CHRIS NOTH TIES THE KNOT: Chris Noth is a married man. The Sex and the City star exchanged vows with his longtime girlfriend Tara Wilson in Hawaii last Friday (April 6th). A source told the National Enquirer, “Chris and Tara married in the most romantic setting possible. Tara was beaming and Chris had a smile on his face the entire time.” The two have been dating for ten years and have a four-year-old son named Orion together — who served as their ring bearer.
FORMER MISS USA STRIKES PLEA DEAL: Former Miss USA Rima Fakih struck a plea deal in her DUI case on Wednesday just hours before she was due to stand trial. TMZ.com reported that Fakih pled no contest to misdemeanor driving while visibly impaired, stemming from her December arrest. Prosecutors then dropped the more serious charge of operating while intoxicated. Fakih will be sentenced in May and faces up to 93 days in jail.
PETRA NEMCOVA SPLITS FROM FIANCE: Petra Nemcova is back on the market. A rep for the supermodel confirmed that she and her fiance Kamie Belman have called off their engagement. The rep said, “Petra Nemcova and Jamie Belman confirm their separation. They remain close friends and thank their families for their continued support during this time. There will be no further comment on the matter.” The couple began dating in 2010 and got engaged eight months later.
KIM KARDASHIAN NOT PRESSING CHARGES: Kim Kardashian has decided not to file a police report against the women who threw a flour bomb at her last month on the red carpet. Although Kim originally wanted to pursue legal action, a source told RadarOnline.com, “What Kim could have done is filed a formal complaint or a police report and then that would have been turned over to prosecutors to determine if there was enough evidence to charge Cho. Kim is already going through exhausting and taxing divorce proceedings, she doesn’t want to get involved in yet another legal drama.”
MICHAEL WEATHERLY IS A DAD AGAIN: Michael Weatherly and his wife Bojana Jankovic welcomed a daughter on Tuesday, April 10. The NCIS actor announced on Twitter, “Gentlefolk of Twitter and elsewhere, Bojana and I are proud to announce the arrival yesterday of Olivia Weatherly! #SpecialAgentWeatherly.” Weatherly has a 16-year-old son named August from a previous marriage.
‘MARRIED WITH CHILDREN’ IS RETURNING: Fox is going to re-air the pilot to Married . . . with Childrenas part of its 25th-anniversary celebration on April 22th. That night will also feature an encore of The Simpsons’ 500th episode and then the network’s 25th Anniversary Special.
SHERRI SHEPHERD ‘DEVASTATED’ BY ‘DWTS’ ELIMINATION
Sherri Shepherd was her own hot topic on Wednesday’s The View, which was filmed less than 24 hours after her shocking elimination from Dancing With the Stars.
Shepherd addressed her teary reaction to the news on Wednesday’s show, telling her co-hosts and the audience, [“I think when people see I’m crying, it was not like oh my god like temper tantrum, [but] really tears of joy. Because I got to, you guys know, I wanted to do this for so long, and when you work so hard at something and be taken off the ride so soon, it really was devastating.”] SOUNDCUE (:16 OC: . . . really was devastating)
Sherri walked on stage to a standing ovation as the crowd chanted her name. Her co-host Whoopi Goldberg said that Sherri was “robbed.”
- Shepherd, however, is taking the experience in stride, reminding herself of the benefits of the show. She explained, “I learned I have stage fright, and have to get past it. And I was scared every week, and I learned to dance scared.”