One of 2014’s most light-hearted, feel-good stories has taken a very sad turn as 17-year-old Draven Rodriguez, whose petition to include his laser portrait with his cat in his high school yearbook went viral, committed suicide on Thursday. The Times Union spoke with Draven’s dad, Jonathan Stewart. “He made friends wherever he went,” he said…
Chef Art Smith, host of the inaugural 101 Gay Weddings event taking place during the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, decided that he needed to do something even bigger and grander for the first-time shindig. So he decided to ask fellow celebrity chef Guy Fieri to officiate each wedding. Smith generally hosts a…
It’s cold out there, you guys. It’s so cold, Jim Cantore is jumping for joy over thundersnow in Boston. It’s so cold, Boston is practically one giant snowball. And it’s so cold that police in Harlan KY are looking for fictional characters to blame the unending February on–all in the name of fun, of…
To the delight of OITNB fans everywhere, Jason Biggs has confirmed that he won’t be returning to the show for its upcoming third season. Biggs’ character, Larry Bloom, has been roundly criticized as the weakest part of an otherwise well-rounded show, and, when Piper broke up with him during bathroom sex in Season Two,…
A Florida woman was arrested this past week for running naked into the street, then mounting a stranger’s Lexus and proceeding to masturbate in full view of traffic. Orlandoite Amie Carter, 31, is at the center of the Florida woman stops traffic to masturbate story. According to the Orlando Sentinel, Carter jumped onto the Lexus’…
12-year-olds c and Anissa Weiser are about to stand trial as adults in the attempted murder of their then 12-year-old friend Peyton Leutner last spring in Waukesha, Wisconsin. They plotted for months to murder their friend, guiding by delusions about a fictional meme character called Slender Man. Disturbing notebooks and mutilated Barbie dolls from Morgan…
It’s less than two weeks away from the release date for the much-anticipated book Conquering Chaos by original Teen Mom cast members Catelynn Lowell and Tyler Baltierra, and to help tide fans over, Tyler posted an excerpt from the book with his take on how to “be your own champion first.” In the excerpt it…
Dakota Johnson is heating up movie screens as Anastasia Steele in 50 Shades of Grey, but in real life Dakota’s a single lady. According to US Weekly, she broke it off with Welsh model-rocker Matthew Hitt sometime over the holidays. Their sources say it was his decision because he didn’t want to deal with the…
On this morning’s Power 105.1′s The Breakfast Club Kanye West joked that he needed to “take 30 showers,” after dating Amber Rose before he could be with wife Kim Kardashian. “She’s just soaking in the moment,” West said of Rose. “If Kim had dated me when I wanted, there would be no Amber Rose.” His…
If you think a great first date is going au naturel and grubbing up on actual grubs before retiring to a nice, romantic, mostly dry spot beneath some palm fronds, then Discovery Channel wants you! The network is currently casting for the fourth season of America’s favorite nude survivalist reality series, Naked and Afraid. The…
My Big Fat Fabulous Life star Whitney Thore may have overdone it on the dance floor as she is apparently experiencing immobility due to a back injury. The 30-year-old YouTube sensation turned reality star first shared the news of her injury with her Facebook fans on Monday. “I hurt my back and haven’t been able…
Despite Tyga’s protestations, Kanye West definitely thinks there’s something going on between his rapper friend and sister-in-law Kylie Jenner. And while some of us may view that thing as “statutory rape,” Kanye thinks it’s just Tyga being smart. Speaking to Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club yesterday, Kanye actually answered when the DJs asked his opinion…
Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice director Zack Snyder has finally relieved our collective imaginations of the burden of trying to imagine Khal Drogo as Aquaman. Zack tweeted the photo above of Game of Thrones star Jason Momoa as the web-toed DC superhero, and it looks as though the oft-maligned king of the underwater ATL…
American Horror Story‘s Ben Woolf is in critical condition after getting struck by a moving car in Hollywood on Thursday night, TMZ reports. Law enforcement sources said the 4′ 4″ actor was jaywalking when he was hit in the head by the side view mirror on a SUV. He was rushed to a nearby hospital…
Duck Dynasty daughter and Dancing With the Stars runner-up Sadie Robertson’s bucket list must be getting short when she’s already checking off things like “Walk the runway at New York Fashion Week… more than once!” The 17-year-old Louisiantrepreneur was back in The Big Apple strutting the catwalk as part of the Sherri Hill Fall 2015…
Let’s face it, part of the allure and fantasy of 50 Shades of Grey is how loaded Christian Grey is. Meghan Daum even argued that Christian’s unimaginable wealth, and not kinky sex, is really what’s behind the “50” craze. What’s even more impressive is not that Christian’s a billionaire, but that he’s a self-made billionaire…
If you watched this week’s episode of TLC’s My 600-Lb Life and thought that 678-pound Pauline looked familiar, that could be for any number of reasons. The 50-year-old Sacramento, California mother of one is no stranger to national and even worldwide publicity after putting together a headline-grabbing resume that includes being named the Guinness Book…
Everyone seems to be concerned about Kim Richards’ sobriety on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills this season. Cast members Lisa Rinna and Eileen Davidson have their doubts that the actress is staying on the wagon, but Kim says they should mind their own business. She gained a lot of support a few years ago…
TLC is getting into the family reunion business with a new special by the producers of Who Do You Think You Are?, titled Long Lost Family. “Hoping to find their biological families, two adoptees team up with hosts Chris Jacobs and Lisa Joyner to embark on an emotional journey,” TLC said in a press release….
Are you a mother who is sick and tired of being called “just a mom” when motherhood means you work multiple jobs ranging from waitress, maid, alarm clock and teacher to cook, handyman, chauffeur and nurse? Don’t worry, Kim Kardashian understands your frustration. The 34-year-old mother of one shared the supportive message below on Instagram…
In the fourth preview clip from MTV’s series of “Getting To Know…” Teen Mom OG catch-up specials airing this Saturday we get the special treat of not only getting to see Amber Portwood’s 16 and Pregnant audition video (recorded by ex Gary Shirley), but we get to watch it with Amber! The audition tape was…
Proving no good deed goes unpunished, embattled comedian Bill Cosby “applauded” Eddie Murphy for reportedly declining to play him during the Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary event. During Sunday night’s Celebrity Jeopardy sketch, Kenan Thompson popped up as Bill Cosby in a video clip of him mixing a drink and introducing a clue. Will Ferrell’s…
My new second-favorite thing is watching cast members of Teen Mom OG watching clips from their episodes of 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom! Combine that with my favorite thing, Bentley Edwards, and you have this preview clip from the upcoming Getting To Know Maci Bookout special airing on Saturday in which Maci, Bentley, her…
In a new clip for MTV’s Getting to Know: Teen Mom OG specials, Farrah Abraham and mom Debra Danielsen don’t have the option to forgive and forget — as they were forced to relive one of their most bitter fights with an audience of family, friends and producers. (Video at bottom… Sorry if it’s autoplaying!)…
Considering Ben and Jessa Seewald didn’t front-hug until their wedding in November, the pair had a lot of time during their courtship to focus on the non-physical aspects of their relationship. Now, little more than three months after saying “I do,” the pair is offering their “dos and don’ts” for a successful marriage. “It’s important…
After spending the last few days on vacation with boyfriend Nick Young, Iggy Azalea logged back onto Twitter and discovered that not only had paparazzi photographed her in a bikini, but also that people weren’t being too kind about the images. Just got back from a great vacation, came online and saw apparently it's shocking…
Former rapper and current home renovation reality star Vanilla Ice has a potential crossover with Spike TV’s Catch a Contractor as he has been arrested in Florida after allegedly stealing items from a foreclosed property near one of the locations he was renovating for his show, DIY Network’s The Vanilla Ice Project. Lantana, Florida police…
It’s been almost two-and-a-half years since MTV aired a new episode of Teen Mom, so it would make since that they would want to refresh fans’ (and non-fans’) memories prior to the return of the original girls in Teen Mom OG on March 23. That refresher will come in the form of four hour-long “Getting…
* UPDATE – Photos have been removed by request. Earlier this morning, thousands of Beyonce fans were crushed to learn their queen is, indeed, human. It all began when fan-page The Beyonce World published 200+ allegedly unaltered Beyonce pictures from 2013 campaigns. The stills were from two L’Oreal commercials, which featured Beyonce looking flawless. I…
Back in December we shared some behind-the-scenes photos of former Jersey Shore star Jenni “JWoww” Farley on the set of the motion picture The Mint, in which she will be making her feature-length motion picture acting debut. The film is currently in post-production and director Ray Mamrak just posted the first official teaser trailer! “It’s…
This season of MTV’s The Challenge features some of the classiest men on television. Oh, wait, typo… I meant a**iest men on television! In Tuesday’s episode, contestants Zach Nichols, Jordan Wiseley and Johnny Reilly spent some time fuming on how the women weren’t respecting them as the superior athletes they are. It all started when…
While Bobbi Kristina’s health remains uncertain, the drama unfolding over her hospital bed continues to intensify. New reports from Atlanta indicate that the feud between Bobby and Jerod Brown is only getting worse, with each family member accusing the other of exploiting Bobbi for personal gain. This week, Jerod tweeted out his frustration with…
Surveillance video from an MTA bus caught the fatal Bruce Jenner car accident on camera, and it appears to show the former Olympian rear-ending one car (a white Lexus) into oncoming traffic, then continuing on and hitting the next car (a Prius) in front of him. While the actual surveillance video has not been…
The ink is barely dry on the marriage certificate for 19 Kids and Counting‘s Ben and Jessa Seewald, but the young pair is already making plans to expand their family. “We hope to adopt a lot of kids,” Jessa, 22, told People. “If God blesses us with biological kids of our own, it’s not going…
Why did the Oscars switch to ten Best Picture nominees? Well, back in the day–the glory days; the Golden Age of Hollywood; whatever you want to call it–the Academy Awards were a much more inclusive thing. Until 1944, the Academy offered a selection of ten (10) nominees for Best Picture of the Year. They…
Krispy Kreme is asking for worldwide forgiveness after a store in Hull, England accidentally advertised a “KKK Wednesday” celebration. The “KKK” was, of course, supposed to stand for “Krispy Kreme Klub,” an exclusive group whose members would wear white napkins and mutter incoherent phrases while eating wonderful doughnuts. The inconsistency was first reported by…
Last February, Shayne Lamas was rushed to the hospital after collapsing at her home from complications of pregnancy. There, husband Nik Richie had to make the devastating, life-saving decision to have doctors perform an emergency hysterectomy — which caused Shanye to lose her baby and her ability to carry future children on her own. Now,…
On Monday we shared the first photos of Tyler Baltierra and Catelynn Lowell’s new tattoos in honor of their newborn daughter Novalee Reign, but little did we realize that Tyler’s Batman-themed tattoo was nowhere near finished! Tyler returned to Lance Kellar Studios on Tuesday and filled in his sleeve with WAAAY more Dark Knightegery and…
Fans of 16 and Pregnant probably remember Nikkole Paulun’s episode from Season 2 featuring her as-yet-unborn son Lyle’s rather unsavory father Joshua Drummonds, who is currently back in prison serving a two-plus-year sentence for a variety of offenses. As bad as Josh was on screen, Nikkole later wrote a lengthy blog entry about all the…
The Real Housewives of Atlanta fans are no strangers to seeing cast members testing the entrepreneurial waters with such things as fashion lines, workout DVDs, songs, night clubs, wig lines, stage productions, funeral services, coffee, sex toys and even stun guns, but Kenya Moore seems to be really pushing the ambition limits with her stab…
Fifty Shades of Grey star Jamie Dornan has had a difficult life. He lost his mother to pancreatic cancer when he was a teenager, and soon after lost four of his best friends in a car crash. Now, at the height of his career, his father is battling for his life. Jamie’s dad Jim spoke…
Following the season premiere of 19 Kids and Counting tonight, TLC is introducing viewers to another little couple, Maryland-based Dan and Michelle Hamill — as well as their twin 3-year-old daughters and 6-year-old son. “What’s unique about our family is that we are all small, and we all have the most common form of dwarfism,…
TLC’s polygamist reality series Sister Wives is in the midst of perhaps its biggest headline-grabbing controversy in the history of the show after we broke the story that family patriarch Kody Brown had legally divorced his first wife Meri Brown and later legally married his fourth wife Robyn Brown in a move that the family…
Teen Mom 2‘s Jenelle Evans is taking mom Barbara Evans to court in an effort to regain custody of Jace. “Barbara didn’t take her seriously, but then when Barbara finally got served last week, she got mad,” a source very close to Jenelle told Radar Online, shortly after Jenelle tweeted it was “time to tell…
On tonight’s season premiere of TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting, newlywed Jill Dillard “surprises her family with a big announcement” while Ben and Jessa Seewald’s wedding “is on the horizon.” The return of the show means it’s also time for Duggar Digest, where we take a look at what the Duggars are up to currently…
Did James Lipton used to be a pimp? Lipton is a kindly 88-year-old man best-known to the world at large for his long-standing role as host of Inside the Actor’s Studio. He is probably second-best-known for his small, but meaty role as Warden Gentles on Arrested Development. And he is probably third-best-known for being…
This March, the folks over at A&E are taking the best elements of a few different reality shows and combining them to create Surviving Marriage. From the network… With their relationships on the rocks, each week one couple takes the plunge to spend five days together on a secluded island deep in the South Pacific…
Lady Gaga went and got herself engaged over the Valentine’s Day weekend. So, first of all: Congratulations to her! And to her lucky fella. The lucky fella? Her long-time beau, 33-year-old firefighter-on-TV Taylor Kinney. (Gaga, for those of you keeping score at home, is 28 years of age.) No offense to Mr. Gaga, though,…
Noted actress Shirley MacLaine, who won an Oscar for her role in 1983’s Terms of Endearment and won a generation of new fans with her turn as Lady Grantham’s boisterous American mother on Downton Abbey, has found herself in a spot of trouble this week. But it’s not for anything that MacLaine did; rather,…
The long-running Rose-Kardashian feud has gone to another level. After Rose took shots at Kylie Jenner’s relationship with Tyga–specifically, at Kylie’s age–Kim and Khloe took to Twitter separately to stick up for their family’s honor. The tweets mentioned Rose’s stripper past specifically, and asserted that the Kardashians always take the high road when it…
For the past few months, Tyga and Kylie Jenner have avoided questions about whether they are dating, as Kylie is still 17 and any relationship raises a few red flags. Nonetheless, it’s been widely assumed — based on photographic evidence and the sort — that they are together. And not just by those of us…
Right before Apollo headed to prison this fall, he says he discovered some text messages on his wife’s phone to a man named Mr. Chocolate. He revealed his discovery on Sunday night’s episode of Real Housewives of Atlanta, and even hinted that his reaction was so severe that maybe Phaedra was in danger. Apollo called…
Teen Mom stars Catelynn Lowell and Tyler Baltierra celebrated their newborn daughter Novalee Reign by heading down to Lance Kellar Studios for some new tattoos! Both parents paid tribute to Novalee with their new ink, but the results were COMPLETELY different. Catelynn looks to have opted for a tattoo of little Novaees footprint on the…
There will be no more LoveGames for Lady Gaga and Taylor Kinney! The singer confirmed today that they are engaged to be married. “He gave me his heart on Valentine’s Day, and I said YES,” Gaga announced on Instagram, referencing the heart-shaped ring chosen by the Chicago Fire actor. A photo posted by @ladygaga on…
Lesley Gore, a teen sensation in the 1960s who went on to a have an impressively multidimensional career, has died at the age of 68 after a battle with lung cancer. “She was a wonderful human being — caring, giving, a great feminist, great woman, great human being, great humanitarian,” Lois Sasson, Lesley’s partner of…
Things are not looking good for Bobbi Kristina’s “husband” Nick Gordon as police continue their investigation into what happened to Bobbi and her family bars Nick from seeing her in the hospital. Nick seems fully committed to proving his devotion, however, and demonstrated that by apparently having “Bobbi Kristina” tattooed in large letters on his…
Mad Men is possibly the most acclaimed television show of this young century. It’s won more accolades–and style points–than most programmes will ever dream of. And the whole crazy ride will come to an end this spring: Sunday, April 5th, is the date the first of the final seven episodes will air. The whole…
I don’t think many people would argue that the breakout star of HBO’s breakout comedy Girls isn’t a girl at all, but actor Adam Driver, who plays Hannah’s brutally honest (sometimes just plain brutal) and frightfully unpredictable boyfriend on the show. Girls has launched Adam into superstar status, and he is capitalizing with an incredibly…
It’s a special mother/daughter edition of “Who Wore It Better?” as former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin arrived at the SNL 40th Anniversary Special last night wearing the same dress her daughter Bristol Palin wore to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in 2011. So who do you think wore the sparkly ivory mini dress better?…
This March, Disney is releasing a live-action Cinderella starring Lily James as the titular maid-turned-princess. However, some are noting that “live-action” might be a bit of a stretch as the 25-year-old’s waist looks more like that of the 1950 cartoon Cinderella than a human with all of her organs. “I do have a problem with…
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