Victoria’s Secret

HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW

The biggest story of the week was also one of the saddest ones. One Direction’s former member Liam Payne apparently committed suicide by jumping off of a hotel balcony in South America. Here’s what we know. The troubled singer has been spiraling with drug and alcohol abuse and it got so bad that his former band mates (they haven’t spoke in ages) were contacted weeks ago by a concerned mutual friend about participating in an intervention. They were trying to coordinate their busy schedules, but unfortunately they didn’t in time, and now they’re riddled with guilt that they didn’t act sooner.

Bad boy Sean Diddy Combs is hoping his high priced legal team can get him out on bail in a third appeal, but we just heard this scoop. If his long shot request is approved, one former friend (an A lister) has already contacted the authorities about getting around the clock protection. My source explains that half of Hollywood seems to be terrified of Diddy and while they’re publicly staying mum, privately they’re praying he stays locked up, since they feel safer that way. This friend is especially concerned because they were allegedly a victim of his sexual harassment.

The Menendez Brothers dominated the headlines again this week as the LA District Attorney revisits their sentence. We just heard this interesting tidbit. If the brothers are released from prison, they already have jobs thanks to the Kardashians! Momager Kris Jenner wants to produce a reality show starring the boys as they acclimate to the world after 30 plus years behind bars. Imagine them discovering iPhones, Instagram and so SO much more. Kris is willing to provide housing and security for them as well, so it’s likely they will take her up on the offer if they’re released.

Vice President Kamala Harris made news for going into enemy territory and sitting down for an interview with conservative Fox News. Could you only imagine scaredy cat Donald Trump taking hard questions from liberal leaning CNN? Most agree that Kamala aced it and now we heard the feedback was so positive she offered to return to the network for round two! The strategy is to show the brainwashed Trump loving viewers that she’s not the incompetent person Trump is painting her out to be.

Speaking of the ever declining Trump, he made news for the strangest reason yet. He turned a town hall into a disco and stopped answering questions after mere minutes and instead instructed his people to play music including the gay anthem, YMCA. My source says that even those closest to him are worried he’s completely lost his mind and are now begging his wife Melania to start accompanying him on public appearances since she’s the only one who seems to be able to control him. For her part, she isn’t interested and as we reported is likely to file for divorce if he loses the election and winds up in jail.

Finally, Gisele Bundchen made the news for something she didn’t do – join her fellow supermodels and return to the runway for the much anticipated Victoria’s Secret fashion show. After a 6 year hiatus the show returned with a splash featuring tons of their previous models including Tyra Banks and Kate Moss. We heard that while Gisele publicly claimed she was done with runway shows, privately she told a pal that the offer just wasn’t good enough and that’s why she declined to participate.

VICTORIA’S SECRET

Seems like fashion designer Victoria Beckham is always walking through airports looking every inch the successful and immaculate businesswoman. Those of us who arrive at our destinations looking decidedly rumpled might wonder how she does it. Fact is, the former Posh Spice enjoys her flight in comfy sweats and changes into her designer clothes and high heels right before landing, looking fresh as a gabardine daisy. This probably wouldn’t work for people flying coach, but we do love her color sense…

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KRISTEN STEWART HAS MASTERED THE ART OF DISTRACTION

If Kristen Stewart wants people NOT to notice her, she chose the right girlfriend. Since she filmed the Twilight series, Kristen has been neurotically trying to stay OUT of the limelight – she scurries about in hats and hoods, always looking at the ground. But after she started dating Victoria’s Secret Angel Stella Maxwell, all eyes are fixated on the striking model and Kristen kind of fades away. Both 27, they‘ve been together for nine months and Stella has moved into Kristen’s LA home. And when she’s out with Stella, Kristen doesn’t have to skulk in corners as much.

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BRUNO MARS IN HIGH HEELS

Bruno Mars livened up the Victoria’s Secret fashion show in Paris with his energetic music (we’re never quite sure what the point of these underwear shows is) but the most fun part was Bruno dancing around the statuesque models in his fur coat. The 5’5” dynamo was prepared for the event – he wore his HIGHEST HEELS! Heels on the outside of his boot were at least 3 inches, and it was evident that the inside was equally built up by the way his pants bunched over the boots. Did he visit Tom Cruise’s shoemaker for special lifts? Even with the extra inches Bruno was dwarfed by the models in stilettos, but that’s one of the things we love about him.

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LADY GAGA: 12 INCHES IN THE RIGHT PLACES

The streets of Paris were ALIVE today with dozens of giggly models who flew in to appear in the Victoria’s Secret fashion show. Not great news for girls of average height and looks, but Lady Gaga wasn’t bothered in the slightest. She added at least 12 inches to her height with massive platform heels (Take note, Mariah Carey, Gaga doesn’t need two men to hold her up!) The fashion addicted singer added 12 inches to each shoulder with her electric blue furry coat. Gaga looks pretty spectacular for an “average girl” – she was photographed on her way to the Grand Palais where the event is being held tonight.

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ANGELS NEED RETAIL THERAPY TOO

Here’s what you missed if you weren’t shopping on Melrose Avenue today: Victoria’s Secret models on the loose. A small pack of Angels took the neighborhood by storm and had heads turning as they hit one store after another. We love that they were all wearing sneakers – appropriate footwear for the sport of shopping. Giggling and chatting all the way, the girls and their shopping bags all piled into one car and took off.

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COURTNEY STODDARD COURTS THE PRESS AND HOPES TO BE THE NEW “IT” GIRL



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Teenage bride Courtney Stodden and her 51 year old husband Doug Hutchison did their best to make a scene at The Grove Sunday. Courtney inappropriately stuffed herself into a black skintight cocktail dress with a plunging neckline and high platforms and sashayed her way into Victoria’s Secret (where else?) to pick up some undies. Doug looks like he’s wearing platform shoes, too. Get a load of the faces on those people watching them pass by….

HARRY CONNICK JR AND HIS BIGGEST FANS

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Here’s a happy celebrity family you don’t see very often. Harry Connick Jr married former Victoria’s Secret model Jill Goodacre in 1994, and they live in Connecticut and NYC with their three daughters Georgia, 15, Sarah, 14, and Charlotte, 9. All the girls came out for the premier of Harry’s movie Dolphin Tale.

CAN MODEL SELITA EBANKS RESIST KANYE WEST’S CHARM?

Since he split with Amber Rose a few months ago, Kanye West has been spotted a number of times in the company of Victoria’s Secret/Sports Illustrated model Selita Ebanks, 27. Selita was engaged to Nick Cannon in 2007 (obviously THAT didn’t work out) and recently she was dating Maxwell. Kanye hand picked her to appear in his “Runaway “ video and we all know that’s how singers hook up with models. Selina insists they’re just friends, but they’ve been seen out several times – including, above, at the Grazia Masquerade Ball in Paris. What are they doing in Paris together if they’re just “friends?” (Note they BOTH assume model poses when they see the cameras coming)