Rumors of their breakup began swirling about 10 minutes after The Bachelor finale last Monday, but at least for now, all seems well for the happy couple. Brad Womack’s chosen bride-to-be Emily Maynard was seen at the Charlotte airport on Thursday, still wearing her huge engagement ring in this photo . Emily Maynard also Tweeted that she had just returned from a trip to visit Brad in Austin, and by all accounts it went well, even if they’re taking it slow. The couple seemed destined for each other all season, making some of the After the Final Rose revelations all the more surprising to the show’s viewers. They already briefly broke up once since the finale was taped, he wanted to marry her this month but she declined, and she won’t move to Austin – yet. Nevertheless, she seems committed to Brad Womack and maybe, just maybe, they’ll be able to work this thing out and get married when it feels right. What do you think? Will Brad and Emily last? [Photo: ABC]
Emily, Chrissy and Olivia spill all to MTV News before the Monday night premiere of their brand-new reality series. By Rebecca Thomas Hip-hop is a lot like the title of Jim Jones’ “Blow Your Smoke.” For all of us ardent followers of this rhyming circuit of storytellers who weave aspirational fantasies about Bentleys and shopping sprees, it doesn’t matter much that the German luxury car is a loaner or that the fresh-from-the runway Lanvin frock is going back to a publicist. To paraphrase the Diplomat boss, sometimes it’s just about blowing smoke. If anyone knows that rap is as much caked-in grime as it is glossy surfaces, it’s the cast of VH1’s brand-new docu-series “Love & Hip Hop,” officially premiering Monday night (March 14) at 10:30 p.m. ET. On Friday, MTV News caught up with three of the principal castmembers — Chrissy (longtime lady of Jim Jones), Emily (mother of Fabolous’ son) and Olivia (ex-G-Unit songstress) — and they spilled details about their lives and the show. “For me, the struggle is mostly the image struggle, keeping up with the image,” Emily said, when asked what the biggest challenge was about being in a relationship with a famous rapper. In the weeks since the “Love & Hip-Hop” teaser trailer hit the Net, viewers have been chirping about the women behind the MCs. But the biggest surprise for many fans is that these rappers have been in serious relationships at all. Seeing iconic or veteran rappers on shows like MTV’s “Run’s House” or E!’s “Snoop Dogg’s Father Hood” is one thing, but the idea of a domesticated Fab, whose legion of female fans get worked up over his chipped tooth, is another. “Me as a wardrobe stylist, I dress these guys, when they put on their bling and their clothes and their shades, they turn into a character,” Emily explained. “So that’s the biggest struggle for me, the image thing, having to deal with that.” Emily, who describes herself as Fab’s “secret” in the premiere episode, recalled being approached by the execs behind “L&HH.” She was sold on the chance to brand herself as wardrobe stylist “Emily B.” So was Loso supportive? Emily paused for a moment. “Was he supportive? … He said, ‘Eh, I don’t know if that’s a good idea.’ … He said, ‘I’m not gonna tell you not to do it, but I don’t know if it’s a good idea.’ So maybe he was right,” she laughed, adding quickly, “For him!” Meeting Chrissy helped cement the decision, and though Fab and Jim traded barbs on Twitter last April, their female counterparts proved fast friends. “In the beginning, it was a pilot about me and Jimmy [‘Jim and the Family Jones’], and he wasn’t really comfortable with that,” Chrissy explained. VH1 producers volunteered to bring in “some more females, make it more interesting,” and eventually Emily, Olivia and aspiring rapper Somaya Reece were added to the cast; Emily’s close friend Mashonda (ex-wife of Swizz Beatz) also appears. “If I don’t have to work with Jimmy every day, I’m with it!” the ever-bouncy Chrissy, who actually proposes to Jim on the show, laughed. “He didn’t want to be bothered with the cameras every day.” According to Olivia, best known for her turn on 50 Cent’s G-Unit roster, including a feature spot on her ex-boss’ hit “Candy Shop,” the series is also about re-charging her music career. “A lot of people don’t really know the real Olivia. I felt like I was kind of sheltered being in the Unit, so this was a way for everybody to see my personality and see how I really am, especially when you see me with these two women,” she said gesturing at Emily and Chrissy. ” ‘Cause we have a lot of scenes together. So you get to see the relationships and how we bond. … It’s a big deal for me because a lot of people also don’t know that really I can sing, sing.” With fame in the balance — and all the negative press that can come with it already rearing its head — the ladies said they’re just beginning to adjust to the media glare. “I’m not really in the belly of the beast when it comes to the industry. I’ve been playing a supporting role to somebody who’s going through all types of pitfalls, losses and gains,” Chrissy said. “So I can see what it does, but I don’t know what it truly feels like — until now, but this is very new, it’s premature.” Will you be watching “Love & Hip Hop”? Tell us in the comments! Related Artists Olivia Fabolous Jim Jones 50 Cent
Brad Womack’s final rose is set to be doled out on The Bachelor season finale Monday. Reigning Bachelorette Ali Fedotowsky knows who she’d give it to. “I think both girls are great… but in the last two episodes, his connection with Emily [Maynard] has been undeniable,” Fedotowsky told Us Weekly . What makes Brad and Emily such a great fit? HE’S THE ONE : Roberto was for Ali. Will Brad be for Emily? “It’s been the little things that he’s done – like he had that little picnic for her at the beginning outside. He is just so smitten with her,” Ali said of “Brad’s” courtship. THG NOTE : Seriously, Al, you were on the show. You can at least give props to host-pimp Chris Harrison, who we all know sets up dates for his employees. Anyway, Ali says when Brad is with Emily Maynard , the truest sign of love is that “he wants to do anything to sort of reassure her – like telling her he loved her.” “They are both southern and polite, and I just think they’d make a really cute little couple. All along I thought it was going to be those two,” she admits. What do you think? Who should Brad choose on the Bachelor finale?
You don’t really need The Bachelor spoilers or the reigning Bachelorette, Ali Fedotowsky, to tell you who Brad Womack has eyes for this season. Ali’s top pick, if she were doling out roses on Brad’s behalf? Southern sweetie Emily Maynard, the 24-year-old widow and single mom. Shocker! “I think he’d be a great match with Emily,” Ali said. “Sweet, southern, knockout, beautiful beautiful. She seems like a total package to me.” Are Chantal O’Brien (left) and Emily Maynard locks for hometown dates? The Fox 5 San Diego correspondent, who visited The Bachelor to “assist Brad” with fiance Robert Martinez, also clicked with Chantal O’Brien . “She’s so raw – matter of fact, down-to-earth,” Fedotowsky said. “I don’t know as much about a match with Brad, but I like her personally.” Those are our two picks to make the final rose ceremony as well. We just get a feeling they have an edge over all the other girls, don’t you? What do you think? Brad Womack should totally pick …
Lindsay Lohan is out of rehab once more. Having been discharged quietly from the Betty Ford Center on Monday, will she make the most of this second third fourth chance to turn her life around? One thing’s for sure. In the three months since she was ordered rehab by a judge after failing a drug test, she’s learned she needs to slow the eff down. BAGGAGE : She’s got it, but will she shine again? [Photo: Pacific Coast News] Rumors that Lohan was staying in Betty Ford turned out to be a plant from her camp to deflect attention from the fact that she was leaving rehab . Clever. The troubled star Tweeted Saturday that she’s going to take things ” one step at a time ” and live in the present, quoting Gandhi as a source of inspiration. She may need it. Moving trucks were seen unloading boxes at her a four-bedroom house in Venice, Calif., a few doors down from Samantha Ronson. For now, LiLo will lay low and will be subject to random drug and alcohol testing, plus sessions with her psychiatrist until a Feb. 24 court hearing. What do you think? Can she stay clean?
It’s not exactly a secret that David Arquette needs help. The actor himself blabbed about his downward spiral on a constant basis before finally checking into rehab this week. But what, exactly, is he seeking treatment for? Where is he situated? Was there a final straw that caused Arquette to see the troubled light? We can now answer those questions. Where is he? At the Betty Ford Clinic in California. What is he being treated for? Depression and alcohol abuse, a friend tells Radar Online. What made him seek help? On December 7, Arquette surrounded himself with strippers, alcohol and wads of cash at Skins in Los Angeles. Sources describe the evening as “wild” and “kinky” and as a clear sign to David that he couldn’t go on that way. Ex-wife Courteney Cox is on record as admiring Arquette for admitting that he needs assistance. We also wish him the best.
Omar “Slim” White now has something to promote other than Atlanta nightclubs: his engagement to a beautiful actress! The 27-year old is betrothed to Vivica A. Fox, 46. According to The New York Post , White proposed on December 26 with an eight-carat ring during a vacation in South Beach. Vivica A. Fox first showed off her engagement ring at LeBron James’ birthday party in Miami last week. Fox divorced singer Christopher Harvest in 1998 and also dated 50 Cent for awhile. Last month, she said to Wendy Williams of White: “My career has been my baby for such a long time and I’ve done well by that. I waited for God to send me a good man, and he’s a good Southern man.”
From the moment she was introduced on The Bachelor season premiere last night, Emily Maynard became a favorite – to win, and among viewers. Emily was formerly engaged to Ricky Hendrick, a NASCAR driver who died in a plane crash in 2004. Right after that, she learned she was pregnant. The beautiful single mom from Charlotte, N.C., is the quintessential Southern belle and a sweetheart to boot. Brad Womack? Immediately smitten. With a little plastic surgery, Hugh Hefner would be all over it, but luckily for us, she doesn’t look to be artificially enhanced. Well, save for the tan. She’s got the story, the looks and the personality. Will she win? Here’s The Bachelor ‘s introductory Emily Maynard montage from Monday … The Bachelor: Meet Emily Maynard
In the last week of 2010, skin fans won’t be disappointed with the sexy selection of new DVD releases, from Violante Placido in the George Clooney flick The American to Emily Meade ‘s nude debut in Twelve . The American Nude on DVD this week, Italian eyeful Violante Placido shows her stars and strips in the spy flick The American . Ms. Placido flashes her guns in three different scenes, but we really get a dose of her dairylicious danglers an hour and 20 minutes in when she takes a topless swim and even shows some furburgerage through her soaking wet panties. The American is red, white and boobs! Twelve Also nude on DVD, Emily Meade makes her nude debut in the druggy drama Twelve. At the one hour and fourteen-minute mark, Emily bares her left boob as she gets ready to bang a thuggish-looking drug dealer. It’s only a quick peek, but Emily must have found stripping addictive, because this year also marked her topless boob tube debut on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire . The first one’s free Emily, but then you have to pay! The United States of Tara Season Two Finally, Toni Collette stars as a babe with three crazy personalities and two awesome titties in season two of the Showtime series The United States of Tara . If you’re looking to see Ms. Collette’s croquettes, skip to episode 14, where Toni will put the boney in your baloney pony when she reveals her rackage getting out of bed with her lesbo playmate Joey Lauren Adams . In The United States of Tara , you have the right to bare boobs!
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