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Interview with Brooklyn Sudano from the MTV original movie ‘Turn the Beat Around’

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MTV continues its venture into movie-making with the February 26 premiere of Turn the Beat Around, a modernized Saturday Night Fever meets Flashdance starring Romina D’Ugo as struggling dancer Zoe, whose big talent, big dreams, big mouth and big love of disco put her in a position to be a huge success. The only things standing in her way are self doubt, a jealous boyfriend, a playboy boss interested in more than her dance talents, and seductress biyotch extraordinaire Malika, played by Brooklyn Sudano.

Brooklyn talks to us about her new movie, dancing, having Donna Summer for a mom and the importance of mascara and a good eyelash curler. Read the interview, see photos of Brooklyn and watch preview clips from Turn the Beat Around!

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VIDEO Growing Pains star Andrew Koenig killed himself after being off medication for a year, giving away possessions, says father

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41-year-old Andrew Koenig was an actor and activist who didn’t even want to hurt trees, but after his body was found in Stanley Park in Vancouver Thursday (Feb. 25) that police” believed to be that of Andrew Koenig.”, his father told the press that his son had taken his own life. He had been missing…

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PHOTOS – Helena Bonham Carter brings Red Queen / Queen of Hearts clutch bag to ‘Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland’ world premiere

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Helena Bonham Carter showed up at the London world premiere of Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland with a cute Queen of Hearts clutch to match the her part as The Red Queen in her husband’s interpretation of the classic whimsical tale. She also sported a charming sparkly bird’s nest hair-do and an off-kilter creme dress…

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Where can you buy Gretchen Rossi’s makeup line, Gretchen Christine Beauté?

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After much anticipation, Gretchen Rossi’s makeup line Gretchen Christine Beauté (pronounced beau-tay) is finally available for sale online at shopgretchenchristine.com. Tonight on RHOC we’ll see Gretchen debut Beaute at the Women’s Empowerment Expo. On Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Orange County, Gretchen uses the launch of her makeup line as part of her story line,…

Octomom Nadya Suleman is writing a book about her delusional state; sleeps two hours a night

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Today on The View Octomom Nadya Suleman and her cackle were in manic form as she tried to explain why she’s posing in her bikini for tabloid photos, talking constantly to the media, and how she was delusional when she agreed to go in for her last IVF treatment. She also revealed that she’s writing…

Vintage Ke$ha: 7th grade photo and “Karma Police” talent show performance

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Ke$ha is the latest “outrageous” poptart to take the world on and she’s doing it with snarley intonation, debauched lyrics, and glittery-blonde bedhead, but she wasn’t always such under the influence of Hot Topic and Jack Daniels. She was once just a regular 7th grade girl singing Radiohead songs. See her yearbook photo and watch a video of her performing “Karma Police!”

Natavia Lowery convicted of killing Ramones manager Linda Stein in 2007

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If you think you have the assistant from hell, you’ve never met Natavia Lowery, who was convicted yesterday for murdering her boss Linda Stein in 2007 by bludgeoning her to death. She was also convicted of stealing tens of thousands of dollars from Stein, who was a celebrity real estate agent and former manager of…

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Robert Pattinson admits to going steady with Kristen Stewart

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All of your R-Patz K-Stew relationship conspiracy theorists might have been dead on the money! I say might, because The Sun isn’t always the most trusted source, but they didn’t just talk to a friend of a friend of a niece of a cousin of Robert Pattinson’s childhood dog, they actually spoke to the man himself at the BAFTA awards!

Is Growing Pains’ “Boner” Andrew Koenig still alive?

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UPDATE FEBRUARY 25, 2010: Andrew Keonig’s body was found in Vancouver CLICK HERE to see the press conference with Andrew’s father Walter Keonig Vancouver Police Department told Radaronline tonight that missing Growing Pains actor Andrew Koenig may still be alive and in the Vancouver area. This is very encouraging in the light of the fact…

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Would Bachelor Jake Pavelka have chosen Ali Fedotowsky if she had not left?

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Although Jake didn’t accept Ali Fedotowsky’s offer to return after she left to ensure the stability of her career at Facebook, he now reveals that when Ali left she was actually his first choice. Jake told Extra: “Ali was my frontrunner. I basically begged her not to go,” Jake told Seymour. “I did want her…

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History of The Bachelor: What happened to the first bachelor Alex Michel?

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While we wait for pilot Jake Pavelka to choose Vienna (or Tenley) during the 14th Season of the Bachelor, let’s go all the way back to the beginning and remember the drama that took the world by storm eight years ago during the very first season of ABC’s The Bachelor, which debuted in 2002. Overachieving…

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OC Housewife Alexis Bellino was a Maxim Hometown Hottie in 2003; before divorcing first husband Jeff Barry

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Before Alexis Bellino was raising children, getting plastic surgery and bleach jobs, opening boutique hotels, catfighting with Vicki Gunvalson, forming prayer circles with Real Housewives, or even yachting with Gretchen Rossi and Jay Photoglou she was a Maxim Hometown Hottie! During one of the first episodes of The Real Housewives of Orange County season 5,…

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Bethenny Frankel’s strutting her baby bump on the runway

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Bravo’s The Real Housewives of NY returns March 4 at 11 p.m. and in the meantime busy Bethenny Frankel is strutting her growing baby bump on the runway during Mercedes Benz fashion week. This six-month pregnant New York baker who’s made a name for herself with Skinny Girl brand diet books and margherita has only…

Wave of Money: Frank Black tells it to us straight

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The Pixies headman Frank Black, who performed as Black Francis for years before he struck out on a solo career, reunited with his former band last summer at the Isle of Wight festival for a memorable 80-minute set that rocked the festival and left hungry Pixies fans weak with pleasure. It went so well that that the group stayed together for a string of fall ’09 tour dates, and apparently not only were the fans excited, but the price was right.

Find out what it would take to keep The Pixies together. (Hint: It’s not the opportunity to make beautiful music together.)

Should bronze metal Olympic winner Scotty Lago have been sent home over sexy paparazzi photos?

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Snowboarder Scotty Lago scored an Olympic bronze medal for the halfpipe at the 2010 Winter Games and then scored again later on the streets of Vancouver when he got his medal polished by an unknown girl with an erotic appetite for bronze. Unfortunately that second score was captured in a couple racy photos posted on the internet, and the backlash has resulted in Scotty packing his bags and leaving Vancouver early.

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UPDATE Why Jenelle Evans decided against abortion and adoption; thought motherhood would be easy

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Jenelle Evans, the subject of the first episode of season of MTV’s 16 & Pregnant recently blogged about her decision to keep her baby on MTV’s Remote Control. Despite the fact that her boyfriend Andrew lived four hours away with his parents, is an alcoholic, and has no plans to get a job or a…

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The truth behind Lynn and Frank Curtin’s financial trouble, evictions, debt, and legal troubles

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Photo: Bravo Lynne and Frank Curtin are airing their money dirty laundry (not to be confused with money laundering!) out to dry in Season 5 of The Real Housewives of Orange County. Their children were served eviction notices on camera in front of BRAVO’s cameras, and later we find out that Frank concealed a $10,000…

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Did Mel B almost have a Britney moment?

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There’s really no explanation for this hairstyle unless Mel B was honoring the three-year anniversary since Britney Spears went completely bonkers and shaved her head in front of paparazzi. Everyone has their own special way of marking that once-in-a lifetime event (oh! the memories.) Here’s some more photos of former Spice Girl Mel B stepping…

Gary Coleman explodes into an f-word tirade on The Insider

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Gary Coleman was arrested last month on a domestic violence charge against his wife Shannon Price, which resulted in the above lovely mug shot. More on that here. This week Gary appeared on The Insider, like Lindsay Lohan the Hoarder, to speak out about this issue for the first time since the arrest. Luckily for…

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Real Housewives of New York, New Jersey, and Kandi Burruss to compete on Millionaire

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Block out your calendars now because starting February 22 a week-long themed Who Wants to Be A Millionaire: The Real Housewives of Millionaire will pair of Real Housewives from New Jersey, New York (minus Danielle Staub and Bethenney Frankel), and Kandi Burruss from Atlanta with real housewives (you heard right, real ones without television shows!)…

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Guidettes J-Woww and Snooki aren’t really Italian, UNICO makes move to sue Jersey Shore

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According to Jenni “J-Woww” Farley, the incendiary terms “guido” and “guidette” refer to a lifestyle, a state of mind rather than a derogatory word for those of Italian-American heritage. In fact, this morning on FOX’s The Strategy Room J-Woww revealed that neither she nor Snooki are Italian. J-Woww is of Spanish and Irish decent and…

MTV debuted Home is Where the Horror Is Saturday night line-up with House of Wax

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Last Saturday night (February 13) MTV started a run of Saturday night fright flicks called “Home is Where the Horror Is” with House of Wax.

Who doesn’t love a scary movie on a Saturday night? Check out the schedule of scare for the next seven weeks and watch the preview trailer!

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Does Vicki Gunvalson’s daughter Briana Wolfsmith have cancer?

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Real Housewives of Orange County In Episode 12,  Season 5 “You Can Dish It But You Can’t Take It” Briana Wolfsmith sits her mother Vicki Gunvalson down to reveal some upsetting news, she has several tumors the size of grapes on her thyroid and through her neck and she’s going to have to a biopsy…

Listen to Nikki Yanofsky’s #1 hit single “I Believe,” the official theme of Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium

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Nikki Yanofsky is now the toast of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics after singing the national anthem, “O Canada” during the opening ceremonies and recording “I Believe,” the official theme of Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium. Over 3 billion people watched Nikki’s live broadcast performance during the opening ceremonies, many of them witnessing Nikki’s striking talent…

Tila Tequila tricked by fake magazine editor into confessing that she’s not pregnant

Tila Tequila tricked by fake magazine editor into confessing that she’s not pregnant

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Tila Tequila got tricked into admitting that she wasn’t pregnant days before she described experiencing miscarriage pains on her Twitter page. Someone posing as a magazine editor emailed Tila promising her a photo shoot. Then “Karen,” the fake editor, emailed Tila that they couldn’t go through with the shoot because they had learned she was…

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First photo of Matthew Knowles and AlexSandra Wright’s baby son Nixon?

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Matthew Knowles and his camp still claim there has been no DNA test to prove he is the father of AlexSandra Wright’s newborn child Nixon, but AlexSandra is still sticking to her guns. The photo above has just been released to TMZ, and there is a slight resemblance. If he really isn’t the father, he…

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Kell on Earth Episode 3: Nicolas Petrou stiffs Kelly Cutrone’s People’s Revolution and disrepects Women’s Wear Daily

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Kell On Earth: Episode 3: “Highway to Kell” Nicolas Petrou was an out-there designer that Kelly Cutrone took a risk on because he deals in the artsy, avant-gard style close to her heart. Her PR company People’s Revolution decided to put on his show despite budget issues and other red flags, which involved the models…

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Did Joslyn James really have a miscarriage and an abortion for Tiger?

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Joslyn James, porn star and Tiger Woods mistress number 11, told Inside Edition that she’s been pregnant with Tiger’s baby twice! She says that the two of them never discussed protection, and she never told him about the pregnancies. She apparently miscarried her first child with Tiger around the time Tiger’s wife Elin delivered their…

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TV Movie Review: MTV’s original movie Turn the Beat Around debuts February 26 at 10 p.m.

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Photo by MTV February 26, 2010 MTV is gonna Turn the Beat Around with the second of a triumvirant of original movies (the first being My Super Psycho Sweet 16 from October 2009 and the last MADE, still in development.) Turn the Beat around stars Romina D’Ugo as Zoe, a struggling L.A. hip hop dancer…

VIDEO – Brutal Valentine’s Day marriage proposal disaster at NY Rangers game

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Sometimes Valentine’s day can be a heart-breaker. You confess to your crush your true feelings only to be rejected, or worse, ignored. Your significant other forgets to do anything special for you. No one sends you a Student Council Candy Gram. But this definitely tops makes the finals for worst Valentine’s Day ever for the…

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Thomas Beatie/Tracy LaGondino is pregnant with his third child

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Thomas Beatie is a transgendered man who may be addicted to being pregnant. Not even three years from the first time Thomas Beatie first got pregnant, he is expecting his third child with wife Nancy and their sperm donors. (via MomLogic) Beatie gave birth to a baby girl, Susan June 29, 2008, and a baby…

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Simon Monjacks’s fake charity The Brittany Murphy Foundation is giving back donations

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When Brittany Murphy died suddenly last December from a combination of accidental drug overdose and illenss, it was hard to ignore the questionable past of her British husband Simon Monjack. The first area of mystery is his claim to be a producer and screenwriter, when he only has one industry credit to his name, for…

The Amazing Race’s Jody Kelly and Shannon Foster photos and bio

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Meet Jody Kelly and Shannon Foster, the grandmother/granddaughter triathletes who will be competing for a million dollars on Season 16 of the CBS reality competition The Amazing Race. What else could you ask for in a team of two?!? You get a super sexy girl and her granddaughter! Check out the pictures and read the story behind Jody and Shannon!

Barbie has her 125th occupation, and she no longer thinks math is hard!

Barbie has her 125th occupation, and she no longer thinks math is hard!

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Progress is upon us. Barbie and math are presumably cool now, as Mattel, through the overpowering influence of reddit, has decided that Barbie’s 125th occupation will be computer engineer! Her laptop may be pink, but she knows how to build and program that sucker! Mattel went to great lengths to make Computer Engineer Barbie authentic…

Silent Bob strikes back against Southwest Airlines Captain Leysath

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Rotund director Kevin Smith was sitting securely in his Southwest Airline seat with the arm rests down, his carry-on bag in the overhead compartment, and the rest of the crew already chattering in excitement about soaring through the skies with Silent Bob when flight attendant Suzanne informed him that Captain Leysath required him to leave…

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I Love New York 2 contestant Jamal Rashead Trulove faces 50-year prison sentence after being convicted of murdering Seu Kuka

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Jamal Rashead Trulove (29), who appeared as a contestant on I Love New York 2, was convicted of murdering Seu Kuka in 2007, just weeks after taping the reality show the AP reports. Trulove didn’t make it past the first episode of the show, which was filmed in Los Angeles, he got dismissed for fighting….

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Jersey Shore Season 1 DVD sold exclusively on Amazon

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If you’re like the staff at Starcasm.net, you miss the Jersey Shore already. It’s only been gone from MTV for a few weeks, and the stars are popping up everywhere in real life like the Grammys, giving brides away at weddings, and of course, countless clubs around the nation, but nothing can replace watching the…

Kelly Cutrone’s first love and husband was Warhol assistant and pop artist Ronnie Cutrone

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“Everything is a cartoon for me. The ancient manuscripts are taken very seriously but they are really cartoons.” ~Ronnie Cutrone PR Power Girl Kelly Cutrone is at the top of her game, and is becoming a staple brand with a Bravo show Kell on Earth and a memoir/advice book If You Have to Cry, Go…

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Alexsandra Wright gave birth to baby she claims is Beyonce’s new brother, Nixon

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28-year-old pop royalty Beyonce has a brand new baby brother named Nixon, according her her father Matthew’s alleged mistress, AlexSandra Wright. Wright gave birth to the new baby last Thursday (February 4,2010) and says she dated the alledged baby daddy Knowles for 18 months. A source told TMZ that they even picked out the name…

How did fashion PR ‘Kell-raiser’ Kelly Cutrone get her start?

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Kelly Cutrone was well known in the fashion industry before he made her television debut as a b!tchy boss on MTV’s The Hills and The City (as well as a True Life cameo), but now she’s got her very own reality show on Bravo, Kell on Earth, and nothing’s really stopping her from riding her…

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VIDEO – Watch Betty White and Abe Vigoda get tackled for 2010 Snickers Super Bowl commercial

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Betty White is as much of a deadpan killer as ever, and Abe Vigoda proves he doesn’t need Conan O’Brien to remind people that he’s not dead in a 2010 Super Bowl ad spot for Snickers. Because they pulled out these two, Snickers is hereby the best candy bar ever! Plus it has peanuts in…

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VIDEO – Steve Phillips talks about sex addiction, responsibility for Brooke Hundley affair on the Today Show

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Steve Phillips appeared on The Today Show this morning (February 12, 2010) immediately after checking out of sex rehab. The former ESPN analyst and New York Mets manager spent some time at Pine Grove Behavorioal Health and Addiction Services in Mississippi, which happens to be the one that Tiger Woods and his doppelganger may or…

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Real Socialites: Nicole Richie’s mom Brenda Harvey & Paris Hilton’s aunts Kim and Kyle Richards to be Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

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The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills might be a showstopper. The Housewives franchise has never before brought together a cast of already pretty well known women, or at least they’re related to someone well known. They’re also probably the most truly wealthy ladies to ever grace the franchise. Nicole Richie’s mom Brenda Harvey is now…

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VIDEO – Conan O’Brien almost joined Jay Leno and Oprah in Super Bowl ad promoting David Letterman’s Late Show

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The last two people anyone expected to be sitting on the same couch are David Letterman and Jay Leno, but the Super Bowl is a magical game. Sunday night the entire US almost choked to death on their pretzels and chicken wings when Letterman told Oprah that he was having the worst Super Bowl party…

Casey Johnson cause of death: diabetic ketoacidosis caused diabetic coma

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Socialite Casey Johnson’s cause of death was released by the coroner today, she died after slipping in a diabetic coma after her body went into diabetic ketoacidosis. Diabetic ketoacidosis is a state the body falls in when there is too little insulin in the body to break down sugar in the body and have it…

Brittany Murphy cause of death accidental drug overdose; alledgedly received daily drugs for ‘Lola’

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The Las Angeles Coroner’s office has officially released Brittany Murphy’s cause of death: accidental drug overdose. She also suffered from “community acquired pneumonia,” and had an “iron deficiency.”Full autopsy results will be available in two weeks. Yesterday Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter personally spoke with Brittany’s husband, Simon Monjack, and mother, Susan Murphy at their…

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PHOTOS – Snooki before and after her de-poofed Inside Edition Makeover

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Photos by Shervin Lainez/Inside Edition The folks at Inside Edition gave Snooki-Snook-Snooks a “glamorous” makeover! I don’t know about you, but I like Snooks better with her poof and bronzer. In this first one she looks like a middle-aged real estate agent who likes to inject “personality” into her professional look with leopard-print accents. In…

Is A & E listening? Lindsay Lohan tells Niecy Nash about her hoarding problem on The Insider – PHOTOS

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In another moment of celebrity absurdity Lindsay Lohan will be on The Insider today telling Niecy Nash all about her hoarding problem. That’s right, Niecy Nash, from Reno 911. Since Lindsay always looks so gaunt and unhealthy, everyone has assumed that she’s dealing with her massive childhood issues with drugs and eating disorders, but it…

VIDEO – Is My Life as Liz a real, scripted, or complete fiction? Liz Lee addresses the rumors

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MTV’s My Life is Liz is almost like a documentary, but the production is so polished and seamless that we can safely assume that this is not a candid “reality” show in the same way MTV’s 16 & Pregnant and Bravo’s Real Housewives are, but parts of it may be a “real” recounting of how…

Wealth guru James Arthur Ray charged with manslaughter in three Arizona sweat lodge deaths

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Self-help guru James Arthur Ray, who emphasized achieving wealth in every aspect of life, was arrested late Wednesday on manslaughter charges for three deaths that occurred in a sweat lodge retreat October 8, 2009. Kirby Brown, James Shore, and Liz Neuman lost their lives during a special two-hour ceremony, the highlight of the five-day “Spiritual…

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Tiger Mistress Joslyn James and lawyer Gloria Allred to fight Tail of the Tiger golf ball maker Creative Classics

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“He likes to play a round with them . . . now you can too!” is the tag line for the cheesiely painted golf balls called Tail of the Tiger: The Mistress Collection. Each golf ball has the likeness of one of Tiger’s alleged mistresses painted on the front in a bid by the Canadian…

VIDEO – MTV’s 16 & Pregnant Season 2 Trailer, premieres February 16, 2010

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MTV’s groundbreaking series 16 & Pregnant is coming back in two weeks (February 16, 2010 @ 10 p.m. EST) with a new set of 10 girls. The first season of 16 & Pregnant (which featured six girls) and the follow-up series Teen Mom which followed four of those girls through their first year of motherhood,…

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VIDEO Is Amber Portwood from Teen Mom pregnant again?

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UPDATE June 23, 2010: The Season Two trailer for Teen Mom reveals that Gary may be cheating on Amber, and that she may, in fact, be expecting again! On “Teen Mom Finale Special: Checkup with Dr. Drew” Amber Portwood tells her now on-again boyfriend, Dr. Drew, and the rest of the world that she may…

Lady GaGa promotes MAC AIDS fund lipstick Viva Glam GaGa; tells women to stick a condom in their purse

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Lady GaGa is one smart cookie. For all her outrageous outfits and theatrics, she’s probably one of the most organized, hardworking, and responsible – yes responsible – pop stars now, or ever. And it’s paid off: her addictive dance tunes and spectacular performances have been rewarded with five #1 singles from her first album and…

Is Maxim spread hottie Amanda Bynes dating multiple Grammy nominee Kid Cudi?

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According to her Twitter, Amanda Bynes is dating/banging a multiple Grammy nominee who didn’t win. In fact, her Twitter feed is burning up with tweets about love for her new beau. but she refuses to say his name until they are “OFFICIAL.” Since she’s definitely not keeping quiet about the romance, and keeps dropping hints…

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PHOTO – Katy Perry hangs out with Snooki at 2010 Grammy Awards

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Katy Perry knew it was a good omen when she saw Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi on the way to the 52nd Grammy Awards Sunday night, so she stopped to take a pic and tweet about it. She posted the above photo on her Twipic account with the caption: “Tonights gonna be a good good night!” Unfortunately,…

Jersey Shore’s Mike Sorrentino shows off his “Situation” at the 2010 Grammy red carpet

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Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino’s abs are famous for being a “situation” that distract women, even women with dates and boyfriends, but at the 2010 Grammy red carpet the Jersey Shore star wanted us to know he’s got another situation: his pecks. Both Mike and his Jersey Shore pal/hookup friend Snooki attended the royal music event…

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VIDEO – Full quote of Prince and Paris Jackson’s speech at 2010 Grammy Awards

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Paris Jackson (11) spoke at her dad’s public memorial back in July 2009 in a tearful plea that did more to humanize Michael Jackson in the public mind than anything Madonna or Brooke Shields could have said. More than half a year later, her older brother Prince Jackson publicly spoke (for the reported first time…