While NeNe Leakes made a name for herself in the Urban diaspora by way of Bravo hit ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta’, it was her stint on season 11 of Celebrity Apprentice which saw the mainstream mass sit up and pay attention.

One the most pertinent reasons? Her epic duels with TV host and fellow contestant Star Jones. See what we mean below!

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Love her or hate her, but we’d challenge anyone not to respect Nene Leakes’ ascent to the ‘top’.

Using Bravo’s ‘Real Housewives’ franchise as a launching pad for her own media oriented brand, Leakes-like Bethenny Frankel before her- has become one of television’s more bankable stars,commanding respect both on and off the small screen.

Now,she has weighed in on so called TV exec Shaunie O’neal and her ‘Basketball Wives‘.

On the show she told Vibe Magazine:

The truth is the truth. It has just gone too far. Too many fights, my God!

We (The Real Housewives) don’t do that. We definitely have had our verbal fights, but never physical fights. I can’t believe the fighting and the bullying. It looks bad. It really looks bad.

They can’t want to do too much in their careers. A good ole argument, everybody likes that every now and then to tune into, but you couldn’t be trying to have too much in your career because that stuff, it don’t work. You can’t represent a product and be that way. That just doesn’t work.

Not sure what Nene means?

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Since the genesis of her career, Rihanna has been renown for her horrible vocals. Yet, more recent times have also seen the model’s public persona take a turn for the worse.

Be it genuine or a calculated attempt to legitimate her “bad gyal” gimmick, something is up. A fact underlined in her recent interview with Esquire magazine.

Initially another Ms. Fenty interview by the numbers, the feature took a dramatic turn when her musical reunion with ex Chris Brown was brought up.

See what we mean after the jump…

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As ‘Put It Down’ diva Brandy is working her way back up charts, anticipation mounts steadily for the release of her forthcoming project ‘Two Eleven’.  But while the singer works her way back into the spotlight, recent months have seen her play co-star in a massive promo push for the Monica-assisted single ‘It All Belongs To Me’.

With Mo’s album recently hitting shelves and Brandy’s soon to follow, rumors (flamed by the two) swirled that a joint tour would be in the works.  Well…that was then.

Speaking quite candidly with our friends at BarkBite, B-Rocka weighs in on the prospect of the tour possibilities as well as lending album updates with an all star team of producers (Timbaland, Frank Ocean, Bangladesh, Sean Garrett, and more).

Needless to say, B-Rocka is NOT playing!  This is a must read:

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It’s safe to say, by way of her success outside of the series, Nene Leakes is the Bethenny Frankel of ‘The Real Housewives Of Atlanta‘.

However, as you’ll know if you’ve been tuning in, her rising popularity has become synonymous with her spats with the show’s other breakout star Kim Z and ‘fallen housewife’ Sheree Whitfield.

Now peep her talk candidly on the matter with Wendy Williams, sharing her  honest thoughts on the ladies, open up on her friendship with Kim Kardashian and snub the woman once believed to be Sheree’s replacement, Kenya Moore.

Hilarity below…

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If NeNe Leakes was “very rich” before, she’s poised to become a whole lot richer.

The Real Housewives of Atlanta star today announced that ‘The New Normal’ – the sitcom pilot she shot with Glee creator Ryan Murphy – has been snapped up by NBC.

Details below…

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Azealia Banks is barking back.

After coming under fire from Lil Kim‘s team for allegedly manufacturing their ‘feud’, Banks has responded via Twitter.

Peep her side of the story below…

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A call from fans may have been the real motivation behind the latest collaboration between R&B hitmakers Trey Songz and Kelly Rowland.  But whatever the reason, what the two are cooking up is seemingly coming to a boil.

As anticipation mounts for the Benny Boom-directed visual to ‘Heart Attack’, the official lead single from the ‘Bottoms Up’ bleater’s 5th studio album ‘Chapter V‘, fans ready for the on screen chemistry between Rowland and Songz.  A chemistry we’ve previously seen teased at the two’s sizzling 2011 BET Awards performance.

Now, while we’ve shown you the teaser for the video, catch even more fever once you get a glimpse of the behind the scenes action below:

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Renown for her “fiery”on The Real Housewives of Atlanta, NeNe Leakes sported a more demure demeanour as she met with fans in Charlotte, NC over the weekend.

The 44 year old smiled it up as she signed books for her adorning supporters at the Sisters Only event.

Hailed for turning her Housewives water into wine, Leakes has leveraged her position on the show into many lucrative business ventures – most notably her recurring role as Coach Roz on Fox hit ‘GLEE’, which itself has seen her land a pilot sitcom with its creator Ryan Murphy. 

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It’s been almost three months since Whitney Houston tragically passed away. And, save for headlines generated at her funeral along with those from a drink-driving arrest, estranged ex Bobby Brown has maintained a notable silence. Until now.

Sitting down with Matt Lauer on the Today Show, Brown finally opened up about his former wife’s demise, being blamed for it, his relationship with daughter Bobbi Kristina, his relationship with her, and a whole lot more.

Set to air on Wednesday, you can peep interesting soundbites from the feature below …

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The latest season of The Real Housewives of Atlanta may have wrapped, yet the acrylic claws are still out. Wolverine-style.

Case, point, Kim Zolciak‘s pit stop on the Anderson show today. There to plug her spin-off show, ‘Don’t Be Tardy For The Wedding’, the reality star didn’t hold back when quizzed on former friend and cast-mate NeNe Leakes.

Peep the action above…

Do you agree with Kim?

Despite claiming she jumped, it’s pretty clear Sheree Whitfield was pushed from her role in Bravo’s ‘Real Housewives Of Atlanta‘.

So, with a vacant spot just waiting to be taken, remaining ‘Wife’ Cynthia Bailey has weighed in on the matter, citing Season 4 extra Marlo Hampton as a great fit for the show.

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Bailey confessed:

I think Marlo is definitely very entertaining for the show.

I like shooting with her just in terms of Marlo as a cast mate.

Whenever she’s in the equation, things always take a different turn than what they thought it was going to be. So, Marlo would be really, really great to throw into the mix and see what’s going to happen. Things usually are always a little different when she is around. I can honestly say that South Africa would not have been the same if Marlo Hampton had not come on that trip.

At the moment, Hampton is not an official housewife, but like Cynthia’s sister Malorie is a recurring cast member- appearing in various episodes from time to time.

So what do you think?

Should Marlo become a ‘wife’?