Kim Kardashian's personal life may be in shambles, but she's making sure her acting career isn't! 
 
 Life & Style has exclusively learned that Kim hired Nicole Kidman's acting coach, Susan Batson, to help her with scenes for Tyler Perry's movie The Marriage Counselor, which she filmed in Atlanta last week. 
 
 "Susan was brought in to help Kim with her last scenes in the film," an insider tells Life & Style. "She was coaching her on how to handle the more difficult scenes she's shooting." 
 
 Life & Style reports in the new issue, on newsstands now, that Kim has struggled with backlash from angered fans since filing for divorce from Kris Humphries; some even campaigned to have her kicked off the film. 
 
 "Kim had been confident about the movie, but with recent events she has been worried that the stress of her real life would show through," the insider tells Life & Style. "So that's what Susan was there for." 
 
 Batson is famous for her A-list clientele, which, aside from Nicole, includes Tom Cruise, Jennifer Lopez, Liv Tyler and Jennifer Connelly. 
 
 The Marriage Counselor is about a relationship expert named Judith who cheats on her husband. Kim is set to play the role of Ava, the co-worker of Judith who gives her a makeover. The movie is currently in production and also stars Brandy Norwood and Jerry Stiller. 
 
 Photo Credit: Fame ||||| You maybe surprised by this, but I do read a lot of books -- I even wrote one -- a book on how to be famous. If I could have written a sequel to my book, it would be Celebrity Inc. which is how to make money being famous! 
 
 Jo Piazza approached me to to be interviewed for Celebrity Inc. about two years ago. It wasn't the first time a celebrity journalist asked me to talk about my time on The Hills and I don't always read the books/articles I've been featured in. Well, I read this one and I can honestly say it is one of the best books I have ever read. And no, I haven't even been paid to say that. Celebrity Inc. is truly the star map of hustling. It exposes the machinations famous people use to profit off what they call their "fans" aka "consumers." 
 
 The timing of this book could not have been more perfect given the recent saga of Kim Kardashian's 72-day marriage. 
 
 The public has been on to Kim and her momager Kris Jenner for awhile now. I'm sure they know how every move they've made in Kim's life has been part of a money-making strategy. Reading Jo's book shows you exactly how this stuff goes down. It takes the vague idea of "that looks fake," and turns it into, "that is fake, and here's exactly why." 
 
 For example, look at Kim's millions of Twitter followers. She pretends they're part of her extended family, but after her divorce announcement when all anyone wanted to know about was her relationship, she only tweeted about her store appearances. There's a reason for this. Kim tweets to promote herself. She'll do that for free. Talking about her personal life? That'll cost you. 
 
 After reading Celebrity Inc. you will clearly understand the magnitude of the lies Kris Jenner has told when she says Kim didn't profit from her wedding. 
 
 When I was manipulating the media for profit I was blatantly obvious about my attention-seeking antics, with the goal of making money off stories and photos. I never thought I was putting one over on the audience/viewer/reader. That is why I love Celebrity Inc. because where Speidi was the obvious fame loving duo, this book exposes that everyone making significant money in Hollywood is doing everything Speidi did in the past -- only they do it in secret. We made our money the same way everyone in Hollywood makes money, we just never tried to cover it up. 
 
 Celebrity Inc. unveils the fact that all major stars have photo deals with photo agencies and sell these photographs along with strategically manufactured stories that are all timed with the launch or release of a book, film, TV show, fragrance or product. Every story you consume about Hollywood has a purpose and that purpose is to make money for the celebrity. 
 
 Celebrity Inc. makes the reader understand that there are no coincidences in Tinseltown. It's no coincidence that Kris Jenner had her book tour during the week of her daughter's divorce announcement. I love this book because it reveals the monetary gain these "actors," no pun intended, have in the roles they put themselves In. This book is a must read for anyone that enjoys reading celebrity magazines, watching reality television, following a celeb on Twitter, and even those people who claim they can't stand famous people and want more reason to dislike the self-promoting narcissists they really are. 
 
 Jo's background in economics gives the reader a jaw dropping look at the monetary revenue streams that even someone as nauseating as Snooki can make in the popculture apocalypse that is the 2012 Fame Olympics. 
 
 With the entertainment business suffering the same economic realities the rest of the market is coping with, agencies, publicists, and stars are working harder then ever to squeeze every possible dollar they can out of the unaware "fan." Celebrity Inc. clearly lays out how this is done and why we should think twice about spending our hard earned money on celebrity-endorsed products. 
 
 ||||| By Radar Staff 
 
 She’s back! 
 
 Even the backlash over her 72 day marriage couldn’t keep Kim Kardashian quiet for long and the reality star was busy on her blog on Monday thanking her loyal fans, RadarOnline.com has learned. 
 
 “Hi everyone! I just wanted to thank you guys for all your support these last two weeks. I took a break from blogging for a while, but I’ve missed you guys so much and I want to start sharing my updates with you all again,” Kim wrote on her website KimKardashian.celebuzz.com. 
 
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 “I’ve been reading all your comments on here and, as always, my loyal blog dolls have been nothing but supportive. You all know who you are, so thank you! I love you guys. Kim xo.” 
 
 The correspondence was the first online statement from the Keeping Up With The Kardashians star since she filed for divorce from Kris Humphries on October 31. 
 
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 As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Kim’s mom Kris Jenner said that her daughter won’t be cashing in on her divorce by selling the details. 
 
 “First of all Kim didn’t make millions off her wedding,” Kris told Rob Shuter on HDNet’s Naughty But Nice With Rob. 
 
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 “She made less than $1 million from selling pictures and the wedding special was part of her show deal with E!. She will not be selling a divorce interview and plans to continue to donate to charities.” 
 
 As Kim reemerged from her blogging exile, little sister Kendall Jenner was busy celebrating her 16th birthday with a flashy new set of wheels. The lucky teenager was given a $90,000 2012 Range Rover for the sweet sixteen, RadarOnline.com reported. 
 
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 Poor Kim Kardashian. The woman seriously cannot catch a break lately. First, she gets skewered because of her 72-day marriage to Kris Humphries. Then she has to deal with her ex-publicist's claims that said her marriage was a sham to begin with. Now she's being sued by some hair removal company for ads she's doing for another hair removal company. When will it end, Kim, when will it end? 
 
 Apparently Kim is the face of some laser hair removal system called TRIA, and in her ads, she claims, "You'll never need razors or shaving cream again." But, the competing de-fuzzing product says that, actually, you're supposed to use TRIA in conjunction with shaving. Blah, blah, blah, legal jargon, legal jargon, Kim's screwed again. 
 
 Kim's really in the crosshairs these days -- and it actually might affect her image/business. If she wants to save face, homegirl's going to need to take a break from the spotlight for a bit -- and here are six reasons why. 
 
 Her divorce. The most obvious of all. It seems like the downfall of Ms. Kardashian started a few weeks ago when she filed for divorce from Kris Humphries less than three months after their wedding. Not sure if she expected everyone to immediately side with her, since, well, she's had few problems with her fans so far in her career, but it didn't really work out that way. People were genuinely pissed at Kim for sort of deceiving everyone with her "fairytale wedding" business. 
 
 Her people are turning against her. As I mentioned, her own ex-publicist is one of those people. Just when it looked like things couldn't get much worse for Kim, her former publicist, Jonathan Jaxon, talked to the New York Post about "staging scenes" for Keeping Up With the Kardashians. AKA, the show, like all reality shows, is a big, fat lie. 
 
 Her lawsuits. There's a few of them. In addition to being sued over this whole laser hair removal business, Kim's actually suing Jonathan Jaxon for, to put it bluntly, blowing up her spot. Isn't she tired of all this legal crap? It seems exhausting. 
 
 She's bailing on scheduled appearances. All the heat is clearly getting to Kim. A few weeks ago, while in Australia, she backed out of an appearance she agreed to do (that would have earned her $153,000 in one hour) to go deal with her divorce. That's a lot of cash to lose out on. 
 
 Everyone's mocking her. Yeah, yeah, everyone's always mocked the Kardashians, but it's taken on a whole, new level lately. In addition to the expected SNL spoofs of her, people like Michael Buble, Carrie Underwood, and Brad Paisley have hopped on the train. 
 
 She needs a break from us -- and we need a break from her. There is such a thing as too much of a good thing, and Kim is living proof. The past year has been too much Kardashian, too often. Let's take a little hiatus, let us miss her a bit. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. 
 
 All it would take is a few months of Kim holing up in some gorgeous, remote island (I hear Seychelles is lovely) for the public to get back on her side. And I think it would do her some good. Lord knows she could use the break -- and Lord knows she can afford it. I mean, $153,000 an hour? 
 
 Do you think Kim Kardashian should keep a low-pro for a while? 
 
 Image via Lisa Maree Williams/Getty ||||| Don't forget to check out our exclusive shoot with the cover star and our compilation of her most notable red carpet moments . For even more Kim exclusives, "like" us on Facebook ! 
 
 Just weeks before Kim filed for divorce, the most business-minded reality star sat down with Marie Claire to take us inside her crazy life and whirlwind marriage. 
 
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 Just back from working out at the gym, her shiny face scrubbed clean of cosmetics, she could be any attractive young woman arriving at Manhattan's Gansevoort Hotel for breakfast. 
 
 Until she picks up her orange juice, that is. Her hand is so weighted down, it's a wonder she can lift it. Soft-spoken and gracious, she wasn't at all diva-esque as she ordered a frittata and sausage along with syrup and strawberry jam. But a mere flash of her ring finger turns Kim Kardashian  even without the layers of makeup she's known for wearing  into a junior Elizabeth Taylor, complete with epic bling. 
 
 If you've ever wondered what a 20.5-carat diamond engagement ring looks like, it's very, very big. The $2 million worth of rocks that basketball player Kris Humphries bestowed upon her last May  in an on-camera proposal with rose petals spelling out "Will you marry me?" on a white rug in her Los Angeles bedroom  is indisputably a whole lotta ice. 
 
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 Only a few weeks have passed since the beaming couple got married in Montecito, California, in a wedding with 500 guests that was rumored to have cost $20 million (a figure Kim denies). But since the event involved the Kardashians  the reality-show clan has transformed ordinary life into a branded empire that brought in $65 million last year  even an extravagant wedding became a lucrative business opportunity that was said to have added an additional $18 million to the Kardashian coffers. 
 
 When asked about the numbers, Kim smiles demurely, "I don't talk about money." And yet she, like the rest of her family, talks about virtually everything else, in front of millions of people. 
 
 To the Kardashians, making Kim's wedding into a media circus was a no-brainer. "I felt like if I didn't show the wedding, it would be upsetting for people who have taken this journey with me," Kim says earnestly. 
 
 The whirlwind courtship of Kim and Kris raised some eyebrows, including carefully plucked ones within her own family, but Kim is blasé about her rush to the altar. "We felt like, 'Why wait?'" she explains. "It's fun to have a partner who understands your life and lets you be you." 
 
 The gossip magazines are full of snarky stories about ominous postnuptial plot developments  Kim's sisters don't like Kris! The family thinks he married her for fame and money! Kris is already sick of faking a scripted life for the reality-show cameras!  but Kim insists that all is well. "I feel like where we're at right now is the best time in my life," she says. And yet, in the ensuing days, the doomsayers churn out ever more dire headlines, from "Headed for a Split!" to "Kim & Kris: The End." 
 
 From the very start, when others suspected Kris of nefarious motives, Kim defended him. Im not worried about him at all, she says. We have a lot of trust, and I dont think either of us would do anything to break that. It makes life so easy. Hes such a good guy; he is so down-to-earth, and its such a reality check. He is a normal guy, and I just want to chill out and be normal and not get glammed up all the time. He gets it. Sometimes my life can be really intimidating for people, but he allows me to work and do what Ive gotta do. 
 
 In late October, it was announced that Kim would file for divorce, just 72 days after she and Kris tied the knot. Like the rest of her life, millions of people will doubtless watch the fallout on television, as they do everything from the Kardashians Brazilian bikini waxes to their mother-daughter spats to romantic glitches. And now, in retrospect, a foreshadowing: the awkward moment when Kris learned that Kim had already been married and divorced once before. 
 
 Kim, who turned 31 in October, dismisses her starter marriage to music producer Damon Thomas with a shrug. "I was 19, and I didn't know myself," she says. "As unhappy as I was, and as happy as I am now not to be in that relationship, I learned so much from it: who I wanted to be, who I never wanted to be  you take all those issues and move on." She smiles brightly. "I learned how to cook and do a lot of marital things. It definitely taught me what being a wife is all about. I think it means taking care of each other's needs and being there for someone unconditionally." 
 
 When the Kardashians first set out to do a reality show four years ago, no one anticipated that a family best known for some unsavory associations would achieve a level of fortune and celebrity extraordinary even by Hollywood standards. A sometime stylist, Kim was catapulted to notoriety by a sex tape that was released at what initially seemed to be a disastrous time: when the Kardashians were peddling the idea of a family show. 
 
 But this particular family is brilliant at self-promotion, especially the matriarch and business manager (or momager, as her kids call her), Kris Jenner, a former stewardess who had three daughters  Kourtney, Kim, and Khloé  and a son, Rob, with the late attorney Robert Kardashian. 
 
 Kris and Robert divorced in 1990, and Kris remarried the following year, giving her children a stepfather, Olympic medalist Bruce Jenner, and four stepsiblings. Then Kris and Bruce had two daughters together, Kendall and Kylie, bringing the combined family total to 10. 
 
 And since Khloé married basketball star Lamar Odom, Kourtney had a baby with boyfriend Scott Disick, and Kim married Kris Humphries, the cast of characters has expanded to include some dizzying permutations. 
 
 After becoming an instant hit on E! in 2007, the family's original reality show, Keeping Up With the Kardashians, spawned an ever-growing array of spin-offs, from Kourtney & Khloé Take Miami to Kourtney & Kim Take New York to Khloé & Lamar. 
 
 "We made a pact as a family and said we would be truly authentic because people don't buy bullshit," Kim says. "We'll just be who we are, and  love it or hate it  we have each other. Everything that goes on is stuff we do. I think that's what makes it so relatable, because we are not afraid to show crazy things." 
 
 Read the rest of Marie Claire's exclusive interview with Kim in our December 2011 issue, on newsstands November 22.
– Well, this is awkward: Kim Kardashian graces the latest cover of Marie Claire, and in the interview—out today and given just weeks before she filed for divorce from Kris Humphries—she shoots down tabloid rumors of marriage troubles. "I feel like where we're at right now is the best time in my life," she says. As for Kris, "We have a lot of trust, and I don’t think either of us would do anything to break that. … He’s such a good guy; he is so down-to-earth, and it’s such a reality check. He is a normal guy, and I just want to chill out and be normal and not get glammed up all the time. He gets it." Riiiiiight. Oh, and she also spills her take on "what being a wife is all about." Ready? "Being there for someone unconditionally." More from Kardashian Land: In a move that should make you very, very nervous, Kim has hired acting coach Susan Batson, who has worked with at least four Oscar winners, including Nicole Kidman and Juliette Binoche. "Kim had been confident about [her role in Tyler Perry’s The Marriage Counselor], but with recent events she has been worried that the stress of her real life would show through," an insider explains to Life & Style. The New York Post notes that Batson once said she only works with people who “have talent.” Hmmm. Good news for those of you who haven’t been getting enough Kim in your lives: Radar reports that she returned to blogging yesterday, thanking her “loyal blog dolls” for all their support. We don’t want to cause you to lose all hope in humanity, but it has come to this: Spencer Pratt has written a column for the Huffington Post weighing in on the Kardashian divorce and the larger problem of celebrities and “the self-promoting narcissists they really are.” Click to read the entire masterpiece. Or, for six more signs Kim’s image is in trouble, click here.