VIDEO – McDonald’s airs a coming out commercial in France

McDonald’s wouldn’t dare directly flirt with a gay-friendly attitude in the United States, so they came up with a clever work-around ploy to market processed oils and sugars to American gay people, and Americans who support gay rights. This French commercial (conveniently subtitled in English and uploaded on Youtube) depicts a young man talking to…

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Nene Leakes and Gregg Leakes divorce drama

Gregg Leakes got caught by radio show host Corey King, on air, admitting that he’s trying to divorce Nene Leakes (real name Lenithia Bonita Smith) and wants her to pay him back the $300,000 he spent making her into a Real Housewives of Atlanta franchise star. The pair have been coy to the media about…

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BOOK REVIEW: Is Real Housewives’ Danielle Staub / Beverly Merrill finally telling ‘The Naked Truth’?

The Naked Truth (written with help from Steven Pirgge) is reality star Danielle Staub’s chance to explain the story of her incredibly dark past, brought to light in season one of the The Real Housewives of New Jersey. But, instead of delivering on the promise of the title, the book piles layer after layer of cliches and excuses on top of whatever the truth may have been, and the only thing it reveals about Danielle Staub is that she can’t admit the truth – to us or herself.

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Shallon Lester of MTV’s Downtown Girls explains how she handles sex in the city

Just as the Sex and the City franchise is taken out behind the barn (or Moroccan desert) and inhumanely put down by writer/director Michael Patrick King, another group of sexy young Big Apple BFFs are ready to step up and take its place. Shallon, Gurj, Nikki, Victoria and Klo are the next New York City estrogeneration and the stars of MTV’s Downtown Girls, a “reality sitcom” that follows the lives of these five real girlfriends as they traverse the treacherous landscape of career, fashion and boys in the City That Never Sleeps.

At the helm of this friendship is Shallon Lester, a relationship blogger for Glamour.com’s Smitten and former gossip columnist for New York Daily News‘ Rush & Molloy and Gatecrasher. Just as this witty, pretty City kitty prepares to cross over from writing about celebrities to becoming one herself, she sat down with us to discuss dating, writing, why boys send girls penis pictures, and how hard it is for a girl to get everything she needs from just one guy.

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Rue McClanahan dies at 76 after massive stroke

PEOPLE reports that we’ve lost another sassy Golden Girl. Rue McClanahan (76) passed away this morning at 1 a.m. after suffering a massive stroke, her manager Barbara Lawrence confirms. Rue, who suffered from a minor stroke this January, had her family with her during her final moments. Betty White (88) is the only surviving cast…

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Mug shot photo RHNY star Sonja Morgan arrested for DWI in Long Island!

Sonja Morgan, the New York Housewife with a heart of gold, forgot to not drive during a Long Island Memorial Day vacay after she partied like she was back on a Hooters yacht. According to The New York Post, the 46-year-old lusty divorcée sent a red flag to the coppers when she cruised right past…

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PHOTO Ted Koppel’s son Andrew Koppel found dead after day of binge drinking

Former ABC Nightline anchor Ted Koppel’s 40-year-old son, Andrew Koppel, was found dead early this morning in an upper Manhattan apartment after reportedly consuming large amounts of alcohol at numerous New York bars yesterday. Keep reading for details about his 12-hour drinking binge and history of alcohol abuse.

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Recycle or Reuse? Shallon, Victoria, Nikki and Gurj swap ex boyfriends on the premiere episode of Downtown Girls

Tonight blogger Shallon Lester takes her turn at reality television with four of her closest girlfriends in Downtown Girls, airing at 11pm (EST). It’s a stylized “reality sitcom” that’s both more real and more constructed than reality shows it follows: The Hills and The City. The series also borrows heavily from the spirit of Carrie…

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How and why 50 Cent dropped 50 lbs for movie role

Following in the footsteps of Tom Hanks and Christian Bale, who also slimmed down to shocking weights for roles, 50 Cent (real name Curtis Jackson), dropped 54 pounds from his 6 ft. frame to play a football star and cancer patient  in the upcoming movie Things Fall Apart. The rapper-turned-actor conceived of and wrote the…

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The father of the baby with cancer on RHNJ speaks out against Danielle Staub’s behavior

Chris Stilianessis, the father of the infant with the rare form of cancer featured on The Real Housewives of New Jersey, is speaking out against Danielle Staub and her entourage’s behavior at the benefit for his sick child at the Brownstone. Talking to Zap2it.com, Stilianessis thanks Danielle for raising awareness about his daughter’s disease, but…

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Gary Coleman’s estranged parents want answers, details emerge about Gary Coleman’s fall

UPDATE June 2, 2010: The details around Gary Coleman’s fall and death are being investigated. What we do know is that he was very, very weak from his dialysis treatment the day of the fall.  He had no energy left when he arrived home at 3PM May 26, 2010, and soon fell and hit his…

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VIDEO Heidi Montag and Ben Kingsley audition for Transformers 3

After having ten cosmetic surgical procedures performed on her in one day I don’t think anyone would question The Hills star Heidi Montag’s qualifications as a Transformer! The Deceptiblond posted a video on her Facebook account Tuesday that she titled “Video to Michael Bay” in which she runs around a firing range shooting at paper targets. Keep reading to watch the video and see if you think Heidi has what it takes to be Hollywood’s next action star!

Disney secretary Bonnie Hoxie and boyfriend Yonni Sebbag insider trading scandal

33-year-old secretary Bonnie Hoxie worked at Walt Disney Company’s California headquarters, but it wasn’t a magical kingdom for the office stiff. Bonnie had bigger dreams of shopping for Stella McCartney handbags and shoes at Neiman Marcus and when she got her hands on earnings report information that had not yet been released from her boss,…

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Thanks to Dr. Drew, we now know what Tila Tequila’s addicted to, besides fame and Twitter

When TMZ announced that Tila Tequila will appearon Dr. Drew’s VH1 show Celebrity Rehab 4, nobody was surprised, but now we get to find out approximately which cocktail of drugs helps Tila engage in her particular brand of oddball behavior. Tequila (real name Thien Thanh Thi Nguyen) rocketed, or more like slowly buzzed, to a D-list level…

Disney secretary Bonnie Hoxie and boyfriend Yonni Sebbag insider trading scandal

33-year-old secretary Bonnie Hoxie worked at Walt Disney Company’s California headquarters, but it wasn’t a magical kingdom for the office stiff. Bonnie had bigger dreams of shopping for Stella McCartney handbags and shoes at Neiman Marcus and when she got her hands on earnings report information that had not yet been released from her boss,…

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Breaking news! Kourtney Kardashian had a boob job eight years ago

All four of the famous Kardashian women (Kourtney, Kim, Khloe, and Kris) sat down with Nightline‘s Cynthia McFadden to discuss plastic surgery rumors. Kourtney says it’s no secret that she had her breast enhanced over eight years ago, and though she doesn’t blast it from the rooftops periodically, she’s right. She spoke openly about her…

Real Housewives of New Jersey Danielle Staub's felon friend Danny Provenzano
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Danielle Staub’s friend Danny Provenzano is an ex-con with mafia family connections

On Bravo’s Real Housewives of New Jersey, there have been jokes about the Manzos, Lauritos, and Giudices potentially having mafia connections because of things like the “let me tell you somethin’ about my family: we are as thick as thieves” comment, and the crazy level of conspicuous consumption. But, it turns out the one with…

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One sip of alcohol could land Lindsay Lohan in jail

The conditions of Lindsay Lohan’s bail hearing today mean that the young starlet can’t let a drop of alcohol touch her lips, or she’ll be escorted immediately to jail. Lindsay Lohan finally made it to court after missing her date last Thursday because she was stranded in Cannes. She changed her story a few times,…

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VIDEO – Is Kelly Bensimon crazy, unraveling? Why is she scared of Bethenny?

Tonight’s Real Housewives of New York episode was a real whammy! Kelly Bensimon literally had some kind of breakdown during dinner, and basically didn’t let anyone else get a word in while she babbled on about her Bethenny nightmares, how she thinks Bethenny is trying to kill her, how everyone is “white noise”, Al Sharpton,…

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Meet Kendra Wilkinson’s tape partner: Justin Frye, Mixed Martial Arts fighter

  The Kendra Wilkinson sexy video scandal heats up! In her pre-Hugh Hefner the blonde Playboy reality star filmed a naughty tape with her high school boyfriend, mixed martial artist named Justin Frye (stills here) In 2008, before she broke off from the Playboy mansion and got her own NFL player, E! show, and baby,…

Bethenny Frankel reveals first pics of her daughter Bryn Hoppy
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Bethenny Frankel reveals first pics of her daughter Bryn Hoppy

Bethenny Frankel released the first photos of her newborn baby girl Bryn Hoppy to People. Baby Bryn was born 12 days ago, May 8, a month ahead of schedule: a tiny preemie at 4lb, 12oz, but still healthy. Baby B doesn’t play, she must’ve been listening to all the show-producing going on in her mommy’s…

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Bravo reality star Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri claims to be dating Lindsay Lohan, but LiLo denies the relationship

Soon-to-be reality star Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri called up The New York Post to claim a romantic relationship withLindsay Lohan.  Indrani (real name: Julie) says she’s never been in a lesbian relationship before, but is eager to be the next Samantha Ronson in Lindsay’s life: “I have never had a relationship with a woman before, but Lindsay is…

TV Chef Juan-Carlos Cruz acknowledges wife Jennifer Campbell in his book

Before allegedly trying to hire two homeless men to kill her, Juan-Carlos Cruz expressed his appreciation of his wife, Jennifer Campbell in the Acknowledgments section of his book, The Juan-Carlos Cruz Calorie Countdown Cookbook: A 5-Week Eating Strategy for Sustainable Weight Loss, published in 2006. Keep reading to see exactly what he wrote about her.

VIDEO – Virgins featured on True Life: I’m a Newlywed

True Life “I’m a Newlywed” tonight follows Brett Williams and his fiance Laura Beth as they get married, but something’s a little different about this couple. They didn’t even kiss until their wedding day. The clip below shows the young couple discussing their boundaries, which were set on the second date. They allowed themselves hand…

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RHNJ’s Christine Staub and Gia Giudice take over NY Fashion Week

Tonight on RHNJ Danielle’s wispy daughter Christine Staub (who recently signed IMG model) and Teresa’s blinged-out baby Gia (who was asked to walk a runway for Elle Magazine) take over New York Fashion Week. When the Jersey girls hit New York, everyone else should have just packed up and went home, because the show was…

PHOTOS, VIDEO – 3-D covergirl Hope Dworaczyk is Playboy’s 2010 Playmate of the Year

25-year-old Hope Dworaczyk was named Playboy’s 2010 Playmate of the Year. Sorry Kelly Bensimon. Dworaczyk, a native Texan, was the Playmate of the Month April 2009, when she posed on the cover with Seth Rogen. (photographed by Stephen Wayda). This sizzling beauty, who in 2007 was erroneously rumored to be pregnant with Jason Kidd’s child,…

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Real Housewives of New York beefs explained: What did Bethenny Frankel do to Kelly Bensimon and why is Alex McCord so angry at Jill Zarin

If you’re watching Season Three of The Real Housewives of New York, you know all is not well in Housewives Land. Except for Ramona, Ramona is currently riding on some sort of peaceful cloud (sometimes enhanced by Pino Grigio). The newest “wife”, Sonja Morgan, also possesses a strange serenity not often found in Housewives. She’s…

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Young starlets vie to be The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo U.S. movie adaptation is currently in the works and slated for a 2012 release, and Hollywood’s hottest starlets are reportedly scampering to secure the title role (a.k.a. Lisbeth Salander), including Kristen Stewart, Ellen Page, Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightly, Natalie Portman, and Mia Wasikowska. A source told Entertainment Weekly that…

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Is Queen Latifah gay? She buys $1.4 million house with Hollywood trainer Jeanette Jenkins

Queen Latifah (real name Dana Owens) gay rumors have circulated for years, fueled by her choice of housemate:  female trainer Jeanette Jenkins, and her evasive answers when asked about her personal life. Now, she’s purchased a cush $1.4 million home for her trainer friend, and the speculation engine is revving again. In 2007 the Queen…

Beauty pageants becoming self-aware with sexy ‘Waking Up in Vegas’ 2010 Miss USA Pageant photoshoot

Some people are outraged at the  Miss USA Pageant’s sexy promotional photos, especially after last years controversy about Carrie Prejean’s topless photos. This year the ladies aren’t topless, but all 51 contestants dolled up in fishnets and bustiers to stretch and pose seductively in during a photo shoot with Fadil Berisha entitled “Waking up in…

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VIDEO – Real Housewives of New York, Bethenny Frankel opens up about her father on Ramona Singer’s yacht trip

On tonight’s episode of Real Housewives of New York, Ramona Singer takes a few of the wives (minus Jill, Luann and Jennifer Gilbert) on a yacht trip to St. John’s. Minus a few minor snafus between Bethenny and Kelly, they seem to have a low-key good time. Bethenny, who has just learned that she’s pregnant,…

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Full Interview VIDEO – Betty White discusses SNL appearance on Jay Leno

Betty White hosted SNL last Saturday and she literally killed. SNL hasn’t been that funny since . . . ever! Not one to rest on her laurels and take a vacay, Betty is back was back to work tonight when she sat down with Jay Leno to discuss her experience. As always with Ms. White,…

VIDEO – VH1 Basketball Wives Royce Reed’s scandalous twerkin’ booty dance
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VIDEO – VH1 Basketball Wives Royce Reed’s scandalous twerkin’ booty dance

In case you’ve missed this wonderful show, VH1’s Basketball Wives (Sundays, 10 pm EST) is a delicious Real Housewives-type adventure of the bloodthirsty girlfriends, wives, and ex-wives of famous basketball stars. Shaunie O’Neal, Shaq’s estranged wife, is the fabulous method behind this madness. She produces and offers dead-on narration, commentary, and advice during each show….

The meaning of ‘9 by Design’ Robert and Cortney Novogratz’s children’s funny names

Bravo’s 9 by Design stars Cortney and Robert Novogratz are an achingly hipsterish couple who transform run-down spaces into magazine-ready bohemian design marvels. All they need is a at least $100,000 and a trip to the flea market, and they’re good to go. Not only is their design style deliciously quirky, but the names of…

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The Hills clip: Just as we suspected, Spencer Pratt hates making children happy

Spencer Pratt needs a refund for hiscrystals, because they’re not working. He’s still a 3-year-old child play-acting his tantrums for tv drama. On tonight’s episode he blows up when he finds out his plastic Barbie has hired party planner for the neighbor’s child’s birthday party. When the two women tell him it’ll be good for…

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The City preview video clip: Kelly Cutrone will effing attack Olivia Palermo like a shark!

Kelly Cutrone saves another episode of MTV’s The City tonight by going nuts on Olivia Palermo. Olivia’s “character” is a cold-blooded, entitled socialite b!tch who tries to use her minimal powers at a fashion magazine to squash the cherub-faced Whiteny Port and her apple-pie dreams of being a fashion designer in The City.  Of course,…

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VIDEO – Danielle Staub’s daughter Christine Staub is a cover girl

On tonight’s Real Housewives of New Jersey, Danielle Staub throws a luncheon to celebrate her daughter Christine being on the cover of the fashion magazine The Daily Front Row, a gig she got after signing a contract with IMG Models. Christine’s pretty mug was featured on the mag last August, but so far her modeling…

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Are The White Stripes are getting back together?

Just as his current wife, flame-haired model Karen Elson, is taking her own stab at music Jack White may be reuniting with his ex-wife Meg White. The pair haven’t been together as the musical duo The White Stripes since 2007, when they had to stop performing because of Meg’s anxiety. Jack White recently told Contact…

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VIDEO – Betty White’s Saturday Night Live NPR ‘Delicious Dish’ lesbian Dusty Muffin sketch

Betty White’s Mother’s Day SNL episode was hilarious! Her salty tongue and timing made even the most tired sketches entertaining. She was in good company too as many of the former SNL ladies returned for this special show, including Ana Gasteyer and Molly Shannon who revived their double-entendre riddled “Delicious Dish” sketch. The master of…

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Bethenny Frankel gives birth to 4lb 12oz Bryn Hoppy; Jill Zarin makes Facebook blunder

Real Housewives of New York star Bethenny Frankel gave birth to a 4lb 12oz baby girl, Bryn Hoppy, this morning at 8 a.m, a month early. Jill Zarin, Bethenny’s frenemy from the show,was the first to break the news Friday night, but Bethenny was still in labor and she got  the sex of the baby…

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Chastity Bono now officially a male: before and after sex change

It’s official! Cher and the late Sonny Bono’s daughter is now their son. Chastity Bono has now physically and legally turned into a male: Chaz Bono. Thursday a Santa Monica judge granted Chaz’s legal right to be considered a male. The 41-year-old has lived most of his life as a lesbian female, and has been…

VIDEO – Watch full episodes of Betty White’s 1950s series “Life With Elizabeth”

The outrageously fabulous Betty White will be hosting SNL May 8, but she got her start in television over 60 years ago, she even sang on one of the first experimental television broadcasts. Betty hosted an LA variety show called Hollywood on Television that ran for several hours every day, five days a week from…

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PHOTOS – Jersey Shore’s Snooki and Jwoww pretend to make out

Jersey Shore‘s cuties tried to ramp up their ratings with a little Cinco De Mayo lime-swapping action. Snooki and Jwoww took some time off from bustin’ a$$ and shopping at Ed Hardy to guzzle margaritas the size of their heads (or in Snooki’s case, body) and then pretend to make out. We can all thank…

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Kendra Wilkinson created Home Run Productions LLC to sell her multiple sex tapes in 2008

Here’s another shocker: Kendra Wilkinson-Baskett has more than one sex tape! A few days ago the scandal dropped that Kendra! has a sex tape. Now we know that the former Hugh Hefner concubine wasn’t really that upset about the tape existing, in fact she set up a company back in November 2008, Home Run Productions…

VIDEO – Spencer Elden, the Nirvana baby, is an artist now

19-year-old Spencer Elden started life as the Nirvana baby, when he appeared naked in the water grasping for a dollar on the cover of the group’s Nevermind album. His parents only received $200 for the now iconic photoshoot, but Elden has been benefiting from his Nirvana connection ever since. In 2007 he recreated his famous…

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The King of Rock and Roll died from constipation!

Embed from Getty Images Up until now everyone thought the King Of Rock and Roll died on the toilet because his love for fried peanutbutter banana baconsandwiches and other sinful goodies clogged up his arteries and caused cardiac arrhythmia. Now his friend of twelve years and physician Dr. George “Nick” Nichopoulos claims that Elvis Presley…

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Bethenny’s father dies on tonight’s Real Housewives of New York, will Jill call?

Tonight’s Real Housewives of New York will be filled with real, actual, non-manufactured, heart-breaking drama. Bring your tissues, a stressball and your personal masseuse because shiz is about to get emotional. To start, Bethenny Frankel’s estranged father dies of leukemia. She’s had a strained relationship with him all her life, and when she went to…

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VIDEO Meet Dr. Drew’s new patient Warren the Ape Demontague: a celebrity puppet with reality problems

While Dr. Drew is currently busy trying to score high-profile alleged celebrity addicts to rehab on his VH1 show, and building his very own media empire, he’s managed to squeeze in a little comedy into the mix. His newest patient isn’t Lindsay Lohan (unfortunately for him), it’s an alcoholic, out-of-work, celebrity fictional ape named Warren….

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Bret Michaels released from hospital; 100% recovery expected

Bret Michaels’ doctor, Joseph Zabaramski MD, gave a press conference this afternoon about Bret’s condition. There’s been a lot of speculation in the press about Bret’s condition, if diabetes played a role, if Bret was working/partying too hard, etc, and this press conference will help calm down a few rumors and myths. The Poison rocker…

RHNJ Theresa Giudice explains why Italian women can’t make red sauce while on their period
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RHNJ Theresa Giudice explains why Italian women can’t make red sauce while on their period

Teresa Guidice’s segment on making traditional Italian red sauce (marinara) included a little tidbit that makes women roll their eyes. Basically, women are forbidden from making delicious red sauce while on their periods. Teresa’s reason? “It spoils the sauce.” It only spoils the sauce if you straddle the boiling vat naked, but that’s beside the…

VIDEO – True Life’s “I Have a Traumatic Brain Injury” features emerging band Theft

Tonight MTV’s True Life features young people dealing with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), a condition that can range from mild to severe after a person experiences a sudden trauma to the head. TBI affects a younger population, who are less risk-adverse. Men in general are also less likely to avoid danger, and make up nearly…

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David Boreanaz extorted after affair with Tiger Woods’ mistress Rachel Uchitel?

David Boreanaz has admitted to People magazine that he has been unfaithful to his of nearly nine years, Jaime Bergman. The admission comes after a mistress of his got herself a lawyer and threatened taking the story to the media if he didn’t pay up.

Boreanaz has yet to identify the woman in question, merely stating, “I was associated with a woman who I was involved with and had a relationship with,” Boreanaz tells People. “She asked for money. I felt as though I was being blackmailed or there was some sort of extortion.” But, Star Magazine claimed back in October of 2009 that Boreanaz was having an affair with Rachel Uchitel, who nobody knew at the time because The National Enquirer wouldn’t reveal her affair with Tiger Woods until nearly a month later.

Keep reading to find out all the details and get a leg up in your next game of “Six Degrees of Tiger Woods!”

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From Jersey Shore to Miami Beach: Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi swimsuit pics

The Jersey Shore kids are still heating up Miami Beach while they film the second season of their explosive MTV hit, and we’ve got some pics of Snooki (Nicole Polizzi) enjoying the sun in something that very closely resembles a bikini! Sure, it’s a one-piece but it’s a cut-out, and it looks like Snooks may…

Real Housewives Weave-pulling 2.0: New Jersey Style
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Real Housewives Weave-pulling 2.0: New Jersey Style

Bravo’s Real Housewives of New Jersey (a.k.a. the Sopranos and the prostitution-wh0re-turned-born-again-virgin), debuts tonight, and so far the biggest drama they’ve been advertising is a weave-pulling incident. Yawn. If you’re a Bravo fanatic, you know that  Real Housewives of Atlanta already pulled this mess when Sheree Whitfield tugged Kim Zolciak’s weave. Kim’s weave should’ve gotten…