It took two medical vans and five EMTs, but 23-year-old Robert Gibbs made it from Northern California to the Los Angeles set of The Dr. Phil Show to get help for his morbid obesity.
Gibbs, who weighs 700 pounds, gained national attention when a video plea he sent to Dr. Phil received more than one million hits on YouTube. Now Gibbs seems willing to do whatever it takes to get his life back on track and get his weight down for good. "I think that if I don't...
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Another sign Tyler Perry's taking over the world? He's Hollywood's highest-paid man, Forbes says.
The prolific actor, producer and director was the top male earner from May 2010 to May 2011, according to a list Forbes released Monday. Perry was No. 2 last year behind James Cameron.
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Perry took in $130 million in that period ...
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This September marks the first time in 25 years without The Oprah Winfrey Show, and in the battle to assume the Oprah throne, Dr. Phil has fired the opening salvo. The talk show beat out the network and cable news operations to land a heavily touted interview with George and Cindy Anthony, the parents of Casey Anthony, who was acquitted on charges of killing her toddler, Caylee.
Phil McGraw recently spent more than nine hours with the Anthonys, and...
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Sarah Ferguson says her OWN docu-series Finding Sarah is not about her.
"Whatever [viewers] get from this is their choice," she says. "I've made mistakes, I'm human ... if you can relate to my ways and my demons then I hope it helps, but it's about them not me."
In the six-part series, the Dutchess of York sets out to put her life in order after many publicized set-backs like her divorce to Prince Andrew. Along the way she deals with her weight, finances and relationships by receiving help from experts like Dr. Phil and Suze Orman. Dr. Phil calls her "emotionally bankrupt" in an early episode and Ferguson admits to us he was right.
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Crystal Harris called off her wedding to Hugh Hefner just days before because she realized she would never be able to adjust his unique lifestyle.
"I called it off because I didn't think it was the right thing for me to do," she told "On-Air with Ryan Seacrest" Wednesday morning. "Hef's lifestyle isn't the most normal lifestyle. This isn't the lifestyle for me, multiple girls all around. It's not the lifestyle I wanted."
Crystal Harris calls off wedding to Hugh Hefner
Harris, 25, and Hefner, 85, announced Tuesday that their...
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