Filming Starts

Lala Kent shared an Instagram Story connected July 13 revealing that filming had officially begun for Vanderpump Rules play 10. Cameras were besides rolling astatine the expansive opening of Schwartz and Sandy's. 

New Bar, New Problems

Speaking of Schwartz and Sandy's...the caller bar recently opened for business! Tom Sandoval told E! News arsenic overmuch successful June, and helium and Schwartz hosted the bar's expansive opening enactment connected July 19, meaning the Toms' caller watering hole—and each of the play that's definite to travel with it—will decidedly beryllium featured connected the upcoming play of VPR.

The Bubbas Are Broken Up

Katie Maloney's divorce from ex-husband Tom Schwartz is definite to beryllium a blistery taxable this season, and it sounds similar she's not going to shy distant from talking astir it. "I consciousness similar Tom and I, we've ever been very, precise unfastened with our relationship—the bully and the bad—on the show," she said connected her You're Gonna Love Me podcast July. "And it's ne'er easy. I don't look guardant to airing it. But I'd alternatively beryllium honorable than effort to manipulate oregon screen up oregon overgarment it successful a antithetic light, oregon thing similar that."

Two Tiny Cast Members Will Make Their Debut

No much Vanderbumps here! Lala and Scheana Shay person some welcomed their archetypal children—Lala, a girl named Ocean and Scheana, a girl named Summer—since Vanderpump Rules past aired, meaning they're embarking connected an wholly caller filming process. 

Post-Divorce Dating

Katie revealed backmost successful May that she had already been connected astatine slightest 1 day since splitting from Tom, meaning viewers volition apt get to spot her research being azygous for the archetypal clip ever connected the show. Tom, meanwhile, was little anxious to rejoin the dating world—he admitted to being "horrified astatine the prospect" backmost successful April—though that could easy change. 

Give Them (Single) Lala

As is the lawsuit with Katie, Vanderpump Rules hasn't seen a azygous Lala in a while. However, present that she and her ex-fiancé Randall Emmett have been divided for astir a twelvemonth and a half, she's acceptable to leap backmost into the dating pool—even if it means moving "full inheritance checks" connected her imaginable suitors, Lala said successful an Amazon Live stream successful February. "I present person a P.I. feline who I conscionable randomly nonstop radical to," she revealed. "And I'm like, 'Hey, earlier I spell anyplace with this person, I'm going to request to cognize his story.' [I'm] damaged I guess. Who knows? I'm not doing what I did backmost then."

Katie and Ariana's Sandwich Shop Is successful the Works

In June, Katie gave an update connected the sandwich store she and Ariana Madix program to open together. "We've conscionable been moving with a consulting radical who are astonishing and superb and person opened up places of their ain and worked with immoderate astonishing clients astir L.A.," she said connected the Bachelor Happy Hour podcast. "And we spent a batch of clip crystallizing the full imaginativeness and the full concept. It's called Something About Her, but it's going to beryllium much than sandwiches. We privation it to person its ain vibe, its ain personality. Kind of similar retail, vino bar, wine, and brew bar, but possibly cocktails arsenic good depending connected the abstraction we tin get."

A New Relationship for James

James Kennedy and his caller woman Ally Lewber made their red carpet debut successful March and look to inactive beryllium going strong. In fact, Ally officially joined play 10 arsenic a full-time formed member.

Raquel's Nerves Are Setting In

Even if Ally doesn't movie with James, his ex-girlfriend Raquel Leviss admitted that filming with her ex is going to beryllium a tad spot awkward. "It's going to beryllium a antithetic dynamic this time," she said successful July, "and we haven't hung retired since the breakup, truthful it's decidedly going to beryllium a antithetic benignant of concern than I'm utilized to."

Fresh Friendships

Raquel has different reasons to beryllium excited for play 10, though. As she told Scheana on her podcast successful July, "I've gotten truly adjacent to you and Ariana, Brock [Davies] and Sandoval and adjacent Schwartz, truthful it's gonna beryllium little stressful successful that mode due to the fact that I consciousness similar I person genuine friendships, which is going to beryllium amusive to film."

A Group Divided?

That said, don't number out lots of play to come. Raquel told Page Six that Katie's divided from Tom has changed the dynamic successful their person group, but Katie clapped back connected that assertion successful June, penning successful an Instagram comment, "We virtually told them there's nary sides to pick. I person felt that immoderate radical person connected their ain done that for immoderate crushed but Tom and I are inactive friends truthful whatever."

Shifting Alliances

Katie and Tom whitethorn not privation their friends to have to take betwixt them, but Lala is adamant that anyone who chooses to subordinate with her ex is not idiosyncratic she wants to subordinate with herself. As such, erstwhile Schwartz was spotted hanging retired with Randall last year, "I chopped him out," Lala said connected Watch What Happens Live. "I'm not the benignant of idiosyncratic to say, like, 'You person to prime a side,' but successful this situation, if you don't prime my broadside oregon you stay Switzerland, like, I privation thing to bash with you."

No Trouble successful Paradise Here

Though VPR has seen much than its just stock of breakups successful caller months, Sandoval assured E! News successful June that helium and Ariana are "going strong." 

Scheana's Wedding Will Be Featured

Scheana and Brock Davies said "I do" connected Aug. 23 successful Cancun, and galore of their Vanderpump Rules co-stars were in attendance. The destination wedding volition beryllium a large storyline connected the caller season.

A Potential Plot Point

A root told E! News on Aug. 25 that Tom Schwartz and Raquel person been getting closer, which his ex Katie isn't precisely thrilled about. As such, the flirtationship has go a root of "tension" for the formerly affable exes, the insider shared.