Mackenzie Phillips
During Mackenzie Phillips' appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show Wednesday, where she claimed to have had what she says was an incestuous relationship with her late father, John Phillips, she received a surprise visit by her One Day at a Time co-star Valerie Bertinelli.
Mackenzie Phillips says father, Mamas and the Papas' John Phillips, raped her
"I had no idea what you've been through," Bertinelli said to Phillips. "I feel regret that I wasn't there for you as much as I could have been. I was so wrapped up in my own life and ...
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It was quite the sensation when Valerie Bertinelli shed 50 pounds on the Jenny Craig diet and donned a bikini to show off her new bod in April. Bertinelli has kept the weight off and filmed a new commercial for Jenny Craig called "Motorcycle Mama" featuring her boyfriend and her mom (who has jumped on the Jenny bandwagon).
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Valerie Bertinelli on the cover of People
Former One Day at a Timer Valerie Bertinelli is celebrating her upcoming 49th birthday by showing off her rocking bikini body.
Bertinelli, who has shed 50 pounds as a celebrity client and spokesperson for Jenny Craig, slipped into a string bikini for the cover of People's latest issue. Bertinelli said she hadn't worn a bikini since she was 20, but used her fear as motivation.
"I thought, am I really going to do this? Can I pull this off?" Bertinelli tells the magazine. Eventually, she loosened up. "Come on — it's just a bathing suit! I thought, if I'm so afraid of a bikini, there's something wrong. And so I had to get back into one!"
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Valerie Bertinelli, William Shatner
Nothing is off limits for William Shatner's Raw Nerve, a new talk show (premieres Tuesday, at 10 pm/ET on Bio) that aims to dig up dirt on celebrity guests and touch upon the skeletons that may be in their closets.
And needless to say, Shatner jumped at the chance to dig into the tumultuous life of America's sweetheart and former Mrs. Eddie Van Halen — Valerie Bertinelli.
"She was a rock n' roll wife, now she isn't. She was fat, now she isn't. She was an addict, now she isn't. How did she do that? ...
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Valerie Bertinelli by Mathew Imaging/WireImage.com
Valerie Bertinelli's got another kid to rear — on her show.Kevin G. Schmidt has been cast as Bertinelli's (Claire) celluloid, not to mention "insecure" and "quick-witted" son (aren't they all?), Daniel, on her as-yet-untitled single-mom TBS sitcom, The Hollywood Reporter reports.Also joining the cast are Nadia Dajani as a neighbor/BFF/photojournalist and Dean Collins as Daniel's girl-crazy buddy.Previously announced cast members include Anjelah Johnson and Juliette Goglia, who will play Kelsey, Claire's daughter. — Joyce EngRelated:• Valerie Bertinelli's Sitcom Return
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Valerie Bertinelli by Jeffrey Mayer/ WireImage.com; Julie Bowen by Carin Baer/ABC
Boston Legal's grand flourish of guest-casting for its final season continues. In addition to the return of Julie Bowen as Denise, this season's 10th episode will also feature a guest-starring turn by Valerie Bertinelli. Details on Val's role have yet to be revealed, even though her episode films this week. A onetime Boston Legal series regular, Bowen last appeared as Denise in May 2007, at which time she embarked on an on-/off-screen maternity leave (as well as made the occasional Lost visit). Her upcoming encore was first reported by EW's Ausiello.Bertinelli recently was cast as the lead in a TNT sitcom pilot, enjoying a bit of a career rebirth following the release of her candid memoir Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time, in which she copped to (among other things) cheating on hubby Eddie Van Halen. — Matt MitovichCrave scoop? E-mail Matt and Mickey at mega_scoop@tvguide.com.
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Valerie Bertinelli by Matthew Imaging/WireImage.com
Just days after word that Valerie Bertinelli will star in a new TBS sitcom, Anjelah Johnson and Juliette Goglia have been added to the cast.The as-yet-untitled pilot "centers on newly separated Claire (Bertinelli), who is raising two teens while running a lumber business," The Hollywood Reporter says. Johnson will be playing a ditzy cashier and Goglia will play Claire's daughter, Kelsey. What do you think the new Valerie Bertinelli show should be called, given that she's a single mom running a... lumber business? Let the suggestions begin. — Erin FoxRelated• Valerie Bertinelli to Get Talk Show
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Valerie Bertinelli by Mathew Imaging/ WireImage.com
Valerie Bertinelli, former star of One Day at a Time, has signed with TBS to star in a new, unnamed sitcom.The vehicle, reports Variety, will feature Bertinelli as a single mom struggling to raise her two kids and run the family business after her husband walks out on her. The Bill Engvall Show, George Lopez and The Drew Carey Show vet Dave Caplan will pen the series. Bertinelli also will receive a producing credit.In an ironic twist, Bertinelli, who once played the child of a single parent on One Day at a Time, will now be playing the single mom. Bonnie Franklin, expect a call from Bertinelli asking for sage advice… and hopefully not about single mom hairdos. — Erin FoxRelated• Bertinelli to Get Her Own Talk Show• Use Our Online Video Guide to Watch More Valerie Bertinelli
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Valerie Bertinelli by Jim Spellman/ WireImage.com
Valerie Bertinelli is getting her own CBS talk show, according to Entertainment Tonight. While the Jenny Craig spokesperson and former One Day at a Time actress might not, at first blush, appear to be a natural for broadcasting, she has actually already been filing stories as a correspondent for Rachel Ray. She held her own in a recent Oprah appearance, where she was promoting her new book, Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time. The actress recently lost more than 40 pounds. — Mickey O'Connor
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Valerie Bertinelli by John Sciulli/ WireImage.com
Valerie Bertinelli, who starred as One Day at a Time good girl Barbara Royer, told audiences watching The Oprah Winfrey Show that infidelity and drugs ended her marriage to rocker Eddie Van Halen. But she also shouldered her half of the blame, admitting she cheated, too.The couple married in 1981 when Bertinelli was 20, and she claims she "destroyed" her body keeping up with the rock-star lifestyle. "It took me years after stopping the cocaine before I was able to enjoy a sunrise and enjoy the sound of birds," she said. Van Halen and Bertinelli separated in 2001, and their divorce became final in December. After losing 40 pounds, Bertinelli is currently the spokeswoman for Jenny Craig. She also has a new book out, Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time, which she plugged this morning following a One Day at a Time reunion of sorts on Today.What do you think? Does this news shatter her good girl image? — Adam BryantRelated:• See photos of Valerie Bertinelli ...
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