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Posted: 11:16 a.m. Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Quikkies 7/13/11 

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By Jessica Forkel

Women's Wear Daily is reporting that Rihanna will be the face for the
fall-winter 2011-2012 collection for Armani underwear and Armani Jeans.  The
singer replaces Megan Fox who reportedly made $2 million as their spokesperson
last season. Fashion photographer Steven Klein, who has a history of racy
shoots, snapped Rihanna for the campaign, which will roll out in September.

Singer, Jewel and rodeo-riding husband, Ty Murray, welcomed a new baby boy into
their family on Monday. Kase Townes Murray weighed in at a healthy 7 lbs, 6 oz

Legendary Hollywood producer Sherwood Schwartz, who created shows like "The
Brady Bunch" and "Gilligan's Island" has died at the age of 94. Schwartz was
also responsible for the first reality style show, "The Adventures of Ozzie and
Harriet". According to TMZ Schwartz died of natural causes in his sleep
surrounded by his family. He is survived by his wife of 69 years, Mildred
Schwartz, and four children.

"Survivor" producer, Bruce Beresford-Redman, has been ordered by a judge to
return to Mexico to stand trial for the murder of his wife Monica
Beresford-Redman. The producer, charged with killing his wife during a trip to
Cancun in April 2010, has been cooling his heels in jail in Los Angeles since
November on a fugitive warrant. Beresford-Redman denies the allegation and
insists he had no part in her death.

The man arrested at Halle Berry's home for felony stalking has an extensive
criminal record, and just got out of jail for criminal battery. Richard Franco
was apprehended late Monday night after scaling Halle's wall. It's the third day
in a row that he trespassed on her property. Franco's other offenses include:
-- felony car theft
-- felony vandalism
-- several drug use offenses
-- several juvenile offenses
LAPD Threat Management has been deeply involved and law enforcement sources say
they have concerns about Franco.

It doesn't look like DMX is going to get any time off for good behavior during
his stay in an Arizona prison. In fact, he may have extended his visit after he
was allegedly caught with drugs behind bars. TMZ is reporting that DMX broke
SEVERAL rules in Yuma state prison since January...including drug possession,
failing or refusing a drug test, smoking when he wasn't supposed to, being
disrespectful, disruptive, and disorderly and more... X was supposed to be
released today, seven months after he was sentenced to serve time for a
probation violation but he may have earned himself another week or two.

The Bachelor/Bachelorette host, Chris Harrison says that reports that Emily
Maynard is the frontrunner to be the next "Bachelorette" are not true...at least
not yet. Chris said Emily and Brad’s split is still too raw emotionally to talk
about her looking for love again on national television.  Have they talked about
it? "Of course, we're not idiots" says Chris.  The show won't go into production
for another six months yet, so anything could happen.

Tomorrow, (Thursday) Denis Leary and Lenny Clarke, from the show "Rescue Me" (on
FX) will be donating some of their gear to the Smithsonian National Museum of
American History. The series is about the firefighters of 62 Truck, their work
and relationships in a New York City fire station. The museum has linked this
event to their programs leading up to the 10th anniversary of September 11th.

Starting July 31st, at 6am every Sunday, AMC will air three hours of "Mad Men"
episodes. The net will start with the very first episode, the Season 1 Pilot and
continuing with each consecutive episode.

"All My Children" and "One Life to Live" have been saved after an agreement has
been signed to move the soaps to the internet.   However, the question remains
if the actors will make the move to the internet as their characters because
their pay will be cut drastically.   Susan Lucci, alone, makes more than a
million dollars a year. Michael E. Knight, who has portrayed Tad Martin off and
on since 1982, seems to be leaning toward leaving. His contract with the show
ends in August. Writers say they expect to see significant decreases in their
salaries as well, if they are even invited back when the shows begin life
online. Even though the two soaps were not huge money makers on television, each
soap made around $250,000 per episode. Those advertising revenues simply don’t
exist online.

Kentucky Fried Chicken, where Miami Heat guard, Dwyane Wade worked as a
teen, is offering to donate $250,000 to a scholarship program if he returns
to work at a drive-through. John Cywinski, general manager of KFC restaurants,
said they will donate the money in Wade's name to its Colonel Scholars program
if Wade agrees to man a drive-through window at one of its locations. Cywinski
said the offer was inspired by Wade's Twitter post asking if anyone is hiring
after the announcement of the NBA lockout.

Jessica Forkel

About Jessica Forkel

Jessica is originally from Marietta, GA! I am probably one of the only real "Atlantans" left! I love Atlanta because there is always something going on, and it's just close enough to the beach to get away for a weekend.

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