Vili Fualaau was out with his daughter in the wake of his separation from Mary Kay Letourneau … but let’s get real — holy crap, she’s 18! Vili and Georgia hit up a Quick Mart in Seattle Wednesday — she’s the daughter to whom Mary…
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Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Mary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau: The Creepy Marriage is Over!
It is all over for one of the most unusual couples in America.
And we’re using “unusual” as euphemism here.
After 12 years of marriage, ex-teacher Mary Kay Letourneau and her former student Vili Fualaau have called it quits.
According to E! News and other reliable outlets, the latter filed for separation from his wife earlier this month…
… although TMZ writes that Letourneau has filed some kind of document seeking to get Fualaau’s legal declaration dismissed.
There doesn’t seem to be any basis for Letourneau’s bizarre counter-move, but we should probably stop being surprised by anything Mary Kay Letourneau does at this point.
Then a 34-year old educator, Letourneau was revealed to be in a sexual relationship with Fualaau back in 1996.
He was 13 years old at the time.
Despite an understandable onslaught of controversy and a great deal of backlash, the two got married in 2005 after Mary Kay served a seven-and-a-half year sentence for her actions.
Speaking to Barbara Walters on ABC’s 20/20 in 2015, Letourneau explained how the romance started after Letourneau began helping her sixth grade student with his drawing skills at her home.
“The incident was a late night that didn’t stop with a kiss. I thought that it would and it didn’t,” Mary Kay said in this Q&A.
Letourneau was a married mother of four when she started sleeping with Fualaau – and she became pregnant with his child when Fualaau was in seventh grade.
After Mary Kay’s husband discovered a love letter his wife had written to the boy and turned it over to the police, Letourneau was arrested and charged with second-degree child rape.
She gave birth to a girl named Audrey in Mat if 1997, two months after this arrest and six months before she was sentenced to jail.
In 1998, Letourneau was spotted having sex with Fualaau in her car and then became pregnant with his second child.
On February 6 of that tear, the judge who had ordered Letourneau to stay away from Fualaau after her initial conviction ordered her to serve out the rest of her seven-and-a-half-year sentence.
When Letourneau was released from prison in August of 2004, a 21-year old Fualaau asked the court to reverse the no-contact order against Letourneau, which the judge granted.
Letourneau has been working as as a legal assistant and Fualaau as a DJ in Seattle over the past few years, where they’ve raised a family in relative obscurity.
In her 2015 interview, when Walters asked Letourneau whether she felt “guilty” or “disgusted” with herself for having an affair with Fualaau, Letourneau responded in the negative.
“I loved him very much, and I kind of thought, ‘Why can’t it ever just be a kiss?’” she said.
It’s unclear what led to the end of the marriage, but an insider tells People Magazine there’s no third party involved.
Neither husband nor wife is accused of cheating.
“They’ve been having issues for a while now,” says this source, adding:
“They tried to work through them, but it didn’t work. They’re still committed to being good parents to their children.”
UPDATE: Fualaau tells Radar Online that he filed to separate NOT because he wants his marriage to be over.
But because he wants to get licensed as a distributor of marijuana.
“When you want to get licensend, they do background checks on both parties,” he tells the website, explaining:
“If I decide to be a part of it I have to be licensed and I have to be vetted and so does a spouse. She has a past. She has a history.”
That she does, man. That she does.
Mary Kay Letourneau Says Not So Fasts Vili, Moves to Dismiss His Separation Docs
Mary Kay Letourneau is nothing if not true to form … she’s now filed a bizarre petition with the court to have her husband’s separation case dismissed. TMZ has obtained a document filed just hours after we broke the story Vili Fualaau filed…
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Mary Kay Letourneau and Husband/Former Student, Vili Fualaau, Separate
Mary Kay Letourneau — the teacher who served more than 7 years in prison for having sex with her student, who she later married — is about to be single again … TMZ has learned. Vili Fualaau filed for legal separation earlier this month. May Kay…
Mary Kay Letourneau and Husband/Former Student, Vili Fualaau, Separate
Mary Kay Letourneau — the teacher who served more than 7 years in prison for having sex with her student, who she later married — is about to be single again … TMZ has learned. Vili Fualaau filed for legal separation earlier this month. May Kay…
Friday, May 19, 2017
"Guardians of the Galaxy 2" Star Michael Rooker Relishing "Mary Poppins" Love (VIDEO)
Michael Rooker name dropped Mary Poppins in ”Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2″ and little did he know it would start a revolution. We got Yondu out at LAX Thursday and asked him about the adoring love he’s getting since blurting…
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Mary Lambert Admits to Suicide Attempt, Gang Rape
Mary Lambert has opened up to Cosmopolitan about the most personal subjects possible.
In an emotional interview with the publication, the singer and spoken-word artist runs through a “laundry list” of trauma that explains why she tried to kill herself as a teenager.
The 28-year-old is likely best known to music fans for her single “Secrets” and also for her featured verse on Macklemore & Ryan Lewis‘ LGBTQ anthem “Same Love.”
And she reveals to Cosmo that music helped turn her life around after an unimaginable series of events that affected her as a child growing up in Washington state.
“Music is beautiful and cathartic but there is something very healing about saying exactly what happened to you and speaking your truth,” Lambert says in the video below, adding:
“I’m still in my own journey of body love and self-love.”
This journey tragically started with the heinous betrayal of a parent.
“I was molested by my father at a really young age,” the singer says.
The ordeal confused Lambert as she struggled to fully understand what had been done to her, what it meant and how she could move forward.
“You don’t know what’s happening, especially when you’re raised in that environment and your brain is forming,” she explains. “There’s no sense of what normal is.”
This is the sort of statement to which we’re guessing nearly all victims of molestation can relate.
As she grew older, Lambert suffered through signs of a then-undiagnosed bipolar disorder, once again unsure how to react to her surroundings and situation.
“I was really living in extremes. I would have the best day ever and then I would come home and I would want to die,” she says.
Horribly, the abuse at the hands of her father would not be the only time Lambert was a victim of sexual assault.
“When I was 16, I snuck into an Army barracks and I was gang-raped,” Lambert says, expounding on how she endured this pain with a traumatized detachment as a result of her past.
“You go into survival mode and go, ‘OK, how do I navigate this situation."”
About a year later, she came out as a lesbian to her evangelical Christian church. She did not receive a positive response from those around her at the time.
By age 18, she had tried to kill herself.
“Everything hurt so much,” Lambert says of the time, adding:
“The fact that I was abused by my dad. Was raped. Was gay. Was bipolar. Not to mention always being a big girl in the world.
“Just existing in those spaces, of like, I don’t feel at home in my body, I don’t feel at home in this world. What options do I have left?”
Fortunately, Lambert failed – and she also fell involve with music, which she describes now as a “form of healing, almost like self-therapy.”
“I’m so glad I didn’t die – I’m so glad that I’m alive, that I didn’t give in – but it wasn’t easy,” Lambert concludes.
“I feel like there is this canned way we talk about trauma, this canned way we talk about suicide. Like, you just go to Spain and you eat tapas – there’s your healing.
“Real healing is s—ty. It’s dirty and ugly and not easy.”
Thankfully, though, Lambert has come out the other side of this very hard process.
And she’s developed a mantra to guide her through the challenging times.
“It all works out in the end, and if it hasn’t worked out then it’s not the end.”
Thursday, April 20, 2017
Mary J. Blige Says Her Ex Jacked $420k to Live It Up with New GF
Mary J. Blige is ripping into estranged husband Martin “Kendu” Isaacs for spending her hard-earned money on his new girlfriend, and demanding she support his kids from a previous relationship. TMZ obtained new docs filed by Mary in the divorce, and…
Monday, February 13, 2017
Tom Cruise"s Mother Dies; Mary Lee South Was 80 Years Old
Mary Lee South, the mother of Tom Cruise, passed away last week from unknown causes, according to People Magazine.
She was 80 years old.
Sources tell the publication that South died peacefully in her sleep after a long battle with a number of health issues.
She was honored with a memorial service at her local Church of Scientology over the weekend.
The 54-year-old actor and his sisters – Lee Ann DeVette, 57, Cass Mapother, 55, and Marian Henry, 52 – all were in attendance at the memorial, along with other family and friends.
Cruise’s mother was born Mary Lee Pfeiffer in Louisville, Kentucky.
She worked as a special-education teacher when she got married to Cruise’s father, Thomas Cruise Mapother III, who served as an electrical engineer.
Insiders have often said that Cruise developed his passion for acting from Mary Lee, who told Rolling Stone the following in 1986:
“I was always interested in theater, but I never did anything with it. When I was growing up, if you went to Hollywood, that was really risqué.”
Mary Lee and her kids lived in Syracuse, New York when Cruise was born; they later moved to Ottawa, Canada.
When Cruise was a child, Mary Lee encouraged her son to participate in a local theater group.
“I guess I was his greatest audience,” she said in that same Rolling Stone interview. “He had it in him then.”
Mary Lee divorced Mapother in 1974, with Cruise telling People decades later that his dad was “a bully.”
Folloing the end of her marriage, Mary Lee returned to the United States, where she worked a number of jobs to keep her family out of poverty.
Cruise did the best he could by earning money via a paper route.
He remained close to his mother even after she married Jack South in 1978 and the family relocated to Glen Ridge, New Jersey.
After a knee injury ended Cruise’s varsity wrestling career, Mary Lee convinced her son to try out for a high school production of Guys and Dolls.
Following the play, Cruise surprised his mother by asking if he could go ahead and give acting a try; he said he wanted to see how far he could get in 10 years.
Mary Lee approved – and, with her support, Cruise waited tables in New York City before breaking into the movies.
Cruise and his mom continued their close bond long into his wildly successful big screen career.
Per the same Rolling Stone article cited above, Cruise asked Mary Lee and her second husband if he could be an actor many years ago, to which she replied:
“We both wholeheartedly agreed. Because we both felt it was a God-given talent … So to make a long story short, we gave him our blessing – and the rest is history.”
It is, indeed.
Our condolences go out to Tom Cruise and his loved ones.
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Mary Tyler Moore: Cause of Death Revealed
We now know the exact reason why Mary Tyler Moore is no longer with us.
As previously reported, the iconic actress died last Wednesday at the age of 80.
She had been in the hospital for about a week prior to her passing, hooked up to a ventilator for several days before succumbing to what TMZ confirms was an incident of cardiopulmonary arrest.
According to this death certificate, Moore was suffering through severe heath issues due to aspiration pneumonia, hypoxia and diabetes mellitus.
After having trouble getting oxygen into her tissues, the actress went into cardiac arrest.
The former Dick Van Dyke Show and Mary Tyler Moore Show star was diagnosed with diabetes when she was 33 years old.
Along with animal welfare, it became one of the main topics about which Moore spoke and advocated for throughout her adult life.
On Sunday, Moore was laid to rest at the Oaklawn Cemetery in Fairfield, Connecticut, according to the Connecticut Post.
The private ceremony was attended by approximately 50 of the actress’s loved one, family and friends.
The funeral was then open to the public in the afternoon for fans looking to honor the late ex-sitcom star and legendary comedian.
According to a spokesperson for the Oak Lawn Cemetery, Moore was buried in a multi-plot location “that overlooks a large pond.”
Moore died with her husband of 33 years by her side.
She also left this world with the thoughts, prayers and condolences of countless fans and celebrities pouring forth over social media.
The actress broke barriers starring sitcom roles in the 1960s and 1970s, becoming one of the first women to not just anchor her own show – but to also talk openly about life as a single, working woman.
References made by Moore’s character to birth control at the time, for instance, took viewers by total surprise.
Later in life, however, Moore was forced to back away from the spotlight a bit due to her health problems.
In May of 2011, the actress underwent elective surgery to remove a benign tumor of the lining tissue of the brain.
By 2014, friends say she was battling problems with her eyesight, kidneys and heart.
Moore earned an Oscar nomination in 1980 for Best Actress for the film Ordinary People.
She was honored with a lifetime achievement award at the Screen Actor’s Guilt Awards in 2012 and again via an in memoriam segment at this past Sunday’s SAG Awards.
She last acted on screen for an episode of Hot in Cleveland in 2013, which reunited her with former co-star Betty White.
The tragic passing was confirmed last week by Moore’s longtime representative, Mara Buxbaum, who said via statement:
“Today, beloved icon, Mary Tyler Moore, passed away at the age of 80 in the company of friends and her loving husband of over 33 years, Dr. S. Robert Levine.
“A groundbreaking actress, producer, and passionate advocate for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Mary will be remembered as a fearless visionary who turned the world on with her smile.”
We continue to mourn the death of Moore.
But we’re comforted by the knowledge that her influence will continue to be felt across Hollywood for many years to come.
May she rest in peace.
Monday, January 30, 2017
Mary Tyler Moore Death Certificate Reveals Multiple Causes of Death (DOCUMENT)
Mary Tyler Moore died from cardiopulmonary arrest … brought on by 3 other serious medical conditions … this according to the death certificate. According to the death certificate, obtained by TMZ, the contributing factors to her death last week…
Saturday, January 28, 2017
Mary Tyler Moore Family Plunks Down 6 Figures For Burial (PHOTO GALLERY)
Mary Tyler Moore will rest alone — clear of other graves — because her family paid a small fortune to make that happen. We’re told Mary’s family is pulling out all the stops — buying 12 gravesites at $ 2k a pop — to create peace and also to make…
Friday, January 27, 2017
Dick Van Dyke Says Mary Tyler Moore and I Best Team Since Laurel & Hardy!!! (VIDEO)
Dick Van Dyke knew Mary Tyler Moore was dying, but it still hit him hard, because their collab was the best time of his life. We got Dick getting groceries in Malibu Friday, where he shared some memories. He’s not shy … he and Mary…
Mary Tyler Moore"s Death Creates Problems for Famous House (PHOTO GALLERY)
Mary Tyler Moore’s death has created a big problem for a real estate company that is trying to sell the house used in her iconic TV show — how do you sell it without creating a fan frenzy? The exteriors of the house were featured for years on “The…
Thursday, January 26, 2017
Mary Tyler Moore: New Death Details Emerge
As previously reported, Mary Tyler Moore died on Wednesday afternoon at the age of 80.
The legendary actress had been admitted to a Connecticut hospital last week and, according to TMZ sources, spent her final several days on a respirator.
She died with her husband of 33 years by her side.
While no cause of death has been determined as of this writing, People Magazine now confirms that Moore had been placed under doctor’s with pneumonia due to complications from her diabetes.
She was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 33 and dedicated a chunk of her life to educating the public about that disease.
In May of 2011, the beloved star underwent elective surgery to remove a benign tumor of the lining tissue of the brain.
“I do have problems with my eyes, one eye in particular, and if I fall, I generally break a bone,” she told The New York Times a few months after this procedure.
Friends have said that Moore’s health, specifically her eyesight, kidneys and heart, took a turn for the much worse in 2014.
Moore earned an Oscar nomination in 1980 for Best Actress for the film Ordinary People.
But she was best known and most influential for a pair of memorable television roles:
- Housewife and homemaker Laura Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show from 1961–66.
- Minnesota reporter Mary Richards on The Mary Tyler Moore Show from 1970–77.
She last acted on an episode of Hot in Cleveland in 2013.
For the past few years of her life, Moore took on advocacy roles for two causes close to her heart: animal rights and juvenile diabetes research.
Moore was honored with a lifetime achievement award at the Screen Actor’s Guilt Awards in 2012 and talked about how she used her father’s middle name for work because there were six mother Mary Moores belonging to the union when she started working.
She made her dad happy with that gesture, “and tonight,” she told the audience, “after having the privilege of working with the most creative and talented people imaginable, I, too, am happy, after all.”
CBS has scheduled a special titled Mary Tyler Moore: Love Is All Around for 9/8c tonight.
It will be anchored by Gayle King and it will will feature archival footage of Moore at work on The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show, along with interviews with Oprah Winfrey and other admirers of Moore’s work.
In light of Moore’s passing, meanwhile, close friend and former colleague Dick Van Dyke paid tribute to the icon on Instagram.
There are no words. She was THE BEST!” he wrote. “We always said that we changed each other’s lives for the better.”
In addition to the message, Van Dyke included a link to a video of the on-screen couple performing “I’ve Got Your Number.
As you can see above, a slew of stars also honored Moore yesterday on social media.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter about Moore, Van Dyke added:
“I don’t know what made her comic timing so great. On Dick Van Dyke, we had Morey Amsterdam and Rose Marie, both of whom were old hams and had razor-sharp timing, and mine wasn’t bad either.
But Mary just picked it up so fast. She had us all laughing after a couple of episodes.
“She just grabbed onto the character and literally turned us into an improv group, it was so well-oiled. That show was the best five years of my life.”
Mary Tyler Moore TV Show and Movie Sales Surge After Death
Mary Tyler Moore’s legendary shows are blowing up Internet sales … just hours after her death. Sales for the “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” shot up more than 23,000% Wednesday on Amazon, and numbers for “The Dick Van Dyke Show” — her first big break…
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Mary Tyler Moore: Mourned, Remembered by Hollywood
The entertainment world has lost an icon.
On Wednesday afternoon, at the age of 80, Mary Tyler Moore died after being admitted a week earlier to a hospital in Connecticut.
The legendary actress had battled Diabetes for many years and faced severe health problems, including kidney and heart failure, starting in 2014.
In light of this tragic news, a number of celebrities have expressed their sadness and sent their condolences via social meda.
Here is a look at what they"ve had to say:
1. Marlee Matlin
TV Icon and groundbreaker #MaryTylerMoore has passed. She broke through our TV screens and showed that a powerful woman can be funny. RIP.
2. Andy Cohen
RIP beautiful, upbeat, shining, glorious, wonderful, iconic Mary Tyler Moore.
3. Larry King
#MaryTylerMoore was a dear friend and a truly great person. A fighter. Rest in peace, MTM.
4. Harry Connick Jr.
i never met mary tyler moore, but i loved her from afar – for her talent and, most importantly, for the trails she blazed for women.
5. George Takei
She turned the world on with her smile. RIP, Mary Tyler Moore. You were a role model in so many ways.
6. Josh Gad
That shift in the Earth you just felt? That crater that is left behind? That is the legacy of the incomparable #marytylermoore RIP 2 an icon.
Mary Tyler Moore Dead at 80
Mary Tyler Moore — the television icon who charmed America with comedic brilliance and charisma on her hugely successful ’70s show — died in a Connecticut hospital … TMZ has learned. MTM’s longtime rep, Mara Buxbaum, issued a statement to TMZ…
Mary Tyler Moore Dies; TV Legend Was 80 Years Old
Mary Tyler Moore, the beloved veteran actress who influenced a generation of female comedians via her iconic role on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, passed away today in a Connecticut hospital.
She was 80 years old.
The legendary star was admitted to the hospital this week following a lengthy battle with Diabetes. She also underwent brain surgery in 2011 and has struggled with a number of healthy problems in recent years.
In 2014, friends said Moore was suffering from heart and kidney problems and was on the verge of going blind.
Hence why she had not been spotted out in public very often.
According to TMZ, Moore was on a respirator for over week prior to her passing.
Her rep, Mara Buxbaum, issued a statement to TMZ that confirmed this tragic news:
“Today, beloved icon, Mary Tyler Moore, passed away at the age of 80 in the company of friends and her loving husband of over 33 years, Dr. S. Robert Levine.
“A groundbreaking actress, producer, and passionate advocate for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Mary will be remembered as a fearless visionary who turned the world on with her smile.”
Few women have left as indelible a mark on the entertainment industry as Moore.
She rose to fame as the character of Laura Petrie, a wife and mother on The Dick Van Dyke Show, which ran from 1961 through 1966.
In 1970, she signed on to portray Mary Richards, a news producer in Minneapolis on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. It ran for seven seasons and is considered one of the funniest, most respected and appreciated sitcoms in TV history.
Here is a look at Moore and other members of the cast from the mid-70s:
On the big screen, Moore was best known for two movies:
- 1967’s Thoroughly Modern Millie.
- 1980’s Ordinary People, for which she was nominated for Best Actress at the Academy Awards.
Moore’s most recent television credits included three episodes of That 70s Show in 2005 and an appearance on Hot in Cleveland in 2013.
In May 2011, Moore underwent elective brain surgery to remove a benign meningioma.
She was also a self-confessed alcoholic, detailing this personal struggle in a pair of memoirs.
A long-time animal rights activist, Moore worked over the years with Farm Sanctuary to raise awareness about the process involved in factory farming.
She was dedicated to the compassionate treatment of farm animals and was the co-founder of Broadway Barks, an annual animal adopt-a-thon held in New York City.
Married three times, Moore suffered a personal tragedy in 1980 when her only child, 24-year old son Richard, died from a self-inflicted shotgun wound after playing with the weapon at home.
But it was Moore’s contribution to the world of comedy that will live on forever.
She will forever be on the short list of influential stars, anchoring a television show as a woman during a time when actresses rarely received such an opportunity.
We join the TV world and entertainment world in general in sending our condolences to the friends, family members and loved ones of Mary Tyler Moore.
She was an icon. May she rest in peace.
Mary Tyler Moore in Grave Condition
Mary Tyler Moore is in grave condition at a Connecticut hospital … TMZ has learned. Sources close to the family tell us her condition is so grim family members are coming to the hospital to say goodbye. The TV icon’s long battled diabetes,…
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