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'Teen Mom' Farrah Abraham Endorses Raspberry Ketones, Becomes Human Embodiment of Twitter Spam
May 06, 2013 7:59pm ESTWe asked for this, America. Now we're getting what we wished for: Teen Mom trainwreck/porn star/singer(-ish)/sad clown painting Farrah Abraham has landed herself an endorsement deal, because of course she has. But what, exactly, is this Kardashian wannabe shilling? Abraham's Kash-in of choice is Raspberry Ketones, a.k.a. the weight loss supplement whose Twitter spam clogged up your timeline a few months ago. The reality star even has her own ~signature forumla~ (the tildes mean it's legit!) of the not-at-all medically proven weight loss pill that she absolutely did not ever in her life use to lose weight. We know this because, well, Abraham's body looks exactly as it always has for the past 14 minutes and 50 seconds she's been famous (aside from the plastic surgery she broadcast on her nationally televised MTV show). Truly, Abraham's oblivious trolling of the universe has reached an all-time high, as she is now the living embodiment of social media spam-and-scam. Congratulations, Farrah — you've joined the ranks of the savviest of the media elite, including Hailey Glassman, Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, and Hulk Hogan for Rent-a-Center. How does it feel to share the stage with such beacons of business? Really, raspberry ketones really feel like an abstraction of fame itself. Fruity, mysterious, and an unfounded "miracle" solution for idiots! Some lab mice were fed extremely high doses of the raspberry chemical and a bunch of dummies jumped on the bandwagon hoping to cash in: nothing is really known about how long-term exposure to the stuff effects the human body. And for these "miracle effects" to take place you need to take way, way more than the reccomended daily amount. Just like reality TV fame: the illusion of actual credibility is created using smoke, mirrors, bullshit, and a willing body for the right price. Three cheers for the American Dream, you guys! There's a joke about MTV, fame, spam, and raspberries in there somewhere, but you can just make it yourself. Check out Farrah's ringing endorsement of the product, below. Follow Alicia Lutes on Twitter @alicialutes More:Farrah Abraham is A 'Teen Mom' No More, Sells Porn for Millions'Teen Mom' Farrah Abraham Has a Sex Tape with James Deen10 Stars That Shamelessly Shill Products From Our Partners:What Happened to 33 Child Stars (Celebuzz)40 Most Revealing See-Through Red Carpet Looks (Vh1)
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Yummo: 8 Tantalizing Dishes From the Best Restaurant in the World
April 30, 2013 6:30pm EST"Uh-yummm." "(Drooling sounds)." "Me want fooooood." These are warranted reactions to the following images, as they contain maximum levels of deliciousness. Meet the newest celebrity of the foodie world: El Celler de Can Rosa in Girona, Spain. The restaurant was just knocked out Denmark's Noma to be named the Best Restaurant in the World on the 50 Best Restaurants in the World list sponsored by S. Pelligrino (that's fizzy mineral water, to those of you whose offices aren't located above a fancy grocery store). Since we don't all have the luxury of hopping on private jets to Spain or parading our famous faces in front of the Maitre d' in order to snag a spot on the reservation list, which has undoubtedly grown in the few hours since the restaurant earned its new title, we're bringing the glamour and impossibly delcious-looking delicacies to you. We happened upon GastronomyBlog's trip to the now-famous restaurant back in 2010, and from the looks of things, El Cellar de Can Rosa deserves every last accolade. Warning: This post contains elements that will produce embarassing expressions. Use caution when viewing these images. It's kind of like this: Source Steak Tartare with Mustard Ice Cream Pumpkin, Rock Mussels, and Mandarin Orange Charcoal Grilled Prawns Sole, Olive Oil, and Mediterranean Flavors Red Mullet with Susquet (Catalan Seafood Stew) and Lard Lamb, Peas, and Mint Rose Souffle Carrot Compote Filled With Egg Yolk Ice Cream and Apricot Eau-de-vie I mean, seriously. Source Follow Kelsea on Twitter @KelseaStahler More:Pop Culture Pot Luck! Holiday Dishes Inspired By Movies and TV - GALLERYOver-The-Top Celebrity EndorsementsNasa Accidentally Sketches a Penis on Mars From Our Partners:Beyonce Flaunts Bikini Bod for H&M (Celebuzz)33 Child Stars: Where Are They Now? (Celebuzz)
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10 Stars Shamelessly Shilling Products for the Paparazzi
April 25, 2013 11:02am ESTThe paparazzi make plenty of money off of celebrities. So why shouldn't they make money off of the paparazzi? That's certainly the attitude adopted by these 10 celebrities, who have blatantly placed merchandise in front of flashing cameras in order to cash in. Olivia Munn, Kristin Chenoweth, and (of course) the Kardashians have all realized the value of their value. GALLERY: 10 Stars Who Shamelessly Shill Products for the Paparazzi Check out our gallery of 10 celebrities who shamelessly promote merchandise for the cameras above! More:Hot Photos of the Day!Celebrity TMI Beach MomentsWho Is That? 7 Amazing Star Transformations From Our Partners:Eva Longoria Bikinis on Spring Break (Celebuzz)33 Child Stars: Where Are They Now? (Celebuzz)
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NeNe Leakes Now Officially Has Another Show to Add to Her Busy Schedule
April 18, 2013 4:36pm ESTLooks like the dark overlord of the Bravo empire, Andy Cohen, is feeling generous. According to The Wrap, the girls' and gays' network gave the greenlight to a spin-off series for Real Housewives of Atlanta and The New Normal star NeNe Leakes. The show is currently working with the title I Dream of NeNe: The Wedding and is set to air this fall. The show is going to follow walking GIF factory NeNe as she and her ex-husband Gregg plan to remarry each other. She'll probably be juggling filming RHOA (if she comes back) and The New Normal (if it gets renewed) too. NeNe is now the third Housewife to get her own wedding special following Reality Show All-Star Turned Sugary Booze Magnate Bethenny Frankel and NeNe's bewigged archnemesis Kim Zolciak. She is the sixth Housewife to get a spin-off from the popular franchise, after Lisa Vanderpump, Kandi Burruss, and Phaedra Parks. Yes, three, count 'em three, stars from Atlanta, the most popular city, have branched off. Who's going to be left to hold down the old Bravo spin-off breeding grounds? Personally, I'm still waiting for Jill Zarin to star in Jill Gets a Hobby. Follow Brian Moylan on Twitter @BrianJMoylan More: 'The New Normal' Gang Adresses Boycotts, NeNe LeakesLisa Vanderpump's Spin Off: Housewives React'Don't Be Tardy for the Wedding': Kim Zolciak Grows Up From Our PartnersStars Pose Naked for 'Allure' (Celebuzz)Which Game of Thrones Actor Looks Least Like His Character? (Vulture)
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'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' Recap: Adrienne Maloof and Faye Resnick Compete to Be The Worst
March 19, 2013 1:52pm ESTThe great thing about the Real Jell-O Shots of Dixie Cup Trailer Park is that there has always been some dramatic irony in the series – you always know how it's going to end before it even starts. During Season 1, we knew that the evil Camille Grammer (before her canonization as St. Camille) would get her comeuppance and that Kelsey Grammer would divorce her. In Season 2, which took a turn for the dark and tragic, we knew that Taylor Armstrong's (before she put on a black Victorian dress and became the Widow Armstrong) husband Russell would kill himself shortly after filming wrapped. This year we all thought it was going to be the year that Adrienne, the Queen of the Maloofs (a race of mole people that live under the mountain) would be getting a divorce. But now it's here, and we have been cheated. We do know that Adrienne was attacked by the mole men she once controlled, and they ripped her limb from limb, sullying their hands not only with her gore, but with dark fake tanning solution that they will never rinse off. She is dead and she will never be heard from again. Not at the reunion, not on the next season, not even in the sale materials for her shoe, The Maloof Hoof, which is currently on sale for 75% off on lesser shoe deal websites across the Internet. Yes, we thought we were going to see her and Paullo the Ape's relationship break down and shatter into a million bickering feuds, but we did not. We just heard about secondhand reports from Radar Online and TMZ saying that she confirmed that they split. (In fact, most of Lisa's housewarming party was spent standing around discussing stories that the women had read about each other on various websites and how true they are. Kyle thinks it is sad, but this is the life they lead. This is the life they chose, and now they're all stuck with it, a million glaring pixels pointing out their every flaw, surgery, or bathroom boink at Kyle's White Party.) Anyway, we did not get to see the carnage of the divorce and for that, well, I am a little sad. I have a feeling it's coming in next week's finale, but they can't pack all that goodness into one episode. No, they can never. But before we can talk about Adrienne's marriage falling apart, first we have to talk about her vodka party. We must never forget that Adrienne, when she was a Queen, was crowned in Las Vegas. Everything about her is Vegas. She is basically an over-stuffed faked Louis Cat-orze love seat sitting in the lobby of the Paris hotel. She is basically a fake canal filled with faux-gondoliers and Ty-D-Bol blue water at the Venetian. She is the roller coaster on top of New York New York. She is the sparkler that accompanies a $800 bottle of Grey Goose at Ghost Bar. She is the clown car parked out in front of Circus Circus. She is a nipple tassel at the Spearmint Rhino. She is the snap of the hooker flier a small Latino man makes before he pushes it into your palm. That is Adrienne, former queen of the Maloofs. May she rest in peace. So, it should come as no surprise that she is launching a vodka called ZING!. No, wait. She is launching a red velvet cupcake flavored vodka called ZING! that comes in a bottle with a pink strobe light at the bottom. This party was a fantastic mess. First of all there was a wall of roses spelling out ZING! that was essentially a vodka glory hole, where liquor just appeared out of nowhere. I'm sure that Adrienne's gay party planner got this idea at a rest stop. Then there were all these models spray painted red velvet maroon with the word ZING! written all over them. Oh, and let's not forget the gorgeous people painted white who fooled only Fetch into thinking they were real statues. And the bartenders, mostly naked with topiary around their manscaped bits. Then there was the giant moving bush that looked like a Transformers robot made out of shrubbery and crawled in the same manner. There was also some girl jittering and glittering in the entry way, right after guests walked through a giant strobe-light vodka bottle. Oh, this thing was tackier than wallpaper covering wood paneling. RELATED: 'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' Recap: The Inauspicious Returns of Kevin Lee and Drunk Dana Wilkie All of this and they were serving all sorts of red velvet cupcakes that blinked with light. Everything blinked. Everything was illuminated (isn't that a book or something?), but no one at this party has seen the business end of a red velvet cupcake since the publication of The South Beach Diet in 2003. Seriously. And does Adrienne think this was going to do better than, for instance, her awful shoe line or, the other cupcake vodka that is already on the market or Skinny Girl Margaritas? Oh, Bethenny Frankel. She has ruined Housewives forever thinking they can replicate her success. She is the exception that proves the rule, not the rule itself. At the party, we started to see the rift in the Paullo and Adrienne marriage, especially when she was ordering him around and telling him to do things, and he got all mad. Then he got himself spray painted like the rest of the help. ("This makes my fat disappear," he says. No, Paullo, it does not. You are still fat.) Then he climbed up in a tree and pretended to be, well, an ape. Adrienne smiled her Chesire Cat smile and tried to make a face of disapproval, but her plastic mug wouldn't move. She had to tell us that she is sick of Paullo being the center of attention, always being the dancing monkey trying to be on TV. Oh, it's so hard to be these two. The only other thing that happened at Adrienne's party is that Fetch gathered all the girls around for a meeting of the We Hate Brandi Club and read them all a text message that Brandi sent her. "Do you know how you can fix your marriage? You and Dean should give each other a hall pass!" They all stood shocked and amazed. Fetch said her marriage didn't need any saving and she never talked to Brandi or anyone about her marriage. Wait, what? The only thing we know about Fetch is that she thinks her husband loves her more than she loves him and that she wants to sleep with other guys all the time. That is why Brandi sent that text, as a joke! I've said it before and I'll say it again: no one on this show has a sense of humor, and they fundamentally don't understand Brandi. That is why Kyle, Fetch, TMC Faye Resnick, St. Camille, and Adrienne all sit around and talk about how awful Brandi is and how she will sleep with everyone's husband and she is an awful tramp. Brandi was joking! It was a joke. It might not have been a good joke or a funny joke, but just like when she said that she slept with everyone in Beverly Hills, it was not the truth. Lighten up, and for a change, I don't mean your skin tone. Thankfully, Yolanda "Bananas" Foster was there to defend her. She did not back down, and told Fetch that she does talk about her marriage all the time and that if she has a problem with Brandi and what she said, she should bring it up to Brandi, not at this party behind her back where all the women can snake and sting about her while sipping some sickeningly sweet flavored vodka and wishing in their heart of hearts that there was just a nice glass of red around somewhere. Yolanda shut it all down, and for that I am grateful. I hate myself for liking her. The other party we have to talk about, of course, is Lisa Vanderpump's housewarming/vow renewal/Dancing with the Stars cast announcement party. She was so stressed out about it that she had Brandi over so they could get massages. Lisa, if you need to relax, just spin around and look at that freaking view in your back yard that looks like it's the set of Heidi (the movie about the little girl in the Alps, not the madam from L.A.) or the opening of The Hills or something. So, Lisa had her party planner Kevin Lee over, and we all laughed at him stripping down to his boxer briefs and wading in the pool so he could float out some flower arrangements. "Oh, what you scaring about, Lisa?" he asks in his exuberant broken English. And we all laugh, laugh, liggety laughed like he is not dressed as "Black and White" era Michael Jackson and visiting his gravestone. The party started and everyone arrived. Lisa was wearing a long, black satin dress, as was Kim Richards, Fetch, and her mom (a satchel full of question marks for why she was even there). Does no one in Beverly Hills know how to dress for a day event? Sit right the hell back down, Kyle Richards, in your grey sequins (the dress that wasn't good enough for your store opening last week). You don't either. The Morally Corrupt Faye Resnick was there, wearing a green lace dress that looked like she found it in the window of the Exotic Video 2000 store on 8th Avenue somewhere in the 30s. The Widow Armstrong showed up with a gay on each arm in a gold dress that is somehow the exact same color as her face. She went into the bathroom and changed into her mourning garb and was never heard from again. RELATED: 'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' Recap: Kim Richards Will Always Be a Drunk Yolanda "Bananas" Foster was there, looking statuesque in white. God, I really do like her. Well, at least until she opened up her mouth and referred to her husband David Foster Wallace, who has been on more reality shows than Janice Dickinson and Simon Cowell combined, as her "king." After that, I just want to punch the smug right off her mouth. Seriously, YBF? Do you really believe that this man, who is trashier than a 46-year-old drinking a goldfish bowl cocktail at the wet T-shirt contest at the Booze 'N' Cruise in St. Pete on Spring Break Weekend, is "your king"? God, I hate that. The party was filled with all sorts of odd characters like Linda Thompson, who brought apricot jam for Lisa because she is "so middle class." Yes, just like her ex-husband Bruce Jenner Kardashian and her son Brody Jenner. They are all middle class. They are all middle class and sold their souls to Ryan Seacrest for a production deal. And then there was Jennifer, Brandi's friend, who looks like a drag queen in the best possible way. She's not even a human, she is just a pile of fake lashes, flashy jewelry, lucite heels, and self tanner that was someone animated with gay sparkle magic. Oh, and let us not forget about DeeDee, who finally sees the light of day. Yes, St. Camille's greatest acolyte is there to protect her mistress and show her ever evolving love and devotion. But the main event, of course, was in the final moments of the show. Yolanda and Brandi pulled Fetch over to talk to her about why she is upset with the text that Brandi sent. Fetch, like an amateur (which is why she will never happen) tried to play it off like it was no big deal, that she knew it was a joke and that she didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Then Yolanda piped up: "That's not what you were saying the other night." I love Bananas because she doesn't let anyone get away with their s***. She's calm, cold, and sober, so she has a much better memories than the rest of these tequila worms. Across the party St. Camille, Kyle, and the Morally Corrupt Faye Resnick saw the two women talking to Fetch. The exchange got a little heated, however not heated enough to result in a fight. Yolanda was keeping Fetch honest and Brandi wanted to know what her problem was and was saying that she hoped they could be friends. However, Faye said, "They're attacking [Fetch]." Kyle, who is wise to this world, said, "No, don't go over. Don't get involved. Let this happen." But Faye barged ahead, the mint green lace jaunting across the lawn and sidling up to the conversation. Brandi, ever the diplomat, said, "You're not involved. You can go." As with so many of Brandi's pronouncements, it was the right sentiment but the wrong wording. Faye was not there to help. Faye was not there to offer a resolution, she was there to pour nitro on the glycerine and watch it explode. Brandi knew this, but could have been a bit more subtle. Faye, like a petulant child refused to leave. Things, of course, just escalated from there. RELATED: 'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' Recap: There Are Real Fireworks in Paris God, I have said lots of things are the worst in my day – hang nails, Cheeto dust, Rachael Bilson, people who take too many pictures with the iPhones at concerts, when your DVR cuts off the last joke of a sitcom because it ran a moment over, cheese – but of all those things, of everything in the universe that is bad, the worst is really Faye Resnick. She is just an awful horrible human being and I would like to banish her to a black hole so that the chill of space will suffocate her for eternity and no sound will ever escape it. On that day, you won't hear screams in space, but you will hear cheers. I think my biggest problem with Faye is that she is just leveling insults at Brandi for no reason. Brandi has never done anything to her. Brandi hardly even knows her (at least from what we can tell on the show). But Faye is just nasty to her becaues of things Brandi may or may not have done to her friends. Faye tells Brandi that, "No matter how many Chanels you borrow, you will never be a lady." Oh yeah, Faye. Since when do you know what a lady is? Since you posed for Playboy months after your best friend was murdered by her husband and then wrote a book about the whole thing to cash in on your pain? Who is the lady now? Faye makes all these judgments about Brandi, but doesn't even hold up to the smell test herself. (I bet she smells like wet dog and magazine pages.) She is cruel and condescending and absolutely horrible. The worst part, of course, is that Faye accused Brandi to her face of something everyone has been muttering about her behind her back: that she is guilty of breaking up Adrienne and Paullo. Even Fetch, who was in the midst of an argument with Brandi and Yolanda, thought this was too much and told Faye to shut up. Of course this is not true. Sure, she might have added a bit of strain to a bad situation. But as Kim Richards said, if they were a real team, if they were a couple on healthy ground, they would have found a way to work through it. (And when Kim Richards is being the voice of reason, you know that everyone else is on magic mushrooms or something.) Paul and Adrienne did not work it out, and they had problems well before Brandi arrived on the scene. As soon as Brandi and Yolanda heard this, they turned around and walk away from Faye, who stood there looking superior. It was at that moment, if you squinted your eyes and walked around past the giant urn pouring its water into Lisa's pool, if you looked through that water and into the sun, that you could see it: all the spirits haunting that hilltop, fluttering around like tissues caught on the limb. There was one behind Faye, buffeted about by the elements, her hair and garments flapping about her as if they were all about to take flight. It was a blond woman, someone close to Faye, who was always standing there watching over her, pushing her forward and steering her course. You could see that spirit there at the party if you looked the right way. But then you saw it get farther and farther away, floating up into the air blown by an invisible gale and then it turned it's back on Faye and disappeared into the sky, leaving behind it a little glint of light. Faye lost something by being there that day. In fact, we all did. Follow Brian Moylan on Twitter @BrianJMoylan [Photo Credit: Bravo] You Might Also Like:Topanga's Revealing Lingerie Shoot: Hello '90s! 25 Stars Before They Were Famous
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You Will Never Believe What Bethenny Frankel's First Sitcom Role Is
March 04, 2013 4:07pm ESTIt was announced back in January that Real Housewife of New York-turned-syrupy alcohol magnate and professional divorcee Bethenny Frankel would do a guest starring role on ABC's shockingly popular aliens comedy The Neighbors. But just who she is playing might be a little surpring, espeically now that ABC has made photos and the plot details available to the public. RELATED: 'Real Housewives of New York' Recap: The Ressurection of Jill Zarin ABC's press release reads, "Debbie is thrilled when a tough-minded businesswoman (guest star Bethenny Frankel) offers her a chance to revitalize her purse business. Jackie jumps in to help, but her negotiating skills work a little too well, and they're soon in way over their heads trying to produce an impossible number of purses." Yeah, that doesn't sound too nuts, but guess what Bethenny's character's name is? Jill! Yes, as in her archnemesis Jill Zarin, who has since been fired from the Real Housewives... and whose Google Alert for her own name just pinged (Hi, Jill). It had to be weird spending days on set responding to that name she's heard so many times. Maybe she's going to whip out her infamous Jill Zarin impersonation on the episode, which airs Wednesday, March 20. Follow Brian Moylan on Twitter @BrianJMoylan [Photo Credit: ABC/Eric McCandless] From Our Partners:Justin Bieber Celebrates 19th Birthday, Loses His Pants (Vh1)60 Celebrity Bikini Bodies: Guess Who! (Celebuzz)
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TV Tidbits: ABC Shelving Sunday Shows, Scott Foley is 'Scandal'-ous
January 15, 2013 3:39pm ESTStep right up, ladies and germs — it's time for your daily dose of television tidbits! It's all the news that's fit to print, in easy-to-read, tiny, digestible format. So what's going on in the wacky world of the small screen tonight? We've got casting news, a programming shake-up and more coming your way. So read on and let the tasty, tasty goodness wash over you. It's the right thing to do. Onward! Scott Foley Gets Scandalous: America's favorite Felicity boyfriend, Scott Foley has hopped from one Shonda Rimes-helmed ship (Grey's Anatomy) to another, Scandal. While his role is a big mystery to us for now, it is said his character arc is a major one and will be kept tightly under wraps until it begins towards the end of season two. Mystery! Intrigue! Felicity! We're into it. [TVLine] Bethenny Frankel Gives Business Advice to The Neighbors: Is there anything more Real Housewives-y than a handbag line? Several of the women from Bravo's reality series have done it, so it seems only natural to have arguably the most successful gal of the bunch hop into the mentor role for Debbie Weaver’s (Jami Gertz) handbag business. The role will mark Frankel's first venture into network scripted television. Clearly she's not letting a pesky little divorce get in the way of her career aspirations. [EW] Not So Happy Endings for Apt. 23: ABC has decided to pull the plug on its double-up experiment with their two fledgeling series, Happy Endings and Don't Trust the B— in Apt. 23. Terrible ratings were to blame in this game, but the shows are both expected to still make an early exit from the schedule in March. Sundays will now see encore episodes of Shark Tank. Uh, not to sound like a total Negative Nancy, but now would be the time to force every single one of your friends and extended family members to tune in on Tuesdays, fans of these two series. [THR] Rebecca Romijn Gets Piloted at TNT: TNT has given a series order to the Shane Brennan-created pilot King And Maxwell. The series — starring Rebecca Romijn and Jon Tenney was originally slated for CBS last season, but has made the switch after the NCIS: LA bossman Brennan got the 10-episode order from the network. The show, now untitled, is set to air in Summer 2013 and adapted its characters from popular author David Baldacci. The show will center around the private investigator antics of Sean King (Tenney) and Michelle Maxwell (Romijn). Former Secret Service agents each, their unique skill sets make them a force to be reckoned with, apparently! [Deadline] Colin Ford Goes Under The Dome: CBS' buzzed-about upcoming drama Under The Dome has cast Colin Ford to play Joe, a teenager in Chester's Mill: one of those small towns that can only ever exist in New England, that is suddenly and mysteriously sealed off by an enormous transparent dome. It is based on a 2009 post-apocalyptic novel by Stephen King. [THR] [Photo Credit: KM/FameFlynet Pictures] Follow Alicia on Twitter @alicialutes More: TV Tidbits: Golden Globes Ratings Surge, Michelle Monaghan Joins HBO Drama TV Tidbits: Andy Samberg Teams with 'Parks and Rec' EPs for Fox Pilot TV Tidbits: Ali Larter Joins 'Legends,' 'Once Upon a Time''s Snow White Gets a Mom From Our Partners: Craziest Celebrity Swimsuits (Celebuzz) 25 Risqué Miley Cyrus Stage Outfits (Celebuzz)
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Kobe Bryant divorce off
January 12, 2013 4:15am ESTBasketball superstar Kobe Bryant's divorce is off - his wife Vanessa has filed documents to end the break-up. The model filed for divorce in December, 2011, but appears to have had second thoughts a year later. The former couple was spotted at 12-12-12 The Concert for Sandy Relief last month (Dec12) in New York and sources tell TMZ.com the Bryants spent New Year's Eve together. The couple has two young daughters. More: Bethenny Frankel Officially Files for Divorce from Husband Jason Hoppy Zooey Deschanel and Ben Gibbard Divorce Finalized: Zooey Asks Siri for Dating Advice From Our Partners: Megan Fox’s 12 Hottest Moments (Moviefone) Ryan Gosling’s ‘Airbrushed’ Abs: Plus 19 More Reasons We Love the Actor (Moviefone)
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Tony Lip, 'Sopranos' Mob Boss, Dies at 82
January 07, 2013 3:35am ESTOn Friday, Hollywood lost one of its most famed mobster-playing actors. Actor Tony Lip, best known for his role as crime boss Carmine Lupertazzi in the hit HBO series The Sopranos, passed away Friday in Teaneck, N.J., The Associated Press reports via The New York Times. Lip, who was born Frank Anthony Vallelonga, died at the age of 82 after years of poor health. Lip was a renowned actor, especially when it came to playing mafioso roles. Besides The Sopranos, he secured the role of real-life Bonanno family gangster Philip Giaccone in Donnie Brasco. He also played Lucchese crime family member Francesco Manzo in Goodfellas. Lip even made his debut film role in The Godfather, after meeting Francis Ford Coppola and Louis DiGiamo at Copacabana Nightclub in New York City. Lip was born in Beaver Falls, Penn., but grew up in The Bronx. He got his nickname in 1938 because he could out-talk anyone. Lip is survived by his sons Nick Vallelonga and Frank Vallelonga Jr. and one grandson. Follow Lindsey on Twitter @LDiMat. [Photo Credit: HBO] More: Courteney Cox On Relationship With Ex-Husband David Arquette: 'I Appreciate [Him]' Bethenny Frankel Officially Files for Divorce from Husband Jason Hoppy Beyonce and Jay-Z Spend $1 Million for Nursery Inside Basketball Arena From Our Partners: ’Buckwild’ Stars Talk ‘Jersey Shore’ Comparisons: ‘I Ain’t Paying For No Tan’ (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO) (Celebuzz) Oscars 2013: Best Picture Race Is Down to ‘Lincoln’ Versus ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ (Moviefone)
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Reality star Bethenny Frankel files for divorce
January 06, 2013 1:15pm ESTThe former The Real Housewives of New York star confirmed her relationship with Jason Hoppy was over just before Christmas (12) and she has since lodged papers for a summons for divorce - the first step in the legal process - in a Big Apple court, according to TMZ.com. The estranged couple wed in March, 2010 and is parents to a two-year-old daughter named Bryn.
