Get Your Celebrity Fix And Career Advice In 3 Fun Reads

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - MARCH 02: Television Personality Kim Kardashian celebrates DuJour magazine's Spring issue collaboration with Kim Kardashian and Bruce Weber at the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on March 2, 2013 in Beverly Hills, California. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)

Standing Ovation Presentations by Robyn Hatcher
Robyn Hatcher is founder and principal of SpeakEtc, a boutique communication and presentation-skills training company based in NYC. She’s also a former actress and writer for two daytime dramas. In her new book, Standing Ovation Presentations (Motivational Press, 2013), Hatcher shares a thorough overview of communication and presentation best practices, told in a unique framework of 9 ActorTypes (e.g., Hero, Ingenue, Villain, Comic, Whiz Kid, Super Hero, Sex Symbol, Buddy, and Salty Veteran/ Curmudgeon). I’m the Villain type, and the book has given me some great ideas!
Hatcher’s book is a great example of a super fun read that also provides valuable career advice. The communication tips are excellent. There is an exhaustively detailed section on how to structure a presentation. Hatcher also covers verbal and non-verbal strategies. At the same time, there are entertainment analogies woven throughout, and there is even an exercise based on monologues from famous movies. You won’t feel like you’re reading a dry training manual even though you’re getting great training tips.
Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe

On the flip side, Rob Lowe’s Stories I Only Tell My Friends (St. Martin’s Griffin, 2012) is an autobiography and not at all an advice book. It was fascinating to read a first-hand account of movies from my tween and teen years (the chapter on The Outsiders really brought me back). Yet, there are career lessons to be gleaned amongst the intrigue and insider view of Hollywood. When Lowe writes about his preparation for The West Wing auditions, I wanted to hold that example up for my job seeking clients on how exhaustively they should prepare for their own job interviews. Reading about the difficulties that Lowe encountered – personal and professional – and what support and strategies he used to persevere are inspirational and informative even for the non-actor (even an A-list celebrity has low points!). The choices that he made in the roles he pursued (e.g., not always the highest paying), the way he took advantage of lucky breaks, and the way he created opportunities for himself are lessons for any professional navigating today’s up-and-down job market.
Celebrity, Inc. by Jo Piazza
I covered Celebrity, Inc. by Jo Piazza in an earlier post: 10 Career Lessons From Celebrities That Apply To You And Me. This book is the ultimate melding of entertainment and career, and the subtitle summarizes it completely: How Famous People Make Money. Here you can read about Taylor Hicks, former American Idol winner, and how he bounced back after being “laid off” by his record label. You can see that good general career habits matter in celebrity career management as well: a consistent personal brand (Charlie Sheen); strong work ethic (Kim Kardashian, yes, not a typo); market flexibility (Ashton Kutcher). You’ll also learn the importance of income diversification with almost every celebrity story covered.
Who says you can’t have fun while working on your career? If you love entertainment and pop culture, these 3 books will give you your celebrity fix and professional development.
Caroline Ceniza-Levine, career and business expert, writer, speaker and co-founder of SixFigureStart®, works with people who want to make a change –from one career to a new one; from employee to entrepreneur; from manager to executive. She’s also a stand-up comic, so she’s not your typical coach.

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Giada Does Vegas: New Restaurant Doubles Female Celebrity Chefs On Strip

Emmy-winning TV Star, bestselling cookbook author, and classically trained chef Giada De Laurentiis is about to open her first restaurant - in Las Vegas - and it's a big deal.

Las Vegas is an amazing eating city, with a stunning number of restaurants by many of the world’s most famous chefs, including the global flagships of several noted culinary maestros like “Chef of the Century” Joel Robuchon and seafood guru Rick Moonen, who turned his back on 3-Stars in New York to make the move west. There are satellites by just about every famous chef you could name – as long as you stick to naming men. With the notable exception of Border Grill’s (Mandalay Bay) “Two Hot Tamales,” Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger, the celebrity chef scene in Las Vegas has long been a boy’s club for the likes of Alain Ducasse, Jean George Vongerichten, Wolfgang Puck, Bobby Flay, Tom Colicchio, Nobu Matsuhisa, Gordon Ramsay, Michael Mina, Guy Savoy, Emeril Lagasse, Todd English, and so on and so on.
That’s about to change.

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Classically trained chef (Le Cordon Bleu Paris), NY Times bestselling cookbook author (five times), and Emmy Award winning television host/cook Giada De Laurentiis is bringing her star power and laid back Mediterranean-by-way-of-California style to Vegas, and in a big way: she is about to become the first brand name chef with a hotel exclusive. Her yet to be named restaurant will be the sole dining venue in the new Gansevoort Las Vegas, a luxury boutique hotel on the former site of Bill’s Gambling Hall, directly across Las Vegas Boulevard from the Bellagio (Nobu Hotel and restaurant, while similar, is within larger Caesar’s Palace). For the many fans of De Laurentiis, who lives in LA, cooked in the kitchens at Spago Beverly Hills and the Ritz Carlton, and founded an LA-based catering company, Vegas may seem a surprising choice for a debut – but not to her.
“I figured go big or go home,” Giada told me from Vegas yesterday while discussing her new eatery. “And I just couldn’t pass up this space. I’ve been thinking about doing this for years, and then five years ago I had a child and waited to see what it would be like to be a working mom. In that time, I’ve seen other spaces in Las Vegas that did not appeal to me, but this is the first boutique hotel on the Strip, and that suits my style and personality. Plus we are not in the basement, we have huge windows and great views, straight at the Bellagio Fountains. I live in LA, but it’s very doable, even as a day trip, I can just get in my car and drive.”

Giada's restaurant has a great space and great views on the second floor of the new Gansevoort Las Vegas, opening early 2014.

Caesars Entertainment has partnered with New York-based luxury hotel brand Gansevoort Hotel Group to open the Gansevoort Las Vegas in early 2014, after a $185 million renovation of Bill’s. It will have just 188 guest rooms and suites, tiny by Vegas standards, plus a 40,000 square-foot casino, signature lobby bar, and Drai’s Beach Club and Nightclub, a 65,000 square-foot indoor/outdoor nightclub and rooftop pool experience by local nightlife impresario Victor Drai – and of course Giada’s restaurant, with a prime location on the second level overlooking the Strip. It will seat just over 300 guests for lunch, dinner, and all hotel room service. Not surprisingly, the former Emmy-Award winning host of Everyday Italian will focus on Italian cuisine.
“It will be Italian, but also what people expect from me, modern with a California twist, lots of citrus. I want it to be very visual, and we will have fresh pasta making, a nice antipasti bar. I try to represent all of Italy, I do Southern, Northern and coastal, but my style is lighter. I also want to do more complicated dishes here that my customers wouldn’t likely make at home. I don’t want them to eat and say ‘I could have made that.’ I want the place to have a feminine touch – which is needed on The Strip. The vibe will be as if you came into my living room. It’s on one floor, but we’ve broken it into multiple levels and spaces, with very high ceilings. We want each seating area to have a homey feel, not just another big Vegas restaurant.”
Prices are expected to be moderate, not inexpensive but a far cry from some of the Vegas luxury menu prices, with entrees likely in the $20s and $30s. De Laurentiis hopes to open in early February 2014 and with her large fan base, it is likely to be a hot ticket immediately upon opening.
“It’s not just the food, it’s also the ambiance and the great views. And it’s the only way you can taste my food first hand.”
Good point.
(Since her television debut in 2002, De Laurentiis has become one of the Food Network’s most recognizable faces, the star of four primetime shows, “Everyday Italian,” “Giada’s Weekend Getaways,” “Giada in Paradise,” and “Food Network Star.” She is a correspondent on NBC’s Today, and the author of six cookbooks, five of them bestsellers. Her seventh, “Giada’s Feel Good Food,” will hit shelves in November.)

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Madonna Tops Forbes 2013 List Of The Top-Earning Celebrities

Madonna‘s latest album, MDNA, was a flop. Her 12th studio album, Madonna sold fewer than 1 million copies of MDNA in the U.S. and the singles, like “Give Me All Your Luvin,” failed to impress on the pop music scene.

Madonna

But the tour that the Material Girl launched to go along with her new album was a spectacular success. Fans didn’t flock to stadium and spend upwards of $100 per ticket to hear Madonna’s latest stuff. They went to hear hits like “Vogue,” “Like a Virgin” and “Lucky Star.” The tour grossed $305 million and earned her the Top Touring Award at the Billboard Music Awards. Add to that strong merchandise sales, a clothing line, fragrance and investments in companies like Vita Coco and Madonna tops our list of the Highest Earning Celebrities. We estimate the pop star brought in $125 million between June 2012 and June 2013.

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That’s more money than Madonna has ever earned in the time we’ve been doing our Celebrity 100 list. The closest she came to $125 million was in 2009 when she earned $110 million.
Madonna’s success, at age 55, just goes to show the incredible power of a successful music career. Many have accused Lady Gaga of copying Madonna’s career. The young star is certainly emulating Madonna when it come to raking in money. Gaga ranks 10th on our list of highest-paid celebrities with $80 million in earnings. She would have brought in even more than that if her tour hadn’t been cut short by a hip injury. Her latest single, “Applause,” was overshadowed last week by Katy Perry‘s latest, “Roar.” But Gaga can comfort herself with the knowledge that last year at least, she earned a lot more money than Perry, who brought in an estimated $39 million.
To compile our list, we talked to agents, managers, producers and other in-the-know folks to come up with estimates for each celebrity’s entertainment-related earnings between June 2012 and June 2013, the time frame for our Celebrity 100 list. We do not deduct for taxes, agent fees or the other expenses of being a celebrity.
Ranking second on our list with $25 million less than Madonna is Steven Spielberg. The director earned an estimated $100 million between June 2011 and June 2012. Most of that money comes from his extensive library. Hit movies like E.T. and Jurassic Park are always playing on TV somewhere in the world. Last year’s Lincoln was a critical and financial hit earning $275 million on a budget of $65 million. Now Spielberg’s DreamWorks is starting to show some real strength on TV. The studio’s latest show, Under the Dome, is one of the few bright spots on broadcast television.
Author E.L. James, Howard Stern and Simon Cowell all tie for third place on our list with $95 million each. James took the publishing world by storm with 50 Shades of Grey. The trilogy has sold 70 million copies worldwide and a movie is now in the works at Universal Studios. Stern still earns big from his contract with Sirius/XM (despite lawsuits) and Cowell is raking it in from the The X Factor and Got Talent formats which air in dozens of different countries. Stern and Cowell overlap with Got Talent. Stern is earning an estimated $15 million per year as one of the judges on America’s Got Talent.

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Billionaire Sound Pioneer Ray Dolby Dies, Age 80

Ray Dolby died Thursday in San Francisco, age 80. He suffered from Alzheimer’s Disease and acute leukemia.
A pioneer in the field of sound, Dolby will be remembered as the man who took the hiss out of sound recordings. With a fortune of $2.4 billion at his death, Dolby truly did make silence golden.
He founded his namesake Dolby Laboratories DLB +2.95% in 1965. His work revolutionizing the immersive experience of movie theater sound started with Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange in 1971 and matured with Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1977.
Over the years Dolby earned 50 patents, two Oscars, multiple Emmys and a Grammy.
He first entered the billionaire ranks in 2005 when Dolby Laboratories went public. The company’s revenues last year were in excess of $900 million. Last year it issued a special dividend to shareholders. Dolby, with more than 56 million shares got $200 million.
With his death, Dagmar, Dolby’s wife of 47 years, assumes his fortune and place on the Forbes 400 list. They have two sons Tom and David. (Of no relation is the musician Thomas Dolby, who recorded the hit “She Blinded Me With Science.”)

Ray Dolby. (Courtesy Dolby Laboratories)

Dolby was born in Portland, Ore. He first became fascinated with sound when studying the vibrations of his clarinet reeds as a child. At 16 he started work at Ampex, a videotape recording company. After studying electrical engineering at Stanford he earned a PhD in physics from Cambridge in 1961 and even consulted to the U.K.’s Atomic Energy Authority. After two years as a United Nations advisor in India he founded Dolby Laboratories in London, later moving to San Francisco.
Though Dolby retired several years ago, his company has continued to make innovations, with the new Dolby Atmos system using 64 speakers — with some sounds programmed to come out of just one speaker. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was one of the first to use the new system.

At a ceremony honoring Dolby last year film editor Walter Murch said, “you could divide film sound in half: there is BD, Before Dolby, and there is AD, After Dolby.”
Dolby had donated more than $35 million to fund stem cell research at the University of California. He is the second billionaire sound engineer to die this year. Loudspeaker innovator Amar Bose died in July; Fritz Sennheiser passed in 2010.
The Dolby Laboratories website posted a tribute to its founder yesterday, including these quotes from Dolby summing up the passion of inventing and the meaning of success.
On Inventing:

“I’ve often thought that I would have made a great 19th century engineer, because I love machinery. I would have liked to have been in a position to make a better steam engine, or to invent the first internal combustion engine; to work on the first car. All my life, I’ve loved everything that goes; I mean bicycles, motorcycles, cars, jeeps, boats, sail or power, airplanes, helicopters. I love all of these things, and I just regret that I was born in a time when most of those mechanical problems had already been solved and what remained were electronic problems.”

“Remember that most of my life was that of an adventurer, not of somebody who is trying to invent something all the time. I wanted the experience of traveling to many parts of the world. Inventions were part of my life, but they didn’t overtake everything that I was doing.”

“To be an inventor, you have to be willing to live with a sense of uncertainty, to work in this darkness and grope towards an answer, to put up with anxiety about whether there is an answer.”

On Success:

“I was never a gold-digger, or an Oscar-digger, or anything like that. I just had an instinct about the right sort of things that should be done in my business. So all these things just fell into place.”
“I think I was both lucky and I was also straightforward with people, and I think they liked that attitude.”
“There is no major next step. It’s a matter of constantly being aware of one’s environment, of keeping track of what’s happening in the various industries that we’re operating in and just sort of sensing what’s possible and what’s not possible, what’s needed, what’s not needed-just having all your antennae going, sensitized to all the signals that are out there.”

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Oops! Celebrity Big Brother 2013 winner revealed on Twitter... 30 minutes before the live show airs

Charlotte Crosby won this year's Celebrity Big Brother, but the world found out 30 minutes before the official announcement.
During the break between the first and second half of the Live Final on Friday night, the front page of the Daily Star was shared on Twitter, which read: 'Charlotte wins Celebrity Big Brother.'
A BBC journalist and Sky News shared the front page via their Twitter account, which was met by confused replies from fans of the show.

Faux pas: The winner of Celebrity Big Brother was revealed on Twitter 30 minutes before the official announcement

One Twitter user wrote: 'It's pre-recorded wtaf #CBB'
Another asked: 'How do the papers know Charlotte wins cbb? It's not on for 30 min !?????'
They were responding to the tabloid front page shared by Nick Sutton, editor of the BBC Radio Four show The World At One; but the journalist was unaware of any embargo when questioned: 'no mention of an embargo. Sent to many people.'

Error: The Daily Star had printed their front page with the winner on the front, which was sent out to many media outlets

Author Emma Kennedy found it amusing that the Daily Star - which is owned by the same company as Channel 5 which broadcasts the show - could make such a faux pas.
'Utterly hilarious that the Daily Star has announced winner of CBB before its been broadcast.'
A spokesperson from Celebrity Big Brother said: 'While the first part of the live final was recorded live, the second half was pre-recorded because of the weather and because of programme scheduling.'
The first episode of Celebrity Super Spa aired at 10pm, directly after the first part of the the CBB Final. During the hour break, the channel recorded Charlotte's win and exit from the house as well as the following interviews of the Geordie Shore star and runner-up Abz Love with host Emma Willis.
This was then ready to air at 11pm, but an apparent miscommunication between Channel 5 and The Daily Star led to the winner being revealed half an hour before it was meant to be aired.
While the Live Final was pre-recorded, the phone lines had been closed at 10pm.

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Holly Willoughby expresses relief after undergoing throat surgery to remove the same type of vocal nodules Adele suffered

Holly Willoughby is celebrating the sucess of the surgery performed to remove nodules from her throat.
And after her doctors successfully removed the 'vocal calluses' Holly tweeted her joy on Friday evening.
Joking about the procedure, which Adele also undertook to restore her voice, Holly hopes that like the Grammy-award winning singer, she'll match her achievements.

Phew! Holly Wiloughby tweets that she has recovered from essential throat surgery, the same Adele underwent to remove vocal nodules

The This Morning presenter tweeted: 'Phew! Nodules gone, operation a success. After Adele had hers done, she won a Grammy... Fingers crossed! Xxx'
Holly was referring to the laser treatment called Green Light KTP, a new surgery which previously was only available in the U.S. but now is becoming common practice in the UK.

The surgery involves the removal of vocal cord nodules which are very much like the calluses suffered on the foot.

Happy: Holly tweeted on Friday, 'Phew! Nodules gone, operation a success. After Adele had hers done, she won a Grammy... Fingers crossed! Xxx'

Mike Dilkes, consultant ear, nose and throat surgeon at the London Laser Clinic, says: ‘The vocal cords, located in the voice box in the middle of the neck, are two tough, fibrous bands that vibrate to produce sound.
‘They are covered with a layer of  tissue similar to skin. With use, this layer thickens.
'With heavy use, the thickening may localise, producing a nodule that is a smooth, soft benign lump containing mostly blood and blood vessels.’
While most disappear with rest, some remain, become severe and require surgery. Mr Dilkes fully backs the Green Light KTP: 'The light beams are extremely accurate and vaporise nodules without damage to surrounding tissue. This is useful on vocal cords, where scarring causes long-term damage to the voice.'

Common injury: Many TV presenters, pundits and singers suffer from vocal nodules

Specifically, Adele had 'hemorrhaged vocal cords' which were treated by Dr. Steven Zeitels, director of the Voice Centre at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Dr. Zeitels has previously treated singers including Steven Tyler, Julie Andrews and Roger Daltrey, but says these type of vocal injuries are also common in TV presenters and pundits - like Holly - as well as busy stock brokers screaming on the trading floor.
Another singer to have successfully undertook the throat surgery is The Wanted's Nathan Sykes.

Stellar comeback: After her throat surgery, Adele won numerous Grammy awards and an Oscar

The 20-year-old underwent the surgery in April of this year, which was aired in an episode of the band's E! reality show The Wanted Life, along with his recovery over the rest of the series.
Nathan made his musical comeback, onstage in July as The Wanted performed at the Capital FM Summertime Ball in London.
Surrounded by his bandmates, who embraced him during his emotional return, the singer confessed: 'Moments like this is what I live for - If I died right now, I die a happy man. You know what - I'm home.'

Better for it: The Wanted's Nathan Sykes (L) had surgery this year and made his singing return at the Capital FM Summertime Ball a few months later

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Charlotte Crosby is voted the winner of Celebrity Big Brother 2013 with Abz Love as runner up

Charlotte Crosby has been voted the winner of Celebrity Big Brother 2013.
The Geordie Shore star received the most votes, beating 5ive singer Abz Love for the title.
Wearing a black leather dress, Charlotte pulled her best rock star posed as she enjoyed the cheers from the rain-sodden crowd.

Winner: Charlotte Crosby comes in first place in the Celebrity Big Brother 2013 Live Final

Speaking to Emma Willis after her victory, Charlotte talked about acceptance in the house: 'In the beginning Ron and Bruce didn’t like it when I farted…but you need to embrace the fart.'
The reality star also said living in the CBB house was nothing like her Geordie Shore digs and spoke about her relationship with certain celebs.
'[Vicky] is a lovely woman…we are both fiery,' Charlotte told Emma. 'Carol’s angry all the time so you don’t notice the difference after she has had a drink.

Reality queen: The Geordie Shore star would have been relieved to have been voted the most popular celeb

Celeb Big Brother: Charlotte Crosby gets tearful after winning

Peace and love: Charlotte relished in the cheers and the confetti pouring down

  

Smokey: Charlotte got a dramatic exit from the Celebrity Big Brother house

Summing up her experience Charlotte said “it was amazing to be flung in there with them. I took something from everyone.”

Runner-up Abz said: 'It was amazing experience. I never expected that. I thought Lauren would have won it but Charlotte deserved it.'
On his other housemates: 'I haven’t done anything for ten years and all those celebrities are at the prime of their career.' 

Celeb Big Brother: Charlotte Crosby is voted the winner

Runner up: Abz came in second place leaving the house in a spacey cap white shirt, jeans and Dr Marten boots

Good chat: Abz happily spoke to Emma about his chilled out experience

Welcome exit: Coutney Stodden escorted Abz down the CBB runway as they waited for Charlotte's exit

On spending his chilling in the tree house: 'The tree house for me was my little haven. I made the most of it up their and I enjoyed that.'
Third place celeb, Lauren said it 'wasn't easy' making friends because she's 'not used to many people.
'Carol taught me how to be domesticated but I walked in myself and left myself.' Harries told Emma Willis.
'Hopefully I'll get more work in London to give me more freedom,' the antique expert said. 'But I didn't expect to be third but this to me is just wonderful.'

Final three: Lauren Harries comes in third place in the Celebrity Big Brother Live Final 2013

On Courtney: 'We were sleep buddies, when she had a few drinks, I had to look after her. I have to see Doug after all this time.'
'It's so ridiculous in there that coming through that door is the most amazing thing,' Carol McGiffin said as she chatted to Emma after her eviction.
On her insults, she said: 'I think I was holding quite a bit back. There was a lot of things I thought I couldn't say. There is so many sensitive people in there.'
'It just p****d me off so much that they said they wanted to be out of here.'

Out she goes: Lauren leaves Charlotte Crosby and Abz Love to fight for the CBB title

Vintage style: Lauren wore a fifties style prom dress and fur stole for her eviction

 

Celeb Big Brother: Lauren Harries leaves the house

Velvet surprise: Carol cheers as she steps onto the CBB stage after her eviction

Celeb Big Brother: Carol McGiffin leaves the house

Bit of help: The former Loose Women presenter gets a gentleman escort down the stairs

In the end, Carol admitted to having a great time: 'I had a game plan to get out of their as soon as possible, but I loved it.
Unsurprisingly, Vicky was met with boos as her name was called, after getting in the viewers bad books following a few rows with Charlotte and Carol.
But to Mario's relief, his name was greeted by cheers as Emma Willis called out that he had come in fifth place in the competition.

Cheers: The TOWIE star received much applause and appreciation from the crowd as he awaited his fate

Out: Vicky Entwistle comes in sixth place in the Celebrity Big Brother 2013 Live Final

Carol and Charlotte were sad to see him go, shocked that they had lasted longer in the competition than the handsome TOWIE star.
Mario felt it was 'surreal' to be out of the house: 'You had so much time in that house to think and be bore.'
Vicky said: 'It felt weird to see so many people... A lovely weird. It got to the last day and we were all ready to go. It got intense at time.'
'In my eyes everyone who entered that house was a winner,' Mario said.

 

Celeb Big Brother: Mario Falcone and Vicky Entwistle are evicted

Differences put aside: Carol and Vicky embraced as the Corrie star left the house

'At times I found her quite overpowering. She makes me laugh but sometimes I think she's a little bit selfish,' Vicky said of Carol.
'I don't like it when people speak about people behind their back,'Mario said of the fights in the house.
And on his public image: 'I'm not the TOWIE guy people think I am, I'm not the volatile guy, fortunately for me I got along with twelve people.'

Wet welcome: Mario and Vicky had to carry umbrella as the heaven's opened on Friday night

In it together: The two celebrities walked out hand-in-hand to the cheering and jeering crowd

The night before the house had been making heartfelt speeches to each other in a last supper before the final eviction show.
Many of the housemates got emotional as they took the floor, with Vicky commenting that ‘Big Brother, [was] a funny old game’, and that she felt richer from the reality experience.
In his speech, Abz told his fellow housemates that they all deserve to win, proving just what a kind and easy-going celebrity he has been in the house.

Nice colour: Both Vicky and Emma opted for turquoise gowns on the final show of the series

Relief: Vicky was happy to see new faces after spending so much time without other human contact

Chance to explain: Mario and Vicky chatted about their experience and hopes after the show

Mario felt that his time in the house has helped him recover from an up and down year, which saw him break up with his fiancé and TOWIE co-star Lucy Mecklenburgh after he was discovered to be cheating on her.
Mario said that thanks to Charlotte he has 'learnt to laugh again.'
Lauren tells her housemates she has learnt to mix with other people, and that 'its been a privilege and pleasure to meet you all.'

Delivered the verdict: Emma Willis let the housemates know the live results on Friday night

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