As we all know in Hollywood celebrities get married and divorce all the time, but there are some who really take the biscuit and have done this a few times. Here are 8 celebrities that have married 5 times or more….
Billy Bob Thornton: 5
Actor, director, and musician Billy Bob Thornton has been married and divorced five times, most notably to Angelina Jolie. His other wives include Melissa Lee Gatlin, Toni Lawrence, Cynda Williams, and Pietra Dawn Cher.
Danielle Steel: 5
The prolific romance novelist has been divorced five times, perhaps in search of her own happily ever after. After a nine year marriage to Claude-Eric Lazard, she married and divorced Danny Zugelder, William Toth, John Traina, and Tom Perkins.
Robert Evans: 6
Famed producer Robert Evans married seven times, and none of his marriages lasted more than three years. His shortest union–to Catherine Oxenberg–was annulled after nine days. Other wives include Sharon Hugueny, Camilla Spary, Ali MacGraw, Phyllis George, Leslie Ann Woodward, and Victoria White.
Larry King: 7
With seven divorces under his belt–two with third wife Alene Akins–the recently retired talk show host is often referred to as a serial marrier. He opened up to CBS “Early Show” co-anchor Erica Hill about his love life following the final episode of Larry King Live. “I think in my life, I have loved three people. Married all three. The other marriages I wasn’t in love, it was the thing to do,” he said. His current marriage to Shawn Southwick almost ended in divorce but the pair reconciled.
Zsa Zsa Gabor: 7
Hungarian actress Zsa Zsa Gabor has been married nine times–seven ended in divorce and one was annulled after a day because her prior marriage had not been properly dissolved. “I’m an excellent housekeeper,” she once said. “Everytime I get a divorce, I keep the house.”
Elizabeth Taylor: 7
Elizabeth Taylor has won two Academy Awards in her career and married almost four times as many husbands. Two of her seven divorces were from former co-star Richard Burton.
Mickey Rooney: 7
The 5’3 veteran actor has been divorced seven times, though his current marriage to Jan Chamberlain has lasted over 30 years. He is often the subject of comedians’ jokes for his inability to stay married, and has joked about it himself. He once said, “A lot of people have asked me how short I am. Since my last divorce, I think I’m about $100,000 short.” His other marriages include Hollywood starlet Ava Gardner.
Lana Turner: 8
Lana Turner, the famed American actress who passed away in 1995, had seven husbands, eight marriages, and eight divorces. Her shortest–4 months–was to Artie Shaw when she eloped with him on their first date. She then divorced her second husband, Joseph Stephen Crane, twice. The reigning queen of divorce once famously said, “My goal was to have one husband and seven children, but it turned out to be the other way around.”
And they say love is dead.
source: The Most Divorced Celebrities: 8 Stars Who Split 5 Times Or More [Huffington Post]
Bill Maher dropped the N-word during an interview Larry King‘s show Tuesday, the same day he picked up his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Nobody Noticed.
The “Real Time With Bill Maher” host, who’d thanked George W. Bush, Sarah Palin and the pope for his star earlier in the day, said he couldn’t wait to see the GOP debates before the 2012 presidential election.
“How are they going to out fire-breathe each other? I mean where this rhetoric has gone to at this point? It’s only 2010. And we’re having Newt Gingrich, as we were talking about before, calling [the president] an anti-colonial Luo tribesman. Luo tribesman,” Maher said.
“That’s the new Kenyan, Larry. And Kenyan, of course, was code for [the N-word]. But that’s where they are. They can’t say it out loud. But that’s where this whole campaign is going to be.”
According to the CNN transcript, King did not react specifically to Maher’s choice of words.
CNN has made it official, announcing Wednesday that reality TV host and former tabloid editor Piers Morgan will replace the departing Larry King in the coveted 9PM time slot.
The British-born Morgan, currently a judge on NBC’s ‘America’s Got Talent,’ will debut the as-yet-unnamed interview show in January, a month after King signs off from the long-running ‘Larry King Live,’ which has aired for 25 years.
Jonathan Klein, the struggling network’s president, informed staffers of the news in an upbeat internal memo. “We are delighted that he will now bring his dynamic, probing interview style to American television and to CNN viewers around the globe.”
CNN and NBC worked out a deal to allow Morgan to continue his work on the popular ‘Talent.’ Before breaking into British television, Morgan was the editor of a tabloid, the Daily Mirror. He was fired after the newspaper published fraudulent photos of British soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners.
Klein said that the final ‘Larry King Live’ will air Dec. 16, but its 76-year-old host will continue to host occasional programming for the network.
Morgan, 45, has been in talks with CNN since the summer about replacing King.
King dropped the bombshell in June that he was giving up his show. King made the surprising announcement via his Twitter account right before he taped that evening’s program. “Announcing tonight: I’m ending my nightly show this fall but continuing at CNN,” King wrote.
In a larger statement on CNN, King gave his reasons, which involved family but didn’t mention his plunging ratings.
“I talked to the guys here at CNN and I told them I would like to end ‘Larry King Live,’ the nightly show, this fall, and CNN has graciously accepted, giving me more time for my wife and I to get to the kids’ little league games.”
The decision to leave the show came after months of declining ratings and media speculation about the future of King’s career. The NY Times reported in March that the program was down about 50 percent in viewers and had seen its worst quarter ever at the start of the year.
The Firsky have come up with a list of 10 celebrity couples who stupidly never had a prenup and because of that have lost money to each other.
Kelsey Grammer and Camille, his wife of 13 years, are getting a divorce and, like so many who’ve eschewed Kanye‘s advice, there was no prenuptial agreement. This is kind of a big deal for Grammer, who was the highest paid actor on television during “Frasier”‘s 11-year run, making $1.6 million an episode towards the end. Grammer is requesting that some of his earnings be declared separate property, but that will only cover the first four years of the show, leaving the last seven years up for a 50/50 split. Plus, Camille is Kelsey’s third wife, so with the history and that psychology degree (just kidding), you’d think he would’ve known better!
Screaming mad Mel Gibson and his ex-wife Robyn got divorced last year, after 28 years of marriage, about three of them separated. And since there was no prenup, Robyn was eligible for 50 percent of Mel’s estimated $900 million that he earned by the time of their separation. Which is probably what she deserves for putting up with him.
Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe seemed like a dream couple, but when they got divorced in 2005, the lack of a prenup became a problem for Reese. The actress was pulling in $20 million a movie by that point while Ryan was making around $2.5 million. Under California law, their earnings were split 50/50. On the plus side, their kids are super cute.
It’s kind of shocking that Madonna and Guy Ritchie didn’t have a prenup, considering Madonna’s worth an estimated $500 million. She ended up paying Ritchie between $76 and $92 million in the divorce. Who needs jobs when we can just get divorces?
Ellen Degeneresand Portia de Rossi are the only couple in this slideshow who haven’t gotten divorced! They got married in 2008, and though Ellen is worth around $63 million, it’s been said that she thinks prenups are “unromantic.” I hope they’re always married—they’re super cute together and make me feel warm and fuzzy about marriage.
The Dream and Christina Milian were married for about a year when they announced their separation. They’ve got a baby together now and though Milian is a self-made millionaire, The Dream has a small fortune and sans prenup, Christina is entitled to part of it.
Roseanne Barr and Tom Arnold were totally in love in 1990, and Roseanne fired her attorney for suggesting a prenup. But four years later, Arnold walked away from their divorce with $50 million … and a Roseanne tattoo on his chest!
Even though it was Larry King‘s eighth marriage this time around, he didn’t get a prenup with Shawn Southwick. So when he allegedly cheated on her with her sister, his estimated $144 million could have been split 50/50. Thank goodness they’ve reunited—for now.
When Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey got married in 2002, it probably seemed like they had equal earning potential. But when they got divorced three years later, Jessica offered Nick $1.5 million, which he rejected, and ended up forking over “far less” than half of her estimated $36 million income during the time they were married, but “significantly” more than her original offer. Who knew 98 Degrees wasn’t going to last forever?
Everyone urged Paul McCartney to get a prenup when he married Heather Mills, but when they got divorced five years in, she made about $35 million. Plus, McCartney has to pay for their daughter’s nanny and education until she’s 18-years-old which costs $70,000 a year. Maybe Mills and Guy Ritchie should get together and make a Scrooge McDuck money swimming pool?
source: 10 Celebrity Couples Who Didn’t Have Prenups [The Frisky]
Earlier this evening, TV broadcasting legend Larry King dropped a bombshell: after 25 years of hosting the ‘Larry King Live‘ show on CNN, his nightly show will end this fall.
King made the surprising announcement via his Twitter account right before he taped this evening’s show. “Announcing tonight: I’m ending my nightly show this fall but continuing at CNN,” King wrote.
In a full statement on CNN.com, the TV icon said, “Before I start the show tonight, I want to share some personal news with you. 25 years ago, I sat across this table from New York Governor Mario Cuomo for the first broadcast of Larry King Live. Now, decades later, I talked to the guys here at CNN and I told them I would like to end Larry King Live, the nightly show, this fall and CNN has graciously accepted, giving me more time for my wife and I to get to the kids’ little league games.
“I’m incredibly proud that we recently made the Guinness Book of World Records for having the longest running show with the same host in the same time slot. With this chapter closing I’m looking forward to the future and what my next chapter will bring, but for now it’s time to hang up my nightly suspenders.”
The journalist will still appear on CNN frequently, hosting topic-related specials. “I’ll still be a part of the CNN family, hosting several Larry King specials on major national and international subjects,” King confirmed in the statement.
The decision to leave the show comes after months of declining ratings and media speculation about the future of King’s career. The NY Times reported in March that the program was down about 50 percent in viewers and had seen its worst quarter ever at the start of the year.
King’s announcement also comes just a few weeks after his own personal life made headline news. In April, King and his wife, Shawn Southwick, filed for divorce after both accused the other of infidelity. A month later, the reconciled couple called off the divorce and moved back in together. Earlier this month, Southwick suffered a prescription pill overdose and has been recovering since.
Another day another celebrity affair is reported so let’s call Larry King to the stage because he is being accused of having a 5 year affair with his wife’s sister.
Yesterday it was revealed that Larry and his seventh wife of 13-years, Shawn Southwick, were heading for divorce after they both had a huge fight and filed for divorce.
The divorce papers cited irreconcilable differences, he asked for joint custody of their two children but she wants primary custody as well as child and spousal support from him.
Now it is being rumored that Larry was sleeping with Shawn’s younger sister, Shannon Southwick, for the past 5 years. She is of course denying this but according to TMZ they were definitely doing the dirty and he bought her all kinds of stuff including a $160,000 car.
The final straw came when Shawn started checking his credit card and noticed a bunch of shit from Cartier, none of which she received. They had a punch up outside a Beverly Hills restaurant over it and have now split up.
Given the amount of people that Larry King has interviewed over their affairs and scandals, you would think he would remember the number one rule: never leave a paper trail. If he was going to cheat on his wife, which is insane at his age, then he should have paid in cash for those gifts.
source: Larry King’s Wife: He Never Got Me That Necklace [TM]
The utterly grief-stricken pixie of doom, Tila Tequila, has decided to go on camera to discuss the devastating loss of her “fiance” Casey Johnson.
I’m kidding. She had no comment about Casey Johnson, she just wanted to stand around looking like a drug addled freak while talking about appearing on Larry King and her upcoming “projects” while admitting that she’s an attention whore.
Carrie Prejean went on Larry King last night to talk about her new book. Unfortunately, Larry King asked about her motivation to settle her lawsuit — she let him know how inappropriate he was.
Even though Larry dropped the subject by taking a phone call, Carrie Prejean still wanted no part of it and removed her microphone. However, instead of leaving the state, she just sat there with this goofy look on her face.
Does she have any idea how ridiculous she looked? Nobody is going to buy her stupid book.
The hateful war between Kate and Jon Gosselin has just took another dive because he has apparently emptied their joint bank account.
According to Radar Online , the same day that Jon appeared on Larry King saying how he wants things to go nicely with Kate … he went to the nearest bank and withdrew almost their entire balance.
Yes he didn’t take the whole balance, Jon took over $200,000 for himself and left Kate with only $1000. According to sources, Kate uses this money to pay bills and food for the kids. It is also said that Jon broke court rules by taking money out of the bank account because it was supposed to be untouched (other than the bills).
Kate’s lawyers immediately flipped their shit and sent Jon and his lawyers a letter telling him to put the money back straight away but they never got a response, so now her lawyer is expected to go to a court in Pennsylvania to ask Jon be held in contempt and also put the money back.
I’m not a fan of either of these people but somebody needs to get Jon Gosselin and hang him.
Zimbio have thrown together a top 100 list of celebrity mugshots from the past, we all know what the recent ones look like so here is some of the ones that aren’t used often.
Anna Nicole Smith
Long before she became a tabloid star and her untimely end, Anna Nicole Smith had this mugshot snapped in Houston in 1989. The starlet, who was still years away from being named Playboy’s Playmate of the Year in 1993, was arrested for drunken driving.
Suzanne Somers
If you don’t recognize Suzanne Somers in this picture, there’s a reason for that: it was taken before she was famous. In March of 1970, Somers was arrested in San Francisco for attempting to pass bad checks totaling around $100. She avoided prosecution by agreeing to pay the amount back.
Carmen Electra
This grainy shot of Carmen Electra (real name: Tara Patrick) was snapped in Miami Beach in November of 1999, after police were called to break up a fight between Electra and her then-husband, Dennis Rodman. Electra was charged with misdemeanor battery, and taken in handcuffs to a a Miami-Dade County domestic violence unit. The fight was apparently sparked when Rodman saw one of Electra’s ex-boyfriends on television and became irate.
Steve-O
Jackass star Steve-O (real name: Stephen Glover) was arrested in August of 2002 for one of the more unusual reasons out of anyone on the list. He had allegedy stapled his scrotum to his thigh during a nightclub performance, causing him to be arrested for indecent exposure. It’s still not as a dumb as drunk driving, the crime of many of the others listed here.
Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen wasn’t quite able to make his own Great Escape when he got busted in 1972 for drunken driving in Anchorage, Alaska. He does, however, get bonus points for flashing the peace symbol. Namaste, Steve McQueen.
Frank Sinatra
By far the oldest mugshot we’ve got, check out this portrait the Chairman of the Board as a young man. Frank Sinatra was busted in Bergan, New Jersey in 1938 at the age of 23, on charges of allegedly seducing a married woman. Yep, you could get arrested for that back then.
Vince Vaughn
In April of 2001, Vince Vaughn was arrested in a North Carolina town after a massive brawl outside a New Hanover County bar. Vaughn, who was in town shooting the movie Domestic Disturbance, was drinking with Steve Buscemi. Vaughn and another bar patron reportedly nearly came to blows, and Buscemi attempted to play peacemaker. Buscemi was stabbed six times for his trouble, and Vaughn was arrested for fighting in public.
Bill Gates
Before he was one of the richest men in the world, Bill Gates was just a tech whiz kid who drove too fast. Here’s a pic from his arrest in Alburquerque, New Mexico in 1977. Gates was busted three seperate times by the cops in Alburquerque in the late 70s, all for reportedly speeding around town in his Porche 911.
Terrence Howard
Terrence Howard is known for his intense performance on the screen, and he brings that same intensity to this mug shot. The actor was arrested in August of 2000, after allegedly assaulting a Continental Airlines flight attendant after refusing to return to his seat when the seat belt sign was on. The charges, it should be noted, were eventually dropped.
Tupac Shakur
In March of 1995, Tupac Shakur had this mug shot taken by the New York Department of Corrections. Shakur had been found guilty of the sexual assault of a female fan, and served months in prison before being bailed out by Suge Knight. While in prison, Shakur released Me Against the World, becoming the only artist to have an album at number one while serving a prison sentence.
David Faustino
When news broke that the character that played Bud Bundy on Married… With Children was busted for pot possession, the jokes pretty much wrote themselves. David Faustino was arrested in May of 2007 in New Smyrna Beach, FL after police witnessed Faustino yelling profanities at his ex-wife in the middle of an intersection. When the cops discovered weed on the actor, the handcuffs came out, leading to this mug shot.
Akon
Now this is how you do a mugshot. R&B singer Akon turned himself in December of 2007, on charges of endangering the welfare of a minor following an incident when he tossed a young fan offstage after the boy reportedly threw something at him. Akon (born Aliaune Badara Akon Thiam) decided to get dressed up for the occasion.
Jane Fonda
In November of 1970, Jane Fonda was already facing charges of federal drug smuggling when she was arrested again in Cleveland for allegedly kicking a police officer. She fought the officer after being stopped at U.S. Customs and was found to be in possession of a large amount of prescription pills. All charges were later dropped.
Andy Dick
Andy Dick’s rap sheet is impressively long at this point, but none have produced a mug shot quite as disturbing as this, from a July 2008 arrest. Dick was accused of sexual battery, after allegedly grabbing a 17-year-old girl’s tank top and pulling it down, exposing her breasts outside a Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant. When cops searched him, they also found marijuana and Xanax.
David Bowie
On average, nobody looks good in a mug shot, but David Bowie is anything but average. The Thin White Duke was busted in March of 1976 for pot possesion, along with fellow rocker Iggy Pop and two other men.
Tom DeLay
You can take the man out of politics, but you can’t take the politics out of the man. In October of 2005, former House majority leader Tom DeLay’s career was in shambles, as allegations of corruption piled up at his doorstep, but you wouldn’t know that from his mugshot. The future Dancing with the Stars competitor flashed his pearly whites after turning himself in for a photo and fingerprinting at the Harris
County police department. Looking good, Tom.
Joshua Jackson
Joshua Jackson was at a Carolina Hurricanes hockey game in November of 2002 when he allegedly drunkenly assaulting a security guard working the event. According to police, Jackson grabbed the guard around the neck and began to throw punches. He was found to have a blood alcohol content of .14, almost twice the legal limit.
Larry King
In December of 1971, future broadcasting legend Larry King was working for a high-powered financier when he got caught on the wrong end of a deal. When King wasn’t able to pay back the his debts, he was arrested on charges of grand larceny. A judge threw the charges out, and King eventually pled no contest to one count of passing bad checks.
Marilyn Manson
Shock rocker Marilyn Manson had this mugshot snapped in January of 2001, after he reportedly shoved his crotch in the face of security guard during a concert outside of Detroit. The security guard, Joshua Keasler, told police that Manson pantomimed masturbation, approached Keasler from behind, spat on his head, wrapped his legs around the guard, and rubbed his crotch on Keasler’s head and neck. Keasler was understandably upset.
Yanni
Yanni, a pianist known for his soothing New Age music, wasn’t calming any nerves when he was arrested in March of 2006 after an alleged domestic abuse incident. Florida cops arrested Yanni (real name: John Yanni Christopher) after the musician allegedly struck his live-in girlfriend and ordered her to vacate his waterfront mansion. According to police, he also verbally abused the woman, calling her a “c—” “whore,” and “garbage.”
