The daily gossip: The odds that Kim and Kanye will get divorced within 2 years, and more

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last updated 8 January 2015

1. Bookmakers think Kim Kardashian and Kanye West will be divorced within two years

Skeptical over Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's storybook romance? Online bookmaker Paddy Power is giving you the chance to turn your doubts into cold, hard cash. The website is currently offering 2-to-1 odds to gamblers who want to bet that Kardashian and West will be divorced within two years of their nuptials. The odds are presumably so stacked against the couple because of Kardashian's previous two short-lived marriages, and West's longstanding and widely reported love affair with himself. [Daily News]

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Scott Meslow is the entertainment editor for TheWeek.com. He has written about film and television at publications including The Atlantic, POLITICO Magazine, and Vulture.