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10-year-old email about control of Anne Heche's estate at center of feud between her son, ex
Anne Heche's death is continuing to cause quite the family feud.
Following her death, Anne's 20-year-old son, Homer Laffoon, filed a petition to be named executor of her estate, and he asked that he and his half-brother, Atlas Tupper, be their mother's sole heirs.
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Shortly after, Anne's ex-boyfriend, fellow "Men In Trees" actor James Tupper, submitted an email that the actress supposedly sent him in 2011, an email wherein Anne asked him to run her estate.
"FYI in case I die tomorrow and anyone asks. My wishes are that all of my assets go to the control of Mr. James Tupper to be used to raise my children and then given to the children," she supposedly wrote.
Homer is now fighting against that email, saying it wasn't a legal document and should be illegitimate, Page Six reports. In fact, he says Anne commonly sent messages like this.
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In his court filing, Homer acknowledges that the email is real, but said it "fails to satisfy the legal requirements for a valid formal witnessed will" because it "was not signed by [Heche] and does not have two witnesses who signed the document during [her] lifetime."
He added, "Mr. Tupper repeatedly refers to the email … as a 'will.' However — as a matter of law — the email does not qualify as either a holographic will or formal witnessed will."
Anne and James dated for 10 years and share 13-year-old Atlas, but the duo had not been together in the four years leading up to her death.
"This document, which fails to qualify as a will on the same basis as the email … makes no reference whatsoever to Mr. Tupper, which is not surprising given their acrimonious breakup in 2018," Homer argues.
Homer said Anne even sent a similar email to a bookkeeper after contacting COVID-19 in 2020.
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In his argument to be executor, James said Homer is unemployed and too young to be given the responsibility of managing his mother's funds. He also said Homer and Anne were estranged, and insisted that the 20-year-old has had no contact with his half-brother since Anne's death. James further alleged that Homer changed the locks on the home Anne and Atlas shared, preventing the teen from gaining access to his belongings inside.
Homer's augments are "unfounded personal attacks" and "frivolous legal claims," James said.
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What Joe Biden gifted Meghan King for her wedding to his nephew
Meghan King's marriage to Cuffe Owens went kaput in a matter of weeks, but she'll always have something to remind her of her ex and his family: A gift from Cuffe's uncle, President Joe Biden.
"He gave me a crystal bowl, like, with the presidential seal," the former "Real Housewives of Orange County" star, 38, told Us Weekly, noting that she still has it.
She continued, "And Kamala Harris wrote me a note."
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Meghan and Cuffe's marriage was stunning in its speed — the couple met, married and split up all within three months. (President Biden attended the September 2021 nuptials, which took place at Cuffe's childhood home in Pennsylvania.) In December 2021, Meghan confirmed that she and Cuffe were over.
Meghan opened up about her trip down the aisle while on SiriusXM's "Jeff Lewis Live," saying her partnership with Cuffe felt like an "arranged marriage."
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In chatting with Us, the former reality TV star described how "weird" it was having secret service at her nuptials.
"The craziest moment for me, was when my daughter said, 'Mommy, what are those guys doing?' And there were two snipers with these, like, massive guns, like, walking because the president was getting ready to leave," she explained. "So they're packing up and going, so they have these massive guns. And I said, 'Oh honey, those people were there to protect the president because the president was here.' And she said, 'President Biden.' And I said, 'Yeah.' She goes, 'No, he wasn't!'"
Although the marriage didn't work out, Meghan said the Biden's "felt like family."
"The wedding day was great. It was so much fun, intimate and his family's wonderful. I mean, I don't have a bad thing to say about the Bidens at all," she said. "They were so warm and normal and welcoming."
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How Mariah Carey really feels about Nick Cannon's ever-growing family
Mariah Carey is not kidding around — at least not like her ex-husband Nick Cannon.
While Nick continues to increase his family, Mariah isn't exactly keeping a scorecard.
"Mariah doesn't keep up with Nick's babies and baby mamas," a source told Us Weekly. "There's too many to keep up with! She's happy for him and wishes him the best."
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Since Nick and Mariah welcomed twins Moroccan and Monroe Cannon on April 30, 2011, he has been busy. On Sept. 15, he shocked the world when he announced that he welcomed a child, his ninth, with Lanisha Cole. The "Masked Singer" host also has two more children on the way. By the end of the year, the "Wild 'n Out" star will have 11 children with six different women.
Nick has praised Mariah, the mother of his eldest children, for years. While on "The Hot Tee Talk Show" in July, he was asked if he would ever consider a reconciliation with the "Hero" singer.
"Of course, that's my fantasy," he said. "That's somebody I will always love. I will never have a love like I had with Mariah."
He added, "If I had the opportunity, if it could be the way that it was, I'm there."
Nick following up with comments by spouting several of Mariah's songs fitting for the conversation, including "Always Be My Baby," "We Belong Together" and "Don't Forget About Us."
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This might all be wishful thinking for Nick, as Mariah has been in a relationship with her ex-backup dancer Bryan Tanaka since 2016.
"They're pretty inseparable," Us' source said, adding that "Mariah's not in any rush to get married again."
Billy Eichner: Carrie Underwood blocking me on Twitter was a 'great honor'
Before he tweets! Last year, Carrie Underwood blocked comedian Billy Eichner on Twitter, and he's still laughing about the snub.
In fact, the "Bros" star called it a "great honor."
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While recounting the spat on "Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen," Billy said Carrie's social media move came during COVID.
"There was this thing where she, like, during the height of COVID, she retweeted a speech by some Republican guy [Matt Walsh] and said that kids shouldn't have to wear masks in schools," Billy said.
The way the "Billy On The Street" star saw it, Carrie was "letting her political views be known for the first time."
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Soon after, Billy made several jokes about Carrie and her views, and "she didn't like that," he claimed.
"It was one of the great thrills of my life," he said of being blocked by the country superstar.
Last year, after realizing he was blocked, Billy tweeted out a screenshot that informed him he's persona non grata on Carrie's Twitter.
"ICONIC," he said at the time.
'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' actor who killed own mom fears being brutalized in prison
Ryan Grantham, the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" actor who was convicted last week of killing his own mother, is scared he'll become a victim of abuse in prison because on his slight stature.
His lawyer, Chris Johnson, is now arguing that Ryan shouldn't be housed in a maximum security prison, telling TMZ the actor could be "physically, psychologically and sexually intimidated" by hardened criminals.
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Although Ryan is 24, he has a slim stature, weighing about 100 lbs and standing 5'2". The lawyer feels that age, size and mental state should all be considered for prison housing. He's currently pushing for Ryan to end up in a medium security prison, and the judge in Ryan's case also called for same housing. However, TMZ points out that that decision is actually up to corrections officials, not judges or attorneys.
Six months ago, Ryan pleaded guilty to a second-degree murder for the 2020 death of his mom, Barbara Waite. Prosecutors alleged that Ryan shot his mother in the back of the head as she played piano at her home.
"I shot her in the back of the head. In the moments after, she would have known it was me," he said into his GoPro camera after the killing.
The situation could have been worse, too. Prosecutors claim that Ryan had aspirations of assassinating Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, as well. In fact, one day after his mother's death, Ryan loaded his car with guns, ammunition, Molotov cocktails, and directions to the Prime Minister's home. He even wrote about his plans for Trudeau in his dairy.
CBC.ca reported that Ryan thought about carrying out a mass shooting while driving to Trudeau's home. However, he aborted his plans and turned himself into Vancouver police.
Ryan — who played Jeffery Augustine in "Riverdale" and Rodney James in "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" — will not be eligible for parole for 14 years.
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Jealous and fed up with fame: Anthony Bourdain's final texts revealed…
In his final days, Anthony Bourdain was fed up with his fans, his fame and his relationship with actress Asia Argento, a new book claims.
Many of the Anthony's last texts were published in the unauthorized biography titled "Down and Out in Paradise: The Life of Anthony Bourdain," which gives some insight into the famous chef's state of mind.
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"I hate my fans, too. I hate being famous. I hate my job," he apparently wrote to his ex-wife Ottavia Busia-Bourdain. "I am lonely and living in constant uncertainty."
Anthony also seemed to often be at odds with Asia, his girlfriend of two years. The book, written by journalist Charles Leerhsen, claimed the beloved "Parts Unknown" host became "incensed" just five days before his death when he saw photos of the "Land of the Dead" star dancing with a reporter at restaurant. Soon, Anthony got online and searched her name "hundreds of times," which prompted a fight.
"I am okay. I am not spiteful. I am not jealous that you have been with another man. I do not own you. You are free. As I said. As I promised. As I truly meant," he allegedly text Asia one day before his death. He added, "But you were careless. You were reckless with my heart. My life."
Asia supposedly replied, "I can't take this."
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Per Page Six, one of Anthony's biggest gripes stemmed from the fact that Asia and the reporter were dancing in Ristorante Camponesch, where he and the actress would frequent together in Rome.
Amidst the fit of jealousy, the actress broke up with Anthony and cited his "possessiveness."
The following day, which was the day of his death, the book says Anthony reached out to Asia.
"Is there anything I can do?" he reportedly asked. She replied, "Stop busting my balls."
"ok," he reportedly wrote back in June 2018. Not long after, Anthony hanged himself in a hotel room in France.
After the death, Asia said many people blamed her. But, in a chat with "DailyMailTV" two months later, she maintained that she's not at fault, even insisting that infidelity ran rampant in the relationship.
"People say I murdered him. They say I killed him. I understand that the world needs to find a reason. I would like to find a reason too. People need to think that he killed himself for something like this. He cheated on me, too. It wasn't a problem for us," she said. "He was a man who traveled 265 days a year. When we saw each other, we took really great pleasure in each other's presence, but we are not children. We are grown-ups."
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His greatest victory! John Cena sets incredible world record
John Cena has a choke hold on one of the world's greatest records.
The wrestler-turned-actor has broken the record for most Make-A-Wish Foundation wishes granted with 650, Guinness World Record recently announced. No one else is even remotely close to John's heartwarming record.
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In a tweet, Guinness said the "Peacemaker" actor "has over double the amount of wishes granted than anybody else!"
In the past, the 16-time WWE Champion has said he's willing help out the 42-year-old charitable organization with no questions asked.
"If you ever need me for this ever, I don't care what I'm doing, I will drop what I'm doing and be involved because I think that's the coolest thing," John told Reuters after he granted his 500th wish. "I just drop everything. If I can offer a fantastic experience, I'll be first in line to do my part."
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Reports claim John granted his first wish in 2002, and Guinness notes that he is Make-A-Wish's most-requested celebrity. After granted his 500th wish in 2015, WWE released a video honoring John.
"I can't say enough about how cool it is to see the kids so happy and the families so happy. I really want to make them feel like it's not just another show, it's truly their day," he said in the video.
The real reason Jon Hamm did 'Bridesmaids' and why his agents were scrambling
Jon Hamm's role in "Bridesmaids" was legendary, but it turns out that he was only in the film as a favor to a friend. That friend? Kristen Wiig.
In discussing his Ted character in the 2011 film on SiriusXM's "Pop Culture Spotlight with Jessica Shaw," Jon revealed that he signed on without a script, without a financial agreement or without even talking to his agents.
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"I did that movie before there was a part, before there was a script, I said 'yes' to it. And [my] agents went, 'Oh, well, s***. How do we, you know, ask for money?' And I was like, 'Don't worry about it. It just, let me let go have fun with friends,'" Jon said.
The "Mad Men" actor and Kristen, who co-wrote the film, have been close for years, having initially struck up a friendship while he hosted "SNL" in 2010. When Kristen asked him to appear in the movie, he couldn't say no.
"We were in a couple sketches together and got along like a house on fire, and she said, 'Will you please be in my movie? Please be in my movie,'" he recalled.
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At the time, many of the films stars — Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne, Rebel Wilson and Ellie Kemper — were hardly household names. Jon and Kristen were easily two of the most recognizable faces in the flick.
"You know, nobody knew it was gonna be the global success that it was. But I knew it would be funny. And especially with that cast, I was like, 'Sure, of course. Are you kidding me? Thank you for asking. Of course I'll do that,'" he said. "Mostly I drive [my agents] crazy because I say yes to everything, you know?
"I'm always showing up for people's podcasts or what have you, but that's what I like doing," he continued. "I like engaging with the people that I work with and I've had some tremendous, fun experiences doing that. And things like that turn into other things. And, you know, those are the kinds of things you can't measure."
'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' actor sentenced to life in prison for killing mother
Ryan Grantham, whose credits involve "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" and "Riverdale," has been sentenced to life in prison for the slaying his mother.
Prosecutors said the former actor, 24, confessed to killing his mother in his own GoPro camera after the 2020 incident.
"I shot her in the back of the head. In the moments after, she would have known it was me," he said, according to TMZ.
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Prosecutors alleged that Ryan shot his mother in the back of the head as she played piano.
Six months ago, Ryan pleaded guilty to a second-degree murder for the death of his mom, Barbara Waite. On Wednesday, Sept. 21, a judge in British Columbia, Canada, threw the book at him, giving him life behind bars. She called the case "life-shattering."
The situation could have been worse, too. Prosecutors claim that Ryan had aspirations of assassinating Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, as well. In fact, one day after his mother's death, Ryan loaded his car with guns, ammunition, Molotov cocktails, and directions to the Prime Minister's home. He even wrote about his plans for Trudeau in his dairy.
CBC.ca reported that Ryan thought about carrying out a mass shooting while driving to Trudeau's home. However, he aborted his plans and turned himself into Vancouver police.
The judge, Kathleen Ker, said it was a "saving grace" that Ryan did not follow through with his thoughts.
Ryan — who played Jeffery Augustine in "Riverdale" and Rodney James in "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" — will not be eligible for parole for 14 years.
Armie Hammer's ex was allegedly leaking stories about him in press
Armie Hammer's estranged wife was allegedly leaking stories to the press in 2020 to sully his name.
Page Six reported that Elizabeth Chambers used a friend's email account to send stories about the actor to various media outlets, one claiming he was getting flirtatious with "Rebecca" costar Lily James.
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Lily came out and denied having an affair with Armie.
Citing text messages it's claimed to have seen, Page Six said an October 2020 text from Elizabeth to her friend spoke of an interview Armie did with a magazine. "Oh yes, excerpts from his disaster GQ cover shoot," Elizabeth supposedly text. "We need to get back to commenting and sending tips. This time to the Daily Mail in the sun about Lily James."
In that 2020 Daily Mail story, which published shortly after Armie and his wife of 10 years announced a split, Elizabeth was said to be "devastated," and a source praised her parenting.
"She is an amazing woman. She doesn't deserve this. You couldn't ask for a more stunning devoted wife and she's a great mom to their two little ones," the source said.
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The alleged leaked stories occurred several months before Armie went viral for supposedly calling himself a "cannibal."
Armie's ex was also allegedly one of the people to bring the "Call Me By Your Name" star's secret Instagram account to light. Further, the new report claimed Elizabeth worked with the woman behind the House of Effie Instagram account after its owner claimed to have been abused by Armie. Elizabeth's friend asked if Effie was "ok," to which Armie's ex said, "Yes, she's just dramatic. And they're all crazy."
The friend has since had a falling out with Elizabeth but is explaining why she took part.
"[Elizabeth] asked and she was my friend," the pal told Page Six on why she let her use her profiles. "At first it seemed completely harmless as it isn't the main email that I use. Then I saw everything she was writing and saying and I got super uncomfortable and lied to her and said that I needed to change my password cuz [sic] I was hacked."
Armie and Elizabeth tied the knot in 2010 and split 10 years later. They share daughter Harper Grace, 7, and Ford Douglas Armand, 5.
Christina Ricci's son, 8, still sleeps with her
Mattress matter. Christina Ricci has revealed that she and her 8-year-old son, Freddie, still share a bed.
In a chat with People magazine, the "Yellowjackets" actress said she tried to sleep-train Freddie when he was younger, but she bristled at the idea of letting the young one cry it out while he was in his room. Plus, it became safer for Freddie to share his mom's bed.
"He screamed himself hoarse and started banging his head against the crib railing," she said of the child she shares with ex James Heerdegen.
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Interestingly, Christina's 9-month-old daughter, Cleopatra, sleeps soundly in a crib.
"With Cleo, when we decided to try it and see how she would react to it, she just sort of whined for about seven minutes and then laid down, clutched her little unicorn and went to sleep," Christina said. "It was like she was ready and she wanted to do it, and it was right for her."
The 42-year-old Emmy nominee added, "The fact that I can put her down in her crib and she just goes to sleep when my 8-year-old still sleeps with me is amazing."
Christina joins a host of other Hollywood parents who are raising their kids in a somewhat unconventional manner —Ice-T's wife Coco Austin was breastfeeding their daughter until she was 5 years old; "Clueless" star Alicia Silverstone recently acknowledged that her 11-year-old son sleeps in the same bed as her; Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard said their children sleep in their bedroom, but not in their bed.
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Internet mortified with Drew Barrymore's pizza eating habit
Drew Barrymore is not going to be invited to the Internet's pizza party anytime soon.
The actress caused an uproar on social media after uploading a video of her "pizza salad," in which she scraped off the toppings of a pizza slice and added them to the bed of lettuce.
The Internet collectively said "nope!"
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While beginning the TikTok video, Drew grabbed a slice of pizza, but rather than eating it, she started scraping the topping off and setting the crust to the side. She then added salad dressing to her new creation.
"I just take the toppings and a little salad, which has basically all the same toppings as the pizza, and I make a pizza salad," she said in the video published by MailOnline. "I mix it up and it's actually really crunchy and delicious."
Drew argued that the crust-less solution was perfect for those avoiding bread or the "gluten intolerant."
"I'm sure people are going to be like, 'How dare you do this to a pizza?' I get it, I feel really guilty about it myself," she said before defending her unconventional pizza pie product. "You get the satisfaction of eating a pizza," she said.
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To little surprise, the public wasn't falling in love with Drew's idea.
"Drew I'm filing a lawsuit on behalf of pizza," one person joked on TikTok.
Another said, "I remember lying to myself about what tasted good when I believed in diet culture."
"It's so wrong," one fan said. "But it's you, so I'm just gonna ignore it and let it pass."
In ending the video, Drew took a bite of pizza the old fashioned way, and all was right with the world again.
Ice-T's wife defends 'unconventional' parenting as daughter, 6, bathes in sink
Ice-T's wife, Coco Austin, isn't letting criticism about her parenting sink in.
Last week, the "Ice Loves Coco" star was mom-shamed by many of her Instagram followers after bathing her 6-year-old daughter, Chanel, in the kitchen sink. At the time, she explained that a sink bath was "easiest when you have to be fast."
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Soon after, the Internet responded and argued that Chanel was too old to be in a soaking in the sink. The parent police said Chanel was certainly able to bathe herself. One person felt that Coco treats the tot like "an infant."
On Sunday, Sept. 25, the former Playboy model had heard enough, defending herself and her parenting.
"Wow just Wow! Here we go again!" Coco wrote on Twitter. "Giving my lil girl a bath in the sink went Viral? SMH! People, you gotta know by now that I'm an unconventional mother."
Digging her heels in further, she even argued that parents could even look to her for tips.
"I do what works and is easier on me," she said. "Some may want to take some pointers rather than rag on me!"
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Following the defense, Coco's Twitter followers largely applauded her, as some joked that haters were more jealous of the deep sink and lavish home decor that anything else.
Coco has been judged by the social media world for her parenting several times before, but she always brushes off the criticism. Last year, the online parent police ripped her after revealing that she still breastfed Chanel. Many of those same "experts" slammed Coco again this past May after she posted vacation photos of Chanel in a stroller.