Posted on Mon Apr 8th, 2019 2:05pm PDT By
X17 Staff
These ladies are in deep doodoo!
Even celebrities take a wrong turn sometimes and occasionally is a REALLY wrong turn. First off, Felicity Huffman paid $15,000 to have some dude cheat her daughter's SAT score to boost it 400 points to a 1420. So now she's pleaded guilty to fraud, along with 13 other parents and one former university coach in this huge college admissions scandal case. The Desperate Housewives alum, 56, faced a whopping TWENTY years in prison for scamming her daughter's way in to college.
Huffman released this statement today, when entering her guilty plea: "I am pleading guilty to the charge brought against me by the United States Attorney’s Office. I am in full acceptance of my guilt, and with deep regret and shame over what I have done, I accept full responsibility for my actions and will accept the consequences that stem from those actions. I am ashamed of the pain I have caused my daughter, my family, my friends, my colleagues and the educational community."
Meanwhile, a fellow actress, Allison Mack who appeared on the hit Smallville broke the law in a decidedly different way ... she's pleaded guilty of sex trafficking in the NXIVM sex cult case. The star was indicted on multiple counts of sex-trafficking, sex-trafficking conspiracy and conspiracy to commit forced labor in the case after allegedly recruiting women to be sex slaves for cult leader Keith Raniere. She was also accused of identity fraud and money laundering for the cult based in upstate New York.
Mack was arrested almost a year ago and release on $5 million bail -- at the time, she pleaded not guilty to all charges. But when the cult's co-founder's daughter pleaded guilty, Mack changed her tune. And what a tune it is -- listen to what she's guilty of ... court papers say Mack would "have victims provide the group with naked photographs, assets, criminal confessions and other damaging information, known as collateral." And it gets worse: "Mack would perform ceremonies in which her slaves were branded … [She] would place her hands on the slaves’ chests and told them to ‘feel the pain’ and to ‘think of their master,’ as slaves cried in pain."
Okaaaaayyyyy. Mack supposedly tried to recruit Emma Watson and Kelly Clarkson via Twitter (stay away, ladies!). She faces up to 40 years in prison and will be sentenced September 11.
Posted on Mon Apr 8th, 2019 12:51pm PDT By
X17 Staff
This SO funny on SO many levels ...
FYI, young people don't even know who you are, Leo -- we love you, but seriously. You haven't made a good movie in years, you date girls half your age and you drive a Volvo, so get over your big, bad self.
When we spotted DiCaprio, 44, today, apparently he spotted us, too, so he put his 21-year-old girlfriend Camila Morrone (yes, he's old enough to have fathered her but hey -- you love who you love!) on the lookout for lenses as he wriggled his way out of his mom car and pulled his baseball cap lower so as not to be photographed. Then he ran -- yes, he literally ran away from our photographer so as not to be snapped. Why? We'd like to ask him that ourselves!
Posted on Mon Apr 8th, 2019 10:49am PDT By
X17 Staff
We can't take how cute these babies are!
But honestly, that's not really what Beyonce's new documentary Homecoming: A Film By Beyonce is about. It's about Maya Angelou's important words used to voice over what a very young Beyonce hopes will be her legacy. It's like a career retrospective for a mid-career artist.
Justin Bieber seems to be starting a bit of a beef with fellow pop star heartthrob Shawn Mendes. Of course everyone knows of Shawn's history with Bieber's wife Hailey Baldwin, so clearly THAT'S got something to do with it but could it also be that Justin's feeling threatened by Mendes' musical success?
The "In My Blood" singer covers the latest issue of the Observer magazine and is dubbed the "Prince of Pop." Shawn posted the cover pic to Instagram and guess who commented?! Justin wrote: "Hmm ‘’ Gonna have to break a few more records to dethrone my title there bud (canadian voice)..but if you want we can play hockey for it but i heard your [sic] a real bender on the ice we could just drop the buckets and tilt for it."
Shawn replied, "@justinbieber LOL any time any day you just let me know!!!!!!"
Some fans didn't get that Bieber was supposedly commenting in jest and one dude wrote, "justin has been dead from music for how long? take a seat bud.†To which Justin replied, “There is no competition and it was a playful joke people relax.. there’s no sides we’re all just here to make dope music. I’m just [as] competitive as he is … so it was just a little playful jargon."
Posted on Mon Apr 8th, 2019 8:08am PDT By
X17 Staff
Not much to say about this ... Miley Cyrus and hubby Liam Hemsworth were out to dinner with his brother Luke and some pals Saturday at Nobu in Malibu and as they left ... in their MINI VAN -- yes, a mom van -- SOMEBODY flipped us the bird! Who shot the middle finger at the paps? YOU decide!
Posted on Mon Apr 8th, 2019 6:35am PDT By
X17 Staff
Justin Bieber is such a gentleman!
Not only did the pop star buy an $8.5M mansion for him and his wife to live in, he picked up a couple bouquets of flowers for wife Hailey Baldwin Sunday to put in the new home!
Justin and Hailey were previously staying in Justin's luxury penthouse residence at the Montage Laguna Beach for weeks while he received treatment at "brain heath center" the Amen Clinic and while they looked for a home up in LA. Well they found it and now they're back to living in the city and while Hailey seems to love it -- she can meet up with friends like Kendall Jenner at Pilates and for dinners at Nobu Malibu, and go shopping at local favorites like Fred Segal -- Justin, meanwhile, has been nesting. He's accepting deliveries at the house, getting their furnishings in order and staying home.
But why, when we spotted Hailey with pup Oscar Bieber outside the house yesterday, did she appear to be crying? Are those tears of joy over her first marital home?
Posted on Sun Apr 7th, 2019 12:52pm PDT By
X17 Staff
It was a Jenner summit at Nobu Malibu last night!
Kylie, Kendall, and Kris Jenner met up with supermodel pal Hailey Baldwin at the seaside sushi joint. Kylie was the leader of the pack in a sexy, slinky black silk slip dress -- even Kris' "boyfriend" Corey Gamble took notice (see him checkin' her out?!). Kendall was dressed in a flowy pantsuit, while Hailey looked amazing in a pastel camo pant with silk blazer and her hair pulled back.
Hailey and Kendall had just hung out earlier in the day, attending hot Pilates together in West Hollywood. So why are they hanging out again, all-of-a-sudden? The girls used to be friends back in the day when they'd hang at Justin Bieber's Calabasas mansion and play with Nerf guns ... remember that? Of course there are rumors Kendall and Justin hooked up at one point, so perhaps that's why Biebs didn't join the group last night?
Well he was also busy getting the couple's new Beverly Hills mansion ready to move into. We spotted Justin in his SUV, chauffeured by his bodyguard, at the new $8.5M pad as some deliveries were being made. Looks like moving day is getting close!
Posted on Sat Apr 6th, 2019 2:37pm PDT By
X17 Staff
Two hot supermodels doing hot Pilates together?! Yes, please!
Hailey Baldwin-Bieber (we can't bring ourselves to use only one last name!) and pal/fellow model Kendall Jenner hit up West Hollywood's favorite hot Pilates studio Saturday -- in fact, it's the same studio Selena Gomez frequents!
The pair both wore sexy Spandex hot pants and sports bras with sweatshirts and Hailey sported her HUGE diamond ring from hubby Justin Bieber.
Kendall made a pit stop after Pilates for some shakes, but sent her bodyguard in to pick them up. Meanwhile Bieber's chillin' in the O.C. at his Laguna Beach Montage residence without Hails. She had to be up in LA for some business, so he stayed behind to continue his regular treatments, though when we saw his yesterday, he didn't look happy at ALL with his wife being away.
Speaking of Justin, we just got in this kinda funny video of our videographer asking Hailey if she "has any cool names for the baby." Ha! Hailey went for some shopping at Fred Segal after his hot Pilates sesh with Kendall. She wore a cute cropped leather biker jacket with a cropped white top (hey, if you're gonna put in the time at the gym, you may as well show off the results!) and jeans. And we LOVE that green G-Wagon, G-Wagon, G-Wagon!