By Mark Gray
8:45am PDT, Jul 12, 2019
Secretly married
Surprise! Heidi Klum and her beau Tom Kaulitz tied the knot several months ago, but they've managed to keep their marriage secret. TMZ said that the couple married on Feb. 22, a date significant to them, as it marks exactly one year from the day they first met. The couple got engaged around Christmas-time last year. This is Heidi's third marriage, as she was previously wed to Seal and Ric Pipino. In February, just before tying the knot, Heidi told Access Hollywood that she felt "already married" to the Tokio Hotel guitarist. "It just clicked from the very second and it was as if we were already married when we just met each other. It was very bizarre that way," she said.
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Divorce is coming
Matt Lauer's wife, Annette Roque, has officially filed divorce paperwork in a New York court on July 9, making their legal split imminent. Matt isn't contesting the divorce, meaning that a judge needs to simply sign the documents to make them both legally single. It's expected that Annette will walk away with $20 million in assets, but exactly how the duo is splitting their properties isn't publicly known. The New York Post said Annette is getting their horse training facility, Bright Side Farm, which is in Water Mill, New York. There is no timetable as to when the judge will sign off on the divorce, but the official signature is essentially a formality.
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Big winner
La La Anthony is in the money! While playing a slot machine at a New Orleans casino on July 8, the "BH90210" actress hit the jackpot not once, but twice. La La posted several videos of her lucky morning to her Instagram Story. "So… It all started when I put $200 in a slot machine in NOLA at 4 am this morning," she wrote. The next Story showed La La and her friends screaming with excitement after the machine hit for the "Grand Jackpot" of more than $53,000. La La kept playing and kept winning, hitting for another $10,000 payday. Her total winnings from the night, she said, was $68,000. La La loves New Orleans.
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Machete attack
"Teen Mom" star Amber Portwood temporarily lost custody of her 1-year-old on July 10 after a judge hit her with a restraining order that requires her to stay away from the boy and his father, Andrew Glennon. The judge's decision came after the reality TV star was arrested and charged with three felonies following an explosive fight with Andrew, who is also her boyfriend. According to prosecutors, Amber and Andrew got into a fight on July 5 and at some point she allegedly went after him with a machete, all while he was holding their child, James. She never struck him or their child with the weapon, but she did apparently hit Andrew in the neck with her shoe. On July 9, prosecutors officially charged Amber with three felony charges, including domestic battery, criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon and domestic battery in the presence of a child.
$$$$
Step aside, Kylie Jenner. Taylor Swift has been named the highest-paid celebrity of the past year. On July 10, Forbes dropped its annual Celebrity 100 list, which ranks the highest-earning celebrities, and Taylor topped the list, taking in $185 million from June 2018-June 2019. Taylor just edged out cosmetic queen Kylie Jenner, who took home $170 million during that time frame.
RIP
"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" star Denise Nickerson passed away on July 10 shortly after her family took her off of life support. Denise, who famously played gum-chewing Violet Beauregarde in the classic 1971 film, suffered a "major medical emergency" on July 8, which came a year after a serious stroke. Denise's son, Josh Nickerson, and his wife, Jasmine, announced the actress, 62, had been removed from "all the equipment" on July 10. "They just took off all the equipment. None of it was helping, but making her only more uncomfortable. We're telling her it's okay to let go," the couple wrote on Facebook.
Letter of the law
Ready to own from music memorabilia? After years of legal limbo, Tupac Shakur's jailhouse breakup letter to Madonna can be auctioned off, according to the New York Supreme Court. Madge had long argued that the letter — which states he's breaking up with her because she's white — belonged to her. However, she legally transferred it over to her former art consultant Darlene Lutz in 2004. Over the years Madonna has filed appeals to prevent the letter from going on the auction block. However, on July 17, the three-page letter, penned in 1995 while Tupac was in prison, will be actioned off to the highest bidder. It's expected to go for about $300,000.
Too soon
All week long, colleagues of actor Cameron Boyce came out to extend their sympathies to his parents after the Disney star died on July 6 due to epilepsy. He was 20. Adam Sandler, who played Cameron's dad in "Grown Ups," tweeted on July 7, "Loved that kid. Cared so much about his family. Cared so much about the world. Thank you, Cameron, for all you gave to us. So much more was on the way. All our hearts are broken." Former First Lady Michelle Obama wrote on July 9, "Not only did he have incredible talent, but also an incredible heart." Salma Hayek added, "His joy will live in our hearts forever."
Married
Ed Sheeran has confirmed one of the worst-kept secrets in the celebrity world: he's married. On Friday, during an interview with Charlamagne Tha God, the singer confirmed that he and longtime love Cherry Seaborn have tied the knot. The admission came when he was talking about his new song "Remember the Name," in which he speaks about his wife. He told Charlamagne, "It was actually before me and Cherry got married and I knew that we'd be married by the point that the song came out. [I thought] Someone's gonna hear that and be like, 'Oh, they're married!' I didn't know how that would be construed, but obviously it's already come out." Ed and Cherry reportedly got married in December last year.
R. Kelly gets arrested, faces more counts
More legal trouble. Singer R. Kelly was arrested on July 11 in Chicago for multiple federal sex crimes in two different states. The federal indictments accuse him and members of his team of recruiting women and girls to engage in illegal sexual activity with the singer and later paying victims and witnesses to cover up his crimes. In the 13-count indictment from the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Northern District of Illinois, charges include child porn, enticement of a minor and obstruction of justice. In a separate five-count federal indictment out of the Eastern District of New York filed on July 12, R. Kelly is charged with racketeering and several violations of the Mann Act and allegations of forced labor.
