Candice Swanepoel: “I like to be a little bigger for the VS show, to feel sexier and more womanly’
On how she is trying to gain weight before the Victoria’s Secret fashion shows: “I
Gwyneth Paltrow and GOOP are in big financial trouble
Last week, Gwyneth Paltrow‘s friend and GOOP CEO Seb Bishop up and quit out of nowhere. It all seemed kind of suspicious, and while people were trying to say it was because he didn’t like that she announced her divorce from a company perspective, it seems like things might be a tad more serious, since GOOP seems to be in over $1 million worth of debt. From Radar Online: For two years running, they racked up serious losses totaling more than $300,000 — thanks in part to an interest-free loan Paltrow took from the company coffers! According to the most recent corporate documentation filed with the Companies House in the U.K., in 2011, GOOP “incurred a loss of $255,312 (£152,060) and had a net liabilities of $259,969 (£154,834).” And in 2012, they reported “a loss of $39,823 (£23,718) and … net liabilities of $298,512 (£177,788).” It’s not that GOOP wasn’t making money. In fact, in 2012, they raked in more than $1.5 million (£908,378), thanks in part to $463,486 (£276,040) in product sales, as well as an impressive (£222,243) from Groupon promotions and $373,159 (£535,002) in commissions. All told, the company made $1,893,065 (£1,127,456). But that same year, GOOP spent $98,150 (£58,456) on Goop.com, $79,961 (£47,623) on the notorious GOOP newsletter, $189,590 (£112,918) on product costs, and a whopping $1,564,995 (£932,096) in administrative expenses,” adding up to the grand profit total of a loss of $39,823 (£23,718). Chief among those “administrative expenses” were Paltrow and CEO Sebastian Bishop’s “renumeration,” or salaries, for which the company allotted $587,653.25 (£350,000), a sizable increase from the previous year’s figure of $172,585 (£102,788), despite the company’s losses. The documents also show that in 2012, both Paltrow and Bishop were the recipient of interest-free “loans to directors,” with Paltrow’s listed at a balance of $49,025 (£29,200), of which none was paid back, and Bishop’s at $83,617 (£49,800). Other expenses in 2012 included $456,007 (£271,584) in other wages, $34,507 (£20,551) on travel, nearly $4,000 (£2,118) on “Entertaining,” and nearly $5,000 (£2,951) on “Staff Entertainment.” Sooooo… basically they were sorta cooking their own books, or at the very least ignoring the dire financial situation to make sure they got paid even if the company was sinking. There are a lot more numbers that are worth taking a look at (if you care about this sort of thing), but it looks like GOOP may soon be taking a bow unless she can sell a whole lot of $500 sweaters soon.
Demi Moore’s going on a yoga retreat when Ashton and Mila get married
Ashton Kutcher has wasted no time moving on from Demi Moore after their divorce, and he’s now engaged and expecting a baby with Mila Kunis. While Demi has sorta kinda moved on with different dudes, apparently she’s still smarting from her relationship with Ashton and will be meditating the pain away when he decides to tie the knot. From Radar Online: “Demi knows she’ll have to endure hearing about the affair — which Ashton is telling mutual friends will be huge and full of A-list Hollywood and tech friends — and seeing pictures. But the wound is still fresh from their divorce and Demi doesn’t want anything to trigger a relapse.” Moore is banking on details from her daughter Rumer Willis, who remains close with Kutcher. “When she gets word, either through mutual friends or Rumer, about the exact date, she’s booking a trip to the yogic spiritual center of India, Rishikesh, where she’ll submerge herself in days of waking at 4 a.m., chanting, meditation, yoga by the Ganges River, light eating of only meager portions of vegan foods and dressing in saffron colored robes,” the source revealed. “She’ll be cut off from all technology including phones, Internet and TV, so she’ll be able to avoid the whole thing.” And her getaway isn’t just reserved for the wedding. “She plans a similar, though less intense and far away retreat to coincide with the birth of their child in October,” the source added. Kinda fucked up that Demi is the one who comes out of this whole thing being painted like some sad sack who can’t get her shit together because ASHTON KUTCHER, the guy who hosted Punk’d, is not her husband anymore. I mean, I’m sure he’s different privately than he is as a public persona, and the heart wants what it wants and all that, but come on. I’m on Team Demi here, and if she wants to do whip its and lose her damn mind, leave her to it! Follow us on Twitter | Facebook
Khloe Kardashian and French Montana are really a couple
Khloe Kardashian got rid of Lamar Odom late last year, so it was only a matter of time before she moved on to the next one. While she was linked to rapper Game for a while, turns out, she’s actually with another member of the hip hop community – French Montana. US Weekly has the scoop: The reality star and the CEO of Cocaine City Records, both 29, grabbed a slice of pizza at Star Gourmet & Deli in NYC after he hosted a party at Allstar Night Club in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Following the event, they attended an after party at Greenhouse where Khloe supported her new beau. Cops shut down the party at 2:45 a.m., after the duo drank shots of CIROC together. The couple was spotted on April 19 at the Lobster House for lunch, sitting by the water. Khloe was laughing while eating a salad and French fries. Though they have gone public now, the pair kept their PDA to a minimum. The “I Luh Ya Papi” rapper kept his hand on Khloe’s back while they walked to their table, but they weren’t spotted kissing or holding hands. French Montana, whose real name is Karim Kharbouch, has 4-year-old son Kruz with his estranged wife Deen Kharbouch. Now he’s moving forward with Kardashian. “They’ve been hooking up for months,” one insider told Us. But that doesn’t mean everyone approves. Khloe’s mother Kris Jenner “thinks French is bad for Khloe,” an insider told Us. Huh. Well, I suppose he’s better for her than someone who smokes crack and raps about cheating on her, eh, Kris? Follow us on Twitter | Facebook
Lindsay Lohan had a miscarriage while taping her reality show
I don’t know if any of you have been watching Lindsay Lohan‘s reality show on OWN, but it’s been so good… simply because it’s been so bad. Lindsay is insufferable, unreliable, completely out of touch with reality and an absolute trainwreck, which makes for an awful life but fantastic TV. Throughout the series, Lindsay has been notoriously flaky with actually showing up for shooting. Either she was up too late the night before, can’t get up in the morning, is having some mental crisis where she can’t be bothered or just feels like flying to LA and getting wasted for two weeks without the cameras around, it’s been a tooth and nail fight to get the footage the producers wanted and needed to actually make a show possible. One shooting hiatus lasted an entire two weeks… which Lindsay revealed during last night’s 2 hour finale was because she was actually having a miscarriage. Here’s People‘s scoop: “No one knows this, and we can finish after this, I had a miscarriage for the two weeks that I took off,” the troubled actress said, fighting tears. After a long pause, she said, “It’s a very long story,” and offered no other details. Lohan, 27, had the miscarriage, she explained, during the much-discussed two weeks she reportedly held up production of the series. “I was sick. And mentally that messes with you,” she said. I mean, look – having a miscarriage is fucked up, so I want to acknowledge that before I say my next sentence, okay? That miscarriage, in her case, was a blessing. She is a drug and alcohol addict who can’t even get herself out of bed in the morning and look after HERSELF, let alone a child. And considering her family is just as fucked up as she is, it would have been a death sentence for that kid from the time it came into the world anyway. Follow us on Twitter | Facebook
Rolling Stone details the symbiotic relationship between celebs & paparazzi
Rolling Stone published an absolutely amazing story about the paparazzi, celebrity culture in LA and
Neil Patrick Harris cursed out a Broadway fan
Neil Patrick Harris is currently starring in Hedwig and the Angry Inch on Broadway, and his legions of fans – male and female – come out to see his performances pretty regularly. One of them got a little overzealous during one of this week’s performances… and the response she got was less than cordial. From the New York Post: Mid-performance, a female fan yelled out, “I love you, Neil!” Harris — who plays a transgender East German punk — yelled back, without missing a beat, in character, “I’m doing something up here, motherf–ker!” The Post’s Barbara Hoffman reports it was met with rapturous applause. If that sounds rude as hell, don’t worry – the audience really did love it and it was all in good fun, according to his rep: “The response to the fan yelling was actually done in character — Neil as Hedwig, not as though Neil stopped the show to respond out of character.” In fact, the full interaction wasn’t even reported, much less accurately. Harris’ rep explains, “When the fan initially yelled, ‘I love you, Neil,’ Neil (as Hedwig) then responded, ‘Who’s Neil? I’m not Neil.’ He then looked over at Yitzhak (played by Lena Hall) and said, ‘Are you Neil? You better not be Neil’ followed by Hedwig then offering the quote in question.” “It was all done in good fun, and fully in the context of the show. The audience went crazy and it really was a light-hearted moment, which is not being properly contextualized in any of these various posts,” adds the spokesperson. Yeah, yeah, we get it. No need to overcompensate so much, damn – no one thinks NPH is some awful monster or anything. He said what he felt in the moment and everyone thought it was hilarious. Done and over with! Follow us on Twitter | Facebook
Prince William & Kate took Prince George to the zoo & he tried to grab a bilby
Here are photos of Prince William, Prince George and Duchess Kate visiting Toranga Zoo in
Johnny Depp’s ‘Transcendence’ came in 4th place: Is his career in trouble?
I didn’t anticipate writing a Monday morning postmortem of Johnny Depp’s latest movie, Transcendence. I
Duchess Kate in McQueen & LK Bennett on Aussie tour: lovely or lacking?
Because of the sheer volume of photos from the royal tour from the past three