The world’s worst X Factor host was a guest on Ellen this week. Yes, Khloe Kardashian stopped by the talk show, talking about Thanksgiving, explaining how photoshop is often required for the Kardashian Christmas card and also laughing while asking a very good question: Why is Scott Disick still in the picture?!? While we await the answer from Kourtney Kardashian, we point readers to the following video, which culminates in Ellen hilariously inserting herself into the family’s annual card: Khloe Kardashian Ellen Interview
Andrew Dominik does not look like a guy who could teach this country a lesson. With his floppy hair, fashionable glasses and ever-present cigarette, he resembles the kind of international hipster you’d find brandishing his American Express black card in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District on a Thursday night. But don’t be fooled by appearances. With the help of Brad Pitt and an impressive ensemble of actors that includes James Gandolfini , the exquisite Ben Mendelsohn and a breakthrough performance by Scoot McNairy , Dominik has made a acrid — and memorably violent — cinematic statement about the state of the American Dream that should resonate with anyone whose job has become a kill-or-be-killed battlefield in the wake of the 2008 crash. Although Killing Them Softly is an adaptation of George V. Higgins’ 1974 novel, Cogan’s Trade , Dominik, who wrote and directed the movie, set the picture in the middle of this country’s 2008 economic meltdown and presidential election. (News coverage of both George W. Bush and Barack Obama figures in the background.) Pitt plays Jackie Cogan, a mob enforcer sent to a grim-looking New Orleans to investigate a poker-game heist, but the lowlife characters in this movie could be Wall Street bankers, film producers or overworked bloggers running and gunning to survive one more day in the rat race. There’s nothing like an outsider to point out the chinks in America’s armor, and the New Zealand-born, Australian-bred Dominik bludgeons a number of this country’s sacred cows and concepts, from Thomas Jefferson, who’s dismissed as a hypocritical “wine snob,” to “E Pluribus Unum” to the hopeful (but possibly empty) rhetoric of Barack Obama . “America’s not a country, it’s just a business,” Pitt’s character says at a key moment in the film, and given the actor’s reputation as a righteous liberal dude, it’s a brave performance. I don’t think that even Dominik would admit this, but beneath the noirish storyline, Killing Them Softly echoes the lyrics of the Who’s classic song. “Won’t Get Fooled Again”: “Meet the new boss/Same as the old boss.” In a frank and fairly amusing interview, Dominik, whose credits also include the excellent Chopper and The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford , shared his views on the reelection of President Obama, the “masculine confusion” that is prevalent in Killing Them Softly, his next planned picture, an adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates’ novel about Marilyn Monroe, Blonde, and whether Brad Pitt can remember what it was like to be normal. Movieline: After seeing Killing Them Softly , I’ve got to know if you were rooting for anyone in the presidential election. Dominik: Obama. Yeah. I ask because the message of your movie seems to be that it doesn’t matter who’s running America from the Oval office. Well I think, obviously, that the president’s powers can be fairly limited. But Obama was a better option than the other guy. That seemed to be the rationale of a lot of voters this year. I really believed Obama when he spoke in 2008, but I remember watching his victory speech after this last election and it was the same speech. Exactly the same speech. I felt like he didn’t even believe it anymore. He seemed to be tired of saying the same thing. He even made the same joke about the dog. Your film is distributed by The Weinstein Company, which is co-chaired by Harvey Weinstein , an avid supporter of President Obama. Was there any discomfort with the political aspects of your film? How tight is Harvey really with Obama? He says he’s talked with Obama. I’m sure Harvey feels tighter with Obama than Obama feels with Harvey. You know what I mean? But, yeah, he was uncomfortable about that stuff. And I think Brad was, too. But I don’t know that the movie’s really pointing its finger at Obama, specifically. It’s pointing its finger at the lie with which American was constructed — this idea that we’re all equal. Which clearly nobody believes. It takes an outsider to tell us that. What made you decide to take a 1974 George V. Higgins novel and set it in 2008 at the time of the 2008 economic crash and the presidential election? I guess it was everything going on at once. I found the book, and I needed money. And everyone around me needed money. All they were talking about was the economy. I realized that the movie was the story of an economic crisis, and I started to see parallels between this little story and the bigger story. I’ve always suspected that crime movies are really about capitalism. I didn’t watch The Sopranos and think Tony Soprano was a sociopath. He just looks like a normal guy with normal problems to me. So I felt like maybe here’s an opportunity to make a self-conscious crime film. Fiction is how we organize reality — but what are we trying to organize when we watch crime movies? I guess it’s the reality of existing in a dollar-driven society. You mentioned The Sopranos . At its core, that series was a epic parable about the George W. Bush era, and, in some respects Killing Them Softly felt like an extension or a kindred spirit of that show. Were you inspired at all by the universe that David Chase created? I love The Sopranos . It’s a fucking great, great show. But not directly as far as the movie was concerned. There are actors from the series in the movie, but I guess when you’re looking for goombah-type guys, David Chase found them all. So there’s really no getting away from it.
Andrew Dominik does not look like a guy who could teach this country a lesson. With his floppy hair, fashionable glasses and ever-present cigarette, he resembles the kind of international hipster you’d find brandishing his American Express black card in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District on a Thursday night. But don’t be fooled by appearances. With the help of Brad Pitt and an impressive ensemble of actors that includes James Gandolfini , the exquisite Ben Mendelsohn and a breakthrough performance by Scoot McNairy , Dominik has made a acrid — and memorably violent — cinematic statement about the state of the American Dream that should resonate with anyone whose job has become a kill-or-be-killed battlefield in the wake of the 2008 crash. Although Killing Them Softly is an adaptation of George V. Higgins’ 1974 novel, Cogan’s Trade , Dominik, who wrote and directed the movie, set the picture in the middle of this country’s 2008 economic meltdown and presidential election. (News coverage of both George W. Bush and Barack Obama figures in the background.) Pitt plays Jackie Cogan, a mob enforcer sent to a grim-looking New Orleans to investigate a poker-game heist, but the lowlife characters in this movie could be Wall Street bankers, film producers or overworked bloggers running and gunning to survive one more day in the rat race. There’s nothing like an outsider to point out the chinks in America’s armor, and the New Zealand-born, Australian-bred Dominik bludgeons a number of this country’s sacred cows and concepts, from Thomas Jefferson, who’s dismissed as a hypocritical “wine snob,” to “E Pluribus Unum” to the hopeful (but possibly empty) rhetoric of Barack Obama . “America’s not a country, it’s just a business,” Pitt’s character says at a key moment in the film, and given the actor’s reputation as a righteous liberal dude, it’s a brave performance. I don’t think that even Dominik would admit this, but beneath the noirish storyline, Killing Them Softly echoes the lyrics of the Who’s classic song. “Won’t Get Fooled Again”: “Meet the new boss/Same as the old boss.” In a frank and fairly amusing interview, Dominik, whose credits also include the excellent Chopper and The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford , shared his views on the reelection of President Obama, the “masculine confusion” that is prevalent in Killing Them Softly, his next planned picture, an adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates’ novel about Marilyn Monroe, Blonde, and whether Brad Pitt can remember what it was like to be normal. Movieline: After seeing Killing Them Softly , I’ve got to know if you were rooting for anyone in the presidential election. Dominik: Obama. Yeah. I ask because the message of your movie seems to be that it doesn’t matter who’s running America from the Oval office. Well I think, obviously, that the president’s powers can be fairly limited. But Obama was a better option than the other guy. That seemed to be the rationale of a lot of voters this year. I really believed Obama when he spoke in 2008, but I remember watching his victory speech after this last election and it was the same speech. Exactly the same speech. I felt like he didn’t even believe it anymore. He seemed to be tired of saying the same thing. He even made the same joke about the dog. Your film is distributed by The Weinstein Company, which is co-chaired by Harvey Weinstein , an avid supporter of President Obama. Was there any discomfort with the political aspects of your film? How tight is Harvey really with Obama? He says he’s talked with Obama. I’m sure Harvey feels tighter with Obama than Obama feels with Harvey. You know what I mean? But, yeah, he was uncomfortable about that stuff. And I think Brad was, too. But I don’t know that the movie’s really pointing its finger at Obama, specifically. It’s pointing its finger at the lie with which American was constructed — this idea that we’re all equal. Which clearly nobody believes. It takes an outsider to tell us that. What made you decide to take a 1974 George V. Higgins novel and set it in 2008 at the time of the 2008 economic crash and the presidential election? I guess it was everything going on at once. I found the book, and I needed money. And everyone around me needed money. All they were talking about was the economy. I realized that the movie was the story of an economic crisis, and I started to see parallels between this little story and the bigger story. I’ve always suspected that crime movies are really about capitalism. I didn’t watch The Sopranos and think Tony Soprano was a sociopath. He just looks like a normal guy with normal problems to me. So I felt like maybe here’s an opportunity to make a self-conscious crime film. Fiction is how we organize reality — but what are we trying to organize when we watch crime movies? I guess it’s the reality of existing in a dollar-driven society. You mentioned The Sopranos . At its core, that series was a epic parable about the George W. Bush era, and, in some respects Killing Them Softly felt like an extension or a kindred spirit of that show. Were you inspired at all by the universe that David Chase created? I love The Sopranos . It’s a fucking great, great show. But not directly as far as the movie was concerned. There are actors from the series in the movie, but I guess when you’re looking for goombah-type guys, David Chase found them all. So there’s really no getting away from it.
When the Independent Spirit Awards take place in Santa Monica on the Saturday before the Academy Awards next February, there should be plenty of A-list testosterone coursing through the event tent. The slate of nominations for the 2013 honors , which celebrate independent film, is studded with box-office friendly male actor who’ve carried studio films. And Jennifer Lawrence . Best Male Lead Jack Black ( Bernie) , Bradley Cooper ( Silver Linings Playbook ) and Matthew McConaughey ( Killer Joe ) , who’ve all starred in studio pictures, count for three of the six Best Male Lead nominations. John Hawkes ( The Sessions ) , who’s on the verge of leading-man status, Wendell Pierce ( Four ) and Thure Lindhardt ( Keep The Lights On ) round out the category. That’s a considerably more Hollywood pack than last year’s nominations, of which there were only five: The biggest studio star in that bunch was Ryan Gosling ( Drive ), whose fellow nominees were, respectively French and Mexican actors, Jean Dujardin ( The Artist ) and Demián Bichir ( A Better Life ) and Woody Harrelson ( Rampart ) and Michael Shannon ( Take Shelter ), who are best known for excellent character work. Best Female Lead The Female Acting categories are not so larded with heavy hitters, but they do include The Hunger Games star Lawrence, nominated for Best Female Lead based on her performance in Silver Linings Playbook , and Helen Hunt, who nabbed a Best Supporting Female nomination for her portrayal of a sex therapist in The Sessions . Best Supporting Male Actor The Best Supporting Male actor category also has two A-listers: Bruce Willis , for his work in Wes Anderson ‘s Moonrise Kingdom, and, nominated in his second category, McConaughey for his inspired pelvic thrusting in Magic Mike . As far as I’m concerned, Sam Rockwell, who’s nominated for Seven Psychopaths , is an A-lister, too, even if he hasn’t anchored a tentpole movie. With the indie film market growing increasingly choked with product, big-box-office actors populating independent movies — and getting honored for their work — probably isn’t going away any time soon since A-list names help draw investors and distributors to small projects. In terms of reading the Oscar tea leaves, five Spirit nominations for Moonrise Kingdom , including Best Film and Best Director, bodes well for Wes Anderson’s Academy Award nomination chances. Hawkes and Hunt’s actor nominations could provide the spark that The Sessions needs to get back into the Oscar derby. Multiple nominations for Silver Linings Playbook should intensify the film’s already golden Oscar glow, while nods to Beasts of the Southern Wild and its child star Quvenzhané Wallis are making the film look like one strong dark-horse candidate. Who wasn’t nominated for a Spirit Award is also interesting. Despite fine performances in both Hyde Park on Hudson and Moonrise Kingdom , longtime studio-star-turned-indie-darling Bill Murray got bupkis, and, though Channing Tatum got the lion’s share of the press when Magic Mike was released — in part because he produced the picture and brought his real-life experiences as a stripper to the story — his G-string came up empty. RELATED: ‘Moonrise Kingdom,’ ‘Beasts’ & ‘Keep the Lights On’ Lead Spirit Awards Nominations Follow Frank DiGiacomo on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.
Kathryn Bigelow ’s ambitious Oscar contender Zero Dark Thirty started out as a film about the 2001 siege of Tora Bora hunting down al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden , but as the Academy Award-winner told a rapt audience at the picture’s buzz-building debut in Beverly Hills on Sunday, it changed direction in one quick, fateful instant. “At about 10 o’clock at night on May 1, 2011 we realized we no longer had a project about the hunt for Osama bin Laden,” Bigelow said at a packed post-screening Q&A at the Pacific Design Center, “because he was no longer living.” Bin Laden’s death sent Bigelow and her Hurt Locker collaborator, screenwriter and journalist Mark Boal , scrambling to incorporate the update into Zero Dark Thirty , a tense semi-fictionalization of the intelligence efforts, and subsequent nighttime raid, that led to the death of bin Laden. Folding actual events and real-life figures into a decade-spanning account, Boal’s script relives the dogged, desperate, and often brutal search for bin Laden through the eyes of a female agent named Maya ( Jessica Chastain ), a fictional composite based on real women who played key roles in the circuitous, years-long operations that sniffed out bin Laden’s Pakistan hideout. Chastain, who was a lock for an Oscar nomination before Zero Dark Thirty even debuted, owns the screen as the driven workaholic agent whose tireless fixation on a needle-in-a-haystack lead ultimately proves vital to finding bin Laden. She looks a little too great doing it, too — a pillow-lipped, flame-haired beauty who manages to look luminous even when other characters are helpfully commenting that she’s rundown and haggard. (Offscreen, as in her new GQ UK cover spread, Chastain still has to play the glamour game , as most actresses do in order to vie for awards gold.) The men around Maya describe her as a “killer,” and though she struggles at first to stomach the sight of a detainee being waterboarded for intel, within a few years she’s adopted the torture tactics that made headlines out of Guantanamo. Boal’s script goes heavy on the gender politics and too light on character development, portraying Maya as a woman so devoted to her mission that she has no time for silly things like friends, love, life balance. She’s a lone strong woman in a man’s world, an awards-season narrative that pundits will predictably tether to Bigelow as they did when The Hurt Locker made its Oscar run. Still, the girl power moments are utterly satisfying; when the overlooked Maya makes her presence and contribution known in a roomful of male colleagues by barking an expletive at Tony Soprano himself (James Gandolfini as CIA head Leon Panetta), who can care that she has virtually no back story of her own?
On October 8th, 2012, we were lucky enough to meet our idol, Justin Bieber. It all started back in June 2012 when Katie’s mom took her out of class she we could buy tickets to Believe tour. We ended up buying 2 Meet & Greet passes with seats in Row 2! I ran all over the school at lunch time yelling that we will be able to meet Justin, a total dream come true! The total cost was $427.50 each, but we knew it was going to be all worth it. On October 5th, we drove 431 miles from Sandpoint, Idaho to Portland, Oregon to see the concert. We woke up on on 10/8/12 and started preparing for what was going to be THE MOST amazing night of our lives! The VIP Members needed to be at the front gate at 3:30 so we got on the train at 3 and headed to the Rose Garden, but the train broke down and we were 15 minutes late. When we got to the arena we ran all over the place looking for security who could get us in. Finally we found Ryan, the VIP coordinator, who got us our M&G lanyards, wristbands and tickets. We stood in line for about 15 minutes and all of a sudden I turn around and see Dan Kanter walking by. I scream (which I realized was not very chill or mature) and I say “OMG! SAMI THAT’S DAN!” Then he comes over to our group and starts talking about how he saw the Carrie Underwood concert and just starts talking with everyone. Sami and I walk up to him and just ask if we could take a picture with him. After we took the picture we waited in like and talked to a girl we met named Ashley (@AshleyW113). The line started moving and we were so close to the front! We saw Kenny and he held the black curtain open for us as we walked in. Then we saw Fredo and as we turned, our eyes fell on Justin! He was so beautiful and the the nicest complexion. The best part: HE SMELLED AMAZING. We don’t think we have ever smelled a man as good as him before. Justin says, “Hey Ladies, how’s it going?” and Sami was like, “GOOOD.” Then we took a picture with him and he wrapped his arms around our waists and pulled us really close. He was very tiny in general but was just so warm and soft. We then said our very quick goodbyes and as we walked out of the M&G room we were handed the Believe album on vinyl and it was signed by none other than our idol, Justin Bieber! To be honest, it was VERY quick and we were maybe with him for a good 30 seconds but it was THE BEST moment of our lives. We were then sent outside to wait in a line for a good 30 minutes before being let back into the arena, and then to our seats. We went right to our spots which were right on the cat walk and we could touch the stage! Cody Simpson (Sami’s total and complete crush) opened for Justin and he has completely changed out lives. We love EVERYTHING about him now. His dance moves were beyond orgasmic and we were on the verge on crying. As he performed, he came by and touch our hands. We died. Then Carly Rae Jepsen performed and she is the cutest thing we have ever seen, her style, her personality, her face. Absolutely adorable! During her performance Carly personally grabbed Sami’s hand and shooked it for 5 seconds and I was barely able to get my hand in there last second. She is just fantastic! Then Justin came on and everything about his show was INCREDIBLE! Right from the start, the hottest black backup dancer came and touched our hands! When he performed “She Don’t Like The Lights,” we totally went crazy! We didn’t love that song in the beginning but after the dancing and the whole stage set up, WE LOVE THAT SONG. When we came out with the piano for “Believe,” it was so beautiful, at the end all the dancers came out and sat right in front of us and the girl from ALAYLM that dances with Justin, she winked and genuinely smiled at us then touched our hands when she got up! I balled my eyes out during the end of “Believe” when the golden halo of fireworks came out. At that moment, it was like everything that I have ever wanted in my life came true! During the whole concert though this 9 year old girl kept asking questions like, “Justin is left handed right?” and at one point when I was totally mind blown she said, “Wow! Justin really has affected your life. I can see why you love him so much!” At the end of the concert, the one backup dancer with the long blond hair that dances with Justin during “Boyfriend” came out into the audience and as she walked by us I said, “You are a great dancer and you really inspire me to perform like you.” She said, “Thank you so much!” The night was overall the best concert ever, the best night ever and it included some of the best people on this planet! Thanks again Justin for making us #Believe! -@KatieJeanBieber (Katie) & @samijbrown (Sami) Read the original post: On October 8th, 2012, we were lucky enough to meet our idol,…
My name is Lexie aka future Mrs. Bieber. I am the tall blonde on the right with Justin. This is my Bieber Experience. I never thought the day would come that I could write one of these. I am obsessed with MyBieberExperience . While reading everyone’s MBE’s, it gave me hope. But it made me think I’m not lucky enough or good things never happen to me. One day, that all changed. I heard that Bieber Fever helps beliebers dreams come true, so I had to join. After a few months, I was able to get tickets. I just got home from the last day of school which was already a good day. Then my mom hands me the phone, it’s my grandma. She tells me she was able to get me four tickets to Believe. I start fangirling, of course! I call my friend to tell her who was excited as well. My friend, Lauren, and I are the only beliebers at our school. We always get made fun of, but we don’t care. It’s the love toward Justin that I care about. Well, I got the tickets which was SUPER exciting. I entered my picture of all my merch for the Bieberfever contest. All I had to do was wait. I had a slim chance of winning and I’m not very lucky. The day came that I would find out if I won or not. I had a basketball game first. I could hardly wait. I go out to the car and open my email to see if I won or not. All I read is “Congratulations”. I scream and run inside to Lauren. We start jumping up in down. I got zero sleep that night. I had to go to school first for a half-day. It was hard. A lot of girls who don’t even like Justin were getting jealous. They would say I don’t deserve it. I’ve been by his side since ‘09. When we got to the arena. Only 20 other beliebers were there. I got to see Justin’s bus come up and his grandma waved to me. Then it was time for the M&G. We got in groups of 6. My friend, Lauren, and I went with these cute girls. We got to the curtain. I saw PAC and just said “Aww”. Then Kenny opened the curtain, I said hi to Kenny and he said hi back! I ran to Justin and said “I love you.” We hugged and he said he loved me too. We took a picture. I was shaking the whole time. Justin put his hand on my waist and I put my hand on his hand (see in pic). Fredo said hi to me and waved too . We walked out and I started crying even though I told myself I’d never cry. Then it was time for the concert. It was amazing. Cody waved and pointed at my friend and I and same with Carly. Justin looked at the camera when I took a pic. -@LexieWilcox More: My name is Lexie aka future Mrs. Bieber. I am the tall blonde on…
My name is Libby and my dream came true on November 9th 2012 . It was the best day of my entire life! I had meet & greets and tickets to the Believe Tour for that date. My seats were okay but I really didn’t care because I was meeting Justin. I got to the arena and there weren’t a lot of people there yet. The meet and greet didn’t start until 4:30 so we were just waiting until we had to get in line. I found 2 of my friends there and we hung out until the meet and greet. All of the sudden we heard people screaming and we checked, it was Dan Kanter! I said “Hi Dan can I have picture?” he said yeah sure and we took one. I also got a hug . After that we had to get in line. They made us go through security before we met Justin. We then waited in line for like 40 minutes. I was so anxious in the line but it went pretty fast because we were mingling with other beliebers. The line was getting shorter and shorter and before I knew it I was almost meeting Justin. The only bad thing was that they made us get into groups of 6 but me and my friend that I was going with asked our parents to come with us so we would be next to him and it all worked out perfectly. We then were almost next in line and I see Kenny and I scream, “Hi Kenny!!” He said, “Hi girls how are you?” I told him I loved him and we shook hands since we weren’t aloud pictures. Then the girls in front of me went and all of the sudden Kenny goes “next.” I ran into the room where Justin is and I go JUSTIN! I gave him a huge hug! The guy that worked there yelled at me and said “No hugging” but I didn’t care. I still kept hugging him. We then took the picture and my friend and I ended up being next to Justin. After we took the picture I said to him I love u so much he goes I love you too and we hugged again. I was so star struck. He is even more perfect in person. I then ran out of the room screaming and crying “I JUST MET JUSTIN BIEBER!!!!” After that I was so excited for the show! During the concert I met Jaden Smith, he was really cool and nice! I also met his two dancers Jon and Johnny they were really nice! I will never ever ever forget this day! I never thought I would ever get a picture with Justin and meet him. It was a dream come true. Those of you that are reading this that have never met him, I promise you will meet just never say never and believe! Every belieber deserves to meet him -@libbybieberxox Read the original here: My name is Libby and my dream came true on November 9th 2012. It…
Who can ever forget Thanksgiving 2009. On November 25 three years ago, The National Enquirer reported that Tiger Woods was having a secret, torrid affair with NYC nightclub manager Rachel Uchitel . Then, around 2:30 am on November 27, Woods peeled out of his home in his Cadillac SUV and crashed into a fire hydrant, a tree, and some hedges on his street. He was treated for minor injuries and ticketed for careless driving. In a statement, he called it a “private matter” and credited his wife for helping him out of the car. Soon, we would learn that Woods’ then-wife, Elin Nordegren , had found out the Enquirer report was true just moments earlier, and chased him with a golf club. You can’t make this stuff up. Uchitel, who had also been linked to Bones ‘ David Boreanaz that same year, was Tiger’s #1 mistress, but over a dozen more came out of the woodwork. Cocktail waitresses, porn actresses, random girls, you name it. None could hold a candle to Rachel Uchitel, but all held plenty of Tiger Woods at one point. Tiger Woods eventually came clean about his affairs, and after a brief sabbatical from the sport he dominated, returned to pro golf in the spring of 2009. He went to rehab for sex addiction as well as couples’ therapy, but it’s hard to save a marriage after betrayal on that scale. Also hard to salvage? His mojo. Though he had a terrific 2012, he has yet to win a major championship since the crash. Uchitel got married and had a baby (not Tiger’s), while the former Elin Nordegren Woods became one of the hottest and richest divorcees on the planet. There are many more sordid details – trust us, we covered them all at length – but the rest, as they say, is history. A history full of sexting Joslyn James .
Who can ever forget Thanksgiving 2009. On November 25 three years ago, The National Enquirer reported that Tiger Woods was having a secret, torrid affair with NYC nightclub manager Rachel Uchitel . Then, around 2:30 am on November 27, Woods peeled out of his home in his Cadillac SUV and crashed into a fire hydrant, a tree, and some hedges on his street. He was treated for minor injuries and ticketed for careless driving. In a statement, he called it a “private matter” and credited his wife for helping him out of the car. Soon, we would learn that Woods’ then-wife, Elin Nordegren , had found out the Enquirer report was true just moments earlier, and chased him with a golf club. You can’t make this stuff up. Uchitel, who had also been linked to Bones ‘ David Boreanaz that same year, was Tiger’s #1 mistress, but over a dozen more came out of the woodwork. Cocktail waitresses, porn actresses, random girls, you name it. None could hold a candle to Rachel Uchitel, but all held plenty of Tiger Woods at one point. Tiger Woods eventually came clean about his affairs, and after a brief sabbatical from the sport he dominated, returned to pro golf in the spring of 2009. He went to rehab for sex addiction as well as couples’ therapy, but it’s hard to save a marriage after betrayal on that scale. Also hard to salvage? His mojo. Though he had a terrific 2012, he has yet to win a major championship since the crash. Uchitel got married and had a baby (not Tiger’s), while the former Elin Nordegren Woods became one of the hottest and richest divorcees on the planet. There are many more sordid details – trust us, we covered them all at length – but the rest, as they say, is history. A history full of sexting Joslyn James .
