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Alluding to some of her castmates as "mean girls" during last night's episode, Jeana Keough of Bravo's 'The Real Housewives of Orange County' officially left the show.

"I am through with the housewives and all their drama," she said.

Now in its fifth season, the show based around the lives of wealthy women in Orange-County, Calif., was Bravo's first edition of the 'Housewives' franchise. Keough, a real estate agent and former Playboy playmate, was part of the cast from the first season.

"I'm over you," said Keough of the rest of the housewives, when co-star Tamra Barney visited her house. "I think Tamra must like being the mean girl," she added, referring to Barney's refusal to apologize to co-star Gretchen Rossi for derogatory remarks and accusations in previous episodes.

Yet in Barney's solo aside to the camera, she was just as blunt:

Capping what has been her big comeback year, Whitney Houston will both perform at the American Music Awards and be presented with its International Artist Award.

According to an ABC press release, Houston will sing 'I Didn't Know My Own Strength' from her seventh album, 'I Look to You,' released in August. The appearance will mark Houston's return as a performer to prime time network TV after a five-year hiatus (she last appeared at the World Music Awards in 2004).

Other AMA performers will include Rihanna, Green Day, Mary J. Blige, Shakira, Keith Urban, Lady Gaga, Eminem, Alicia Keys, The Black Eyed Peas and Jennifer Lopez. There's also a few 'American Idol' alumni listed on the bill, with Carrie Underwood, Adam Lambert, Kelly Clarkson and Daughtry slated to appear.

We're only one episode into the fifth season of the 'Real Housewives of Orange County,' and already the bad blood is flowing -- profusely.

The dirt slinging aired last night between stars Gretchen Rossi and Tamra Barney, the self-proclaimed "hottest housewife." Unfortunately, their differences couldn't take a backseat at a dinner event hosted by co-star Lynne Curtin, who was showing off her new jewelry collection.

In the episode, Barney directly alluded to some racy photos that were leaked on the Internet, showing Rossi in a variety of potentially compromising positions.

"You have a horrible, horrible, horrible reputation," Barney told Rossi. "I don't want to be a part of somebody like that. I don't want to be known as the ... the girl, the hooker in Orange County. I don't want to be your friend."

The FX legal drama 'Damages' has added two more names to its already star-studded cast.

The Hollywood Reporter confirms that former '24' stars Reiko Aylesworth and Sarah Wynter will join Martin Short, Campbell Scott, Keith Carradine and Lily Tomlin in the show's upcoming third season, premiering in January.

Wynter, who played Kate Warner on '24,' will reportedly guest as a security specialist who helps an assistant district attorney (Short) tackle a financial scheme. Aylesworth, who also had roles on 'ER' and 'Lost,' will portray the wife of Scott's character.

During last night's second season premiere of 'Tabatha's Salon Takeover,' the staff at a Chicago hair salon stood motionless and mostly dumbstruck as Tabatha Coffey forced their boss to pour $50 worth of hair products down the drain -- literally. Soon, the staff shed tears when, under Coffey's direction, they had to move a bunch of junk from the salon's basement to the home of Orbit Salon owner Eddie Cheung, an avowed "product junkie." By then, they knew that Tabatha had officially taken over.

Cast in the mold of Fox's Gordon Ramsay series, 'Kitchen Nightmares,' 'Tabatha's Salon Takeover' posits Coffey as a drill sergeant disciplinarian whose main goal is to chastise, reprimand and tell it like it is (brutally, of course).

Yet a visit to Coffey's own salon, Industrie Hair Gurus, yields a much different picture. Inside her Ridgewood, New Jersey locale, Coffey appears warm, approachable and miles away from the hard-driving persona hyped up on the show. The only request she makes of her staff is a reasonable one -- to cut a pesky tag off the back of her shirt as she snips and combs. "I'm tough, I'm talented, I'm taking over," says a stone-faced Coffey at the beginning of each episode.

'Lost' fans are about to get a double dose of Naveen Andrews.

TV Guide is reporting that Andrews will guest on an upcoming episode of 'Law & Order: SVU,' airing right around the time of 'Lost''s final season premiere in Jan., 2010.

Does this mean that Andrews' character, Sayid Jarrah, will make an early exit? So far no details have been announced regarding his 'SVU' guest spot, nor his presence in 'Lost' season 6. What we do know is that Andrews will begin taping in the "next week or so" in New York, while the cast of 'Lost' reportedly films episode 6 in Hawaii.