HOW THE KARDASHIANS MADE $65 MILLION!
It’s no secret that the Kardashian Klan makes a boatload of money. In fact, the Hollywood Reporter says that they actually earned a whopping $65 million in 2010. So how did they earn so much dough? Well, in addition to their many E! shows, the family charges for just about everything. Just a few of the fees they received include: $7,500 for staged photos of Kourtney and boyfriend Scott Disick on vacation; Kim Kardashian gets paid $25,000 to tweet about products, and she gets anywhere from $100,000 to $1 million for personal appearances; and an exclusive story about Kourtney’s pregnancy, including photos, earned them $300,000, while an exclusive about Khloe and Lamar Odom’s wedding went for the same price. And if that’s not crazy enough, later this year the family will open Kardashian Khaos at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas, which will stock every product the family currently endorses, as well as items made specifically for the store. The casino will also have room keys with the girls’ images, mini-bars stocked with Kardashian-branded water and slot machines with pictures of the sisters.
….and by the way, is Kourtney engaged?!
Kourtney Kardashian says she isn’t engaged to boyfriend and her baby daddy, Scott Disick. Several tabloids reported that the two were engaged earlier this week. But the reality star went on Twitter to shoot down the rumor. A source close to the couple also said they are not engaged.
NO CHARGES FOR OKSANA…YET
We’re going to have to wait a little longer to find out if the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office will file extortion charges against Oksana Grigorieva. Oksana’s ex Mel Gibson has accused her of threatening to release incriminating audio tapes if he didn’t pay her. (They were released anyway.) The L.A. County Sheriff’s Dept. turned over its report on the extortion investigation Wednesday, and sources say the D.A. won’t make a decision about charging Oksana this week because the file is complicated and he wants to take his time to digest it.
OKSANA TURNED DOWN $18 MILLION
Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Times got a hold of documents that reveal just what happened behind-the-scenes at the beginning of the whole Mel/Oksana scandal. In February, 2009, Mel told Oksana she needed a lawyer because he was planning to add their baby Lucia to his estate. According to the paper, at the time, Oksana was “not entitled to any of the actor’s fortune under the terms of a 2009 cohabitation agreement that said she would get only a year’s free rent in a Sherman Oaks home Gibson owned and a Dodge Charger if they split.” That’s when Oksana, who by then had incriminating tapes and photos, assembled a team of lawyers and asked Mel for $20 million. Mel offered her $16 mil, and they were about to settle for $18 mil, with the baby getting $11 mil and Oksana getting more than $5 mil plus a Steinway piano, when Oksana backed out claiming she was coerced into signing the agreement. While the entire thing was playing out, Mel was still sending Oksana texts that sounded like he wanted her back. “You don’t call. You don’t accept my invitation to come. You hand tapes around & jeopardize us all,” he texted Grigorieva on the day she was offered $18 million settlement. She replied by saying, “I wouldn’t have played ur messages if u were keeping ur word.”
MILEY MAD AT DAD!
Miley Cyrus is not happy about her dad’s recent comments in GQ magazine. In the article, Billy Ray Cyrus bashed the Disney show that made Miley famous, saying that Hannah Montana destroyed his family. “To say Miley is angry is an understatement,” a source tells Popeater. “She is furious that her own flesh and blood would make a private matter so public. Who does he think he is, Michael Lohan?” Insiders say Miley thinks her dad’s actions are “unforgivable.” “This isn’t what a father does,” said the source. “He never said a bad word about Hannah Montana all those years it made millions for the family and now that Miley has turned 18 and is making her own decisions he does this.”
WATSON SNUBBED AT AWARDS SHOW
Harry Potter star Emma Watson received the Elle Style Icon award on Monday, but quite embarrassingly, the woman presenting her the honor had no idea who she was. Designer Vivienne Westwood was chosen to give the award and admitted that she was a bit “out of the loop” when it came to Watson. Westwood said, “I was supposed to welcome and to announce the winner of the Style Icon — which I’m going to do — and I was given this text about a woman and how amazing she is …But I didn’t know who she was.” Westwood later explained that she “never watches television,” and goes to movies, “maybe once a year,” but when she was finally told who Watson was, she said, “oh, she’s really lovely, of course I’ll do it.” The whole incident didn’t seem to bother Watson at all, and she could be seen laughing throughout Westwood’s speech.
TWO AND A HALF MEN TO RESUME FEBRUARY 28TH
Looks like Charlie Sheen will be going back to work soon. Sources tell the Hollywood Reporter that Two and a Half Men will resume production February 28th, although they will produce only four of the season’s eight remaining episodes.
ANOTHER SKINS CONTROVERSY
MTV’s controversial show Skins is in hot water again, this time for a racy photo shoot that appeared in Elle magazine. The spread showed members of the cast posing in sexy lingerie, angering the Parents Television Council, who have already been critical of the series. The organization’s director, Melissa Henson, calls the photos “worse” than the racy Glee GQ shots, adding, “With this, even though the poses are less provocative, the fact that they have these underage girls wearing lingerie is troubling. It does contribute to the problem we’re seeing increasingly, sexualizing young girls.” But the mag is defending the photos. “Innerwear as outerwear has been a trend for decades, and (Elle magazine’s creative director) Joe Zee’s point was to make what the actors wear on their show more fashion, less vulgar,” Elle editor-in-chief, Robbie Myers, said in a statement to EW.com. “The content of Skins is infinitely more racy than anything we’d have them do. And we had the blessing of their parents: they were at the shoot.”
NATALIE EXPECTING A BOY
Life & Style magazine is reporting that pregnant Oscar nominee Natalie Portman and fiancé Benjamin Millepied are expecting a baby boy. “They’ve only told a very small group of family members and friends that they’re expecting a son,” said a source. “They are so excited. Benjamin can’t wait to be a father.”
CLOONEY’S GIRLFRIEND DOESN’T WANT KIDS
Guess we won’t be seeing any mini-George Clooneys running around anytime soon. Clooney’s girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis has revealed that she doesn’t plan on having kids. “[Getting pregnant has] never been an objective for me,” Canalis tells the Italian edition of Cosmopolitan. “My maternal desires are fully satisfied with my dogs.” So, why does Canalis prefer her “American boyfriend,” to the men in her native Italy? “Italian men find it really hard to say, ‘I love you,’” she says. “In summary, American men are more open from an emotional standpoint.”
PARIS TO MARRY BEAU?
Paris Hilton’s love life finally seems to be going well. In an interview yesterday, the 30-year-old opened up about her relationship with Cy Waits. “It’s really serious and I’m so happy,” she said. “He is an incredible person and I’m so lucky. Things have never been better in my life. I’m in a great place.” When asked if she thought Waits was going to propose, Paris replied, “I’m sure. Yeah. We love each other very much so we will see what happens.”
PARKER STILL UP FOR MORE SEX
Although Sex and the City 2 was a bomb, Sarah Jessica Parker hasn’t completely given up on the franchise. “I would go back,” she told the L.A. Times. “I think there’s one more story to tell. I know there is … Maybe in five years, you know?” There were recently rumors that Blake Lively had been cast to play Carrie in a Sex prequel (they were denied); something Parker doesn’t want to see happen at all. “I was like, Wha-a-a-a-t?” she said. “I don’t begrudge any 21-year-old the opportunity to tell their stories. They prove to us on an everyday basis that they’re interesting. Even their narcissism is interesting. Even their inertia is interesting. Even their tonal speech patterns are interesting. But I don’t think we can pretend to go back. It’s creating two histories.”
CIBRIAN’S EX STARTS A CATFIGHT ON TWITTER WITH RIMES!
Eddie Cibrian’s ex Brandi Glanville has decided to publicly air her problems with his new fiancée, LeAnn Rimes. Glanville recently posted a series of rants on Twitter after LeAnn apparently offered to sing at Eddie’s son’s school. “I told Eddie to please tell you that I think it is highly inappropriate for you to sing in my sons class on Friday,” Glanville wrote. “Boundries!!” She later wrote, “It’s Mason’s week share his family with the class. it isn’t ur place. Let Eddie read a script. You are not his parent. RESPECT!” LeAnn didn’t really respond to Glanville’s ramblings, although she did allude to the tweets, writing, “I have asked once and would hope my fans would please respect my wishes…please do not retweet me anyone else’s drama.”
TV TIDBITS:
● Glee stars Mark Salling and Amber Riley will perform in front of President Barak Obama as part of the PBS special The Motown Sound: In Performance at the White House. Others performing at the event include: Jamie Foxx, Sheryl Crow, Nick Jonas, John Legend, Smokey Robinson, Seal and Jordin Sparks. The performance will be taped Thursday, February 24th and air Tuesday, March 1st.
● Chicago Hope’s Christine Lahti is coming back to TV, starring in the CBS drama pilot The Doctor. She’ll play a mother who reconnects with her adult children when she joins the family medical practice.
● Lost’s Michael Emerson will star in the CBS pilot Person of Interest, which is being executive produced by his old boss, Lost creator J. J. Abrams. Emerson will play a billionaire who works alongside an ex-CIA agent to stop violent crime. (Can we suggest Terry O’Quinn, a.k.a. John Locke, to play the agent?)
● Model, designer and author India Hicks, who was one of Princess Diana’s bridesmaids, has been hired by TLC to dish about Diana’s wedding to Prince Charles. Secrets of a Royal Bridesmaid will air April 24th, five days before Prince William marries Kate Middleton. Hicks, who is Prince William’s cousin, is also expected to talk about the Prince’s April 29th wedding at Westminster Abbey.
● Glee’s Mike O’Malley will star in the new Fox comedy pilot Family Album, where he’ll play a former jock attempting to bond with his family.
● Former ER star Maria Bello is in final talks to star in NBC’s drama pilot Prime Suspect, based on the successful British series that starred Helen Mirren. She’ll play a strong female detective who has to prove herself in a tough New York precinct dominated by men.
MISCELLANEOUS MOVIE NEWS:
● Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio will team up once again for the new film The Wolf of Wall Street. The project will be based on Jordan Belfort’s memoir, recounting his alcohol and drug-fueled days working on Wall Street in the 90s. It eventually led to Belfort serving federal prison time for stock market manipulation. This will be the fifth project for DiCaprio and Scorsese. They previously worked together on Gangs of New York, The Departed, The Aviator and Shutter Island.
● She’s Out of My League’s Alice Eve has joined the cast of Men In Black 3. Eve, last seen playing Charlotte’s nanny in Sex and the City 2, will play the younger version of MIB Agency head Olivia. The older version will be played by Emma Thompson. The film’s plot has Will Smith’s Agent J forced to travel back in time to team up with the young Agent K (Josh Brolin) to save the world.
