VIDEO Aluminum foil and plastic wrap: You’re doing it wrong

ByAsa Hawks

I thought I might take a short break from providing vital details about the lives of those who entertain us to share some actual practical information that may just help improve your life. Check out this mind-blowing (for some — like me) Youtube clip demonstrating how to make getting aluminum foil and plastic wrap off the roll just a little less frustrating. (And, in case that doesn’t impress you, I’ve also included his video on how to easily remove that annoying foil covering the tops of wine bottles!)

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Real Housewives of NYC come undone in entertaining Season 6 trailer

ByDarren O

After much speculation, delay and even a cast standoff over salaries, we finally have the trailer for the upcoming 6th Season of The Real Housewives of New York City. Check out the highly-entertaining hot mess which includes some wonderful OMG faces, new addition Kristen Taekman, Sonja Morgan’s missing tooth and Aviva Drescher’s misplaced leg!

My 600 lb life’s Zsalynn Whitmore’s husband offers her zero support in life-saving weight loss

ByStarcasm Staff

TLC’s My 600-lb life was back tonight with 43-year-old Zsalynn Whitmore who was fighting for her life while tipping the scales at almost 600. Her biggest hurtle to weight loss was herself and her cravings for sugar, but her snarky, large-lady-loving husband turned out to be her second biggest obstacle.

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PHOTOS Shipping Wars’ Jennifer Brennan gives birth to baby boy Brennan Grey

ByAsa Hawks

Shipping Wars star Jennifer Brennan shocked fans of the show when she recently revealed in an episode that she was transporting the most precious of cargos… a baby! Jennifer has since given birth to a bouncing baby boy — keep reading for all the details, including numerous photos of lil Brennan!

Honey Boo Boo and family injured in car accident — read statement from Mama June
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Honey Boo Boo and family injured in car accident — read statement from Mama June

ByEmily

The Thompson-Shannon family of TLC’s Here Comes Honey Boo Boo emerged from a frightening car wreck on Monday night with a few boo-boos of their own. Details on the accident and family members’ conditions from Mama June herself, including a lengthy post on Facebook detailing what happened.

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Katherine Webb, Dee Dee McCarron say they’re not racists after Jameis Winston Twitter tiff

ByDarren O

Who would have ever imagined Alabama fans being sore losers in defense of the Auburn Tigers? This certainly appears to be the case as graduating quarterback AJ McCarron’s mom and famous girlfriend Katherine Webb have come under fire for critical tweets about FSU Heisman-winning quarterback Jameis Winston. See his mom’s tweet that she since deleted and read the tweet that his girl favorited that were both critical, and viewed by many as having a racial undertone, of Winston’s interview that occurred directly after he lead the Seminoles to a breathtaking national championship and get their follow up tweets in which they insist they aren’t racists.

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MUG SHOT Young Jeezy arrested, allegedly attacked his son, threatened to shoot him

ByAsa Hawks

36-year-old rapper Jay Wayne Jenkins (better known by his stage name Young Jeezy) was arrested on Friday and charged with battery, false imprisonment, and making terroristic threats against his own son after an alleged incident in September, 2012. Keep reading for all the details and see photos of Young Jeezy with both of his teenage sons, Jadarius Jenkins (aka Lil Jeezy) and Shyheim Jenkins.

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Two arrested after wedding ring stolen from hand of dying woman

ByDarren O

Two men have been arrested and identified as police seek a third individual in a crime that ignited widespread outrage, leaving a family in Wichita, Kansas distraught and in disbelief. On December 29, 43-year-old Danielle Zimmerman was making a run to an area Taco Bell to pick up dinner for her husband, one of her two teenage sons and one of the latter’s friends. Tragically, Danielle suffered a fatal brain aneurysm and her truck collided with the chain restaurant’s speaker box. As she lay stricken in the vehicle, someone stole her iPhone, purse and most disturbingly — her wedding ring off of her finger as others arrived to try to assist her. Get the details on the arrest as well as what her grieving husband had to say about the cold-hearted nature of the crime.

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Tonya Harding now: 20 years after the Nancy Kerrigan attack

ByStarcasm Staff

20 years ago, on January 6, 1994, ice skater Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed in the knee, resulting in an injury that took her out of the 1994 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit, and ballooned into a massive scandal. As more details of the mysterious attack came to light, fellow skater Tonya Harding’s ex-husband Jeff Gillooly was found to have arranged for some men to break Kerrigan’s leg to take her out of the competition.

ESPN’s documentary film series 30 for 30 is devoting an episode, titled “The Price of Gold,” to catching up with Tonya Harding, and how the event has changed her life.

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PHOTOS Auburn uses Beyonce, Jay-Z, Kim Kardashian to call plays from sideline at Rose Bowl

ByAsa Hawks

There are a lot of famous people I might have expected to see on the Auburn sideline during the BCS National Championship game against Florida State (such as AU alumni Charles Barkley, Jimmy Buffett, Octavia Spencer, and Lionel Richie), but certainly Ron Burgundy wasn’t one of them! (His last name lends itself more to being on the FSU sideline.) In addition to Ron Burgundy, also seen on the Auburn sideline was Kim Kardashian, Jay-Z, Beyonce and… where’s Waldo!?!

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1ST PHOTOS Tori Spelling, Jennie Garth reunite on new Mystery Girls ABC Family sitcom

ByAsa Hawks

It’s a mini-Beverly Hills, 90210 reunion as former co-stars Tori Spelling and Jennie Garth are reuniting for a brand new sitcom just picked up by ABC Family titled Mystery Girls. The network released the first photos from the show as well as info on another of their new comedy offerings, Young & Hungry, starring Emily Osment and executive produced by Ashley Tisdale.

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ABC’s Gia Allemand tribute video from The Bachelor: Countdown to Juan Pablo special

ByAsa Hawks

Tonight is the official premiere of Juan Pablo Galavis’ season of The Bachelor but last night ABC aired “The Bachelor: Countdown to Juan Pablo,” a special full of humorous clips designed to get fans excited about the new season. But, ABC also took the opportunity to get very serious and pay tribute to The Bachelor alumna Gia Allemande, who died after committing suicide in August of 2013, with a touching tribute video. Keep reading to watch a clip featuring some of Gia’s friends from The Bachelor, The Bachelorette and Bachelor Pad remembering her and get links where you can help The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention in Gia’s honor.

Pretty Little Liars’ Troian Bellisario shares eating disorder, self-harm struggle
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Pretty Little Liars’ Troian Bellisario shares eating disorder, self-harm struggle

ByEmily

Pretty Little Liars‘ Troian Bellisario just got remarkably honest about her ongoing struggles with self-confidence, saying she still feels like a fraud in the company of her co-stars. She added she dealt with an eating disorder and other self-destructive behaviors as a teen.

Lady Gaga changes name to Goddess of Love, says she was “betrayed” on ARTPOP

ByAsa Hawks

Lady Gaga recently changed her online IDs from Mother Monster to Goddess of Love and writes numerous, lengthy responses to fans in which she reveals that she feels betrayed by a lot of people she loved and trusted who she worked so closely with on ARTPOP, saying they “have used me, lied to me, worked me into the ground for the personal gain.” She says that betrayal is the reason the “Do What U Want” music video has still not been released before optimistically saying that “because those who did not care about ARTPOP’s success are now gone … the dreams I have been planning can now come to fruition.”

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REPORT O. J. Simpson may have brain tumor, issues pardon plea to White House

ByAsa Hawks

Former NFL star O. J. Simpson is currently behind bars in Nevada serving a 33-year sentence after being convicted of assault, robbery and kidnapping in 2008, but the 66-year-old is reportedly asking President Obama to get him out early because he believes he has a terminal brain tumor and doesn’t have long to live.

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Mackenzie McKee shares 8-month baby bump photo, opens etsy shop

ByAsa Hawks

Teen Mom 3 star Mackenzie Douthit-McKee is currently pregnant with her second child and the 19-year-old expectant mom has been periodically sharing bare baby bump photos with fans via instagram. Mackenzie continued her generosity with a new selfie showing her HUGE belly at eight months. PLUS, see photos of Mackenzie taking her stab at Teen Momtrepreneurship with some really neat handcrafted photo frames and crosses that she is currently selling on etsy.

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Kim Kardashian posts booty selfie with Blac Chyna, internet explodes

ByAsa Hawks

You can’t spell “instagram” without “t” and “a” and no one is more aware of that fact than Kim Kardashian! The 33-year-old mom and master of the headline-grabbing selfie is back at it again, this time posing with gal pal (and fellow mother of one) Blac Chyna for a couple of T and A-mazing photos that Kim captioned with, “Getting right for the new year.”

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Instagram butt star talks about her butt stardom

ByDarren O

The internet has become enraptured today with the backside of a brunette from New York. Jen Selter’s fanny packs a punch and her rear-view images shared via Instagram have her with over a million followers via that social networking site because – booty and internet of course. Get Jen’s advice on badonkadonk stardom and how, through hard work, you can be just like her.

PHOTOS VIDEO Michael Keaton in Lifetime movie Blindsided premiering Saturday night

ByAsa Hawks

Lifetime continues to make it preferable to stay in on Saturday nights with an incredible run of fun, star-studded original movies like Liz & Dick starring Lindsay Lohan, Flowers In the Attic (Heather Graham, Ellen Burstyn and Kiernan Shipka), Bonnie & Clyde (Emile Hirsch, Holliday Grainger, William Hurt, Holly Hunter) and Lizzie Borden Took An Ax (Christina Ricci). This Saturday is no exception as Lifetime lands Batman himself, Michael Keaton, in the suspenseful thriller Blindsided!

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PHOTOS VIDEOS Mossberg’s line of Duck Dynasty guns includes shotguns, semiautomatic rifle and pistol

ByAsa Hawks

Now that Phil Robertson is officially back in the Duck Dynasty fold the family is getting back to what they do second best (behind entertaining millions): merchandising! In addition to t-shirts, bobble heads, duck calls, Christmas CDs, prom dresses and Chia pets, fans of the popular A&E show can soon own their own Duck Dynasty firearms! Robertson family business Duck Commander has teamed up with Connecticut-based gun manufacturer Mossberg for a line of camouflaged weaponry that includes nine different types of shotguns, two rifles (one semiautomatic) and a semiautomatic pistol.