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Bride-to-be, Amanda De Pascale, from New York (pictured left with fiance Joe Rea), was considering hiring the dessert company, Sweetery (inset), for her wedding reception, until she found out their quote was beyond her budget. After she didn't respond to an email from the company, she received a vitriolic reply, calling her an 'absolute low life twisted miserable individual'. (right) She said she was left 'shaken and shell-shocked'.

In Kathy Griffin's new memoir, Kathy Griffin's Celebrity Run-Ins, she boasts of her collection of celeb encounters, including meeting Jon Hamm and Jack Nicholson at a party in which Hamm told her that her Emmy 'isn't a real Emmy', and a run-in with hard-partying Harry Styles, who she says she saw corner superstar actor Tom Hanks at a party to talk about his many films. She also discusses her relationship with pop star Demi Lovato, who she claims unleashed a 'thirty-million strong' army of fans against her on Twitter. Griffin had hurled a few 'comedic insults' in her act at Lovato, who had been repeatedly rude to her at celebrity events. Fans tweeted rape threats at Griffin while one threatened to 'kill you in your sleep'. Meanwhile, Cher is one of Griffin's closer showbiz friends. They often curl up in her over-the-top bedroom and girl talk.

Dana Rivers, 61, has been charged with three counts of murder, arson and possession of brass knuckles after police in Oakland say she killed a fellow teacher, her wife and the couple's son. Rivers made headlines in 1999 because she was fired from a teaching job at a Sacramento high school after she told her boss she would be transitioning to a woman.

Sophie Theallet, pictured inset, spoke out against the president-elect Donald Trump in a damning open letter in which she said she will never dress his wife Melania, pictured left wearing Roksanda Ilincic. The New York-based French designer has worked with the current First Lady Michelle Obama, pictured right in one of her designs, numerous times.

Pictures released on Thursday evening by the Japanese government that showed Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner joining the president-elect for a meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have led to widespread criticism on social media. A number of Twitter users are expressing their outrage and shock after learning that Ivanka - who has no security clearance and is set to run her father's business in a blind trust once he takes office - was present for Donald's first sit-down talk with a foreign dignitary. Some are referring to Ivanka as having the look of a 'leggy assistant' in the photo, while others are taking issue with the level of involvement Trump's three oldest children and his son-in-law have in the still forming administration. Meanwhile, someone with knowledge of the meeting tells DailyMail.com that Ivanka was simply stopping in to greet her father's guests when the photos were taken on Thursday.

The Fade rapper performed at the SAP Pavilion in San Jose, California Thursday night (left). During the performance he went on a political rant - revealing that he didn't vote but that if he did, he would have voted for Trump. It comes eight months after those close to him were forced to deny claims that he was a secret Trump supporter. Kanye's opinions seem to be at odds with wife Kim, who was a supporter of Hillary Clinton. Kanye also donated $2,700 to Clinton's campaign last year (pictured top right with his wife Kim Kardashian in a selfie with Clinton)

Nike has been criticised for appointing Bella Hadid, 20, left, posing in New York by the campaign billboard, as the star of their new campaign with fans describing her as too 'thin' to represent an athletics brand. Some users were more worried about the negative affect it could have on young admirer's esteem. The model looked somber as she stepped out of her New York apartment on Friday, as the backlash against the move continued.

A 72-storey skyscraper (pictured), helicopter taxis, a theme park and rows upon rows of luxurious villas, this is as extravagant as a village could be. Welcome to Huaxi, a place situated in east China's Jiangsu Province which has been dubbed 'the richest village' in China. Every one of its 2,000 residents is said to have more than one million yuan ($124,000) in the bank; and each family is given a car, a villa by the authority once they move in. But the catch is, once you leave, you leave lose all your belongs. Huaxi, which runs under a strict Socialist system, celebrated its 55th anniversary last month. One of its landmarks is an ox statue (inset) which is made with one tonne of gold.

The man was texting his girlfriend Jackie while she was away on a 'solo' trip in Atlanta, and she began to strip for him before taking a shower. That's when he saw the unfamiliar striped suitcase in the corner of a picture. The man demanded Jackie give him her room number, and then found out the room was under her boss' name.

Fatima Tsouli (left) said the sedan (pictured after the incident) came out of nowhere and sideswiped her. Jowen Moses (inset), 25, then allegedly followed her for nearly half an hour, slamming into the back of her car twice. Tsouli told the 911 dispatcher that every time she tried to turn he would sideswipe her, trapping her on the road. As police arrived, he drove into oncoming traffic and crashed into an SUV before hitting a cop car and finally stopping. Moses was charged with a DUI, reckless driving and aggravated assault.

A television reporter with KRIV-TV in Houston was fired from her job on Thursday after she posted overtly political posts on her Facebook page celebrating the election of Donald Trump and the end of Barack Obama's presidency. Scarlett Fakhar (left), a reporter for Fox 26 Houston, thanked her supporters on social media after she informed them that her bosses had dismissed her 'for expressing my conservative views on my private Facebook page'. The 25-year-old television journalist became the subject of controversy last week after she had announced on her personal Facebook page (right) that she was 'happy and relieved' that Trump had won.

As Isla Fisher (second from left) reveals that she used superimposed Amy Adams' (far left) face on her Christmas card - we reveal the other celebrities who share a strong resemblance. Clockwise from top left: Zooey Deschanel, Katy Perry, Natalie Portan and Keira Knightley

Amy and Lance Buckley were found dead alongside their daughters Claire, five, and Abigail, 17 months, on Thursday morning. The couple were living with Mr Buckley's parents in Stafford, Virginia. They welcomed their second daughter last April. Eleven days later, Mr Buckley, who was studying a PhD in microbiology at Howard University, went missing, sparking a frantic appeal from his family to find him. Stafford County Sheriff's Office would not confirm how the family died on Thursday but said it was treating their deaths as a domestic murder suicide.

The holidays are coming and what better way to get in the festive spirit than with an eye-boggling Christmas-themed brain teaser? This latest brainteaser will really test your eyes and see whether you can see the difference between the robin and the reindeer. There are a number of confusing elements to the puzzle, such as reindeers with patterned horns, red and yellow scarves and Santa hats which draw your eye away from the Robin. So, can you spot it?

The smaller student is seen climbing on top of the larger lad in a video of the fight. However the teacher quickly comes up behind the two and puts an end to the scuffle, using a wraparound arm move. The student who is filming the scene - which took place in a US high school but the exact location is unknown - is heard saying: 'And it's about to be over in three, two, one.' The teacher tries to get the students to stop, but then moves in and grabs the more aggressive boy by the throat using a wraparound arm (left and center). He says to the student: 'Step off or you're going to go night-night.'

Pascal the puppy was found near an industrial estate in Turkey where the four-month-old dog was left fighting for his life, covered in glue which had matted his fur and left him riddled with disease. He was so scared and ill when vets picked him up that he couldn't even move. Children had put so much glue on him it acted like a cement and one of his ears become necrotic because it was starved of blood.

The 44-year-old lifestyle guru is known for her website's unique and often pricey gift recommendations, and this year's holiday picks are no exception. Gwyneth and her team outdid themselves as they curated a vast list of gift options that includes everything from $8 All-You-Can-Eat food maps to the late actor Dennis Hopper's personal record collection, which is being sold exclusively by the online luxury retailer Moda Operandi for a whopping $150,000.

Kuechly may have suffered his second concussion in two years during Thursday's game against the New Orleans Saints. A Saints player's helmet smacked his face mask then barreled into his chest.The hit sent Kuechly backwards, causing him to knock helmets with a teammate. Kuechly hit the ground in agony and was visibly emotional and scared as the team's doctors ran to treat him. He could not walk off the field on his own and had to be carted away.

A yoga instructor who is accused of killing her twin sister by driving their car off a cliff and into the ocean made her first appearance in a New York courtroom. Alexandria Duval showed little emotion as she made her way into the Albany County Court wearing a marigold-colored prison jumpsuit and orange rubber shoes on Friday morning. There were also handcuffs around her wrists and leg irons keeping her ankles close together. She was taken into custody by police to face a charge of second degree murder last Friday. The 38-year-old was indicted by a grand jury in Maui, Hawaii last month, who heard how in May of this year Alexandria (top right) drove her car off a 200-foot cliff and into the Pacific Ocean (bottom right), killing her sister Anastasia.

Police released the video Thursday hoping to identify some of the people involved in the massive brawl at a Bridgeport, Connecticut club. More than 300 people were inside the venue when shots rang out Saturday night, wounding five people, police said. The footage released Thursday shows how the party turned violent when some individuals began fighting, punching and grabbing each other among the crowd (upper right and bottom right). The second half of the video shows how the violence continued in a smaller corridor (left), with people once again shoving and kicking one another. Five victims, four male and one female, were rushed to the hospital.

Buckingham Palace will undergo a $450million refit starting next April to replace pipes, boilers and wiring (pictured and inset) and prevent 'potentially catastrophic building failure' in the future. It had been thought the Queen may have to move out temporarily but a 10-year phased option will see the palace remain open and the monarch in residence throughout the works, funded by a rise in the amount of public money she receives. The monarch will receive an extra 10 per cent of the profits made by the Crown Estate - a vast property portfolio formerly

WARNING: GRAPHIC FOOTAGE. The disturbing video, taken on a cellphone and posted to Facebook Live, has been viewed over 50,000 times following the incident in Sandusky, Ohio. According to police, a group of people found one man passed out behind the wheel of a car (right), and a second man unconscious on the ground by the vehicle (left). The driver was roused by a nurse that happened on the scene, but the second man had to be taken to hospital (inset). Sandusky police said there have been as many as 20 or more overdoses and four suspected deaths in the past two weeks. Local fire crews have administered the opiate reversal drug naloxone more than 170 times in 2016, more than doubling the previous year's numbers.

A man launched a foul-mouthed tirade of abuse at a Starbucks employee in a coffee shop near the University of Miami, shouting 'I voted for Trump' after his order reportedly took too long to arrive. Jorge de Cárdenas was working at the coffee shop when he witnessed the incident at about 4.30pm on Wednesday. He claims the disgruntled customers unleashed his fury on an employee behind the counter, who appears to be African-American, calling her 'trash'.

Amber-Rose Kordiak was just seven years old when a huge tire fell onto her and sliced her face in half. She was rushed to hospital and fell into a coma as she fought for her life. But later, when she woke up, she told her family that she followed 'bright lights and beams of prayers' leading her to heaven, but she 'chose to come back to this world' after somehow seeing her parents' pain. After 13 facial surgeries and countless hospital visits, the youngster is smiling again, but her vivid experience while she was unconscious still leaves her family stunned. Her mother, Jen, said: 'She was happy in heaven. She says she could see us and could reflect on our heartache and regret... and chose to come back to this world.'

The Long Island, New York, home that served as the inspiration for the book The Amityville Horror and the subsequent films of the same name is being bought. The infamous 1927 Dutch Colonial on Amityville's Ocean Avenue on Long Island went into contract this week. The property's listing agent declined to discuss the terms of the sale. The property's listing agent declined to discuss the terms of the sale. The home came on the market in June for $850,000. Before gaining fame with the release of the original movie in 1979, the house was where 23-year-old Ronald DeFeo Jr. murdered his parents and four younger siblings in 1974. DeFeo (pictured with his siblings, top right) is serving 25 years to life at Sullivan Correctional Facility with a parole hearing scheduled for July 2017.

NEW Countless bunker fish were seen floating near the water's edge on the Shinnecock Canal in Hampton Bays on Monday morning in what scientists are calling unprecedented. Drone footage taken by Hampton Watercraft shows the unbelievable extent of the stranded fish, all stacked on top of each other on the surface of the water, with the canal looking like it is covered in ice from afar. Regional Department of Environmental Conservation spokesman Bill Fonda told Newsday that the die-off was most likely caused by usual reasons and not chemicals or pollutants and urged concerned locals not to worry. Fonda says fish kills happen when a large number of fish get trapped in a confined area and the oxygen levels go down, leading to suffocation. A spokeswoman for the New York state Environmental Conservation Department tells CBS News that the town of Southampton is cleaning up the rotting fish and no additional kills have been reported. Officials assured locals there is no public health issue.

Today marks the first day of the Bodyspectra event in the South African town and artists spent the morning preparing their living canvases. Students from the art department at City Varsity college are provided with body paint and prothestics in order to transform their subjects into 'surreal beings'. The event, which has been taking place annually for 17 years, takes on the theme of 'festival' today with the creations of a colourful variety.

Katie Schaftlein gave birth to four girls and a boy on November 11 at University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital in Lexington. The first-time mother and her five babies now share the same birthday. Though born 11 weeks prematurely, the babies are healthy. Katie and her husband have named the babies Savannah, Sadie, Sofia, Scarlett and Lucas.

Two sets of ultras square up to each other in a remote woodland area on the outskirts of Rotterdam. One is dressed from head to toe in black, the other distinguishable in white. Both are wearing gloves and hurling abuse, with the word 'hooligans' heard clearly as both groups bounce on the spot, ready to launch into a brutal assault. This was the scene caught in shocking footage which took place last Saturday during an arranged 'revenge' fight between two rival gangs from France and Holland.