CHB pal/Cobble Hillbilly/ Real Housewives of New York City castmember Simon van Kempen’s webisodes have launched on Bravo’s website. The series focuses on “the Chums”, Francois and Johann, with the first installment showcasing the boy’s predilection for creating “concoctions”. If you’re a fan of kid chefs then this premiere episode is for you. Watch it after the jump. Oh and did we mention that Simon has just released a dance single? Read about it at the Brooklyn Bugle. Continue Reading →
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Simon van Kempen, Chums to Star in Bravo Webisodes
Cobble Hillbilly/Real Housewives of New York City castmember Simon van Kempen has been letting the world know via Twitter that he and sons Francois & Johan (aka the Chums) will be starring in webisodes on Bravotv.com beginning April 21.
Alex McCord, Real Housewives of New York City Visit The View
The cast of Real Housewives of New York City stopped by ABC’s The View this morning. Check out the wild and wacky “View Tube” behind-the-scenes segment featuring Cobble Hillbilly Alex McCord.
The new season premieres Thursday (4/7) at 10pm on Bravo.
New Neighbor: SNL Writer Simon Rich, Crosses Over from Brooklyn Heights
SNL writer Simon Rich is moving to Cobble Hill. Curbed reports that he’s purchased 12 Warren Place from owner/broker Debra LaChance for $1.198 million. She says, “It was nice to go to someone that nice. He seems like someone who will really appreciate the home.”
Aside from being the youngest writer ever for Saturday Night Live, Rich has published several books and collaborated with New Yorker cartoonist Farley Katz on New York Superheros playing cards. He’s currently working with SNL castmember Bill Hader on the script for House of Joel, described as a “slasher-comedy”.
The McCord-van Kempens Ramp Up for Season 4 of Real Housewives of New York City
Cobble Hillbilly/Real Housewives of New York City castmember Simon van Kempen (@simonvankempen) tweeted us today to let us know that the trailer for Season 4 (premiering 4/7) has been released. And boy, does this season look like a doozy! Continue Reading →
CHB’s Official Photogs, the Shaltzes, Star in New Blackberry App Spot
It’s been running for a couple of weeks now, the Blackberry apps TV ad featuring CHB’s “official” photographers/Cobble Hillbillies The Shaltzes.
Their hometown newspaper in Michigan tells the story: Continue Reading →
New Neighbor: Author Martin Amis Buys $2.5 Million Cobble Hill Home
The New York Observer reports that British author Martin Amis will be moving into a 5300 square foot brownstone on Strong Place: Continue Reading →
Blame it on the Jones?
Back in 1972, Kris Kristofferson invited us to “blame it on the Stones”. According to this Gothamist piece, which links to this NY Press article by local resident Danielle Gelfand, number one on the Cobble Hillbilly hit parade today may be “Blame it on Ms. Jones”; Ms. Norah Jones, of course.
Alex McCord, Fashion Model
Via Huffington Post comes this NY Mag tidbit about Cobble Hillbilly Alex McCord:
The Cut caught up with Alex McCord of the “Real Housewives of New York,” who revealed that she’ll be walking in five fashion shows this season, including Susan Cianciolo and Malan Breton of “Project Runway” fame. She told The Cut, “There are these girls out there who are 15, but there’s definitely room for women who are not 15…like me,” and that the designers weren’t prepared for how tall and skinny she is: “They saw me and they were gonna ask how I wanted my hair and makeup, and they said, ‘We’re gonna put you in the show look,’ and I was like, ‘Yes, put me in the show look!’ and they said they would because I looked like a model. Their words, not mine.”
Report: Cobble Hillbilly Jenny Slate Out at SNL
Cobble Hillbilly Jenny Slate will not be part of the new season of Saturday Night Live the New York Times reports. Slate, famously dropped the F-bomb on the show’s premiere last season and never quite recovered:
NY Times: Jenny Slate, who finished her freshman year at “Saturday Night Live” in the spring, will not have her contract picked up for a second season, the source said. Ms. Slate, a veteran of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, had a bit of a trial by fire at “S.N.L.” when she accidentally used an obscene word during the first episode of the 2009 season. But after settling in at the show, Ms. Slate went on to portray quirky characters like the television pitchwoman Tina-Tina Chaneuse. She also appears in the HBO comedy “Bored to Death,” and recently had a hit viral video with “Marcel the Shell With Shoes On,” a stop-motion animated short that she wrote with its director, Dean Fleischer-Camp, and for which she provided the voice of the title character.
NY Magazine notes that this might give Slate more time for projects like Marcel the Shell with Shoes On.
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