Keeping It in the Family: The Real-Life Kids Who Made It to Hillman in Netflix’s A Different World
Hillman, we are HOME. Netflix’s A Different World dropped on September 24 — 39 years to the day after the original hit NBC — and honey, the group chats have not recovered. Whitley and Dwayne are back, their baby girl Deborah (Maleah Joi Moon) is a Hillman freshman, and every Black household in America is […]
NeNe Leakes Walked Back Onto Bravo Last Night — Kenya Moore’s Miss USA Face Still Isn’t Done Settling
KEMPIRE went live with Lailah Lynn and stacked two Atlanta stories that actually moved. NeNe Leakes walked back onto Bravo on Ultimate Girls Trip — they watched it the night before — and Kenya Moore hosted the 75th Miss USA with a face the comments are still pausing. Kenya co-hosted with Ian Ziering. The photos […]
The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: Part 3 Could Have Been an Email
Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 17 Episode 20 — Reunion Part 3 — is the finale of the reunion, and I still think Part 2 was the better hour. I recapped it live on Patreon Sunday, rewatched Monday morning, and the grade didn’t move. Chat had a 1-to-10 poll. Someone typed that this episode could […]
I FINALLY WATCHED THE POLYGAMIST — AND SEASON TWO CANNOT COME FAST ENOUGH
I know I’ve been a little late talking about this one publicly, but I need to put it on record: The Polygamist might be one of the best shows I’ve watched all year. It’s a South African series, 22 episodes, and I’ll be honest — the dubbing almost scared me off before I started. A […]
The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: Short Like Your Lease
Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 17 Episode 16 — the penultimate hour before next week’s season finale — was Shamea Morton’s attorney meeting, Rum Bum launch anxiety, and Halloween party all stacked into one “Halloween Hot Pocket” of cringe. In KEMPIRE’s live recap, the episode lands around a six and a half: not terrible, not […]
The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: The Point of No Return
Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 17 Episode 15 was supposed to bury last week’s Highland Games mom bombshell and give us Phaedra Parks’ Scotland birthday. Instead, KEMPIRE’s live recap of “Waking the Dead” clocks shoddy editing, a mid-season trailer that overpromised, and word on the street that an almost-physical Porsha Williams / Shamea Morton moment […]