Beverly Hills

HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW

Martha Stewart was all over the news for her popular Netflix documentary, and here’s what we know. While Martha dropped some bombshells (including that her first husband was aggressive in bed and she liked it!) she’s saving even MORE of the juicy scoops for round two. While it hasn’t been announced yet, my source says Netflix has greenlit a second documentary which will reveal more secrets from Martha’s life. My source adds that Martha is relishing the newfound attention -especially since she’s reaching an entirely new audience.

Sean Diddy Combs is still behind bars, but his Beverly Hills house is in the news because it’s been sitting on the market with no offers and barely any interest. I’m hearing this from my well placed real estate source: behind closed doors, the city is putting together an offer to purchase the estate (where numerous sex crimes have allegedly taken place) demolish it, and turn the area into a green space. While Beverly Hills can certainly afford to buy the property, one of the things holding up the plan is persuading the neighbors. We can exclusively reveal their pitch is this… “Would you rather live next to a park or a tourist attraction?” Sight-seeing busses loaded with tourists have recently added the home to their tours, causing traffic in the residential neighborhood and some of the neighbors are livid.

Kristin Cavallari made headlines after she was seen hanging out with her ex-boyfriend Mark Estes just weeks after breaking up with him. This should come as no surprise to loyal readers, since we previously reported that although the May/December couple were kaput, they were maintaining a friends with benefits arrangement. We are hearing that is exactly what happened and this isn’t the first time the duo have seen each other since splitting, it is just the first time they were photographed together in public.

Speaking of breaking up, Valerie Bertinelli was in the news since her once promising relationship with Mike Goodnough surprisingly ended. We are hearing that while long distance played a major part in the split since he lives on the East Coast and she’s a California girl, that wasn’t the only cause. According to my source, Valerie had some serious trust issues because Mike would go dark and not respond to texts or calls and that didn’t sit well with the One Day at a Time star. While Valerie didn’t have concrete evidence she suspected something was up and that’s why she was the one who called it quits.

Finally, Kamala Harris made the news and we all know why. We just heard this. One of the first people to call her was diehard supporter Sarah Jessica Parker but it wasn’t only to offer her condolences after the loss, it was to offer her a job! Sarah wants Kamala to play herself on an episode of And Just Like That. We heard that the Vice President didn’t say yes, but she also didn’t say no. She agreed to look at a script and if it works for her brand, you can expect to see her on an episode of the series!

Photo: Netflix

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DOES IVANKA TRUMP DARE TO BUY A HOME IN BEVERLY HILLS?

Don’t tell her father, but Ivanka Trump is quietly looking for a home in Los Angeles. While her insecure dad Donald Trump continues to bash California and its governor, Gavin Newsom, Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner are house hunting in the Beverly Hills area. While Ivanka and Jared still plan to call Miami home, they seem to be spending more time on the West Coast, so they feel it makes sense to own a place here. The couple are making home sellers and realtors sign strict NDA’s since they don’t want to deal with the wrath of Donald if word got out they wanted to own a home in the state he seemingly hates. Too late! Our source who didn’t sign the agreement, blabbed!

Photo Credit: BACKGRID-USA Ivanka at Kim Kardashian’s birthday party in Beverly Hills

SCOTT BAIO: “I’M RISKING MY CAREER BY SPEAKING OUT!”

Scott Baio passionately told supporters at the Beverly Hills rally for Donald Trump that he loves his country and thinks the president will win the election because he feels “the silent majority is fed up.” He went on to say that “if we DON’T re-elect Donald Trump, everything we hold dear as Americans will be gone: God, Christmas, freedom, the flag, the national anthem- gone before you can blink! On election day the choice is not between Trump and Biden- it’s between American freedom/capitalism and Marxism!” (If only it were that simple…)

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HOW DID HAROLD SMITH SHOOT RONNI CHASEN FROM A BICYCLE?

Incredulous reporters quizzed the Beverly Hills police at their press conference today – everyone was flabbergasted to hear that the bullets that killed Ronni Chasen match the gun that Harold Smith used to kill himself. Cops theorized that Smith was desperate for money and it was a random robbery gone bad- ON A BICYCLE! LAPD has yet to turn over the bike to the Beverly Hills cops. Harold was certainly a good shot, but why didn’t he grab Ronni’s handbag on the seat next to her? Beverly Hills police played down the fact that they got the Harold Smith lead from America’s Most Wanted who received a call from a tipster. (Presumably the tipster will collect the $125,000 reward.) There are still a LOT of unanswered questions here so don’t put the Beverly Hills cops on a pedestal yet.

WAS RONNI CHASEN HANDICAPPED?

Okay, we’re going out on a limb here, but this photo of Ronni Chasen’s crashed car is EXTREMELY revealing. We’re talking about the handicapped card. As far as we can ascertain, busy, active Ronni was far from handicapped. People who don’t live in Beverly Hills might not be aware that many residents with money abuse the handicapped policy and obtain handicapped placards without an infirmity. Perfectly healthy people get to park ANYWHERE WITHOUT PAYING FOR AS LONG AS THEY PLEASE and they never get a ticket. (It’s ironic that the wealthiest residents don’t have to pay for parking.) This thoroughly infuriates both people with genuine handicaps because their spaces are taken, and people without handicaps who resent their cheating. (That’s us.) Newsman Joel Grover investigated this phenomenon and found MOST people with the placards are cheating and everybody else loathes them. Form your own conclusions.

WHO KILLED RONNI CHASEN?

This has been the number one subject in Hollywood this week, and five days after the murder we still don’t know much. From day one, the police suspected it was a deliberate hit instead of a random act, and nothing they’ve discovered has changed that assumption. But why wouldn’t an assassin TRY to cover up the motive and make it LOOK like a robbery? The Beverly Hills police are scrutinizing the videos they picked up from sources near the killing, but they’re dead silent. It’s interesting that the BH police have refused help offered from other agencies and insist they will solve the crime themselves. (Granted, they don’t get many opportunities to solve crimes in that town.) Everybody assumes there’s a juicy story behind this murder – involving big money, ego, sex, who knows WHAT. Did Ronni harbor a piece of volatile information? TMZ seems to have dropped the ball on this one – with all their legal connections, we’d expect SOMETHING. The New York Post says Ronni told a friend last year that she thought someone was “following her.” Do any of you readers have a story about Ronni you want to share, or a theory, or actual information?

THE BECKHAMS ARE SETTLING IN BEVERLY HILLS

The first family of fashion has decided to call Los Angeles home. David and Victoria Beckham are selling their massive 24 acre estate in the UK, which is worth almost 25 million dollars, and calling their Beverly Hills house home base from now on. Their three sons Brooklyn, 11, Romeo, 8, and Cruz, 5, love living in sunny LA. Accountants advised David and Victoria to sell the English estate, jokingly called “Beckingham Palace,” because the upkeep was astronomical and they were seldom there. The family will maintain a London townhouse for visits.