The bar from “Cheers” sold… Jay Z lawsuit… Wendy Williams checks into treatment center… Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello have split … and Ariana Madix drops merch

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A lot of celebrities and studios are cleaning out their storage warehouses, which is great news for collectors. Nearly 1000 props and costumes from classic TV shows were put up for auction over the weekend. Somebody paid $675K for the bar from “Cheers.” Another collector bought the living room, dining room and stairwell from “All in the Family” for $125K, and then paid another $250K for the chairs Archie and Edith Bunker sat in during Season 9. The Bunkers’ original two chairs had been donated to the Smithsonian after Season 8, which is where they remain. These are exact replicas created for Season 9, and then were used for the spinoff, “Archie Bunker’s Place.” Another bidder paid $615K for the Batman and Robin costumes worn by Adam West and Burt Ward in the 1960s TV series. If you feel like you missed out, there will be another auction featuring props and costumes from some of your favorite movies at the end of this month. Princess Leia’s dress from “Star Wars” is expected to go fetch between $1M and $2M. Batman’s Batpod — which was used by Christian Bale in “The Dark Knight” and “The Dark Knight Rises” — is expected to go for about the same as Princess Leia’s dress. Other items up for bidding include the evil clown doll from “Poltergeist” and Harry Potter’s distressed costume from “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.”

The rich keep getting richer. Jay Z is up another $7M+ after this 7-year-long legal battle over cologne. Way back in 2016, Paralux Fragrances sued Jay for $67M, claiming he didn’t live up to his promotional obligations for a cologne called Gold Jay-Z. Last year, the jury not only ruled in Jay-Z’s favor, they said Paralux owed him almost $7M in unpaid royalties. Paralux filed an appeal, but they lost that one, too. So yesterday, they cut Jay-Z a check for $7,259,061.31, which included the interest he would’ve made if they’d paid him last year.

Wendy Williams’ son Kevin Hunter Jr. told the “US Sun” that he’s worried about his mom’s drinking. Kevin said Wendy’s body doesn’t process liquor like a “normal” person’s body does. He’s afraid if she doesn’t get help, she could die. On top of that, Kevin accused Wendy’s team of exploiting her by having her sign contracts while she was in rehab last year. Wendy’s manager Will Selby slammed Kevin for going to a tabloid instead of reaching out to him. And, as a matter of fact, Will told “Entertainment Tonight” that Wendy IS in a rehab facility — he just didn’t say if she checked in before or after Kevin’s interview….Will also denies taking advantage of Wendy, telling “ET,” “Taking advantage of her for what? To get what? To do what? I’m not here to brag, but I was doing just OK before Wendy came along and I insisted on helping her because she requested my assistance.” He also reminded us that Wendy is under a conservatorship, explaining, “So no one, even if they wanted to take advantage of her — everything has to get approved by that court. So, any type of business dealings that we do, Wendy, myself and anyone — we have to get the guardianship to sign off on it. So how can anyone take advantage of her?” Does this man think we haven’t seen guardianship abuse before, a la Britney and Jamie Spears??

Six weeks after rekindling their romance at Coachella, the flame has flickered out again. A source told “The Sun” that Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello are done, and this time, it’s for good. The source said, “They realized it was probably a mistake to give things another shot. Things ended between them the first time for a reason, after all.” No official comment from Shawn or Camila just yet, but they never commented on getting back together, either.

Ahead of the third and final installment of the “Vanderpump Rules” reunion, Andy Cohen teased that Tom Sandoval made a comment so disgusting that it would “upset every woman in America.” Here’s what happened….Andy asked Sandoval if he’d slept with anyone else after he started his affair with Raquel. Tom said no. But then Ariana chimed in, “Well, you know who he did sleep with after he and Raquel started sleeping together? Me.” Tom shot back, “She kept her T-shirt on…It was really hot.” Even his best friend Tom Schwartz had to hang his head down in disbelief over that one. But Ariana saw dollar signs, and as of this morning, for $34.99 (plus $4.90 for shipping) you can buy a “(BLANK) me in this T-shirt” tee on the Something About Her website. We were also promised a jaw-dropping final few minutes that no one on the cast saw coming. So, six days after filming the reunion wrapped, Raquel sat down for a solo interview with a Bravo producer. She said Tom convinced her to lie about the timeline of their relationship, and then confessed to having sex with him multiple times while they were in Mexico for Scheana’s wedding. Raquel also admitted she and Sandoval had sex in the house he shared with Ariana….WHILE SHE WAS OUT OF TOWN FOR HER GRANDMOTHER’S FUNERAL!! Raquel sobbed, “That’s the one story that we’ve agreed on getting straight, and I know that the reason why Tom wanted to lie about is because it’s a really bad look to hookup with someone’s boyfriend in their own house when they’ve gone out of a town, especially for a funeral of all things.” Raquel also had the bright idea that she, Sandoval and Ariana could be a “throuple.” She said, “I love Ariana as a person and then also I’m in love with Tom Sandoval, so yeah it didn’t seem that far fetched of an idea, but it was not something in question. God he’s gonna kill me. I just hate lying so much.”

 

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