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TLC’s T-Boz & Other Celebs Who Blew Their Fortunes

Julie GersteinNovember 28, 2011 //
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Say it ain’t so! TLC member T-Boz, one of the ladies who just a few years ago sang about wanting “No Scrubs,” filed for bankruptcy today. T-Boz — real name Tionne Watkins — owes more than $768,000 to creditors, most of which is related to her $1.2 million home. Ms. Boz does have money coming in  – she makes around $11,700 a month in income and spends around $8,800 — but she hasn’t been able to make any headway on her nearly million dollars of debt. She’s also claiming that a portion of her outstanding debt is related to unpaid child support bills, totaling somewhere around $250,000. [TMZ]

Of course, T-Boz is hardly the only celeb to file for bankruptcy  After the jump, some other celebs who blew their fortunes.

“Big Sexy,” TLC’s New Reality Show About Plus-Size Women In NYC

Jessica WakemanAugust 29, 2011 //

Rarely is there a reality show whose “stars” don’t make me stabby. (Or who look like they’re going to stab me, in the case of “Mob Wives.”) But the chicks on TLC’s “Big Sexy” actually seem like people who would be my friends in real life: funky, funny, and down-to-earth. The show, which debuts Tuesday night at 10 p.m., follows five full-figured females trying to make it in New York City’s fashion biz. This ain’t the gilded-lily “The City,” y’all: in this preview, we see the ladies being asked to pay $30 to enter a club while skinny-minnies behind them in line are let in for free. (After cussing out the bouncers, they stalk off.) I hope the entire show isn’t just incidents like this where they are discriminated against for being plus-sized because that would be depressing. Still I’m willing to give it a chance to counteract all the brain damage sustained by every minute spent watching Olivia Palermo onscreen. [AOL TV, TLC] Keep reading »

“My Strange Addiction” Tops Itself, Seriously

Ami AngelowiczAugust 9, 2011 //

My strange addiction is that I’m addicted to “My Strange Addiction.” Each week I promise myself it will be my last time writing about it. And then I see a new episode and the cycle starts all over again. The surge of adrenaline, the utter disbelief, the running to my laptop to blog about it. I’m sorry, readers. I promise this will be my last time — at least for a while since the season is over. The pillow addict was a tough act to follow, but TLC has topped itself this week with Cassie, the 26-year-old widow who is addicted to eating … her late husband’s ashes. Keep reading »

Sarah Palin’s Hair Salon Is The Subject Of A New Reality TV Series

Kate Torgovnick/Kate-Book.comAugust 4, 2011 //
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Whatever you think of Sarah Palin‘s politics and penchant for moose hunting, there is one thing that’s hard to deny about the woman: she has really nice hair. Apparently, she gets her updos done at the Beehive, a small salon in Wasilla, Alaska. And now, the salon will be the subject of a two-part reality TV series on TLC, the same channel that brought you “Sarah Palin’s Alaska.” The show will be called “Big Hair Alaska” and, according to the press release will go “inside a busy hair salon in Wasilla, Alaska, where the personalities of the owner and her staff are as big as the hairstyles they create.” Think of it as “Tabatha’s Salon Takeover” meets “Twin Peaks” with a heavy side-order of everyone’s favorite hockey mom. [Reuters, Newser] Keep reading »

“My Strange Addiction” Presents A Pillow Addict

Amelia McDonell-ParryAugust 2, 2011 //

 

This week on “My Strange Addiction,” we met 33-year-old Tamara and her pillow Boo. This pair has history. They’ve been together since 1982, when she found him at an antique shop, but their connection deepened when she leaned on Boo (literally) as a coping mechanism after being molested. Even though Boo has never been washed, Tamara insists he’s not stinky. But she doesn’t really care what anyone thinks of Boo. Not the president … or her boyfriend. Uh, she has a boyfriend? And I’m single? I’m sorry, let me not make light of her problem. Please note: this is an example of the importance of receiving therapy after a trauma. [Jezebel] Keep reading »

“Crazy About Pippa”: Pippa Middleton And Her Butt To Get Their Own TLC Special

Jessica WakemanJuly 28, 2011 //

Is Pippa Middleton interesting enough to warrant her own hour-long TLC special? Someone thinks so! “Crazy About Pippa” will air August 9th at 9 p.m. (EST) and will dish about all fascinating things Pippa-related: her famous sister, her famous sister, her famous sister, and oh yeah, her butt. Pippa is well-dressed, rich, pretty, and posed for a couple of ill-advised boobie pics. What more is there to know about Britain’s “most eligible bachelorette” that has not already been addressed ad nauseum since she rocketed to universal fame three months ago? Guess we’ll find out. Honestly, unless there’s some dirt on a Prince Hot Ginge hookup, I’ll pass on this one. [The Hollywood Reporter] Keep reading »

Eden Wood, Age 6, Retires From Pageant Circuit

Ami AngelowiczJuly 15, 2011 //

Most of us were busy solidifying our personalities when we were six, not solidifying our plans for retirement from pageantry. At age six, “Toddlers and Tiaras‘” Eden Wood has eclipsed spray tans and flippers. The little diva feels that her 300 wins on the circuit are enough to launch her into superstardom. She’s onto to bigger and better things in the Biz — a canopy bed collection, a memoir (aptly entitled From Cradle to Crown) , an action figure, a mall tour, and of course, her singing career starting with her singles “Cutie Patootie” and “Under Puppy.” Eh, let Eden go pursue her “destiny” as her manager /mother Mickie puts it. The only “Toddlers and Tiaras” star I care about is Eden’s rival, devil child and Ni Ni enthusiast, Mackenzie. Someone give that child her own show already! [Huffington Post] Keep reading »

“Freaky Eaters” Brings Us A Woman Who Eats 40 Ice Cream Bars A Day

Kate Torgovnick/Kate-Book.comJune 29, 2011 //

 

For the most part, TLC’s “Freaky Eaters” hasn’t lived up to the bizarre bar set by the toilet paper munching woman of “My Strange Addiction.” But Sunday night’s episode (sorry, behind on my DVRing) brought us Kimberly, a 50-year-old woman who is addicted to ice cream bars. Kimberly eats about 40 a day and very little else. In total, she eats about 10,000 ice cream bars per year. In other words, she’s single-handedly keeping Creamsickle afloat. Why does she love ice cream bars so? “They caress my throat all the way down to my stomach. It’s like having a lover,” she explains. Keep reading »

New Favorite TV Show: “Say Yes To The Dress Big Bliss”

Kate Torgovnick/Kate-Book.comJune 6, 2011 //


This weekend, I had a bookcase to assemble. So I turned on the television hoping to find something fun and mindless to watch while I tried to decipher Ikea assembly instructions. I am normally very anti-wedding shows—I don’t like how they play into the fairytale of weddings and put all the focus on spending an extravagant amount on one day rather than on working hard to make a relationship work every day. But for some reason, I decided the thing to watch was a marathon of “Say Yes To The Dress: Big Bliss.” And I would now like to declare this my new favorite guilty pleasure show.

The series follows the wedding dress consultants of Kleinfeld’s boutique, which has one of the largest collections of plus-sized wedding dresses out there, as they help brides—sizes 16 through 30—find the perfect wedding dress. So why am I so obsessed with this show? Keep reading »

An “Extreme Couponing” Scandal

Kate Torgovnick/Kate-Book.comApril 15, 2011 //


TLC’s new hit show isn’t about a family with a whole lot of kids. Nope, it’s about: coupon clippers. But not just any coupon clippers—obsessive couponers who save hundreds of dollars in a single trip to the grocery store … but then live their lives among their collected non-perishables. Which makes them just a step above hoarders in that the insane amount of clutter they’re living in is new crap rather than old, decaying crap. Ahhh, but there is already a scandal with this new show. J’aime Kirlew, who was shown on the series buying 70 newspapers in order to procure 70 copies of a coupon that made mustard 39 cents a jar in addition to other over-the-top penny pinching behavior, has been accused of coupon fraud. Keep reading »

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