In October, Teresa Giudice and her husband filed for bankruptcy. The couple owes $11 million to creditors and has been in and out of court this month in an attempt to stop an August 22 auction of their home and belongings.

For that reason, a recent shopping spree by Giudice makes her seem more insane than co-star Danielle Staub:

According to receipts uncovered by The New York Post, Teresa spent $8,800 for curtains and almost $45,000 on wall hangings, mirrors, frames, tables, urns and chairs, all since the time of her bankruptcy filing.

In response, attorney Jim Kridel has tried to keep a straight face this week as he defends his clients.

“That was the money she earned as an advance for her book Skinny Italian,” Kridel said. “Since she earned it after the filing, she was absolutely free to spend it.

"If she put it in the bank, they’d say, ‘Why don’t you pay your creditors,’ and the trustee might freeze the assets while he investigates whether she can spend it or not... Legally you are entitled to spend money you earn after a bankruptcy."

Ethically? It's not like we thought Giudice possessed morals anyway.

“She needed to re-buy furniture because she didn’t have any furniture in the house,” said Kridel. “It’s a big house  and she wanted furniture consistent with her style on the show. There is nothing wrong with doing that, except that it doesn’t look good for her to be doing it.”

The auction in question has been pushed back to October 3.

Nadya Suleman, mother of 14? We know her. Nadya Suleman, drain on society? She's familiar to us too. Nadya Suleman, best-selling author? WTF!

It's true. Octomom has just finished an autobiography of her extraordinary existence as a tax dollar vacuum, mother of octuplets and six other kids.

The one potential snag? No one wants to publish it. This restores our faith in society somewhat, although we expect someone will eventually cave.

Nadya has been shopping her book around to publishers, but no one has offered her a publication deal that she wants to go with,” a source said.

“She has been talking with publishers, but is not nearing a deal."

Since she's living hand to mouth, she might want to jump at one.

“She is holding out because she feels like her personal story is [more lucrative] and worth a lot more than anyone is even interested in paying.”

In 2009, Nadya’s lawyer Jeff Czech confirmed that Wendy Leigh would be ghost writing the book, but Leigh was later said to have quit the job.

“She agreed to write, but once she found out the pay and conditions Nadya Suleman insisted on, she quit working with her,” a source added.

Leigh declined to comment on her relationship with Nads.

Nadya has written the entire book by herself, but doesn’t reveal the identity of the man she says was the sperm donor for all 14 of her kids.

She is also keeping the book title a secret: “She thinks it is clever and will make people want to buy the book.” Some proposed titles ...

• My Life as a Whale
• Watch Your Back, Duggars
  
• Bilking California Taxpayers: A Memoir
• Fourteen Kids, One Vagina: A True Story
• 15 Minutes of Fame, 14 Kids at Home: My Story

They're hot. They're sexy. They're undead.

And they're covering the latest issue of Rolling Stone.

True Blood stars Alexander Skarsgard, Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer bare almost all for this iconic magazine, which really should come as no surprise to anyone that watches this HBO smash.

It features more gore than the White House between 1992 and 2000; and more nudity than the movie collection of Montana Fishburne. Check out the show's main trio of sexy stars below.

Marilyn Manson and actress Evan Rachel Wood, who got back together fairly recently, ended their engagement last week, a source confirmed this morning.

A newly single Manson wasted no time getting back in the swing of things, hitting the town over the weekend, dining at L.A's STK and clubbing at Boudoir.

According to reports, the 41-year-old shock rocker was with a group including a brunette named Twiggy and former Playmate of the Year Colleen Shannon.

"They just broke off their engagement recently, and he needed a night out with friends," says another source close to Marilyn Manson (Brian Warner).

Don't we all.

GOT WOOD? Marilyn Manson no longer does. Maybe for the best.

While together, Manson had proposed to the True Blood actress, 22, during a January performance in Paris, witnesses said. She enthusiastically accepted.

The two began dating in 2006, when Evan Rachel Wood was barely legal, but then broke up in 2008, when Wood was linked briefly to actor Shane West.

They reconciled for a short time, only to split again before getting engaged last January. That's all over now though, as they've gone their separate ways.

Hopefully they can get back together and break up again soon.

Instead of sticking up for daughter Kendall, Kris Jenner might wanna teach Khloe Kardashian where babies come from.

Asked when she and husband Lamar Odom might become parents, Khloe told People magazine over the weekend:

"It's in God's hands... I'm 26. It should happen naturally. I don't want to force it. I would love to have a baby, and if I get pregnant, I get pregnant."

You do have some say over this, you know, Khloe. If you and Lamar are not using birth control, his sperm will fertilize your egg during intercourse and - presto! - a baby will be created. That's how science works. God has better things to do than worry about your sex life.

Odom has made it clear he'd be happy not to wait any longer, as he already has two children with ex-girlfriend Liza Morales.

"He definitely wants a baby right now," Kardashian said, causing us to wonder if she really has no idea how the baby-making process works.

Stop giving interviews, Khloe. Start giving it up!

Dr. Frank Ryan, a prominent Beverly Hills plastic surgeon to the stars, has been killed in a car crash after his Jeep veered off the Pacific Coast Highway yesterday.

The doctor was just 50.

His car landed on rocks and lifeguards initially tried to help Ryan, to no avail. He was trapped in the vehicle and had major, ultimately catastrophic head injuries.

Minutes before, Ryan Tweeted: "After 25 years of driving by I finally hiked to the top of the giant sand dune on the pch west of Malibu. Much harder than it looks! Whew!" His last Tweet: "Border collie jill surveying the view from atop the sand dune."

Dr. Frank Ryan was widely criticized for the surgery he did on The Hills star Heidi Montag, who famously underwent 10 procedures in a single day earlier this year.

"He was the most amazing person I have ever known. He was an angel and changed my life and the lives of everyone he met," Montag Tweeted after his passing.

"He was the most brilliant talented surgeon who will ever exist. My prayers go out to his mother, family, friends, and anyone ever blessed enough to meet him."

His bodies of work will be remembered throughout Hollywood.

Among Ryan's patients in addition to Heidi Montag, whose work has been greatly scrutinized this year: Gene Simmons, Shauna Sand, Vince Neil & Adrianne Curry.

Rest in peace.

Jesse Csincsak just got engaged to Ann Lueders.

Now they're expecting their first child together too!

Csincsak announced the happy news in an online video. Lueders, who appeared on the 13th season of The Bachelor featuring Jason Mesnick (who DeAnna Pappas rejected when she got engaged to Jesse) is four months pregnant with a boy.

They plan to name their son Noah.

Congratulations to the parents-to-be!

The soon-to-be-wed parents-to-be are slated to tie the knot in Las Vegas August 28. That would certainly explain the short engagement period ...

Meanwhile, DeAnna Pappas recently announced that she is getting hitched as well - to high school teacher Stephen Stagliano. "I was crying, holding his hands, and he showed me the ring," she said. "I just nodded, like, 'Yeah!'"

Stephen's twin brother was a competitor on The Bachelorette, pursuing Jillian Harris, who Mesnick rejected. Michael Stagliano is also engaged, to Holly Durst, who dated Csincsak after his breakup with DeAnna. Everybody got all that?

The craze over Steven Slater might be getting out of hand.

New reports indicate that the disgruntled JetBlue flight attendant may have been the one who instigated a confrontation on last week's flight, while many THG readers have expressed dismay over Slater possibly landing a reality show out of the ordeal.

At this point, who is more famous: Barry Manilow or Steven Slater?

Now, PR specialist Howard Bragman has taken Slater on as a client. Said the publicist who has represented Isaiah Washington, Chaz Bono and Oksana Grigorieva:

"I think that he's hit something in the zeitgeist, and I think that I understand what he's hit. So I'm doing the media relations and also acting as manager.

"I'm seeing a lot of interest. I think he's an interesting character, and I don't think America knows him. I think they're going to like this guy. He's very charming and very intelligent. I think there is real potential in him."

Slater did break the law, of course, and is facing seven years in jail.

We also understand his frustration, but isn't part of a flight attendant's job to deal with rude passengers? Therefore, we must ask again: What should happen to Steven Slater?

Montana Fishburne's famous dad isn't pleased with her career choice.

Many fathers have been in that position, sure, but few quite like this.

She recently released her adult film debut, despite Laurence Fishburne's efforts to buy every last copy of the Chippy D sex tape before it hit the open market.

He was too late, Montana Fishburne became an instant success in the industry and was offered a multi-film deal by Vivid, and Laurence is through with her.

So says Montana herself. She called Laurence Monday for the first time since she unveiled her plan to enter the world of porn, and he was none too happy.

Laurence and Montana Fishburne are officially estranged.

Laurence told her she is "unwelcome in his life" and wants nothing to do with her, at least for now, after Chip joined the roster of Vivid Entertainment stars.

According to Montana, her dad's direct quote was, "I'm not going to speak with you 'til you turn your life around." He also said that "You embarrassed me."

Hey, give a girl credit for at least being up front about doing porn for the sake of doing porn, unlike hypocrites like Kim Kardashian and their "leaked" tapes.

The CSI star raised one additional, valid criticism of the 19-year-old's XXX debut, telling her "You used your last name. No one uses their real name in porn."

Her co-star? Brian Pumper. Point taken.

Featured in the latest issue of Allure, Kim Kardashian opens up about the two reasons she's famous:

1. Her sex tape with Ray J.
2. Her naked Playboy pictorial.

Referring to item number-one, Kim tells the magazine it was "not my most proud moment," adding:

"It was humiliating. But now let's move on. Not that I don't think it's [no one's] business, but I think I've done a good job of replacing negative things with positive things."

She must mean positive things for the E! network, as no one can argue with the ratings for Keeping Up with the Kardashians. Other than that? Well, horny men around the world have also benefited from her existence.

In early 2008, Kardashian also bared almost all for Playboy, a decision she says is "nothing I regret."

"Being on the cover of Playboy is very iconic. I was like, 'OK, I'm proud to do this and to show people that I don't have to be stick-skinny to be looked at as a sex symbol, and to me that's not what's attractive anyway.'"

A few seconds later in the interview, KIM COMPLETELY CONTRADICTS HERSELF, saying:

"After the fact, I said, 'I wish I hadn't done Playboy then' because I wasn't in the best shape of my life... I lost about 15 pounds, and I feel so proud. I look back and say, 'Oh, my God, I was so heavy then.'"

So, which is it, you sell-out of a hypocrite? Can women be curvy sex symbols, or are you ashamed because you were overweight when posing for Playboy?!?

In one final tease, Kim shares another beauty routine she undergoes: "I am Armenian, so of course I am obsessed with laser hair removal! Arms, bikini, legs, underarms... my entire body is hairless."

That's something Nick Lachey, Nick Cannon, Ray J, Reggie Bush, Cristiano Ronaldo and Miles Austin all know well.