Jenny Craig Is Going Out Of Business
It’s the end of an era. Jenny Craig is shutting down after 40 years in the weight loss/diet culture game. NBC reports that the company has been on the hunt for a buyer for the past two weeks. Then, on Tuesday, employees received an email informing them that Jenny Craig will be closing “due to its inability to secure additional financing.” Hourly employees got the chop immediately, and corporate and salaried field employees’ last day will be tomorrow. The company told employees that they’ll receive their final paycheck, which will include all their unused paid off time, but it’s “highly unlikely” employees will receive severance pay. I hope you’re happy, Ozempic!
A Jury Has Ruled That Ed Sheeran Didn’t Copy Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On”
Five years ago, zzzzzs-inducing ginger crooner Ed Sheeran was hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit for allegedly snatching pieces of Marvin Gaye’s Let’s Get It On for his 2014 song Thinking Out Loud. The lawsuit was filed by the estate of Ed Townsend, who co-wrote 1973’s Let’s Get It On with Marvin Gaye. Ed Townsend’s heirs accused Ed Sheeran of stealing a “syncopated chord pattern” from Marvin’s classic wet hump anthem. Over the past two weeks, a federal jury in Manhattan heard the case, and after deliberating for three hours, they reached a verdict today. That chorus of “NOoooooOOOOs” you hear is from Ed’s fellow pop stars who have been praying for his downfall. Because Ed came out of this trial victorious.
Open Post: Hosted By Hundreds Of Pounds Of Pasta Mysteriously Dumped Along A New Jersey Creek
Last week, the New Jersey-iest mystery to have ever happen happened: hundreds of pounds of different varieties of pasta were dumped in a wooded area next to a creek. And though the mess was cleared away, no one has come forward to take the far-FALLE. Perhaps NJ’s own Chris Christie’s wettest dream of the Olive Garden bringing back the Never-ending Pasta Bowl came true!
Jennifer Lopez’s Mother Has Been Praying For Twenty Years That Her Daughter Would Reunite With Ben Affleck
As children, most of our parents want nothing but the best for our lives because they love us. This may not be the case with Jennifer Lopez and her mother, Guadalupe Rodriguez, because there may be love, but there clearly are no good intentions. I’m not sure what made J. Lo pack her belongings and ride that 6 train from the Bronx into international superstardom, but it probably had something to do with the goals Guadalupe instilled in her from the beginning. And one of those must have been “Make sure you find and KEEP a toxic man” because after JLo escaped Ben Affleck, Guadalupe lit a candle and prayed fervently for two decades that he would return to JLo’s unsuccessful love life. And it worked!
Billie Lourd Explains Why She Didn’t Invite Her Aunts And Uncle To Carrie Fisher’s Hollywood Walk Of Fame Ceremony After They Publicly Called Her Out
Today is May The 4th Be With You, and it’s also the day when the late Carrie Fisher will be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. So it’s supposed to be a day of bittersweet nerd tears and joy over honoring Princess Leia, but a dark, stinky cloud of family drama has swept in. Carrie’s siblings, Todd, Joely, and Tricia Leigh Fisher were not invited to the ceremony and publicly said that their niece and Carrie’s only child Billie Lourd is the reason why they won’t be there today. Billie has hit back with a statement and confirmed she didn’t invite them. Billie also denied that she’s feuding with her aunts and uncle since they “have no relationship.” Well, DAMN.
Tori Spelling Tells The Story Of The Time She Went On A Date With Eddie Cibrian And Puked In His Car
Tori Spelling is talking about her love troubles some more but this time it’s not about her and her husband, Dean McDermott‘s, endless marital issues (thank god!). This is a blast from the past–emphasis on “blast,” as Tori revealed on Bethenny Frankel‘s podcast, ReWives, that she one time went on a date with Eddie Cibrian back in the day and puked from drinking too much. Eddie was a soap star back then, so I understand nervously drinking too much and puking when out with him. But times sure do change, because today, all you’d need to puke on a date with Eddie Cibrian, is to be out on a date with Eddie Cibrian.