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knives, big city. On Top Chef: New York, the fifth season of the No.
1 food show on cable, 17 new cheftestants take on the Big Apple and
compete for their shot at culinary stardom. Cookbook author, actress
and host Padma Lakshmi once again returns to the judges' table, alongside
head judge Tom Colicchio, renowned culinary figure and chef/owner
of Craft Restaurants, and judge Gail Simmons of Food & Wine magazine.
This season introduces new judge Toby Young, food critic and best-selling
author of the book How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, which
was the basis for an upcoming film.

"THE REAL HOUSEWIVES" HEADS SOUTH FOR "The Real Housewives
Of Atlanta"
Expanding on the success of the original hit series, "The
Real Housewives of Orange County," and the watercooler sensation,
"The Real Housewives of New York City," Bravo is heading
south for its newest installment, "The Real Housewives of
Atlanta." The seven episode series will follow five women
from Atlanta's social elite from NBA and NFL wives to sassy single
moms as they juggle their burgeoning careers and busy home lives
with the whirl of the south's hottest city. The announcement was
made by Frances Berwick, Executive Vice President and General Manager,
Bravo.
An up-close and personal look at life in Hotlanta, "The Real
Housewives of Atlanta" follows five glamorous southern belles
as they balance motherhood, demanding careers and a fast-paced social
calendar, and shows what life is like in the most exclusive areas
of Atlanta. These driven and ambitious women prove that they're
not just "housewives," but entrepreneurs, doting mothers
and classy southern women. These ladies show the world what it takes
to live large in some of the hottest zip codes in the south. The
Real Housewives of Atlanta are:
DeShawn Snow Snow and her husband Eric, captain of the
Cleveland Cavaliers, recently moved to their dream home in Alpharetta,
GA. Mother to three boys nine-year-old EJ, six-year-old Darius
and five-year-old Jarren, Snow is an active member of the New Birth
Missionary Baptist Church. She exercises her faith by running The
DeShawn Snow Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on improving
self-esteem in teenage girls. She is a regular on the Atlanta social
circuit and extremely active in local philanthropy, sitting on the
board of three different charities, all while expertly juggling
her busy social calendar with being an NBA wife and keeping up with
her boys.
Kim Zolciak Zolciak lives in an exclusive gated townhouse
community in Duluth, GA with her two children, 11-year-old Brielle
and six-year-old Ariana. Zolciak is single, but happily dating with
hopes to marry again in the near future. She also has her sights
set on fame in the music business as a country singer, and is currently
working with Grammy award-winning mega-producer Dallas Austin and
will begin recording an album later this year. A staple on the Atlanta
scene, Zolciak balances life as a single mom with a vivacious social
life.
Lisa Wu Hartwell Hartwell, a resident of a luxurious country
club community in Duluth, GA, is a busy career woman who wears many
hats she owns her own real estate firm, Hartwell & Associates,
a jewelry line called Wu Girls, a baby clothing line, Hart 2 Hart
Baby, and juggles a budding acting, modeling and writing career.
She's a devoted wife to her husband, NFL player Ed Hartwell, and
their three children 13-year-old Jordan, ten-year-old Justin and
one-year-old EJ. When she's not running one of her many businesses
or running after the kids, Hartwell is very active in Atlanta's
social scene.
NeNe Leakes Leakes is an active member of Atlanta society.
She resides in the upscale Sugarloaf area of Atlanta with her husband
Gregg, a successful real estate investor and business consultant,
and their two sons, 18-year-old Brice and nine-year-old Brentt.
Leakes donates her time to various foundations and is the founder
of The Twisted Hearts Foundation, which brings awareness to domestic
violence against women. Never one to sit still, the outspoken social
butterfly also hopes to open a luxury boutique hotel in the very
near future.
Sheree Whitfield Single socialite Whitfield, a resident
of the exclusive Sandy Springs area of Atlanta, juggles her busy
home life with a packed social calendar. She is a busy working mother
to three children Tierra, Kairo and Kaleigh. Whitfield prides herself
on her fashion sense, and owned her own upscale clothing boutique
Bella Azul for years before closing up shop to focus on her
next business venture, a clothing line called "She by Sheree."
Whitfield is opening a new chapter in her life as a single mom while
balancing her entrepreneurial spirit and active social life.

Millionaire Match Maker - Apparently money can buy
love. Follow Patti Stanger founder of a Los Angeles based elite
matchmaking service as she helps wealthy men find the women of their
dreams. Patti and her team give their millionaire clients complete
transformations with the help of personal shoppers, interior designers,
date coaches, and therapists.

The fourth season of Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
is full of Griffin performing stand-up at the Walter Reed Army Medical
Center in Washington D.C., opening the Kathy Griffin Leadership
Academy in Mexico, hosting Air New Zealand's Pink Flight from San
Francisco to Sydney, ministering a wedding in Queens, and frolicking
with Britney Spears' boy toy Adnan Ghalib. And that's just the beginning
of this season's fantastic D-list adventures.

Bravo is heading to "the Big Apple" with The Real Housewives
of New York City. The new series features a wealthy and powerful
set of New York women as they juggle their careers and home lives
with busy calendars packed with charity fund-raising galas, the
social whirl of the Hamptons, and interviews for elite private schools.
These driven and ambitious women show everyone what it takes to
make it in high society, where money and status are the only way
of life.

Bravo revisits the real-life Peyton Place that is an luxorious gated
community in Orange County, CA with the third season debut of its
hit docu-drama "The Real Housewives of Orange County".
The third season will feature original real-life "housewives"
Vicki Gunvalson, Jeana Keough and Lauri Waring as well as second
season's Tammy Knickerbocker. Joining the fun this year is new housewife
Tamra Barney.
The women's lives are moving fast with their mounting family, career
and community controversy. Their lives intertwine in new ways in
the third season, with even more heartbreak and mysteries, all set
against the staggering wealth of their Orange County communities.
They will do whatever it takes to keep up appearances in one of
the most stylish communities in the country.

There's only one man that any woman would welcome into her closet...Tim
Gunn. And he's attacking closets everywhere in the one-hour,
eight-episode series "Tim Gunn's Guide to Style". With
tough-love, guidance, and former model and fashion accomplice Veronica
Webb at his side, Gunn leads fashion-challenged women on a journey
to figure out their personal style. From wardrobe essentials, tips
on how to shop, to finding the right fit, Gunn uses advice from
his book, Tim Gunn: A Guide to Quality Taste and Style, to help
each woman with the basics to own her look and make it finished
and stunning.

Actress, designer, and entrepreneur Jaclyn Smith hosts Bravo's creative
competition series Shear Genius. In Its second season it
offers a behind-the-scenes look at the creative and competitive
world of high-end hairstyling. Stylist Rene Fris serves as the competitors'
mentor. And famed celebrity hairstylist Kim Vo and Allure beauty
editor Kelly Atterton serve as judges on the series.
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The Rachel Zoe Project- Cameras will follow
as Rachel, Taylor, and Brad work to take Rachel's styling business
to the next level.
Bravo Original Television Series:
Date My Ex - Jo and Slade
First Class All the Way
Flipping Out
Inside the Actors Studio
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
Make Me A Supermodel
Million Dollar Listing
Millionaire Matchmaker
Real Housewives Of Atlanta
Real Housewives of New York City
Real Housewives of Orange County
Shear Genius
Step It Up & Dance
Tabatha's Salon Takeover
The Rachel Zoe Project
Tim Gunn's Guide to Style
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