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Mel Gibson and Mistress' Public Debut
Mel Gibson brought composer Oksana Grigorieva to the debut of the latest X-Men movie Tuesday night, effectively confirming he's been sleeping with the Russian composer and Timothy Dalton ex. (Larger picture after the jump.) More » -
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PaidContent Blog Impresario Divorcing Long-Suffering Wife
Money changes everything. Rafat Ali, the founder of PaidContent, ought to be relaxing on the beach after selling his blog business to the Guardian last year. Instead, he's working harder than ever. And getting divorced. More »
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Sad Mel Gibson Wondering if He Picked the Wrong Oksana
Splash News snapped this sad picture of Mel Gibson on a beach in Costa Rica, contemplating his impending divorce and, no doubt, $480 million-ish divorce settlement. Also: Which musical Oksana he'll end up with. More »
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Messy divorces
The Russian Hottie Who Says She's Mel Gibson's Mistress
Mel Gibson has his own $42 million ultra-traditionalist Catholic church near Malibu. And the "other women" behind his divorce? Well, the tabloids are still sifting through at least four ladies on three continents.
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NonSociety Becomes Even Non-er
The separation of microcelebrity nontrepreneur Julia Allison, the dating columnist turned egoblogger, and vapid handbag designer Mary Rambin has finally happened even though everyone has known for a month. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Shamoononon, Vampire Grater - Now SWF: I proudly admit I have no idea who Julia Allison and Mary Rambin are. I'm even prouder to admit... 4 Responses | Other threads
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Lindsay Lohan Breakdown Is a Tabloid Feeding Frenzy
One might assume that months of teary, yelling, storming-out fights between Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson sated readers' appetites for details of the couple's drama. But it just made everyone hungrier for the big breakup.
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Real Housewives Countess Loses Her Count — Via Email
No wonder Countess LuAnn de Lesseps was spotted getting into an elevator with an mysterious man the other night: The Real Housewives star is said to be separating from her husband after 16 years. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Fry_Bread_Power: Does she keep the title of 'Countess'? I hope it's embarassing for her to correct all those people she forced... 7 Responses | Other threads
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Why Flickr's Caterina Fake Is Launching Hunch on Her Own
Caterina Fake, who cofounded Flickr with husband Stewart Butterfield in 2004, has a new startup, Hunch, which may be launching soon. But where's the other half of the famous Web 2.0 couple? More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by misslinda: Their names are Butterfield and Fake and the best they can do for their kid is to name her Sonnet?... 8 Responses | Other threads
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Messy divorces
Countess Raped Me, Husband Says
Why would a rich guy sleep with his trophy wife and another woman? Because he's a lying cheat? Or because his uncontrollable Swedish bride knew he was leaving but took his body anyway? More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Werrick: Strikes me that certain anatomical realities are at play here, namely that dudes don't have sex unless they're erect. Speaking... 23 Responses | Other threads
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Julia Allison Loses One of Her Nontrepreneurs
NonSociety, the attempt by unduly well-known dating columnist Julia Allison to blog for dollars, will soon be down to just two. Mary Rambin, her vapid handbag-designer gal pal, is quitting the startup.
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By Owen ThomasComment by Mount_Prion: That dog is terrified. I would say "terrierfied", but I'm not gonna go there. 8 Responses | Other threads
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Breaking Up with Julia Allison Is a Good Way to Make Money
Pranky videogame designer Charles Forman has scored another $5 million for his startup, OMGpop. We're beginning to see a pattern here! More »
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splitsville
Again With the Sarah Silverman-Jimmy Kimmel Breakup
So the Sarah Silverman-Matt Damon "f*ckng" was for laughs, but the July breakup was real; Silverman's awkwardness on Jimmy Kimmel Live in October was staged but the couple's reconciliation was real. This latest breakup? More » -
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Ryan Adams' Engagement Was Not Blogged
So Ryan Adams is now engaged to Mandy Moore. Not that you'd know it from his website; we had to read Us Weekly's report. Discretion: yet another way Moore has reformed her man. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by mathnet: Help a dude while you're dating--be the person he believes will love him even after she knows about what he... 4 Responses | Other threads
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Times Publisher's Longtime Affair
So it turns out Arthur Sulzberger Jr. has been seeing his girlfriend Helen Ward since 2005, about three years before the New York Times publisher announced a separation from his wife. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by GotlandMilk: It's true, Ryan Tate's deductive logic holds up well: If you can cheat on your wife, you can cheat on... more » | Other threads
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'Once' Couple's Oscar-Gilded Romance Ends In Splitsville
They stole America's hearts, an Oscar and no less than $9 million of box-office loot. Less than a year later, star-crossed Once songwriters/lovers Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová are done for. More » -
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Google Billionaire Ex-Wife's Revenge Wedding
What did the ex-wife of Google executive Omid Kordestani (net worth: $2.2 billion) do after getting dumped for a younger woman? She hooked up with a doctor and hired Julio Iglesias as her wedding singer. More » -
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Lindsay Lohan Forgets to Tell Rep to Deny Breakup
After Access Hollywood reported on the breakup between Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson (and TMZ independently confirmed it) one might expect Lohan and her rep to put up a high-profile, united front of denial. -
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Lindsay Lohan Ends Barely Acknowledged Same-Sex Relationship
Set down your water bottle. Halt your DJ set. Doff your fedora and bow your head. The romance between Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson is no more, says Access Hollywood. -
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Matthew Barney Facebook Divorces Bjork
The most precious (and probably sticky) art relationship of our generation is over! Matthew Barney is no longer listed as in a relationship (according to a Facebook page that might be his). -
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Suspended Vogue Braggart Just Wanted To Turn You On
It took less than 24 hours for Sean Avery to apologize for saying yesterday that his National Hockey League opponents "fall in love with my sloppy seconds." In fact, he's already flown to New York to grovel before the league commissioner. Although Avery is famous for picking these kinds of fights, it appears the recent Vogue intern's media instincts pushed him way over the line: More »
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By Ryan TateComment by purn: wow, this is fucked up - free speech no? sense of humor, anyone? - fuck bettman and the stars' management,... 10 Responses | Other threads
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Vogue Intern Disses Celebrity Girlfriend, Gets Suspended
Sean Avery has long relished his role as the National Hockey League's miscreant-in-chief, but the Dallas Stars forward's internship at Vogue seems to have sharpened his instincts for provocation to razor precision. Avery was just suspended indefinitely by the NHL for talking smack about two ex-girlfriends, actress Elisha Cuthbert and model Rachel Hunter, who ended up in the arms of other players. His own team said it would have suspended him had the league not done likewise. The truly insane part of the whole incident is that Avery sought out TV cameras so he could broadcast his self-destructive diss. (UPDATE: Video after the jump.) More »
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By Ryan TateComment by i'm a bottle: I just want to comment on how it's become like a common thing in the NHL for guys to fall... 25 Responses | Other threads
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Did Guy Ritchie Make Off With $70 Million Of Madonna's Money?
Maybe it shouldn't be a surprise that Liz Smith lit after Madonna's ex so brutally in the Post today; she seems to just love Madonna. The singer's ex-husband Guy Ritchie, not so much: Smith writes that all three times the director worked with Madonna, Madonna played some kind of abused character, and so everyone should wonder if this "reflect[ed] home life — a meek and conciliatory Madonna." After implying Ritchie is a wife beater, Smith moved on to painting him as a gold digger; though the Times of London said Ritchie's divorce settlement would include "not a penny" of Madonna's fortune, Smith said he got much more: More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Private Hangnail: You know that old adage if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all? Well, I'm... 10 Responses | Other threads
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Guy Ritchie Buys Peace With Madonna
Barristers in England are calling Guy Ritchie's freshly-minted breakup settlement with superstar wife Madonna a "model divorce." But cynics could just as easily call it a model victory for aggressive flackery: It was Madonna, according to some gossipy press reports, who initiated and most viciously perpetuated the post-split war of words with her husband; witness her public declaration her husband was "emotionally retarded." If Madonna's objective was to bully Ritchie into a fast divorce — and thus into relinquishing any claim on the singer's $450 million fortune, ten times his hoard — it worked. Ritchie is said accepting not a penny of Madonna's cash, telling the Mirror, "Thank God" it's all over. Madonna promptly got her drink on, said Page Six: More »
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By Ryan TateComment by La Cieca: Not be be deliberately contrarian, but what "post-split war of words?" Madonna made an scripted arch comment while introducing a... 13 Responses | Other threads
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caroline mccarthy
CNET Writer Goes Perez On Ex
It was kind of an awkward joke to begin with: CNET News.com writer Caroline McCarthy publicly imagining how her fameball buddies David Karp and Charles Forman would be mocked by Perez Hilton if the celebrity blogger worked for Valleywag. Hilton would, of course, call the cuddle-buddies gay, as McCarthy made clear in a mockup posted to her Tumblr Wednesday night. But throw in the fact that McCarthy and Karp very recently, we heard, broke up, and the image takes on an entirely more vicious, passive-aggressive sheen. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by crotchety: I will think society has attained enlightenment when we stop thinking of "gay" and "fat" as insults. 7 Responses | Other threads
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Jesse The Snowboarder Sheds Real Webcam Tears Over 'Bachelorette' Breakup
You've now had several hours to absorb the news that Deanna Pappas and Jesse Csincsak will not spend the rest of eternity together in a state of cross-eyed lovers' bliss—the very thing they pledged to us, the passively interested Bachelorette viewer, during that live broadcast of After the Final Rose. Pappas said in a statement that she "slowly came to realize that we are two totally different people and it wasn't going to work out," but what was Jesse's side of the story? More » -
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Sumner Redstone Divorce Confirmed
It's official: Sumner Redstone's second marriage is finished, confirming our exclusive from Friday. Court papers were filed at the end of last week, according to the Los Angeles Times, and now the Viacom chief has issued a statement saying the split is "amicable" and that "we remain close and supportive friends." In other words, wife Paula Fortunato has finally, 14 months after divorce rumors surfaced, agreed to leave, perhaps because she got something beyond her "iron-clad prenup," once thought to be worth a flat $1 million, or because she's actually now earned $5 million, with the prenup now pegged at $1 million per year of marriage. Or maybe the former public school teacher is just tired of living with the mean mogul, 40 years her elder, and of hearing rumors he's been calling some famous comedian's wife. Whatever happened, Redstone is reaching into his pocket at a time when he can least afford it. Writes the LA Times:
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The Madonna Monster
Madonna's messy divorce from Guy Ritchie gives the pop star a chance to recast herself for the better, but at the moment her public image is that of a voracious celebrity monster, steamrolling Ritchie and turning Alex Rodriguez into a glaze-eyed cult follower. The Sun is reporting for tomorrow's paper that Madonna is supposedly spying on her ex, "using her huge staff to report his every move," and that director Ritchie is desperately trying to counter gossip spread by the singer's PR machine that he's a bad father. Over at the Daily Mail, the dirt is about how Alex Rodriguez is said to be spending 40 million pounds (which sounds high) to buy an apartment two blocks away from Madonna, after pleasing her with his dedication to Kabbalah: More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Smitros: No matter how much Pilates I do or how many stairs I climb, I'll never have thighs like those in... 6 Responses | Other threads
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Elon and Justine Musk
New Tesla Motors chief, novelist wife are divorcing
It's typical for aging entrepreneurs in mid-career to acquire a fancy new set of wheels. Elon Musk has instead acquired a job running a fancy carmaker — Tesla Motors, the electric-car startup he has backed from the get-go with the millions he made selling Internet companies. He is also getting a divorce, according to a blog post by his wife, fantasy novelist Justine Musk. This is no mere tawdry personal detail. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Pessimipposaurus: But she's holding a cute puppy! He must be a monster! 1 Responses | Other threads
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madonna
It's Official: The AP is reporting that the Madonna's publicist has confirmed the singer's rumored split from Guy Ritchie: "A statement e-mailed to The Associated Press from Madonna spokeswoman Liz Rosenberg says the couple has agreed to divorce, and asks the media to respect their privacy." Especially this week in Boston, where excellent seats are still available for tomorrow's Madonna concert at the TD Banknorth Garden. Seriously, people — back off! [CNN] -
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BREAKING! Natalie Portman Hippie-Free! After six months at Devendra Banhart's aromatic side, Natalie Portman is reportedly making a clean break from her hirsute paramour's patchouli-stinking grip. "Natalie and Devendra will remain friends but need some space and time away," a Banhart source says, but our own spies near Portman's New York base insist the actress will begin washing that man right out of her hair — after a V For Vendetta-style shearing and 48-hour delousing quarantine, naturally. Welcome back, Nat! [ITW] -
the sum of all human knowledge
Jimmy Wales and the art of the modern breakup
Another failed relationship, another awkward online parting of ways for Jimmy Wales, the cofounder of Wikipedia. Just a few months ago, he was squiring new-agey PR impresario Andrea Weckerle, a self-described "global nomad," around the world. Now, insiders say, Weckerle has dumped Wales — you can tell, because she no longer follows his Twitter updates. The puzzle here: How does he put so much energy into chasing women when he's supposedly leading the world's largest collection of unfactchecked assertions backed up by hyperlinks, and taking on Google with Wikia, his for-profit offshoot? More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by colonelpanic: I think the whole Jimmy Wales vibe is blowing over, folks. There are only so many times I can read 500... 3 Responses | Other threads
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lindsay lohan
Lindsay Lohan's Real First Girlfriend
So remember how heiress Courtenay Semel made out with reality TV star Tila Tequila in a bar recently, and famous lesbian couple Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson sat there laughing at them the whole time? No?? Your loss. Anyway, the whole thing is sort of funny in retrospect, because it turns out Lohan dated Semel before she famously edged out of the closet recently with public displays of affection for Ronson. And Ronson kind of stole Lohan away, according to a salacious British tabloid report: More » -
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Tragic "NY Girl Of My Dreams" Breakup Confirmed
The passive-aggressive love story of Vimeo employee Patrick Moberg and his subway crush, Camille Hayton, has drawn to a close. The couple, you'll recall, met after Moberg spotted Hayton on the subway, then used his website to solicit help tracking her down. Romance bloomed, or seemed to. Rumors later swirled about a breakup, but then the couple was in a magazine for olds inspiring everyone with their love. But then someone ran into Hayton while she was waitressing and asked her about being the subway girl and she was all, "that was SUCH a long time ago" in her Australian accent. It sounded like a bad sign and, as it turns out, it was. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by bittergreen: @Nick Douglas: So nobody is going to be able to turn this into a market opp. Their protege JA, must... more » | Other threads
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lindsay lohan
Lindsay Lohan And Girlfriend "Didn't Look Like A Couple" Last Night!
The last time we checked in with Lindsay Lohan and her lesbian lady friend Samantha Ronson, the couple was embroiled in a scandalous toe-stepping scandal that culminated in Lohan ditching Ronson and Ronson shouting "Are you leaving," scandalously. Fellow patrons at the Waverly Inn were, well, scandalized. Possibly shocked fans may also have been distraught that the relationship ended mere weeks after its explicitly acknowledgement in the tabloids and a mere year after they started cavorting in public together. Well, prepare to cry more tears of loss, LoRo lovers, because, according to an emailed stalker sighting, the couple are acting like they're just friends — no graphic make-out sessions or whatever we expect celebrity lesbian couples to do when we see them in a public place. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by EricPattersnoose: I saw Lezny Lohan getting all lesbian with her lesbian girlfriend at a lesbian bar, in the middle of West... more » | Other threads
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Flickr's Cal Henderson dumped by Technology Review covergirl Leah Culver
We've been remiss in informing you of this: Cal Henderson, the eminently scalable Flickr engineer, and Leah Culver, the shrill-voiced cofounder of Pownce, San Francisco's favorite way to share MP3 files while evading copyright cops, broke up some time ago. (We hear it wasn't exactly his idea.) But don't feel sorry for Henderson, or Culver. She has no shortage of suitors — including, it seems, Technology Review editor-in-chief Jason Pontin, who was taken enough with Culver to put her on his magazine's latest cover. Pontin's married, but a man can dream, can't he? Sorry, Jason: We now hear Culver's hooked up with a Googler. (Photo of Henderson by magerleagues)
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By Owen ThomasComment by inkvision: Wow. Geeks here sure are surly. Methinks they all are tasting the sour grapes that comes of never getting even... more » | Other threads
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Love Still Hurts, Even When Not Blogged
The gossip has been coursing into our emails in various forms and tones for several weeks now: former Gawker editor (and newly minted NYT Mag essaysist) Emily Gould and n+1 editor and newly minted novelist Keith Gessen are no longer boyfriend-girlfriend. OK? We'll spare you the overlong analysis of possible root causes. So all you ladies who have been whispering about Keith's hotness from the back of his readings (I was there, I heard you!) can now say it to his face. Gessen's take on the situation? It was casually buried in his article in The Stranger last week: More »
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Jessica Simpson In Glamour: Did She Jinx It With Tony Romo, Or Was She Just Being "Honest"?
Ugh. The curse of the celebrity ladymag strikes again? Just a week after Glamour's June issue hit newsstands, cover girl Jessica Simpson has reportedly split with Dallas Cowboy Tony Romo. Although InStyle Weddings is perhaps the most famous example of why celebs should probably not publicize their private lives in periodicals, Simpson's Q&A with Glamour is notable for how much it focuses on her relationship — over 50% of the 2,500-word piece is devoted to talk of "Tony". ("I love your honesty, Jessica," writer Josh Patner tells Simpson after plying her with Chardonnay and getting some choice quotes about Romo. Yeah, Josh — you love it because it sells magazines!) And then, at the end of the interview, there's this gem: "This article could come out and Tony and I could be broken up." After the jump, the singer's most memorable quotes about the romance that, as of today, was just six days shy of hitting the six-month mark. [Jezebel] -
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Sue Decker's husband not seeking alimony in divorce
At times I pity Sue Decker, Yahoo's embattled president. She disappeared from sight after Microsoft bid $44.6 billion for Yahoo. Her roadshow to win back investors to an independent Yahoo flopped. She's been reduced to begging her new Microsoft overlords for a job. And now, even husband Michael Dovey, whom she's divorcing, has told her he doesn't want any help from her. Court records obtained by the Wall Street Journal show that he's not seeking alimony. Surely a matter of pride over pragmatism: At a dinner party, Dovey told one tablemate that he didn't work, not because Decker supported him but because he was independently wealthy.
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By Owen ThomasComment by toomuchado: Too bad that the truth doesn't prevail. The alimony comment is without basis - as well as untrue. Warren Buffett... more » | Other threads
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what makes jared run
Why Did Ivanka and Jared Break Up?
Cute li'l real-estate magnate and newspaper-owner Jared Kushner broke up with oddly attractive-despite-her-family Ivanka Trump! This is according to Page Six, who note that Ivanka has gone to parties by herself, which is irrefutable proof. They've been together for almost exactly one year, which is, if you ask us, suspicious. What's Jared up to? Why is he breaking up with his hot, brand-name girlfriend? Why is he pretending he's going to buy Newsday? Is he just toying with us?? More » -
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Why Did Vince Vaughn Phone-Dump His Reps?
If you're the average superstar, surrounding yourself with a dream-team of handlers is probably the single most important decision you'll make: Any weak link in the commission-claiming chain can result in the kinds of career missteps that result in disastrous tumbles down the Hollywood food chain, where you'll soon find yourself groveling for any elephant-voicing breadcrumbs the studios are still willing to toss your way. (Needless to say, with plenty of strings attached). Vince Vaughn knows this all too well, and he's reportedly disposed of his entire team in one phoned-in management massacre. From the Deadline Hollywood Daily exclusive: More »
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