Famous Cheating Scandals

Famous cheating scandals

Famous cheating scandals

Remember these headline-grabbing A-list affairs? They stunned fans and ended relationships.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Date of the scandal: January 2011

The former California governor confessed to wife Maria Shriver that he’d been unfaithful, resulting in divorce papers. Get the details of the scandal and find out how much the divorce settlement might cost Schwarzenegger.

Jesse James

Date of the scandal: June 2010

In June 2010, James’ five-year marriage to Sandra Bullock came to an end after his affair with a tattooed temptress was exposed.

David Letterman

Date of the scandal: October 2009

The talk show host’s indiscretions came to light by way of a thwarted blackmail plot

LeAnn Rimes

Date of the scandal: March 2009

Rimes’ country sweetheart image was tarnished in 2009 when word spread she was stepping out on then-husband, Dean Sheremet.

Tiger Woods

Date of the scandal: November 2009

What seemingly started as news of a 2009 car crash, ended up being just the beginning of a snowballing scandal that revealed repeated unfaithfulness to Woods’ then-wife, Elin Nordegren.

John Edwards

Date of the scandal: August 2008

In 2008, the former presidential candidate admitted to the press what he had already confessed to then-wife Elizabeth: He had been seeing an employee and fathered a love child.

Brad Pitt

Date of the scandal: August 2005

America’s love affair with star couple, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston (photos), came to an end when they announced a split in ‘05. He was soon seen with a new leading lady.

Eric Benét

Date of the scandal: October 2003

The R&B crooner seemed to have a picture-perfect marriage with Halle Berry before their 2003 separation and subsequent divorce because of an affair.

Bill Clinton

Date of the scandal: January 1998

In 1998, our 42nd president came under intense fire when the nation discovered he was cheating on his wife, Hillary, with a White House intern.

Woody Allen

Date of the scandal: August 1992

The celebrated director shocked everyone especially his partner of 12 years, Mia Farrow — when his private affair went public in ‘92.

Not only did he have an affair with Soon-Yi Previn ,but the real kicker was how they were related before the scandal broke.

Mick Jagger

Date of the scandal: May 1999

Showing he is truly a rolling stone, Jagger sidestepped his common-law wife, Jerry Hall, to see another model, thus ending their relationship in 1999.

Elizabeth Taylor

Date of the scandal: 1963

Taylor was married to song man Eddie Fisher before she was swept off her feet by a dashing co-star in 1963, whom she later married and divorced twice.

Frank Sinatra

Date of the scandal: 1949

Sinatra damaged his first marriage to Nancy Barbato when he took a famous mistress in 1949.

Celebrity Recipes

Celebrity Recipes

Celebrity recipes.Celebrities are cooking these days, or at least promoting the unseen image of themselves in an apron. Actually, only Coolio and Gwyneth Paltrow have posed in an apron. Check out these recipes from the stars, and try making one.

Bill Clinton

His famous appetite has inspired several diet campaigns, such as losing 20 pounds for a monumental event .One of his favorite indulgences is lemon chess pie.

Kristen Stewart

Robert Pattinson gave a very glowing review of Kristen Stewart's loquat crumble recipe recently. Watch them talk about baking and eating loquats.

Barack Obama family

President Barack Obama says that he has been making his Obama family chili recipe since his college days and that it's good for potluck dinners and on the hot dogs he is often photographed eating

Laura Bush

She baked Cowboy Cookies in the governor's mansion in Texas and the White House and won a prize for them in recipe contest . Get more chocolate chip cookie recipes.

David Beckham

Is the soccer star hinting about a new career by talking about cooking, or is his wife, Victoria, just really lucky? Simple grilled prawns recipes sound perfect for the pop singer, who likes sauces on the side.

Drew Barrymore

The movie star loves broccoli rabe, which is usually prepared very simply. Her latest film

Whoopi Goldberg

The moderator of "The View" got a special cooking lesson she really needed. Watch Tyler Florence teach Goldberg how to prepare filet mignon. See recipes for pepper-crusted filet mignon.

Olympia Dukakis

Olympia Dukakis cooks for her diabetic husband, Louis Zorich, healthy meals such as broiled salmon and mixed vegetables with pasta.

Marilyn Monroe

"Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters" includes a handwritten exotic recipe by Monroe. Food historians think the recipe may be from her short, but much photographed, romance and marriage to baseball hero Joe DiMaggio

Sheryl Crow

Sheryl Crow took a break from creating music to promote her new cookbook on TV .Watch Crow cook Rockin' Trout.

Coolio

Watch Coolio demonstrate how to make the blasian dish Soul Rolls. It's from his cookbook, "Cooking With Coolio: 5 Star Meals at a 1 Star Price"

Gwyneth Paltrow

This singing, dancing, acting celebrity is on the cover of Bon Appétit magazine in June.Watch her interviewed about her cookbook, "My Father's Daughter"

Sara Ramirez

Dr. Callie Torres is flaunting her Broadway singing abilities on "Grey's Anatomy" .But she also cooks a mean Key lime pie.

Your cheatin' chart Celebrity cheating scandals

Your cheatin' chart Celebrity cheating scandals

Bill Clinton
Now that former Republican California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has admitted he fathered a secret child , don't worry if you're finding it hard to keep these cheaters' details straight. Trips to South America. Client No. 9. Foot-tapping in the airport bathroom. With so many amorous politicians on the loose, it's easy to get mixed up. So, here's a refresher on some of the biggest recent political sex scandals, beginning with former President Bill Clinton.

When: Depends on the scandal; the Monica Lewinsky story broke in January 1998.

Infidelity:  18-month affair with the White House intern.

Making it worse: First denied the allegations, then admitted he and Lewinsky had an "inappropriate relationship."

Stand by me: Wife Hillary Clinton  initially defended her husband, calling the allegations part of a "vast right-wing conspiracy."

Lost: Impeached  on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice. Watch coverage of the trial.

Yikes! factor: Lewinsky surrendered a blue dress that she said contained physical evidence.

Postscript: Bill stayed in office , Hillary won a Senate seat, lost a presidential nomination and is now secretary of state.

Jim McGreevey

Position: Former New Jersey Gov., Democrat

When: August 2004

Infidelity:  Had an affair with Golan Cipel,a man who had served as his aide. 

Making it worse: Cipel denied the affair, saying he had been sexually harassed.

Stand by me: McGreevey's wife, Dina Matos,joined him at the news conference, then later divorced him and wrote a memoir.Watch coverage of the divorce.

Lost:  Resigned as governor. 

Yikes! factor: His wife said that she did not know he was gay and that he duped her into marriage to advance his career. See them together.

Postscript: McGreevey enrolled in divinity school at General Theological Seminary 

David Vitter

Position: Former Louisiana senator, Republican

When: July 2007

Infidelity:  Phone number appeared in the records of a high-end Washington prostitution ring.

Making it worse: Had long championed family values, morality and ethics.

Stand by me: His wife, Wendy Vitter , defended him, saying their marriage was "not perfect." Watch them speak out about the scandal.

Lost: Seemingly nothing; refused to relinquish Senate seat, remains married. See photos of the couple.

Yikes! factor: The madam of a high-priced brothel called him "one of the nicest and most honorable men I've met." Who is she?

Postscript:  Won his 2010 re-election campaign.

Larry Craig

Position: Former Idaho senator, Republican

When: June 2007

Infidelity:  Arrested in a Minneapolis airport men's room, where police said he tapped his foot to signal interest in sexual activity. Watch coverage of his arrest.

Making it worse: Police said he handed his business card to the arresting officer and asked, "What do you think of that?"

Stand by me: His wife, Suzanne , held his hand at the news conference. Watch it.

Lost: Didn't quit but decided not to run for another Senate term and left office in 2008.

Yikes! factor:  How did he explain how his foot touched that of the undercover cop in the next stall? 

Postscript: Craig started a consulting group.

Eliot Spitzer

Position: Former New York governor, Democrat

When: March 2008 

Infidelity: Caught on a federal wiretap in March 2008 arranging to meet a high-priced call girl.

Making it worse: Signed a law raising the penalties for patronizing prostitutes.

Stand by me: His wife looked grim and exhausted at the news conference.

Lost:  Resigned as governor.

Yikes! factor: Known as Client No. 9.

Postscript: Wrote a column for an online news site  and co-hosts a CNN show.

John Edwards

Position: Former North Carolina senator, Democrat

When: August 2008

Infidelity: Affair with former campaign videographer Rielle Hunter, denied fathering her child.

Making it worse: First denied tabloid reports; later noted that his wife's cancer was in remission at the time of the affair.

Stand by me: Wife Elizabeth Edwards (now deceased) backed him; in her book  said she didn't know if he had fathered Hunter's child.

Lost: Could damage a future presidential bid.

Yikes! factor: National Enquirer caught him visiting Hunter at a hotel; published photo of him allegedly holding the baby.

Postscript: Andrew Young, Edwards' aide who initially claimed to be the child's father, reportedly has book deal.

John Ensign

Position: Former U.S. senator from Nevada, Republican

When: June 2009

Infidelity: Affair with Cindy Hampton, a former aide.

Making it worse: Hampton was married to a staffer in the senator's office.

Stand by me: Wife Darlene Ensign reaffirmed her commitment to him.

Lost:  Resigned in May 2011 amid an ethics probe.

Yikes! factor: Ensign claimed that Cindy Hampton's husband had demanded money.

Postscript: May face criminal charges.

Mark Sanford

Position: Former South Carolina governor, Republican

When: June 2009

Infidelity: Affair with Maria Belen Chapur, a woman living in Argentina he called his "soul mate"

Making it worse: Visited Chapur on Father's Day, leaving his children with his wife of nearly 20 years.

Stand by me: Wife had asked for a trial separation two weeks earlier; issued a statement saying she loved her husband.

Lost: Remained in office through January 2011, amid calls for resignation; stepped down as head of the Republican Governors Association.

Yikes! factor: Disappeared for several days to Argentina, telling his staff he was hiking the Appalachian Trail.

Postscript: Stay tuned.

Surprising celebrity speaking fees

The really infuriating part: the same school is paying Toni Morrison only ("only") $30,000 to speak at its commencement in May.

 Perhaps you've heard recent reports that Snooki (the reality TV star) was paid $32,000 to speak at Rutgers.
 If Snooki can get $32,000, what are other famous faces making? We tracked down what a few well-known speakers have been paid, and if you're thinking it's anything less than "a lot," you're wrong.

Jodi Sweetin

Her fame as Stephanie Tanner on Full House might only be eclipsed by the attention she garnered for becoming a meth addict. Now (thanks to an intervention by her "Full House" co-stars), she's out of rehab, in recovery and available to speak about her inspirational journey. Her fee is between $5,000 and $10,000.

Drew Lachey

Brother Nick (former husband of Jessica Simpson) is the more famous Lachey, but Drew's own career — as a member of the boy band 98 degrees and a winner of the 2006 season of "Dancing with the Stars"— has given him the acclaim and fame to gather speaking fees in the range of $10,000 to $20,000.

Dan Savage

Seattle-based sex columnist (and founder of the It Gets Better Project) Dan Savage garners between $10,000 and $20,000 in speaking fees per gig.

Betty DeGeneres

Betty DeGeneres is Ellen DeGeneres' mom. She is a breast-cancer survivor and an advocate for gay and lesbian rights. Her fee is between $10,000 and $20,000.

Bristol Palin

Sarah Palin's eldest daughter earned $14K to speak at a fundraiser for a home for single mothers in Kentucky. That payout was a cut from her normal fee; she is signed with Single Source Speakers and available for appearances in the $15,000 to $30,000 range, depending on the event.

Greg Mortenson

The best-selling author of "Three Cups of Tea" and the founder of the Central Asia Institute, which builds schools in rural communities in Afghanistan and Pakistan, garners $30,000 for his public speaking appearances.

Aron Ralston

Aron Ralson is a climber who fell in a ravine, got stuck under a boulder, and cut off his arm in a heroic effort to save his own life. A movie was made about his experience starring James Franco ("127 Hours"). He gets paid between $30,000 and $50,000 to talk about cutting off his arm.

Sarah Palin

The former governor of Alaska was paid $75,000 last year to speak at a fundraiser for Cal State Stanislaus, though her speaking fees are rumored to reach up to $100,000.

Bill Clinton

Former President Clinton has earned $65 million in speaking fees since leaving office in 2001. The highest-paid appearance was $525,000 for a "The Power Within" motivational conference in Canada.

Biggest Liars in History

Did you know that April 4 is National Tell-a-Lie Day? Don’t try this at home.

Biggest Liars in History
 No matter what the people on this list really meant, they’ll be known as big fibbers.

Milli Vanilli
Milli Vanilli won a Grammy for Best New Artist in 1990, but it turned out they lied about doing the vocals.

Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold started the American Revolutionary War as a patriot and ended it on the British side after plotting to get control of the fort at West Point (find out more about the military school) and surrender it to the enemy. See what he looked like.

Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon told a roomful of reporters that he never obstructed justice. (Watch Nixon declare his innocence.) He resigned from the office of president less than nine months later to avoid impeachment for lying and obstructing justice in the Watergate affair.

Janet Cooke
Janet Cooke won a prestigious prize for her 1980 report on an 8-year-old heroin addict. He never existed.

What famous reporter submitted her story for the prize?

Frank Abagnale
Frank Abagnale was probably one of the most famous con men ever. He passed over $2.5 million in bad checks in the 1960s, had at least eight identities and escaped from police custody twice before he was 21.

Bill Clinton
It’s a sad state of affairs when a nation obsesses over a president’s sex life. Clinton was impeached, but the vote to remove him from office fell short.

Baron Munchausen
Baron Munchausen was a German nobleman who had a penchant for telling tall tales. He claimed to have ridden cannonballs, traveled to the moon and escaped from a swamp by pulling himself up by his own hair.

George W. Bush
President George W. Bush told the United Nations that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. It was the basis for a pre-emptive war that continues today.

Victor Lustig
Victor Lustig was known as one of the world’s greatest con artists. (See photos of him.) His “money-printing machine” was another of his classic scams. He did time in Alcatraz for his misdeeds. See images of the con man.

Han van Meegeren
One of the most ingenious art forgers of the 20th century, he forged a Vermeer so realistic that this infamous Nazi bought it.

Charles Ponzi
Charles Ponzi was one of the original pyramid scheme guys.

Rosie Ruiz
She achieved the third best women’s time in the Boston Marathon and wasn’t even tired! That was a sign. It’s unknown if they found subway tokens in her pockets, but she did take the subway when she cheated in the New York Marathon.

James Frey
James Frey lied about events in his personal life and published them as a memoir (shop for it & see what he said). He lied to newspapers and to Larry King, but Oprah held his feet to the fire and got an interesting title from a newspaper columnist.

Bernie Madoff
Bernie Madoff’s sons tipped off federal authorities to his fraud, which amounted to this much. It was the largest investor fraud committed by an individual. His actions have rocked a certain baseball team.