Shakira's $70M Payday, Billie Jean King's Big Milestone, Jack Osbourne's Weight-Loss Defense & More
Plus, a Hollywood marriage milestone, a Survivor controversy, a mayoral bid & a celebrity son's response to fan concern.
Love, lawsuits, comebacks and controversy are all on the menu this week.
From William Daniels and Bonnie Bartlett celebrating 75 years of marriage – after surviving an open-marriage chapter – to Shakira scoring a massive legal victory, Billie Jean King finally earning her college degree at 82, and Richard Hatch stirring up fresh Survivor drama, these stars are proving age is just a number when it comes to making headlines. Plus, a political farewell, a reality star’s mayoral ambitions and Jack Osbourne’s response to health concerns.
This is HOLLYWOOD 411 by KEEPING TABS – let’s get into it.
GOLDEN COUPLE'S OPEN MARRIAGE SHOCKER
THE Graduate star WILLIAM DANIELS, 99, and Little House on the Prairie actress BONNIE BARTLETT, 96, have demolished the Tinseltown quickie-divorce myth. They celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary on June 20 - and that includes surviving a shocking “open marriage” period! The lovebirds met at Northwestern University, where Daniels recalls: “There was this blonde, and I thought, ‘She looks interesting.’ And so I waited for her as the class filed out. And as she passed me, I said, ‘How about a cup of coffee?’ And she said, ‘You’re too short,’” since he’s 5-foot-7. “He said, ‘Oh, come on,’” continues Bonnie, “and we’ve been together ever since.”
The pair wed in 1951 and adopted two sons after their infant William Jr. died shortly after birth in 1961. Bartlett also admits to an “open marriage” period, saying, “Bill and I never sit down and make rules... We just live our lives. And if he’s away for a year... Our lives just went on ... we never got unhinged... but our lives did go in different directions occasionally.” She says of their long union: “It is amazing - especially in our business.”
SEXY SHAKIRA'S BIG PAYDAY
Colombian bombshell SHAKIRA was singing the blues six years ago when Spain clobbered her with a $64 million bill for tax fraud, but now she’s trilling a happy tune after winning a whopping $70 million on appeal! The Waka Waka singer’s original tax debt was based on claims by Spanish officials that she stiffed them while a resident of the country in 2011.
But the 49-year-old Hips Don’t Lie sexpot showed that prosecutors failed to prove the mom of two had spent more than 183 days in the country in 2011 - the time needed to be a taxpaying resident. Thrilled with her win - and payday - Shakira notes she suffered “years of... brutal public targeting, orchestrated campaigns to destroy my reputation and sleepless nights” due to the bad publicity. “Today that narrative crumbles,” she says.
BILLIE JEAN ACES COLLEGE DEGREE
Tennis court queen BILLIE JEAN KING didn’t need a college degree to earn buckets of bucks during a fabulous career - including beating the shorts off BOBBY RIGGS in the famed “Battle of the Sexes” match in 1973. But the winner of an amazing 20 Wimbledon titles always regretted leaving college after three years for a pro career - and made up for it on May 18, finally receiving her bachelor’s degree in history at Cal State L.A. at age 82! “It’s never too late,” crows the new college grad.
“More than 60 years have passed before I returned to the classroom to complete my degree ... Talk about delayed gratification... I had unfinished business, and it is important to me to finish what I started. I like completing things. It’s like shaking hands at the net after a match.”
RICHARD HATCH'S SURVIVOR DISS
Reality TV bad boy RICHARD HATCH – the original winner of Survivor in 2000 - has triggered a new controversy. Hatch took to social media and slammed CBS claiming all the past winners were invited to the season 50 live finale May 20 - but not him! “I’m the Original Winner, and I WAS NOT INVITED!” he posted. But CBS bigwigs insisted: “All winners were invited to the Survivor 50 finale.” Hatch is no stranger to controversy.
On Survivor: All-Stars in 2004, a naked Hatch rubbed up against contestant SUE HAWK during a challenge, upsetting her so much, she quit. He spent 51 months in the slammer for tax crimes and is under court order to pay a whopping $3.3 million in unpaid taxes and penalties on his original $1 million Survivor paycheck two decades ago. Yikes!
DEATHS, POLITICS… AND MORE!
Liberal firebrand and congressman BARNEY FRANK died at 86 following a battle with congestive heart failure. Born in Bayonne, N.J., Frank battled for many of the issues still prominent today including the environment, and abortion and LGBTQ rights. After the 2007-2008 financial crash, he teamed with Sen. CHRIS DODD in the Dodd-Frank Bill to prevent financial institutions and Wall Street from running amok without regulation.
Reality TV brat SPENCER PRATT, who’s running for L.A. mayor, got an unasked-for boost from PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. With both men having a background in reality TV, Trump told a reporter: “I’d like to see him do well. He’s a character... I don’t know him, assume he probably supports me. Does he support me?” While Pratt is a Republican, he’s claimed he’s not MAGA.
JACK OSBOURNE - son of the late bat-biting rocker OZZY and his gabfest-star wife, SHARON - is hitting back at fans who buzz that he’s grossly underweight. Jack, who lost 16 pounds in the jungle on TV’s I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here, says he is 155 pounds at 5-foot-8½ and healthy. “The only difference is I shaved my beard and opted for a creepy mustache. That’s the only f’ing difference.”