VH1’s new mafia-themed reality series Mob Wives has been in the works for years and is finally set to premiere on April 17th. The cast of mafia mamas (which includes Karen Gravano, daughter of Sammy the Bull Gravano, Drita D’avano Renee Graziano and Carla Facciolo) met with production mogul Harvey Weinstein for lunch at Michael’s on 55th St. in New York City earlier today and took time to pose for photographers before going in.
It seems like years have gone by since everyone’s favorite red-headed bikini-wearing Big Brother contestant Rachel Reilly was making fans’ blood boil and fellow house guest Brendon Villegas’ blood to rush to a certain place!. The duo, with Rachel’s famous red hair and Brendon’s famously shaved head, were photographed together on the red carpet at the Reality Rocks Expo Fan Awards held at the Los Angeles Convention Center Saturday night. Keep reading to see Brachel on the red carpet as well as two different… wedding photos?!?
The embittered legal battle between The Real Housewives of Orange County‘s Gretchen Rossi and former boyfriend Jay Photoglou has taken another step in Photoglou’s favor as an Orange County Judge rules the bombshell blond must fork over $40,799.38 in attorney’s fees “after several of the claims she made in her lawsuit were dismissed.” That’s right, Gretchen is forking out the big bucks because of her defamation suit against Jay! D’oh!
Some motivated students at Rutgers University in New Jersey are looking to erase the stain of the $32,000 appearance of Jersey Shore reality star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi by petitioning state legend Bruce Springsteen to play on campus. Read their heart-felt mission statement then check out my list of Snooki-inspired Springsteen songs that he could perform if he showed!
In case you were wondering what Teen Mom stars Catelynn Lowell and Tyler Baltierra have been up to, these photos taken between tapings of the Season 3 Reunion Special seem to indicate they’ve spent a lot of time developing nicotine addicitions! But don’t worry, there’s also a super-cute tobaccoless picture of the couple as well as a cameo by Catelynn’s mom April.
It was beyond my realm of imagination to conceive the possibility that Mad Men star Christina Hendricks could up the sexy meter anymore than she already has. I also didn’t believe a photo could make me painfully regret not catching a musical that also starred Neil Patrick Harris. Much like Christina’s bust line, however, my horizons have been broadened! Like me, you too will wish you had toed the “company” line after seeing Hendricks during her closing night performance of the musical Company!
Adding more fire to the theory that being shockingly voted off American Idol was the best thing to happen to Pia Toscano we now have news that the singing sensation has went on a celeb date with Dancing With the Stars‘ Mark Ballas! Read on for the complete break down of how this celeb matchmaking happened including the middle-man involvement of a professional wrestler.
Jim Carrey may be the most tweetinest celeb around. He’s the king of using random key items to make silly faces just like he’s the king of actual silly faces but one of his most recent tweets caught my attention. It was about his painting passion but it featured a freaking amazing new mohawk cut hipster glasses combo. Check it out ?;^).
You take the good. You take the bad. You add a couple of decades and there you have The Facts of Life reunion at the 9th Annual TV Land Awards held at the Javits Center in New York City yesterday. Take a trip down memory lane as we revisit the girls from Eastland as many were on hand to receive the Pop Culture Award for the popular 80’s show.
Peggy Tanous is the latest leggy addition to The Real Housewives of Orange County and although her amazing figure and long blond hair may make it hard to distinguish her from her similarly endowed cast mates she does has one thing about her that is completely unique in the entire Bravo housewives realm: she has a rookie card! Keep reading to see scans of my collection of Bench Warmer pin-up trading cards featuring Peggy Tanous under the name Peggy Tyler in various states of undress! (SFW)
The Judds are going through an unprecedented amount of exposure right now. Youngest daughter Ashley Judd just published a memoir (All That Is Bitter & Sweet) that reveals some of the abuse and chaotic times in her childhood, and Wynonna and Naomi’s new reality show premieres tonight (9 pm EST on OWN) where they publicly and candidly deal with the toxic relationship between the two of them.
In inevitable news, Robyn Brown, Kody Brown’s newest and fourth wife is expecting Kody’s 17th child (including her three from a previous marriage to David Preston Jessup.) 31-year-old Robyn and 43-year-old Kody confirmed the news to People, and are overjoyed. Robyn told People: “You should have seen the look on his face when we found…
Last, but nowhere freakin’ close to being the least in our Mob Wives profilin’ is Renee Graziano. Renee is the daughter of Anthony “The Little Guy” Graziano, the reputed consigliere in the Bonanno crime family and the ex-wife of another mobster Hector Pagan Jr. Imagine Danielle Staub minus a sex tape and any filter at all and you still aren’t close to Miss Graziano!
Next up on our profile posts for VH1’s Mob Wives is Carla Facciolo. Carla grew up in “the life” and attempted to get out when she married stock broker Joey Ferragamo. The only problem is that Joey got himself arrested for a little “boiler room incident!” Read on for all the deets on the Staten Island mother of twins.
Pia Toscano’s tearful reaction to her shocking elimination from America Idol Thursday night may have been short-lived because she was reportedly approached that night about signing a record deal with Interscope Records – a deal that is close to being finalized! Could it be that getting booted from AI was the best thing that could have happened to the young star? Could she have a number one album by the time the show’s finale airs? We think yes!
Next up on our profile posts for VH1’s Mob Wives, the show that is a turn at Bravo’s Housewives but with a serious hard-core twist, is Drita D’avanzo. Drita is the wife of Lee D’avanzo, who federal prosecutors allege is the leader of a Bonanno and Colombo crime family farm team and is currently in jail for bank robbery. His 2nd prison stint for that offense! Read on for bio info and more for the Staten Island lady with “connections.”
VH1 is ready to launch their answer to Bravo’s popular Housewives franchise but with a seriously hard-core twist. Mob Wives, premiering April 17th, will follow the lives of four Staten Island ladies who all are connected via their husbands or father to the mob!
Were going to profile all four ladies starting with Karen Gravano, the daughter of none other than Sammy “The Bull” Gravano who turned snitch and was partially responsible for bringing down John Gatti and the Gambino crime family!
Find out why the husband of Atlanta Housewife Phaedra Parks was handcuffed by federal agents on Thursday and it has nothing to do with Apollo Nida’s criminal history.
Hint: Someone with the US Marshals had a very bad day!
If you’ve been to one of Lil Wayne’s ‘I Am Music II’ shows then you’ve probably asked yourself, “Who was that badass tatted up Cruella de Vil looking chick who tore the stage up before I could even finish my first beer?!?
That was Porcelain Black.
Find out everything you need to know about the brassy mix between Marilyn Manson and Britney Spears who Lil Wayne says is ““The baddest b**ch in the game, you feel me?” (Includes her first music video with Weezy and complete tour dates!)
So who would you call on to solve this whole government shut down situation? Well if you’re outspoken Congresswoman Donna Edwards from Maryland you go to the old trusty The White Stripes playbook and throw down with a lyrical poetry-slam on the House floor!
Check it out and then read the full lyrics for the song she used, “Effect and Cause,” and watch a great live performance of the tune while you’re at it.
I posted photos earlier today of Teen Mom‘s Gary Shirley and Amber Portwood hanging out in Los Angeles and while mentioning various rumors about the TM cast members that “There’s no word on Catelynn and Tyler.”
Well, now there’s word on Tyler Baltierra! Actually, a couple thousand words in the form of two pictures of Tyler and Gary Bear hanging out together in Los Angeles where the cast of the first Teen Mom series are filming their reunion special to cap off production on the third season.
We did a previous post on rapper Gucci Mane’s amazing ice cream cone face tattoo so I have no doubt that the following mug shot is our man! See the full mug and read about the “interesting” way Cone-Ye West was found for the arrest!
While the rest of the world is in a blind rage at Pia Toscano’s incredulous eviction from American Idol last night after a stunning and powerful rendition of “River Deep, Mountain High,” Pia herself was all smiles as she was spotted out and about in Los Angeles earlier today. This confirms that Pia is a good sport in addition to being the most talented singer on Season 10 of American Idol.
GRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!
It’s been suspected for some time, but Bravo ended speculation by officially announcing they will not be renewing The Real Housewives of D.C. for a second season. The cancellation is the first in the 5-year history of Bravo’s Housewives franchise, which includes 7 6 locations around the US. Keep reading for Andy Cohen’s remarks about the cancellation some theories as to why the D.C. ladies didn’t get a second shot.
Check out two wonderful photos of a very pregnant Selma Blair as she shares quality time with her beloved horse Taffy on its 10th birthday. As a bonus catch Selma in a recent behind-the-scenes shoot for H&M’s Fashion Against Aids campaign. Animal + baby bump + cute actress = awwwwwww!
Angelina Jolie has some very meaningful tattoos on her left arm: a list of the coordinates of the birthplaces of her six children. Oddly enough, she was recently spotted with a seventh coordinate even though she has not, and claims she doesn’t plan to have another child. What does the seven coordinate represent? Is she secretly adopting another child?
Steve Carell’s Michael Scott is leaving the office to be with his true love Holly, but he’s leaving behind a major gap in comedy that will never be truly filled. For a while, though, Will Ferrell is gonna try to take just a bit of the sting away with his textbook middle manager character DeAngelo…
The state of Indiana can breathe easy because their two biggest rabble-rousers have flown the coop! Teen Mom stars, and frequent feuders, Amber Portwood and Gary Shirley are in Los Angeles to wrap up filming on the third season of their reality series. Keep reading to see the pics and find out why The Golden State may have to get used to having Gamber around!
Tonight’s ride on the Ramonacoaster was a doozie if you were interviewing to be her assistant. Ramona told the cameras that her assistant Melissa had outgrown her job and really had bigger role in Ramona’s various projects, so she needed a new regular assistant. Ramona wasn’t really impressed with the parade of young women she…
Jill Zarin showed up for the 100th Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen episode with a strikingly different style. The “queen bee” was sporting a sexy black-and-white corset (probably wearing underneath her new shapewear Skweez Couture) and a tight, high, and long ponytail a la Madonna! She also had Ginger with her dressed…
You can now add blinged-out hipster wear to the growing list of products available from Bravo’s entrepreneurial batch of Real Housewives thanks to Orange County’s Alexis Bellino!
The bombshell blond was sporting a diamond-stranded trucker hat in last week’s episode and there was an instant influx of fans wanting to own their own debutant trailer gear. No need to fear hat lovers! Alexis teamed up with Glitzy Bella (who I assume made Alexis original dome topper) and you can now buy your own diamond trucker cap in five different colors.
Nooooooooooooooooooo! America has voted off Pia Toscano. I’m devistated and surprisingly the judges adequately expressed my disbelief with arguably the most shocking elimination in American Idol’s history
On April 26th NBC will be premiering the highly anticipated singing competition The Voice. Having signed Cee Lo Green, Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton to be coaches the network is all in and hedging their bets that the show will be a success. We’ve got another confirmed performer courtesy of NBC’s often run promo video. This time we’re featuring Javier Colon, who goes by Javier, from Stratford, CT. Read on for photos, videos, bio, links and more for the good looking man who’s in it to win it.
57-year-old Christie Brinkley was on Good Morning America yesterday to promote her role in the Broadway musical version of Chicago and the blond former supermodel extraordinaire left male whiplash victims in her wake as she made her way to the ABC studios in a bright red, form-fitting Herve Leger dress! And just in case that wasn’t enough, she also gave GMA viewers a preview of her Chicago dance routine!
The recently divorced Real Housewives star dishes on bankruptcy, divorcing old money, her Marie Antoinette costume, and dating Charlie Rose (a real ladies’ man.)
Tonight is the season premiere of The Real Housewives of New York City on Bravo and the ladies got together Tuesday night for a premiere party at Covet in NYC to celebrate the event!
Jill Zarin and Countess LuAnn were the only cast members absent from the festivities as Ramona Singer, Alex McCord (with honorary housewife Simon van Kempen), Kelly Bensimon, Sonja Morgan and Bethenny Frankel replacement Cindy Barshop were all looking great in a wide variety of formal and informal attire. Keep reading for the pics and find out which surprising gal took home my best-dressed honors!
People doubted if Pia Toscano could handle her own with an up-tempo song. Well check out video and photographic proof that our early pick as a favorite owned “River Deep Mountain High” as the American Idol front-runner took her turn at Tina Turner!
The upcoming third season of MTV’s 16 and Pregnant features a violent confrontation between Jennifer Del Rio and the father of her twin sons, Josh Smith. As can be seen in the trailer for the new season, Josh (birth name Joshua) is arrested and taken away in handcuffs after an altercation with Jennifer. Keep reading to see Josh’s mug shot and details from the arrest as well as shocking allegations revealed in a restraining order filed by Jennifer in March, including kidnapping and rape threats!
See the first photo of Vanessa Trump’s baby bump following husband and Celebrity Apprentice advisor Donald Trump Jr’s Twitter announcement that they were happily expecting a third. It looks like granddaddy Trump will have a new baby to kiss during his possible presidential run!
According to People, funny lady Tina Fey (40) announced (via a pre-taped Oprah show that will appear Tues, April 12, and confirmed by her rep) that she’s expecting her second baby with husband Jeff Richmond (51) . Their first child, Alice Zenobia Richmond, is six years old. Tina’s husband Jeff is far less talked about…
Check out the first of our 16 and Pregnant Season 3 profiles on Jennifer Del Rio from Riverview, Florida. The 17-year-old mother of twin boys is already making headlines after her violent confrontation with babies daddy Josh was featured in the trailer for the new season! Keep reading to get to know Jennifer, including lots of photos, biographical info and the 16&P Season 3 trailer!
On April 26th NBC will be premiering the highly anticipated singing competition The Voice. Having signed Cee Lo Green, Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton to be coaches the network is all in and hedging their bets that the show will be a success. One of the early confirmed competitors is Meg & Dia lead singer Dia Frampton. Read on for photos, bio info, videos, links and more for the Salt Lake City singer looking to become “The Voice.”
Former Real Housewives of New York City star and runner-up on The Apprentice: Martha Stewart Bethenny Frankel continues her empire building by reportedly landing her very own talk show! My recommendation for her first guest? Kelly Bensimon!
Alec Baldwin had said before that next season would be his last alongside co-star Tina Fey on the popular NBC sitcom 30 Rock but the actor dropped a bigger bomb in a recent interview when he revealed the show won’t go on without him! Keep reading to find out exactly what the biggest, baddest Baldwin bro said.
The Real Housewives of Miami may last only one shortened season but with Bravo’s first live Housewives reunion show last night the “ladies” of South Beach went down swinging! There was more juicy yelling, name calling, swearing and bitterness in the first 2 minutes of the reunion show than there was during the entire season. Read on for a full recap and subsequent twitter fallout reactions from the South Beach vixens.
Bonus: Find out who said and who was the target of this bomb, “At least I’m not giving bl0w jobs to 19-year-olds like you do.”
Ashley Judd has released a very candid memoir that reflects a childhood of neglect and sexual abuse that brought about thoughts of suicide. She also went out of her way to discuss her strong feelings about rappers Snoop Dogg, P Diddy and hip-hop music in general. In an amazingly verbose celebrity diss she links rap music’s role to the root cause of all poverty and suffering in the world! Read on as Ashley J. goes all professor like on D-O-Double-G’s a$$!
The hugely successful second installment of MTV’s Teen Mom franchise wrapped up last week and the families gathered together in Los Angeles for the Teen Mom 2 Finale Special with Dr. Drew which aired last night. Leah, Jenelle, Kailyn and Chelsea let Dr. Drew and audience members catch up with what has been happening in their lives since the show stopped filming and talked with him about their futures. Keep reading to watch the entire episode and a complete summary of what went down with my “expert” opinion on all the revelations!
In what could very well be the most amazing confluence of fame mongers and C-list reality stars this side of Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew, Heidi Montag, Danielle Staub, Jake Pavelka, Ashley Dupre, DJ Paul Kom and Juicy J will be teaming up for a new competition reality series to air on VH1. See photos of the C-List six-pack having lunch together at Cafe Med in West Hollywood with camera crew in tow, and read brief bios of each so you can be fully prepared once this train wreck hits the air waves!
Tax papers obtained by TMZ reveal a seriously large amount of money that Bristol Palin has made to be a spokesperson for the prevention of teen pregnancy. This begs the question; Should Bristol Palin be judged in the same harsh light as the cast members of MTV’s Teen Mom franchise often are for making money off the fact that they had sex and became pregnant as teenagers?
Kim Kardashian is like that annoying first love that makes it a point to find some reason every month or so to give you a call, send you a message on Facebook, or “accidentally” bump into you at Wal-Mart. Just when you think you’re getting over her, there she is to keep the pilot light burning.
Every time I think my one-way love affair with Kim Kardashian is finally winding down, potentially freeing me up to fully commit my celebrity obsession elsewhere. she shows up in some mesmerizing photoshoot, tweets a picture of herself in a ridiculously sexy costume, or shows up on the cover of some foreign magazine looking superhumanly mojotrulescent.
This is a clear-cut case of the latter.
HI-RES photo gallery of Emma Roberts in Beverly Hills shopping for some very large granny panties. That is all and that’s enough! Check it out.
Miami Housewives Adriana De Moura, Alexia Echevarria and Marysol Patton made the scene for fellow Housewife Lea Black’s annual gala held in Miami. The event is a major social to-do each year in South Florida and was the crux for much of the drama from season one of The Real Housewives of Miami. Check out photos of the girls looking fab, especially Marysol, discover why Cristy Rice and Larsa Pippen were no shows and how that fact is leading to a show down for tonight’s live reunion show!
In a wonderful bit of news Bruce Springsteen and Oprah Winfrey will be coming together via Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network in a recently launched TV series entitled Master Class. Read on for the news that Oprah revealed via her Twitter feed and find out more about OWN’s show that promises to be compelling T.V.
Teen Mom 2‘s Jenelle Evans must not like the videos of herself currently circulating online, which include the infamous brutal “Teen Mom Brawl” clip as well as her smokin’ a funny looking cigarette with best “bud” Tori, so she diluted the market yesterday with a fresh batch of Youtube clips featuring herself, boyfriend (and partner-in-crime) Kieffer Delp, and her son Jace.
Being shameless has helped our favorite Jersey Shore personality Snooki achieve dizzying levels of fame and success for doing little else but being shameless. Even after the Jersey Shore glittery spray tan fades (and the zeitgeist seems to suggest it already has,) Snooki will find a way to survive in luxury with nothing but her…
Katie Couric became the first woman to anchor a network news broadcast by herself, fulfilling the dreams of 70’s trailblazer Veronica Corningstone, but less than five short years later she will be leaving her post at CBS Evening News according to an anonymous source with the AP. Read on for additional info including what Couric’s next move professionally will be.
Rose receiver Emily Maynard and her daughter got the V.I.P. treatment as they took in last night’s Charlotte Bobcat home game. Home game means that Emily is still in North Carolina which is a long ways from Austin, Texas where Bachelor Brad Womack still lives. See the cute photos including the Bobcat mascot Rufus Lynx giving the girls a big ol’ cuddly hug and find out the latest on the couple including Emily’s explanation as to why Brad Womack deleted his short-lived Twitter account.
According to a report, Amy Winehouse’s on-again off-again director boyfriend Regg Travis is talking marriage and that the blessed event could happen soon. Read on for his statement!
Country music award show red carpets just aren’t fair any more thanks to the living art deco goddess that is Taylor Swift. The 2011 Academy of Country Music Awards last night was no exception as the Grammy-Award winning singer drew ooohs and ahhhs from fans and photographers alike in a stunning full-length-and-then-some yellow gown. Keep reading for more gorgeous Taylor and find out if she was able to take home top the top honor of Entertainer of the Year!
Following on the heels of a poorly-received opening show in Detroit, Charlie Sheen continued his “My Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat is Not an Option Show” tour at the Chicago Theater last night with a few changes, including stripping off his shirt and flexing for the crowd after a man in the audience yelled, “Get naked!”
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