Rachel Zoe's ex-assistant, Brad Goreski, recently launched his own spin-off career on the same network that made Zoe a household name. And although the critical response to "It's a Brad Brad World" on Bravo has been largely negative, so might his ex-boss's reaction to his new venture.
"Rachel gave that ungrateful kid everything," a friend of Zoe's tells me. "Not only did she give him a job, working with the biggest designers and celebrities on the planet, Rachel also made him a star by putting him on her reality show. And this is the thanks she gets? It's disgusting."
Although many are not surprised by rumors of a conflict, Brad said he thinks it's sad.
"We left on really great terms," Brad told me on the set of "New York Live." "Unfortunately, for her, not. I'm 34 years old, I've been with her for three years and had a voice that said I had to move on. I'm so grateful [new client] Jessica Alba took a chance on me."
If Brad is looking to mend his relationship with Rachel, he needs to think again.
"That will never happen," a Bravo insider tells me.
Ron Paul has celebrity endorsements from signer Kelly Clarkson, actors Vince Vaughn and Chuck Norris. Is it enough to win the Iowa caucus?
As Iowans will soon start casting ballots tonight, we figured we?d turn our attention to Republican candidates ? and the B-list celebrities who love them.
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Of course, when it comes to celebrity endorsements, the vast majority of Hollywood types - and most of the biggest stars - tend to go for Democrats.
But among the relatively tiny cadre of music and movie celebs backing Republicans, Ron Paul seems to have the most support. In Iowa today, Paul was plugging his recent endorsement from former American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson - though, ironically, he did it by asking the crowd: ?Does anyone know the name Kelly Clarkson???
(Note: It?s not actually clear who?s the bigger beneficiary here: According to news reports, Clarkson saw her record sales spike after she announced she was supporting Paul.)
Turns out, Clarkson?s not the only (semi) famous Paulista out there. According to a tally by The Hill, Paul also counts actor Vince Vaughn among his supporters. And action star Chuck Norris - who famously endorsed Mike Huckabee in the 2008 cycle, making for one of the season?s best political ads - is supporting Paul this time around. Paul also appears to count singer Michelle Branch and rapper Prodigy among his backers.
Coming in a close second, Rick Perry touts the support of Kiss frontman Gene Simmons, actor Dean Cain, and actor Stephen Baldwin. Perry is also friends with actor Russell Crowe (though Crowe apparently hasn?t officially endorsed him).
As for the rest of the field ? well, see for yourselves: Mitt Romney?s got former supermodel Cindy Crawford?s approval, along with singer Pat Boone, and the Osmonds. Michele Bachmann?s got singer Wayne Newton. Actor Gary Busey endorsed Newt Gingrich - but then rescinded his endorsement.
Perhaps most influential, in fact, may be the nod Rick Santorum recently received from TLC reality stars (?19 Kids and Counting?) the Duggars. Saying they support his evangelical pro-family beliefs, members of the Duggar family?showed up at several Santorum events in Iowa this week and reportedly recorded robocalls on his behalf.
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Hong Kong banned imports and sales of live poultry after a chicken carcass was found to be infected with bird flu. Photograph: Jamie McDonald/Getty Images
A Chinese man diagnosed with the country's first case of bird flu in more than a year has died in the southern city of Shenzhen.
The 39-year-old bus driver was admitted to hospital with pneumonia but tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus.
The strain has a high mortality rate, killing up to 60% of infected humans.
The man, surnamed Chen, developed a fever on 21 December and was admitted to hospital on Christmas Day. Local health officials said 120 people who had close contact with Chen have not developed any abnormal symptoms.
The Chinese health ministry has informed the World Health Organisation about the case, health officials added.
During the month prior to his fever, Chen, apparently had no direct contact with poultry and did not travel out of Shenzhen.
The city, home to 10 million people, is separated by a small river from Hong Kong, where 19,000 chickens have been slaughtered after two were confirmed last week to have died from the H5N1 virus.
Hong Kong also banned imports and sales of live poultry for three weeks after an infected chicken carcass was found at a wholesale market. Tests later confirmed that an Oriental magpie robin found dead on 17 December was also infected.
H5N1 rarely infects humans and usually only those who come into close contact with diseased poultry. China's last reported human case of H5N1 was in June 2010. A pregnant 22-year-old woman from central Hubei province died after being exposed to sick and dead poultry.
"Either @rupertmurdoch is genuinely now on Twitter, or some disgruntled ex-NOTW journo just won the hacking Olympics."
Less than two days after joining Twitter, media mogul Rupert Murdoch appears to have had his first brush with tweeting-before-thinking, after suggesting that the British have too many holidays for a "broke country".
Though Mr Murdoch, who joined Twitter less than 48 hours ago and already has almost 40,000 followers, quickly deleted the message, it was preserved by some Twitter users and quickly spread around the website.
"Maybe Brits have too many holidays for broke country!" Mr Murdoch, who is holidaying on the Caribbean island of Saint Barthelemy, wrote about 6am Australian time.
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Publish and be damned ... the tweet that Murdoch withdrew.
His wife, Wendi Deng, also appears to have joined the increasingly ubiquitous microblogging site, quickly replied: "RUPERT!! delete tweet!!"
Within minutes the Wendi Deng account, which has not yet been verified and may not be genuine, continued: "EVERY1 @rupertmurdoch was only having a joke pROMSIE!!!"
Minutes later: "explaining to @rupertmurdoch about being careful with humor on line. sometimes it comes out as rude!"
About five hours later Mr Murdoch revealed his Twitter profile was causing people close to him some angst.
"I'm getting killed for fooling around here and friends frightened what I may really say!" he wrote.
The decision of the octogenarian billionaire to embrace Twitter has been greeted with surprise by many, given his previous view of the internet as the home of "porn, thievery and hackers".
However, his first attempts to use the social-media website suggest may still be about getting the hang of it, with misplaced full stops and strange syntax abounding.
And it appears that he has also yet to win the love and adoration of some Twitter users - known as "tweeps" - with many expressing a range of emotions about his presence in tweets.
Former British deputy prime minister John Prescott was one of the first to welcome Mr Murdoch to the Twittersphere, adding: "I've left you a Happy New Year message on my voicemail."
"The first 30 tweets from @RupertMurdoch are free, then the paywall goes up," wrote the owner of a Murdoch parody account, @RupertMurdochPR.
Joining Twitter would be the strongest sign yet that Mr Murdoch has moved away from what was previously a strongly held antipathy towards the web, which has caused massive profit slumps in traditional media.
In a 2009 article in Vanity Fair, Murdoch biographer Michael Wolff wrote that the mogul viewed the internet as "predatory", stating: "For him it's a place for porn, thievery, and hackers."
That year, Mr Murdoch warned investors at the annual Sun Valley media and technology conference to "be careful" of investing in Twitter, which he reportedly said had yet to show it could provide a sustainable revenue stream.
For that and other reasons, many assumed at first that Mr Murdoch's account was a hoax and the media mogul was not genuinely behind the account.
The account has been "verified" by Twitter and one of the website's co-founders, Jack Dorsey, greeted him in a message on the site.
"With his own voice, in his own way, @rupertmurdoch is now on Twitter," Mr Dorsey said.
Within 48 hours hours of the account being created Mr Murdoch, the chairman and chief executive of News Corporation, had close to 40,000 people following his tweets.
He ruminated on Saint Barthelemy - "too many people. Thoughts best kept private around here. Like London!" - and the recently published biography of Steve Jobs - "interesting but unfair. Family must hate."
He also gave his support to Rick Santorum in the upcoming Iowa presidential primary.
He also plugged two Fox movies and revealed his new year's resolutions: "try to maintain humility and always curiosity. And of course diet!"
His wife appeared to receive several message telling her the man who tried to hit Mr Murdoch with a cream pie during his testimony at the British phone hacking inquiry last year, Jonathan May-Bowles, was also on Twitter.
"Thank you for messages telling me the man with the pie who attacked my @rupertmurdoch is on twitter but I dont want to know more," she replied.
Mr Murdoch has so far subscribed to the tweets of only four people: Mr Dorsey, Silicon Valley entrepreneur Mark Pincus, Google co-founder Larry Page and Lord Sugar.
Greetings from the Twitterrati
"Great that @rupertmurdoch has discovered all you need is 140 characters instead of 140 newspapers."
"Welcome to Twitter ... @rupertmurdoch - I've left you a Happy New Year message on my voicemail."
"Really hoping this isn't some try-before-you-buy deal."
"I'm waiting for @rupertmurdoch to inform us which tweet is the most humble in his life."
"Hey check it out, Monty Burns is finally on Twitter! Wait, what?"
"Either @rupertmurdoch is genuinely now on Twitter, or some disgruntled ex-NOTW ? journo just won the hacking Olympics." This tweet refers to the News of the World, the paper that Mr Murdoch closed down following the hacking scandal.
Don't worry if you sip too much bubbly at tonight's New Year's Eve party?Gwyneth Paltrow's got you covered!
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The actress shared her best hangover cures just in time for the holiday with subscribers of her GOOP email newsletter this week.
"We all know what happens on NYE so here is our best to help you prepare for the day after," she wrote, citing medical advice from professionals including Dr. Frank Lipman and Dr. Oz Garcia.
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One of the 39-year-old star's top tips? Try a Mercy health elixir, which Paltrow -- an investor in the company -- claims is "packed with amino acids, vitamins, minerals and herbs that protect your system against the inevitable hangover and that flush you can get from drinking."
Paltrow also suggests hydrotherapy after a long night out. "If you have the time and the inclination, I've found that the best hangover remedy can be a hot and cold spa treatment," she writes.
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"I've been known to recreate this experience at home too. Just draw a bath that is as hot as you can handle it and mix in some Epsom Salts and Baking Soda," she continued. "Soak for twenty minutes and then pop into a freezing cold shower for 1 minute. Get back in the hot bath and stay until you're warmed up. Then get back in the shower for 1 more minute."
While Paltrow fully endorsed the steam room idea, Dr. Michael Lucchesi of New York's SUNY Downstate Medical Center tells the New York Daily News her remedy is too far-fetched to be effective.
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"Alcohol is a diuretic," he told the paper. "Why would you want to engage in an activity that would cause you lose more water and salt?"
Still, Dr. Lucchesi was able to support a few of the A-lister's tried and true hangover cures, like downing plenty of water, taking Tylenol and -- when all else fails -- crawling back into bed to sleep it off.
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