Sometimes as an American I get some pretty shocking reminders of the freedoms I often take for granted on a daily basis. The story of Icelandic teenager Blaer Bjarkardottir and her current fight is one of those instances. Blaer is 15 and currently suing the Icelandic state for the right to use the name bestowed upon her by her mother. Read on to find out why.
It’s official. Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are back on television! The former Hills villains entered the Celebrity Big Brother UK house earlier tonight in London, and as you might expect, they were welcomed in with a round of boos.
The Season 2 premiere of National Geographic Channel’s disaster preparedness reality series Doomsday Preppers was the network’s highest rated series premiere in its 11-year history, bringing in well over one million viewers. The weekly show features people from all over the country preparing for various doomsday scenarios including natural disaster, financial collapse, and nuclear war, with each episode concluding with “experts” giving the featured prepper(s) a final score based on the five categories of water, food, shelter, security, and x-factor. So who are the Doomsday Preppers experts who give out the scores? Keep reading to find out!
During the first Season of Real Housewives of Miami, we saw Marysol Patton marry Phillippe Pautesta-Herda in a romantic Aspen wedding. By the time the second season was filming, though, the pair had already split. They decided to divorce by the season finale, and viewers never really got to see them as a couple.
At some point on camera fellow castmate Lea Black made a comment about Marysol and Phillippe’s marriage being a green card marriage, and that comment became a source of sore debate in the Season 2 reunion show.
Back in the beginning of December rapper The Game announced that he was going to be participating in his brother’s 60 Days of Fitness regiment in hopes of having the body he’s “always wanted” by Valentine’s Day. The Game, born Jayceon Terrell Taylor, has been sharing his journey with tweets and photos on Instagram highlighting his diet and workouts. Yesterday he gave fans a “30-day check in” by sharing before and after photos of his physique!
Shakira and Usher are prepping for their judging debut on NBC’s The Voice. The two pop stars were announced as part of the season 4 line-up in September and today, their official cast promo shots were released to the public.
I know one of the first things I do after I get caught up in a fight at da club is hit the beach and look fabulous as paparazzi snaps photos. Okay, I don’t do that but Sofia Vergara and fiance Nick Loeb do! Check out perhaps Colombia’s finest export as she stuns in a black one-piece swimsuit.
Kail Lowry and Javi Marroquin have tied the knot. While there had been plenty of rumors circulating the web since the two became engaged back in September, there wasn’t much confirmation of the news. But now, a photo has emerged of the two posing by their car which reads, “Just Married,” and one of Kail’s close friends is dishing about their nuptials.
The U.S. Navy has been dealing with the problematic usage of bath salts among its sailors and as a solution they have put together a PSA about the drug called, “BATH SALTS: It’s not a fad…It’s a NIGHTMARE.” In the clip a young man gets some bath salts in the mail, does a line of the drugs, vomits, sees his girlfriend as a deranged demon, punches her in the face, returns home and sees his roommate as a demon, passes out, ends up in the hospital, convulses and then gets tranquilized by a group of people in fatigues all while a catchy dance club mix plays. Check it out!
Snoop Dogg has gone through a recent rebirth after a trip to Jamaica, going as far as to change his name to Snoop Lion. In an interview from the January issue of GQ, the Doggfather discusses his maturation, spiritual rebirth and even how he’d go about sharing his proclivity for marijuana with his kids.
Twilight actor Bronson Pelletier has been caught (censored) handed, urinating right in the middle of LAX. A video has leaked of the leaking which at first shows Bronson being approached by an airport employee. Pelletier reacts by stumbling around for a few and then whipping out his Team Drunkard and going number one right in the middle of the terminal for all the unfortunate flyers to see. See the pixellated peevent that Bronson initially denied ever happened.
Flipping Out star Jenni Pulos is one Bravolebrity who wasn’t sipping champagne on New Year’s Eve. Why, you ask? She’s expecting! Jenni and her husband Jonathan Nassos, who wed on an episode of last season’s show, will welcome their first child some time this spring.
Thursday night is the series premiere of MTV’s controversial new reality series Buckwild, which MTV bills as “an authentic comedic series following an outrageous group of childhood friends from the rural foothills of West Virginia who love to dodge grown-up responsibilities and always live life with the carefree motto, ‘whatever happens, happens.'” So where exactly are these “rural foothills of West Virginia?” Keep reading to see a couple maps just in case you’re passing through West Virginia and want to go for a swim in a dump truck or go on a forklift roller coaster ride!
ABC Family’s breakout hit suspense drama Pretty Little Liars is currently enjoying a break in the middle of its third season and is scheduled to return Tuesday, January 8 at 8/7c with all new “A” suspense, relationship drama, and of course amazing outfits. Show creator and Executive Producer Marlene King was kind enough to participate in a conference call interview with media outlets in which she answered questions about the upcoming second half of Season 3, and we have it for you here in its entirety. And of course we’ve sprinkled in brand new promotional photos of the hottest young cast on television! (VERY mild spoiler alert)
Si Robertson is a stand-out character in a family full of characters. He’s a brother, uncle, great-uncle, reed cutter, beaver hunter, and munitions “expert,” He is also, as it turns out, married! Meet his lovely wife, Christine!
Kim Zolciak recently shed one super popular reality show from her agenda and now, she’s shedding the pounds! The former Real Housewives of Atlanta star and mommy of four has dropped an impressive 30 pounds just four months after giving birth to her youngest son Kash Kade and now, she’s showing off her slimmed down figure.
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. In the case of Brazilian teenager Rebecca Bernardo, it’s also an extremely disturbing act. 18-year-old Bernardo was inspired to auction off her virginity by fellow Brazilian Catarina Migliorini. Unlike Catarina, who was simply pursuing fame (and receiving $800,000 from the highest bidder), Rebecca says she’s doing this to assist with her ailing mother.
Julianna Hough may seem like the All-American girl. She burst onto the scene a few years ago after landing a coveted role on ABC’s Dancing With The Stars where she quickly became a fan favorite and went on to win the mirror-ball trophy during season 4. Although Julianne has since moved on from DWTS, she has remained in the spotlight as a result of her booming acting career. However, aside from all her success, Julianne has been hiding a dark secret.
“Geezer Gangnam Style”? Maybe this is what Psy meant when he said he wanted to retire “Gangnam Style.”
The New Year brings along with it a slew of new shows and one of the most highly anticipated is the Sex and the City prequel, The Carrie Diaries. The series is based on the book from Candace Bushnell and it’s about the school days life of protagonist Carrie Bradshaw. AnnaSophia Robb landed the lead as a younger Carrie, but the focus of this post is Austin Butler who is set to portray 80’s era teenage Carrie’s main love interest, Sebastian Kydd. From the looks of Mr. Butler, I think youthful Carrie may have had more of a Samantha Jones taste in stud-muffin. Sweet child o’ mine!
Former Teen Mom star Farrah Abraham is bringing in 2013 with her daughter Sophia in Orlando, Florida. Mom and daughter spent New Year’s Eve at Disney World, where they enjoyed the amazing fireworks show. Yesterday the two young ladies enjoyed taking a dip in the swimming pool at their hotel, and Farrah was kind enough to pose for bikini photos with fans. Plus, Farrah Abraham takes to Sulia (which is looking to be my favorite guilty pleasure of 2013!) to address recent reports that she wants to look like Kim Kardashian.
Ryan Murphy, co-creator of the FOX hit Glee, tweeted the first public photo of his baby boy Logan Phineas Miller Murphy born on Dec 24 via surrogate. See the full-page Glee-squeeeeeeeeeee inducing pic!
Sofia Vergara and her fiance Nick Loeb had quite the eventful New Year’s Eve at Miami’s Story Nightclub where the Modern Family actress’ ex-boyfriend Chris Paciello was hosting. While things seemed to be peachy between Sofia and her boyfriends past and present at first, things with Nick took a turn for the worse leading him to be thrown out of the club after fighting with a few other club patrons.
im Kardashian’s pregnancy is going to be talked about in excruciating detail for the next six months, so get ready!
You ain’t gotta be a fortune teller to know that one of the major plot lines for season 3 of Love and Hip Hop will be the tumultuous relationship between rapper Joe Budden and model Tahiry Jose. Joe and Tahiry have had several public Twitter wars but the most fascinating one became a Twitter-triangle when New York Knicks baller J.R. Smith got involved. Smith posted a photo of Jose’s legendarily rotund rear, making a joke about how it was getting in the way of him watching a Louisville game his brother was playing in. Read on for a censored version of the deleted pic and the subsequent fallout including a fine from the NBA.
Brooke Mueller has just won a big payday in her lawsuit against The Canyons rehab facility in Malibu. Brooke, the ex-wife of Charlie Sheen, had been treated at the facility a few years ago but took legal action against them after she claims they leaked her private admissions documents to the press.
The paparazzi are an aggressive bunch, especially out in California. Sadly, a photog on the tail of Justin Bieber’s sleek, white Ferrari died yesterday while attempting to get a pic of the vehicle. Read on for the sad details, including a brutishly ironic twist.
It appears as though The Real Housewives of Orange County‘s Vick Gunvalson couldn’t do without her daily email affirmations because she was photographed spending New Year’s Eve with her ex Brooks Ayers! The couple reportedly split up a few months ago, much to the satisfaction of former Vicki bestie Tamra Barney and Vicki’s daughter Briana Culberson (as well as most RHOC viewers).
Taylor Swift and Harry Styles rang in the New Year together in New York City last night where they were spotted sharing their first kiss of 2013. Taylor was in town to perform during the New Year’s Rockin’ Eve show, but she didn’t let that stand in the way of her and her new beau smooching it up at midnight. Luckily, there were hundreds of thousands of other on the street with them with cell phones so we got a photo of the momentous event as well as a video clip!
Teen Mom 2 star Jenelle Evans has all but admitted that she began using heroin while dating Kieffer Delp, but she is reportedly trying to break her addiction with the help of hydrocodone. The only problem is, according to a Facebook conversation with Teen Mom 2 costar Leah Calvert’s good friend Amy LaDawn Nichols, Jenelle’s supply of hydrocodone ran out just prior to Christmas causing her to experience withdrawal symptons as well as acid reflux and stomach cramps. Keep reading for the conversation as well as Amy LaDawn’s inspiring response to it being leaked, including the admission that she is on the road to recovery after her drug addiction broke up her relationship with boyfriend Cory and best friend Leah.
What’s the best way to say Happy NeNew Year? With a marriage proposal! The Real Housewives of Atlanta star NeNe Leakes will soon be able to go back to being an actual housewife after her ex-husband Gregg Leakes popped the question just moments after midnight on New Year’s Eve Day! Of course smooth operator Gregg had some seriously romantic woo lined up prior to the proposal, and NeNe shared photos of the grand seduction production on Twitter.
Hugh Hefner and Crystal Harris had a small, private New Year’s Eve wedding yesterday at the Playboy mansion. Only a few, selected friends and family members witnessed the nuptials of the 86-year-old Playboy founder and the 26-year-old Playboy model.
Lynne Curtin, formerly of Real Housewives of Orange County, has filed for divorce from her husband Frank Curtin after twenty-two years of marriage. Lynne filed to separate from Frank last January, but had waited to officially file the divorce papers until recently.
Tomorrow night A&E introduces viewers to the latest installment in their popular storage locker bidding reality series as Storage Wars: New York has it’s premiere. Included int he cast are six new bidders including the duo of “partners” Chris Morelli and Tad Eaton, who own and run a Hoboken, New Jersey vintage shop called The…
Former Real Housewives of Atlanta star Sheree Whitfield had one of the top ten Real Housewives scenes of all time when she defiantly asked disgruntled party planner Anthony Shorter, “Who gon check me boo?!?” It’s been three and a half years since that infamous episode aired and now it appears Sheree finally has her answer: law firm Weinstock & Scavo.
CNN has filed a disturbing report on the maligned FLDS church led by imprisoned Warren Jeffs. The report alleges that devout followers are preparing for the end times based on a declaration from Jeffs that the world will end before 2013. Whenever you have the mix of a cult leader, devout followers and talks of end times it should always be a cause for alarm. See the report and read a reaction from a former member who doesn’t seem to be too concerned.
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have done their best to send the pop-culture universe of 2012 out with a big baby bang. As I reported earlier in the AM, Kanye leaked the news that Kim is pregnant with his baby while performing at a concert in Atlantic City last night. See the video of the moment that it looks like Kim and the Kardashian empire wasn’t ready for.
E! News, you know the online voice for the home of all those Kardashian shows, is confirming that Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are expecting a baby! Yep, Kimye are going to be a mom and daddy. Find out how far along Kim is and what her sisters had to tweet about the joyous news.
The usually coy-while-pregnant Jessica Simpson has been anything but the last week or so! Just three days after tweeting a racy, revealing bikini and cover-up photo on Thursday (included as well), Jessica took to Twitter once again, this time baring her baby bump while wearing a colorful bikini in a cell phone self portrait (or as we like to call it, a “cellph portrait”). The proud mom-to-be wrote confidently, “Bumpin’ and Proud!”
It seems the honeymoon period is over for Teen Mom 2 star Jenelle Evans and her husband of 26 days, Courtland Rogers. On Friday Jenelle announced she was headed for divorce after a fight with Courtland over her whereabouts in the middle of the night, but the couple soon made up. That tranquility was to last less than 48 hours as this morning Jenelle woke up to discover her man had been talking to his infant daughter and (more importantly) the child’s mother. That let to a HUGE Twitter fall out that included accusations of drug use, Courtland claiming Jenelle recently spent time “at the crazy house” and Kieffer Delp trying to buy Jenelle’s dog?
Mama cat has another kitten in her litter! Former Real Housewives of DC star and author of Inbox Full, Catherine Ommanney, has given birth to her third daughter! Cat made the announcement Saturday on Twitter, sharing the above photo and writing “Zara Isabella arrived 28.12.12 @3.45pm.She’s absolutely delicious!!We are all delighted to welcome her to the world!” Zara Isabella joins older sisters Ruby and Jade in Cat’s estrogen-rich fam.
Matthew McConaughey and his wife Camila Alves welcomed their third child today in Austin, Texas. Matthew and Camila had initially announced the pregnancy in July, just one month after they tied the knot. The couple is already parents to Levi, 4, and Vida, 2.
UPDATE – Matthew McConaughey has revealed the latest addition to the McConaughey clan is a little boy! Keep reading for his name and all the deets!
Jase Robertson sometimes acts a bit like a child. His wife Missy even said once on camera that she felt sometimes like she had four children. So, it is a little difficult to imagine that playful, bearded guy from the duck call room as a family man. But, like all the Robertson men, he certainly is. Jase and wife, Missy, have three kids: Reed, Cole, and Mia. Read on to get to know them a little better.
VH1’s popular franchise Love and Hip Hop returns for a 3rd season on January 7 with a whole bunch of new faces. One of the cast member additions is rapper Joe Budden. Joe was arrested earlier this year on what ended up being much ado about nothing. See Budden’s mug from a previous arrest for owing child support and find out why he had to miss a gig and was arrested for a fine under $100.
Phaedra Parks and her husband Apollo Nida have some exciting news — they are expecting their second child next year. The Real Housewives of Atlanta couple has been married since 2009 and have one child together, Ayden.
Kat Von D may have been engaged for a couple of weeks now, but the famous tattoo artist and star of LA Ink had yet to debut the black diamond engagement ring her fiance Deamau5 had custom designed just for her. The ring, which is surrounded by four skulls, is definitely a bit unconventional, but would you expect anything else from these two? Keep reading for photos of her new goth bling!
Much like the hundreds of thousands in Times Square, A&E is also kicking off the new year in the Big Apple with their latest addition to the Storage Wars franchise, Storage Wars: New York! The Empire City rendition of the popular show will feature two new individual bidders as well as two new teams of two, including bidding babes Courtney Wagner and Candy Olsen. Keep reading to find out all about these Brooklyn hipsters and their portable pop-up shop!
TLC is set to unleash another show featuring a slice-of-southern-life and this time around the focus is a trailer park in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The show is called Welcome to Myrtle Manor. Meet a few of the characters that will be featured and get a few clues as to why we might expect the show to not be really reality.
Sometimes it is tough to keep track of all the Robertsons. Phil and Si are pretty easy to tell apart once they open their mouths, and it doesn’t take long to be able to tell bandana’d Willie from lanky Jase. But, those kids are another matter. There are so many of them! Here’s a primer on Willie and Korie’s five gorgeous children and a little info about how each of them came into the Roberston fold.
Just months after splitting from his girlfriend of two years, actor Shia LaBeouf has started up a new relationship with his Nymphomaniac co-star, Mia Goth. The two have been dating for about a month now with their first public outing being on the day before Thanksgiving and judging by recent photos, Shia, 26, and Mia, 19, are not at all shy about showing a little PDA — they even had actual sex during the filming of their upcoming movie.
Another Teen Mom couple bites the dust. Just 24 days after tying the knot at a North Carolina courthouse, Jenelle Evans and husband Courtland Rogers are headed for divorce. Last night, after telling fans she was “staying at BABS tonight with my precious baby boy, Jace Vahn,” she somehow ended up with Courtland’s “worst enemy.”
Real Housewives of Miami star Joanna Krupa and her fiance of five years announced on November 20 that their relationship was over, but just a couple weeks later, Joanna and Romain were back on which led many — including co-star Adriana de Moura — to think the whole things was a publicity stunt. Whatever it…
Next week’s episode of the Bravo show Million Dollar Decorators takes us inside the home of troubled tabloid queen Lindsay Lohan.
In a clip released for the show, designer Kathryn Ireland prepares for her consultation with Lindsay by asking her son to “Google Lindsay Lohan” to see what films she’s been in recently.
Christmas may have passed, but Shakira and her beau of nearly two years, Gerard Pique, have just gotten a very special gift. The pair has welcomed a baby boy into their lives just four months after their official announcement that Shakira was expecting.
Can you guess which female celebrity recently shared this rather intense childhood photo on Twitter? Let’s see how many hints it takes for you to guess right!
• This actress made her big screen debut with a very small part as Samantha Delongpre in the romantic thriller Two Moon Junction
• She married one of her co-stars in 1992, but she was only 16 (he was 21) and her mother had the marriage annulled two months later
• She married again in 2009 to a man she met while starring in a film he wrote and directed in 2001
• She is also a musician with two albums released to date
Keep reading for more clues and the reveal!
Janet Jackson and Qatar billionaire businessman Wissam Al Mana became engaged recently — but don’t expect to see Janet’s new bling anytime soon. The singer/actress’ engagement ring is reportedly so huge that she keeps it “locked away” for security reasons. In addition to that, Al Mana is allegedly planning an over-the-top wedding that will rival royalty.
Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth became engaged on May 31 of this year after three years of dating. But during a Christmas celebration together, Miley posted a couple of photos on her Instagram page that made fans wonder if the two had already gotten hitched.
Former singer with Danity Kane, Aubrey O’Day, had a Christmas Eve she will regretfully never forget. The 28-year-old was on hand at Seattle’s popular hotspot Munchbar when just after 1 AM 19-year-old Ja’mari Alexander Alan Jones walked into the club and shot and killed a patron while injuring another. Read O’Day’s tweets from the scene including a pic of police on hand that she posted.
There were rumors that Jessica Simpson’s second pregnancy was negatively affecting her multi-million deal with Weight Watchers, but that’s not the case at all. One of the spots Jessica filmed in November for Weight Watchers includes an announcement that she’s expecting, and Weight Watchers released a statement that they will continue to work with Jessica. Will she be using the program while she’s still pregnant?
21-year-old Aubrey Ireland, a student at the prestigious College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinatti, Ohio, has received a stalking order against her parents who admitted to placing tracking devices in her cellphone and laptop. Read on for the details of Aubrey’s unique story and why she felt she had to have the courts step in and why the courts agreed to take action.
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