Kathy Bates, an Oscar winner for the 1991 film Misery and multiple-time Emmy nominee, revealed today that she was diagnosed with breast cancer a few weeks ago and recently underwent a double mastectomy in her battle against the disease. “Luckily, I don’t have to undergo radiation or chemo,” Bates said in a statement. “My family call me Kat because I always land on my feet and thankfully this is no exception… My doctors have assured me I’m going to be around for a long time. I’m looking forward to getting back to work doing what I love to do.” Bates was also diagnosed with ovarian cancer nine years ago. She has a busy professional future ahead of her, beginning on September 23 Emmy Awards where the veteran star is actually nominated in two categories: Outstanding actress in a drama ( Harry’s Law ) and outstanding guest actress in a comedy ( Two and a Half Men ). We wish her a full recovery.
Troubled Teen Mom cast member Amber Portwood stated the obvious in a statement from jail in which she said she is not normal – and needs to grow up. Two weeks after the Teen Mom finale , she issued remarks from prison to coincide with the eunion special that aired Tuesday night on MTV with Dr. Drew. In it, she talked about how she “got lost” in drugs and alcohol. Amber Portwood, now serving a five-year sentence, writes: “Right now I’m trying to figure out what I’m doing with my life. I guess I just got lost. I went to jail because I had an addiction to opiates.” “You live and you learn and that’s what’s real. “It was time for me to stop partying and realize that even though I’m 21, I’m not a normal 21-year-old.” “I’m a mother. I have to grow up quicker and start acting like a mother .” No arguments here, even though Portwood’s voluntarily decision to serve out a five-year term in jail rather than comply with a court-ordered drug program is dubious. After violating her probation stemming from a December 2011 arrest for drug possession, Amber’s behind bars for a LONG time, but says it’s for the best. “My No. 1 priority right now in life is dedicating my life to being sober, to being a sober person,” she writes, adding that she’s doing it for Leah , 3. “[I want] to show my daughter that people make mistakes but you can always come back. If Leah learns anything from me she should see how becoming a teen mom can change you. How everything is postponed,” Portwood said. She also hopes people learn from her mistakes. “We made the show for a reason…some decisions change your whole life. If you don’t want to take responsibility and use protection, don’t have sex.” “One night can change your whole life into a sad story,” noted Portwood, adding that the “mean person” viewers see on Teen Mom is far from reality. “I want to show everybody I can do it and can start living a straight life and getting my family back in order,” she concluded, and we wish her the best.
We recently said Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively may be the hottest couple ever. Ryan Lochte and Olivia Culpo (Miss USA!) might give them a run for their money. If they’re even a couple, of course. The Olympic swimming stud and reigning beauty queen were spotted at New York’s Fashion Week together. #JEAH! Ryan Lochte and Olivia Culpo continued the night together at NYC hotspot 1Oak where they were seen sitting and chatting at a table around 1 a.m. According to news reports, the not-unattractive duo met last Wednesday at shoe designer Brian Atwood’s party at the Four Seasons restaurant. Hopefully Ryan’s not just rebounding now that his crush Blake – who he wanted to cameo on Gossip Girl just to meet – is off the market for good. Either way, Olivia’s hardly a consolation prize. She’s Miss USA, people! What do you think … do they make a cute couple? Lochtulpo? Rylivia? [Photos: WENN.com]
Leighton Meester 1, Leighton Meester’s slightly insane mom 0. That’s the score after the Gossip Girl star won a judgment against her mom today, officially stating that Leighton does not owe Connie Meester any money. Ever. Leighton claimed Connie diverted money Leighton had sent to her little brother Lex, who suffers from serious medical problems, and spent it on herself. Frivolously. Connie used the $7,500 per month Leighton sent home for Lex on things like plastic surgery, Botox, and hair extensions, resulting in a lawsuit from Leighton. The elder Meester then sued her , demanding a portion of the star’s earnings, claiming Leighton had promised to take care of her and that’s why she spent the cash. But a judge today officially dismissed that claim, ruling there was no such agreement and siding squarely with Leighton (who also appears in That’s My Boy ). Leighton actually didn’t sue to recover any money from Connie, BT-Dubs, she just wanted a judge to make her mom go away and stop stealing from Lex. Done and done.
Donald Trump has announced that the Miss Universe Organization – which he owns! – plans to sue Miss Pennsylvania USA, a.k.a. Sheena Monnin . Monnin resigned her crown Tuesday claiming Sunday’s Miss USA pageant was rigged … and has no morals for allowing transgendered contestants. Miss Rhode Island Olivia Culpo won Miss USA 2012 , while Monnin, who did not place in the top five, said it was predetermined from the start. Trump begs to differ and says he hopes Monnin has a good lawyer. Donald Trump Responds to Sheena Monnin “We’re going to bring a lawsuit against this girl,” he told Today co-anchor Ann Curry and ABC’s George Stephanopoulos in separate interviews. “It is so ridiculous,” Trump told Curry of Monnin’s charge, noting that the voting is “supervised by Ernst and Young and everything is certified.” “They’ve done an investigation. I just found out about it … the person that supposedly showed the list totally denies that that ever took place.” Besides, he noted later, “the organization doesn’t care who the Top 5 are, or the Top 10,” adding, “I mean, what difference does it make?” Hard to argue with him on the latter point. You’ve seen one Miss USA, you’ve pretty much seen them all … even if they’re all smoking hot. Anyway, Trump says Sheena Monnin is bitter because she’s not it. Monnin announced Tuesday on Facebook page she was resigning after she “witnessed another contestant who said she saw the list of the Top 5 BEFORE THE SHOW EVER STARTED proceed to call out in order who the Top 5 were.” “After it was indeed the Top 5 I knew the show must be rigged; I decided at that moment to distance myself from an organization who did not allow fair play and whose morals did not match my own,” she added. By “morals,” she means Trump’s decision to change the rules and allow Jenna Talackova to compete for Miss Canada despite being born a man. Asked his first impression of Monnin, Trump said, “I saw her and my impressions were she didn’t have a chance of being in the Top 15 – not even close.” “And all this is, is a girl who went there, lost, wasn’t in the 15, and she’s angry at the system … I never felt she had a chance. All this is is buyer’s remorse.” Donald Trump, ladies and gentlemen.
Amanda Bynes has been charged following her April 6 DUI arrest. In response, she Tweeted at President Obama to have the cop who arrested her fired. “I don’t drink,” the actress, 26, said in a Tweet to the Barack Obama presidential campaign (@barackobama). “Please fire the cop who arrested me.” Don’t count on it. The U.S. Government has no jurisdiction over a West Hollywood police matter. Moreover, guy doesn’t even read his own account! With Lady Gaga, you might get a reply, even as one of 25 million Monsters . The misdemeanor charge of DUI against Bynes was filed Tuesday and relates to her April 6 arrest, when she was pulled over in West Hollywood. The actress allegedly sideswiped a police car in her BMW when she tried to turn right, then did not stop. She refused a breathalyzer and drug test. If convicted she faces a maximum penalty as a first-time offender of 48 hours in jail, three years probation and a nine-month alcohol program. She could also lose her driver’s license for a year, which might not be the worst thing, as this is one of several other recent driving mishaps for Bynes. About a week after her arrest, she backed over a curb while texting , and a week later was spotted holding up traffic while making a slow three-point U-turn.
Miss Pennsylvania USA Sheena Monnin resigned this week, calling the Miss Universe Organization “fraudulent, lacking in morals, inconsistent and trashy.” Let’s start with the first part. She wrote on Facebook that a fellow contestant saw a list revealing the top five Miss USA finalists before the show took place. The Miss Universe Organization denies this, saying in a statement: “The Miss Universe Organization can confirm the resignation of the Pennsylvania title holder after she did not place in the Top 16 at the Miss USA pageant.” “In an email to pageant organizers, she cited the Miss Universe Organization’s policy regarding transgendered contestants as the reason for her resignation.” “Today she has changed her story by publicly making false accusations claiming that the pageant was fixed, however the contestant she privately sourced as her reference has vehemently refuted her most recent claim.” “We are disappointed that she would attempt to steal the spotlight from Olivia Culpo of Rhode Island on her well-deserved Miss USA win.” Culpo, who won Sunday, was asked during the show about the inclusion of transgender contestants, which the organization permitted two months ago. “I do think it is fair,” she said. “I could understand how people could be apprehensive to take that road, but I do accept that … I believe it’s a free country.” After the organization changed its rules to allow Jenna Talackova , who was born male, to compete (for Miss Canada), Sheena Monnin was PISSED. According to Miss Universe officials, she wrote that she refuses “to be part of a pageant system that has so far and so completely removed itself from its foundational principles as to allow and support natural born males to compete in it.” “This goes against ever moral fiber of my being. I believe in integrity, high moral character, and fair play, none of which are part of this system any longer.” NOTE: Talackova placed in the top 12 and won the Miss Congeniality award. Monnin, meanwhile, stands by her allegation that Miss USA is rigged and that finalists like Culpo and Aubrey Bolte were pre-selected by higher-ups. She wrote on Facebook that, when she found out that the finalists were predetermined, she “decided at that moment to distance myself from an organization who did not allow fair play and whose morals did not match my own.” She also urges fellow Miss USA contestants to come forward, “then perhaps action can be taken. As for me, I believe her words and will not encourage anyone to compete in a system that in my opinon and from what I witnessed is dishonest.”
It’s looking like it was only a matter of time before Rima Fakih got busted for boozing it up too tough because homegirl definitely loved her liqs! Just check out these photos of the 2010 Miss USA getting slizzed with Lil Jon in Las Vegas this June. SMH, taking champagne bottles to the head and all that! And when she wasn’t swallowing from Moet bottles, Rima was down for shots and regular drinks too. Peep the shot glass in her hand! And isn’t he married??? SMH More slizzard behavior in the gallery below: Pacific Coast News More On Bossip! RihRih Gets Kushed Up And Goes Drizzy H.A.M. On Twitter Talking About Skrippers And Getting Back Into Her Freakum Bikini The Favorite Child: We Pick The Hottest Sibling Out Of Each Superstar Family Luckiest Husbands In The World: A Look At Wives Keeping It Right And Tight For Their Men EXCLUSIVE: Robin Thicke (@RobinThicke) Gets Candid About His New Album, Adding To His Family, And Paula Patton Dancing In Lingerie
The Miss Teen USA pageant crowned a new, gorgeous titleholder last night in Danielle Doty, an 18-year-old hailing from Harlingen, Texas. Doty beat out Audra Mari of North Dakota to win the title and will take over from the reigning Miss Teen USA, Kamie Crawford of Maryland. Alexis Swanstrom (Miss Teen California), Taylor Clark (Miss Teen Kansas) and Sydnee Stottlemyre (Miss Teen Missouri) rounded out the top five. The prestigious beauty pageant, which streamed live online, did not take place in the United States, but rather at the Atlantis resort in the Bahamas. Danielle Doty is the second Texan to be named Miss Teen USA. Christie Lee Woods, who later starred on The Amazing Race , won the title in 1996. Other notable Miss Teen USA title holders include Bridgette Wilson-Sampras (1990), Vanessa Minnillo (1998) and Tami Farrell (2003), who later went on to become Miss California after Carrie Prejean stripped and was stripped of her crown. Alyssa Campanella was named Miss USA last month.
Filed under: Snooki , The Situation , Pauly D , Jersey Shore The ” Jersey Shore ” road trip to Italy will only serve to make the locals look like “buffoons and bimbos” … this according to a very pissed off Italian-American organization. TMZ spoke to a rep for UNICO — a massive Italian American interest group… Read more
