The Broke and the Beautiful: Spelling Edition

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, Tori Spelling is having money problems, and the bakery made famous by the movie “Moonstruck” filed for bankruptcy. Also, the U.S. trustee in DMX’s bankruptcy wants to shut down his case.

Tori Spelling has stayed in the spotlight following her success on ‘90s television show “Beverly Hills, 90120,” but not everything is peachy for the former Donna Martin. In fact, things are kind of the pits. According to UPI, the actress-turned-reality-show star told People magazine she’s running out money and that husband Dean McDermott can’t even afford a vasectomy. “I haven’t bought a purse in three years,” Ms. Spelling told People, also noting that she and her family “don’t have a [reality TV] series on the air right now, so we have to be more restrictive of what we can spend.” There’s a silver lining in the distance, though. “Tori & Dean: Cabin Fever,” which will chronicle the family’s renovation of a lakeside cottage, is set to premiere on HGTV and Canada’s CMT next spring.

Cammareri Bakery might be feeling something awful after filing for bankruptcy. The Brooklyn, N.Y., bakery, which was made famous by the movie “Moonstruck,” has filed for bankruptcy in Brooklyn with assets of $126,100 and debts of more than $490,000 (h/t Crain’s New York Business). Cammareri’s debts include more than $37,000 in back rent and a judgment worth nearly $233,000, which it disputes. According to the bakery’s website, it opened in 1921 and was founded by Nicholas Cammareri, a native of Sicily. It now caters to bagel shops as well as high-end New York restaurants. Maybe one day soon, the bakery will be able to snap out of Chapter 11.

We won’t ask her if she’ll cry, but we think the government watchdog in DMX’s bankruptcy might be losing her mind up in court. As Bankruptcy Beat reported, U.S. Trustee Tracy Hope Davis wants to stop, drop and shut down the rapper’s bankruptcy case or convert it to Chapter 7 liquidation. (DMX filed for Chapter 11 protection, which allows him to reorganize his debts, this summer.) DMX failed to show up at a meeting with creditors last month, and the court documents he’s filed so far are inconsistent, said Ms. Davis, indicating that DMX has “eroded the confidence of the Office of the United States Trustee and others that the debtor will be candid in the disclosure of his assets.” Ms. Davis also said a prior bankruptcy case that DMX “unreasonably delayed” has been shown to be a continuing pattern during the rapper’s current case.

British singer Robbie Williams might feel a little depressed amid the recent bankruptcy filing of his U.K. fashion label, Farrell. According to the Telegraph, member of boy band Take That put Farrell into liquidation earlier this month. “The support of the men’s press and retailers internationally since we started has been incredible and I want to thank them,” Mr. Williams said in a statement. “I have also been fortunate to…work with the talented Ben Dickens and will miss creating and working with and wish him every luck for the future.” The fashion label, which was launched in 2011, has already closed up shop laid off its entire staff. The label’s website is no longer functioning.

Rhythm & Hues has been out of our purview for a while, but this week, it’s back on our visual spectrum. According to the Hollywood Reporter, a judge tentatively approved a $1 million settlement deal with 238 employees who were laid off by the visual-effects company after it filed for bankruptcy. One of the ex-workers, Anthony Barcelo, then brought a class-action suit against the company, claiming Rhythm & Hues failed to give the 60-day written layoff notice required by the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act. A final hearing on the settlement is set for Dec. 13. The company, which was acquired by an affiliate of Prana Studios earlier this year, filed for Chapter 11 protection in February amid a slowdown in work. It’s known for having created special effects for movies including “Life of Pi.”

Duncan James isn’t the only member of a certain British boy band to be feeling a little blue over bankruptcy these days. According to the Express, Blue member Simon Webbe filed for bankruptcy right on the heels of Mr. James. Those two aren’t the only Blue members facing financial trouble, either. Band member Anthony Costa said earlier this year that he became homeless after a drastic fall in his income.

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