Kyle Richards Apologizes And Explains Fight With Sister Kim

WOW – Bravo’s season finale episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills was a heart breaker and way too disturbing and shocking to watch.

Sisters Kyle and Kim Richards (Paris Hilton’s aunts) got into the ugliest word cat fight ever aired on TV with Kim calling her own sister a “f–king phony” and Kyle calling Kim a “liar,” “insane,” “sick,” and “demented.”

Kyle added: “You are a liar … [and] you are an alcoholic! Yeah, that’s right. I’ve said it now, and everybody knows. You are so sick. My husband has helped you every month and stood by you and taken care of you, okay, like you’re his second f–king wife!” Me, speechless.

Since the infamous fight, Kim who was intoxicated during the incident has entered rehab and Kyle has become apologetic. At least she has on her Bravo blog. Kyle writes:
“This is a very difficult blog to write. There’s so much pain and emotion in this episode. The events that transpired that evening were quite unfortunate and should never have occurred on, or off, camera. We both said and did things that we regret. My sister and I love each other very much….You may be thinking, ‘You have a funny way of showing it.’ And you’re not wrong. However, our arguments were never about what was happening at that moment. My mom used to say, ‘They’re crying about the apples, but it’s really the oranges,’ and that’s exactly what was happening here. After this horrible argument between Kim and I, we didn’t speak for a long time. My heart was broken and I suffered an incredible amount of anxiety and panic attacks. Next to losing my mother, this was the most difficult time of my life.”
There must have been some pretty heavy “oranges” at play here. I just hope the two are able to get past this incident and somehow find a way to mend their relationship.

Oprah Winfrey To Reveal “Miracle” Family Secret Monday

Oprah Winfrey revealed last week that she will make a huge announcement this Monday on The Oprah Winfrey Show about a family secret she learned of a few months ago and which “shook her to her core.”

Oprah even teased fans with preview footage of someone coming towards her onto the stage for an embrace.

What could this secret be? Who could this mystery person be? Any guess is a good guess as it could be anything. Could it be a sister? A brother? A lost child she may have given up for adoption? Was Oprah herself adopted? Whatever/whoever it is, Oprah calls it is a “miracle.”

Watch the earth-shattering Oprah Winfrey Show episode Monday, January 24, 2010. 

“Charlie Sheen Is A Hero!”

I don’t cover stories on Charlie Sheen‘s fun-loving escapades, as juicy as they seem to be. But my field reporter Hayward Taylor found a really good Sheen-related piece in the NY Post that I just have to re-print:

Comic Jim Norton is sick of people making fun of Sheen, calling him a “hero” instead.

He jokes: “What a shock that a guy who makes $2 million a week behaves exactly like I would with $2 million a week. As far as I’m concerned, if you make $2 million a week and you don’t have a hooker in your hotel room, you’re creepy and I don’t trust you. And I don’t do drugs at all, so for me it would just be more prostitutes. That’s how they would find me. I would be dead on the floor, flattened by a pile of prostitutes. I’d look like a cat in a hoarders’ house.”

Methinks Jim has a good point there. Stop paying that much money to someone that doesn’t know what to do with it and instead pay it to someone who deserves it, like, like, ……, hmmmm…..can’t think of anyone who would deserve so much cash. Seriously? $2M???

Britney Spears Makes Music History!

Britney Spears proved once again that she is the princess of pop despite her long absence from the music scene.

Britney’s new single, Hold It Against Me, made its debut at #1 helping Britney to become only the second artist ever to debut more than one song at #1.

The single is the first song to debut at No. 1 since Ke$ha’s We R Who We R the week of Nov. 13, 2010 and already has 411,000 downloads, the highest first-week total for any female artist.

Hold It Against Me is Britney’s fourth song to hit #1 on the Hot 100 overall, after 3, Baby One More Time and Womanizer.
The only other artist to have multiple #1 debuts is Mariah Carey with Fantasy, One Sweet Day and Honey.

Britney is overjoyed at this success and said over Twitter: “Seriously, I have the best fans ever. I love you all so much! Everything I do is for you!” 
Welcome back Brit!

Extra TV’s Celebrity Interview Schedule: January 24 – 28, 2011

Come to The Grove in Los Angeles to *watch Mario Lopez of Extra interview the following celebrities live:

*This week’s guests include:
Monday, Jan. 24: “Hellcats” star Ashley Tisdale (1:00 pm)
Tuesday, Jan. 25: Dr. Gadget LIVE Giveaway (10:00 am) and Jennifer Love Hewitt (3:00 pm)
Wednesday, Jan. 26: FREE Workout with Paul Katami! (9:00 am); “Hot in Cleveland” cast members Betty White, Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves and Wendie Malick (11:00 am–CANCELLED); and the band Perry performs at 1:00 pm
Thursday, Jan. 27: Dr. Gadget LIVE Giveaway (10:00 am); Jenny McCarthy (11:00 am); and
Guy Fieri (2:30 pm)
Friday, Jan. 28: FREE Giveaway (10:00 am) and Matthew Morrison (11:00 am–CANCELLED)



*Times and locations subject to change. For most up to date schedule, go to ExtraTV.Com

Sarah Shahi’s “Fairly Legal” Debuts Tonight – Exclusive Photos & Video

The USA Network’s latest drama, Fairly Legal, debuts tonight, Thursday, at 10 PM EST, and will star Sarah Shahi, the former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader turned actress.

Best known for her role as Carmen de la Pica Morales on The L Word, Shahi was also #90 on the Maxim magazine “Hot 100 of 2005” list, before moving on up to #66 in 2006.

On Fairly Legal, the beautiful, exotic Shahi of Iranian and Mexican descent, plays Kate Reed, daughter of a famous lawyer.

For five years, she was a rising lawyer star herself, until her father died and she decided to make some major changes in her life and become a mediator instead. How

Sarah explains the show as being “A lot like Law & Order meet Sex & The City with a lot more sex than law!”

About her new role on Fairly Legal, Shahi told BuddyTV.com

“I was at a place, when I auditioned for the show, I had just had a baby, I was five weeks post-partum, and I just felt like if I wanted to get back into the game and away from my child, it better be in something that was worth it, and that could really be life-changing for a career and our (family) position.

“Also, I wanted to play the role because I was attracted to Kate. She is a character who’s all cool on the outside, and may look like she has things figured out, but when it comes down to it, she doesn’t. She struggles a lot. She struggles with her relationship with her stepmother, with her relationship with her ex-husband … there’s a whole aspect of her dealing with the death of her dad. There’s a lot going on that lead to these great internal conflicts for her, and I really wanted to play those out.”

Shahi, is married to star of Showtime’s Shameless, Steve Howey. The two were at an interview with Mario Lopez of Extra recently –  and I videotaped a cute little flirtation between Shahi and Lopez, as hubby Howey stood on the sideline. Howey was a pretty cool champ about it all; he even took a pic of his wife and Lopez with his own cell phone (see below). Watch the flirtation for yourself:

Katharine McPhee: Help Haiti Heal – Exclusive Photos & Video

A big thumbs up for celebrities using their name to help the world become a better place.

Take Katharine McPhee for example. To help bring back attention to a cause possibly forgotten, McPhee has teamed up with American Eagle Outfitters who in turn have entered into a partnership with Concern Worldwide US to raise funds for the rebuilding and support of schools in Haiti.

On the one-year anniversary of the Haiti earthquake on January 12, there are still “1.3 million people living in these tents,”  McPhee told Mario Lopez of Extra.

Along with McPhee, celebs such as The Edge, Ryan Seacrest, Sean Paul, Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Ruffalo, & Garcelle Beauvais, just to name a few, are helping to spread the word to buy and wear a limited-edition, AE-designed “Help Haiti Heal” T-shirts.


Watch and hear Katharine explain the T-shirts herself:

The T-shirts are being sold in more than 900 American Eagle Outfitters stores throughout the U.S., and worldwide at www.ae.com/haiti. The T-shirts were made in Haiti, by Haitians, to mark the first anniversary of the earthquake and raise awareness about the continuing need to help Haiti heal. The entire purchase price of US $15.50 will be donated to Concern Worldwide’s education program in Haiti, with the potential to raise as much as US $1 million.

The proceeds raised from the sale of the Help Haiti Heal t-shirts will: rebuild and repair two schools that were destroyed during the earthquake, provide 1,000 earthquake-affected children with access to primary education, equip the two schools with classroom furniture (desks, chairs), install clean water systems, latrines and sanitation at the two schools and ensure that the most vulnerable children in the communities receive a primary education.

Katharine brought T-Shirts for the Extra audience
Katharin’e cute pups

Jesse James & Kat Von D, Engaged

Jesse James and Kat Von D are engaged. The news was broken to People magazine by James saying: “Growing old with her is going to be a f—-n’ blast!”

James also said 2010 was the best year of his life! “You know sometimes the public and press gets it wrong. This is one of those times. 2010 was actually the best year of my life because I fell in love with my best friend. An amazing woman who stood behind me when the world turned their backs,” James said in a statement.

“I have never met anyone so kind and loving and committed to making the world a better place every day. My love for her is beyond description. So honored that she said ‘yes.’ Growing old with her is going to be a f—-n’ blast!”

What does Kat think about her hubbie-to-be? “There is no one else for me. He’s the one.” 

Alrighty then, congratulations to the newlyweds to be.