Fantasy Woman

The Bachelorette star Meredith Phillips was looking to find her future husband when she went on reality television in 2004. Today, she reveals she has a new goal—staying sober. "I really can only focus on one thing at a time right now," Meredith, who hasn't touched alcohol in 150 days, tells People. OK! News: Desiree Hartsock Reveals Her Thoughts on The Bachelorette Contestants Meredith reached her rock bottom six months ago. She got to the point of downing over 20 bottles of wine weekly, and blacking out was a daily occurrence. "For years I'd wake up every day feeling like I was hit by a truck," she reveals. OK! News: Does Kim Kardashian's Baby Shower Invite Reveal It's a Boy or a Girl? Finally, Meredith knew she had to get help. "I realized I was going to kill myself," she reveals. "There wasn't another path for me other than to stop. I'm finally starting to live my life again." Send Meredith your support in the comments section or tweet us @OKMagazine. Photo credit:  INF/ABC

CEO Amy Miles seems confident that consumers will continue to flock to theaters, even with the higher admission costs. “Sometimes we joke and say we are an industry that has been dying for the past 50 years,” she told investors today at Barclays Global Technology, Media and Telecommunications Conference. But “as long as we continue to provide that great, affordable out-of-home experience…people are going to continue to go to the movies.” What’s “affordable” is in the eye of the beholder: Regal CFO David Ownby told the group that his company’s ticket prices for 2D movies “will go up in that 3% to 4% range” that’s been the pattern over the last few years. He notes that for IMAX movies Regal adds as much as $6.50 to the price of the basic 2D ticket. The chain’s own RPX large-screen venues have as much as a $5.00 upcharge while regular 3D films cost about $3.50 more than conventional 2D. This year’s potential blockbusters should help the cause. “When you start with Iron Man 3 a couple of weekends ago and you just look at the film slate over the balance of the summer, it’s hard not to get excited about what’s to come,” Miles says. “And it doesn’t stop when the summer” is over. Indeed, Ownby says that for the end of 2013 “we again have a film slate that I think stacks up pretty well” against the strong releases from the ... Read More »