Miley Cyrus talks VMA performance, was wanting to make history like Madonna

ByDarren O

When Miley Cyrus hit the stage with tail and tongue wagging for the VMAs she had one mission in mind, and that was to give a performance that would have folks talking about it not only for days but for years. Cyrus has finally opened up about her twerk-fest that sent Twitter into shock waves in an exclusive clip provided to MTV that’s part of an upcoming documentary. Watch as Miley explains how she was just following the lead of previous shocking VMA performances from Madonna and Britney Spears.

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Man wins singer-songwriter contest after penning song for late wife of 73 years

ByDarren O

When Green Shoe Studio out of East Peoria, Illinois hosted a singer-songwriting contest they never could have imagined the mailed-in contribution by 96-year-old Fred Stobaugh. A song he penned for his late wife of 73 years entitled “Oh Sweet Lorraine” won their hearts and the contest and has since gone on to become a viral hit that has touched the millions who’ve come across his story. See a brief 10-minute doc on the story, or if you don’t have time for that, we’ve included a trimmed clip of the completed song as well as Fred’s moving reaction and complete lyrics.

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VIDEO Big Brother’s Aaryn Gries denies being racist after eviction

ByDarren O

The awkward Big Brother moment that has been a long time coming finally happened last night, as controversial house guest Aaryn Gries was evicted and had to face a stern Q&A from show host Julie Chen about her overtly racist comments made while in the house. See the intense post-eviction interview in full as well as a transcript as Aaryn attempted to defend her actions.

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MUG SHOT Alan Jackson’s daughter Ali Jackson charged with assaulting a cop

ByDarren O

The daughter of legendary country artist Alan Jackson was arrested early Wednesday and charged with underage drinking and assaulting an officer. See Alexandra “Ali” Jackson’s full booking photo and get the details on her multiple charges stemming from the incident.

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Naked Florida man tasered 3 times while walking dog

ByDarren O

When Robin Campbell decided to take his dog for a walk over the weekend he forgot all his clothes. At least the 20-year-old remembered that this was Florida and in order to make headlines he had to do much better than just random nakedness. Find out why it took 3 taser shots to eventually subdue Mr. Campbell and get his Floridarific explanation as to why he was in his birthday suit.

LA Kings Ice Crew Girls Ally Mello, Ashley Covert cast for The Amazing Race

ByDarren O

CBS has announced the cast for the upcoming 23rd installment of The Amazing Race. One of the globe-trotting teams is the blonde-bombshell, Los Angeles Kings Ice Crew members combination of Ally Mello and Ashley Covert. We’ve assembled a number of candid photos, bio information, social media links and more for the duo, Mello & Covert is a great team name btw, who are hoping to ice the competition and win a million dollars.

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Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber get their “Twerk” on

ByDarren O

It looks like Miley Cyrus is soldiering on with her strategy of twerking the memory of Hannah Montana into the grave. On the heels and booty shaking of her much ballyhooed twerk-fest during the MTV VMA’s, the songstress has had a tune “leaked” yesterday entitled “Twerk” featuring Justin Bieber. Yes. It’s called “Twerk…”

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Anti-vaccine megachurch linked to Texas measles outbreak

ByDarren O

A threatening measles outbreak in Texas has been directly linked to a mega-church whose lead pastor previously advised followers to stay away from vaccinations. Find out how the Eagle Mountain International Church lead by Pastor Terri Pearsons has reacted since members of its congregation were infected with the measles virus.

“Pissed off mother” sends letter requesting neighbor “euthanize” autistic child

ByDarren O

A mother of an autistic child is in shock after she received a letter so vile and full of hatred that it has sparked outrage as it spread across social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook. See the scanned image of the letter that has police searching for the as-yet-identified author as well as images of the target of the horrible letter, 13-year-old Max, and his mom, Karla Begley.

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VIDEO Emotional Lea Michele dedicates Teen Choice win to Cory Monteith

ByDarren O

Lea Michele won the Teen Choice Award for TV Actress: Comedy last night and paid tribute to her late boyfriend and Glee co-star Cory Monteith during her acceptance speech. See the moving video as an outwardly emotional Michele maintained her composure and provided a moving dedication.

Farrah Abraham accused of being an escort by Kris Humphries’ ex

ByDarren O

Farrah Abraham’s former friend and Kris Humphries’ ex, Myla Sinanaj, is accusing Farrah Abraham of being a paid “sugar baby” for millionaire men. Find out the very particular things these two women have and had in common and see the alleged text message that Myla shared as “proof” of her allegations.

Amanda Bynes’ mom, Lynn Bynes, granted legal control over daughter

ByDarren O

As we reported earlier, Amanda Bynes had her psychiatric hold extended for another 30 days after a judge visited the facility she’s been at since July. In addition, it’s now being reported that her mom, Lynn Bynes, has been awarded temporary conservatorship over Amanda. Find out what this means for the troubled actress moving forward.

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Texas city responds to viral breastfeeding confrontation video

ByDarren O

Mom of four Lucy Eades was at a recreation center in Burleson, Texas breastfeeding her 16-day-old while her older daughter was in dance class. When an employee of the city asked her to cover up or leave she got into a verbal altercation about her rights to do what she was doing in public and her husband filmed the back and forth. See the clip that has went viral on parenting sites and read the city’s statement in defense of their employee’s actions.

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Florida man confesses to murdering wife via Facebook, posts photo of body for proof

ByDarren O

A South Florida man confessed to murdering his wife via Facebook. He then later shared a graphic image of her slain body for proof. See Derek Medina’s confession from his wall as well as the story of what happened, including his explanation for why he committed the crime.

It may be a while before we’re “Finding Farrah” back on reality TV

ByDarren O

Followers of Farrah Abraham know the girl always has some something on the burner when it comes to a new business venture. For a while she’s boasted about a return to reality TV with her own show called “Finding Farrah,” but a recent report indicates that the show has had a hard time finding a network that wants the former Teen Mom star.

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Creator of Teen Mom franchise Lauren Dolgen says “bring on the criticism”

ByDarren O

In the countless numbers of articles written about 16 & Pregnant, Teen Mom, Teen Mom 2 and now Teen Mom 3, relatively little has been said by or about show creator Lauren Dolgen. In a recent “So What Do You Do” write-up via Media Bistro, the MTV executive discussed her creations and the endless debate that will forever rage about the franchise. Find out how Dolgen defends the show’s legacy as well as the cast and how she, as a producer, deals with the conflicting issue of how reality TV can turn virtual unknowns into stars, changing the nature of who they were when first cast.

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Nathan Griffith’s ex-wife doesn’t want Jenelle Evans around their daughter

ByDarren O

The ex-wife of Jenelle Evans’ boyfriend, Nathan Griffith, has sounded off about the Teen Mom 2 star in a recent interview with Star. Read Allison Stevens’ comments about the daughter that she and Nathan have and why she doesn’t want her child around Jenelle. Also find out a bit about her past and her current situation with her daughter that’s similar to Jenelle’s story.

Former Miss North Carolina Hailey Best stars as assistant on Psychic Tia

ByDarren O

On Saturday night, A&E premiered the new docu-series Psychic Tia centered around the very Jersey life of psychic Tia Belle. Tia already has a reality TV following, having made a few appearances on Bravo’s Real Housewives of New Jersey. Other than the boss, the other featured cast member is a pretty, blonde, fish out of water in the form of assistant Hailey Best. As Tia revealed during the first episode, Hailey is a former Miss North Carolina and I was fascinated as to how a southern beauty queen ended up as an assistant for a Jersey psychic. Read the realitea-leaves as we unearth some info on Hailey Best including pics, bio information, social media links and more.

Couple rushes wedding so dying 2-year-old son can be best man

ByDarren O

On Saturday, Sean Stevenson and Christine Swidorsky of Jeannette, Pennsylvania were joined in holy matrimony. They had put off this day for 2 years as their 2-year-old son Logan battled cancer, but when they got the horrible prognosis that their boy only had weeks to live they rushed their plans so that he could be the best man in the ceremony. Read what a determined mother and father had to say after their wedding as they viewed it as not only a celebration of their day but as a celebration of their son’s life.

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PHOTO Jerry O’Connell invents ‘Dad-Speedo-Bomb’ thanks to wife Rebecca Romijn’s tweet

ByDarren O

Actress Rebecca Romijn is new to the whole Twitter thing which late night host Conan O’Brien was more than glad to highlight when he revealed a recent tweet in which actor-husband Jerry O’Connel photo-bombs his adorable twin daughters in a pair of Speedos. See the wonderfully embarrassing dad-pic as well as Romijn’s defense of her husband rocking what she called “plum smugglers.”

Texan reserve officer shoots bank robbery suspects that kidnapped him, his wife

ByDarren O

Two criminals had their plans foiled by an unnamed man when they were shot during the kidnapping of a husband and wife as part of an attempted bank robbery on Thursday. Find out how the husband, a reserve police officer, manged to get the upper hand on the brothers as they tried to force his wife, an employee of a bank, to take a significant amount of money from her place of employ.

Arkansas school district arming teachers and staff with concealed guns

ByDarren O

When classes resume this month for the Clarksville, Arkansas School District, there will be 20 teachers and staff armed with concealed weapons as part of a plan to help ensure the safety of the students in attendance. Read on for Superintendent David Hopkins’ defense of their approach, how a state law has allowed them to have this choice and let us know if you think it’s a sound idea or not.

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Group of children credited with saving 6-year-old from pedophile

ByDarren O

A group of children are being credited with saving a 6-year-old from a self-confessed pedophile after the young girl was abducted from an Indiana playground. Find out how these children, who were playing with the abducted girl at an apartment playground, took the necessary steps to keep something tragic from happening.

Student abandoned in DEA cell for 4 days settles lawsuit for $4.1 million

ByDarren O

Colleges student Daniel Chong has settled a lawsuit with the federal government for $4.1 million after he was abandoned in a DEA cell for 4 days. Find out how bad the circumstances became for Chong, who was handcuffed in the windowless cell without food or water and what he said he plans on doing with the money.

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MasterChef runner-up Josh Marks arrested, claims Gordon Ramsay made him God

ByDarren O

MasterChef Season 3 runner-up Josh Marks had a violent and extremely bizarre encounter with Chicago police, resulting in the 7’2″ tall culinary artist being subdued by 5 police officers and arrested. Find out the strange events that transpired and how he blamed a spiritual possession by show host Gordon Ramsay for his actions.

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REPORT Simon Cowell expecting child with Lauren Silverman, a close friend’s wife

ByDarren O

Multiple sources are revealing to Us Weekly that X-Factor and American Idol curmudgeon Simon Cowell is set to become a first time father with New York socialite Lauren Silverman — who just so happens to still be married to a friend of Cowell! See photos of the two together and read what the sources have to say including how far along she reportedly is.

Listen to Gretchen Rossi’s proposal song “The Time Is Now”
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Listen to Gretchen Rossi’s proposal song “The Time Is Now”

ByDarren O

On last night’s Real Housewives of Orange County, Gretchen Rossi went next level for her proposal to Slade Smiley with part of the extravagant question-popping being a professionally recorded song! That’s right Housewives fans, we’ve got a new entry into the ever-growing Real Housewives soundtrack of our reality lives. Take a listen and let us know if it gets your tears flowing like it did Slade’s and get Gretchen’s reaction when a fellow Housewife demanded that she sing it live.

Can you guess the state that consumes the most beer per capita?

ByDarren O

The beer industry takes its analysis of beer consumption pretty darn seriously and they’ve recently compiled a list of states that consume the most (and least) beer per capita. Find out how demographics including sex and industry play a role, how the country in general has been consuming much more beer over the last couple of years and then find out which state comes in at the #1 spot with a whopping average of 45.8 gallons of beer consumed per residents 21 and older?

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Aaryn Gries’ Big Brother eviction noms are not going to help her racist rep

ByDarren O

In spite of incurring the wrath of America and creating such a stir with her racist comments that her mom has hired a PR rep for her whenever she leaves the house, Big Brother 15 contestant Aaryn Gries has managed to survive and advance in the house. This week she’s had the power as “Head Of Household” and after everything shook out you’ll never believe the two people she decided to nominate for eviction… Or maybe you will if you’ve been watching. This is a spoiler post and it’s also what everybody’s going to be talking about in #BB15 world!

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Courtney Stodden discusses Farrah Abraham after rejecting $5 million porn offer

ByDarren O

In a recent interview, teen bride Courtney Stodden discussed why she turned down a possible multi-million dollar payday to do porn. While doing so, she talked about Farrah Abraham’s choice to sell her adult video after being told she would make way more money than the former Teen Mom star.

Woman caught for burning dog alive because she bragged about it on Facebook

ByDarren O

On July 10, a particularly disturbing case of animal abuse was discovered when a dog, who came to be called Brownie, was found anchored to a chain with burns covering his eyes, nose, feet, ears, legs and body. Brownie eventually died from the injuries suffered and the woman responsible was later caught because she bragged about her actions on Facebook. See screen grabs of the woman’s disturbing posts and the reason she later gave to authorities for committing the horrific act.

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Snooki, JWoww respond to being banned from filming in Jersey beachside town

ByDarren O

Snooki and JWoww have been banned in the U.S.A. or at least a Jersey seaside town as residents said “no thanks” to having the reality stars filming in their neighborhood. Find out why the production was halted, get the stars reactions via Twitter and find out the unique connection the homeowner had with Jersey Shore.

VIDEO Jack Nicklaus’ grandson, FSU tight end Nick O’Leary walks away from motorcycle crash

ByDarren O

Nick O’Leary, tight end for FSU and Jack Nicklaus’ grandosn walked away from a terrible motorcycle incident and the crash was caught on video. See the incident from a city bus’ surveillance cameras as O’Leary slams a car and gets sent hurling into the air as his body skids 75-100 feet.

Paula Deen denies that she asked employee to dress up as Aunt Jemima

ByDarren O

Paula Deen’s long-time employee Dora Charles opened up to the New York Times accusing the restauranteur of a number of untoward actions including asking another co-worker to dress up as Aunt Jemima for her customers. Read her numerous allegations against Deen and what the embattled chef had to say in response to the latest negative headlines.

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AUDIO Lana Del Rey tells Lady Gaga “you suck” in leaked song “So Legit”

ByDarren O

Another song has leaked from Lana Del Rey and in the tune called “So Legit” she tells Lady Gaga “you suck.” Listen to the track here. Also, see a recently posted pic from Mother Monster sporting black hair and no make up that had internet heads turning.

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Man arrested, found with knife, zip ties after threatening to slit Nancy Grace’s throat

ByDarren O

In June, David Lee Simpson of Bath, New York tweeted that he was going to tie Nancy Grace and Jane Velez-Mitchell to a “tree naked and leave them to suffer all night,” then “slit their throats.” The 48-year-old was said to have been obsessed with Jodi Arias and was enraged by comments Grace and Velez-Mitchell made about the now convicted murderer. An Arizona Sheriff took the threats seriously and a subsequent investigation and arrest revealed that he might very well have intended to follow through with his murderous threats.

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Tennessee woman shoots rifle at family of 7 for turning around in her driveway

ByDarren O

72-year-old Margie Rhea Ramey from Hawkins County, Tennessee unloaded her rifle at a family of 7 as they turned around in her driveway. Find out her reasons for cutting loose and what the driver said of the incident and how he ended up in the precarious situation.