Creepy retail practices: Target knows you’re pregnant before you tell anyone else
We all know that companies track out behavior to try to figure out what we want to buy, but wait ’til you learn a little bit about HOW they track you.
We all know that companies track out behavior to try to figure out what we want to buy, but wait ’til you learn a little bit about HOW they track you.
According to last weeks’ Star magazine, Jennifer Aniston is pregnant with twins (I think this may be the 689nth time, if you’re going by the tabloid covers over the years,) but she is the proud mama of a three-month-old boxer-pitbull puppy named Sophie with boyfriend Justin Theroux. Good for Jen, who was so upset when she lost her dog Norman in 2010 that she tattooed his name on her foot.
Read more about Justin’s relationship with Jennifer, and pics from the Wanderlust premiere last night.
With the latest release of the Disney classic Lady and the Tramp, Disney included an incredibly cute extra: the romantic spaghetti scene with real dogs! There’s no way to control the cuteness, and the dog who plays Tramp is effortlessly scruffy. They look so in love! Here’s a comparison of the original scene with the…
Sonja Morgan is moving on from her divorce from John Adams Morgan with a fellow reality star, and super hottie!
Last week’s Season 2 finale of TeenMom 2 featured a number of startling scenes between Kailyn Lowry, her son Isaac’s father Jo Rivera, and her boyfriend at the time Jordan Wenner. But the “reality” is that a lot of those scenes had actually already happened and were recreated for the cameras, which would explain some of the perplexing emotions and reactions we saw on screen. Keep reading for the inside scoop of what happened when and get a better understanding of Kail’s reuniting with Jo and eventual break up with Jordan.
How can you not love Justin Bieber? When he’s not spending Valentine’s day with critically ill fans, he’s helping other girls fulfill their dreams by signing them to his record label. At least he did that with up-and-coming Canadian singer-songwriter Carly Rae Jepson. Justin made the announcement Feburary 14 that he and manager Scooter Braun were siging Carly to their label Schoolboy Records.
How did Carly get The Biebs revved up enough to give her this amazing opportunity?
Valentine’s Day as we know it now is very bittersweet: Sweet if you’ve got a generous crush/love and/or lots of friends to shower you with gifts, cards, emails, tweets, flowers, and candy, until you’re swimming in red and pink colored flattery. It’s also sweet if you’re a pop star who spends Valentine’s Day with a dying fan.
But it’s also very bitter, for those who think it’s just another cynical holiday meant to sell candy and cards, and of course, if you’re not linked up to anyone romantically during this time, it just seems like everyone who is is just rubbing it in your face. That girl at work that keeps getting flowers delivered. That kid at school with ALL the candygrams. Your best friend/sister/mortal enemy and her reservations at the poshest spot in town with her fiance (who’s in finance, looks like George Clooney, and loves puppies.) Really, it’s kind of sadistic when you think about it.
So, how did this wretched/wonderful holiday come about? It turns out the history of Valentine’s day is even more brutal than finding an empty Valentine’s cubby in elementary school.
For a long time 6-time Grammy winner Adele felt like the ex who broke her heart and raked it over the coals didn’t deserve one iota of credit for her massive success she’s gained from mining her heartbreak to create beautiful songs.
But now, she tells Vogue, she thinks he deserves at least a “little” credit for providing the inspiration that helped her become a Grammy-winning worldwide music titan.
But now, she tells Vogue, she thinks he deserves at least a “little” credit for providing the inspiration that helped her become a Grammy-winning worldwide music titan.
Adele is set to sweep the Grammy Awards tonight with her soulful songs about heartbreak. She based both of her heart-rattling albums 19 and ” target=”_blank”>21 on relationships gone wrong, but it turns out her difficult childhood must have also been a source for her emotionally stirring performances.
Singer Whitney Houston is dead at age 48, her rep told the Associated Press.
From Beverly Hills Police Lieutenant Mark Rosen: “I can confirm that Whitney Houston was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m. at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. We received a call at 3:43 p.m. from hotel security and Beverly Hills Fire and police responded minutes later. It’s unclear who notified hotel staff because she has quite an entourage here at the hotel. We attempted to resuscitate her, to no avail.”
Keep reading for for more details.
Ashley Salazar, who recently released a very honest, well-written book accounting her decision to give up her baby for adoption to her aunt and uncle, and had the experience documented on MTV’s 16 & Pregnant, is now dating her baby’s father again!
Ashley was kind enough to speak to us about the new development in her life. Read what she has to say here!
We finally get to meet Rachel Berry (Lea Michele)’s gay dads on Glee!
And one of them is . .
Teen Mom 2‘s Jenelle Evans, currently recovering from tonsil surgery, has been no stranger to the legal system in the past, but it’s quickly coming to public light that her two recent arrests in January really were as bogus and unsubstantiated as her camp claimed!
The day after being rescued from icy waters by a heroic diver from a Denver fire departement, 85-pound Argentine mastiff Gladiator Maximus (Max) went on 9News Wednesday morning where the feel-good story took a bad turn after anchor Kyle Dyer leaned in a little too close and Max bit her on the face. Keep reading for the shocking video (Not graphic at all) and find out how Dyer and Max are doing.
Lady Gaga’s Monster Ball Tour was one of the most elaborate, entertaining, and successful concert tours in the history of our planet. LG announced earlier this week the follow up to the Monster Ball would be called (appropriately enough) the Born This Way Ball, and today she shared the first 11 dates on the tour! Keep reading for the dates as well as the official tour poster and a sketch of the elaborate stage set!
It must be plastic surgery day at starcasm! 78-year-old comedy queen Joan Rivers is as well-known for her surgical procedures as she is for her trail-blazing, envelope-pushing comedy. And she still wants more.
She joked to Australia’s Telegraph “”Every weekend I just go in and I do something new. I get a 10th one free. It’s a little like coffee you just keep going.” But all joking aside, how many has she had?
There are so many things going on with this story, it makes the brain whirl!
Sarah Burge is a 50-year-old U.K. lady who supplements her income from “organizing plastic surgery and swinging parties and writing erotic novels” with selling tabloids stories about herself and her four daughters. The latest headlines is a jaw-dropper that’s landed her a gig on Dr. Drew’s Lifechangers (her episode airs today after his Teen Mom update.) She gave her daughter Poppy a gift certificate for breast implants for her seventh birthday as party of a “pamper party.” Last year she made headlines with Poppy for teaching her to dance around a stripper pole.
27-year-old Fashion Police pundit Kelly Osbourne’s been sporting a questionable hair-do for a while: gray hair (with hints of violet.) Natural gray hair can be really striking and beautiful on a young woman (or man, we’re lookin’ at you Anderson Cooper) when it happens naturally, but Kelly’s is purely from the bottle. Whatever moved her to try this out? (And stick with it?)
If you haven’t seen the magically entertaining The Artist, you’re missing out on a real heckofan entertaining, whimsical film, and you’re also missing out on the full charms of Uggie, Jack Russell Terrier Extraordinaire. (The Artist is a black-and-white silent film, which sounds boring, but it’s absolutely the best bit of fun you could possibly have at the movie theater, or at your home theater if you DVD it when it comes out.)
Uggie narrowly escaped a trip the pound when trainer Omar Von Muller rescued him and trained him into the skillful actor he is today. 10-year-old Uggie was previously seen in early 2011’s Water for Elephants, but truly won the hearts of the world in his show-stealing performance in The Artist. Unfortunately though, after Uggie massive success (which should result in an Oscar, but we’re award shows are so human-centric,) he’s going to have to retire because he’s suffering from a mysterious shaking illness.
Teresa Hunt was busted in a FBI sting after she tried to extort $10,000 from the Duggar family, or get them off the air in exchange for not releasing what she called “damning” photos of Duggar first cousin (and aspiring country singer) Amy Duggar.
Hunt actually shopped the photos to Radar Online at some point, who declined to buy the photos. The Radar staff says the photos were “harmless snaps rather than incriminating, damning photos,” and at the time they passed on them they had no idea Hunt was trying to extort the Duggars.
Marlo Hampton came on the Real Housewives of Atlanta scene with an extensive record, and rumors that she was very smart with the money she got from a former white, rich sugar daddy. The other girls on the show, including Kim Zolciak, who had a similar arrangement with Lee Najar, make fun of Marlo for being a kept woman. Kandi Burruss lit up the blog with this zinger: “Now Marlo, she says she’s always been good with money… she’s good at holding on to money… like, she doesn’t blow money. The question is, does she blow to get money?” Good question.
Donn Gunvalson’s stepson Michael Wolfsmith told The National Enquirer that his mom’s ex-husband Donn Gunvalson has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. He said that this cancer diagnosis, and also Brianna’s elopement have caused things in their household to be weird, and even though Vicki and Donn are divorcing (Vicki is also dating a new man), the whole family is pulling for him.
Ellen DeGeneres is working with JC Penney (rebranded as JCP) as they try to rejuvenate their company (the ads with all the screaming didn’t exactly help with that, somebody page Don Draper.)
But thanks to the anti-gay conservative Christina activist group One Million Moms (which only has about 40,000 likes on Facebook, btw) JCP’s getting some extra free press. OMM calls for a boycott of JCP’s products unless they drop Ellen, just because she’s openly gay.
48-year-old 2ealthy Polo club founder John Goodman, who is currently in the middle of a civil case over a drunk driving death he caused in 2010, is receiving a lot of heat for adopting his 42-year-old girlfriend Heather Hutchins October 2011. Not only is that a weird act, but plaintiff’s attorneys believe this odd legal action was a blatant attempt to shield his assets from the legal proceedings.
Sounds sort of fishy, but while the legal system works out this mess, it still begs the question: Now that his girlfriend is his daughter, is it legally considered incest to have sex with her?
Melissa Morris, the subject of a special 2 hour premiere episode of TLC’s new show My 600-lb Life, was filmed by the network over the last seven years as she struggled to lose over 500 pounds. Formerly tipping the scales at 673 pounds, she now triumphantly weighs in at 170. Now that she weighs a fourth of what she once weighed, she’s struggling to redefine her relationship with her husband Chris, who married her when she was heavy, and to see herself as she looks today, not as she was when she was over 600 pounds and immobile.
Snooki is reportedly expecting a little Snooki-wooki with long-time boyfriend Jionni LaValle.
Star‘s website partner Radar Online says a source told them “She is pregnant and has only told her closest friends and some family,” but she has “been telling people that she has a big announcement coming.”
There’s lots of rumors swirling about what sent Demi Moore to the hospital last week; whip-its, a marijuana-like substance from a head shop, alcohol, other drugs, or a mixture of all or some of these things. But there’s also a report that besides whatever else she may have been doing, Demi had recently been barely…
Other than starring in film the two men you see have something very personal in common. No. It’s not the Oscars or Golden Globe awards, those would be George Clooney’s. No. It’s not the testicle scars from stapling your own manhood for laughs, that would be Steve-O. Both have recently called Elisabetta Canalis their one and only! It is time to let your voice be heard and let us know if you think Clooney to Steve-O is a step up or down for the Italian actress.
If you’re like me, you thought The Vow starring Rachel McAdamas and Channing Tatum, while fodder for some romantic eye candy, was just another of those love amnesia stories made-up for the movies. But it turns out there is a real life couple that inspired the story!
Last week Matthew Broderick raised all of our hopes when he released a 10 second teaser on YouTube of him reprising his iconic title role from Ferris Beuller’s Day Off. The internet (and our hearts) buzzed with anticipation that a Ferris Beuller sequel was in the works (a grown-up Ferris calling in sick for his…
Last October (2011) a group of 13 teenage girls in upstate New York town LeRoy suddenly developed unexplained Tourrette’s Syndrome like tic symptoms. Many of the girls experienced the symptoms simultaneously, but weren’t aware that the other girls were experiencing the same thing.
A neurologist has diagnosed the girls with “mass hysteria,” and school officials release reports that there are no toxic chemicals at the school, but famous environmental activist Erin Brockovich is investigating these claims.
Susanna Barrett, mom of five-year-old Isabella of Toddlers & Tiaras fame, has filed a $30 million defamation lawsuit against three top websites; TMZ, The Huffington Post, and The Daily Mail.
E Online obtained the court documents filed in the Manhattan Supreme Court claiming the three sites made “brazen attempts to sexualize” the young girl.
Jersey Shore star Snooki has become a household name thanks to her unabashed over-the-top antics, style and personality. But how did a middle school aged Nicole Polizzi from Marlboro, New York suddenly become Snooki? Keep reading to watch a video clip of Snooki explaining the origins of her moniker and see photos of the original Snooki! (Actually Snookie the cootchie crook.)
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season 2 got super real. Just one of the many dramatic story-lines was Kim Richards’ increasingly erratic behavior. The Season 1 finale ended with a dramatic scene between Kim and her sister Kyle where Kyle called her an alcoholic. Kim had a brief stay in rehab after they finished filming, but walked out days later. Now, Kim is admitting for the first time on camera that she is, indeed, an alcoholic, telling Andy Cohen that’s why she went to rehab this winter.
Rihanna (might have) gotten a tattoo homage to fallen ’90s rapper Tupac Shakur. Click to see.
Yesterday we reported on a rumor that Demi Lovato was back in rehab. However, several sources have refuted that claim (originally made by blindgossip.com.)
What we can confirm, though, is that another famous woman named Demi, Demi Moore has checked into a treatment center facility center to “treat exhaustion and improve her overall health,” after being rushed to the hospital in an ambulance Tuesday for what TMZ is calling “substance abuse problems.”
After her latest arrest, Jenelle has taken a break from her prolific Twitter and Facebook updates, and now has a representative managing those accounts until her probation is finished April 2012. Starcasm, however, was able to talk to Jenelle, and we have some updates about what’s going on in her life.
Lindsay Lohan recently had a tax problem made public, but otherwise she’s been doing very well lately. She got glowing reviews at her latest probation hearing, and hopefully the legal, drug, and personal troubles that have troubled her these past few years are behind her.
She’s still got problems though. TMZ dug up documents proving that Thomas A. Green, a homeless man who has a history of delusional episodes and hallucinations filed a rambling, ridiculous lawsuit against Lindsay. It’s really hard to figure out exactly what the lawsuit is actually about. He rambles for pages and pages about communicating with Lindsay on Facebook, a failed online business partnership, assassinating Osama bin Laden, hurling insults at her mother’s PR person, and claiming Lindsay is a high-end hooker. He wants $300,000 from the starlet for his troubles.
Here’s the gobbledygook (sort of) analyzed:
Sure, a lot of people were betting a lot of money on the demise of Kim Kardashian, and even Katy Perry’s marriages, but NO ONE put any coin down on the prospect that Heidi Klum and Seal would divorce (Except probably some VERY cynical guy who’s now a billionaire thanks to this upset.)
What? The Kardashians faked something? Color us shocked!
A few weeks ago on Kourtney and Kim Take New York Kim Kardashian was seen in a weird car scene with her mom Kris Jenner talking about problems she was having in her marriage to Kris Humphries. (This was the episode where they were in Dubai to open Millions of Milkshakes.) There were a few things shady with the scene: the car windows were blacked out, and at one point when she’s supposed to be talking to her mom about the divorce, the camera pans away and her voice is completely different. The minute the strange segment aired, Kris Humphries took to Twitter with a cryptic tweet:
Fresh off a Golden Globe win for his lead role on Boss, actor Kelsey Grammer made his return to 30 Rock on tonight’s “Idiots Are People Two!” episode. Kelsey’s appearance in the actual episode is extraordinarily brief, but the last minute or so of the show is completely dedicated to Kelsey in the form of a James Bond intro spoof, during which he shoots a look alike of his ex-wife Camille Grammer!
Just when I started to think of the National Enquirer as almost respectable (They were right about John Edwards!), they go all Weekly World News with a front page that declares, “O.J. BOMBSHELL: ‘I’M KHLOE’S REAL DAD!’” Keep reading for a bit of background on how the whole O.J. theory was originally hatched, including side-by-side photos of his daughter Sydney and Khloe – who supposedly look alike.
UPDATED! With deets from the article, including numerous sources who calim O.J. and Kris had an affair right around the time Khloe was born and that he used to brag about being her dad! Oh, and the Kardashians respond!
Teen Mom 2 star Jenelle Evans is behind bars again, this time for violating a domestic violence protective order according to a news release from the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Department. The arrest occurred Monday night at around 7:15 and as far as we can tell she is still in jail at the time of this post.
UPDATE – We spoke with Jenelle’s attorney who tells us she is out on $1,000 bond and faces 75 days of active jail time.
US Weekly says they have several sources confirming a split between alternapop singer and fashion mogul Avril Lavigne and her boyfriend of two years Brody Jenner. The sources also claim that Brody felt his career was being held back by his busy girlfriend.
It seems that the bad case of train wreckitosis Kate Major caught while dating Patient Zero Michael Lohan is untreatable. Kate was arrested yet again this morning in Boca Raton, Florida, this time for battery, battery against an officer, EMT, or firefighter, and resisting an officer with violence. Keep reading for her most recent booking photo and take a trip down memory lane with a couple memorable clips of Michael and Kate from Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew.
MTV worlds collided last night in Fayetteville, North Carolina as Teen Mom 2 star Jenelle Evans arrived for the Club Barcelona Snow Bunny Party hosted by Jersey Shore‘s Vinny Guadagnino! Keep reading for a photo of the two reality stars together and to read Jenelle’s impression of the Vin Man!
Nick Cannon looks a million times better tonight than when his wife Mariah Carey tweeted this photo of him in a hospital bed January 5, 2012. Nick stepped out looking dapper and healthy with Mariah at the BET Honors in DC Saturday night (January 14, 2012.)
Jenelle Evans was arrested again!
Jenelle was booked today, January 10, 2012 at around 10:15 a.m. in Brunswick County for “harassing phone calls” and “communicating threats,” according to Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office. She posted a $1,000 bond, and was out of jail before noon today.
Actress Katherine Heigl adopted baby Naleigh with husband Josh Kelley September, 2009 from South Korea. One of the reasons she adopted Naleigh was because Katherine’s old sister Meg Heigl-Beltran was also adopted from Korea.
Now, in a new blog for ivillage, Katherine really opens up about the stresses (and nightmare) of trying to excel in her career, as a new mom, and as a wife.
Amber Rose released her first single “Fame” featuring her boyfriend Wiz Khalifa.
She told MTV.com that she didn’t share the song with Wiz until it was completely finished. “I made the entire song and then sent it to him, he was overseas on tour at the time.He thought the track was dope and I asked him if he would be on it, he said definitely.” She also said she’s taking voice lessons, and is working on a full album. Listen to it now.
TTabatha Coffey is one of our major crushes at starcasm.net! It’s that no-nonsense, ball-busting attitude surrounding a very sweet and caring center that gets us. Plus, she’s hot! A new iteration of her salon takeover show called Tabatha Takes Over (airing Tuesdays 10/9c) follows Tabatha taking over everything from salons to yogurt shops, and all kinds of other businesses. Tabatha knows hair, but the true value of what she brings to salons is a keen business sense and emphasis on customer service, which can be used to turn around ANY business.
Like many interesting people, Tabatha did not have a boring childhood. In fact, the now-fit hairdresser-guru was once overweight, and grew up around drag queen strippers and mobsters!
Jessica “Red” is the ex-girlfriend and baby’s mother of Wes on the new MTV MMA fighting show Caged! She’s a super gorgeous nursing student with fiery red hair, and a good head on her shoulders. Jessica is from a small Louisiana town called Mendin, where she feels trapped (get it, this show’s title is literal AND metaphorical!)
Red and Wes broke up three months before they started taping the show, and Red thinks Wes uses fighting to escape reality “whenever he has a lot of stress, or any kind of anger . . . he can just go and train.” Without the fighting competition, Red thinks that Wes would be getting in all sorts of trouble.
She and Wes broke up three months before they started taping the show, and Red thinks Wes uses fighting to escape reality “whenever he has a lot of stress, or any kind of anger . . . he can just go and train.” Without the fighting competition, Red thinks that Wes would be getting in all sorts of trouble.
Who’s The Bachelor’s Ben Flajnik engaged to? Did he pick anyone at all? Bachelor spoiler rumors are swirling.
Reality Steve, The Bachelor‘s notorious spoiler (who is currently being sued for allegedly persuading contestants, sometimes with money, to break their contract) revealed that the winemaker is engaged to
Blue Ivy Carter’s daddy Jay-Z released a very sweet song for his new daughter today called “Glory, featuring B.I.C.” (listen below.)
He sings “Baby, I paint the sky blue, my greatest creation was you,” and also “You’re my child from a child of Destiny’s child.”
The song ends with Blue Ivy, or B.I.C.’s cries. She’s not even two days old, and she’s already a recording artist!
Jay-Z also reveals in the song that wife Beyonce suffered a miscarriage before she became pregnant with baby Ivy Blue:
“Last time the miscarriage was so tragic/We was afraid you’d disappear/But nah baby you magic.”
On the MTV documentaryTrue Life: I’m a Textaholic (premiere date Nov. 5, 2011), Kristin Raeon was featured to tell the story of her texting addiction. The basic storyline of the show was that her constant texting was ruining her life, causing her to have problems in school, and ultimately ended her marriage. Kristin was shown going a birthday trip to Panama City with her husband Steven Brooks. They went out drinking, and to to shock and dismay of the viewing audience, Kristin immediately let a guy buy her drinks, exchanged numbers with him, and then ran back to tell her husband about it. Kristin got a lot of backlash about this depicted behavior, but she tells starcasm.net exclusively that all wasn’t as it seemed.
Renee Graziano is back with Hector Pagan ex-husband Hector Pagan Jr. (a.k.a. Junior) and the father of her son AJ (Anthony John). Hector Pagan Jr.
Last year Junior Pagan was rounded up in a major mob bust, leaving Renee devastated. She briefly got back with her ex-husband, but left him after she found out he was seeing other women.
On tonight’s episode Junior wanted to spend time with Renee in the six months he had while he wanted for his sentencing for the last bust. He told Renee that her brush with death during her plastic surgery nightmare scared him because he didn’t want to lose her. When she asked if he didn’t want to lose her because he was still in love with her, or because he loved her, he replied “both,” which made her break down. Renee replied “I’ve been waiting for this for year. For years I’ve been in love with you, only you.”
Charles Grant’s girlfriend Marlo Hampton is making an appearance on the Real Housewives of Atlanta this year, but she didn’t get cast in a top spot.
Hampton, who’s been arrested seven times, made quick friends with NeNe Leakes, who was romantically linked to Charles (and who says that they “had a drink together” a long time ago.)
Our pal Michelle Brown at Straight From the A has been serving up the dish on Marlo for a while, and she’s revealed a new development. Marlo’s first arrest was in 1999 for felony Aggravated Battery / Great bodily harm with a weapon. According to Straight From the A, she slashed a woman’s face during a fight with a man.
Everyone knows Scott Disick from the Pop Culture Royalty Kardashians, as Kourtney Kardashian’s partner, baby Mason’s father, (and as American Psycho Patrick Bateman lookalike) but Scott’s family is also involved in luxury resort development and fractional real estate.
Our girl Adele’s got a new man! He’s furry, his nickname is Swampy, and he’s an investment-banker-turned-charity-CEO.
Simon (36) runs the water charity Drop4Drop out of Brighton, and the organization has projects running all over the world to help provide safe and clean water to those in need of it. Awww, so he’s tries to make the world a better place!
Read on to find out more!
Sienna Miller (30) is expecting her first child with boyfriend of almost a year Tom Sturridge, US Weekly reports. Their source claims Sienna and Tom “don’t have plans right away to marry, if at all.” They reportedly weren’t surprised about the news of the pregnancy, and are “really good together.”
Who is Tom Sturridge anyway?
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