The Real Housewives of Las Vegas

LISA VANDERPUMP IS EXPANDING, NOT DOWNSIZING

Is a rent increase the REAL reason that former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills cast member Lisa Vanderpump closing her successful West Hollywood restaurant Pump? Lisa has owned the popular place located in the center of boys town (where the gay bars and restaurants are located) for a decade, and recently revealed she‘s closing the doors because of a rent increase. A Bravo insider says that might not be the ONLY reason. Lisa, who already owns restaurants in Las Vegas and is opening more, is in talks to be the lead of The Real Housewives of Las Vegas, which is quietly being developed. Lisa and her husband are also looking at estates in the posh Lake Las Vegas area. My Bravo insider says the plan is to cast Vegas movers and shakers, and have familiar face Lisa also star.

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EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE A “REAL HOUSEWIFE” IN LAS VEGAS

Auditions have started for “The Real Housewives of Las Vegas” and according to Norm Clarke in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, just about everybody in a dress wants IN! Among the throngs of candidates are exotic dancer Virginia Cooper, and female impersonator Frank Marino. Virginia (top photo) and her husband founded a swingers club and both have been living with his girlfriend for the last seven years, so her private life is loaded with twists and turns. Frank Marino imitates Joan Rivers among other celebrities, and produces “Divas, Las Vegas” at Imperial Palace – AND he has a husband. Frank is absolutely DYING to be on the reality show, but that’s up to Bravo’s Andy Cohen, isn’t it?