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Brangelina Bridal Bonanza; Kimye Kourtship No More; Real Housewives, Really Rich; Tupac on Tour?
Aired April 17, 2012 - 23:00 ET
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A.J. HAMMER, HLN HOST: Big news, breaking tonight on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT.
The brand-new burning questions about Brad and Angelina`s blockbuster wedding. Breaking tonight the Jen Aniston factor. Wild new reports that Jen could be invited to the wedding? Could the Brangelina engagement madness delay Jen`s own wedding day?
A brand-new SHOWBIZ TONIGHT exclusive with Mike Tyson. His shocking claims about Brad Pitt and Tyson`s his ex-wife.
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MIKE TYSON, FORMER BOXING CHAMP: I didn`t know who`s that. I thought (INAUDIBLE). I don`t know who the hell this guy was.
NISCHELLE TURNER, HLN CORRESPONDENT: And it was Brad Pitt?
TYSON: Yes. But he`s a young kid.
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HAMMER: SHOWBIZ TONIGHT is in Las Vegas, exclusively with Iron Mike in his one-man show. It`s the Mike Tyson you have never seen.
SHOWBIZ TONIGHT investigates, "Real Housewives," real moguls.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We`ve all got our little projects going on.
HAMMER: Tonight we take you behind the onscreen glitz and fits to reveal the off-screen action that`s making the "Housewives" stars really, really rich.
TV`s most provocative entertainment news show breaks news right now.
Hello and thanks for watching, I`m A.J. Hammer in New York, with big news breaking tonight, brand-new big burning questions that just exploded today about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie`s wedding. Like this bombshell. Could Jennifer Aniston be invited? And could Brad`s engagement actually get in the way of Jennifer getting engaged right now to the new love of her life Justin Theroux.
I say let the fun begin. Because tonight SHOWBIZ TONIGHT is also bringing you an exclusive first look at a wedding dress just designed for Angelina by one of America`s biggest celebrity wedding planners. And there`s the man, David Tutera. David has planned both weddings and events for Shannon Doherty, Star Jones, Jennifer Lopez, Matthew McConaughey, Elton John, Rolling Stones, the list goes on. Need I say more?
David is also the star of "My Fair Wedding with David Tutera" on WE. He joins us from Hollywood tonight. And with me in New York tonight, Anja Winikka, she is the editor of the Weddingchannel.com site.
So we`re going to reveal David`s dress design for Angelina in just a moment. I`m very excited to show this to you. But first, we all know that Brad and Angelina are Hollywood`s royal couple. Right? Well, we all watched the royal wedding of William and Kate, it was broadcast around the world. Tens of millions of people tune in for this thing, and let`s face it. You know, American needs its own royal wedding.
So let me throw out Brangelina bridal mystery number one tonight. Should Brad and Angelina make this wedding public?
David, let me go to you first, what do you think?
DAVID TUTERA, "MY FAIR WEDDING": Listen, I think we all would love for this to be public. But I`m going to tell, I`m all about privacy when it comes to weddings, and as much as we all want a sneak peek into this very over-the-top what we think the wedding will be, I would say it should be private, especially specifically for who they are and what we`re expecting.
HAMMER: Yes. I would have a feeling that is going to be their M.O. I have a feeling it`s going to be so secretive, but you know that the paparazzi, the tabloids, everybody`s going to be chomping at the bit to get their hands on any kind of access to this wedding, even if it is a private affair, for that reason. Sort of in the same way, Anja --
TUTERA: Absolutely.
HAMMER: Sort of in the same reason that celebrity couples won`t release their own pictures of their babies to avoid the waylay. Do you think maybe they should make it public?
ANJA WINIKKA, SITE EDITOR OF WEDDINGCHANNEL.COM: I really don`t think they`re going to make it public. These guys are very private. They like to keep all the details under wraps. Those things that we do find out about their wedding are going to be very purposeful on their behalf.
HAMMER: So do you think they should, though, perhaps, maybe they`ll do something privately on their own, but maybe, hey, you know, why not cash in on it all, throw a big affair?
WINIKKA: I just don`t think they need to do it. They`re Brad and Angelina. They can do what they want. Right?
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HAMMER: Yes. And you know, it`s really the bottom line with these two. They absolutely can do whatever the heck they want. We`ve already seen Angelina`s engagement ring.
So now, of course, the big buzz has begun over Angelina`s dress. And David, I know this is one of the things you are known for. SHOWBIZ TONIGHT is about to exclusively reveal your very first design sketch specifically for Angelina Jolie and then we`ll answer our next Brangelina bridal mystery, what should Angelina wear for the big day?
All right. Are you ready? Here we go. Let`s put it up, Charles. Your very first look into David Tutera`s gown for Angelina. Wow, there it is. I think that`s rather stunning. I don`t know much about these things --
TUTERA: Thank you. Thank you.
HAMMER: -- but I`m looking at that and I`m saying that`s pretty classy and very Angelina. Tell us about it, Dave.
TUTERA: Thank you. You know, listen, I think she`s always going to be very sexy, very sophisticated and elegant, as you just said, A.J. But this is a crumb catcher`s neckline, and it`s going to have no beading, no details or sparkle, very understated. And it`s very formed, it`s the silhouette on this dress really hugs the curves of her body and it flairs out along the bottom, almost a modest mermaid design.
And I just see the center of this dress, the bodice will be a corseted back and the boning and the ribbing in the center of the bodice will really pull her in and give her that sexy feel but keeping it very sophisticated. And the color, by the way. I don`t see her wearing white for this. I really don`t. I see her wearing something like a champagne gold or even a copper. Something warm and more organic with a raw silk. Very sophisticated and sexy.
HAMMER: Pardon my ignorance here.
TUTERA: Yes.
HAMMER: Again, I`m coming from, you know, not that bright a place when it comes to wedding dresses. Where do her legs go? I don`t see any room -- I mean, you know, are there slits in the dress?
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TUTERA: You know, she could do a very high slit. She`s known for the reveal, known for the slit, and the slit will be off to the side possibly on the back of the hip and down the side. And this is a dress that you wear to show off the look. It`s very, very sexy and elegant. She`s not going to cross over to a place that`s inappropriate. That`s not what she does.
HAMMER: No, I don`t think she will. And I have mentioned this before, I don`t think I`m going out on a limb here to say she`ll look fantastic in whatever she wears.
Now, of course, whenever Brad and Angie`s name come up inevitably Jennifer Aniston`s name comes up as well. And we`re hearing that Jen is reportedly very happy for him and Angelina. There was actually one report today that she and Brad are on such good terms these days, she might actually consider going to the wedding.
Who really knows about that. But that leads to my next Brangelina bridal mystery. Should Brad invite Jen?
Anja, is that crazy talk? Or do you think Jen would actually consider it at this point?
WINIKKA: I think it`s crazy talk. You know, like, even if they`re like, super, you know, happy, on great terms, like, you don`t invite the ex to the wedding. I just -- you know, I just don`t think you don`t go there. So I`m going to -- I`m going to go with the no.
HAMMER: All right. Let get your take, David, because you deal with a lot of celebrity events, and you know not all the celebrity weddings last that long so there are usually exes of the people that you`re doing weddings for. What do you think?
TUTERA: Yes, I happen to agree, it`s the wrong time, the wrong place for Jen to be at any celebration for this. So I`m in agreement, she will not be invited and she should not go if she is.
HAMMER: All right, well, she could be making wedding headlines of her own, of course, because there have been all these reports that she`s already planning her wedding to the new love of her life, there he is, Justin Theroux. And she could be getting engaged sometimes soon which is obviously great.
But do you think, Jen, and I have seen speculation about this on the Internet today, that maybe Jen might want to hold off making any announcement, because, you know, people out there will say she`s a copycat and she wanted to do this because Brad and Angie did it, whether or not there`s truth to that.
WINIKKA: Yes, I mean, honestly, if they get engaged around the same time, everyone is going to jump to that. You know, whose wedding is better, whose ring is better. Everyone is going to be wanting to compare the two.
HAMMER: Here`s my take. Jen is happy in her life. She`s probably very happy for Brad and Jen, and just wants to go on and live her life and I`m happy for her and I think people need to let it go.
WINIKKA: Absolutely.
HAMMER: I don`t think they will but they should.
WINIKKA: Agree.
HAMMER: Well, the next big burning questions today was, where will Brad and Angelina get married? Now think about it. They have homes in L.A., in New Orleans, they even have this amazing chateau in France which would obviously be a spectacular setting. But a lot has been made of the fact that these guys do so much for places overseas, like Cambodia and Ethiopia and Vietnam where their kids were born. So that leads to our next big Brangelina bridal mystery, should they get married in their homeland, the United States? David?
TUTERA: I would love, love, love, come here and get married in America, we would love it. But I`m going to tell you right now, I don`t think it`s going to happen. I think that they`re going to find a remote, very far land area that they just can`t be found. It`s going to be secretive as we said earlier. So I`m going to sort of just take the side right now that we`re not going to have the wedding here, as much as we all want it to be.
HAMMER: But for your planning purposes, David, you know, you`re going to need to know where this thing is, if you were going to do this wedding, so my question to you is will you be reaching out to Brad and Angelina to offer to plan this major event --
TUTERA: I --
HAMMER: -- or small private even, whatever it turns out to be.
TUTERA: Absolutely, we`ll be ready and willing to do and I will be reaching out to them, by the way. But you know, this is something where we don`t tell any one what`s going on. And for me, when I do celebrity events, the press knows nothing. We create different avenues for people to think something is going to happen when it`s not for the privacy of our couple and their guests. And so it a very secret way of handling it. But we have to.
HAMMER: No, you`ve got -- you`ve got to do it and for all we know, David, you could be planning the wedding right now. Maybe you`ve been working on it for a year.
David Tutera, Anja Winikka, thank you both so much.
Right now, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT investigates how the "Real Housewives" are spinning their massive fame into massive fortunes.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I have launched a new business, Wine by Wives.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I have two new songs coming out.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I have a new beverage come out right now called Red Velvet Cosmo.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: On May 1st, my book "Skinny Dipping" comes out. It`s a fiction novel.
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HAMMER: I mean it`s just amazing. Tonight SHOWBIZ uncovers the real deal that are making these housewives really rich.
Mike Tyson lets his guard down in a brand-new SHOWBIZ exclusive. Tonight, Iron Mike`s new bombshell.
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TURNER: You were battling addiction when you would do that?
TYSON: Yes, I was doing drugs.
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HAMMER: That`s crazy. Was the scene stealer of "The Hangover" actually high when he was filming the movie?
This just blows me away, Tupac`s amazing live performance 15 years after his death. Could a hologram Tupac spark a whole new kind of music tour? Well, the very real hip-hop Commons is in the flesh tonight with us to weigh in on Tupac`s hologram hit.
This is SHOWBIZ TONIGHT on HLN news and views. Here`s the SHOWBIZ news ticker, more stories from the SHOWBIZ TONIGHT newsroom, making news tonight.
GRAPHICS: Vanessa Williams reveals childhood molestation in new memoir, "You Have No Idea."
GRAPHICS: Kim Kardashian wants to run for mayor of Glendale, California.
KIM KARDASHIAN, REALITY TV STAR/MODEL: I decided I`m going to run for the mayor of Glendale. I have to buy a house there. You have to have residency there. So I`m going to -- so Noel and I are like looking into all the requirements and I`m literally going to have a huge -- she`s going to help me with my campaign.
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HAMMER: There he is, everybody is buzzing about him, Latino superstar William levy, moving on the dance floor last night on "Dancing with the Stars." It is amazing, he was a virtual unknown here in the states before his dancing debut. Does he have what it takes to win the Mirror Ball trophy?
Welcome back to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. I`m A.J. Hammer in New York with a dose of reality tonight.
Has the Kimye courtship actually comes to a crashing halt? Well, there`s a brand-new report today that says Kanye did but put the kibosh on his romance with Kim after she allegedly went behind his back and ordered up her reality show TV crew to come along on his tour.
Come on, Kanye, you`ve got to see that covering.
Well, I want to hear what comedian David Alan Grier has to say about that.
David, now starring in -- on Broadway in an amazing show, "Porgy and Bess." David is here in New York for the SHOWBIZ Newsmaker interview.
Great to have you here. Have a seat, make yourself comfortable, please.
DAVID ALAN GRIER, COMEDIAN: Thank you.
HAMMER: It`s nice to see you.
GRIER: Well, you`re not really looking at me.
HAMMER: Is this a hologram?
GRIER: It is a hologram.
HAMMER: Boy, well, wait until you see this hologram, the Tupac hologram. Common is coming on the show later. We`re going to get his take on that. But right now I need to get your take on two very living real people. Kanye West and Kim Kardashian and apparently Kanye may be so upset with the idea that Kim wanted to have her reality cameras following him around that he may have put the kibosh on their relationship.
And to me, David, that says maybe we have finally found a camera that Kanye doesn`t like.
GRIER: Well, I love Kanye. I do. I think he`s a genius. He`s amazing. I`ve worked with him. And I think he`s making the right decision, if in fact this is his move. I would do the same thing, you don`t want reality cameras, unless he`s the one doing it, you know what I`m saying?
HAMMER: Well, you actually made the point about Lamar Odom, Khloe Kardashian`s husband. I was checking out your Twitter feed and you wrote, this is your tweet, "Lamar Odom needs to quit that Kardashian reality show." He seems cool -- (CROSSTALK)
GRIER: If he wants his career back.
HAMMER: Yes, well, that`s --
GRIER: His basketball career back. That`s what I think, I think he`s got to just concentrate on that. What`s he going to be, a reality star or a basketball star? He`s incredible, he had incredible stats last year. And they`ve all fallen off. So I mean if I were his adviser, I would say dump that show, get back on the court, and do your thing, OK?
HAMMER: You can kind of get to how people do get caught up and I`m not saying that`s what happened with Lamar but the cameras are around. Everybody is really recognizing him now.
GRIER: Yes.
HAMMER: Outside of the basketball world.
GRIER: That`s a distraction. I`m an expert.
(LAUGHTER)
HAMMER: You are an expert on this thing.
GRIER: No, I don`t know, I don`t know. That`s what I think.
HAMMER: What was it -- in addition to all of the fame you had before, when you did "Dancing with the Starts," your own -- it is a reality competition show.
GRIER: That`s exactly --
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HAMMER: It`s a different kind of reality show.
GRIER: That`s exactly what it is.
HAMMER: You know, everybody got to know you in a different way.
GRIER: Well, I think I`m the only star in the history of "Dancing with the Stars" whose star actually dimmed. From --
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GRIER: No, I don`t know.
HAMMER: David Alan Grier was (INAUDIBLE) and has plummeted doing "Dancing with the Stars."
GRIER: I don`t think it should be called "Dancing with Stars" anymore, really. It`s dancing with people. Because I don`t know who these people are.
HAMMER: Have you seen this William Levy?
GRIER: No, I haven`t.
HAMMER: The Latino superstar. He`s huge in the Latin world. Nobody knows him here.
GRIER: OK. But we`re not in the Latin world.
(CROSSTALK)
GRIER: OK?
HAMMER: Yes. Yes.
GRIER: We`re in America. I don`t know who he is.
HAMMER: They said he`s a good looking guy, David. I don`t know.
GRIER: I don`t know who he is, man. I don`t know who he is.
HAMMER: All right. Well, listen, right now you`re having great success in "Porgy and Bess," which just looks amazing, I admittedly haven`t gotten to see it yet. But I`m going to see if I know somebody who has tickets. In any event, you guys did something that I thought was great, all wearing hoodies to honor Trayvon Martin.
Whose decision was it to do that?
GRIER: The cast. I think I found out from another member of the cast, whose name is Trayvon, interestingly enough, and we all talked about it as a cast and then it kind of spread to the crew, Susan Lori Parks joined us, just a way for us to show as artists that we support the family, and by meaning that, I`m talking about to let the wheels of justice turn and the outcome is going to be what it is. But there should be a proper investigation.
HAMMER: And its great -- it is great to be honoring a family that obviously has some pretty tough times ahead of them.
GRIER: Right. Right.
HAMMER: And pretty tough times they`ve been through.
David, it`s great to have you here.
GRIER: Thank you.
HAMMER: Congratulations on "Porgy and Bess."
And make sure you check out David on Broadway if you happen to be in the New York are. "Porgy and Bess" is at the Richard Rogers Theater.
Got to move on right now to a SHOWBIZ TONIGHT investigation. Tonight how the "Real Housewives" franchise is transforming its stars into moguls.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We have a new vodka coming out called Zing Vodka. And it`s a red velvet case vodka. My husband and I are doing this skin care line together. And that`s what I`ve used this platform for, is to make beautiful things and quality things.
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HAMMER: The little projects that are generating huge bucks for these housewives. Is the real action all going off offscreen?
Plus your fan? Did the "Today" show really just ban comedian Kathy Griffin from their set? The horror. Why Kathy says she`s in a big old feud with TV`s top morning show.
Time now for "Showbiz Buzz List." Here`s what SHOWBIZ TONIGHT staff is buzzing about this week. We`re jamming to the new Bob Marley documentary, "Marley." It`s in theaters on Friday. We`re hustling over to Broadway for the amazing revival of "Porgy and Bess" starring our now good friend David Alan Grier.
Listen up, Jason Mraz`s new album "Love is a Four-Letter Word" dropped today. And get ready you Hogwart professor wannabe. A brand new "Harry Potter" encyclopedia is on the Web.
Also we`re totally obsessed with the new HBO show "Girls."
This is SHOWBIZ TONIGHT on HLN News and Views.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I have to come.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You can`t do that.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I have to. Why not?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Because he`ll stand outside our window with a boom box or he`ll kill himself. What does it feel like to be loved that much?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I don`t know, I can`t feel it anymore.
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HAMMER: Tonight could it be that Kathy Griffin is banned? The comedian revealed why the "Today" show may be trying to keep her off their airwaves.
Also, she`s back. Demi Moore breaks her Twitter silence and SHOWBIZ TONIGHT`s secrets. An exclusive with the man who might be Brad and Angelina`s wedding planner. That tops the buzz today.
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HAMMER (voice-over): Showbiz exclusive, the man behind Brad Pitt`s lavish wedding to Jennifer Aniston opens up to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT about possibly taking on the job again for Brad and his soon-to-be new bride, Angelina Jolie.
In a brand new interview celebrity wedding planning Kevin Lee reveals to me why he now wants to now take on Brad and Angie`s big day.
(On camera): Kevin, I would imagine you would love to have the opportunity to do yet another Brad Pitt wedding.
KEVIN LEE, CELEBRITY WEDDING PLANNER: Absolutely. It`s going to be this three wedding ever. The first wedding was this incredible, I`m sure but Angelina has her, you know, beautiful, you know, ideas and Brad Pitt himself is an incredible person.
HAMMER: Will you pick up the phone to call him to see if he`s interested?
LEE: Definitely.
HAMMER (voice-over): Kathy`s "Today" show feud. Kathy Griffin has just revealed she believes she`s been banned from NBC`s "Today" show again. In a brand new interview with "USA Today," Kathy reveals, I have been banned and re-banned from the "Today" show by several people. This time my camp heard that it was actually Natalie Morales who was on the show. I don`t even know if she`s the co-host, I think she reads the news."
Kathy who also happens to be promoting her new Bravo talk show, "Kathy," adds she heard Natalie claim she was rude to her at an awards show. The "Today" show hasn`t commented.
Demi`s Twitter comeback. Demi Moore has just hit Twitter for the first time in nearly three months. Regular Twitter Demi went silent on her handle MrsKutcher just after announcing she was divorcing Ashton Kutcher. She later revealed she was seeking treatment for exhaustion. Moore resurfaced on Sunday tweeting this photo of herself to fans, saying only, "Testing."
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HAMMER: By the way, the "Today" show just told us that they didn`t in any way ban Kathy Griffin from their show.
Now the SHOWBIZ lineup that`s coming up at the bottom of the hour on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We have a new vodka coming out called Zing Vodka and it`s a red velvet case vodka. My husband and I are doing the skin care line together and that`s what I`ve used this platform for. It`s to make beautiful thing and quality things.
HAMMER: Tonight, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT investigates how the "Real Housewives" franchise is turning its star into moguls. We uncover the behind-the- scenes deals, the trouble, the on-screen drama.
And SHOWBIZ TONIGHT with an exclusive with Mike Tyson. Did Brad Pitt try to steal Iron Mike`s ex-wife?
TYSON: (INAUDIBLE) I don`t know who the hell this guy was.
TURNER: And it was Brad Pitt?
TYSON: Yes.
HAMMER: Tyson unplugged. SHOWBIZ TONIGHT gets real with the boxing great. It`s the debut of his candid new one-man show in Vegas.
This is SHOWBIZ TONIGHT on HLN News and Views. Time now for the SHOWBIZ news ticker, more stories from the SHOWBIZ TONIGHT newsroom making news tonight.
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GRAPHICS: Showbiz fist look "The Amazing Spider-Man" poster.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I have launched a new business "Wine by Wives."
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I have two new songs coming out.
(CROSSTALK)
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I have a new beverage coming out right now called Red Velvet Cosmo.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: On May 1st, my book "Skinny Dipping" comes out. It`s a fiction novel.
HAMMER: Big news breaking tonight on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT.
"Real Housewives," real moguls. Tonight it`s a SHOWBIZ Special Report about the millions, yes, millions of dollars that the "Real Housewives" stars are making when the cameras aren`t rolling.
And Mike Tyson`s new bold confessions. Was the scene stealer of "The Hangover" high while filming the movie?
TURNER: You were battling addiction when you were doing that movie.
TYSON: Yes, I was doing drugs.
HAMMER: It`s an eye-popping SHOWBIZ exclusive with Mike Tyson as the debut of his one-man show in Las Vegas.
Hologram Tupac on tour. No one can stop talking about the awesomeness of the hologram Tupac at Coachella, but would you pay big money to see him in concert?
Living hip-hop legend Common is right here. What does he think? We`re going to find out in tonight`s SHOWBIZ Newsmaker interview.
ANNOUNCER: TV`s most provocative entertainment news show continues right now.
HAMMER: Welcome back to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. It is 30 minutes past the hour, I`m A.J. Hammer in New York.
Tonight, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT investigates "Real Housewives," real moguls. You know, it`s hard to imagine a world without "Real Housewives" in it, isn`t it? The "Real Housewives of Orange County" debuted just six years and it spawned, of course a power house TV franchise.
Well, tonight SHOWBIZ TONIGHT can tell you that the real action is offscreen, from Atlanta to Beverly Hills, to New Jersey, the stars of these shows have become enterprising entrepreneurs. You know, some of them are actually worth more than their husbands now.
"SHOWBIZ TONIGHT`s" Kareen Wynter takes us behind the Prada and the drama to uncover the real deals that are making the "Real Housewives" really, really rich.
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KAREEN WYNTER, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT CORRESPONDENT: The "Real Housewives: franchise have become the toast of reality TV, launching many of its leading ladies into instant fame. And some are using this massive platform to start their own industries.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I have launched a new business Wines by Wives.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I have two new songs coming out.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Beverage come out right now called Red Velvet Cosmo.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: On May 1st, my book "Skinny Dipping" comes out. It`s a fiction novel comes out.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We`ve all got our little projects going on.
WYNTER: SHOWBIZ TONIGHT can tell you that these little projects have become a big deal and have helped turn many "Real Housewives" into real moguls.
KAT SADLER, E! ENTERTAINMENT: It seems like if they`re not focusing on some type of entrepreneurial adventure, then you`re the abnormal housewife.
WYNTER: E! Entertainment`s Kat Sadler tells SHOWBIZ TONIGHT that the "Housewives" franchise has a knack for turning out savvy businesswomen.
SADLER: They know who`s out there watching them week after week after week. They put out what they know their fans are going to eat up and it`s working.
WYNTER: And Sadler says Bethany Frankle has set the standard in taking reality show fame to the bank. In addition to her own Bravo spinoff, the former New York housewife has become a household name with her best-selling books, cookbooks and Skinny Girl Cocktail chain.
SADLER: Probably her most lucrative adventure was of course the Skinny Girls Cocktails. That`s what put her on top. That sets her apart from all the other housewives and that`s what made her a multimillionaire.
WYNTER: And she`s also landed her very own talk show with none other than Ellen DeGeneres serving as executive producer.
BETHANY FRANKLE, FORMER "REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW YORK: So many great things in my life have come from taking chance, and then a talk show is taking a big chance. And it`s going to be quite a (INAUDIBLE).
WYNTER: Beverly Hills housewife Adrienne Maloof also likes to take chances. An established businesswoman well before joining the show, Maloof has since launched her own successful shoe line and she tells SHOWBIZ TONIGHT her "Housewives" exposure has paid off.
ADRIENNE MALOOF, "REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS": Bravo is amazing on what they do. They`re brilliant. They know how to (INAUDIBLE). I saw it as a win-win situation for me. It`s amazing platform for my philanthropic work, for my business.
WYNTER (on camera): Did you ever imagine this would help you in an entrepreneurial sense in a way it has? You`re a household name.
MALOOF: You know, I think I went in, knowing that again an amazing platform. But to this extent, it`s really -- it`s mind-boggling.
WYNTER (voice-over): And as Maloof tells SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, just one side adventure isn`t enough.
MALOOF: We have a new vodka coming out called Zing Vodka and it`s a red velvet case vodka. My husband and I are doing a skin care line together and that`s what I`ve used this platform for. It`s to make beautiful things and quality things.
SADLER: My hat`s off to these ladies, I mean, with any reality show, there`s a certain amount of, you know, you give up obviously a lot of your privacy and you lay it all out there on the line, there have been some more negative story lines, but all in all, I think that, good for these ladies, you know, they`re doing their thing.
WYNTER: While Bethany and Adrienne successful keep doing their thing, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT can tell you that we`re only seeing the beginning of the real housewife, real mogul craze.
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HAMMER: SHOWBIZ TONIGHT`s Kareen Wynter joins me now from Hollywood.
And, Karen, you know, I`ve seen a lot of reality TV stars and their big money ideas come and go, but there is something about these housewives that`s obviously captivating the nation and quite honestly the nation`s wallets.
But here`s what I wonder. Bethany Frankle, wealthy beyond belief right now, you can`t argue with that. But can she or really any of the other housewives say goodbye to reality TV for good now or do they really need it to stay on TV, and stay on top of their mogul status game?
WYNTER: I don`t think they`re saying goodbye any time soon. You know, branding is a big deal. But the status, A.J. That is even more important. The visibility. You know it may be hard for these women to say goodbye to reality TV, given that Bethany, she`s still part of the TV world with "Bethany Ever After." Also Lisa Vanderpump just sign off for her own reality show created around her restaurant. And the list really goes on and on. Candy Burroughs of the "Real Housewives of Atlanta," spinoff reality show, "The Candy Factory" was just picked up for another season. So there`s a lot of power, A.J., that comes with having your name attached to a popular show.
HAMMER: Sure is. Wow, it`s unbelievable and when you hear all those projects rattled off, I mean I had no idea there were that many of them.
SHOWBIZ TONIGHT`s Kareen Wynter ,thank you.
WYNTER: Incredible. You said it.
HAMMER: Now Mike Tyson`s "Hangover" high. Tonight our showbiz exclusive interview with boxing great Mike Tyson and you won`t believe what he reveals about his state of mind while he was filming the film, "The Hangover."
Let me bring in SHOWBIZ TONIGHT`s Nischelle Turner. She is also in Hollywood tonight. Nischelle sat down for an exclusive one-on-one interview with the former heavyweight boxing champ right there on the set of his new Las Vegas show, and a show Mike Tyson just really opened up to you about his life and his troubles.
TURNER: Yes.
HAMMER: And he had this very candid conversation with you about what was happening behind the scenes of "The Hangover" What was going on there?
TURNER: Yes. Well, absolutely, A.J. You know I had to ask him about his scene stealing role in "The Hangover" and what was going on with his life back then. I have to say I was very surprised when he admitted what he was doing, and that was drugs at that time. Take a look.
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TYSON: I was gambling with life back then, I wasn`t the person I am now, I was just gambling with life.
TURNER: Right.
TYSON: Yes.
TURNER: You were battling addiction when you were doing that.
TYSON: Yes. I was on drugs, on the set, and I would just did my lines, regardless of my situation, if I was high, if I was obnoxious, I come to work, I come to give 100 percent. That`s what I -- I credit myself with being a real professional artist. You know? I`m always on top -- my personal life is disgusting, you know, I`m always late, I`m a mess. But for my professional life, I`m impeccable, I`m unstoppable. I`m on my game.
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HAMMER: Wild to hear. He doesn`t play it close to the vest at all. And so compelling to hear him talking so candidly about that. And interesting that he says he wasn`t the person then that he is now. So of course the question I think on a lot of people`s minds, do you think his troubles are really behind him?
TURNER: That`s a tough one. You know here`s what I do believe. I do believe that Mike Tyson is a work in progress. Now he says he`s been clean and sober for three years, he`s a vegan now. He`s honest, and you heard him, he says he`s still a bit of a mess but he`s trying. He says he doesn`t want to be that violent, dangerous man anymore.
And, A.J., he told he actually looked at his time in prison as a good thing because he says it taught him that he`s no different than anyone else and showed him who he didn`t want to be, that`s why we see him doing the "Funny or Die" skits or the WWE flash mob dancing. He says he now wants to just embrace positivity to keep him out of those dark places that are probably always going to be lurking.
HAMMER: I hope he`s able to keep that up. Great interview. Nischelle Turner, thanks so much.
Nischelle coming back later in the show with more of her exclusive interview with Mike Tyson. You`ve got to stick around to hear about a chance encounter that Tyson had years ago with a then unknown Brad Pitt.
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TYSON: I was just a young kid. He was nobody then. I didn`t know who he was. I thought she picked him up off the street, I didn`t know who this guy was.
TURNER: And it was Brad Pitt.
TYSON: Yes.
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HAMMER: Amazing.
Moving on to hologram Tupac tour.
Well, after his mesmerizing resurrection at Coachella, no one can stop talking about hologram Tupac. Would you pay big money to see him in concert, though? How about another late music icon?
Well, rapper, actor, and author, Common, right here tonight live in the flesh. What does he think about this? Common tells all in tonight`s SHOWBIZ newsmaker exclusive interview.
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ALEC BALDWIN, ACTOR: Because I was very opposed that I did not want to go back for another year. And then I really thought about it, and I thought, you know, why not? It`s such a great group of people, it`s a great job, it`s one more year. I`m doing something I love. So we -- so we are going back next year but after that I can`t imagine it`s going to go on any more after that. And so I think it`s completely OK.
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HAMMER: Tonight Tupac on tour? Could it be? Could it happen?
SHOWBIZ TONIGHT brings you the startling news breaking today. That the mind-boggling hologram performance of legendary rapper Tupac Shakur at the Coachella Music Festival 16 years after he was murdered. Could becoming to a city near you.
That will be just amazing.
Welcome back to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. I`m A.J. Hammer in New York.
Yes, Tupac or at least his holographic image, could actually be going on tour. It was a remarkably realistic hologram like projection of Tupac that really revved up the audience with Tupac`s signature move, some of this greatest hits as he was performing along with a very much alive Dr. Dre and Snoop Dog. The "Wall Street Journal" reported today that Dre and Snoop may actually be taking the act on a rope. So is Tupac the hologram setting the stage now for the return of great performers of the past.
I figure who better to ask than another spectacular performer, Grammy Award winning artist, actor and author, Common. He is with us tonight. Common is helping Western Union kick off its "Thanks 1,000 Campaign." Giving the chance to share a little love and win some great prices. Common in New York for the SHOWBIZ newsmaker interview.
It`s great to see, man.
COMMON: A.J., how are you doing?
HAMMER: Thank you for being there. Oh, no, there`s that voice. There`s the voice. Already I`m intimidated, man.
COMMON: Oh, come on.
HAMMER: It`s wild hearing you in person. I have to say.
COMMON: It`s a peaceful voice, right?
HAMMER: It`s a peaceful -- it is very -- it`s zen like.
COMMON: Yes.
HAMMER: I have to say, I now feel suddenly at peace.
COMMON: There we go.
HAMMER: We have a lot to talk about, obviously. Everybody is buzzing about this Tupac hologram. It took Coachella by storm. Shall we watch a little bit of this?
COMMON: Yes.
HAMMER: Charles do the honors here.
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HAMMER: I mean that`s crazy to me. It`s like he`s right there and apparently it`s all fresh, it`s a fresh performance it`s not taken from old footage and I understand that it`s the brain child of your good friend Dr. Dre.
What do you think about that?
COMMON: Well, I mean I have to say -- I mean it`s obviously a creative thing and they`re paying homage to one of the greatest artists of our generation. Of course when you see it, you feel a little spooked out, you know, and I can`t imagine being in the audience and not knowing that -- like my first time seeing it was on a commuter or just seeing the clip here, but just to be in the audience and have to see that, like, you`ll be like, what`s going on? But I think it`s a great way to pay, you know, homage to a very talented artist.
HAMMER: We actually had somebody on the ground right there. Our associate producer Carolyn Sung was out there at Coachella, So I had to speak with her and get her direct reaction, I wrote it down because I think she really summed it up, she said I absolutely loved it, it was amazing but creepy.
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HAMMER: Yes. I mean there was a creep factor to it. And our SHOWBIZ TONIGHT Facebook fans are also giving this a huge thumbs up. So today there was news breaking that this might actually go out on tour. What would you think of that?
COMMON: I mean I think that is something that we could enjoy, but I mean eventually -- I mean I love seeing a live performance of the person that is arrive, at the same token, as much as you do pay homage, you don`t want to, in that experience so I don`t know.
HAMMER: It`d be interesting to see if anything happens with that, would we be -- have to be worried if this does take off. There could be like an East Coast hologram versus the west coast hologram going at it. I don`t even want to go down that road.
COMMON: Maybe we`ll have a peaceful hologram like --
HAMMER: Yes. That would be very great. Sounds like your voice.
Dr. Dre, by the way, did tell us when we reach to them today that the reports of this going-on tour are a little premature but of course it got us thinking and a lot of people making suggestions on our Facebook page today about other artist they would like to see in this form. A lot of the names you`d expect like John Lennon, Bob Marley, Michael Jackson all coming up.
Is there somebody you would like to see, revived in that passion.
COMMON: Well, I mean, I`d definitely have to agree with the Bob Marley.
HAMMER: Join him on stage maybe.
COMMON: Yes, I mean that -- when asked if I would perform with Hologram. I mentioned Bob Marley and John Lennon knows it, too. I mean I love Michael Jackson but for me I would have to say I think, you know, we got to keep these artists` you know, legacies alive be It`s hard for to say I would like to see them on tour. Isn`t that -- because it`s --
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COMMON: It was so funny. It`ll be a little strange. And I will feel like those artists need to be able to give their endorsement for someone that take them on Tour.
HAMMER: I absolutely hear you on that. Well, you`ve had a pretty big day. I`ve been kicked off, Dave, was Western Union. I understand you performed in concert and the whole idea of what you`re doing here is spreading a little love.
How come we not all be happy about that?
COMMON: Yes.
HAMMER: Tell me about this Thanks a Thousand program.
COMMON: Yes, it`s Western Union`s Thanks a Thousand campaign and I have partnered with them. And it`s basically being able to give thanks and give gratitude and love to someone you care about. And it`s really more -- it`s more of like a way for you to say hey, I really appreciate you. And you have the opportunity to win $1,000 in the process.
HAMMER: Wow.
COMMON: But the heart and soul of this is just being -- saying thank you.
HAMMER: I`m sitting here -- are you guys feeling better and calm and at peace and wanting to spread the love now?
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HAMMER: That`s pretty amazing. Well, Common, it`s great to have you hear. I really appreciate it, and you know, we`ll see, hopefully there won`t be a hologram Common anytime.
COMMON: No, no, no, no.
HAMMER: Soon, because we like the real deal.
COMMON: Yes, god willing I`ll be here for years, that`ll happen 100 years from now.
HAMMER: Well, we want everyone to take part in Western Union`s Thanks a Thousand campaign. Winners announced Daily.
For more information, check out ThanksaThousand.com.
Thanks again, Common.
COMMON: Yes. Thanks, A.J.
HAMMER: All right. Moving now to Mike Tyson`s pit stop. You won`t believe the wild story Iron Mike just told SHOWBIZ TONIGHT exclusive about meeting someone he called a strong, young kids back in the day who was his soon-to-be-ex Robin Givens.
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TYSON; Nobody there. I`m a -- I thought she`s picked him right off the street but I know who this guy was.
TURNER: And it was Brad Pitt.
TYSON: Yes.
HAMMER: Before it jammed the poor Angelina, there was Brad Pitt, Robin and Iron Mike.
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HAMMER: Tonight Mike Tyson reveals the stunning stories behind his run-in with the young Brad Pitt. Tyson opened up at an exclusive interview with SHOWBIZ TONIGHT`s Nischelle Turner, on the set of Tyson`s new Las Vegas show.
Nischelle is joining me from Hollywood tonight.
So Nischelle, obviously a fascinating interview with Mike Tyson. But what is this about a chance meeting that he had with Brad Pit?
TURNER: A.J, your (INAUDIBLE) love this story. OK, let me set it up for you. It was 1989 around the time that Mike Tyson was going through his voice with actress Robin Givens. And one day Titans said that he went over to give him towels for well, a hookup. And that`s before they were set to go to a divorce court. And it was on that day Mike Tyson said he had a random encounter with a very young Brad Pitt.
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TYSON: Right before I go to my deposition, to say that she`s a gold digger and she`s a tramp a mug and auto guy. I`m going to go to her house and see her first. This is how this stuff go. Because I`m going to -- I don`t know anything about women. She`s probably the third girlfriend I ever had at the time and stuff.
TURNER: Right.
TYSON: And she did it real good and I like it. I don`t know what I was doing, I didn`t know anything, I was stupid and this happened.
TURNER: It`s OK.
TYSON: And this happened, and you know this is interesting. So I went to her house, you know, before I go to the lawyers` office, right. She wasn`t the (INAUDIBLE) but I`m walking back to her car. She`s pulling back -- I can get this quickly before we hit. And know she`s putting up with this little guy beach bum --
TYSON: Did you know who it was?
JOHNSTON: I didn`t know, all right no woo, I think she`d pick them off the street. I don`t think he was acting then.
TURNER: And there was Brad Pitt.
TYSON: Yes. He`s a young kid. He was no actor then. He wasn`t acting then. He was my vocal fill back then wouldn`t it. (INAUDIBLE), hey guys.
TURNER: sDid he know who you were?
TYSON: Well, of course he knew. why I was there. That guy was her husband.
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HAMMER: It is Mike Tyson. I mean come on. That`s a funny story.
And you know at the time, Tyson was at the peak of his boxing career, so I got to know if you asked him if he wanted to go after Brad, because, you know, he was hanging out with his wife. They were still married.
TURNER: Well, of course I asked him that. How can I not? Now he said that Robin was actually afraid of that, too, but he said you know what, he didn`t want to fight. He said when he saw them together, he was too bummed out, he just thought, well, I guess we`re not hooking up today.
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HAMMER: Can you imagine what a story that both Brad Pitt and Mike Tyson would be telling today if he did go after him?
TURNER: Oh my gosh.
HAMMER: And I got to say, in the whole interview, we got to see this different side of Iron Mike, I think people are going to be really surprised to see the side of him, not how we imagine the guy.
TURNER: Yes, exactly. You know he`s now starting to get to the phase of his life, A.J., where he can kind of put himself out there, talk about all these things that he`s done in his life and kind of laugh at himself in some points, and also kind of take some ownership of all the bad things that he`s done. So it`s an interesting Mike Tyson now compared to the Mike Tyson then.
HAMMER: And solid proof everybody can evolve.
Nischelle Turner, that was great. Thank you so much.
And that`s it for SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. I thank you for watching. I`m A.J. Hammer. You can catch SHOWBIZ TONIGHT exclusively weeknights at 11:00 p.m. Eastern and Pacific. And of course that is right here on HLN. Have a great night.
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