Posted on Fri Aug 19th, 2011 11:30am PDT By
X17 Staff
Kelly Bensimon is 43 and looking fabulous!
The
Real Housewives of NYC star is flaunting her ripped bikini bod on the cover of
Shape Magazine.
As for how she keeps toned and tight, Bensimon says a healthy lifestyle helps. She tells the mag:
“My body is like a Ferrari. I know what it needs to run well — and that doesn’t include drugs, alcohol, or cigarettes.â€
How bout' a test drive?
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Posted on Fri Aug 19th, 2011 11:15am PDT By
X17 Staff

Bravo has decided to re-edit scenes from
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills in the wake of Russell Armstrong's suicide this week.
While many were reporting that the series premiere date would change, network president Frances Berwick told
Variety that the show will still air September 5.
"Contrary to what is being reported, we have not made a decision to change our original premiere date but we are in the process of reediting the show," he said.
Taylor filed for divorce in July, and the second season was originally going to feature her marital problems with Russell as a major storyline. Her estranged husband was found dead Monday night after hanging himself at a home on Mullholand Drive.
Bravo has not confirmed yet if Russell will make a minor appearance on the show or if footage of him will be removed from the episodes completely. However, his mother John Ann Hotchkiss is
threatening to sue if Russell appears on the show at all.
Before his death, Armstrong confessed to his mother John Ann Hotchkiss that he expected to be
“crucified this season.â€
So sad!
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Posted on Fri Aug 19th, 2011 11:00am PDT By
X17 Staff

She may be returning next season, but Jennifer Lopez confesses her gig on
American Idol has really worn her out!
In fact, the newly-single Lopez didn't even know whether she would return to
Idol next season until the very last minuet.
At a news conference in Savannah, Ga., where the show is taping, J. Lo confessed to reporters:
"I got a little bit tired at the end with everything going on in my life at the time ... but Idol is one of the best things I've ever been involved with. I was like, 'Okay, I'm gonna do it again."
Lopez split with husband Marc Anthony less than two months after
Idol's seaosn finale.
Season 11 auditions will take place in Denver, Houston, St. Louis, Portland, Ore., San Diego, Pittsburgh and Charleston, N.C., and are set to kick off in a couple weeks, according to Ryan Seacrest's Twitter page.
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Posted on Fri Aug 19th, 2011 10:40am PDT By
X17 Staff
Apparently $85 million can buy you a home, but maybe not tact.
Petra Ecclestone is reportedly stripping the incredibly expensive home she bought from Candy Spelling, according to the U.K.'s
Daily Mail.
The British
Formula 1 heiress is said to be taking out all of the old-fashioned chandeliers, fireplaces, gold fixtures and wallpaper and replacing them with more modern designs.
Ecclestone also brought antique dealers into the Holmby Hills mansion to bid on any items they liked. That's one way to get rid of things - and get some of your investment back! After all, the 22-year-old supposedly borrowed $82.4 million (as in, nearly the entire bid) from her mother Slavica in order to buy the home.
See more pictures of the Spelling estate - considering the most expensive home in the United States - below.
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Posted on Fri Aug 19th, 2011 10:15am PDT By
X17 Staff
Lindsay Lohan showed off her sun-kissed and freckly skin while smiling for our cameras after grabbing a bite in Sherman Oaks.
The 25-year-old starlet, who's been spending lots of time at the beach surfing and cycling, was in great spirits. We would be smiling, too, if we were carrying a Louis Vuitton one day ... and a pricey Birkin bag the next! Only the best for our girl, Lilo.
We're lovin' her low key style and minimal makeup. What a natural beauty!
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Posted on Fri Aug 19th, 2011 10:10am PDT By
X17 Staff

The sudden and untimely death of
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Russell Armstrong has left the show's execs scrambling to remove any mention of the reality TV hubby, and now his mom is threatening legal action if even one frame of her deceased son is shone on the upcoming season.
John Ann Hotchkiss told the
Daily News in a tell-all interview, on Thursday:
"He said he wasn't sure he could survive it. I think he could see the walls caving in. He thought they were destroying what pride and reputation he had left. He felt so alone toward the end."
Hotchkiss says she will take legal action if her son is at all featured in the upcoming season, set to premiere Sept. 5 on Bravo. The 69-year-old says Armstrong's ex-wife, Taylor, has been "very gracious" about the request that her son be removed from the program.
Armstrong's mother also says she's too distressed to travel to California for the funeral, so she is holding an Episcopalian service for her son in Texas. Taylor has agreed to hand over some of her husband's ashes so Hotchkiss can bury them in a family plot overlooking a lake.
"I'm thinking maybe we'll put Russell in the middle between me and my late husband — the step-father who raised him. I'm grateful we'll always be together," Hotchkiss reveals.
Bravo has yet to comment on how the shocking death will affect the show's upcoming second season, but the sudden death has caused a major delay in production.
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Posted on Fri Aug 19th, 2011 9:40am PDT By
X17 Staff
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley looks picture perfect every time she steps out!
The Victoria's Secret supermodel donned a pink Seventies-inspired long-sleeved wrap dress and she accessorized with some tall retro-style boots and matching ostrich-skin bag, as she left a long lunch at E Baldi restaurant in Beverly Hills, on Thursday.
The
Transformers: Dark of the Moon recently confessed to
Maxim Australia (she's this month's cover girl) that her famously luscious lips often have a mind of their own.
The 24-year-old stunner confessed: "They have a life of their own. They get me in trouble. You know mood rings? I've got mood lips. The rest of my body requires a lot of upkeep, but the lips are one thing I don’t have to work on."
Check out Rosie's smokin' hot
Maxim Australia cover, after the jump ...
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Posted on Fri Aug 19th, 2011 9:20am PDT By
X17 Staff

French actor Gerard Depardieu has apologized for his embarrassing "incident" that had him removed from an Air France flight to Dublin this week.
The 62-year-old actor began urinating into a plastic bottle in front of fellow passengers after the staff denied him permission to use the lavatory before take off.
But Depardieu's friend says it was all due to "prostate problems". Fellow actor Edouard Baer, who was traveling with him, confessed in a statement issued on Depardieu's behalf to French media:
"Gerard was upset at this and offered to clean up the mess. He has prostate problems and it was very worrying and humiliating for him. He was also stone-cold sober at the time. This is not the way he usually behaves."
Following the incident, the aircraft taxied back to the terminal at Charles de Gaulle airport and Depardieu was removed from the flight.
Cityjet confirmed the plane had been delayed and it took off later than scheduled, and said in a statement: "Flight AF5010, which was due to depart at 1845 from Paris to Dublin, was delayed due to an incident on board involving a passenger who refused to remain in his seat as the aircraft was taxiing on the runway. The captain returned the aircraft to stand where the passenger was offloaded."
Depardieu was able to catch a later flight to Dublin after being banned from his first flight following the incident.
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