by Crystal Puccio (@seapeaz)

Katie And Tom, Will And Amy, And Too Many More: The 20 Saddest Star Splits Of 2012

Love is a battlefield, and 2012 was not immune the heart’s harsh ways. Celebrity relationships had a tough go at things this year and saw a record number of sad splits (Amy Poehler and Will Arnett), shocking divorces (Heidi Klum and Seal) and close-call almost breakups (Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson). But 2012 also saw a few reconciliations (Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez), giving us hope for 2013. Browse through our gallery of the 20 biggest breakups of 2012 and tell us which split was the most devastating to watch.

by Ambika Muttoo (@missmuttoo)

Rihanna, Jennie Garth, Brittany Snow Heat Up GQ Party In Red, Cassie, Rashida Jones, Julianne Hough Flop In Monochrome

GQ Men Of The Year Party: Rihanna, Jennie Garth, Cassie

The 2012 GQ Men Of The Year party was held at the Chateau Marmont in L.A. last night and as you can see above, the ladies took the black carpet quite seriously. Red means business and that’s the color a slew of stars decided to wear, as you can see above. And they all rocked red lipstick too, with the exception of Jenna Dewan who did a strong eye and neutral lip.She wore a tomato Amanda Wakeley dress with very sexy Christian Louboutin ankle-straps in the same shade. Brittany Snow wore a slinky vintage YSL dress with Jerome Rousseau heels. Then there was Rihanna who slayed them all in a very minimal strappy Calvin Klein mini dress and Manolo Blahnik sandals. Completing the red quartet was Jennie Garth and we don’t know who designed her peplum dress but it hugged every curve and made her look like a bombshell.

gq men of the year

Monochrome didn’t fare as well as red sadly. Julianne Hough wore a Temperley London white suit that looked like something out of Saturday Night Fever. It also really needed to be hemmed as we couldn’t see her Brian Atwood shoes but at least her Roger Vivier gold clutch was cool. Rashida Jones — gorgeous woman that she is — got it all wrong by wearing a Marni top with a Band of Outsiders jacket, Giorgio Armani shorts, accessorizing with earrings by Dana Rebecca, Christian Louboutin shoes and bag, and rings and bangles by Crow’s Nest. It was just too much of a mish-mash and she looked squat, which she most definitely is not, due to those shorts. Diane Kruger went into weird avant garde territory by wearing a Cushnie et Ochs dress and Vanessa Bruno jacket which did not sit well, but her Jason Wu bag and Jimmy Choos were to die for. Cassie‘s Anthony Vaccarello gown looked like someone had a go at it with scissors but again, the Jimmy Choos were hot. Check out our gallery for all these looks along with all the other women who turned up. Favorites like Emily Vancamp (in a Reem Acra dress, and Brian Atwood heels,) Krysten Ritter (Dolce & Gabbana top and skirt) and Alessandra Ambrosio who was wearing a Sally LaPointe dress all made an appearance.

[Photos: Getty Images]

by Halle Kiefer (@hallekiefer)

Jennie Garth Reveals She “Tried Reaching Out,” Makes The Amanda Bynes Saga That Much Sadder

Jennie Garth Says She Reached Out To Amanda Bynes With No Luck

Amanda Bynes might be best known for being a preternaturally hilarious tween on All That, but anyone who’s seen her (highly underrated, in our opinion) WB sitcom What I Like About You must admit that the girl is also a talented adult comedic actress as well. We imagine no one knows that better than Amanda’s former co-star from 2002 to 2006 Jennie Garth, which makes the fact Amanda is currently icing Jennie out of her tumultuous life all the more distressing. “I tried reaching out to her and I haven’t been able to reach her,” said Garth told Us Magazine. “My heart feels for whatever she is going through and I love her dearly.” Oh Amanda, just return her calls! We can only imagine Jennie Garth would a soothing presence in times of distress. She’d undoubtedly bring over a basket of muffins, or really nice lotions. We can just tell.

On the other hand, it’s probably good Bynes is trying to lay low for awhile. According to TMZ, Amanda entered a not guilt plea to two charges of driving with a suspended license yesterday; she’ll be back in court November 29. No word yet on Amanda’s pending DUI charge or multiple hit-and-run charges (for which she’s also pleaded not guilty). No word on anything, really. Is it wrong that we want someone to call Amanda’s uncle and find out what’s going on? It is, isn’t it?

[Photo: Getty Images]

by Ambika Muttoo (@missmuttoo)

Worst-Dressed At The Elle Women In Hollywood Event: What Were These Ladies Thinking?

Worst-Dressed At Elle Women In Hollywood

So, it seems that this Elle Women In Hollywood shindig is pretty big because everyone turns up for them every year. We’re normally suckers for the amazing fashion at first, but this year —  the event was at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills — some real doozies got us so riled up that we just had to get them out of our systems. Lea Michele, what were you thinking? That’s a Zimmermann dress and body suit and it’s all wrong. She looks like she’s got curtain blinds hanging off her. When Lea gets it wrong, she really does get it spectacularly wrong because this dress borders cray-town. Julianne Hough also really needs to get her makeup and hair right because she ends up with a face that looks far too old. She’s done that dark berry lip before and it didn’t do her any favors then, either. That Calvin Klein Collection dress isn’t doing her any favors as well, and nor are the shoes of the same brand. The frock looks poorly constructed and we don’t want to be seeing her bra, really. It hurts us to say that Nina Dobrev — who is normally so well-dressed — made a severe misstep with that Vera Wang dress with the random lace paneling for a hem. It would have been a completely different dress without it. We’re okay with her Jimmy Choos, but the real crime is the hair that really doesn’t work with anything and that irks us. Rounding up the quartet of shame is Jennie Garth, whose biggest mistake is looking far too cutesy and twee in her Tadashi Shoji gown. The combination of that floppy bow, the lace and no color to give relief makes the whole thing wash her out. Some of you may disagree with us, but we honestly think this is better suited to someone in their late teens and not a sexy, gorgeous woman of 40. Better luck next time, ladies.

[Photos: Splash News Online]

by Ambika Muttoo (@missmuttoo)

Jennie Garth Slays Us In An Itty-Bitty Bikini In Vegas Over Labor Day Weekend

Jennie Garth In Bikini In Vegas, Labor Day Weekend

How is this woman 40-years-old? How is she the mother of three children? Where the hell is she hiding that fountain of youth and how can we get some? Sorry, guys. These photographs of Jennie Garth frolicking poolside at the Azure Palazzo, Las Vegas over Labor Day weekend in her sunshine bikini made us bust a nerve. Danny Masterson was DJing at the event — called the Palazzo Resort & Casino Labor Day Celebration — but we dare say that all eyes were probably on Jennie and her unbelievable bod. Peter Facinelli‘s loss is clearly Luke Perry‘s gain. On that note, please, please, please God, let those dating rumors be true. Them developing a sitcom together can’t be the only story. It just can’t be. Luke’s a pretty lucky dude to be spending so much time with Jennie. She doesn’t look like she has much makeup on here, in these pictures. And her skin’s looking pretty great. All of her’s looking pretty great, even in that black crotchet coverup! We can’t figure out why exactly she’s giving the finger in the third picture, but our guess is it’s because she’s thinking, “You’ll never have abs like these, suckers!”

[Photos: Splash News Online]

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Jennie Garth, Luke Perry’s Love Is So Great They’re Developing A Sitcom Together 

by Sabrina Rojas Weiss (@shalapitcher)

Jennie Garth, Luke Perry’s Love Is So Great They’re Developing A Sitcom Together

Luke Perry and Jennie Garth

It’s going to take a lot more than this to convince us that Jennie Garth and Luke Perry aren’t totally and completely in luuuuv. After a couple of “they’re just friends” statements from the Beverly Hills, 90210 stars’ publicists earlier this week, Jennie’s rep tried a different tactic. They’ve been together all the time because they’re working on something!

“They have been spending a lot of time together recently because the two are working on developing a TV sitcom together,” the rep told RumorFix.com. “It will be a multi-camera half-hour show, currently we have producers and writers and are meeting with networks.”

This sounds like both an excellent idea AND a great excuse for those two to spend a lot of time “writing.”

What will this show be about? We kind of think their real-life story is made for adaptation. Much the same way James Van Der Beek plays a caricature of himself on Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23, Jennie and Luke could be actors who made their names in a teen soap, and despite their undeniable chemistry, never had their timing right to hook up in real life … until now, when they’re divorced and more mature. But still wacky and fun, naturally.

Or maybe we’ll just go back to writing fanfic.

[Photo: Getty Images]

by Sabrina Rojas Weiss (@shalapitcher)

Are Jennie Garth And Luke Perry Finally Hooking Up? Rumors We Love

Luke Perry and Jennie Garth

Kelly Taylor and Dylan McKay hooked up, broke up, reunited, had a kid together, broke up again … and most recently, she chose a Old Navy jeans over him. Through it all, Beverly Hills, 90210 stars Jennie Garth and Luke Perry have remained nothing but close friends, as far as we can tell. Their friendship even led to Perry’s cameo on Garth’s sitcom What I Like About You. So when we heard from Perez Hilton and the National Enquirer that the newly divorced Jennie, 40, and Luke, 45, might have taken a step beyond just-friends after reuniting for those Old Navy ads, it warmed our fangirl hearts.

“Since seeing Luke again, Jennie has fallen in love with him and Luke feels the same,” a source told the Enquirer, via the New York Post. “There is an electricity between them that has been revived after all these years. It just happened.”
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by Sabrina Rojas Weiss (@shalapitcher)

Old Navy’s Beverly Hills, 90210 Ads: Is There Such A Thing As Too Many Reunions?

OK, so I work for VH1, which is basically the home of the instant-nostalgia machine. (Gosh, do you remember last week? Don’t you miss it?). Far be it from me to knock anyone else’s attempts to prey on our generation’s capacity to go weak in the knees at the mere hint of a cast reunion from one of our favorite shows or movies. (Wow, remember two days ago, when we got excited over a Dawson’s Creek reunion on Don’t Trust the B—- in Apt. 23? That was awesome.) It’s more than just a chance to see some great characters again, it’s a chance to bond with all of our peers over how much we love that thing. But when I saw the new Old Navy ads, starring Jennie Garth, Jason Priestley, Luke Perry and Gabrielle Carteris, I wondered if maybe we’ve had our fill… at least of 90210 nostalgia.


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by Jessie Rubin and Sabrina Rojas Weiss

Beverly Hills, 90210 Nostalgia Check-In: How Are Jennie Garth, Shannen Doherty And Co. Doing?

Jennie Garth, Brian Austin Green and the cast of Beverly Hills, 90210

We saw a few photos of Jennie Garth this week looking really good for someone who’s currently going through a divorce — maybe a little too good around the eyes, if you know what we mean. Of course, that made us wonder how the rest of the original flavor Beverly Hills, 90210 gang is doing these days. They’ve certainly gone through a lot of changes since the first episode of aired in October 1990. Some, like Garth and Shannen Doherty, went on to have other successful series on TV (What I Like About You and Charmed, respectively). Others, like Luke Perry and Jason Priestley, didn’t exactly see their careers take off like we expected. Gabrielle Carteris and Tori Spelling have had a good run as moms, both on and off the air. And we’re still waiting to see when Brian Austin Green and wife Megan Fox will announce her bun in the oven. Regardless of where their careers are these days (where is it, Ian Ziering?), we are pleased to report that most of the former residents of that famed zip code are still looking their sunny, attractive selves. And since we began writing this post, that guitar riff has not left our heads, so we’ll always have that. Anyway, check out this gallery of the kids from Beverly Hills High School both back in the day and now.

[Photos: Getty Images, Fox]

by Ambika Muttoo (@missmuttoo)

Red Carpet Report: The 2012 CMT Music Awards Brings Out The Stars

2012 CMT Music Awards Red Carpet

The 2012 CMT Music Awards went down last night at The Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, and definitely wasn’t all about country music, sartorially speaking! Of course, country superstars were present. Carrie Underwood rocked a Randi Rahm mini cocktail dress covered in silver paillettes. She also wore a pair of hardcore S&M looking Gio Diev heel along with the outfit. Hillary Scott was sexy in a black Hervé Léger by Max Azria dress and David Webb jewelry while Jordin Sparks looked ethereal in a flowing Kevan Hall gown with Jimmy Choo shoes. Sara Evans also went glam in a draped Julian Joyce Made By Mandalay gunmetal sequin dress.

But, as we said, this wasn’t all about the country ladies. Ashley Greene was also at the event in a lovely pale pink Donna Karan atelier dress with Nicholas Kirkwood shoes. Denise Richards, Jennie Garth and Hayden Panettiere also posed on the red carpet but the best-dressed of the night definitely went to Kristen Bell. She shut it down in a shimmering gold Reem Acra gown with delicate sheer cap sleeves and a pop of red lipstick. We need to see more of that action on Kristen! Take a look at all the fashion in our gallery below.

[Photos: Getty Images]