Blog Posts by Kathleen Perricone

Kim covers Cosmo. (Matthias Vriens-McGrath)Kim Kardashian’s ill-fated marriage to Kris Humphries may have only lasted 72 days, but she’s seemingly learned a lifetime of lessons from it.

In a new interview with Cosmopolitan, which took place just days before she announced she was pregnant, the reality star opens about how she got to that point with her NBA player ex – whom she’s still trying to divorce 16 months later! – and reveals that it was younger sister’s whirlwind romance with her own basketball star that made her believe in the fairytale.

Applegate and LeNoble. (WireImage)Christina Applegate is officially married with children … actually, just one child in her case.

The former “Up all Night” actress tied the knot with her musician beau of four years, Martyn LeNoble, "surrounded by family in a private ceremony at their home in Los Angeles" on Saturday, omg! has confirmed with Applegate's rep. The couple are parents to daughter Sadie Grace, who turned 2 in January.

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Swift. (Getty Images)Finally, Taylor Swift will have writing material that deals with a subject other than her broken heart.

The “I Knew You Were Trouble” singer is being sued for $1.8 million in relation to a canceled concert that would have taken place in Ottawa, Canada, in August 2012 ... even though she had nothing to do with it not happening.

Teresa, Joe, Joe, and Melissa all together on Monday night. (Dave Kotinsky/WireImage)Sure, it’s cold in New Jersey this time of year, but has hell literally frozen over?

“The Real Housewives of New Jersey’s” feuding families, the Gorgas and the Giudices, put aside their differences on Monday night – at least, for a few hours – at the launch party of Teresa Giudice’s Milania Hair Care (named after one of her daughters).

RiRi [Hearts] MAC. (Instagram)Up in smoke. (Instagram)

Rihanna is celebrating her 25th birthday today in classic RiRi style: making headlines, both good and bad.

The good news first -- MAC announced on Wednesday that the “Stay” singer and the cosmetics giant have partnered for a multi-season collaboration, the first for the company and any celebrity. And she’s not just lending her name and face – MAC is calling Rihanna its “creative partner” and she will have a heavy hand with the 31 products in the RiRi [Hearts] MAC line. The first, RiRi Woo red lipstick, will be unveiled on May 4 with a pop-up shop at her concert inside Brooklyn’s Barclays Center.

McCready. (Angela Weiss/Getty Images)Ten days before Mindy McCready’s February 17 death, her two young sons were taken from her home and put into foster care … where they still remain. So, what are their likely fates in the coming days, weeks and month?

Zander, 6, and Zayne, 10 months, are now in the center of a battle between the singer’s father and stepmother, mother and stepfather, and even Zander’s father, Billy McKnight (Zayne’s father, David Wilson, was found shot to death in January at the same Heber Springs, Arkansas, home where McCready killed herself).

McCready. (Angela Weiss/Getty Images)When Mindy McCready ended her life, she created a complex legacy.

As of Tuesday, two days after her tragic suicide, the country singer’s 1996 debut single, “Ten Thousand Angels,” had catapulted to No. 79 on the iTunes Songs chart – putting her ahead of Justin Bieber’s “As Long As You Love Me,” One Direction’s “What Makes You Beautiful,” and recent Grammy-winner Miguel’s “Adorn.”

Mindy and David in NYC in 2010. (Splash News)Sadly, Mindy McCready’s final 24 hours on earth were some of her worst.

In a taped phone conversation with her good friend just a day before her Sunday afternoon suicide, the country singer sobbed as she recounted finding her boyfriend, David Wilson, just moments after he shot himself in the head at their Heber Springs, Arkansas, home on January 13.