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Kandi Burruss, of Bravo's The Real Housewives of Atlanta, reacts to the sudden death of her fiance.
Sad news coming from Atlanta this weekend. A.J. Jewell, familiar to fans of the Bravo series The Real Housewives of Atlanta, died early Saturday morning of massive head injuries.
Jewell was the ex-fiance of the newest Housewife, Grammy-winning songwriter Kandi Burruss. The drama from their engagement, real and imagined, had been the focus of many of this season's episodes. Kandi revealed to Essence.com in early September that the couple were on 'hiatus' and that she had become legal guardian to his 12-year-old twin daughters.
Sources say Jewell was fatally injured after getting in a fight with an employee, Fredrick Richardson, of … Read More
Michelle Williams tries dating again, finds love more challenging as a single mom.
Vogue's October issue will feature Michelle Williams on the cover looking gorgeous and optimistic. Inside, she opens up about the dark days surrounding Heath Ledger's sudden death in January of 2008, and her struggle to acclimate to a new reality. Says the 29-year-old:
I didn’t know what my boundaries were for a long time, which made interviews feel very unsafe. I can talk about grief because that’s mine, about single parenting, about trying to balance work and kids. But what I don’t have to talk about is what happened between Heath and me in our relationship. Read More
Patrick Swayze's battle highlighted love with Lisa, his "soulmate" and wife of 34 years.
Patrick Swayze battled pancreatic cancer for nearly two years before his passing on September 14, 2009.
The Dirty Dancing and Ghost star was a mega-heartthrob to women around the world, but he was well known to have eyes only for one woman: his wife of 34 years, Lisa Niemi.
Patrick and Lisa met in 1970 when Lisa was just 16 years old and Patrick was 20. Lisa was a dance teacher under the instruction of Patrick's mother, and Patrick once commented on their meeting: "I robbed the cradle. All these girls were studying with my mom and I used … Read More
An interview with author Julie Metz about losing her husband then discovering his infidelity.
In 2003, after nearly 14 years of marriage, Julie Metz learned that her husband Henry had been cheating on her with multiple women. Shattering to any wife, news of his infidelity hit Metz particularly hard—Henry had passed away six months prior. The revelation of his rampant adultery—including a three-year affair with a close family friend—dealt Metz a second, equally wounding blow. In her memoir, Perfection: A Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal, Metz recounts the aftermath of this revelation and chronicles her path to self-renewal and rediscovery of both love and trust.
Along the way, she confronts her husband's Read More
The Preston-Travoltas step out for first time since Jett's death, not torn by grief as speculated.
Jett Travolta's January death was a jolt to America, but no one was more affected than the family that John Travolta and Kelly Preston have worked so hard to keep grounded.
John and Kelly have been the poster couple for down-to-earth Hollywood families, but recently reports have surfaced that their marriage is fizzling due to their grief over Jett. Since his death Kelly has flown around North America with their daughter Ella Bleu filming movies, and John has been holed up as a recluse in their numerous homes around the country. He seemed to avoid the public and was too bereft … Read More
Pregnant Nicole devastated by former fiance's death.
Nicole Richie is devastated by the sudden death of her former fiancé, DJ AM, Star reports, and her family is worried that her grief might cause her to go into labor. Nicole's second child with boyfriend Joel Madden is due any day, and when she heard about Adam Goldstein's death, she "almost collapsed in grief," and her extreme reaction caused Joel to wonder if she still has feelings for Adam.
Nicole and Adam dated for two years and were planning to marry before they broke up in 2005. When she heard of his death, a … Read More
Hayley Wood says a breakup did not cause his overdose.
DJ AM's girlfriend, Hayley Wood, vigorously denies that a breakup of their relationship two weeks before his death from a suspected accidental overdose was the cause of his relapse into drugs. "Any indication that this horribly tragic accident happened because of a rumored breakup is not only untrue but disgusting," Hayley told Us Weekly. "We were very much together at the time of his passing, and I love him very much."
Hayley, 22, and Adam Goldstein, known professionally as DJ AM, had been dating since late last year. They began seeing each other shortly after he … Read More
John Travolta grieving son Jett in seclusion while wife Kelly Preston throws herself into work.
Since their wedding in 1991, John Travolta and Kelly Preston have long been seen as one of the few Hollywood couples who stay together in good times and in bad.
But in times that are really bad, Celebitchy reports via Star magazine that the pair is struggling. Since the death of their 16-year-old son Jett on January 2 of this year the pair have been said to be coping very differently with their mourning. YourTango: How To Help A Partner Grieve
John is said to be resting in seclusion at their Florida estate—in … Read More
DJ AM's death reminds us of the late stars whose ex-lovers miss them most of all.
Our hearts go out to the family and many friends of DJ AM Adam Goldstein, who was found dead in New York City at age 36 on Friday, August 28, 2009. Celebrity Love: DJ AM's Final Days: Broken-hearted Over A Split
The public knows Adam for his talent as well as his high-profile relationships with stars like Nicole Richie, Mandy Moore and most recently 22-year-old apparel model Hayley Wood, who's been reported to have broken off their eight-month relationship last week.
Richie and Moore appear to be keeping a low profile after news of Adam's … Read More
A widow reflects on the death of her much older husband.
I admired my future husband from afar for a couple of years before we finally met at a horse show where we were both competitors. He had a great sense of humor, was a terrific horseman and looked like Frank Sinatra. I was hooked.
He was recently divorced and looking. Of course I had been looking at him for a long time already. I was 20 and he was 45. I saw nothing but his smile. Neither the age difference nor the fact that he was two inches shorter than I am made any difference. There was something about … Read More