s mom said something about Africa, Taylor smiled at Brody Jenner’s mom, and finally, the sisters fought. That pretty much covers it, right? Photocap after the jump… Continue reading “REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS PHOTOCAP: Chocolate and Silicone”