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Chad Ochocinco claims he and Evelyn Lozada live together

According to Chad, he and his ex-wife Evelyn Lozada are back together. As you might recall, Chad and Evelyn got married back in July but just 41 days later, Evelyn filed for divorce from Chad after he allegedly head-butted her after a heated argument. Now that several months have passed, it looks like they’ve both put the past behind them and are ready to move forward and back in together.

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Jamie Foxx discusses Django Unchained’s n-word usage, Spike Lee boycotts film

In the previews for Quentin Tarantino’s latest film Django Unchained, a western-themed work set in America’s south during slavery, the lead character Django, portrayed by Jamie Foxx, announces coyly that “the d is silent” in the pronunciation of his name. Following a Christmas day release it’s become abundantly clear that the n-word does not remain silent in the feature. Read what lead actor Jamie Foxx had to say about the abundance of said word and how it caused difficulties for Leonardo DiCaprio. In addition find out why fellow director Spike Lee is opposed to the film without ever having seen it.

Ben Affleck makes official announcement about Senate run

Right around the same time that Ben Affleck decided it was in his best interest not to be in a film with Kristen Stewart, rumors swirled about a possible Senate run for the politically motivated actor and director. John Kerry has been nominated by President Obama to be the new Secretary of State which will leave his Senate seat in Massachusetts vacant. Affleck was one of the first names bandied about when this happened. Read on for his official announcement.

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Leah Messer-Calvert expecting another baby girl

Teen Mom 2 cast member Leah Messer-Calvert surprised her followers with some exciting news via Twitter on Christmas. The mother of twins revealed that she’s expecting another baby girl, this time with husband Jeremy Calvert. Read the tweet, and see another statement made via her Official Fan Page after rumors got out of control.

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Merry Christmas from First Dog Bo Obama, who stole the show at Christmas charity event

Recently Bo Obama did an excellent job of fulfilling his role as First Dog by hopping into the lap of Michelle Obama as she read Twas the Night Before Christmas to a group of children at the Children’s National Medical Center in Washington D.C.

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PHOTOS: Bikini-clad Jennifer Aniston and shirtless fiance Justin Theroux spend Christmas in Cabo

Jennifer Aniston soaked up the sun in pink bikini on Christmas Eve in Cabo San Lucas with fiance Justin Theroux, who showed off his abs and back tattoo. She also put all those constant baby rumors to rest, because she’s definitely sporting a flat tummy

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How much money has Psy made from “Gangnam Style?”

South Korean viral video sensation Psy has taken the world by storm with his addictively fun and surreal music video for the single “Gangnam Style,” which has surpassed Justin Bieber’s “Baby” as the most watched video on Youtube, recently becoming the first Youtube video ever to get a BILLION views! Yes, that’s right, I said a BILLION! So what does being an overnight viral video sensation with the most watched music video in the history of mankind equate to in dollars? I’ve tracked down two different accounts of the estimated revenue and constructed two handy dandy graphics illustrating their findings.

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Why does Rudolph have a red nose?

Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer is a beloved Christmas story that first appeared in a 1939 booklet by Robert L. May. It truly entered the popular culture canon in 1949 with the song version first performed by Gene Autry, and most of us simply can’t live a Christmas without the 1964 stop-motion CBS television special adaptation.
Rudolph is bullied by his peers for having a bright red nose, but it’s this unique attribute that helps him land a gig with Santa Clause.

Now, scientists finally found the secret behind Rudolph’s glowing schnoz. If only they could find out how the reindeer are able to fly!

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Farrah Abraham says Maci Bookout is “attention seeking, insecure, and desperato!” (I think)

Yesterday Farrah offered up her unabashed opinion on the possible reconciliation of former Teen Mom cast mate Maci Bookout and Ryan Edwards after the two were photographed out partying together followed by Ryan tweeting a marriage proposal to Maci Wednesday night. As you might have surmised from the title, she was a bit harsh on Maci. Keep reading for some seriously “Farrah and Balanced” reporting, although you should be forewarned — she has admitted “spelling is’nt my strong point when i’m passionate” because “spelling and punctuation take extra energy away from me!” As a result, her posts tend to read like they were originally spoken in Russian and then translated into English by a barely bilingual Russian fourteen year old.

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Bethenny Frankel confirms split from husband Jason Hoppy in a statement

It has been rumored for months (and months and months) that former Real Housewives of New York star Bethenny Frankel and husband Jason Hoppy were having difficulties making their marriage work, with a source on Wednesday going so far as to say the Skinnygirl Bethennterepreneur was already meeting with divorce attorneys and working out the details of their separation. Earlier today Bethenny issued a statement confirming the rumors, ending it by saying, “this is an immensely painful and heartbreaking time for us.” Keep reading for Bethenny’s full statment 🙁

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Rihanna donates $1.75 Million to Barbados hospital in memory of her Gran Gran Dolly

Rihanna usually makes headlines for partying and posting pantsless pictures of herself on Twitter and Instagram, so it’s refreshing to see some of the more positive things she’s doing with her super-stardom.

She’s donating $1.75 million to a Barbados hospital in honor of her Gran Gran Dolly, who passed away from cancer this past June. At the time she tweeted: “Goodbye#grangranDOLLY get your beauty rest until I see you.”

Brandi Glanville and Faye Resnick fight at Kyle Richards' party
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Faye Resnick’s deleted Bravo blog about Brandi Glanville confrontation

This week Faye Resnick posted her first blog on BravoTV.com in which she addressed her confrontation with Brandi Glanville at Kyle Richards’ dinner party in the most recent episode. Though rather tame by “fighting with Brandi” standards, the reaction was HUGE and almost completely vitriolic towards Faye — so much so that her blog has since been deleted! (We assume that is the reason anyway.) Read Faye’s entire blog as well as Brandi’s reastion to the episode in which she refers to Faye Resnick as Kyle Richards’ “pit bull-slash-puppet Faye ‘Rancid’.”

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MTV renews Catfish for season 2

Most fans who fell in love with Catfish the movie were a little bit wary when it was announced MTV would be taking the concept and turning it into weekly show. (It could be said we didn’t want to be too optimistic about the show until we met it in person, in case it turned out to be a catfish itself!) Well, the series is six episodes in and I don’t know about you, but I know about me and the other 2+ million folks who are tuning in each week — we’re addicted! Of course, MTV is well aware that viewers have taken to the show, and they announced earlier this week they will be bringing back Yaniv “Nev” Schulman and Max Joseph for a Catfish Season 2!

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VIDEO CNN Hero Catalina Escobar has saved over 2,000 babies

One of my favorite year-end lists is the CNN Hero project that highlights many people doing extraordinary things that I may not have otherwise known about. This was certainly the case for Catalina Escobar of Cartagena, Colombia. Escobar was volunteering her time at a local hospital in the town of Cartagena when a 12-day-old boy died in her arms. This was heartbreaking enough, but when she discovered his passing could have been prevented with a mere $30 she had in her pocket it was a situation she found untenable. This, combined with the tragic loss of her own son, led her to action and over the last decade she’s been credited with having saved over 2,000 babies. See her moving tribute video and find out how she’s doing much more as she looks to address the cycle of poverty for the teenage mothers for whom she cares about so passionately.

Courtland Rogers Jenelle Evans and Kieffer Delp in his green hoodie
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Jenelle Evans admits Kieffer Delp got her hooked on heroin?

There have been rumors that Teen Mom 2 star Jenelle Evans has been using heroin and that her addiction to the drug was the real reason for her recent extended hospital stay, but she has denied those claims repeatedly, insisting her hospital stay was because of her continued problems with ovarian cysts. Today the 21-year-old single mom seemed to concede her heroin problem to a certain extent by retweeting comments made by her husband Courtland Rogers, who claimed Jenelle’s ex Kieffer Delp got her addicted to the drug. Keep reading for all the incriminating tweetage as well as a video that surfaced on Youtube a couple weeks ago in which Jenelle’s mother Barbara Evans also says Kieffer got Jenelle using heroin.

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Chris Pratt gained 60 pounds for a role after getting six-pack abs for Zero Dark Thirty

Parks and Recreation funnyman Chris Pratt has been really taking his body through the ringer this year. First he slimmed down and toned up (check the abs above!) to play a Navy SEAL in Zero Dark Thirty, and then he gained a whopping 60 pounds to play an overweight lawyer in Starbuck.

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As well as hosting the 2013 MTV Movie Awards, Rebel Wilson is writing a sitcom and movie for herself

Thursday night during the final episode of Jersey Shore (don’t worry, you can still get your fix from Snooki & Jwoww and Pauly D’s new show on E!) MTV ran a commercial for the 2013’s Movie Awards starring the host, Rebel Wilson! Move over, Russell Brand.

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Soldiers Drew Fidler and Michelle Williams found a creative way to get married while stationed in Afghanistan

Soldiers Army Sgt. Drew Fidler (27) and his wife Army Spc. Michelle Williams (27) were featured on The Today Show Saturday morning for their unconventional nuptials.

They were both deployed to Afghanistan, but they were so much in love, they wanted to get married right away. Because weddings are not performed by military chaplains in combat zones, they found another way to get hitched before returning home.

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Is Gold Rush’s Todd Hoffman a prepper? Recommends stockpiling food in case things ‘get weird’

Todd Hoffman isn’t focused right now on getting gold out of the ground, instead he is issuing advice about how to put food into a bunker . . . .in case things get weird. Read on to see what gold mining and storing non-perishable foods have to do with each other, and how he turned his advice into a pep talk for those who lack the self-confidence to be outspoken.

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Where is Washington Heights from the MTV show?

We’ve profiled the cast from MTV’s upcoming new show Washington Heights, but after seeing the promos it’s apparent that we missed out on the main character: the actual place the show is about! In that vein I thought I’d put together a helpful post to answer the inevitable question everyone watching the show not from New York City will be asking — Where is Washington Heights?

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Ashton Kutcher files for divorce from Demi Moore after separating more than a year ago

Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore may have been separated for more than a year now, but neither party had filed any documents to put an end to their six-year marriage… until now. This morning Ashton filed for divorce from Demi at the Los Angeles Superior Court citing “irreconcilable differences.”

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VIDEO Kim Kardashian in Tyler Perry’s “Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor” trailer

You may not like it, but Kim Kardashian is without question one of the biggest celebrities on the planet, which is amazing considering she has done it all via the small screen in shows like Keeping Up With The Kardashians and Kourtney & Kim Take Miami. Butt (hee hee) now Kim is transitioning to a format more accommodating to her huge, umm, celebrity — the big screen, with a sizable speaking role in Tyler Perry’s new film Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor. Keep reading to check out the first trailer from the film, which feature’s Kim’s acting chops prominently.

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VIDEO UPS driver steals iPad delivered by FedEx driver

Tis the season for random viral video thefts and so it was for Mr. Al Alverson from deep in the heart of Texas. Al had come home expecting the delivery of an iPad mini he had purchased as a Christmas gift for his daughter. When he discovered it was not there, he went to his surveillance footage and got a shock when he discovered why. It turns out that a UPS delivery dude who had brought a separate package had stolen the iPad mini that was delivered by a FedEx delivery dude earlier in the day. This IS NOT logistics my friends. See the crime after Al posted it to YouTube when he got no justice from UPS.

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REPORT Rita Ora cheated on Rob Kardashian with Jonah Hill

A few weeks ago, Rob made headlines when he accused his former girlfriend Rita Ora of cheating on him with 20 men. While 20 may be a pretty outlandish number, the identity of one man has now been revealed — and it’s pretty scandalous. According to a new report, Rita allegedly hooked up with actor Jonah Hill during a trip to New York.

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Carly Rose Sonenclar’s family angry about comment LeAnn Rimes denies making

LeAnn Rimes just can’t seem to stay out of the unflattering spotlight. Her recent appearance on X Factor alongside young hopeful Carly Rose Sonenclar went over like a led zeppelin and had some wondering if Rimes was under the influence on stage. Now Sonenclar’s fam is upset about a statement implying it was the young singer’s fault from Rimes which Rimes is now denying she ever made. Read LeAnn’s Twitter-denial and see the performance in question.

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Cast of Jersey Shore offer advice to Buckwild cast

Tonight the world says goodbye to the boozing, cruising, and bruising Guidos and Guidettes of Jersey Shore as the show wraps up its sixth and final season on MTV. Following in their footprints in the sand so to speak will be the cast of the network’s latest offering, Buckwild, which features a similar batch of youthful Bohemians hundreds of miles inland and thousands of feet higher in the small town of Sissonville, West Virginia. Keep reading to find out what advice the reality show veterans of Jersey Shore would give to the newbie boys and girls of Buckwild! Plus, watch the original trailers for both shows for comparison!

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PHOTOS Asa Soltan Rahmati is dating Jermaine Jackson Jr

Shahs of Sunset‘s Asa Soltan Rahmati is in the midst of her second season on a reality show, and yet she’s never had a love interest or even seemed remotely phased by any of the many men the gang parties with. So what’s the deal? Asa already has a boyfriend — and he comes from a very famous family!

Meet our new 2012 Miss USA Nana Meriwether

Nature abhors a vacuum and apparently so does Miss USA. Because 2012 Miss USA Olivia Culpo won the Miss Universe pageant last night, that means she is no longer Miss USA — that title goes to the first runner-up, Miss Maryland Nana Meriwether! Keep reading to see photos of your new 2012 Miss USA and check out her rather impressive resume.

What happened to that kid from R.E.M.’s “It’s the End of the World As We Know It” video?

Some peeps are trembling in their conspiracy theory boots that tomorrow’s predicted Mayan apocalypse will bring about the end of the world. This doomsday theorizing immediately made me think of one of the very first music videos I ever loved and still one of my favorites, R.E.M.’s “It’s the End Of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” from their 1987 release Document. Mainly, I wondered what the skateboard wielding kid in the clip was up to these days. Well, I’ve got the answer as well as some photos as we learn from him that life moves on, as it will after Friday.

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Ben Affleck suddenly too busy to be in film requiring steamy scenes with Kristen Stewart

According to Variety Ben Affleck has fallen out of Focus, or perhaps gained a little marital focus depending on how you look at it. He was all set to co-star with Kristen Stewart in the upcoming comedy that would have required some rather intimate scenes between the two. Find out why he’s no longer going to be in the film, or at least the reason given anyways.

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Ryan Edwards proposes to Maci Bookout on Twitter

Maci Bookout and Ryan Edwards surprised everyone when they were spotted hanging out at a local club over the weekend. While Maci has been single for months, Ryan was fresh off his break-up from long-time girlfriend Dalis Connell just one week prior, not to mention the former couple’s seemingly irreconcilable differences we all saw on screen for four seasons! Now it appears as though Ryan may be serious about a reconciliation — real serious. Sor serious in fact that he popped the question on Twitter last night!

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Suri Cruise is getting a $24,000 playhouse with running water and electricity for Christmas

Katie Holmes reportedly bought Suri Cruise an impressive playhouse for Christmas worth $24,000 from Sweet Retreat Kids.

The house comes with it’s own running water and electricity, so the six-year-old basically has her own house.

LeAnn Rimes performs Borrowed song about affair with Brandi Glanville's ex-husband Eddie Cibrian on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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VIDEO LYRICS LeAnn Rimes performs “Borrowed” about Eddie Cibrian affair on Jay Leno

Brandi Glanville has been using her gig on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills as a chance to blast LeAnn Rimes in front of millions of television viewers, so LeAnn returned the favor last night by performing a new song about her affair with Brandi’s ex-husband Eddie Cibrian on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno! Keep reading to watch the performance and read the lyrics to “Borrowed,” which includes some rather harsh lines like, “Do you tell her that you love her like you do me? Do you make love to her the way you make love to me?” Also, LeAnn talks with Jay about the song and about her feud with Brandi.

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Farrah Abraham responds to Twitter hacking

As we reported earlier, former Teen Mom star Farrah Abraham had her Twitter account hacked and the culprit (who was apparently a “[spineless] boy”) tweeted a bunch of nasty things about Farrah, including an obscene image claiming to be her. Earlier today Farrah announced on Twitter that “Hacker Control is happening” and she has since posted a long statement on Sulia addressing the incident. Keep reading for the full statement, although you should be forewarned that Sulia apparently doesn’t have a spellcheck feature.

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PHOTOS January Jones as a gun-toting former prostitute in Sweetwater

If January Jones is trying to distance herself from her role as Mad Men‘s Betty Draper then she’s doing a great job! First we got to see her as Frosty the Snowbitch Emma Frost in X-Men: First Class and next we get to see her as 19th-century former-prostitute-turned-gun-toting-homesteader Sarah in the new film Sweetwater, set to premiere at Sundance in January, 2013. Keep reading for photos from the set, including January’s character toting a vast amount of weaponry, all while keeping it sexy in a frilly bright fuchsia Victoria’s Victorian Secret dress. (Did I mention Jason Aldean is in the movie?)

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VIDEO PHOTOS Meet the cast of MTV’s Washington Heights

While one new show via MTV from West Virginia featuring 9 youth has drawn the ire of a Senator ( Buckwild ), another show coming to the same network focusing on a separate group of 9 young Americans is flying under the radar. The show is called Washington Heights and we’re here to introduce you to the cast. Check out the trailer as well as cast bios and photos for the show premiering January 9.

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PHOTO Taylor Swift with Harry Styles getting a clipper ship tattooed on his arm

Taylor Swift and Harry Styles are reportedly dating ; the young globe-trotting supercouple have been spotted together in such places as London and New York City.. Recently, Haylor (Stift?) hit up the popular Shamrock Tattoo Parlor in West Hollywood where Harry added some ink to his upper left arm. The tattoo is of an old clipper ship and looks eerily similar to the one Taylor’s video guy rocks in the music video to her new single, “I Knew You Were Trouble.”

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REPORT LeAnn Rimes obsessed, stalking Brandi Glanville

LeAnn Rimes and Brandi Glanville have been going back and forth for years now. Whenever one of them is featured in a magazine, or makes an appearance on a talk show, or walks down the street they are bombarded with questions about LeAnn’s affair, with both seemingly always willing to offer up their thoughts. Between accusations of eating disorders, angry emails, and questionable Twitter photos, the drama never ends, and LeAnn is reportedly getting overly obsessed with it, including buying the same clothes and car as Brandi and even visiting the same doctors and haircare specialists!

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PHOTO Duck Dynasty’s Willie Robertson before the beard… and with a mullet?!?

We here at starcasm love us a good Duck Dynasty “before the beards” photo, and we here at starcasm love us a good mullet photo, but never did we ever expect the twain to meet! Keep reading to see a baby-faced mulletastic yearook photo of Willie Robertson when he was a student at LSU!

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Justin Bieber hangs with Victoria’s Secret model Barbara Palvin again

Justin Bieber just can’t seem to be tied down. The teenage heartthrob split with his longtime love Selena Gomez after two years of dating back in November, but shortly after, they began hanging out once again leading fans to believe they had reconciled. But now it looks like Justin has once again been caught with another woman — the same one he was hanging out with just days before Selena and him split.

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Instagram issues statement about new terms of service controversy

The internet was all in a tizzy yesterday after the popular photo App Instagram (now owned by Facebook) announced their new terms of service, which appear to give the company the right to sell your photos, name, and comments to advertisers without your consent and without notifying you at all. Because of the outcry the company’s co-founder posted a statement addressing users’ concerns in which he says it was never their intention to sell users’ photos and that the wording of the terms would be amended before they go into effect in mid-January. Keep reading for the full statement, which sounds a little like they just plain ol’ got busted!

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Melissa Gorga writing relationship advice book about her “hot, happy” marriage

Melissa Gorga is the latest Housewife to sign a deal to write a book, but don’t worry Teresa Giudice, the only recipe Melissa is cooking up in her upcoming release is the recipe to a good marriage. The Real Housewives of New Jersey star will be teaming up with St. Martin’s Press (the same publisher who released Andy Cohen’s Most Talkative) to bring us Love, Italian Style: The Secrets of My Hot and Happy Marriage.

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Bethenny Frankel and Jason Hoppy are reportedly headed for divorce, insiders deny

This isn’t the first time we’ve read that Bethenny Frankel and her husband Jason Hoppy were heading for divorce and it likely won’t be the last, but this time things appear to be much more serious. Bethenny has allegedly already met with divorce lawyers and has even been spotted out in New York City without her wedding band.

VIDEO PHOTOS Over 1,000 guns sold in Camden buyback program following Newtown massacre

Camden, New Jersey, one of the deadliest towns in America, launched a gun buyback program on the same day as the Newtown massacre and officials on Tuesday stated that over 1,000 guns were sold back, no questions asked, setting a record. See a video report, some mind-boggling images of the weapons all together and why officials believe the recent tragedy at Sandy Hook was the catalyst for the record haul.

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Honey Boo Boo’s official holiday family photo

You didn’t think the Kardashians were the only reality family to share an official holiday family photo did ya? The crew from Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, Mama June, Sugar Bear, Pumpkin, Honey Boo Boo, Kaitlyn, Chickadee and Chubbs got their pose on for a festive holiday photo in front of a snowflake back drop. Deck the halls with Honey Boo Boo y’all!

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PHOTOS Teen Mom Farrah Abraham’s Twitter hacked

Farrah Abraham is no stranger to controversial tweets, but imagine my surprise when I checked my Twitter feed earlier this evening and read this little 140 characters or less message from @F1Abraham: “The album I made sucks ass. I dont know what I was thinking. Thank God I autotuned it otherwise it would have been even more of a disaster.” Keep reading for more of the hacked tweets . We will update as soon as we have any sort of official statement from the actual Farrah Abraham about her account being hijacked.

UPDATE – Farrah just tweeted, “Hey Everyone! Hacker Control is happening, sad when people act out in disgusting ways but that is life and I’m better then that! Thanks fans,” so apparently things will be cleaned up soon!

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REPORT Kail Lowry’s husband Javi Marroquin to join the Air Force

Kail Lowry and her husband Javi Marroquin have been busy planning their upcoming wedding (they reportedly got married in at the courthouse in September, but are planning something bigger) lately, even making a trip to Philadelphia a few weeks ago. However, their big day has been put on hold as Javi pursues his career aspirations. Although Kail and Javi have yet to confirm exactly what he will be doing, tweets from friends and family have implied that he is heading to military training to prepare him for the Air Force.

VIDEO PHOTOS Meet the real-life Ken doll Justin Jedlica

By now, you’ve probably seen the human Barbie, Valeria Lukyanova, and her friend. But there was one key piece missing in this Barbie Dream World — a Ken doll. Enter Justin Jedlica. Justin has spent around $100,000 on plastic surgery including five rhinoplasties, a cranial drown bone shape and augmentations to his cheeks, lips, buttocks and chin, all in hopes of looking just like Barbie’s boyfriend.

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VIDEO Carrie Underwood vows to return money to city after shortened set

American Idol alum Carrie Underwood has been struggling through some vocal issues the past few days (Underwood has been under the weather). On Friday night in Des Moines she soldiered through a set that was slightly shortened and towards the conclusion she did something quite out of the oridnary. Not satisfied with her own performance she announced that she would be returning all the proceeds from that evening’s show back to the community. See a clip of the gracious gesture that came as as surprise to those in attendance.

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Gossip Girl’s true identity revealed — find out who!

Last night, after six seasons, Gossip Girl came to an end — and the person behind the infamous gossip blog was revealed. Dan had given the last chapter of his book to Nate to publish on his site, The Spectator. Shortly after the cast members past and present found out who had been tormenting them and stalking their every move for so many years.