The Bravo television show The Real Housewives of New Jersey is gearing up for a fifth season of the hit show. Since season three this is the only Housewives show where all the cast is actually married. Kathy Wakile joined the cast that season and has appeared ever since with husband Richie and two children.
In a private event at Café Buonaro’s out in the suburbs we spoke to her about current projects and life as a Housewife.
JN: (Jerry Nunn) Hey, Kathy. Let’s go back from the beginning of The Real Housewives of New Jersey for you. How did you get on the show?
KW: (Kathy Wakile) I was contacted through a casting agent. They told me that they were interviewing many people so I didn’t take it that serious. I never imagined myself being on TV or being a part of something like this or a reality show. We went through some interviews and my husband and I talked about it to our kids. They finally came back to me and asked me to be on the show.
JN: You took the plunge!
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Bravo debuted a new documentary reality television series called LA Shrinks about three therapists in California. Venus Nicolino, Eris Huemer, and Gregory Cason round out the cast.
Dr. Greg Cason has a Ph.D in Counseling Psychology located in Beverly Hills. He has a partner of 23 years named Kevin and they reside in West Hollywood.
Nunn gave him a call as the series started to find up what is up with doc.
JN: (Jerry Nunn) Hi, Frank. I just watched the first episode.
GC: (Greg Cason) What did you think?
JN: I liked how it showed your beginnings even the little kid pictures. You were inspired by Bob Newhart?
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Top Chef: Seattle kicks off this week on Bravo and we have one Chicago competitor named Chrissy Camba. The show celebrates its 10th anniversary and adds a judge with Wolfgang Puck along with series regulars Tom Colicchio, Hugh Acheson, Emeril Lagasse and Gail Simmons. Padma Lakshmi is returning as host.
The winning chef receives $125,000, a feature in Food & Wine Magazine and a showcase at the annual Food & Wine Classic in Aspen.
This season the show goes back to basics and we tracked down Chrissy to find out how she serves it up around town.
Jerry Nunn: Hi, Chrissy. First off did you grow up in Chicago?
Chrissy Camba: I grew up basically in Schaumburg, so kind of by the Ikea. I went to college at Loyola. I have been in Chicago ever since. There have been some years where I wanted to move to places like San Francisco but something always comes up and I end up staying here.
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Designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard has made a big name for himself over the years with a client list that includes Cher, Elton John, Christina Aguilera, and the Osbournes.
He has had many commercial projects such as the Jimmy Choo corporate headquarters and properties for the Colony Palms Hotel Group and been given the Andrew Martin International Interior Designer of the Year Award.
With Bravo’s Million Dollar Decorators he begins a second season and new endeavors that he discussed before the big debut.
Jerry Nunn: Hi, Martyn. We haven’t talked since the first season of the show.
Martyn Lawrence Bullard: Yes, it has been awhile.
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The Real Housewives of Atlanta just kicked off another season on the Bravo Channel. As usual the gals from the capitol of Georgia are already bringing the drama.
Phaedra Parks is a “Southern belle” who has the brains and the booty and is right in the thick of it. We talked to her right when the fifth season started.
Jerry Nunn: Hi, Phaedra. How do you feel you are represented on television?
Phaedra Parks: It is TV and for entertainment. I don’t take myself so seriously. I think everyone is multi dimensional including myself. With seven beautiful girls you don’t get to see every side of that person. I understand the medium and the platform because I’ve worked on both sides of it. I hope people take it as lightheartedly as I do.
JN: Did you grow up in the South?
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Bravo has a program that proves everything is bigger in Texas including the drama. Most Eligible Dallas follows the movers and shakers from the lone star state. Drew Ginsberg is one of the cast who is rich, successful and looking for the man of his dreams. Find out the behind the scenes of Dallas with Drew in this interview.
Jerry Nunn: Hello, Drew. I’m calling you from Chicago. Do you ever come up here?
Drew Ginsberg: I used to all the time. My dad has done WLUP and The Loop a long time ago. He was the one that put Danny Bonaduce and Steve Dahl on the air.
JN: Did you have a big party to kick off the season of this new Bravo show?
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The Bravo Channel is launching a whole new show this week called LOLwork. The series goes inside the Seattle office of a web publishing company called www.ICanHasCheezburger.com. Everyday their team uses pictures and captions to make followers laugh around the world.
Openly gay Will Sharick is the Content Supervisor for the website and wedding planner for a lesbian cat wedding this December. We sat for a chat with the cat lover himself right before the series debut.
Jerry Nunn: Hi, Will. Tell our readers about the brand new show LOLwork.
Will Sharick: It is a reality comedy show. It is about the company I work for. It follows myself and my colleagues around the office with what we do on our website. The website at www.ICanHasCheezburger.com features mainly images of cats. It highlights what we do on a day-to-day basis. We work with funny pictures and it is a very quirky product.
JN: Your office is so crazy that you wanted to make it into a reality show?
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