Might Kim Kardashian actually be using her fame for the benefit of someone else for a change? Or is her PR team simply orchestrating opportunities to improve her floundering image? The answer is most likely a combination of each, but the facts are these: Kim is currently in Haiti – along with Kris Jenner, designer Donna Karen and actresses Patricia Arquette and Maria Bello – as part of We Advance, an organization that aims to “advance the health, safety and well being of women throughout Haiti,” according to its website. “She’s been there for two days,” an insider tells Us Weekly . “She says it’s amazing!” Kardashian also served the homeless for Thanksgiving last month and while it’s impossible not to doubt the motives of this reality star’s every move, at least these causes are being helped in some way through her actions. No matter how self-serving they may be at their core.
Taylor Armstrong will release a memoir in February that details the alleged abuse she suffered at the hands of estranged late husband Russell Armstrong. Given the timing of the book, along with the numerous interviews this Real Housewife has given on the topic since Russell killed himself in August, it’s impossible not to wonder why Armstrong is speaking out now. It’s a matter of safety, Taylor claims. “Until Russell’s suicide, I didn’t feel safe to tell anyone for fear of my own safety and the safety of my daughter,” Armstrong tells ABC News. “With Russell’s passing, I now feel safe to bring my story into the light, to help all battered and abused women, and men, and aid them in their struggle. “From the bottom of my heart, I believe if my book can help others find the courage to deal with the pain and fear of their abusive relationships, I will have made a real difference in their lives.” What do you think of Armstrong releasing such a memoir? until my husband Russell’s suicide, I didn’t feel safe to tell anyone for fear of my own safety and the safety of my daughter. (5-year-old Kennedy) With Russell’s passing, I now feel safe to bring my story into the light, to help all battered and abused women, and men, and aid them in their struggle.”
It’s the Kardashians’ tabloid world, folks. We’re merely living in it. This week alone… A friend told OK! Weekly that Kim Kardashian did NOT defraud Kris Humphries . Sources hinted to Life & Style that Kim might get back together with Reggie Bush. Us Weekly reported that Khloe Kardashian was desperate to get pregnant . Now, In Touch Weekly has terrible news for Kourtney Kardashian: she is both pregnant with her second child.. and alone! Where did that jerk Scott Disick go now?!? For more on Kourtney’s pregnancy, watch this edition of The THG Pulse .
First, the cover. Now, the entire spread. A couple days after the Lindsay Lohan Playboy cover leaked online, the same fate has befallen a slew of photos from this magazine’s January/February issue. They depict the “actress” doing her best Marilyn Monroe impression… naked, of course. Dina Lohan has said her daughter’s spread will be ” tastefully done ” and, having seen the photos, we can say this is kind of true, if you consider a lack of full frontal nudity to be “tasteful.” But Lindsay – who reportedly made $1 million for the day of work – is most definitely nude in each shot, often exposing her breasts and a decent amount of crack. “Someone took photos of Lindsay’s pictorial in an advanced copy of the January/February issue,” a Playboy rep said. “They posted the photos online without permission. We are not releasing any official images or information until Dec. 15.” We’ll publish the photos on THG then. Yes, we love showing you Lindsay’s naughty parts – but we love not getting sued even more.
Donald Trump will moderate a debate between Republican Presidential hopefuls on December 27. There’s just one problem: Only Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum are currently scheduled to show up. With Mitt Romney, Ron Paul and Jon Huntsman having already turned down the invitation, Michelle Bachmann and Rick Perry added their negative RSVPs this week, prompting The Donald to say these candidates are “scared” and that he may need to run against them after all. “The Republicans are afraid of me running as an Independent,” Trump tells TMZ. They’re all afraid. The only person NOT afraid is Newt… There are two reasons that these candidates are backing out of my debate. One, some just aren’t courageous people. Two, some are concerned that I may run as an Independent. They want me to give up … and I’m NOT giving up.” We’re not so sure, Don. Have you seen this Rick Perry ad ?!? Say what you want about the man, but he isn’t afraid to look like a moronic homophobe.
Some might say she isn’t even the hottest woman to have shared a bed with Brad Pitt, but Men’s Health readers disagree: According to a new poll from that magazine, Jennifer Aniston is the Hottest Woman of All-Time. A questionable choice? Maybe? But have you seen the following photo?1? “Funny is sexy, and Jennifer Aniston is funny,” the publication explains . “Her down-to-earth persona makes her seem attainable… And her all-too-human love life off screen inspires sympathy that not even a string of bland romantic comedies can diminish. Other sex symbols drift toward one-dimensionality, becoming flat icons in the process, but throughout her career Aniston has remained sexy, funny, and unmistakably real.” Rounding out the poll’s top five: Raquel Welch, Marilyn Monroe, Britney Spears and Madonna. Angelina Jolie came in at number-10. Ogle our Jennifer Aniston photo gallery and decide: Is this the hottet woman of all-time?
This chick is lucky to be alive! Aneurysms are often fatal, so the fact that Tamala Jones managed to survive a ruptured aneurysm without any paralysis is a miracle. Jones brush with death happened 14 years ago, when she was 23-years-old, and she was initially nervous about talking about what happened for fear people might treat her differently. Now in an effort to educate the public about brain aneuryms, Tamala Jones shared her survival story with BlackEnterprise.com “[I woke] up one morning with a massive headache; feeling like I had to use the bathroom, like I had to urinate really bad. When I got out of bed I had no balance. I was walking on my toes and I was stomping. When I got to the bathroom, I plopped down on the toilet. I had no control over my body weight. And when I couldn’t go I was like, Oh, my God, I just had to pee really bad and now I don’t have to. Then, I got up because my head was hurting, and I looked in the mirror and I’m telling you two seconds after I looked in that mirror I dropped and hit the floor. I kept hearing myself tell myself, “Get up, get up now. Get up, get up, get up…,” and I kind of woke up as if somebody shook me out of a sleep, and the whole right side of my body was numb. I called work and I told them, “Something’s wrong with me. I can’t come in. I have to go to the hospital.” They told me, “You need to come into work. This is the last day of shooting for this season, and we don’t have time to wait for you to go to the doctor’s office.” [At the time] I was working on For Your Love [a WB sitcom] and I went there and my right arm was stuck in a position. I could not move it. They kept throwing jackets and purses over it trying to cover it. They were like, “You can’t bend your arm?” I’m like, “No!” And my head was still pounding. I went to the hospital after work and the doctor thought that it was a miracle that I was even alive, walking or talking, or that I even worked an entire day before I got to him. After that, I started having seizures. I had MRIs [and] cat scans, and they found out that my aneurysm actually burst. Had it been on another side of my brain I probably would have been paralyzed forever—it was on the left side of my brain and was the size of a 50-cent piece. They said once that blood dried up I would get my feeling back. I really don’t remember anything other than my grandmother coming to get me from my apartment, and me laying in my old room at her house; waking up to use the bathroom and eat. That went on for like three months. The third month I was kind of feeling back to normal. [My grandmother] took me to get shots of B-12, which I still get today, because B-12 really nourishes your nervous system and your brain is a giant nerve. So I tell people, get those B-12 shots, get yourself checked out, get a cat scan as part of your physical that you do once a year. Get everything checked out just to be on the up and up because, again, no one thinks someone 23 will have a brain aneurysm; and it’s hereditary in my family, so I always have to be careful. I hid the fact that I had an aneurysm for a very long time. I was embarrassed and I just felt like no one needed to know because it made me look weak. Who would of thought someone my age, at 23, had a brain aneurysm? My friend’s sister was like 24 and died [from an aneurysm], [and] I’d been hearing about people dying from brain aneurysms. [But] once you get older and you’re in your 30s, all that stuff that doesn’t matter so much in your 20s starts to matter. I had headaches for like three weeks. I took everything, and nothing helped—from sinus medicine to migraine medicine. I say that if you get it checked out right away when you have this headache and it’s continuously going and nothing works then you can save yourself. They can give you something to help you or they can remove it or whatever they need to do. But I felt like it was my duty as a survivor to speak about it. I mention the aneurysm to anybody that I can. Whenever I have a platform for people there that are listening. Because it’s something that happened to me and something that can happen to anybody in this world, if you are given warning then you can probably save your own life. So, I tell anybody. It doesn’t matter why I’m there speaking. I always bring up health some type of way—I segue into having a brain aneurysm at an early age. Whether it’s your heart or your head or your legs or your arms, if it’s too much pain, the doctor’s the only place to go. Not staying at home and wondering if this is ever going to go away. I just thought it was selfish of me not to even say what I survived or what I felt.” Them B-12 shots are the business! Bahleedat! On the real though, that’s crazy her employers made her come to work the day she suffered a ruptured aneurysm. We’re glad Tamala survived. People, PLEASE take care of your health! 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
After suffering from two seizures, Rick Ross is taking a lot of necessary precautions with his health. TMZ reports that Ricky Rozay is now traveling with a kit that includes (according to multiple sources) three different prescription medications, vitamins, water and an inhaler. Ross allegedly has a member of his entourage carry it around at all times. RELATED: Rick Ross Speaks About Seizures, Defies Doctor’s Orders & Records With Jay-Z [VIDEO] Rick Ross Resurfaces On Twitter Wale Gives An Update On Rick Ross After The Seizures [VIDEO] Rick Ross 911 Call Released [AUDIO]
After bringing you the list of this year’s most obese American cities last week, we’re happy to inform you that you’re not all doing so bad. Here are the ten healthiest states, based on criteria set by the United Health Foundation, the American Public Health Association and the Partnership for Prevention. Among the things they considered were personal health behaviors, the environment and community, health policies in the state and the quality of clinical care. Flip through the pages below to see if your homestate made the top ten or fell in the bottom five.
