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This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, singer Dionne Warwick says a little prayer in bankruptcy, and a new book paints a foul picture of Lenny Dykstra. Also, actor Alec Baldwin is helping out Central Falls High School in its bid to enter a chess tournament.

Former British business star Paul Kemsley got a thumbs-down last Friday from a New York bankruptcy judge who was asked to shield Kemsley’s U.S. assets while a court in London helps him deal with creditors.

Judge James M. Peck of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan denied a U.K. trustee’s request to shield Kemsley’s U.S. assets under Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code, which would have protected Kemsley from creditor action in the U.S. pending a resolution of the U.K. proceedings.

Say a little prayer for Dionne Warwick…and her bank account.

A handful of Howrey’s former partners can breathe easily, at least for the next few months: they’ve struck a deal that gives them time to work on settling potential lawsuits related to their roles in winding down the 55-year-old law firm.