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☆ Kyle Richards and Mauricio Umansky deny they are divorcing
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —A pair of “Real Housewives” stars are pushing back on speculation they are divorcing. Kyle Richards and Mauricio Umansky, who have been married for 27 years, released a statement after People reported on Monday they are separated but still living under the same roof. “In regards to the news that came out about us today… Any claims regarding divorcing are untrue,” the couple wrote in an Instagram post. “However, yes, we have had a rough year. “While it may be entertaining to speculate, please do not create false stories to fit a further salacious narrative.

Persons: “, Kyle Richards, Mauricio Umansky, ” Umansky, ”, Kyle, Mauricio, ” Richards, Kim Richards, Kathy Hilton Organizations: CNN, Housewives, Beverly, Netflix Locations: Beverly Hills, ”

☆ A Bravo-obsessed Instagram account and podcast notched its biggest growth month ever amid 'Vanderpump Rules' #Scandoval. Here's its plan to keep the momentum going as the drama winds down.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Ashley Rodriguez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The most explosive season of Bravo's "Vanderpump Rules" ended last week. The world of "Vanderpump Rules" was rocked in March when longtime cast member Ariana Madix discovered her partner of nine years, Tom Sandoval, had been having an affair with one of her close friends, Raquel Leviss. One Bravo-focused account seized the #Scandoval moment and gained 44,000 Instagram followersBravo by Betches, an Instagram account devoted to all things Bravo from Betches Media, had its biggest growth month ever during March. While growth has slowed since peak #Scandoval, the women's media company has managed to sustain some of the Vanderpump bump. Before #Scandoval, the audience for "Vanderpump Rules" had been waning and Bravo by Betches wasn't posting about the show as much.

Persons: Betches, Ariana Madix, Tom Sandoval, Raquel Leviss, dishing, Bravo, Madix, Sami Sage, Daisy Kelliher, Dylan Hafer, —, It's, lt's, Hafer Organizations: Bravo, Betches, Betches Media, Apple, Housewives, New Locations: Orange County, New York

☆ Wealthy shoppers keep flocking to Aldi and dollar stores and say there's no longer any stigma, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Wealthy shoppers are increasingly turning to discount stores like Aldi, Dollar Tree, and Dollar General. This is because of inflation, improved product quality, and changing attitudes to discount stores. Morgan Pierce, who The Journal reported earns about $200,000 a year working at McDonald's corporate office in Chicago, visits Aldi and dollar stores for staples. People who The Journal spoke to said that the idea of shopping at discount stores was no longer as stigmatized. Soaring inflation during 2021 and 2022 combined with better-quality budget products and a rising number of brand-agnostic shoppers have all helped to push wealthier shoppers to discount stores.

Persons: —, Morgan Pierce, I'm, Pierce, Rick Dreiling, Kelly Dilts, Bob Gillman, Bethenny Frankel, It's, Dreiling Organizations: Service, Wall Street, Aldi, Dollar, YouTube, Housewives, New Locations: Aldi, Chicago, New York City

☆ How Bravo's 'Vanderpump Rules' and #Scandoval have boosted NBCUniversal's Peacock as streamers increasingly lean into reality TV
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Ashley Rodriguez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Peacock seized on the recent runaway success of "Vanderpump Rules" to reach new audiences. It also shows the potential for Peacock's reality-TV shows compared to those on other top streamers. The surge shows how Peacock — whose Instagram bio still reads: "Why are you reading this bio instead of watching Vanderpump Rules rn?" Thanks in part to its Bravo catalog, Peacock is in one of the best positions to capitalize on its unscripted TV pile. Recent Parrot Analytics data first published by TVREV shows Peacock had the second-largest US share of demand for unscripted TV programming during Q1, and ample supply.

Persons: Peacock, Jax Taylor, Brittany Cartwright, Lisa Vanderpump, Ariana Madix, Tom Sandoval, Raquel Leviss, we've, I've, TVREV, HBO Max, Scandoval Organizations: West Hollywood, Housewives, Beverly, Bravo, Housewives of, Warner Bros, Discovery, HBO, Netflix, Hulu Locations: West, Beverly Hills, Jersey

☆ Data shows how Bravo's 'Vanderpump Rules' and #Scandoval have boosted NBCUniversal's Peacock as streamers increasingly lean into reality TV
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Ashley Rodriguez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Peacock seized on the recent runaway success of "Vanderpump Rules" to reach new audiences. Data shows how the streamer's marketing and programming efforts to capitalize on the show's high-profile drama have played out. It also shows the potential for Peacock's reality-TV shows compared to those on other top streamers. The surge shows how Peacock — whose Instagram bio still reads: "Why are you reading this bio instead of watching Vanderpump Rules rn?" Recent Parrot Analytics data first published by TVREV shows Peacock had the second-largest US share of demand for unscripted TV programming during Q1, and ample supply.

☆ What Elizabeth Holmes’ life in prison could look like
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Catherine Thorbecke | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Holmes reported to the Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas, on Tuesday to begin serving out her 11-year sentence after being convicted on multiple charges of defrauding investors while running the now-defunct startup Theranos. Located approximately 100 miles outside of Houston, where Holmes grew up before moving to California to attend Stanford, FPC Bryan is a minimum-security federal prison camp housing more than 600 women offenders. Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes is escorted by prison officials into the the Federal Prison Camp on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, in Bryan, Texas. But according to Mark MacDougall, a longtime white-collar defense lawyer and former federal prosecutor, the prison won’t be a walk in the park for Holmes. Housing at FPC Bryan typically consists of dormitory-style arrangements featuring a four-bunk cubicle and communal bath facilities, he said.

☆ Elizabeth Holmes faces 6 a.m. wake-up calls and making her own bed at federal prison camp
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-28 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Theranos founder is expected to do so at Bryan federal prison camp in Texas. Elizabeth Holmes, the convicted founder of Theranos, is expected to start serving her 11-year sentence at a federal prison camp in Texas Tuesday. At the prison camp, the 39-year-old mother of two will have no choice but to don khaki prison garb. A copy of "Bad Blood," John Carreyrou's book about the rise and fall of Holmes and Theranos, has been spotted in the library of the prison camp, per The Journal. The prison camp holds about 650 women convicted of white-collar crimes, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

☆ Jen Shah and Elizabeth Holmes, both convicted of fraud, can take business skills classes at the Texas prison where they'll serve their sentences
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elizabeth Holmes will be staying at the same prison camp as Real Housewives star Jen ShahThe Texas women's prison offers business skill classes to all inmates. Both Holmes and Shah have been convicted of fraud relating to their business practices. Elizabeth Holmes is set to begin her 11-year sentence for fraud related to her failed blood-testing business at a prison camp in Texas that, ironically, offers business classes to inmates, according to an inmate orientation handbook. Holmes was convicted in November 2022 of three charges of wire fraud and one conspiracy to commit wire fraud charge after a jury found she defrauded investors in her health tech company Theranos. It's not all bad though: the prison offers wellness classes, arts and crafts, and leisure programs.

☆ Elizabeth Holmes will soon have to ditch her black turtleneck for khaki prison garb and will earn as little as 12 cents an hour working on the prison factory line
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Aditi Bharade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Holmes will soon ditch her turtleneck and work in a factory line, earning 12 cents to a dollar. The disgraced Theranos CEO has been instructed to report to a Texas prison at the end of May. Holmes was convicted on four counts of fraud and conspiracy in January 2022. Elizabeth Holmes will soon be switching out her famous black turtleneck in favor of drab khaki prison wear when she reports to a prison in Texas at the end of the month. At the Texas prison, Holmes will be expected to dress in khaki pants and shirts and will have to dispense with any jewelry exceeding $100 in value, per an inmate admission and orientation handbook.

☆ Bethenny Frankel still had Ikea furniture while shooting 'Real Housewives of New York': 'I never spent a dime'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

In a recent TikTok post, the 52-year-old spoke about how she was militant about not spending money she didn't have. Frankel earned just $7,250 for her star-making turn on the first season of "The Real Housewives of New York." "My apartment was furnished by Ikea when I was on the 'Housewives of New York,'" she said. In the years following her "Housewives" debut, Frankel started and sold her Skinnygirl Cocktails brand for a reported $100 million. "I was always terrified, because you don't spend money you don't f---ing have."

☆ Jamie Foxx’s friends and family aren’t sharing his medical diagnosis. Here’s why
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Jamie Foxx was hospitalized weeks ago but there’s still not much publicly known. Anyone who has followed Jamie Foxx’s career closely, however, shouldn’t be surprised by that. There has been practically no information released other than his family initially asking for privacy and a post last week on Foxx’s verified social media account. Foxx and Holmes reportedly split in 2019. So the silence surrounding Foxx’s “medical complication,” to use his family’s words initially, seems in keeping with how the performer conducts himself.

☆ How Tracy Tutor went from selling suits at the mall to raking in $250 million in real-estate deals last year and boasting celebrity clients like Janet Jackson and Channing Tatum
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Tutor's first big deal, in 2008, was a $34 million Beverly Park home with four acres, a ballroom, and a tennis court, that she brokered with The Agency cofounder Mauricio Umansky. It was for her father, who Tutor said was the toughest client she ever had. Mauricio Umansky, left, and his wife Kyle Richards, who now star on "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills." Robin Marchant/Stringer/Getty Images

☆ Jessie Ware Centers Herself With ‘Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( Caryn Ganz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Scrolling through a list of cultural influences on her phone in the bar of a New York hotel, Ware debated what to include. 1Photo BoothsI’m constantly trying to make my phone take pictures that look old and romantic, and the photo booth just does that. What I’ve just started doing is taking selfies of myself, but pretending that I’m being caught off guard so that I can get really good photos with my children. 2‘The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’It’s dirty and naughty and I probably should be doing something else, but I’m there, invested in the Kathy and Kyle drama. It’s so good for being able to work out your route for the day, like, I’m going to go to this coffee shop, then I’m going to go to the famous cemetery in Buenos Aires, and then I’m going to walk from there.

☆ Netflix apologizes to enraged viewers after a highly anticipated live reunion episode of 'Love Is Blind' was delayed due to technical difficulties
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( Aditi Bharade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The highly anticipated reunion episode of Netflix's "Love Is Blind" was delayed on Sunday. Angry fans have lashed out at global streaming giant Netflix after a highly anticipated "Love is Blind" live reunion was delayed due to technical issues. The live reunion special for Season 4 of the hit reality show was supposed to air at 8 p.m. E.T. But shortly before that, Netflix tweeted that it would be up within 15 minutes, the New York Times reported. E.T., Netflix tweeted that the show would be available "globally at 12pm PT on April 17.

☆ Self-made millionaire Bethenny Frankel shares the No. 1 negotiation tip that made her rich: 'It changed my entire life'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The reality TV alumna, who later founded the Skinnygirl lifestyle brand and became a self-made millionaire entrepreneur, agreed to a payment of just $7,250 for the hit Bravo TV show's first season, she said in a recent Instagram Reel. But she didn't let the network take a percentage of anything she made on her own, a move that "changed my entire life," she added. Frankel crossed out that section of the contract, and Bravo agreed to her terms, she said. A year later, Frankel founded Skinnygirl, which was initially built around selling pre-packaged, low-calorie margaritas. Shortly after, Frankel sold Skinnygirl Cocktails to Beam Global for an estimated $100 million dollars, keeping the rights to the "Skinnygirl" name.

☆ Lawyers, lies and a housewife: American Greed goes inside the story of Tom Girardi
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-07 | by ( Cnbc.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Personal injury attorney Tom Girardi is a legal legend and courtroom shark. He says he's a champion for the little guy, winning hundreds of millions in settlements for widows, orphans and scores of vulnerable victims. Today, Girardi is facing hundreds of millions of dollars in lawsuits alleging fraud, and his famous namesake law firm has gone bankrupt. Also, Erika had no control over Tom Girardi's firm or finances. Erika turned over her earnings to her husband and his law firm, who handled all finances along with outside accountants."

☆ I'm a reality TV casting director — here's what we look for in a contestant on shows like 'Queer Eye'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-17 | by ( Sasha Weilbaker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Ally Capriotti Grant is a casting director who worked on "Queer Eye" for five seasons. Then her team looks for someone who is open, honest, and ready for help from the hosts of the show. I started working on "Queer Eye" in December 2016 and worked there through season five, which aired in June 2020. I love that "Queer Eye" celebrates what makes us different. What is the city known for in general?"

Chicago prosecutors alleged that Girardi misappropriated more than $3 million in client funds owed to families of the victims of the 2018 Boeing (BA.N) 737 MAX Lion Air Flight 610 crash in Indonesia. Christopher Kamon, the former chief financial officer of Girardi's now-defunct law firm Girardi Keese, was also charged in the Chicago and Los Angeles cases. Girardi's son-in-law, David Lira, who worked at the firm, was charged with wire fraud and criminal contempt of court by the Chicago prosecutors. The California Supreme Court disbarred Girardi in June in connection with his alleged conduct in the Lion Air case. Kamon was separately charged with wire fraud in November for allegedly embezzling $10 million from the defunct Girardi Keese firm.

☆ A home flipper who helps sellers get up to 30% more for their properties shared 5 easy upgrades that help boost resale value — and 5 design choices that turn buyers off
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Zoe Rosenberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Her company, Homegirl, advises clients on the interior design trends that boost resale value. She spoke with Insider about what trends buyers want right now that will help sellers get up to 30% more when listing their homes, and what styles are no longer in their favor. Minimalist art, right, is out of style. Unlacquered brass hardware, left, adds a sense of age to a room while black hardware, right, has fallen out of favor. Nadav Havakook/Homegirl, Wachirawut Priamphimai/EyeEm/Getty ImagesStatement-making, sculptural lights that double as art pieces are what buyers are looking for these days.

☆ ‘The Real Housewives of Dubai’ Are Supposed to Get Cheaper Booze Now
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Rory Jones | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

DUBAI—The United Arab Emirates, where Dubai is located, has in recent years tried to position itself as a playground for the rich, offering longer-term visas, zero income taxes and plenty of night life. More than 80% of the population is expatriate. These days, in another notable move, one of the world’s most expensive cities to drink just made booze cheaper.

Todd and Julie Chrisley, stars of the reality TV franchise "Chrisley Knows Best," reported to federal facilities Tuesday to begin their years-long prison sentences after their fraud convictions, officials said. Todd Chrisley surrendered to the Federal Prison Camp (FPC) Pensacola in Florida, while Julie Chrisley arrived at the Federal Medical Center (FMC) Lexington in Kentucky, according to the Bureau of Prisons. Todd Chrisley was sentenced to 12 years, wife Julie Chrisley got 7 years. The downfall of Todd and Julie Chrisley came at about the same time as "Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" star Jen Shah faced federal prosecution before she pleaded guilty to wire fraud. "Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" is on Bravo, which is also an NBCUniversal property.

"The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" star Jen Shah has been ordered to participate in a mental health treatment program, as part of her probation, following her prison release. Jen Shah on "The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. Shah has said she suffered from depression and was on antidepressant medication during episodes of "The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City." It noted her work with a mental health organization that works within the Polynesian community. "Given her own background, Jen feels deeply empathetic toward anyone marginalized, fearing rejection, and struggling with mental health issues," the memorandum said.

☆ In the era of online scams, here's how to not get tricked when starting a digital business
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Alexandra York | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

An entrepreneurship professor shares her advice on avoiding potential online scams. Business coaches — a community that's also growing on social media — provide guidance and mentorship. Meanwhile, "business opportunities," which often focus on instant financial success, "have a more significant potential for abuse," Franklin said. "Business opportunities are focused on a financial outcome in a relatively short period," Franklin said. It becomes especially important to verify all claims and customer reviews for potential coaches.

☆ Jen Shah, ‘Real Housewives of Salt Lake City’ Star, Sentenced to 6 1/2 Years in Prison for Fraud
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Joseph De Avila | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Jennifer Shah , one of the stars of the Bravo reality TV show “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,” was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison after she pleaded guilty to a fraudulent national telemarketing scheme. Ms. Shah, who goes by Jen, pleaded guilty in July to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. That charge carried a punishment of up to 30 years in prison. She also agreed to forfeit $6.5 million and to pay restitution of up to $9.5 million.

There’s no parole in the federal prison system and good behavior credits are in short supply compared to most states. More likely, Shah would be told a date, at least a month out, to surrender herself at a federal facility. Her best hope would be to be deemed most appropriate for a minimum security camp. “A minimum-security camp, I mean even moving up to next level, which is still ‘low security’ that’s a huge difference. If you’re eligible for a camp, you’ll go to Alaska if you can go to a camp.” Share this -Link copied

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