Real Housewives of Atlanta Returns Nov. 6th!

Just announced -- The Real Housewives of Atlanta will be returning for its 4th season on November 6 on Bravo TV.

When the season debuts, NeNe is contemplating a divorce with husband Greg, Kim is starting a family with new boyfriend Kroy, and Kandi is starting a new sex toy line -- and that's just the beginning!

NeNe Leakes Goes For A Bike Ride

"The Real Housewives of Atlanta" star NeNe Leakes went for a bike ride with friends on September 3, 2011.

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Lisa Wu-Hartwell Splits From Husband

Lisa Wu-Hartwell may have quit Real Housewives of Atlanta but she was still a housewife, until recently.

Her and her NFL pro husband Ed Hartwell, have separated.

"Sadly. We are separated but would NEVER be over money," she tweeted on Saturday. "That is so far from the truth. Wish people could respect people's privacy during times like these."

The two have a 3 year old son, Ed Jr.

Kandi Launches "Bedroom Kandi" Sex Toys

Kandi Burruss attends the launch of her new sex toy line 'Bedroom Kandi' at Marquee Nightclub on August 16, 2011 in New York City.

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Kandi Burruss Launching Sex Toy Line

Real Housewives of Atlanta's Kandi Burruss is launching her brand new sex toy line in NYC tonight. The event will be for women ONLY, and Bravo TV cameras, of course!

Kandi is already hosting her own online late night sex and relationships show, 'Kandi Coated Nights.'

Kelly Rowland & Sheree Whitfield: The 400 Club

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Sheree Whitfield of the ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ and singer Kelly Rowland smiled for a quick photo op at The 400 Club in Miami Beach on Saturday.

Kim Zolciak Gives Birth To A Baby Boy

Baby joy in Hotlanta!

Real Housewives of Atlanta's Kim Zolciak gave birth to a baby boy on Monday -- her third child and her first with fiance Kroy Biermann.

"[Kroy] and I are happy to announce the birth of our son today," the reality star and singer, 32, Tweeted. Her first son is named after his daddy, a 25-year-old football player for the Atlanta Falcons. "Kroy Jagger Biermann is healthy & beautiful We are so in love!"

Baby Kroy joins big sisters Brielle, 13, and Ariana, 9, Zolciak's daughters from a previous relatonship.

The "Tardy for the Party" chanteuse broke news of her third pregnancy to us Weekly back in November. "I'm really, really happy and excited!" she told Us, adding prophetically, "My psychic did say i'm gonna have a boy!"

Added her Atlanta housewives castmate Sheree Whitfield to Us at the time: "I don't think I've ever seen her so happy!"

Zolciak and Biermann, who met at an Atlanta fundraiser last August, announced their engagement in late January.

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Did NeNe Leakes Get Booted Off The RHOA?!

It's one thing to get fired from Celebrity Apprentice, but is NeNe Leakes actually losing her gig on the show that made her famous in the first place?

Thanks to a New York Daily News report, speculation has been running rampant today that the reality star won't be on your boob tube when you tune into the next season of Real Housewives of Atlanta.

What's more, there's talk that her replacement might be Marlo Hampton, who's engaged to NFL player Charles Grant. You know, the guy NeNe was believed to be dating after her marriage fell apart!

Listen up, Kim Zolciak, this rumor is...

So false!

"I'm happy to report that NeNe Leakes is still gainfully employed by Bravo as a castmember of the Real Housewives of Atlanta," a rep for NeNe tells E! News. "In fact, after the finale of Celebrity Apprentice, NeNe spent some time in New York shooting scenes for the upcoming season."

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NeNe Leakes: "Celebrity Apprentice" Finale

NeNe Leakes attends "The Celebrity Apprentice" Season 4 Finale at Trump SoHo on May 22, 2011 in New York City.

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Kim Zolciak to Kelly Bensimon: "Grow Up"

Kim Zolciak had some strong words for Real Housewives of New York star Kelly Bensimon on Twitter today -- but then she apparently took them back.

The pregnant Real Housewives of Atlanta star tweeted: "How disgusting Kelly from RHONY to make comments about my unborn child and Kroy! Grow up and keep my name outta ur mouth!" (Real Housewives gossiping about each other? Shocking!)

Kim removed the post from her Twitter page just a few minutes later, but it was too late. A few of her fans had already retweeted the message to their followers.

(Lesson for Kim: Once you put something in the Twitterverse, you just can't take it back.)

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NeNe Leakes Spotted Out In West Hollywood

Nene Leakes may have left Celebrity Apprentice in dramatic fashion on Sunday night’s show, but she showed no signs of hostility when she was snapped in West Hollywood just hours later.

The ever-dramatic Real Housewives of Atlanta cast member looked exceedingly chipper as the paps caught her chatting on the phone while out shopping West Hollywood.

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NeNe: Celebrity Apprentice Was 'Toxic' for Me

NeNe Leakes never had second thoughts about quitting Celebrity Apprentice. It all just got to be too much, she says.

"I don't regret it. I felt very good about it. I always do what my gut tells me to do," the Real Housewives of Atlanta star says in an interview airing Wednesday on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

She adds: "I'm a grown woman, and nobody makes decisions for me. I make my own decisions. It was a toxic situation for me."

Particularly poisonous, of course, was her feud with Star Jones. In an episode two weeks ago, Leakes unloaded on Jones in front of a client, then walked off the show. She doesn't regret that either, but admits it didn't need to get that ugly.

"I needed to get it out," she says. "I wish I could have maybe had a different delivery, maybe better word choices, but I'm OK with it. I felt she deserved it. I know everybody in Hollywood knows I'm telling the truth [about Jones]."

Of course, things evened out this past week, when Donald Trump fired Jones. "When I said on the show yesterday that Star got fired, there were applauses in the audience," says DeGeneres. "People were thrilled that Star got fired."

To which Leakes replies: "Yeah, let's clap about it."

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Friends Applaud NeNe For Quitting 'Apprentice'

With celebrities, respected journalists and interest groups lobbing the racist label at Donald Trump, friends of Nene Leakes tell Rob Shuter of Pop Eater that quitting Celebrity Apprentice in a shocking -- and low-rated -- episode on Sunday was a smart, principled move.

"Everything will ultimately work out for NeNe," a friend of the Real Housewives of Atlanta star tells him. "In the long run she was much better off to quit and walk away than get a job with Donald Trump."

It should be noted that each celebrity is playing to raise money for their charity rather than get a job within Trump's organization. It should also be noted that the Celebrity Apprentice you're seeing on Sundays was taped months ago, before The Donald's now-floundering bid for the White House and string of attacks on President Obama that many believe reek of racism.

CBS news anchor Bob Schieffer hit Donald recently after he raised doubts about President Obama's school grades. "That's just code for saying he got into law school because he's black," he said. "This is an ugly strain of racism that's running through this whole thing."

Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Cosby, Robert De Niro, Rosie O'Donnell and David Letterman have also spoken out.

The political advocacy group Color of Change has called on all black cast members to boycott the show and one fired "applicant" told Shuter that they would shun the finale if their contract didn't stipulate they had to be there.

On Monday morning, Donald appeared on FOX News to try and dispel the charges he's racist.

"I am the least racist person there is," he said. "And I think most people who know me would tell you that. I am the least racist, I've had great relationships."

NeNe's fellow 'Housewife' (well, from NYC) Ramona Singer isn't buying it.

"Well, anyone who makes a racist remark is showing their opinion and where their mind is at," Ramona tells him.

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Atlanta Housewives Attend Fundraiser

Real Housewives of Atlanta cast member Kim Zolciak and Atlanta Falcons player Kroy Biermann, who are expecting a child soon, attended a fundraiser at the Twelve Hotel at Atlantic Station. Also pictured, Sheree Whitfield.

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NeNe Leakes: Why I Quit Celebrity Apprentice

Real Housewives of Atlanta's NeNe Leakes made a quick getaway on Sunday's Celebrity Apprentice, but she didn't get to hear Donald Trump utter his famous phrase "you're fired!" Instead, the reality star bolted on her own accord, reasoning that the drama with foe Star Jones had pushed her over the edge.

During Sunday's episode, where teams were tasked with producing and selling tickets to a comedy show, Leakes, 41, left her team -- John Rich, Lil Jon and La Toya Jackson (who switched places with Meat Loaf at the start of the episode) -- high and dry without an explanation. Later, when her teammates couldn't reach Leakes, Trump decided to dial her up himself.

"I've never called anybody but I'm calling you because I think you have great ability," Trump, 64, told Leakes in a last-ditch effort to keep her around. "If you quit, it's going to follow you for the rest of your life. For you to quit at the end is stupid."

In the wake of her monumental blowout fight with Jones (as seen on the May 2 episode), Leakes remained confident in her decision to leave the series.

"I really feel that Star got her way," Leakes said after her conversation with Trump. "Mr. Trump bought into her bulls--t. I don't have to stay with BS to raise money for my charity. The best thing for me to do is leave."

Leakes' swift exit stunned her castmates, namely Rich, 37.

"Star ran her off and that's so amateur," the country crooner said after they confirmed she was gone for good. "I cant say I have a healthy amount of respect for that. You can't just abandon your team. She didn't even say goodbye to us!"

When Rich, Jackson and Lil Jon met with the opposing team -- Jones, Meat Loaf and Marlee Matlin -- Trump was even more fired up about Leakes. The billionaire businessman launched into an epic tirade about potential, and how Leakes' exit cost last week's eliminated contestant Hope Dworaczyk a chance to compete.

"The fact is she left, she quit, she gave up. To you, NeNe, I say, you're fired. And you're a quitter. And Star Jones kicked your ass whether you like it or not. Potential doesn't mean sh--. I've been hearing about potential all my life, but that usually [is said of people who are] not performing. We let go of Hope and we ultimately lost NeNe. That's fine. That's the way life is."

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NeNe Leakes: "I'm Not Bullying Anybody"

After the altercations NeNe Leakes has gotten herself into both on Real Housewives of Atlanta, and now on Celebrity Apprentice, she's been pretty widely painted as a bully who uses her size to physically dominate her victims, but hey now, it's not NeNe's fault she's 5'10" and towers over everyone!

In a recent radio interview with The Russ Parr Morning Show, NeNe disagreed with the bully label, and disputed accusations that she was only chosen for Celebrity Apprentice to be branded the villain.

"I'm on the show because I am very popular and Mr. Donald Trump handpicked me himself," she insisted. While it may be easy to tab NeNe as the most outwardly aggressive of the women, she certainly doesn't have a reputation for being a villain. She has proven her business savvy on the show (she's now in the final 7), and is often praised by the Donald and her teammates.

"I'm not bullying anybody," she added. "I stand up for what I believe in, and I'm very honest, and I always tell the truth. I'm not a liar, I'm not manipulative, and I don't stab you in your back, because I will stab you in your chest."

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Kim Zolciak Shares Intimate Pregnancy Photo

Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kim Zolciak is due to give birth in just a few weeks and decided to share personal pregnancy photos of herself and boyfriend Kroy Biermann with Life & Style.

The reality star admitted she doesn't feel attractive at this stage of the pregnancy, but dad-to-be Biermann is taking good care of her.

"He thinks I'm sexy," Zolciak said of Biermann, who plays for the Atlanta Falcons. "He makes me feel beautiful."

"He's just been the best partner," she continued. "This pregnancy has kicked my butt, and now I'm at the stage where I'm uncomfortable."

And while Zolciak has let the Bravo cameras document many moments of her life, the Housewives star has nixed the idea of reality cameras in the delivery room.

"It's a very personal moment," she said. "I just want to share it with Kroy."

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Star Jones Compares NeNe To A Wild Animal

The last time the Real Housewives of Atlanta star NeNe Leakes sat down to talk with Ellen DeGeneres, she called fellow Celebrity Apprentice contestant Star Jones "a disaster." After Sunday night's vicious spat between the contestants, Jones appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show – and she didn't miss her chance to strike back.

"What were you thinking when NeNe was going off like that?" DeGeneres asks Jones in an episode airing Tuesday.

"I was thinking my grandmother is going to watch this," Jones says. "I was thinking I need to keep calm."

She also couldn't resist comparing her costar to a feral animal. "When you're confronted in the wild with an un-caged animal you're supposed to retreat," Jones says. "You're not supposed to attack."

"No," says DeGeneres, "with a bear you're supposed to appear bigger. You're supposed to get larger."

"If you can tell me how to get bigger than that, I got money for you," says Star.

Ellen also asked if a reconciliation loomed anywhere in the future for the two reality stars: "It looks like at the end of it you started making up, although you didn't want to do it on camera," she says. "How do you all get along now?"

"I don't know that girl and I don't hang with people like that."

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Are NeNe & Kim Both Getting Spin-offs?

The women of Real Housewives of Atlanta are busy filming season 4, which so far has included a baby shower for Kim Zolciak. Meanwhile, the show's two biggest stars -- arch enemies NeNe Leakes and Zolciak -- are in talks to headline their own spin-off series on Bravo, sources tell The Atlanta Journal Constitution.

Leakes' series would follow her as she moves to L.A. and tries to break into Hollywood; Zolciak's series would chronicle her life with NFL player Kroy Biermann and their new baby.

Of course, the network doesn't want them both to leave the mother show; they are the two most prominent personalities of the group, after all.

But keeping them both in the original show may be even more problematic. "The two no longer trust each other, much less like each other," writes The Atlanta Journal Constitution's radio and TV blogger Rodney Ho. "This dynamic must be creating challenges for Bravo producers shooting season four, since they want to maximize interaction among the six cast members while Kim and NeNe probably want to spend as little time face to face as possible."

Odds are that Leakes would be the one to make the break for good. Like Bethenny Frankel of The Real Housewives of New York, Leakes has parlayed her Houswives notoriety into other Hollywood gigs -- such as her current, high-profile stint on The Celebrity Apprentice -- and exploited the media exposure at every turn. That includes a big-time feud with Star Jones, which spilled over beyond the reality series when Leakes made the talk show rounds, complaining about Jones.

No doubt, some may say that The Real Housewives franchise has reached a saturation point, and there's no need for another spin-off. But producers can simply point out that The Real Housewives of Atlanta is the most popular one of all of them. Since it averages about 4 million viewers a week, largely on the draw of stars like Zolciak and Leakes, then maybe these women could carry their own shows. As far as TV execs are concerned, there's only one way to find out.

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Inside Kim Zolciak's 'Perfect' Baby Shower

On April 17, Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kim Zolciak hosted one of the classiest baby showers the city's ever seen! "I put so much time into making it perfect," Kim said while giving Life & Style an exclusive look inside her dream day. "I'm really happy."

A seven-months-pregnant Kim, 32, sported an undeniable glow in a floor-sweeping gown by Rafael Cennamo when she and her boyfriend of a year, NFL star Kroy Biermann, 25, invited 110 of their closest family and friends to celebrate the couple's first child. "I really wanted the baby shower to be special for Kroy," says Kim, "this being his first baby -- and a boy."

Guests, including Kim's Real Housewives of Atlanta castmates Phaedra Parks and Sheree Whitfield, noshed on mini crab cakes and delicious treats, including "baby boy" Oreo cookies.

During the gorgeously over-the-top event, planned by Wedding Soiree, the reality star was bursting with excitement. But Kim, who has two daughters from a previous marriage, says she's entering uncharted territory. "I just don't know what to do with a boy -- I'm all girls!" she tells Life & Style. "But I hear the bond of a mother and son is like no other."

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