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Anne Hathaway's handlers are SO glad they talked her into separating from her con artist boyfriend Raffaello Follieri - before the chips started to fall. According to the NY Post, Follieri is bringing down the larcenous people he did his funny business with - including a few priests. Follieri is accused of paying off highranking Catholic clergymen who pretended to be his business associates and helped him defraud investors in real estate schemes. Cardinals and monsignors are running for cover! The question is: will any of this diminish Anne deep feelings for Raffaello? People who say they know Raffaello are starting to claim Anne snitched on him, but we doubt that very much.
Anne Hathaway isn't fooling us. Sure, she ANNOUNCED that she and her con artist boyfriend Raffaello Follieri split right before his latest troubles hit the headlines, but that was for show purposes only. Her people are trying to save her from being dragged into in his tawdry illegal activities. But she still loves him as much as ever and whenever he 's not locked up you can bet they will have secret rendezvous. Surely they are in constant contact, but from a distance. She's waiting and hoping that he will get out of his legal mess relatively unscathed so they can resume their romance in public. We'll see.
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Amy Winehouse is puzzled because R Kelly is a free man and her her Blaaake has been languishing in jail for the better part of a year. There IS a similarity in the cases if you dig deep. Blake had roughed up a guy in a pub and later tried to bribe him so he wouldn't press charges. The guy was happy to take the bribe, but someone snitched to the papers and exposed the plot. Blake got locked up for bribing, not for beating the guy up. R Kelly was accused of appearing in a sex video with an underage girl. It's rumored that R Kelly bribed his young victim and members of her family so they wouldn't testify against him. Supposedly they're living high on the hog these days. So HE got away scot free. Amy's not happy.
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Does ANYBODY believe those fabulous photos of boxer Oscar de la Hoya in fishnets, high heels, make up and wigs, were NOT real? The beautiful "dancer" Milana Dravnel who sold the photos (and is featured in many of them) just withdrew her lawsuit against Oscar. She filed suit against him for calling her a liar and saying the photos were fakes. Naturally he didn't want these photos bouncing around a courtroom and getting MORE newspaper coverage. Hence, it was announced that Marina DROPPED her suit after "experts" declared the photos faked. We're betting that Oscar gave Marina PLENTY of money to make it all go away and save face. Check out X17 online and see all the pictures. They're incredible.
When Britney Spears' father Jamie finally took a close look at her finances he was appalled first by a $225,000 American Express bill for one month! Brit's parents are trying to track down how Britney spent 22 million dollars since she split with Kevin. They're not sure exactly when Sam Lutfi declared himself her manager and took control of her finances, but the wild spending has been going on for awhile. According to the Enquirer, Jamie was outraged by the bills for rental cars- sometimes three at a time, besides the $250,000 Mercedes sports car Britney bought. Brit paid 7.2 million for a house with all it's furnishings, and then totally redecorated. She spent $200,000 on chandeliers alone, much more on jewelry, cameras, and flat screen TV's - just SOME of the things Jamie listed as missing from Britney's house. Brit's business manager says Lutfi sent outrageous invoices and contracts but he refused to give him any money. Sam Lutfi has a lot of explaining to do.
Amy Winehouse MUST be getting sober because she did something surprisingly thoughtful. She, like others in the UK, know how puritanical Americans can be. (Especially after her visa experience.) Keeping this in mind, she drew a little black bikini top on the large topless female tattoo on her arm so it wouldn't offend anyone watching her appearance on the Grammys! After the show, the makeshift top was washed off.
