Georgia is a major player in Film and TV Production due to its tax incentives. There are more films produced in Georgia than in California.
Popular shows like The Walking Dead, Ozark are filmed in around Atlanta. Marvel’s parts of the mega hits “Black Panther” and “Avengers Endgame” were filmed in Metro Atlanta.
10 Billion Dollars
Is the estimated economic impact for the State of Georgia
The controversial abortion law signed by Georgia’s Governor Brian Kemp that will ban abortions after six weeks of pregnancy may have a dramatic economic impact on the states Film Industry. And while the law doesn’t go into effect until Jan next year a few productions have cancelled filming in Georgia. Most if not all major studios may turn elsewhere when the law goes into effect.
Amazon Studios’ has recently cancelled all film production in the state as has Kristen Wiig’s upcoming comedy “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar”.
On Wednesday, Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger told Reuters it would be “very difficult” to keep filming in Georgia if the new law went into effect. Netflix Inc. on Tuesday said it would “rethink” its investment in Georgia if the law goes into effect.
Filming of Bravo’s popular “The Real Housewives of Atlanta may be on hold for the season. Bravo is owned by NBCUniversal.
Sweet Home Atlanta.. The housewives are back on southern soil.
Where we find Porsha and Dennis baby shopping. The couple finds a stroller to their liking at a whopping twelve hundred dollars. Dennis wants four of them. One for he and Porsha and one for the grandparents. While leads Porsha to ask, if they are going to be a couple in one household. Dennis seems a little reluctant to give up his bachelors pad.
Across town, Kandi meets Todd at a new the new Old Lady Gang Restaurant. They talk about expanding the family. Todd is not sure if he wants to be a part of the process with the surrogate. Kandi seems disappointed.
Speaking of disappointment, things aren’t good at the Leakes home. We find the couple getting ready to go to the hospital. Gregg is having surgery having his colostomy bag removed. The surgery is a long one and Nene is going to work at her store. The stress is clear, Gregg feels it and Nene has internalized it. In her confessional, Nene says they were having problems before his illness and she seems to be reevaluating her marriage.
Later, Cynthia and Marlo visit Nene at her house for lunch. Nene confesses she was upset in Tokyo. the ladies try to comfort her.
After Tokyo, Eva was able to spend time with her grand father in Los Angeles before he died. Eva and Michael or meeting with the D-J for their wedding. With three weeks to go , she is overwhelmed by the wedding. One of the dresses she ordered, is no longer available. The guest list has increased and they are $50,000 over budget.
Shamari and Ronnie meet with Porsha and Dennis at the Go Mart. The two men discuss married life and Dennis tells Ronnie he plans to propose. In an OOOH moment, Shamari picks a booger from Ronnie’s nose. That’s real love ya’ll!
Kandi and Todd meets with Dr Jackie, who introduces them to a surrogate. Todd seemed withdrawn from the process, as it is new to both of them. At Dr Jackie’s office, Kandi, who has seen one too many Lifetime movies about surrogates running off with the child got all of her questions answered by a surrogate recommended by Dr Jackie.
Porsha’s sister Lauren is filming Porsha getting ready for a charity event she and Dennis are attending. Dennis is chartering a Helicopter for the event.
Arriving on the rooftop of the venue. The couple is greeted by Lil Mo singing their favorite song. The floor in covered in rose petals. Dennis drops to one knee………….
CityFella
Last Week….What the Ladies can do with a pickle( Just Saying )
#RHOBH Not sure the Hype surrounding Beverley Hills was worth it. Lisa Vanderpump’s brother committed suicide. We see an uncharacteristically emotional Vanderpump.
Binge Worthy and On
What a difference a season makes. Last season #RHONJ was painfully boring. After dropping Siggy and adding a couple of new Housewives. New Jersey has become the most entertaining of all the Housewives. The Reunion begins this week. #RHONJ is binge worthy. Treat yourself and watch the episodes before the reunion. In last weeks finale, the war between Danielle and every body (except Teresa) continued. Danielle’s husband, Marty, talked shit about Margaret again to her hubby Joe. I could tell you, but its more fun to see it.
Marge: “Your husband is in the pool” Danielle: “Who threw my husband in the pool” Marge: “Me & my husband” BIIIIITCH IM GAGGING 😂😭😂 #RHONJpic.twitter.com/EN4yLqU17l
We began with Porsha getting a bouquet of flowers from Dennis in Atlanta. She squeals and face times him showing him her enlarged breasts. Its been a minute since the two have had interpersonal contact. Hanging up the phone, Porsha makes the decision to ignore’s Dennis’s Past and the word on the street (Kandi)
Last night, we find Tanya frantically getting Eva’s bachelorette party in Tokyo. I think she says it was her first party and trust me it shows. She looked like she emptied out the Dollar Tree toy section. It all looked cheap and nothing looked fun. Shamari is the first to arrive to help Tanya The food is all American and on point. The memo said pajama’s and lingerie. While the other ladies came out in sexy night lingerie
Kandi came in some pajamas that Lucy Ricardo would find in her drawer. All she needed some was some pink rollers and a hair net and she would be all set.
The mood was hopeful until Nene walked in with a sad drawn face which immediately changed the tone of the party. When Tanya offered her a drink, all Nene had was a stank face.
One of the things I have a problem with Nene is her need for attention. “All about Nene”. A regular person, might have lied, made an excuse not to attend, because they wouldn’t want to bring the party down. But not our Nene.
Tanya hires a local stripper. Remember this is Japan. He opens up his robe and the ladies were kind. Except this stripper was modest, he kept his white gym socks on. Eva, asked if Tanya “Yelp the Stripper”
Kandi said, they needed some real dirty fun. Leave it to Kandi, who suggested using a household pickle as a penis. With the pickle ( for those who didn’t see the episode) the ladies were told to choose their favorite position and pretended to bang the crap out of each other.
At one point, the pregnant lady gets real aggressive with Cynthia who was bent over the arm of the sofa and will yelling orders at Cynthia “to arch her back while Shamari is behind Cynthia. There were pickles on top , It was wild as shit.!!!! We didn’t see everything, trust me. It even removed Nene’s black cloud. I tell ya, I will never look at a jar of pickles the same way.
( wonder if the pickles were room temperature or….. )
The ladies hit the clubs, we saw bits of dancing and a drunk Marlo on the floor in front of her floor at 4am.
Back at the hotel, Nene was finally able to get Gregg on the phone. The two struggle with the call. Nene learns Gregg has changed his surgery date to remove his colostomy bag. It’s clear Nene is near the breaking point. Everyone reminds Nene how strong she is. But its a brave face that’s cracking. ” I have been the “strong” friend who everyone cries to and when you cry, no one knows what the do or how to handle it -I still have feelings” She tells Cynthia. Who reminds Nene, “She is there for her”.
EVERYBODY KNOWS “AYA” THE TOUR GUIDE IS NOT PLAYING
Even, Nene was on time. The ladies see a samurai sword demonstration. They later get a lesson. The ladies face off and has to choose which one has to die. Everyone is game except for Nene and Tanya who refuses to die. However, Kandi, takes the Joan Crawford route, needing a minute to die.
Eva goes to Nene’s room and Nene breaks down after receiving a huge floral arrangement from Gregg with a lengthy apology.
Last night in Tokyo
Eva planned to fly to Los Angeles. The ladies go out for dinner, Eva has bought Kimono’s for the ladies.
Bravo teases us….
Eva thanks everyone for party. She suggests that everyone go around and say their highs and lows for the year. We didn’t here from all the housewives. Cynthia low was her daughter going to college and her high, is her boyfriend Mike. Shamari, her lows is losing her passion for music., her highs were her children. Kandi, lows is a balancing a busy lifestyle and being a mother, her highs are her successful businesses . Nene, refused to participate.
Porsha didn’t have a low. She emotionally talked about how Dennis has supported her in fulfilling her dream and giving her the life she always wanted. The bravo camera occasional veered off showing Kandi’s face. Kandi had something to add.
(fade to commercial)
We returned to Kandi . What we expected to happen, didn’t . Kandi tears up and genuinely apologies to Porsha for saying all those shitty things about Dennis, because she’s been there with Todd. She said she knows how important Todd has been in her life and if Porsha feels the same way about Dennis that’s all she needs to know AND Dennis has been nothing but nice to her.
As fillers go, this was a good one.
Atlanta is struggling this season. Everyone is sensing a major overhaul next season. Everyone might be concerned, it is rumored Vicki Gunvalson of the long running Orange Countyhas been demoted to friend (think Marlo).
The hottest housewives Franchise is currently New Jersey, the three newest cast members have breathed new life into the once tired franchise. Two weeks ago, it was off the chain and this Wednesday is the finale.
For weeks, Eva Marcille has been throwing amnesia shade. She throws it and forget it sorta doing an Urkel (did I do that?) or the other hand Marlo has done nothing but throw shade at Eva. She said Eva had “no character,” called her “basic,and criticized her fashion sense”
Last night, Marlo size elevens stepped on Eva tiny toes for the last time! Eva, chopped up Marlo into bite sized Reese’s pieces. The two argued on the bus in front of company (the Japanese Tour guide Aya and the bus driver) for nearly 2 hours. Was it childish? Yes! Action not becoming two adult women? YES! Was in the best representation of American Black women in Japan? NO!And I was there for it.!!!!!
“Excerpt’s from the bus Battle”
EVA: “My security does not lie in labels,” . I’ve been in fashion for years.”
MARLO: “I wear runway to runway to runway,” “I wear designer. My toothbrush is designer.” “Everything you wore on the runway is in my closet.”
EVA: “Because your OLDER than me. “You can’t fit into nothing on the runway now,”
MARLO: “Respect you Elders”
EVA: ” I’m a grown ass woman married with two kids”
MARLO: “With two baby daddies”
EVA: And you fit it in when? Never! January of never!” “The way your ass is set up, you could never model. You wanna work for plus size? Stop. I don’t know where you’re getting these plus-size fashions from.”
MARLO: Your Mama!
Eva, wasn’t having it, she stood and look like she wanted to throw down!
EVA: ” I am so sincere” “Don’t do that” “You betta save that mama shit for Shamari“
SHAMARI: ” No the fuck you don’t!” “Don’t bring me up in this shit about my mama-you got the wrong one!
Eva told Marlo to tack that lace front back down! and at one point called her wig a hoodie!
YESSSSSSSSSS!
The episode began where we left off with Tanya Sam fighting with Nene over her comment about finding someone to get married to. Tanya is closest too Nene and was caught up in her feelings as she thought Nene was disrespecting her relationship with Paul. Tanya, later brought up the incident with Eva, who basically told her she was over reacting. Now one things is clear, Nene does have issues with Tanya. Tanya suggested Nene shop has lower quality during a fashion challenge with Marlo and that comment isn’t sitting well with Nene.
Nene and Gregg are going at it. Being a caretaker isn’t an easy job and with Gregg not responding to her, it was making her crazy. Her anger and frustration is spilling over into other aspects of her life. Last night, she was fighting with production.
Not TODAY baby!
Nene’s troubles are not over this day as she is about to feel the wrath of Aya, the tour guide. On the first day she told all the ladies that lateness was a form of disrespect in Japan. Even after the warning, these ladies were constantly late getting on the tour bus.
Will a full itinerary, the ladies are still late getting on the bus. But TODAY was not the day, Aya ignored Tanya and Eva and told the bus driver to go. Cynthia called Nene, to explain. Nene said, she didn’t care. But from this point forward something tells me Nene will be on time. As Aya was “Reclaiming her time!”
The ladies visit Tokyo’s Red light district, and do karaoke. Kandi was disappointed because she was hoping to get some ideas from the girls of Japan. But the Red light district, like a lot of Japan was very clean and there weren’t any trashy girls in sight.
Inside, the ladies are having fun. They find the Xscape song “Understanding”. In her Confessional, Nene threw some shade about Kandi’s singing. Kandi later said “Isn’t this the perfect song for us to sing with all the arguing?” “This song brought us all back together with perfect harmony.”
One of the best scenes ever,was with Shamari and her sons who were very fussy and crying on the phone. 7000 miles away, Shamari quiets them in song.
Next week more drama in Tokyo
Do you think Eva Slammed Marlo? Was it too much or not enough?
Still a bit steamed from Tanya’s hibachi party. Eva asks Kandi for advise. She say’s she thought Porsha was her friend and then outs her as being shady (which she is). Kandi said it better that you say something to that person instead of shading them behind their back , basically so that you can control the message.
The ladies fly business class to Tokyo, a 14 hour flight, with sleeping beds. The flight was perfect for everyone except ,Marlo who’s luggage didn’t arrive.
In Tokyo, Eva takes charge: She made sure there was no room drama in Tokyo, as every housewife and Marlo has a suite. She also decides to clear the air with the ladies, to explain herself. She starts by addressing Porsha. Porsha doesn’t understand why Eva has anything wrong with being shady.
Porsha announces to the group she’s pregnant or “Ninshin Chuu in Japanese. Cynthia said, Porsha was popping, front and back.
A hungry Kandi, is not a happy Kandi, and Kandi comes from a land (Georgia) where most thing are deep fried and rinsed down with Sweet Tea or soda. Experimenting and eating something new isn’t Kandi’ thing. Somebody drop something for her in some hot oil please.
Eva, learned her grandfather had a heart attack and would probably die soon. She tells Kandi who struggles with death after her brother died. Eva takes Kandi’s champagne to help get her through the day after the bad news.
Tanya hires a tour guide for the ladies. In Japan, being on time is very important. The tour Guide says in her country, being late is insulting. Nene, takes her lead, talking about how these girls aren’t on time. The tour was to leave promptly at ten. Eva, Kandi, Cynthia and Tanya were on time. The tour guide was Visibly, angry and wanted to leave. Nene was 34 minutes late followed by Shamari, and Marlo.
On the bus, Marlo was pissed, that none of the housewives reached out to her because she her luggage hasn’t arrived. Nene not feeling it, she had a major fight with Gregg on the phone.
The tour guide takes them to large Temple, where they read fortunes, some are very personal to the ladies and we hear some of their prayers.
Later in day, the ladies are having an innocent conversation. Porsha and Dennis thought Paul and Tanya was married. (The two have been together for three years.) Tanya said we are married by not in the legal sense. “But at the end of the day, that’s the man I’m gonna be with until the end of time. Not to the end of time girl, Nene says. This sends Tanya to one hundred!!! While Nene was being shady, she was factual, most marriages end in the divorce and most believed they would be with that person for evah! This is continued next week .
Season 10 is better than season 9 but that’s not saying much. While its less volatile than last season this season is struggling for a storyline, so far it has been the Porsha show, featuring Kandi Burruss.
Last nights, episode began where it left out last week with Porsha and Kandi arguing with each one calling the other one a bitch and phoney. Porsha threatened to leave but stayed.
At one point, Porsha asked Eva, Have you ever been shady with Cynthia?” Eva replied “I don’t have a shady bone in my body.” ( more of Eva’s amnesia)
Eva then invited all the ladies to Tokyo for a bachelorette party.
Nene is stressed, its difficult being a caretaker. Gregg cuts is finger after attempting to trim the hedges sending them to the emergency ward. She and Gregg interviews a chef to introduce a healthy diet. A very grumpy Gregg initially dismissed nearly everything the chef offered. The Chef prepared the food for Gregg’s birthday celebration. Gregg’s sister acknowledged the stress Nene is under taking care of her brother. “‘I mostly keep strong,”’He is definitely a grouch. I’m so close to him, all the pressure is on me. I’m worn out like a freakin’ car tire Nene said.
Cynthia is introducing her new man Mike Hill to Eva, Kandi and Marlo. At the restaurant she brought a kitchen timer allowing each of the three minutes to ask questions of Mike. While Eva, asked him tame questions, Kandi and Marlo went there. Kandi asked, What was his go to move (sexually speaking) with Cynthia. Marlo wanted to know his credit score and if he ever had an STD? Comparisons to Cynthia’s “Will” was made. Mike reminded the ladies his name was Hill not Will.
Enterprising Kandi said she was gonna make money for the rumors about her having a sex dungeon into a Burlesque Variety show. Starring Shamari. The two met at an Lingerie Store to choose outfits for the store.
Porsha meets with her therapist. She is troubled about Dennis texting his ex. She has never really dealt with it and reminds her of her relationship with her ex husband.Her therapist advises her to slow down and ask Dennis questions.
In a conversation, Porsha tells Dennis about her marriage with her ex and how she wore a mask during her marriage. She feels by ignoring Dennis text’s to his ex’s, she has put the mask on. Dennis tells her they are on the same page.
Next week Tokyo
Last Week, One of Kandi Employees Put Porsha out of Todd Party (Set Up?)
There hasn’t been much drama in the “A” this season. So here we are mid-season and we get some old fashion housewives drama ( No weaves were pulled or damaged on this episode)
Is it me, or does this entire season seems to be about Porsha
Porsha, Kandi and the Blogs
The setting, Todd’s 45th birthday party. At the party a woman steps up Porsha’ man Dennis and kisses him on the cheek. In front of her. AS anyone would do, Kandi steps to the woman (Sherrie) and say what’z up? Accounts say, Porsha got in the woman’s face and threatened the woman. Kandi’s employee, Jamie (the two ladies don’t like each other ) booted Porsha out of the party. We have to reley on what we hear because the drama wasn’t filmed. The next day, the drama is on the blogs and gossips sites. Porsha thought she was set up….
Silly me, I thought Kandi’s and Porsha’s friendship was on the mend. First things first, how could an employee have the authority to throw the bosses invited guest out? Next, a friend would have called and apologized and then ask what happened.? Which leaves us to believe this was a set up.
So we HEAR various accounts of the drama. Kandi and Todd, blames Porsha’s actions on the Henny. What they don’t know is she pregnant and she has a history. Kandi, who wasn’t there is perfectly satisfied with what she’s heard. No need to call to hear Porsha’s side is.
We finally meet Cynthia’s new man Mike, who has a BIG question. Is marriage, is he kicking her to the curb…… No!!! He wants her to be his lady. (isn’t that a song?) mooving on.
Speaking of ex’s we see Cynitha’s ex, Peter Thomas at Nene’s and Greggs house.
Did you know about Hibachi Rooms ?
Neither did I? Why go to Benihana’s when you have a room designed like a Japanese restaurant? The New Housewife’s Tanya has one.. Which is the setting for Eva’s wedding shower for my TV friends. One by one the ladies arrive, the topic was Porsha being booted from Todd’s Party.
Before Porsha arrived, Kandi acted surprised that Porsha had unfriended her and deleted her pictures on social media. And she felt she was due an apology from Porsha for “acting out.”
When Porsha arrived, it was on. Porsha said Kandi told her at the party that they would talk later and Kandi never reached out to her. And she was upset the conflict hit the gossip blogs. Kandi went on too say : “If you are being the aggressor, disrupting the party, I would think you would call me and say ‘I’m sorry,’ ” Porsha replied “I didn’t think I was the aggressor,”
The two went back and forth and when Kandi said Porsha tended to go from aggressor to victim. Porsha came back with ,I’m nobody’s victim bitch!! Its mid season, and Bravo has extended this conversation through next week.
Thoughts?
Are you team Kandi or Team Porsha?
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Last Week
Cynthia’s daughter Noelle has a complete break down-fears of moving away from home
