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Film critic Roger Ebert dead at 70 after long cancer battle

The Chicago Sun Times, reports that 70-year-old film critic Roger Ebert has passed away. He’s been battling cancers of the thyroid and salivary glad for 10 years, and recently announced a “leave of presence” where he would scale back his film reviews because his cancer had recurred. He reviewed movies in print 46 years and…

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Are antidepressants harming us more than helping us? Do they even help at all?

Happy pills.

For years people who are experiencing the symptoms of clinical depression with a potential genetic link, or who have gone through extremely stressful situations like a death, divorce, or job loss, have been prescribed antidepressants to help them get through their day. Dr. Oz did a show today with Dr. Drew Pinksy calling into question whether these pills actually work, and warning of the dangers they may present.

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Barbie finally goes without makeup!

Barbie finally took off all that makeup and false eyelashes! An image circulating the web attributed to Eddi Aguirre has given a glimpse at the famous doll without all the glamour. While Barbie is often criticized for having unrealistic body proportions, it’s nice to have a different perspective on Barbie’s ever perfect face. Not only…

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Kim Richards reveals that she almost died from alcoholism

Kim Richards has openly struggled with getting treatment for alcoholism on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills after years of hidden alcohol abuse. That’s a tough battle for anyone anyone to fight, and it’s put a strain on her relationship with sister Kyle Richards, who outed her sister as an alcoholic to the public in the finale of the first season.

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Who is “Hot Jesus” Diogo Morgado?

The History Channel’s miniseries depicting stories from the bible raked in huge ratings, and that’s really no surprise considering that 75% of the US population identifies as Christian.

One of the stand-outs of the series, besides of course Satan resembling Obama, was the very attractive actor portraying Jesus. Where did Diogo Morgado come from?

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PHOTO: Louisville’s Kevin Ware walking again after horrific basketball leg injury

Sunday Louisville basketball player Kevin Ware suffered one of the most horrifying injuries every broadcast on television when the bone of his leg snapped through his skin. It was shown live, and during a replay, and can now be seen on Youtube, but it’s not for the faint of heart.

Thankfully he’s do much better now and is up and about. Will he ever play again?

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Madonna’s brother Anthony Ciccone is a homeless alcoholic who says he’s been abandoned by his sister

Madonna’s brother Anthony Ciccone (56) is a homeless alcoholic living on the streets of Traverse City, Mich. who says he’s been abandoned by his famous younger sister. That sounds heartless on Madonna’s part, but there’s a lot more to this story.

VIDEO: Best Tyrion Lannister quotes from Season 2 of Game of Thrones

Tyrion Lannister (played by Peter Dinklage) is one of the best things about HBO’s stunning adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones series. And that’s saying a lot because everything about this show is amazing. But Tyrion’s cutting wit and fearless truths are beyond compare. Bonus: One of Tyrion’s best moments from Season 2:…

VIDEO – Lil Wayne is “Better than Good”

Lil Wayne had a health scare last week after suffering a seizure on the set of a Nicki Minaj video. TMZ claimed that the rapper was in critical condition after sippin’ on too much sizzurp, but his friends and family said he was always okay. All that matters now is that he has recovered, and he’s excited to get back to business.

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Meet Dangeruss, the Florida rapper who inspired James Franco’s Spring Breakers character Alien

Harmony Korine’s nihilistic Spring Breakers starring former Disney girls has a received a great deal of buzz that might actually translate to the box office when it opens this weekend. (It pulled in over $87,000 last weekend on just two screens.)

While the movie features Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson and the director’s 26-year-old wife Rachel Korine doing crazy things in their bikinis, James Franco’s character Alien arguably steals the show when he bails the girls out of jail.

Find out more about the rapper who inspired Franco’s cornrowed rapper character.

VIDEO – My Strange Addiction: Vampire Edition

TLC’s My Strange Addiction is often hard to watch, but difficult to turn away from. They usually feature two people with odd and/or dangerous habits, most often eating something toxic like nail polish or deodorant. Sometimes it’s behaviors like getting coffee enemas or black market butt injections. Last night they devoted an entire episode to Michelle, who drinks a liter of blood a day, usually animal blood because she can’t get that much human blood.

First photo of Teen Mom 2’s Leah Calvert’s new baby daughter Adalynn

February 4, 2013 Teen Mom 2‘s Leah (Messer) Calvert gave birth to her third child after going into labor five weeks early, her first with husband of one year Jeremy Calvert. Even though it was a scary time, everything turned out fine, and now Leah and Jeremy have shared their first photo of their baby daughter Addalynn Calvert with US Weekly.

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Gwyneth Paltrow reveals she nearly died when she miscarried her third pregnancy

In an interview with The Mail on Sunday’s You magazine 40-year-old actress Gwyneth Paltrow revealed that she suffered a life-threatening miscarriage some time after the births of her two children Apple (8) and Moses (6) with 36-year-old husband Chris Martin. This is the first time the actress has spoken out about this difficult experience. “My…

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Meet Mimi: the homeless laundry attendant Zach Galifianakis and Renee Zellweger have adopted

This is Mimi, a vivacious 80-something-year-old woman who works at the Fox Coin Laundry in Santa Monica, anddidn’t have a place to live a few years ago. According to a Star Magazine report from February two years ago Zach Galifianakis, who frequented the laundry and lives in the neighborhood, befriended her and was distraught to find out she was homeless.

Lady Gaga gets a custom gold-plated wheelchair “throne”

Lady Gaga underwent hip surgery last month, and will not be satisfied with ordinary wheel chairs to help her get around. Gaga’s stylist commissioned the leather and gold rolling throne from designer Ken Borochov of luxury jewelry company Mordekai with only a week’s notice. Borochov told The Daily Beast, “It was a huge undertaking. It…

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Olivia Wilde thought she wasn’t “beautiful enough” for fiance Jason Sudeikis

It’s true that many women value a man’s sense of humor above almost anything, but you’d think a lady as gorgeous of Olivia Wilde wouldn’t be intimidated by a guy’s comedy skills. But you’d be wrong.

Oliva told April’s Marie Claire magazine that she was so impressed by fiance Jason Sudekis’ smarts and humor that she didn’t think she was “beautiful enough” to be his lady.

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Jada Pinkett Smith defends stars Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Rihanna against media scrutiny

Jada Pinkett Smith wrote a Facebook post asking if the media is bullying young celebrities.

She posted a thoughtful and heartfelt post asking if the media had any right to pass judgment the behavior of young stars. Though she didn’t name who she was talking about (besides nine-year-old Oscar nominee Quvenzhane Wallis, who was called a c**t in an ironic tweet satirist publication The Onion,) she did post up a collage that included of Rihanna, Justin Bieber, and Taylor Swift.

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Watch Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring trailer

The trailer for Sofia Coppola’s movie about the infamous Bling Ring is out.

In 2008 five teenagers lifted nearly $3 million in stolen goods for the houses of celebrities like Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Audrina Patridge and Orlando Bloom. The Bling Ring, or The Burglar Bunch, as they became known in the media, was led by Rachel Lee, but the girl who got the most attention was actually on the fringes of the group: Alexis Neiers, played by Emma Watson in the film.

Rihanna cancels shows over laryngitis, mom calls her out over naked pics

Rihanna tweeted that she’s embarrassed about having to cancel last night’s Boston tour date over a bout of laryngitis. I hate disappointing people that never ever let me down!! I'm so embarrassed about this! Thank you for your prayers and well wishes! #DWT — Rihanna (@rihanna) March 10, 2013 She reportedly performed fine friday night…

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Topanga (Danielle Fishel) covers Maxim, recalls the time Bob Saget asked her for coke

Topanga is back!

Young men who grew up crushing on Danielle Fishel’s Boy Meets World character Topanga are getting to continue their fantasies into adulthood. Danielle, who will reprise her role as Topanga in the new Girl Meets World spinoff, is featured on the April 2013 issue of Maxim looking better than ever!

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Taylor Swift worries she’ll end up alone, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler respond to Taylor saying they deserve a special place in hell

Taylor Swift is on the cover of Vanity Fair this month where she explained her breakup with Harry Styles. She also gave her thoughts about Tina Fey and Amy Poehler’s joke about her at the Golden Globes: “There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.”

Tina and Amy respond.