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Background and info: American Horror Story’s heavy-hitting new Season 2 cast

Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story is getting an almost complete cast turnover for Season 2, and frankly, the cast is to die for.

Below we’re listing the amazing new cast, and giving a little background on each of their careers. This is exciting!

ARTPOP: Lady Gaga’s new album and tattoo

Lady Gaga has announced the title of her new album, and it sounds exciting. It’s called ARTPOP (you HAVE to capitalize the whole thing, according to LG.)

Why is this exciting? It’s kind of simplistic and obvious, but it’s the essence of what Lady Gaga is. She’s a pretty educated, intelligent lady with a flair for shock value who churns out art for the masses.

Don’t text and drive! Chance Bothe’s ominous text before crash

We all know it’s dangerous to text-and-drive, but it’s one of those things where people think that a horrible outcome won’t happen to them, just other people. Here’s one of those other people:

Although he did have a car accident, thankfully he didn’t die. He did sustain brain injuries, broke nearly every bone in his body, and had to brought back to life several times.

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Kim Kardashian shows off bikini body, says she doesn’t count calories

Kim Kardashian, who seems to have a regular tabloid magazine schedule where she poses in a bikini and exclaims how she lost 5 lbs. doing some zany diet, now says she doesn’t worry about calories so much. (She and her family are being sued over one of those diets: Quick Trim.)

That approach seems to be working.

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Jessica Biel talks turning 30, aging anxieties, and not rushing her wedding

30-year-old Jessica Biel is at an exciting place in her life. She’s engaged to Justin Timberlake (who wouldn’t be stoked?) and she plays Melina in the Total Recall reboot (out this weekend.)

But event though she’s a successful starlet with one of the most drooled-after men on her arm, she still has insecurities like the rest of us. In fact, turning 30 had a major impact on her. It really made her think about aging, and even death.

She told The Chicago Sun-Times:

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Farrah Abraham’s dad Michael responds to her drug use and suicidal thoughts after Derek’s death

Yesterday Teen Mom star Farrah Abraham shared some rather dark revelations from her soon-to-be-released book My Teenage Dream Ended, including that she plotted out her suicide and turned to drugs like marijuana and cocaine to help deal with the death of Derek Underwood, her daughter Sophia’s father. The admissions by Farrah made headlines around the web yesterday, and now her father, Michael Abraham, has taken to Facebook to share his heartfelt reaction.

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TLC’s ‘My Teen Is Pregnant And So Am I’ premieres tonight at 10/9c

Taking a page out of MTV’s programming guide (almost literally if you remember teen Whitney Purvis from 16 & Pregnant Season 1 and her pregnant-at-the-time mother, Michelle), TLC is all set to premiere a one-hour special titled My Teen Is Pregnant And So Am I tonight at 10/9c. Get all the details about the show and watch a video report on the show from ABC News.

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Style Network new reality series Big Rich Atlanta filmed at Buckhead Country Club in… Roswell?

On Wednesday Style Network revealed in a statement that it would be renewing its reality series Big Rich Texas for a third season and also announced that they will also be airing another installment of the franchise based in Atlanta called Big Rich Georgia! Although the press release states the show is being filmed at “Buckhead Country Club, where outrageously wealthy mothers and daughters do whatever it takes to stay on top of the social scene and in control of the action,” we discovered it’s actually being filmed at Brookfield Country Club in Roswell, GA. Keep reading for all kinds of info, including the press release from Style Network and the Brookfield Country Club newsletter announcing to its members that a reality show is coming.

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Rupert Sanders’ brother in law says Kristen Stewart affair went on for months

When Kristen Stewart issued her public statement/apology in regards to her alleged affair with direct Rupert Sanders she referred to their relationship as “a momentary indiscretion,” but family members of Sanders’ wife, Liberty Ross, are saying the relationship went on for months!

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Is Michelle Williams engaged to Jason Segel?

There were reports this week that adorable couple Michelle Williams and Jason Segel got engaged at Comic Con. The story was that Jason surprised Michelle at her Comic-Con hotel room with purple flowers everywhere, and her 6-year-old daughter Matlida holding a lavender bouquet. The bouquet supposedly had a note inside that said “Will you marry…

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Small Town Security: Chief Joan Koplan and Dennis Croft’s atypical relationship

AMC’s new reality show Small Town Security is different that most reality shows. The editing is pure art, and the people featured are endlessly fascinating.

Of special note are 61-year-old almost-starlet (and almost-sheriff) Joan Koplan, who’s the “Chief” of small town security firm JJK and her lieutenant, 43-year-old Dennis Croft, who just five years ago was Denise Croft. Both of their back stories deserve an extra-long post, but what makes these people even more fascinating is their relationship, which borders on the romantic (especially for Dennis.)

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8-month-pregnant lady competed in The Olympics!

8-month-pregnant Malasian shooter Nur Suryani Mohammed Taibi just competed in the 2012 Olympics 10-meter air rifle event, placing 34th place in the qualifying competition (which was actually pretty good considering she went into the Olympics ranked 47th in the world.) Nur found out she was going to be a mom around the same time she…

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Was Tom Waits Heath Ledger’s inspiration for The Joker?

The late Heath Ledger’s legendary portrayal of The Joker in The Dark Knight was influenced by many things, including Malcolm McDowell’s Alex in the 1971 film adaptation of A Clockwork Orange and Side Vicious from The Sex Pistols, but it seems that Heath borrowed his accent and mannerisms from musician/performance artist Tom Waits.

‘Sister Wives’ Brown family sues to make polygamy legal in Utah
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‘Sister Wives’ Brown family sues to make polygamy legal in Utah

Although all Utah criminal bigamy charges have been dropped for the Sister Wives‘ Brown Family, it still is a third-degree felony in the state to just say you have more than one wife (as in, not filing the legal documents, but having “spiritual” marriages like the Browns have.) Because of that, the Browns are fighting back, and have filed a lawsuit against Utah in an attempt to get a “federal judge to overturn the state’s bigamy law as unconstitutional.”

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Photoshop Adventures: Mariah Carey’s American Idol promo

Mariah Carey’s first promo photo for her $18 million American Idol season looks a little — photoshopped. There are definitely worse photoshops, but Mariah’s already got a nice body, no need to make her look like a cartoon. Here’s a side-by-side comparison of the real Mariah with the ‘shopped job. They chiseled at her waist…

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Did Robert Pattinson break up with Kristen Stewart over cheating scandal?

The Breaking Dawn Pt. 2 premiere is gonna be super awkward.

This week US Weekly of an affair between Kristen Stewart and her married director from Snow White and The Huntsman Rupert Sanders. People, an extremely reliable celebrity mag also ran with a story about the fling, and then Kristen herself issued a regretful statement basically admitting to cheating on boyfriend Robert Pattinson.

Now there are reports that Robert is devastated, and has moved out of the house he shared with Kristen.

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Who is Rupert Sanders’ wife Liberty Ross?

Yesterday news broke of a reported fling between Kristen Stewart and her married Snow White and the Huntsman director Rupert Sanders. US Weekly says they have proof of this dalliance.

Rupert has two kids (5 and 7) with his gorgeous model wife Liberty Ross, and we took some time to find out more about her.

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Bruce Springsteen suffered from depression and suicidal thoughts in the 70s and 80s

The Boss told this month’s New Yorker that he suffered from depression, and even suicidal thoughts during the seventies and eighties. This was also the time that he created some of his greatest music. It’s a sad irony that the best songs usually come from a place of intense emotional pain.

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Christian Bale visiting victims of Dark Knight shooting

Christian Bale, who plays Batman in the Christopher Nolan series, was horrified by the Dark Knight shootings in Aurora, Colorado and is now visiting the victims. Twelve people were killed, and 58 were wounded when Joshua Holmes opened fire at a midnight premiere showing of The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora early Friday morning.

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‘Modern Family’ cast demands more money: sues studio and misses first day of work

The entire adult cast of Modern Family (Ty Burrell, Julie Bowen, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet, Ed O’Neill, and Sofia Vergara) are taking a major stand against their studio 20th Century Fox over money issues.

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PHOTO: Pretty Little Liars wins big at Teen Choice Awards

We don’t cover Pretty Little Liars enough on this site, and that’s sad because it’s actually a really good show for what it is: a teen mystery soap. But the acting and scripts are well done, the characters are developed, the styling is terrific, and the mystery element is titillatingly executed. Not only that, but it does delve a little deep into the complexities, and different types, of deception. It’s a guilty pleasure you don’t have to feel tooo guilty about.

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Hair: Beyonce’s blonde braids

Beyonce has new hair! She sported her new blonde braids piled on top of her head in NYC yesterday while cradling baby Blue Ivy.

The pop star debuted the look a few days ago at Nas’ Life is Good dinner, and has now been sporting them out in NYC piled on top of her head. Earlier this week she was wearing them long, and tried to not be photographed with them at the Nas party

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Are Mermaids real? Fake documentary fools some

A strange two-hour documentary style television special called Mermaids: The Body Found aired this May on Animal Planet, and then again recently for “Monster Week,” leading many people to believe that scientists had actually found evidence of the existence of mermaids.

As desperately as I want this to be true (I wanted to be a mermaid when I grew up,) it’s not, it’s pure fiction.

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Taylor Swift’s got a new look, is receiving a Kennedy Award

Taylor Swift has converted her signature blonde locks into a new color for her new CoverGirl campaign “See You, Be You.”

She’s also sporting some interesting eye makeup, very smokey browns on the outer edges turning to silver on the inside edges. It looks like grown-up Taylor is experimenting a bit her style, going a bit outside her normal golden-curled, red-lipped, romantic sweetheart look.

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Did Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively secretly get married?

The interwebs was all abuzz this weekend after TMZ shared a police report in which a New York police officer interviewed Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively and referred to Blake as “his wife” more than once. Keep reading to find out if there is any truth to their rumored “secret marriage” or if the whole thing was just a mistake!

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HI RES Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 2 character posters (Women)

Earlier we posted the masculine half of the recently released Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 character posters and now it’s the ladies’ turn! From the Cullen-friendly Denali clan of Alaska to the elusive blood suckers of the Amazon and the eons-old Kebi and Tia of the Egyptian coven.

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Lindsay Lohan, Lady Gaga, and Lana Del Rey had a slumber party at Chateau Marmont

According to X17Online’s sources (via Dlisted.com) the newly redheaded Lindsay Lohan, Lady Gaga, and Lana Del Rey had dinner and a slumber party at Chateau Marmont this week.

How did they spend their time? Apparently they were not snorting lines off of each other, or busting up furniture with liquor bottles while having a threesome; according to the source the trio were “watching old movies and playing board games.”

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Kendra Wilkinson thinks everyone should leave Jessica Simpson alone about the baby weight

From almost the moment Jessica Simpson gave birth to baby Maxi over two months ago, tabloids have been raging about she’s struggling to lose her baby weight in order to fulfill her reported $4 million Weight Watchers deal. Every week seems to bring a new narrative about how Jessica just can’t seem to make it to the gym or stop eating so much.

Now reality star, and fellow mom, Kendra Wilkinson is saying “Enough!” with the Jessica Simpson weight shaming, and we have to agree with her.

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Mila Kunis on gaining 25 pounds after Black Swan “This is my normal body. It’s not 98 pounds”

As Glamour‘s August cover girl, Mila Kunis spoke about two of the biggest double standards in Hollywood: scrutiny of women’s weight and age.

Mila’s gained 25 pounds since her Black Swan days, when the 5’4″ actress weighed only 98 pounds. She pointed out that she’s healthier now and has more muscle; but no matter what her weight is, people complain.

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Is Amber Heard back with girlfriend Tasya van Ree, or dating Johnny Depp?

And insider told In Touch that Amber Heard and long-time girlfriend Tasya Van Ree had broken up several months ago because of Amber’s alleged fling with Johnny Depp (this fling was also thought to part of why Johnny split with his partner of 14 years Vanessa Paradis last month.)

It looks like Amber may have patching things up with Tasya, though. They were photographed laughing after a lunch at Urth Cafe in L.A. yesterday. Maybe they’re just sharing a good chuckle about all the tabloid stories.

It looks like Amber may have patching things up with Tasya though. They were photographed laughing after a lunch at Urth Cafe in L.A. yesterday. Maybe they’re just sharing a good chuckle about all the tabloid stories.

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Is Nicole Kidman Katie Holmes’ secret friend?

Katie Holmes just quickly settled a surprise divorce from Tom Cruise, and although there’s a lot of speculation that Tom’s fervent involvement with Scientology caused a huge problem problem for the marriage, especially as far as daughter Suri is involved, the Church of Scientology is said to have not been involved in their settlement negotiations. Scientology was also thought to have played a part in Tom’s split from second wife Nicole Kidman (and it also played a key role in his split from first wife Mimi Rogers, oddly enough all of Tom’s wives left him at the age of 33. That’s a coincidence, but it’s still a little weird.)

Now US Weekly has a source saying that Katie Holmes and Nicole Kidman have been clandestinely talking on the phone (part of Katie’s stealth leaving the marriage involved her changing her getting a secret, disposable cell.)

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Miranda Kerr didn’t get an epidural because she didn’t want a “drugged up baby”

Victoria’s Secret model Miranda Kerr is stirring up ire in the mommy communinity, and it’s not just because of how quickly her body bounced back after giving birth. She talked with Harper’s Bazaar UK about why she chose to not have an epidural. It’s not that she’s saying epidurals are unsafe, per se, but she didn’t want to risk early breastfeeding issues that can occur.

A suicidal Angelina Jolie once hired a contract killer to end her life?

A new, unauthorized biography of Mick Jagger’s life is making a lot of salacious claims, most notably about his affairs with David Bowie, Angelina Jolie, and Carla Bruni, but another detail stuck out to us. Reportedly, at the time of Angelina’s affair with Mick, she was going through a rough patch, addicted to heroin, feeling suicidal, and allegedly did something very extreme: hired a contract killer to help her commit suicide.

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Claim: Mick Jagger had affairs with David Bowie, Angelina Jolie, Carla Bruni

Rocker Mick Jagger had a long, unfaithful relationship with second wife Jerry Hall, but according to a new salacious biography by Christopher Anderson, he was even more adulterous than previously thought. Although his affairs with many women are well known, this new book claims Jerry found Mick in bed with David Bowie, Angelina Jolie, and Carla Bruni!

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Do Katy Perry’s preacher parents approve of her career?

Saucy pop singer Katy Perry (who’s documentary movie Part of Me 3D debuted at number 8 at the box office this weekend) has been very vocal about her strict Christian upbringing. She wasn’t allowed to read any books or listen to any music that wasn’t Christian, and couldn’t even use words her parents considered to be associated with the devil, like “Lucky Charms” (Lucifer) or “Dirt Devil.” Katy even told Vanity Fair last year that she didn’t feel like she’d had a childhood.

In fact, as a teen, she had to rock music in her bag to avoid being “strip searched” by her strict parents.
Katy’s parents Keith and Mary Perry Hudson, who have been traveling evangelist preachers for almost 40 years, are now using their high profile status as a pop star’s parents to ramp up their ministry. What’s their relationship with their daughter? Do they approve of her sexualized pop star career?

Katy’s parents Keith and Mary Perry Hudson (above), who have been traveling evangelist preachers for

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Katie Holmes changed cell phones, email, and cut off communication from friends weeks before divore

Divorcing Tom Cruise is not something you can just do over night. Katie Holmes has reportedly been strategically planning this move for weeks, possibly months. About three weeks ago Katie Holmes changed her cell phone number, her email address, fired her staff, and stopped talking to almost all of her friends, according to a People report.