Even though Teresa Giudice is headed to prison soon, that doesn’t mean the troubled Housewife has any plans to let up in her relentless hustling. Along with her husband Joe, Teresa sat down for an interview with Bravo recently to speak publicly about her crimes and punishment for the first time since her sentencing. Teresa Giudice Reacts to Prison Sentence The interview will air in its entirety tonight, but regardless of whether or not it turns out to be the ratings bonanza that Bravo is banking on, it’s already proven to be a hugely lucrative 30 minutes for the Giudices. The couple was reportedly paid $325,000 for offering Bravo honcho Andy Cohen first crack at an interview. The network initially offered $275,000 for Teresa alone, but threw in an extra 50 grand in order for Joe to join her. Of course, the Giudices have been ordered to pay $414,000 in restitution, which means that all of the money they make from the interview will go to directly the victims of their various financial scams. It’s still a pretty sweet deal for Joe and Teresa, as they’re now well on their to settling their debt just days after being sentenced. Teresa has been ordered to report to prison on January 5 in order to begin serving her 15-month sentence. Joe Giudice has been sentenced to 41 months , and will begin his serving his time after his wife is released. As always, you can watch The Real Housewives of New Jersey online at TV Fanatic to relive the Giudice’s fall from grace. 13 Classic Teresa Giudice Moments 1. Teresa Giudice: Table Flipping And now for the classic. Teresa’s face is priceless as she famously flips the table. Bravo. Bravo.
The long, strange trip that is Amanda Bynes’ life just took its strangest turn yet, as the troubled star claims she will be soon making a trip down the aisle. Yes, Amanda Bynes claims Amanda Bynes is engaged! Whether or not we believe her is another story entirely, given the events of the past week, and basically the last two years to be perfectly honest. But who is Bynes’ fiance, who may or may not exist? The 28-year-old tells In Touch Weekly that she’s engaged to Caleb (no surname gven), a 19-year-old who lives in Costa Mesa, Calif., and works in a bait shop. “I am very needy for friendship and I hate men. I want to f–k them, but I can now say I’m engaged … get away from me,” Amanda told the publication. “I want to be married and I want to be away from people.” Not unlike the video of Amanda Bynes plowing over people on a bike while swerving through the streets of New York, this would be hilarious if it weren’t so sad. Speaking of which, the ” retired and gorgeous ” star says they want to live in NYC, as she “really [likes] walking and riding [her] bike, and in California, you need to drive.” She can cause fewer fatalities on a bike at least? “I really do not enjoy driving,” said Bynes, who got arrested for DUI last week, however, “I don’t like the way I look in a car. The lighting is very bad.” 45 Seriously OMG WTF Amanda Bynes Photos 1. Amanda Bynes is Dope Amanda Bynes thinks she is dope. The actress has posted this photo to Twitter. This is a woman who has been spotted with her face bandaged and talking to inanimate objects , so whatever keeps her out of a car is a good thing. The more quotes she offers, the less we believe her and the more concerned we are for her well being, but she says she plans to start a family with her man. That means getting pregnant ASAP. “I want boys, for sure. However many I can pop out,” the celebrity says. “I don’t want a gorgeous girl around. Then I [would] feel way jealous. Ew.” Ew? As for her alleged wedding day, “I honestly would rather not [design my dress], but I’m so particular about how I look that I cannot imagine not designing it,” she says. We would love to end this article by wishing Amanda and Caleb a lifetime of happiness, but are too worried about her to be amused at this point. If we were Rick and Lynn Bynes, we would be on a plane from California this minute to try to retrieve their daughter before this ends very, very badly. 21 Child Celebrities Then and Now 1. Amanda Bynes Okay, so we didn’t say they were ALL success stories. Amanda Bynes was a delightful child star whose hard-partying ways caught up to her. Kind of like another star we know…
How fitting… Charlo Greene To Be Awarded ‘Courage In Media’ Award From High Times Via PageSix : High Times is bestowing its highest (ha!) honor on Alaska television news reporter Charlo Greene, who quit her job on KTVA News on air last month to help legalize pot in her home state. The marijuana magazine will give the aptly named Greene its Courage in Media Award at its 40th anniversary party Oct. 16 in New York. Greene revealed on air that she owned the Alaska Cannabis Club, a network of medical-marijuana cardholders, and after becoming frustrated with the state’s progress to legalize bud, chose to “[dedicate] all of my energy toward fighting for freedom and fairness, which begins with legalizing marijuana here in Alaska.” She then declared, “As for this job, well, not that I have a choice but, f – – k it, I quit,” and walked off-camera. Green told High Times she credits marijuana with helping her go from failing school to graduating summa cum laude from college and a budding (ha!) career in journalism (until last month). She said of her epic on-air walk-off, “I’m just living my truth.” Well, that’s great for her. On a side note — has anyone else noticed the irony in her last name being Greene??
Derek Jeter will soon end his professional baseball career. But it’s clear which occupation he should take on next: Hollywood screenwriter. The future Hall of Famer played his final home game tonight (and his final game overall at shortstop), finishing with three runs batted in, one run scored and, oh, the GAME-WINNING SINGLE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE NINTH. In truly ridiculous fashion that no one could possibly have seen coming, closer Dave Robertson blew a three-run lead in the top of the ninth, seemingly putting a damper on Jeter’s final appearance in the Bronx… … only for Jeter to step to the plate in the bottom half of the inning. With one out. And the game tied at 5. And for Jeter to line a single to right. And for the winning run to cross the plate. And for Jeter to be mobbed first by his current teammates and later by some of his beloved ex-teammates. Seriously amazing. Good luck topping that one, A Rod. FINAL SCORES: Yankees 6, Orioles 5. Derek Jeter 1, Rest of Humanity 0.
Muhammad Ali might rival James Brown in number of offspring and family drama … Woman Claiming To Be Muhammad Ali’s 10th Child Steps Forward A woman who says she is Muhammad Ali’s youngest child has come forward, begging his wife to allow her to see him one last time and have him give her away at her upcoming wedding. Via The Mirror : Kiiursti Mensah Ali says she was the result of a 20-year affair her mum had with him in his heyday. Boxing legend Muhammad Ali’s secret daughter today makes a passionate plea to his family: “Let me see him one last time before he dies.” Kiiursti Mensah Ali – who looks remarkably like the ex-world heavyweight champ – reveals she was the result of a 20-year affair her mum had with him in his heyday. She claims a 1988 paternity test proves she is his child and that Ali agreed to having his name on her birth certificate. Kiiursti, 33, also tells how the boxing star visited her and mum Barbara Mensah several times when she was little – and that she has become close to some of his other nine children. But she says she was cut out of his life when he married his fourth wife Lonnie in 1986 – three years after he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease. “Muhammad Ali is my dad – but everything changed the moment he married her,” says Kiiursti. “He stopped coming to see me. As the years went by he got sicker and sicker. She stopped him having a relationship with me. It’s been devastating. “Now, I want to say goodbye to him before he dies. I want her to please let me have that chance. I’m not after his money. I don’t care about that. I make my own. “All I want is to spend time with my father especially now he is so ill – but she has control of everything.” And Kiiursti revealed she wants Ali to give her away when she weds. During our interview, she flicks through family photos showing her as a child with the fighter who became The Greatest in the 60s and 70s. By the time Kiiursti was born, Ali already had eight children and an adopted ninth from three marriages and two other affairs. Kiiursti claims he never denied he was her father. His name was put on her birth certificate and he managed to find time for her, despite his busy workload and hectic personal life. She says Ali would secretly fly to Houston to see her and her mum. “He saw me as a baby and a child,” she says. “I remember when I was three or four, he would come and stay at a hotel downtown. Unable to see her dad, Kiiursti started contacting his other children. She says she’s met her eldest sister Laila, a professional boxer, numerous times and enjoys a close relationship with the only boy, Muhammad Ali Junior, who she talks to regularly. And she has a special reason for hoping her plea works soon. She says: “I’m just about to get married to a wonderful man and I would love my dad to meet him. “I don’t care if he needs pushing down the aisle, I’d want him to give me away. That would make it perfect if dad was there. It would be wonderful.” This is odd…if she knows so many of his other family members so well, why can’t she place a few calls and set up a meeting rather than going to the media?? Hmm…
You might think: Who is this Harry Potter girl? What is she doing at the UN? It’s the question Emma Watson posed to the United Nations General Assembly yesterday, and I’ll tell you what she was doing there: Absolutely nailing it. As the newly appointed UN Women Global Goodwill Ambassador, Emma was on hand in… Read more »
Blakey poo we see you shining. Blake Griffin Covers GQ Magazine’s October Issue GQ just put Blake Griffin on the cover of their first ever age issue… and we’ve got some choice quotes for you below via GQ.com : On Playing For “Racist” Donald Sterling: Were you aware of Donald Sterling’s reputation then? When the draft lottery came out and the Clippers said they were gonna draft me, I went to Google to find out more about the Clippers, because I didn’t know a lot. And I was like, “Okay, team owned by Donald Sterling.” So then I typed in “Donald Sterling” in Google, and the first thing that pops up is “Donald Sterling racist.” And I was like, “Whoa!” So obviously I explored that, read a whole bunch of articles, read the deposition at one of his court cases. Which was awesome, if you ever have time to read some of the depositions. [laughs] I’ve only seen the highlights. Did you see the one where he’s talking about being in the back of the limo? You gotta just type in “Donald Sterling deposition.” [ Later I do, and this is what comes up, from a 2003 suit, regarding a sexual companion: “Well, I fool around sometimes. I do. When a girl seduces me and tells me how much she wants to suck on me and take my shoes off and licks my feet and touches me. When I’m in a limousine, she takes off all her clothes. The limo driver said, ‘What is going on?’ And she started sucking me on the way to Mr. Koon’s house. And I thank her. I thank her for making me feel good.” ] I’ll let you read it, because I don’t want to do it—I don’t want to do it injustice. And then, at the very end…just read it. [ The response: “Sir, the question was, is this your handwriting?”] So I was aware, but not until right before I got drafted. After you get drafted, and you’re reading this stuff—is there any recourse for a player in your situation? No. Not at all. I mean, what was I gonna do? And for five years with the team, it was fine. Nothing came out. Nothing happened. I never really saw him that much. I saw him right when I first got drafted. I had to go to a couple of events that he does, which was awful. Is it true that he would bring women in to the locker room to watch players shower? He would bring them in the locker room. Guys would be in there. The showers are kind of elsewhere. I don’t think they would really go back there. But he would bring people in the locker room while we were just in towels. One year he came in and led a “hip hip hooray” chant and held my arm up in the air. Then he went to another teammate and did the same thing. Guys just started scattering as fast as possible. [laughs] Would you guys commiserate about working for someone like that? No, we really didn’t. Guys would tell different stories about their interactions with him. And then when all this came out… We heard that it was gonna come out the day before it came out—our coach told us—and this is during the playoffs. We were up in San Francisco, in a team meeting. And because we didn’t know exactly what was said, we were just kind of like, “Oh, okay, well, whatever.” And then I remember waking up Saturday morning to, like, twenty texts. This is 7 a.m. And then, throughout the day, just bombarded with texts about it. I ended up turning my phone off, because we were trying to focus. Did you listen to the tape? Oh yeah. [laughs] I listened to it like the first thing in the morning when I woke up, searched for it and listened to it from beginning to end, and then listened to the second one. How did you feel, listening? It was unfortunate. I mean, for me, like I said, the first thing I ever Googled about the man, the first thing that popped up was “racist.” So I was aware. I hate to say this, and it might sound ignorant, but I wasn’t surprised that all this came up. Not necessarily the manner in which it was said, or the exact things, but like I said: This was my first impression of him. Hit the flip for Blake’s views on religion, dating and his experiences as a new dad. Photo Credit: GQ/SebastianKim
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