Real Housewives

They say no beauty without pain, but Gretchen Rossi barely broke a sweat going under the laser.

It's crazy to watch ... you can see the before and after instantly as she undergoes a procedure called coolaser. It looks like it's gotta hurt -- as the beam wipes away sun damage -- but Gretchen barely flinches.

Dr. Simon Ourian, who did Gretchen's treatment, tells us it took about 10 minutes and will take 2 days before she's camera ready. Several other 'Housewives' -- Lisa Vanderpump, Lisa Rinna and Kim Zolciak -- have gone under the beam.

Coolaser will set you back $5k -- more than the average boob job.

The feds are are hot on the trail of Apollo Nida's super expensive ATV and motorcycle ... and it's led them to the doorstep of 'RHOA' co-star Kandi Burruss.

The government is on the hunt for anything of value that Apollo owns, so his victims can be made whole. Apollo owns nearly $2 mil in restitution for money laundering and check fraud.

As he sits in prison, the feds are looking to seize Apollo's 2014 Ducati and Yamaha Raptor ATV. It looks like he was trying to hide them, because they're not at his house. They're tucked away at Kandi's.

But Apollo has a problem ... 'RHOA' aired an episode Sunday where Kandi confessed the wheels were in her garage. We've learned 2 days later the feds were in court, getting an order from a judge allowing them to pay a visit to Kandi and grab the fancy toys.

Here's the good news. The feds are fans of 'Real Housewives.'

Kyle Richards does not see any looming danger now that her sister Kim is back on 'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,' despite the fact that there's booze on the set.

Joanna Krupa is going after a Florida strip club she says used her partially nude bod to suck patrons into happy hour, but they never got her permission.

According to the lawsuit, Krupa says Diamond Dolls, in Pompano Beach, plastered her image on their Instagram page to trick customers back in 2013. Joanna and her attorneys at the Casas Law Firm say she's put together a sparkling resume as a model, a 'Real Housewife,' and even head judge of "Poland's Next Top Model" -- but the strip joint is destroying her good name.

Kim Richards is filming Real Housewives of Beverly Hills once again ... and she looks great.

Camera were rolling over the weekend at Beverly Hills Park where Kim yakked it up with Yolanda Foster and Brandi Glanville.

She's got lots of material -- an arrest, jail and rehab ... a ratings trifecta.

Lisa Vanderpump and her husband, Ken Todd are going after an attorney they say did a really crappy job defending them against a former employee.

The "RHOBH" stars say Marieanne Zakarian cut a lot of corners when she repped them. You'll recall, one of their Villa Blanca employees, Karina Bustillos, claimed she was assaulted and sexually harassed at work. She eventually won a $1.6 million judgement against Lisa and Ken.

Now they're looking to get some of that money back from Zakarian with a lawsuit claiming she committed malpractice.

Here's Brandi Glanville's idea of charity -- proudly exposing her nipples at a fundraiser. She's a giver!

Brandi and Susan McKagan, Duff's wife, attended Rhonda's Kiss charity concert for cancer patients Tuesday night at the El Rey Theater -- where, apparently, the dress code was top optional.

Outside, an absolutely parched Brandi tried to apply logic to her decision to openly sport heart-shaped pasties. Fashion is a very subjective thing. Obviously.

There was real life drama during a recent 'Real Housewives of Atlanta' shoot -- with a troubled ex-NBA player allegedly knocking one of the women to the ground ... multiple sources tell TMZ Sports.

Kenya Moore just dropped $515k on a fixer upper that may be the most insecure place in the ATL ... because it didn't even have doors.

We're told Kenya paid cash and almost instantly began extensive remodeling. The house was actually under construction but was never completed because the owner ran out of money, so Kenya had her work cut out for her.

Kenya's realtor, Jeremy Smith, tells us she wanted a contemporary and there aren't a lot in the area so she settled on the partially built pad. He says the house when finished would easily go for $1.5 mil. She's spending around $400k on the remodel, so on paper it's a great investment.

The house is 15 minutes outside of Buckhead, which is where she wanted to be, but that's why God invented cars.

Kenya will do a big remodel reveal on her show.

Lisa Rinna is apologizing for her husband Harry Hamlin, stepping out with a giant Swastika across his chest ... but her excuse probably won't sit well with anyone who was offended.

Lisa and Harry dressed up as the Sex Pistols' Sid Vicious and his gf Nancy Spungen for the Casamigos Halloween bash, and as you can imagine ... Harry's getup pissed off a lot of people.

Lisa says they were just trying to be authentic ... recreating a classic 1978 pic of Sid and Nancy. She says they didn't mean to offend anybody. However, when we got them out Saturday night, Harry changed his shirt, but was hardly apologetic for the Swastika.

Interestingly, even the 1986 biopic "Sid and Nancy" avoided this kind of PR nightmare -- replacing the Nazi symbol with the Soviet hammer and sickle.

Kim Richards copped a plea deal in her Target store shoplifting case, and the sentence is going to feel very familiar to her.

Kim appeared in front of an L.A. judge who sentenced her to 300 hours of community service, 3 years probation, and 52 AA meetings.

Kim got precisely the same sentence for a drunken rampage at the Beverly Hills Hotel back in April. The judge decided she won't have to repeat the community service and AA meetings twice ... once will be sufficient.

As TMZ reported, Richards was busted back in August for stealing more than $600 worth of Target merch at a Van Nuys store.

NeNe Leakes is eating her words ... returning to 'Real Housewives of Atlanta' this season, even though she declared there was no chance she'd go back.

Leakes surprised the cast when she showed up to their retreat in Jamaica. We're told none of the ladies knew NeNe was coming back and her surprising entry even left some of the ladies speechless. No small feat.

Our sources say producers phoned NeNe earlier this month, pleading with her to come back because the storylines were lacking excitement so far this season. In a nutshell: We suck, please help.

NeNe agreed to do it because the price was right this time, and it didn't affect the shooting schedule on her new game show.

We're told NeNe's episodes will air toward the end of the season.

Kim Richards has taken at least one step in her 12 step recovery ... she found a place to live.

Kim was practically homeless -- living in her car -- when her family refused to take her in after she bailed on rehab. But now we're told she's living in a somewhat swanky Westwood condo.

Kim's new place is small -- 1 bedroom and 1 bath -- but the building has all sorts of amenities, including a gym. Rent in the building ranges from $3k-$5k a month.

No word on who's footing the bill, since Kim's out of work after getting the ax on "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills."

We're guessing it may be a really wealthy family.

Mauricio Umansky was first shocked and then scoffed at a new report claiming Brandi Glanville is making her triumphant return to "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills."

Mauricio was leaving Craig's in WeHo Wednesday night when our photog clearly surprised Kyle Richards' hubby, and he used all the vocal force he could muster to shoot it down.

Kyle and Brandi hate each other ... at least that's the way it played on the show.

Kris Jenner threw a wedding for her longtime pal and 'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' star Faye Resnick, and even officiated the ceremony.

It went down Sunday at Jenner's Calabasas pad. 'RHOBH' star Kyle Richards was one of the bridesmaids and her daughter Portia was flower girl. Khloe Kardashian even taught her some dance moves.

Kris has married off people before, including her own pastor Brad Johnson.

Faye married lawyer Everett Jack in a small ceremony, and it's hardly her first rodeo. This is marriage #4 for Faye.

BTW ... there's a whole O.J. twist to this wedding. Faye and Kris go way back -- they were both besties with Nicole Brown Simpson, and of course ... Robert Kardashian was O.J.'s pal and attorney.

We doubt any of that came up on Sunday.

Lisa Vanderpump rallied hundreds of people Sunday to protest a barbaric Chinese festival that involves the torture and brutal killing of dogs.

Lisa, Kyle Richards, Lisa Rinna, Gretchen Rossi and other celebs were there on Sunday in L.A.'s MacArtuhur Park, protesting the Yulin Festival.

The festival is unbelievably cruel, where dogs are sometimes burned alive and then eaten.

Lisa and crew are trying to put pressure on the Chinese to end it.