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LOOK WHO’S BACK: NeNe Leakes, Kandi Burruss, “Blood, Sweat & Heels” Stars & More Hit The NBCU Upfronts!

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The NBC Universal Upfronts popped off last night in NYC at the Jacob Javits Center.  And all the stars from NBCU companies like Bravo, E!, USA and more were there for their closeups.

 

Check out who showed up (which gives us a major hint at who’s returning to their respective shows) inside…

NeNe Leakes was front and center in a sexy black Tom Ford dress and black Louboutin pumps as she repped for the “Real Housewives of Atlanta”:

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Pretty look for her.  She even snapped some pics with the Jersey Housewives like Melissa Gorga, Andy Cohen and “RHONY” star Sonja Morgan:

 

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Fun times.

Newly married Kandi Burruss was there in a floral waist cinching dress:

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Work it out with that hourglass then Kandi.  Her new spinoff, “Kandi’s Wedding”, starts soon.  So she was there to help promote.

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And Mrs. Burruss Tucker posed it up with fellow Housewives from Jersey, O.C., Beverly Hills and NYC — Kimberly & Kyle Richards, Melissa Gorga, Vicki Gunvalson and Sonja Morgan.

 

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Michelle Williams and Dietrick Hall of “Preachers of L.A.”  were there for the Upfronts.  She’s heading out on her Jesus Christ Superstar tour this summer and is also gearing up for an EOne reality show called “My Sister’s Keeper”.

The ladies of Bravo’s “Blood, Sweat & Heels” were there:

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Well, not all of them.  Melyssa Ford and Daisy pose it up together.  And it seems they’re still at odds with co-star Geneva Thomas, who snapped her own pics in a curve hugging dress.

 

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Bevy Smith was the lady in red as she posed with “Fashion Queens” co-stars Miss Lawrence and Derek J.

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Adrienne Bailon kept it white hot in this look.  Loves it.

 

E! News host Terrence J and correspondent Alicia Quarrels made their way to the carpet:

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Also at the Upfronts:

 

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Hill Harper promoted “Covert Affairs” on USA and Omar Miller and Andres Izquieta were there as well.

 

Photos: Alberto Reyes/WENN.com/Getty/NeNe’s IG/Andy Cohen’s IG/Kandi’s IG

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