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Earlier this month, news broke that Blake Lively's lifestyle site, Preserve, would be shutting down less than two years after its launch. But the Gossip Girl star is far from the first celeb who floundered as an entrepreneur. Over the years, fashionable actresses' clothing lines have gone under. Restaurants with a famous name attached have gone bust. Even the Kardashians aren't immune to business folly.

Ahead, we rounded up a few more celebrity businesses that went south. Because for every Walburgers, there's a Fashion Cafe. At least these celebs have their fame and (hopefully) their fortune to fall back on. And hey, maybe they'll find more success the next time around.

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