Teresa Giudice's money woes: With husband Joe in jail, Uncle Sam wants more
Also in Tattle: Kanyes klothes, Amber Heards donations, Andrea Martins role and more
TAX POLICY is an issue this election season, and it's also an issue for
Teresa Giudice
.
According to RadarOnline.com, a federal tax lien was filed against the Real Housewife of New Jersey and her imprisoned husband Joe, on June 15, for $219,804.38.
A previous lien had been filed against Teresa and Joe on April 29. That one was for $243,425.50.
That's a hefty chunk of IOUs with Joe in jail and Teresa struggling.
"Pretty much all [my] businesses went to sh--," when she got sent to the slammer, she said on Bravo's Watch What Happens Live.
Shop Kanye
Kanye West
fans can buy a taste of "The Life of Pablo" this weekend following the rapper-turned-fashion mogul's announcement of 21 pop-up stores worldwide that will be open for just three days, beginning Friday.
West tweeted a map Wednesday night with red dots indicating the stores' locations. Thirteen stores will be in major cities in the U.S., including Philadelphia (so at least Kanye considers us a major city). Others will be in Toronto, London, Berlin, Amsterdam, Singapore, Sydney, Melbourne and Cape Town.
West is expanding the pop-up store concept following similar events in New York, Los Angeles and Paris earlier this year. West says the New York event generated $2 million in sales of items including thrift-store jackets customized by West for $400.
TATTBITS
* As she said she would,
Amber Heard
has donated the $7 million divorce settlement she received from
Johnny Depp
to two charities: The American Civil Liberties Union and Children's Hospital of Los Angeles.
Each will receive $3.5 million.
We'll leave it up to Heard's financial advisers to figure out the tax implications.
"As described in the restraining order and divorce settlement, money played no role for me personally and never has," Heard said in a statement received by the Hollywood Reporter. "I know these organizations will put the funds to good use and look forward to continuing to support them in the future. Hopefully, this experience results in a positive change in the lives of people who need it the most."
* According to Entertainment Weekly, Adam West, Burt Ward and Julie Newmar, the 1960s TV portrayers of Batman, Robin and Catwoman, will voice the characters again in a new animated feature film, Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders.
* A merchant has filed a lawsuit against the city of Memphis over a $10 cover charge to enter Beale Street.
The Commercial Appeal reports that Lucille Catron filed the lawsuit Friday against the city and several other organizations, claiming that the Beale Street Bucks program's $10 charge deprives citizens of the right to stroll down the public street.
The program began in June in response to violence near the famous thoroughfare. It requires visitors to pay $10 after 10 p.m. on Saturdays. After they pass through a police barricade and pay the fee, patrons' identifications are inspected and men with metal detecting wands check them for weapons. In return, the Beale Street Bucks program gives visitors a $7 voucher to spend at Beale Street businesses.
The lawsuit seeks $5 million in damages and an injunction against the program, which will continue through the end of the month.
Catron said that the program's charge amounts to double taxation for citizens.
"The whole institution of that Beale Street Bucks is unconstitutional to me," Catron said. "You are paying for the city services of Beale each and every day. You're paying for the police presence on Beale, the sheriff's office on Beale, the sanitation on Beale. Taxpayers are paying for that."
* SCTV and Broadway veteran Andrea Martin has jumped aboard the cast of NBC's Hairspray Live! to play the mother of pop star Ariana Grande.
The Tony- and Emmy-winning comedian will join a lineup that also includes Harvey Fierstein, Kristin Chenoweth, Jennifer Hudson, Derek Hough, Martin Short, Sean Hayes and Rosie O'Donnell. It airs Dec. 7.
Based on the cult John Waters movie set in 1960s Baltimore, the show concerns the full-figured Tracy Turnblad whose fondest wish is to appear on a local television dance program.
Psst . . . It's really about racism.
- Daily News wire services
contributed to this report.
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