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Kim Basinger
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of her family members recommended that Basinger buy the small
town of Braselton, Georgia in 1989 for $20 million, with the
hopes of establishing the town as a tourist attraction with
movie studios and a film festival, but she met financial
difficulties and sold it in 1993. The town is now owned by
developer Wayne Mason. In a 1998 interview with Barbara Walters,
Basinger admitted that "nothing good came out of it," because a
rift resulted within her family. Her financial difficulties were
exacerbated when she pulled out of the controversial film Boxing
Helena, the studio sued her and won an $8-million judgment
against her at the trial level. Basinger filed for bankruptcy
and also appealed the jury's decision to a higher court, which
sided with her. Eventually, she and the studio settled for a
lesser amount..
Celebrity Big
Brother
Celebrity Big Brother 2007 was the fifth series of the United
Kingdom reality television series Celebrity Big Brother, a spin-off
of Big Brother. The series was broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK
(also on S4C in Wales), and involved a number of celebrities
referred to as 'housemates', who live in the Big Brother House
with no contact with the outside world. In recent series, the
show's producers have offered celebrities money to appear on
Celebrity Big Brother.
Celebrity Big Brother 2007 started on 3 January 2007, and ran
for 26 days. The launch show peaked at 8.2 million viewers,
making it the second most-watched launch in Big Brother history.
It was the first Celebrity Big Brother series to be shown in the
16:9 widescreen format and the final Celebrity series to be held
in the Elstree compound with the regular series later in the
year being the final one overall.
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