By Katie Sotack

It’s off to school season, and celebrity parents are not immune to their nests becoming smaller. Live! host Kelly Ripa and Riverdale actor Mark Consuelos recently sent their second oldest and only daughter off to college. Consuelos uploaded a photo with the caption “2 down… 1 to go”, referring to the couple’s third child. Using the same picture, Ripa shared the news via Instagram, where many celebrity friends were sympathetic to the news. Lisa Rinna, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, who recently sent her daughter off to college as well, commented several sobbing emojis in solidarity.

This celebrity couple‘s nest just got a little bit smaller. What are some ways to deal with an empty next when your children leave home?

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Interview by Lori Bizzoco. Written by Carly Horowitz

You may have seen fashion designer Matt Sarafa recently on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (RHOBH) alongside his godmother, Kyle Richards. However, Sarafa is no newcomer to reality television. He got his start by competing on Lifetime’s Project Runway Threads and then went on to compete in Project Runway Junior. Sarafa is also one of the youngest designers to show at both New York and Paris Fashion Week. In our exclusive celebrity interview, Sarafa opens up about the success of his clothing line, “FAKE” and what he has in store for the future.

Celebrity interview with fashion designer and beauty guru Matt Sarafa

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By Gabriela Robles

NBC’s new scripted supernatural drama series Siberia is a show where 16 reality show contestants must survive the Siberian winter in hopes of winning 500,000 dollars. When things start to go wrong and they realize that they didn’t sign up for this sort of danger, the contestants must join together in an attempt to survive what lurks in their settlement. One of the stars of the series, Joyce Giraud, explains, “It’s a mix of Lost and Survivor but entirely different than both of them. It feels like reality television, but you get really invested in the drama because it’s a scripted show.”

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It’s been eight months since the Real Housewives star Taylor Armstrong lost her husband Russell Armstrong to suicide, and she said she hasn’t even considered dating. “I’m just so not ready. I still think about Russell every single day, and I still miss him terribly and I feel like I’m so far from ready,” said Armstrong according to UsMagazine.com. “I don’t know if you just wake up and you’re ready, or how that works. But for me, for now, I really got some growing to do, I think, before I’ll be even ready to be a good judge of what’s good for me.”  As for now, the reality star is putting her focus on raising her daughter Kennedy and learning to be a single mom and an independent woman.

What are some ways to know it’s time to enter the dating world after tragedy?

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Brandi Glanville rang in the new year by getting a new husband…temporarily that is.  The 38-year-old star of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills married a mixed martial arts manager, Darin Harvey this past weekend.  However, according to UsMagazine.com: Glanville, the former wife of Eddie Cibrian, tweeted of the marriage “We’re not gonna stay married. But it was a fun way to start out the new year!”  According to a source, they got drunk and became hitched for publicity.  The two have never been linked romantically and think of each other as brother and sister.

Why is it important to think things through before getting married?

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Taylor Armstrong from Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills will be releasing a tell-all memoir through the publisher Simon & Schuster entitled Hiding From Reality: My Story of Love, Loss and Finding the Courage Within.  The book is scheduled to be released Feb. 7 and will outline her relationship with her ex husband Russell Armstrong, who tragically committed suicide in August.  According to The Hollywood Reporter, the couple had filed for divorce only a month before the suicide.

What do you do if your ex “tells all” after a split?

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Taylor and Russell Armstrong’s marriage counseling sessions, which were taped months before Russell’s suicide, will air on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, RadarOnline reports.  “Bravo has done major editing of the show, to be sensitive to the fact that Russell killed himself.  However, the decision was made to air the footage of the therapy sessions,” a Bravo insider says.  “Viewers will see the two of them with their marriage counselor, Dr. Charles Sophy, as well as individual sessions with Taylor.  Russell’s one-on-one sessions will not air.  Taylor is completely supportive of the decision, and thinks it will help battered women to make the decision to leave an abusive relationship, just like she did.”

What are some ways to work on your marriage before calling it quits?

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By Ashley DelBello

Last Monday night, the world was introduced to Melanie Mar on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (RHOBH).  As we all saw, she was giving life coaching advice to Taylor Armstrong and helping her through her marriage woes to her now late husband, Russell.  We published an interview with Melanie the day after the episode aired, where she offered advice for both couples looking to strengthen their relationship and singles searching for Mr. Right.  This week, Melanie shares insight with us that answers our burning questions about the Armstrong’s, what it was like to work with Taylor, and what type of counsel she gave to her over the past six months.

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By Ashley DelBello

“I teach women to be ladies and men to be gentlemen,” says model turned relationship coach, Melanie Mar who has worked with Hollywood’s most elite celebrities and couples to help them find love in their life and more importantly, within themselves.

Melanie Mar is the founder of Melanie Mar International and a partner of Patti Stanger’s Millionaire’s Club Matchmaking Agency.  You may also recognize her from last night’s episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, where she is seen coaching Taylor Armstrong about her marriage to Russell Armstrong.  We had the chance to catch up with Mar and get her advice for couples in a relationship, as well as for those who are navigating the single scene.  She offered some amazing insight. Ladies take note.

One of the most common dating challenges for single women who live in big cities like LA or NY is that they find it too hard to meet a man.  “Women have become much more independent and now they’re competing with men,” says Mar.  “There’s a lot of masculinity out there these days and it takes so much courage for today’s man to approach today’s woman.  He has no idea what reaction he’ll get,” she explains.

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It may come as no surprise to Real Housewives fans that Taylor and Russell Armstrong have called it quits.  After all, the Armstrong couple likened their marriage to a business agreement. The two were going through “huge martial problems related to finances,” an inside source reported to UsMagazine.com in May. Although they have a five-year-old daughter named Kennedy, they decided that the best decision would be to split. On Friday, they filed for divorce.

What are ways to work on your marriage before calling it quits?

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By Seth Abramovitch

TV.com: Hi, Camille. How are you?

Camille Grammer: Oh, fine, thanks. It’s a really crazy time in my life.

Why? What’s going on? Describe your week.
Well, you know, my divorce is finalized. There’s a lot going on.

How does that feel?
How does that feel? Bittersweet. I’m sad for what we had–we were together for 14 years–but you know, I don’t regret his happiness. He’s moved on, and I’m moving on also.

Now that the first season of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills has aired, and you’re interacting with a public who knows you, or has a strong impression of what they think is you, do you regret having done it?
Well, after the first few episodes, yeah, of course I did. I didn’t think that it was an accurate portrayal of myself.

Because they cut out stuff that made you look more sympathetic?
Absolutely. They didn’t show a rounded-out sense of who I am as a person.

And then once you realized what was happening in your marriage, what stopped you from just turning to the cameras and saying, “Get the f**k out of my house. I need to deal with this right now?”
I wish I could have, but I had an obligation to finish the show. I don’t know if I can say this, but I quit at one point. I did. Because it was too much. I didn’t know how much I could expose at the time. I was holding a lot back because I had known for a while that things were not right between my husband and I. So it’s very difficult filming a reality show while you’re going through this process, and hurt, and devastation.
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Love and caring is in the air this holiday season!  Even reality TV stars like Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ Taylor Armstrong are taking part.  Slipper Fairy Armstrong attended the 1736 Family Crisis Center’s annual “Free Holiday Store” event in Torrance, CA, Tuesday (December 14th), and delivered 300 pairs of Dearfoams slippers for previously, severely abused mothers, and their children.