Vanderpump Rules

It's lights, camera, action for the "Vanderpump Rules" reboot ... and Lisa Vanderpump is the first one being filmed.

Season 12 of the Bravo show began filming Wednesday in West Hollywood ... with camera crews on hand at Lisa's famous restaurant, SUR, to record her pulling up to work.

As you can see, Lisa is being watched like a hawk as she gets out of her blacked out Bentley and goes into SUR ... the textbook definition of B-roll.

Ally Lewber says Lisa Vanderpump had an oddly maternal grip on her ex, James Kennedy -- so much so, she claims LVP actually pushed her to rekindle things with him after his domestic violence arrest late last year.

Appearing on the "Viall Files" podcast, Ally dished on a bizarre phone call she got from Lisa about a month after the incident -- claiming LVP told her James needed her and tried to convince her they were actually "really good together."

Ally claimed Lisa was urging her to travel with James to his DJ gigs that weekend -- which left her totally confused, since as far as she knew, he didn’t have any shows booked ... you know, on account of being canceled.

Scheana Shay is standing by her hubby, Brock Davies, as the two reality TV stars recently hit Puerto Rico for an Ironman triathlon!

The series of challenges -- a 1.2-mile swim, a 56-mile bike ride and a 13.1-mile run -- were exactly half the length of a traditional Ironman challenge ... mad respect, Brock!

Cheerin' on her man, The "Vanderpump Rules" alum planted a smooch after her bulky baby daddy completed one of his races!

Swim, bike, run ... and then have some fun with our photo gallery above -- see Brock and Scheana take Puerto Rico!

Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer -- it seems Kyle Richards had that in mind when she recently considered buying the house directly across the street from her nemesis Lisa Vanderpump ... TMZ has learned.

Multiple sources tell us ... Kyle was looking to possibly scoop up the 6-bedroom, 5.5-bathroom Beverly Hills house just feet away from LVP's famous Villa Rosa property. We're told Kyle toured the place a few times, even bringing along her daughters.

Our sources say Kyle's interest in the property had nothing to do with Lisa living in the neighborhood. Instead, we're told she really liked the house.

"These are the best days of our lives" ... because TMZ has learned the brand-new cast for Season 12 of "Vanderpump Rules" will begin filming in a few weeks.

Production sources tell us ... the rebooted Bravo series will go into production in early April. We're told the cast is made up of 14 members ... some will be full-time and others will be friends of the cast.

We're told the rebooted version of the long-running series will keep its original formula, which will take viewers inside the hookups, feuds and drama surrounding Lisa Vanderpump's West Hollywood restaurant, SUR. We're told the SUR-vers' homes and lives outside the restaurant will be the meat of the show.

Tristan Tate is ripping James Kennedy a new one ... blasting the "Vanderpump Rules" alum for deleting a photo of them together and caving to online backlash.

Andrew's brother unloaded on James on social media, explaining the lead up to their photo over the weekend in Las Vegas, which James posted and then scrubbed from his account.

Tristan claims James "begged and kissed my a** for 30 minutes straight and called me a hero. He knew EXACTLY who I was and what content I made."

James Kennedy is apologizing after receiving social media backlash over a photo he posted with controversial internet personalities Andrew and Tristan Tate.

The “Vanderpump Rules” alum took to Instagram on Saturday in which he said he “regrets” posting a since deleted photo with the controversial brothers on Friday night at LIV nightclub in Las Vegas. He explained … “I was unfamiliar with their content and the allegations against them.”

JK went on to say that he “only knew them as podcasters that had posted a viral clip about Vanderpump. I have since educated myself and condemn their beliefs. I am sorry to all that I offended.”

Lala Kent has broken her silence on her former "Vanderpump Rules" costar, Jax Taylor’s recent admission about his cocaine addiction ... saying she's proud of him for speaking out.

During an Amazon Live on Wednesday, Lala, who had prior struggles with addiction, said … "That is not easy to admit. This is going to be his journey and his journey only, and he should be the only one to speak on it because none of us know what he’s been through in his life."

She went on to say she wants "nothing but the best" for Jax in his sobriety and him talking about his addiction is "a very, very delicate subject" and "sobriety for someone, it’s not one size fits all. Everyone has a different level of addiction, but addiction is addiction."

Jax Taylor has revealed very personal news ... coming clean that he has been addicted to cocaine for half his life.

The 45-year-old reality star was clearly nervous to make the candid confession on Tuesday's "Hot Mic" podcast episode ... but did so to set his story straight ahead of Season 2 of "The Valley."

He explains ... "I just want to let people know this is a really, really tough disease and it’s a really tough sickness ... So to come out and say that I have an addiction [and] that I have a sickness that I have to work on the rest of my life is a really big deal for me."

American actress Vail Bloom was in her early 30s when she was cast on season 3 of "Vanderpump Rules" back in 2014 -- led by the one and only restaurateur and television personality Lisa Vanderpump.

Vail was a hostess at the sexy unique restaurant aka "SUR," and was accompanied by some of television's most dramatic stars including Stassi Schroeder, Jax Taylor, Tom Sandoval, Scheana Shay, Kristen Doute and Katie Maloney.

Prior to her SUR days, Vail portrayed the character of Heather Stevens on "The Young and The Restless" and recently reprised her role in 2023-2024.

Brittany Cartwright is rallying around a fellow "Vanderpump Rules" alum ... dishing out breakup advice to Ally Lewber after her highly-publicized split from James Kennedy.

We caught up with Brittany -- who previously starred on 'VPR' with James for several seasons -- and she gave us her 2 cents on her former costar's big breakup drama ... and made it clear she's in Ally's corner right now.

Having gone through a high-profile split herself -- Brittany is divorcing fellow "The Valley" star Jax Taylor -- BC advised Ally to tune out all the chatter in the press and to focus on herself.

Ally Lewber and James Kennedy are donezo ... she just confirmed as much in the wake of his legal break in his domestic violence case.

Ally confirmed the split Wednesday in a social media post reacting to James dodging criminal charges over his domestic violence arrest.

The split does not exactly come as a surprise, however, as Ally and James were spotted over the weekend moving her stuff out of his home.

When one person takes stuff out of their partner's place, it's a clear sign they are dunzo ... and that is exactly what just happened between Ally Lewber and James Kennedy.

The two were snapped -- both looking very unhappy -- at his L.A. home Friday as she was seen carrying bags out of his place.

This major development comes after the "Vanderpump Rules" alum was arrested last month for misdemeanor domestic violence following an argument with an unnamed woman. According to the Burbank Police Department’s arrest log, the woman claimed her boyfriend picked her up and threw her to the ground.

Chrishell Stause's disdain for 'Traitors' costar Tom Sandoval is not just for the cameras ... telling us their beef is putting the real in reality TV.

We caught up with the "Selling Sunset" star at LAX, where she spilled all on filming season 3 of the Peacock competition series ... including her callout of the "Vanderpump Rules" alum early on in the season.

As she puts it ... Tom is not her "favorite," which is the nice-girl way of saying she pretty much hates the guy.

Lala Kent is refusing to let her breast milk go to waste ... even if it means consuming the liquid gold herself.

The "Vanderpump Rules" alum confessed she put her excess breast milk in her coffee after she had nowhere to put it while recording a recent episode of Amanda Hirsch's "Not Skinny But Not Fat" podcast.

The Bravo personality said she consumed about "10 ounces of breast milk" instead of "dumping it down the sink" ... a decision she has zero regrets about.