Furious Bethenny Frankel Denies Claims She Inflated Skinnygirl Payday (Exclusive)

Bravo-lebrity turned mega-reality-entrepreneur Bethenny Frankel is denying reports that she earned an underwhelming $8.1 million in the acquisition of her Skinnygirl cocktail line to Beam Global in March 2011.our editor recommendsBravo Backs Bethenny Frankel's Lost at Sea StoryBethenny Frankel Responds to SkinnyGirl Margarita ControversyBethenny Frankel: How My Tough Childhood Helps Me Today (Video) PHOTOS: Hollywood's Twitter Feuds "It's completely inaccurate," Frankel tells The Hollywood Reporter, the first outlet to report the sale of her juggernaut cocktail companyfor $120 million. "I've never wanted to discuss my net worth, but I've been quite successful. I would never allow my fans to believe something that wasn't true." While Frankel is unable to confirm the final sale price (due to a non-disclosure with the liquor distributor), she stands by THR's previous reports and shoots down a Huffington Post blog report that uncovered the company's quarterly report that listed the acquisition's purchase price as $8.1 million: "Frankly, I'm going to pay a lot more than $8.1 million in taxes. Are you really going to trust some blogger sitting in a dark room on his computer?" Beam Global also denies the report, claiming Huffington Post blogger Rob Shuter misunderstood the company's August 5, 2011 quarterly report. STORY: How Bethenny Frankel Used Her Reality Show to Make $120 Million "Contrary to recent media reports, the information in our second quarter 10-Q referenced as the purchase price relates to accounting goodwill attributed to the brand and not the purchase price for its acquisition," a Beam spokesperson tells THR. Frankel's Skinnygirl cocktails have sold one million cases in nine months, making it the fastest growing spirits brand worldwide. "That would mean I sold the brand for $8 a case. That's actually moronic," the reality star says. "I have other issues in my life, but making money is not one of them." Huffington Post has since issued a correction on their website: "Our reporter misread the $8.1 million figure in the financial documents. As Forbes points out, the number refers to the amount of Skinnygirl attributed to goodwill, not the total purchase price. We regret the error." STORY: Bethenny Frankel Inks 3 Book Fiction Deal With Touchstone Fireside Skinnygirl recently announced two additional ready-to-drink cocktails to its line, including the recently launched Skinnygirl Sangria and Skinnygirl White Cranberry Cosmo. "There are probably about ten additional things coming out with Beam," Frankel says. "I'm not an idiot, I didn't hand over my company without any back end." As for her empire, Frankel says her Skinnygirl cocktail line is just one piece of the pie. The Bravo star's Skinnygirl Face & Body Solutions line will be appearing in 1500 Wal-mart stores across the country and in Canada next month and recently signed a hyper-lucrative book deal with Touchstone Fireside for three additional titles. "The whole thing is a joke. I would never allow my brand to be misrepresented. It was irresponsible journalism and misleading to the average person," Frankel says. "Next week it will probably come out that Skinnygirl cocktails have no alcohol in them." Related Topics Bethenny Frankel Bravo

Alleged Scarlett Johansson Phone Hacker Arrested by FBI

The FBI has arrested an individual suspected in hacking the telephone of Scarlett Johansson along with other stars, the La Occasions reviews.our editor recommends'Avengers' Jeremy Renner and Scarlett Johansson Talk Fight Moments and Injuries (Video)Scarlett Johansson Contacts FBI About Compromised Nude Images PHOTOS: 'The Avengers': New Photos os Scarlett along with other Stars in Marvel's Super hero Film The analysis, named Operation Hackerazzi, didn't title other sufferers, but Vanessa Hudgens and Juliianne Hough will also be thought to become out there. PHOTOS: On Set using the Leading Ladies of Hollywood The FBI will offer you more particulars concerning the arrest in a Wednesday press conference. TMZ.com cites sources that government bodies believe the guy behaved alone in entering celebrity phones. It goes against a hacking group who've stated they're responsible. STORY: Scarlett Johansson's Lawyer Demands Elimination of Nude Images From Websites Police force sources tell the Occasions they have been looking into the hacking for any year -- before Johansson's story hit the press. Recently, Johansson spoke to CNN about getting nude photos of herself leaked. VIDEO: 'Avengers' Jeremy Renner and Scarlett Johansson Talk Fight Moments and Injuries "It feels illegal. It feels wrong," stated The Avengers star. STORY: Hacker Group Attacks Celebrities Releases Stolen Julianne Hough Pictures "Who doesn't wish to safeguard their very own privacy?" she told CNN. "Simply because you're an actress or make films or whatever doesn't mean you're not titled to your very own privacy." Related Subjects Scarlett Johansson

Zsa Zsa Gabor Unconscious, Rushed to Hospital

Zsa Zsa Gabor Zsa Zsa Gabor has been hospitalized after losing consciousness Saturday, The Associated Press reports.Zsa Zsa Gabor slips into coma, suffering from stomach infectionGabor, who was rushed from her Bel Air, Calif., home to UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center, also had a high fever and was bleeding from a tube in her stomach, her husband, Prince Frederic von Anhalt, said.Gabor, 94, was hospitalized in May under similar circumstances. Should Zsa Zsa Gabor become a new mom at age 94?The actress has been in and out of hospitals for the past year after she broke her hip in July 2010. In January, she had part of her right leg amputated before suffering a high fever, fluid in her lungs and an infection in her right leg a month later. She was also treated in March for poor circulation in her left leg.

Apples Jobs dies aged 56

The Whole Film office was deeply saddened to know in the dying of Jobs today.The co-founder and former Boss of Apple died carrying out a extended fight with pancreatic cancer. He was 56 years old.Well-known to create a couple of from the world's most desirable tech goods, Jobs was behind some products that have been so clever, easy-to-use and completely pretty, it absolutely was easy to forget how complex and groundbreaking they were under their shiny shells.It was not just the technology sector that Jobs affected more youthful crowd stood a profound effect on the film industry, most particularly via his acquisition of a fledgling company referred to as Pixar.With an informative article how Jobs' changed the film industry, mind here.Tributes are actually flowing in, with Apple delivering the following statement:"Apple has lost a visionary and artistic genius, and stuck lost an amazing individual. People people who had been lucky enough to get know and employ Steve have mislaid a dear friend plus an inspiring mentor. Steve produces a business that only he may have built, and also the spirit will forever function as initial step toward Apple."Obama mentioned, "Steve was among the finest of yank leaders - brave enough to think about in different ways, bold enough to consider he could affect the world, and gifted enough to make it happen.InchExpenses Gates and Mark Zuckerberg also paid out their respects.Jobs is managed to get by his wife and three children, and also the daughter in the previous relationship.

The Full Melissa McCarthy 'Bridesmaids' Sex Tape Features Tasers and Sandwiches

The good people over at Funny or Die are back at it again, this time with the "Full Melissa McCarthy Sex Tape" from the 'Bridesmaids' Blu-ray. Fresh off her successful 'Saturday Night Live' hosting stint, McCarthy joins Air Marshall John (her real-life husband Ben Falcone) in the bedroom, as they eat Cheez Wiz, shock each other with tasers, and fight with inflatable pool floaties. In fact, the only thing they manage not to do is have sex. By the end, the poor Air Marshall looks like he's been through hell. As for Melissa? She's ready to go another round. [via Funny or Die] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Equity, League strike deal

Stage thesps' union Actors Equity Assn. and the Broadway League, the trade association of legit producers and presenters, have made a tentative pact for the production contract, the agreement that governs the employment of actors and stage managers in commercial Broadway productions and tours. Good for four years, the new deal would expire in September 2015. Few details were made public prior to the union's upcoming ratification vote on the pact, but among the provisions were annual wage increases as well as the formation of a new Labor-Management Committee. The new body would aim to reduce grievances and more nimbly address work-related situations regarding safety and other issues. Group, to be made up of an equal number of union reps and producers, would meet quarterly. Formation of the committee seems prompted in part by last season's urgent, high-profile labor and safety concerns arising on "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark." The new overall deal between Equity and the League will first be reviewed by Equity's governing body, the National Council. If the council gives the pact a green light, the deal then goes up for a ratification vote by union members who have worked under the production contract since 2004. No exact timeline for that process has yet been laid out, although a rep for Equity estimated the vote could take place in early December. Once approved, the contract would be retroactive to Sept. 25. The latest round of labor talks seems to have gone smoothly for both sides, with barely a peep heard in legit circles about the negotiations. Although often such contractual wrangling is largely collegial, talks do sometimes deteriorate, as evidenced by the stagehands' strike in 2007 and the musicians' strike in 2003, both of which shut down the Rialto for multiple performances. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com

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Grant Morrison Writes Rogue Trooper Film

For Sam Worthington's production companyWith all eyes on theincoming Judge Dredd movie, it makes sense that savvy producers would be looking to legendary British comic 2000AD for further inspiration. Hence the news this morning that a Rogue Trooper film is in development at Sam Worthington's production company, and that cult comics writer Grant Morrison (Arkham Asylum, Final Crisis, Superman)is at work on the screenplay.Rogue Trooper, as British comics readers of a certain age will know, is a blue-skinned "Genetic Infantryman" on a scorched Nu-Earth where North and South are perpetually at war. G.I.s' personalities can be saved onto "biochips" and uploaded into new bodies, and through various quirks of circumstance, Rogue's former brothers-in-arms Gunnar, Bagman and Helm currently reside in (natch) his gun, his backpack and his helmet, functioning both as his companions and critics. The strip was created by Dave Gibbons (Watchmen) and Gerry Finley-Day, and first appeared in 2000AD in 1981.Morrison never wrote for the strip, but did provide copious Future Shocks, Zenith, and a handful of Dredds, so has plenty of 2000AD heritage. The news of a film and of Worthington and Morrison's involvement is buried in a Daily Record story that mostly concentrates on Dinosaurs vs Aliens, the property that Morrison is currently working on with Barry Sonnenfeld. It's an aside so sketchy that it doesn't even come with a Morrison quote to back it up, so whether Worthington is developing the film with a view to personally slapping on the blue paint remains to be seen. We'll bring you further details as they emerge.In the meantime, let us know what other 2000AD strips you'd like to see hit the screen. Who's for Strontium Dog? Halo Jones? Slaine? Shako the Polar Bear?

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