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Ad executive Madonna Badger lost parents and three daughters in Christmas fire caused by Yule Log

ByStarcasm Staff

47-year-old former Calvin Klein advertising executive Madonna Badger (responsible for the iconic Marky Marky spots) had an unimaginably horrific Christmas.

Christmas Day around 5 a.m. a fire erupted in Madonna Badger’s Stamford, Connecticut house. Madonna and a male friend Michael Borcina were able to escape the burning house, and Madonna climbed onto the roof in a desperate but unsuccessful attempt to save her three children: Lily (10), and twins Sarah and Grace (7.)

PHOTOS BIO Kia Pence from 16 and Pregnant Season 4… almost

ByAsa Hawks

As the 4th season of MTV’s ground-breaking documentary series 16 and Pregnant approaches, we are slowly learning names of some of the girl that will be featured. Another name that we can almost add to the list is 18-year-old Kia Pence of Minooka, Illinois. I say almost because Kia was “kicked off” thanks to her brother’s unedited drunken ramblings in his interview video. Keep reading for some of what we would have learned about Kia and her son Tristan on her episode and to see what Kia had to say about her brother’s video antics that got her booted from the show!

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Vegas pays up for Kim Kardashian New Year’s Eve appearance

ByDarren O

While it seems the whole world from President Obama to Barbara Walters is hating on Kim Kardashian right now it hasn’t stopped sin city from paying up big time for her presence during New Year’s Eve. Find out how much Tao is dropping so that you can party with Kim K to ring in the new year and find out how much it will run you just to get in the doors as general admission.

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Danny Trejo ‘Bad Ass’ trailer loosely based on ‘Epic Beard Man’ looks, well, epic

ByDarren O

Danny Trejo is the baddest mofo in Hollywood. Now he is set to portray the baddest mofo in the history of viral videos in the form of Thomas “Epic Beard Man” Bruso. Well, at least a character loosely inspired by Bruso. See the trailer and find out how a simple viral video becomes a Hollywood action film featuring explosions and all!

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Matthew McConaughey proposes to Camila Alves

ByDarren O

Thank goodness for Matt McConaughey! I thought I was going to have to work the day after Christmas and not be able to do one ridiculously sexy celeb gets engaged to another ridiculously sexy celeb post. Then, like a holiday blessing the news that Matthew had proposed to his Brazilian bombshell model girlfriend Camila Alves popped up on my news wire! Get the deets on Matt puttin’ a ring on it for the mother of his two children.

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Demi Lovato Twitter rampage against Disney Channel works, “Shake It Up” eating disorder joke removed

ByAsa Hawks

Last night actress and singer Demi Lovato unleashed a series of angry tweets aimed at The Disney Channel after she saw an episode of their show Shake It Up that featured an eating disorder joke. Disney PR eventually tweeted back that they had heard Demi and the joke would be removed from the show! Keep reading for the full Twitter interaction and watch a video clip that includes the eating disorder joke in question.

Robert De Niro and Grace Hightower De Niro new baby girl Helen Grace born via surrogate

ByStarcasm Staff

Thanks to a surrogate mother 56-year-old Grace Hightower De Niro and her Hollywood royalty husband Robert De Niro (68) have a brand new baby girl! Helen Grace weighed 7 lb., 2 oz. at birth, and is the couple’s 2nd child and Robert’s 6th. Grace and Robert’s 14-year-old son is named Eliot.

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Police report confirms Amber Portwood arrested for prescription pills

ByAsa Hawks

The police report from the arrest of troubled Teen Mom star Amber Portwood has been released which says she had a mixture of prescription pills in her possession when she was arrested December 19. This jibes with what Amber’s brother Shawn said earlier this week, but the amounts and kinds of pills combined with the fact that they were all mixed together in the same bottle seems to suggest it wasn’t some sort of misunderstanding or innocent mistake.

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Bruce Springsteen has finished recording new album

ByDarren O

While we may not have a new Bruce Springsteen album waiting under the Christmas tree when Santa Claus comes to town we now have an outright confirmation that he has completed the recording! Find out the highly trusted source this exciting news comes from, read a great forward penned by Bruce for the book Someplace Like America: Tales from the New Great Depression, and to show he still brings it hard catch a clip from a recent performance with The Gaslight Anthem.

Farrah Abraham's ex and father of Sophia Derek Underwood
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Stormie Clark Christmas video tribute to Derek Underwood, Farrah Abraham’s ex and father of Sophia

ByAsa Hawks

Next week marks the three year anniversary of the tragic death of Derek Underwood, the father of Teen Mom star Farrah Abraham’s daughter Sophia, who turns three in February. Derek’s mother Stormie Clark has put together a Christmas themed video tribute to her son featuring numerous photos of Derek from when he was a little boy until just before his car accident on December 28, 2008.

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Tareq Salahi says Michaele lied about having M.S., being a Redskins cheerleader, etc.

ByStarcasm Staff

It’s really hard to spend a lot of time keeping up with The Salahi White House Cracher Circus’ press when one of them isn’t faking a kidnapping to run off with a Journey guitarist, but this might be worth noting for posterity.

Tareq Salahi, still reeling from Michaele dumping him for Neal Schon, spoke very openly with The Huffington Post’s Rob Shuter, and he confirmed what evidence has been telling us all along. Michaele Salahi (probably) lied about a lot of big things.

Who is Rooney Mara dating?

ByStarcasm Staff

Actress Rooney Mara kicks butt as the tech-savvy Byronic heroine Lisbeth Salander in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, and she’s been raising eyebrows (and her own bangs line) at red carpet premieres for the film, but before you start getting delusions of Mikael Blomkvist grandeur you should know she is currently off the market. Keep reading to find out who may be the future Mr. Mara and what it all has to do with A Clockwork Orange and Kristin Chenoweth!

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Kim Richards rehab update: She’s happy and doing well

ByStarcasm Staff

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Kim Richards is currently in rehab, and her sister Kyle Richards told US Weekly that Kim is “doing really well. Fantastic.”

One of Kim’s ex-husbands Monty Brinson, who has always remained close to her, has also spoken out about her progress in rehab. He told Life & Style “She’s the happiest she’s been in a very long time. She’s ready to start a new life when she gets out.”

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Amber Portwood to remain in jail for possession of a controlled substance

ByDarren O

Teen Mom Amber Portwood has been in jail since a judge ordered an arrest warrant for probation violation. There has been a great deal of speculation as to exactly what the Anderson, Indiana mother was busted for but following a court hearing today we have more concrete details. Read on for the latest which includes alleged missed urine tests.

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Teen Mom 2: Is Javi Marroquin Kailyn Lowry’s new boyfriend? UPDATE!

ByStarcasm Staff

The Daily Mail has a photo of Teen Mom 2 star Kailyn Lowry (Irwin) kissing a “mystery man” December 20, at his Pennsylvania home. Has she found a new boyfriend? It looks like this is the same guy, Javi Marroquin, who accompanied her to her promotional event in North Carolina December 1, however we have…

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MUG SHOT: Tyler the Creator arrested for vandalizing the Roxy Theatre in Hollywood

ByStarcasm Staff

Rapper Tyler the Creator (Tyler Okonma) was taken into police custody last night around 11:30 PM after he destroyed some sound equipment at the Roxy theater in Hollywood, where he had performed earlier that night, TMZ reports. He was arrested in front of his mother on suspicion of vandalism.

Megan Fox is 1930s glam in Giorgia Armani Madre Perla Holiday makeup collection ad

ByStarcasm Staff

Megan Fox took a break from retirement to go 1930s glam!

I’ve been wondering where Megan Fox went. A few years ago she was all the rage with her zany magazine quotes about her poop, her Transformers work, and every man (and almost every woman alive) wanting to bed her. Things quieted down after she had a box office bomb with Jennifer’s Body, married Brian Austin Green, got fired from Transformers, and then took time off to focus on her family.

But she hasn’t taken time off from her long-running relationship modeling for Armani. She’s still been posing in her underwear for Emporio Armani lingerie line, and now she’s back with an Elizabeth Taylor-esque glam look for Armani Madre Perla makeup. They just released this ad for the 2011 Holiday art deco inspired collection, and it’s gorgeous!

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PHOTO Teen Mom Farrah Abraham to be an aunt, sister Ashley Danielsen pregnant

ByAsa Hawks

If MTV decides to start a new reality series titled 24 and Pregnant they have themselves a cast member. Congratulations to Ashley Danielsen, older sister of Teen mom star Farrah Abraham, who made the announcement a little while ago that she is 11 weeks along and has a due date of June 29! Actually, Ashley might be a good choice for a reality show because she is no stranger to drama, having made headlines last September by reportedly getting into a “boozy brawl” with Farrah and then tweeting in August of this year that her boyfriend had been taken to jail after punching her in an altercation. (Let’s hope that wasn’t the same guy who got her pregnant six weeks later.)

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PHOTO The Dark Knight Rises: Occupy Gotham City movie poster

ByAsa Hawks

Warner Brothers released the second trailer for The Dark Knight Rises this week and it appears to have an Occupy Wall Street flair as Catwoman (played by Anne Hathaway) whispers into Bruce Wayne’s ear…

“You think this will last? There’s a storm coming Mr. Wayne. You and your friends better batten down the hatches ’cause when it hits you’re all gonna wonder how you ever thought you could live so large and leave so little for the rest of us.”

So… I made a silly movie poster. That’s pretty much it. (It does feature Bane leading a rather lame rally though!)

Jennifer Love Hewitt’s Christmas time photo tour of New York City

ByAsa Hawks

Nothing says Christmas like New York City in December, and that’s exactly where Jennifer Love Hewitt and her camera have been for the last few days. Keep reading to see her wonderful shots of The Big Apple at Christmas time – they’re sure to warm the frigid hearts of the Scroogiest of the Scrooges! (And if they don’t, seeing J-Love volunteering at the Los Angeles mission wearing a Santa hat will!)

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VIDEO Justin Bieber duets with baby sister Jazzy for holiday special

ByDarren O

As if there wasn’t already a high enough percentage of American pre-teen and teenage girls that are like totally in love with Justin Bieber he goes and does this. What is this you ask? Well fathers of the world, the deafening screams of awwwwwwww and eeeeeeeee that you hear emanating from your daughter’s room is because they’re watching the following clip of Justin dueting with his 3-year-old sister Jazzy on “Baby” over and over and over and over again.

Warning: Cute Overload!

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VIDEO Real Housewives of Orange County Season 7 preview clip

ByAsa Hawks

The original Bravo drama mamas return January 2nd as The Real Housewives of Orange County‘s Vicki Gunvalson, Tamra Barney, Gretchen Rossi and Alexis Bellino welcome brunette newbie Heather Dubrow for a seventh season of meanies, martinis, and bikinis California style! Keep reading for the just released preview clip from Bravo that seems to suggest the ladies will once again not disappoint!

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Adam Lambert arrested after dispute with boyfriend Sauli Koskinen at a Finnish bar

ByAsa Hawks

American Idol veteran Adam Lambert and his boyfriend Sauli Koskinen got into a drunken altercation last night outside the “Don’t Tell Momma” gay bar in Helsinki, Finland and both were arrested by police for what amounts to drunk and disorderly conduct. Keep reading for the sketchy deets as well as Adam and Sauli’s online response to the incident.

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VIDEO Jenelle Evans and Kailyn Lowry in Pasión Life promo

ByDarren O

A while back Teen Mom 2 cast members Kailyn Lowry Irwin and Jenelle Evans did a promotional event for Pasión Life clothing. We showed some of the photos but now there’s an official promo video released by the company. In the clip which features club beat music and an exuberant narrator we see Jennelly and Kail clubbin’, signing autographs and modeling. Check it out.

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VIDEO PHOTOS Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin in ‘Game Change’ trailer

ByDarren O

When we saw the first leaked images of Julianne Moore as Alaskan Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin we had a feeling that she was going to give Tina Fey a run for her Palin-likeness money. Now that I’ve caught the first official trailer for the HBO film Game Change nothing has swayed me from that opinion. See the trailer as well as caps of Moore as Palin, Ed Helms as John McCain and Woody Harrelson as campaign manager Steve Schmidt.

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PHOTO Jersey Shore’s Sammi Sweetheart stuns after ‘makeunder’

ByDarren O

If you’ve ever imagined what one of the gals from Jersey Shore would look like sans the orange glow and over-prepping then this is just for you. The folks with xoJane headed down to the shore and did a makeunder of Sammi Sweetheart Giancola and the results are awesome. Check out the Samformation and a eye-opening before and after.

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PHOTOS BIO Samantha Levey The Bachelor 16 contestant, Miss Pacific Palisades 2011

ByAsa Hawks

Ben Flajnik has an army of beautiful, attractive women to choose from on the upcoming 16th season of The Bachelor, including two reigning beauty queens! We’ve already profiled Miss Chicago Elyse Myers and now we’d like to introduce you to Miss Pacific Palisades 2011 Samantha Levey. Keep reading for all sorts of background info and numerous photos of this 26-year-old advertising account rep originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Is Leah Messer pregnant? Are the Rumors true or fiction?

ByAsa Hawks

Another week, another slew of overly dramatic tabloid headlines about Teen Mom 2 stars Leah Messer, Chelsea Houska, Jenelle Evans, and Kailyn Lowry Irwin. Keep reading to find out what the rags are claiming this week (including Leah being pregnant again) and how they match up with reality.

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VIDEO Michelle Duggar reads letter to Jubilee Shalom

ByDarren O

The Duggar family of TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting created quite a controversy when images of their 21st child Jubilee Shalom, who was lost to miscarriage, was used during a memorial service. Michelle has now posted a letter she wrote and read to Jubilee via the family’s blog and I have included the video along with the full transcript. The video’s image is one of the photos in question so this is a heads up if that might offend you.

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Emily Maynard as the next Bachelorette is “basically a done deal”

ByAsa Hawks

Southern blond sweetheart Emily Maynard won the hearts of millions of television viewers when she competed on the 15th season of ABC’s The Bachelor. (Unfortunately for her, she also won the heart of The Bachelor, buff scruffy doofus Brad Womack.) But that unfortunate romance is long over and now it appears that Emily is ready to start dating in front of millions once again – this time as The Bachelorette!

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Joe Giudice indicted on fraud and impersonation charges

ByDarren O

While the rumors of New Jersey’s own Jon Bon Jovi having died were proven untrue the story that Real Housewives of New Jersey’s Joe Giudice got thumped by a grand jury are very real. Get the deets behind the indictment and how Joe got busted trying to be his brother.

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VIDEOS Teen Mom 2 S2 E3 After Show and bonus footage break down

ByDarren O

We’re just a few days from the holiday weekend and it’s a Wednesday so that means it’s time once again for our weekly break down of the Teen Mom 2 After Show and bonus footage. This week we have a tearful Leah trying to explain how she copes with Ali’s medical conditions, Kailyn stating that she’s learned how not to be a mom from her own mother, Jenelle and what made her press charges against Delp and Chelsea explaining why she chose to have surgery on a day when Adam and not her father could help. The bonus footage shows Leah and Corey as they wait eagerly for Ali’s MRI to finish.

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VIDEO MUG SHOT Man dies after ingesting cocaine from brother’s buttocks

ByDarren O

Brothers DeAngelo and Wayne Mitchell were pulled over in North Charleston, South Carolina because a headlight was out. This simple twist of fate turned into a tragic evening after Wayne ingested an ounce of cocaine hidden in DeAngelo’s buttocks and died an hour later. See the footage from the patrol car in which DeAngelo convinces Wayne to eat the cocaine and see a mug shot of DeAngelo who’s been charged with involuntary manslaughter.

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“Gold Rush” was the highest rated show on television Friday night

ByAsa Hawks

It looks as though Discovery Channel has hit it rich with their reality series Gold Rush! The hour-long reality series came in as not only the highest rated show on cable Friday night, but on all of television! (Based on the industry’s all-important Adults 18-49 rating.) 5.38 million viewers tuned in to watch this crew of down-on-their-luck fortune seekers trying to score big in the g|ory hole! Keep reading for all the details and the official (and joyous!) press release from The Discovery Channel.

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PHOTOS Taylor Swift CoverGirl ad banned for too much Photoshopping

ByAsa Hawks

Consumer agencies around the globe are beginning to crack down on the use of Photoshopping in advertising and the latest victim in Procter and Gamble’s campaign for CoverGirl NatureLuxe Mousse Mascara, which features country music star Taylor Swift. Keep reading to find out which part of Taylor Swift the company thought wasn’t quite perfect enough and read an explanation of why the ad was pulled from the NAD president.

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Mariah still claims Justin Bieber is the father of her baby Tristyn; Ex claims she lied for 50k

ByStarcasm Staff

Despite claims last month from Mariah Yeater’s ex-boyfriend Robert Powell that he’s the father of baby Tristyn, and that Mariah concocted the Justin Bieber story to sell to tabloids for $50,000; Mariah is still stickin’ to her story.

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Jennifer Aniston: I was a ‘dumpy teenager’ who went ‘goth’

ByDarren O

Jennifer Aniston, the recently crowned Sexiest Woman of all Time by Men’s Health magazine, has revealed that she was once a “dumpy teenager” who went all “goth” as a way to rebel against her model mother. This challenged us to break out the ol’ Photoshop and try to create what that might have looked like. Read on for JA’s comments that certainly will not endear her to any goth kids and see the results of our Photogothegery!

Rob Lowe as Drew Peterson uttering "I'm untouchable bitch."
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Rob Lowe is ‘untouchable’ in unforgettable Lifetime trailer

ByDarren O

I’m a big fan of Bill Simmons and his blog Grantland. They recently threw down with the The Best Movie Trailers Ever but I believe the recent submission by Lifetime and a mustached Rob Lowe will change all that. It is that powerful and unforgettably incredible.

This is a must see featuring a one liner that I promise you will never forget but may want to.

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VIDEO PHOTO Bikini clad Courtney Stodden sits on bad bad Santa’s lap

ByDarren O

Courtney Stodden put on a skimpy bikini and sat on the lap of Santa Claus and put the ho ho ho in holiday cheer. In the following staged photo / video shoot of the “anything for a little attention” couple of the year, Doug Hutchison and Courtney managed to take their creepy love next level by perverting all of our innocent childhood memories of Santa Claus. Ladies and gentleman pry you eyelids open and enjoy a very Dortney Christmas!

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NeNe Leakes is gonna be on Glee!

ByAsa Hawks

Glee actors (and Real Housewives fanatics) Chris Colfer and Lea Michele appeared on the season finale of Andy Cohen’s Watch What Happens Live! and they had a very special announcement for fellow Glee and housewives fans: NeNe Leakes will be making an appearance on Glee! Can you say, “NeNe Gleeks?”

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PHOTOS Rachel Truehart from The Bachelor 16 with Ben Flajnik

ByAsa Hawks

Meet Rache Truehart, a 27-year-old originally from Massachusetts currently working as a sales rep for Lucerne textiles in New York. Rachel will be hoping Ben Flajnik takes her surname literally as she tries to win his heart on the 16th season of The Bachelor premiering on ABC January 2. Keep reading for photos of Rachel as well as a brief Q&A from ABC.

Did Jon Bon Jovi die? Death rumor proved to be a hoax

ByAsa Hawks

49-year-old singer Jon Bon Jovi is the latest victim of a celebrity death hoax as word of his demise spread like wildfire on the internet earlier today. We’re glad to report JBJ is alive and doing well – and will be performing at a charity concert this evening as scheduled. Keep reading to find out which reality star alerted me to the rumor by sharing her sadness at Jon’s passing on Facebook.

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Teen Mom Amber Portwood’s latest mug shot photos

ByAsa Hawks

Troubled Teen Mom star Amber Portwood was taken into custody earlier today after a Madison County judge issued a warrant for her arrest stemming from a number of probation violations cited in a report last month. The above mug shot photos of Amber were taken as she was booked into the Madison County Jail and feature the 21-year-old wearing her bold black eyelashes and a pink and black striped shirt.

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The somber 2011 Kardashian/Jenner Khristmas Kard is available in 3-D

ByStarcasm Staff

In case we haven’t all seen enough of the Kardashians this year, their 2011 Holiday Card in available in 3-D (as well as the 2-D version you see above.)

The whole klan is there (except for Brody Jenner and his girl Avril Lavigne, who never really get sucked into the Kardashian/Jenner entertainment machine) with Khloe and Kourtney standing by their men Lamar and Scott, while Kim stands starkly alone in her sequined tuxedo jacket.

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VIDEOS Beavis and Butt-head go after 16 and Pregnant’s Megan McConnell and Aubrey Akerill

ByAsa Hawks

MTV’s Beavis and Butt-head have picked right up where they left off 14 years ago by offering their adolescent insights on contemporary pop culture through their television viewing habits. Among the many MTV shows lambasted by the duo is 16 and Pregnant including an episode in November that goes after Megan McConnell and her baby daddy Nathan Stone and this week’s episode, which takes on infamous party gal (and gal smoocher) Aubrey Akerill. Keep reading to watch the full Megan McConnell clip and see a preview of Thursday’s episode with Aubrey. (Is it a coincidence that these are the two girls from 16 and Pregnant who have had the most negative things to say about MTV and how they were treated by the network?)

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PHOTOS Mob Wives bring it for VH1 DIVAS Celebrates Soul red carpet

ByDarren O

There are divas, there are soul divas and then there are Staten Island (and one bad girl Brooklynite) divas that will damage your face and look freakin’ hot while doing it! VH1’s own Mob Wives; Renee Graziano, Karen Gravano, Drita D’Avanzo, Carla Facciolo and new additions Ramona Rizzo and Angela Raiola were in attendance for their network’s DIVAS Celebrates Soul at the Hammerstein Ballroom yesterday in New York City. See photos of all 6 and get brief bio info for Angela “Big Ang” Raiola.

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The Real Housewives of Orange County Season 7 to premiere February 7

ByAsa Hawks

The original drama mamas of the OC are coming back for their seventh season on February 7! The announcement came via a Bravo press release earlier today that also touted brunette newbie Heather Dubrow as the newest cast member. Keep reading for the full press release and find out some of what to expect in the upcoming season!

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Rihanna regurgitates during ‘What’s My Name,’ blasts ‘tighty whitey’ wearing racist

ByDarren O

Yes, I managed to run with a header that has “regurgitate” and “tighty whiteys” in it! I owe this wonderful set-up to pop superstar Rihanna and her forgettable night in Lisbon, Portugal. Read her tweet about having to run off stage to vomit and then a get an eyeful as she puts some racist dude on serious Twitter blast!