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.
Brooke Smitherman-Tarrant of 16 & Pregnant season 2b gave birth to a baby girl yesterday afternoon. This is the second child for Brooke who along with her husband Cody Tarrant welcomed son Brody in 2010.
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!
Two-time Olympic gold medalist snow-boarder Shaun White is probably more a bit more famous for his signature long locks of red hair, but now he’s decided to cut it all off and give it to charity.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
Jersey Shore is coming to an end tomorrow night after six fist-pump-worthy seasons, but Paul “DJ Pauly D” Delvecchio isn’t done with reality TV. Although his spin-off, The Pauly D Project, wasn’t exactly the ratings draw MTV thought it would be, the E! Network is ready to sign Pauly on for a season two with them — but it won’t be quite the same.
It’s no secret that Farrah Abraham is a fan of plastic surgery. The Teen Mom star may only be 21-years-old, but she’s already gotten a breast augmentation, a chin implant, and nose job. On top of that, she recently revealed plans for even more surgery, including a second breast augmentation and liposuction, so it’s not that surprising that Farrah would market the idea as a Christmas gift.
Emily Maynard and Jef Holm announced that they would be going their separate ways back in October after falling in love and getting engaged on The Bachelorette. Since then, they seemed to have moved on, Emily with NASCAR driver Jason White and Jef with New Orleans native Katiana Bear. But now, it’s looking like they are having second thoughts about their split.
The New Girl star Zooey Descanel and Death Cab for Cutie singer Ben Gibbard have officially divorced. Zooey filed back in January but the decree wasn’t made final until 12/12/12.
This 30-year-old Sesame Street clip about Big Bird learning about death is making the rounds on the web in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting as a means to help children, and adults too actually, cope with the grief of this terrible shooting.
15 years ago childhood buddies Ben Affleck and Matt Damon won an Oscar for writing Good Will Hunting, and the pair seemed so close that the rumor mill was rife with speculation that they were boyfriends.
Matt Damon is finally speaking out about why he never denied it.
The 2012 Kardashian-Jenner Khristmas Kard is noticeably brighter and cheerier than last year’s dark, somber card. (Last year’s card was also available in 3-D.)
Quality reality programming pioneer Sharon Osbourne was asked about the recent uproar over the new MTV series Buckwild and she responded by stating the network lost all credibility for her when they started airing 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom. Keep readin to watch the clip and see if you agree that 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom. were the end of a Golden Age of elevated original MTV programming like Real Word, Paris Hilton’s My New BFF, Punk’d, and A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila.
The happiest woman on the planet just got happier — Mrs. Magic Mike is pregnant! “Jenna Dewan-Tatum and Channing Tatum are pleased to announce that they are expecting the birth of their first child next year,” the couple’s rep said in a statement today.
Discovery’s new series Amish Mafia had a hugely successful premiere last week as more than 3.6 million viewers were introduced to “Lebanon” Levi Stoltzfus and his band of Amish Country vigilantes. While researching ol’ Lebanon Corleone’s criminal history (which is 100% booze-related arrests from what I could discern) I ran across his profile on the internet’s version of the horse and buggy, MySpace.
The seemingly restraintless Brandi Glanville of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills announced in September that she would be sharing her “breakup blunders” with her fans in the form of a book due out in early 2013. The title of the book, Drinking and Tweeting And Other Brandi Blunders, was announced shortly after that, but Brandi fans (fandis?) have been kept in prolonged suspense as to what the cover would look like… until now!
Miley Cyrus was one of the performers at last night’s VH1 Divas concert, but her performance was different the rest — it was dedicated to her late Yorkshire pup, Lila, whom she lost tragically earlier this week. While details surrounding the death were kept secret at first, her mother, Tish, has opened up about the heartbreaking incident in a new blog post.
Maci Bookout has been enjoying the single life for months. And now, her ex-boyfriend (and Bentley’s dad), Ryan Edwards, has recently rejoined the dating scene as well. So when the two were spotted out together together this weekend, tongues began wagging with rumors of a reconciliation. Could this Teen Mom couple really be getting back together after all they’ve been through? Plus, their exes Dalis Connell and Kyle King were also photographed together recently! We need to get those MTV cameras back in Chattanooga ASAP!
Marisa Zanuck will be joining the cast of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills on tonight’s episode as a ‘friend of the Wives,’ but first, she’s talking to Starcasm about catching the reality TV bug, who she doesn’t love in the cast, and her all-time favorite housewife. Plus, find out what she has to say about the Adrienne Maloof/Brandi Glanville feud!
Earlier this evening Teen Mom 2 star Kailyn Lowry tweeted a couple photos of the latest addition to her skin art collection — an intricate design incorporating roses, an anchor, a skull and a stopwatch that nearly covers all of the underside of her left arm! (I feel obligated to say… “OUCH!”) Keep reading to see the photos and find out from Kail what the elements symbolize!
Westboro Baptist Church, a small church famous for protesting outside funerals for U.S. soldiers, has announced that it will protest Sandy Hook Elementary to “sing praise to God for the glory of his work in executing his judgment.”
There were a lot of familiar faces in the premiere episode of Ax Men Season 6, but one long-time cast member didn’t look like himself at all. S&S Logging’s Jimmy Smith appeared to have lost at least 50 lbs. and his graying dark hair had turned almost completely white. It didn’t take the show long to give an explanation for Jimmy’s transformation: he was fighting cancer. Sadly, Jimmy lost his battle with the disease on November 1. Keep reading for his obituary and a statement from The History Channel on his passing.
During a recent cast trip to Bimini, Karent Sierra was bombarded with a photo of her boyfriend kissing another woman. While the Real Housewives of Miami star didn’t seem to be that effected by the news of her man’s new relationship, they split shortly after. So, who is the mystery woman? According to a new report, it seems as though it is actress Ana Belena.
Kelly Clarkson announced today via Twitter that she’s engaged! Find out all about her fiance, the “greatest man ever.”
There is hope for love after all! This fall there were reports that Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman were splitting up after more than 40 years together (and 30 years of marriage,) but now Danny says they’re still together and working things out, even though they aren’t living together at the moment.
Yesterday 20 children and 6 adults were brutally murdered at an elementary school in the most deadly school shooting in history before the shooter Adam Lanza turned the gun on himself.
The grief that the families, friends, and the community is suffering is beyond measurable, but there are small ways to show your support and help.
As we reported back in March, A&E is completing the eastward migration of it’s ubersuccessful reality series franchise Storage Wars with shows in Miami and New York City. The Miami incarnation is still in the works, but Storage Wars: New York is in the can and set to premiere January 1 at 10/9c! Keep reading to meet the new cast, which includes six bidders (with two teams of two) and an auctioneer.
UPDATE – Initial reports identifying 24-year-old Ryan Lanza of Hoboken as the shooter appear to have been premature and inaccurate. 20-year-old Adam Lanza, his younger brother is the shooting suspect. Ryan’s identification was found at the scene.
Kristen Stewart attended the One the Road premiere in a sheer Erdem dressing covering some retro-inspired underwear. Is she giving a nod to the real person her character is based on?
The main man over at Reality Blurred, Andy Dehnart, posted the following video of Storage Wars executive producer Thom Beers discussing how lines are sometimes written for the cast and how the storage units are sometimes altered for show. Now before you start saying, “I knew Dave Hester was right about all of this!” Please be aware that what Beers owns up to is a far cry from the many allegations the former cast member has brought about in litigation.
Taylor Swift turned 23-years-old on Thursday but had her big day interrupted by an intruder early Friday morning at her Nashville residence. See a mug shot of the Wisconsin man who rode a bus to Nashville to party with Taylor on her birthday, find out about his criminal past and read Taylor’s recent comments in regards to stalkers.
A lot has happened since Valeria Lukyonova, the Real Life Human Barbie Doll, became virally famous in the US. She’s been accused of being “fake,” and “fake” can mean a lot of different things, but the major controversy is whether or not she’s overly photoshopped to achieve her “Barbie” look. She’s also revealed her friendship…
Jenelle Evans recently married Courtland Rogers at a North Carolina courthouse after dating for only four months. While the Teen Mom 2 star claims to be happier than ever with her new husband, many are concerned that she may have jumped the gun a bit and forgotten a key detail of her marriage — a prenup.
In the brief bio for Tyler Boulet of Buckwild he’s described as the pretty boy who has “a reputation for leaving a trail of broke hearts all over town.” After doing a little legal searching it looks like Tyler’s left a trail of mugshots from West Virginia all the way to South Carolina too! Actually it ain’t much of a trail but two mugs of Tyler have emerged. Check ’em out here along with what details we could gather from the booking info.
Discovery’s “reality” series Amish Mafia premiered Wednesday night to a whopping 3.643 million viewers, following in the footsteps of their sister network TLC’s very successful Breaking Amish series this fall. The show centers around the Tony Sopranoesque “Lebanon” Levi, who heads up a gang of enforcers that supposedly takes care of the dirty tasks the Amish community leaders are unwilling to do themselves. So who is this Lebanon Levi? His real name is Levi King Stoltzfus and he has quite the criminal record, though it may not be what you expected!
Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis have made it no secret that they are dating, but when it comes to taking the next step in their relationship, these two may be keeping a big secret. According to a new report, the two are not only engaged, they are planning to wed in Jason’s hometown of Kansas City!
“Hello internet reader, what would you like to order today?”
“How about bikini photos of Hayden Panettiere with a joke on the side?”
“No problem,” says Esquire magazine.
16 & Pregnant Season 1 alum Whitney Purvis and Weston Gosa were arrested on Wednesday after allegedly smashing up a laptop and cell phone. The arrests were the second of the year for each of them. Keep reading to see their most recent mug shot photos.
Larsa Pippen was one of the five women chosen to star in Bravo’s Real Housewives of Miami. However, after a lackluster first season, Larsa and her family moved to Chicago and she, obviously, didn’t return to the show. But now, she and Scottie have landed a show of their own on the WE Network titled, Big Pippen.
Sean Penn opened up to Esquire magazine about the trauma and love in his life, referring to his 14-year marriage to Robin Wright Penn a “fraud.”
The nominations for the 2013 Golden Globes are happening right now.
Last night (12-12-12) just about every living music legend anyone could think of performed at Madison Square Garden for a Hurricane Sandy Relief concert. Producers of the show say that more than 2 billion people tuned in to watch the rousing and epic show.
Lena Dunham and Aubrey Plaza, two of my favorite young girls in all of Hollywood posed together on the This is 40 red carpet! Lena, who’s show Girls is executive produced by This is 40 director Judd Apatow, has a role in the film, but it looks like Parks and Recreation scene stealer Aubrey Plaza isn’t in the film (please let there be a cameo!)
Britney Spears was the top earning female musician of 2012, nearly beating out chart-topper Taylor Swift. How much did she bring in?
Family Guy creator Seth Macfarlane is hosting the Oscars this year, put out the top grossing R-rated comedy ever with Ted, released a straight-forward album, and was named as one of Barbara Walter’s 10 Most Fascinating People for 2012.
By 24 he became the youngest ever executive television producer, and it all started with two short films. The first one, “The Life of Larry,” was made in 1995 as his thesis project at the Rhode Island School of Design (see thesis projects CAN lead somewhere.)
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Brandi Glanville went under the knife earlier today to get a non-cancerous tumor removed from her breast. There for more support was her longtime friend Jennifer Gimenez who is talking to Starcasm exclusively about how the surgery went and how Brandi is doing now.
Oscar winner Kim Basinger turned 59 December 8, and she still looks amazing. On her birthday her look-a-like daughter Ireland with ex-husband Alec Baldwin gave her mom a very sweet message via Instagram: “Happy birthday to the most beautiful woman in the entire world. You are the most influential and inspirational figure in my life,…
As we reported earlier, two men were arrested this week in connection with an alleged murder plot involving four targets, including singer Justin Bieber. Mark Staake, 41, and his nephew Tanner Ruane, 23, were picked up in Vermont and New York, but the mastermind behind it all hasn’t been arrested — because he is already in jail! Keep reading to find out about 45-year-old Dana Martin, who was convicted of raping and murdering a 15-year-old girl in Vermont in 2000 and for sending a letter threatening to kill another teen girl while in prison in Florida in 2009.
UPDATE – Read details from the actual affidavit including why Martin wanted Justin Bieber dead and how he was able to convince Staake and Ruane to go along!
In case you needed a reminder of how loyal dogs can be and how cute a kid with a sense of wonder can be, check out this viral video of a little boy walking his dog when he passes a small mud puddle and is overcome by its allure. Joy, loyalty, and immeasurable awesomeness ensue.
A 33-year-old woman from Panama named Yeraldina was stopped in Barcelona, Spain on a flight from Bogata, Colombia to investigate two bandaged and bloody wounds under her breasts. She was in a terrible condition, and sent to a hospital to be further evaluated where doctors found 2.9 pounds of cocaine in her chest, worth about $130,000.
Authorities in Albuquerque, New Mexico have uncovered an elaborate murder plot involving four potential victims, including singer Justin Bieber! Mark Staake, 41, and his nephew Tanner Ruane, 23, were reportedly planning to kill the pop singer after his Madison Square Garden show in New York City just a few weeks ago, but were intercepted and arrested before they could go through with the plan. Now, more graphic details about the murder plot are being revealed, including the duo’s intent to castrate their victims.
“It’s like the biggest crush I’ve ever had in my life,” Drew Barrymore gushes about her baby daughter Olive, born September 26 to her and husband Will Kopelman.
Being a mother is also giving Drew a second chance to have a happy family situation because her own childhood was troubled.
Gretchen Rossi and Slade Smiley have been together for several years now, but for numerous reasons (as addressed onscreen on The Real Housewives of Orange County), the couple continues to balk at taking the next big step and committing to walking down the aisle together. Now Gretchen is revealing that the couple may be turning the age-old rhyme “First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes baby in a baby carriage” on its ear as she announces the two are trying to have a baby!
George Bush is going to be a grandfather! His daughter, Jenna Bush, and her husband Henry Hager are expecting their first child this spring. Jenna and Henry announced the news on this morning’s TODAY Show along with President Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush who called in during the interview.
VH1 is ready to ring in the New Year with our favorite ladies of the underworld from Mob Wives. To spice things up they decided to add two new featured cast members and one of the names has been released, Love Majewski. Love has been on reality TV before and she was loosely portrayed by Angelina Jolie in the film Gone in Sixty Seconds. Check out some pics of Love, get her back story and see a candid interview in which she advises that her life is a cautionary tale.
Charlie Sheen’s ex-wife Brooke Mueller has entered rehab for the 19th time to address an Adderall addiction (she was reportedly found unresponsive in her home,) and while she’s away Denise Richards, another ex-wife of Charlie’s will be taking care of Brooke’s twins for “an indefinite period of time.”
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