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mer sister-in-law, Jill Kargman, who is on the TV reality series Odd Mom Out. “We are forever sisters,” Kargman writes in her new memoir, Sprinkle Glitter On My Grave, which hits bookstores next month. “She is a Technicolor, flower-child bouquet of a person, and a welcome kaleidoscope of hues that infused our Addams Family with optimism and light,” she writes. “She is a delightful, happy mirror to our familial morose dark side,” she joked. “And the perfect yin-yang of California sunny outlooks versus our wintry dark humor.” Drew and her art-consultant third husband wed in our rarefied enclave in 2012 and have two daughters – Olive, aged three, and Frankie, aged two. And while the couple were very much in love during their four-year marriage, last November, Drew admitted she did not feel an instant connection when she met her future husband. Kargman, 41, created the Bravo series Odd Mom Out, which is loosely based on her real life, living amongst ultra-wealthy “momzillas” on New York’s Upper East Side. Spoiled Pratt Santa Barbara-based reality TV star
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Spencer Pratt is at it again. The 32-year-old has just unleashed a long Twitter rant as The Hills: That Was Then, This Is Now, special aired on MTV earlier this month – and no one was safe, from Lauren Conrad to even Taylor Swift! Conrad came under fire from Pratt, who blew off her narrative as lies and compared the fashion designer’s actions to those of singer Swift. Of Conrad, Pratt fumed: “If you think Swift is a false liar, you can’t even imagine the level,” adding, “If someone wanna pay for my lawyer, I’ve got audio and video for days.” He said his crystal ball told him Conrad was “the same fake, fake, fake liar” he remembers from his time on the show. Pratt was apparently not invited to the reunion and had no interest in seeing what happened, as he rattled off a list of things he’d rather be doing than watching it. The network that launched him wasn’t spared either, as Pratt needled the way the reunion show was produced, tweeting: “If MTV execs had brains, the entire The Hills cast would be sitting on couches with a moderator.” Oh, dear. Back to the Altar My congratulations to Annette Simmons, who became a widow three years ago when her 82-year-old Texan billionaire husband, Harold, left us for more heavenly pastures. He was then currently ranked on the Forbes 400 list at Number 40 with an estimated fortune of $10 billion, including Pirranhurst, his 27-acre Montecito estate near Lotusland, which formerly belonged to actor Gene Hackman. Now the vivacious Annette has remarried Harvard Business School graduate and former banker Jerry Fronterhouse, whose own wife, Gretchen, died in 2012 after 53 years of marriage. The newsome twosome were happy
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to share their good news with Montecito friends, including Robert and Robin Fell, and Bill and Sandi Nicholson, at the hotly anticipated kick-off for the Gulfstream Pacific Coast Open at the Santa Barbara Polo Club. By Design Former Montecito Union School student Gigi Hadid has already enjoyed a successful career working with some of the biggest brands in the fashion business. But now the model has added another string to her ever-so-stylish bow, as a fashion designer collaborating with Tommy Hilfiger. The TommyXGigi collection, co-designed by Gigi and Hilfiger, has just been unveiled on the label’s website and will be available for purchase online from Thursday, September 1. And who better to front the campaign than the model of the moment herself? The collection, which features women’s sportswear, footwear, and accessories, will hit the runway on September 9 at New York Fashion Week. Gigi, 22, wasted no time in alerting her fans to the new collection, posting an image of herself in the campaign on her Instagram page. Bad but Good At least Big Bad Voodoo Daddy didn’t have far to travel when they rocked the stage at the Granada as part of their 23rd anniversary tour. The nine-piece band, founded in Ventura and performing more than 150 concerts annually, was co-founded by singer Scotty Morris and drummer Kurt Sodergren, and epitomizes the swing revival, as the dozens of dancers performing in front of the stage amply attested. It may not have been voodoo, but the energized band, who have performed at the Super Bowl, was certainly bewitching.
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